[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BONILLA, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English (H.R. 3892), H7179 [4AU]
------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
(H.R. 3892), H7547 [10SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and
related agencies program appropriations, H7708 [15SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
(see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish, (see H.R.
1704), H3744 [21MY]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H9179 [28SE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H1021 [10MR]
Dept. of Defense: relief of survivors of victims killed in
helicopter shooting accident in Iraq, (see H.R. 4061), H4628
[16JN]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H3106 [12MY]
------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H3247 [13MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2707 [30AP]
Dept. of Labor: establish advisory panels relative to occupational
safety and health, (see H.R. 2871), H1854 [31MR]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations
relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H1112 [11MR]
Disasters: establish an advisory commission to prepare for and
respond to serious drought emergencies, (see H.R. 3035), H101
[28JA]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6698 [29JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1379 [23MR]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H3972 [22MY]
Firearms: prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H5594 [15JY]
Fish and fishing: disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
(see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of
foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H1237 [17MR]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H6999 [3AU]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H.R. 4232), H7178 [4AU]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1643
[26MR]
Health care professionals: require military physicians to possess
unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
education requirements, (see H.R. 3775), H2705 [30AP]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
(see H.R. 2955), H330 [4FE]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to
improve economic competitiveness, (see H.R. 634), H385 [5FE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H9345 [2OC]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H9345 [2OC]
------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H1445 [24MR]
Medicare: adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H3625 [20MY]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H9346 [2OC]
Members of Congress: follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7915
[16SE]
Mexico: assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
[11JN]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
(see H.R. 880), H7178 [4AU]
National Institute of Dental Research: anniversary, (see H. Con.
Res. 289), H4325 [9JN]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: prevent lapses in
permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
OSHA: allow employers to use alternative means of meeting safety
and health rules, (see H.R. 2875), H1854 [31MR]
------ clarify liability of employers at multiemployer worksites,
(see H.R. 2879), H1854 [31MR]
------ exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used
to identify safety and health violations by employers, (see H.R.
2869), H1854 [31MR]
------ identify and notify the specific industries to which
regulations and compliance standards apply, (see H.R. 2873),
H1854 [31MR]
------ waiver or abatement of penalties for small businesses if
violations are corrected in a specified time, (see H.R. 2881),
H1854 [31MR]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate, (see
H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age
individuals, (see H.R. 3912), H3624 [20MY]
------ provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative
to certain military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 598),
H100 [28JA]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
2942), H5493 [14JY]
Taxation: capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching and
returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7493
[9SE]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3489
[19MY]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H4479 [10JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H5493 [14JY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H5493 [14JY]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H5405 [25JN]
------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
H.R. 2593), H447 [11FE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6487 [27JY]
------ treatment of oil and gas produced from recovered inactive
wells, (see H.R. 2072), H6282 [23JY]
------ treatment of petroleum storage facilities, (see H.R. 3992),
H6453 [24JY]
------ treatment of sale of certain animals associated with
educational programs, (see H.R. 3626), H2931 [6MY]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6487 [27JY]
------ repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving
spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset, (see H.R.
165), H64 [27JA]
Volunteer workers: eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Costa Rica: protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
(see H. Con. Res. 306), H6282 [23JY]
Medicare: allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
sites, (see H.R. 4160), H5403 [25JN]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3627 [21MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options (S.
2344), H6928 [3AU]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4989<bullet> [23JN], H5026
[23JN]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter (H.R. 3843), E819<bullet> [12MY]
----- grant Federal charter (S. 1759), H6901<bullet> [3AU]
Armed Forces: prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol,
H3576<bullet> [20MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con.
Res. 227), H1264 [18MR]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be
manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
H6544 [29JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11801 [18DE]
Copyrights: duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1480 [25MR]
------ reform music licensing practices and fees, H1480 [25MR]
Del Rio, TX: tribute to individual efforts relative to Tropical
Storm Charley, E1860<bullet> [1OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: limit funding for livestock protection from
predatory wildlife, H5026 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3576<bullet> [20MY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5230<bullet> [24JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6219 [23JY], H6544 [29JY]
Drought: disaster assistance to Texas, H6928 [3AU]
Ecology and environment: exempt educational outreach or information
seminars on greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on
Environmental Quality funding limitations, H6219 [23JY]
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English (H.R. 3892), H7547 [10SE]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
H6219 [23JY]
Fort Davis National Historic Site: authorize expansion (H.R. 3047),
H6914<bullet> [3AU]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
defects (S. 419), H924<bullet> [10MR]
Israel: independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2369<bullet>
[28AP]
Medicare: allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
sites (H.R. 4160), E1273<bullet> [26JN]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
4567), H10258<bullet> [9OC]
National Institute of Dental Research: anniversary, E1305<bullet>
[15JY]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), H1618<bullet> [26MR]
Point of order, H6542 [29JY]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9744 [7OC]
Puerto Rico: declare English as official language upon accession to
statehood, H782 [4MR]
------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H782 [4MR]
Real property: private property owner rights (H.R. 992),
consideration (H. Res. 382), H1086 [11MR]
States: requirements for standardized English testing, H7547 [10SE]
Texas: observance of the Prickly Pear Pachanga by Terrell County,
TX and Sanderson, TX, E1926<bullet> [6OC]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), motion to appoint conferees, H3069 [12MY]
------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
H6522 [29JY], H6524 [29JY], H6525 [29JY], H6532 [29JY] grant
congressional consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference
report (H. Res. 511), H6517 [29JY]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens (H.R. 2538), consideration (H. Res. 522), H7508 [10SE]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for Val Verde County, TX, H109 [3FE]