bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
105-hres-614,105,hres,614,"Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.",Congress,1998-12-19,1998-12-19,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]",IL,R,H001022,0,"Appoints certain Members of the House of Representatives managers to conduct the impeachment trial against President Clinton, and authorizes them to take all necessary actions in connection with the preparation and conduct of the trial.",2025-04-07T15:23:55Z,
105-hres-613,105,hres,613,Providing a vote for the Delegate to the Congress from the District of Columbia in the consideration by the House of Representatives of any resolution impeaching the President or Vice President of the United States.,Congress,1998-12-18,1998-12-18,QUESTION OF PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE - Mrs. Norton of the District of Columbia submitted a resolution raising a question of the privileges of the House. The Speaker pro tempore heard debate on the question and subsequently ruled that the resolution did not constitute a question of the privileges of the House on the grounds that a question of the privileges of the House may not be invoked to effect a change in the rules or standing orders of the House.,House,"Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]",DC,D,N000147,0,Mandates that the Delegate to the Congress from the District of Columbia be permitted to vote in any resolution of the House of Representatives impeaching the President or Vice President of the United States.,2025-01-02T17:44:48Z,
105-hjres-139,105,hjres,139,Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the censure of William Jefferson Clinton.,Congress,1998-12-17,1998-12-17,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31]",NY,R,H000814,1,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that William Jefferson Clinton violated the trust of the American people, lied under oath concerning his conduct with a subordinate, wrongly took steps to delay discovery of the truth, remains subject to criminal and civil penalties, and has brought upon himself the censure and condemnation of the American people and the Congress. Declares that, by his signature on this Act, William Jefferson Clinton acknowledges this censure and condemnation and voluntarily undertakes and binds himself to:  (1) make a donation of $500,000 to the Treasury; (2) not deliver in person any State of the Union address; (3) not be involved in fund raising activities for the  Democratic Party or for any candidate for public office; and (4) not serve in public office after his term as President is completed.",2025-01-02T17:44:52Z,
105-hjres-140,105,hjres,140,Condemning and censuring William Jefferson Clinton.,Congress,1998-12-17,1998-12-17,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. McHale, Paul [D-PA-15]",PA,D,M000466,0,Censures and condemns William Jefferson Clinton for having engaged in a pattern of deceitful and dishonest conduct that was grossly inconsistent with his constitutional obligation and duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.,2025-01-02T17:44:52Z,
105-hres-612,105,hres,612,Expressing unequivocal support for the men and women of our Armed Forces who are currently carrying out missions in and around the Persian Gulf region.,Armed Forces and National Security,1998-12-17,1998-12-17,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2]",SC,R,S000718,0,Declares that the Congress:  (1) supports the men and women of the armed forces who are carrying out their missions; and (2) reaffirms that it should be U.S. policy to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime.,2025-01-02T17:44:41Z,
105-hres-611,105,hres,611,"Impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.",Congress,1998-12-16,1999-02-12,"The Senate adjudges that William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second Article of Impeachment. By Yea-Nay Vote. 50-50. Record Vote No: 18. (Record vote link to left is automatically generated and leads to an unrelated vote in the 105th Congress.  Here is the  <a href=""http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00018"">106th</a> Senate vote on the second Article of Impeachment.)",House,"Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]",IL,R,H001022,0,"Sets forth four articles impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I:  States that in his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration of justice, in that William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a Federal grand jury of the United States. States that contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury. Article II:  States that in his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration of justice in that William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony as part of a Federal civil rights action brought against him. Article III:   States that in his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, and has to that end engaged personally, and through his subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or scheme designed to delay, impede, cover up, and conceal the existence of evidence and testimony related to a Federal civil rights action brought against him in a duly instituted judicial proceeding. Article IV:  States that using the powers and influence of the office of President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has engaged in conduct that resulted in misuse and abuse of his high office, impaired the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, and contravened the authority of the legislative branch and the truth seeking purpose of a coordinate investigative proceeding, in that, as President, William Jefferson Clinton refused and failed to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurious, false, and misleading sworn statements in response to certain written requests for admission propounded to him as part of the impeachment inquiry authorized by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States.  States that William Jefferson Clinton, in refusing and failing to respond and in making perjurious, false and misleading statements, assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives and exhibited contempt for the inquiry. States, with reference to each article of impeachment, that:  (1) in so doing, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States; and (2) William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.",2025-04-07T15:33:02Z,
105-hr-4874,105,hr,4874,International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act,International Affairs,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,1,"International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the sale, lease, loan, or grant of defense services or training (including Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)) to any foreign country that is prohibited or restricted from receiving international military education and training (IMET), or other military assistance or arms transfers. Permits a foreign country that is eligible to receive only expanded IMET, and is not prohibited from receiving any other military assistance or arms transfers, to receive defense services and training if it provides for training of civilian officials and military officers of the armed forces on military justice, international human rights standards, and the proper role of such forces in a democratic society. Permits a foreign country otherwise prohibited or restricted from receiving IMET or any other military assistance or arms transfers to receive defense services and training substantially unrelated to the prohibited military assistance or arms transfers, provided the President makes a specified certification to the Congress. Authorizes the President to waive any prohibition under this Act with respect to a foreign country upon certification to the Congress that it is important to the national security of the United States.",2025-08-21T16:12:59Z,
105-s-2648,105,s,2648,Keeping the Internet Decent and Safe Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Keeping the Internet Decent and Safe Act - Authorizes an elementary or secondary school to use funds received:  (1) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for school technology resource grants and national challenge grants for technology in education; and (2) under the Museum and Library Services Act to purchase software designed to permit a person to limit access to material on the Internet that is harmful to minors. (Sec. 3) Provides for criminal and civil forfeiture for:  (1) offenses relating to child pornography; (2) knowingly enticing or coercing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity; (3) transporting a minor in interstate or foreign commerce with intent that such individual engage in criminal sexual activity; or (4) travelling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to engage in a criminal sexual act with a juvenile. Includes within the definition of ""crime of violence"" (thus, providing for detention for):  (1) knowingly enticing or coercing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity; and (2) transporting for criminal sexual activity, or travelling with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with, a juvenile.",2025-08-21T16:12:36Z,
105-s-2649,105,s,2649,A bill to enact the Passaic River Basin Flood Management Program.,Water Resources Development,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to acquire, demolish, and remove structures in the floodway of the Central Passaic River basin (the basin) where excessive damage has occurred in at least two floods. Requires that:  (1) the floodway land in the basin be stabilized as part of the ecological restoration program under the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (WRDA) and, where appropriate, wetlands be created; (2) after the land is vacated, it be held in perpetuity by the most appropriate Federal or State agency, as determined by the Oversight Committee (created by this Act), and be managed as open space; (3) this section be carried out in conformance with New Jersey's Blue Acres Program; and (4) crediting of land acquisition for the non-Federal cost share remain in effect in accordance with WRDA. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) acquire, demolish, and remove additional structures, or floodproof structures, to the ten-year floodplain in the floodway of the basin in areas where excessive damage has occurred in at least two floods; (2) floodproof structures in the floodplain of the basin to the 50-year floodplain in areas of high risk, at a 55 percent Federal, 20 percent State, and 25 percent property owner cost share; (3) provide information on techniques to deal with flood management in the remainder of the floodplain to the 100-year protective flood elevation; (4) acquire wetlands in the floodways throughout the Great Piece Meadows of the basin, to supplement the wetlands acquisition authorized under WRDA, and upland transition areas with significant wildlife or other natural values; (5) transfer the wetlands and transition areas to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or an appropriate State agency, which shall manage the wetlands and transition areas in accordance with proper wetlands management principles; (6) acquire strategic land in New Jersey and New York to prevent flooding and to prevent flooding from increasing in the High Mountain area in Wayne, New Jersey, and the urban area of the Molly Ann's Brook project in North Haledon, New Jersey; (7) complete the Passaic River Restoration Project from Little Falls to Newark Bay, New Jersey; and (8) complete the streambank restoration element of the project for flood control, Passaic River Main Stem, New Jersey and New York (the Project), authorized by WRDA, known as the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area, New Jersey (Minish Park). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners in the implementation of remedial actions for the combined sewer overflows in the lower Passaic River Basin from Great Falls to Newark Bay. Establishes the Oversight Committee. Finds that the most appropriate solution to flooding in the Passaic River basin is the ""preferred alternative"" (a qualified acquisition and hazard mitigation plan for the Project).  Directs that such alternative be implemented immediately. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations to begin the Federal portion of a buyout of floodway structures authorized by WRDA.  Directs that $15 million made available by New Jersey for the Blue Acres portion of the Green Acres Bond Act of 1995, approved by New Jersey voters, constitute the 25 percent non-Federal cost share. Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) acquisition of freshwater wetlands, and for floodproofing of structures, in the floodplains within the Passaic River basin; (2) acquisition of land in the Highlands Province to reduce flooding in the Passaic River basin in New Jersey and New York; (3) acquisition of land and the development and redevelopment of parkland along the Passaic River from Little Falls to Newark Bay, Kearny; (4) completion of the Minish Park, at a 100 percent Federal cost share; (5) implementation, each fiscal year, of the preferred alternative and administration of the Oversight Committee; and (6) acquisition of land at High Mountain. Directs that, for the combined sewer project in the lower Passaic River basin, a project budget be established of $85 million, with a $65 million Federal share.  Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making a grant to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission for FY 1999 through 2001.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-s-2650,105,s,2650,Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1998,Education,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,0,"Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for use by public schools to develop or expand gifted and talented education programs through one or more of the following activities:  (1) professional development programs; (2) technical assistance; (3) innovative programs and services; and (4) emerging technologies, including distance learning.    Sets forth requirements for grant applications, allotment to States, and reporting. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:05Z,
105-s-2651,105,s,2651,Save the Surplus Act of 1998,Economics and Public Finance,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,"Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.",Senate,"Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]",NC,R,F000437,0,"Save the Surplus Act of 1998 - Requires the President, in addition to the Federal budget prepared for FY 2000, to prepare an alternative Federal budget identifying spending reductions equal to $20.9 billion to ensure that surplus funds in FY 1999 are not spent for Government programs other than the Social Security Trust Funds.",2025-08-21T16:11:51Z,
105-s-2652,105,s,2652,Circle of Poison Prevention Act of 1998,Agriculture and Food,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Exported Pesticides      Title II:  Pesticide Residue Monitoring      Title III:  Pesticide Tolerances      Title IV:  Pesticide Information      Title V:  Effective Dates Circle of Poison Prevention Act of 1998 - Title I:  Exported Pesticides - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require pesticide producers operating registered establishments to inform the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of:  (1) the types and quantities of pesticides and active ingredients used in producing pesticides for export to a foreign country; and (2) the date of export and quantity of such materials exported to each foreign country to which the producer has exported during the past 365-day period. (Sec. 103) Provides that specified information on exported pesticides shall not be entitled to confidential trade secret treatment. (Sec. 104) Makes it unlawful to export a pesticide or device in violation of FIFRA export requirements. (Sec. 105) Prohibits the exportation of a pesticide or device unless:  (1) such materials are prepared and packaged according to the specifications of the foreign purchaser and the legal requirements of the country of use; and (2) the label of the pesticide is written in the official language of the country of use and contains all information required to be included in the labeling for such pesticide in the United States. Prohibits the exportation of a pesticide to a country of use if: (1) the registrations for pesticides containing an active ingredient that is included in such pesticide that account for nearly all of the uses of such ingredient have been canceled; (2) the tolerances for an active ingredient in such pesticide that account for nearly all the uses of such ingredient have been revoked; or (3) an active ingredient of the pesticide is ineligible for reregistration.  Prohibits such exports (including pesticides used for agricultural production) unless: (1) the pesticide is registered; or (2) all of the active ingredients in the pesticide are the subject of a food tolerance. Requires exporters, prior to the shipment of certain pesticides, to provide specified information to the Administrator.  Prohibits the exportation of any pesticide to a country of use that:  (1) has refused consent; or (2) has given conditional consent unless the conditions on which the consent was given are met.  Prohibits refusals to consent unless the country certifies that it is not producing or importing and will not produce or import the pesticide or a similar product with the same active ingredient. Waives requirements described above, upon the request of a country of use and subject to certain determinations by the Administrator, to permit the export of pesticides not meeting FIFRA requirements to: (1) prevent or arrest the spread of a communicable disease; or (2) stop or prevent the spread of a pest that is destroying or will destroy quantities of the country's food supply so as to result in widespread famine. Permits the export of pesticides for experimental use in foreign countries if specified conditions are met. Directs the Administrator to submit information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning inspection for pesticide residues in imported foods conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services. Requires the Administrator to notify foreign countries and the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals whenever regulatory action is taken with respect to a pesticide. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to promote the implementation of improved research and regulatory programs for pest management and strategies for sustainable agriculture and to encourage the adoption of a multilateral convention requiring standard notice and pesticide export control measures; and (2) provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop pesticide regulatory programs. Permits persons to bring civil actions to secure the imposition of penalties on persons who violate pesticide export requirements. Prohibits civil actions from being initiated on the basis of existing proceedings for criminal violations. (Sec. 106) Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress every four years on:  (1) the operation and effect of this Act; and (2) how exported pesticides and their containers are used and disposed of and on their impact on the public health and the environment of countries of use. Title II:  Pesticide Residue Monitoring - Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to direct the Food and Drug Administration to summarize the volume of each food product subject to the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act imported into the United States in quantities determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be commercial quantities (currently, products having an entry value exceeding an amount established by the Secretary).  Requires the summary to:  (1) be made by food product, country of origin, port of entry, pesticides monitored by the Secretary, pesticide residues detected, and the quantity of each pesticide exported from the United States for agricultural use; and (2) indicate the volume of each type of food tested for pesticide residues, arranged by pesticide, food, and country of origin. Title III:  Pesticide Tolerances - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Administrator, if a registration under FIFRA for a pesticide to be used on food is canceled or modified to prohibit its use in connection with food, to revoke any tolerance or exemption that permits the presence of the pesticide on the food. Suspends tolerances or exemptions for pesticides used on food if such use is suspended under FIFRA. Authorizes the Administrator, if a residue of a canceled or suspended pesticide will persist in the environment and be present on a food, to establish a tolerance for the pesticide at a level that permits the residue to remain and will protect public health.  Requires the Administrator to reduce the tolerance for any suspended or canceled pesticide annually if any decrease in the pesticide's residual environmental contamination or residues on food has occurred.  Prohibits the Administrator from establishing or continuing a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue unless the best available, practical method for detecting and measuring the levels of the residue on a food exists. Title IV:  Pesticide Information - Prohibits the importation of a raw agricultural commodity into U.S. customs territory unless the commodity importer files with the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury a document identifying each pesticide chemical used in connection with the commodity.  Requires such importers, if unreported pesticides are detected in such commodities, to submit residue analyses for such pesticides.  Waives reporting requirements for unreported pesticides if the presence of such pesticides is attributable to long-term environmental persistence and does not pose a health risk.      Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to apply such requirements to importers of meat, poultry, and eggs. (Sec. 402) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 to add to the list of annual reporting requirements of agricultural attaches a report on the customary use of pesticides in the production of agricultural commodities in foreign countries. Title V:  Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.",2025-08-21T16:12:09Z,
105-s-2653,105,s,2653,"A bill to require the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to report to Congress by April 1, 1999, on the availability of certain wool fabric, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]",IL,D,D000563,2,"Directs the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to report to specified congressional committees with respect to:  (1) the current and projected availability through December 31, 2004, of certain categories of wool fabrics imported from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries; (2) the existence of any deficiency in the supply of those fabric categories, including U.S. domestic producers of such fabrics and the causes of any supply deficiency; (3) the economic consequences resulting from the deficiency, if any, for U.S. producers of the textile goods and articles using such fabrics (including U.S. domestic producers of such fabrics); (4) the economic consequences for such U.S. producers and U.S. producers of fiber, tops, yarn, and fabric resulting from the reduction and elimination of tariffs in 1999 for each fabric category; (5) the capability of the Customs Service to monitor effectively and verify that the imports of wool fabrics meet U.S. tariff and quota requirements; and (6) the economic consequences of the wool apparel tariff preference level provision in the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA on the U.S. wool textile and apparel industry. Declares that nothing in this Act is intended to affect the elimination of quotas or the application of safeguards provided for in the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing or the Agreement on Safeguards.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
105-s-2654,105,s,2654,Protecting American Small Business Trade Act of 1998,Law,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,"Protecting American Small Business Trade Act of 1998 -Provides that any person who has entered into a contract, license, or other agreement (contract) with a foreign entity before July 1, 1985, that contains a provision to settle any controversy by arbitration shall not be barred from bringing an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, including any Federal or State court, or from seeking appropriate relief from any U.S. agency to resolve any controversy.  Requires actions to be brought under this Act before 180 days after its enactment.",2025-08-21T16:11:21Z,
105-s-2655,105,s,2655,A bill to limit the amounts of expenditures for the national defense budget function for fiscal years 1999 and 2000; and for other purposes.,Armed Forces and National Security,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,0,"Limits for FY 1999 and 2000 the total budget authority and the total amount of outlays for such authority, respectively, for budget function 050 (National Defense) to $270.6 billion and $265.5 billion. Requires such amounts to be expended so as to not adversely affect military readiness and the quality of life of military personnel, military retirees, and their families. Prohibits amounts expended for readiness, or for peacekeeping operations that began before September 30, 1998, from being considered emergency expenditures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with an exception for any such operation that significantly increases in force size or tempo after such date.",2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
105-sres-312,105,sres,312,"A resolution to amend Senate Resolution 209 in order to provide budget levels in the Senate for purposes of fiscal year 1999 and include the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.",Economics and Public Finance,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12915-12916)",Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Amends S. Res. 209 to establish budgetary levels for FY 1999 through 2003 for Federal revenues, new budget authority, total budget outlays, and revenues and outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds. Authorizes the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to file one set of revisions to the levels, amounts, and allocations provided by this resolution and permits such revisions to reflect only legislation enacted in the 105th Congress and not assumed in this resolution. Directs the chairman, upon making revisions, to reduce balances of direct spending and receipts for any fiscal year to zero. Requires this resolution to:  (1) take effect on the earlier of the date the Congress adjourns sine die or the 105th Congress expires; and (2) expire on the date a concurrent budget resolution for FY 1999 is agreed to. Directs the chairman, upon adoption of this resolution, to file committee spending allocations pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.",2025-04-07T13:43:52Z,
105-sres-313,105,sres,313,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the brutal killing of Mr. Matthew Shepard.,Commemorations,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12936)",Senate,"Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]",WY,R,T000162,1,"Condemns the actions which occurred in Laramie, Wyoming, whereby Matthew Shepard was physically beaten, tortured, tied to a wooden fence, and left for dead, resulting in his death. Urges each Member of Congress and every U.S. citizen to join in denouncing and encouraging others to denounce this outrageous murder. Pledges to:  (1) join in efforts to bring an end to such crimes and to encourage all Americans to dedicate themselves to ending violence in the United States; and (2) fight the sort of prejudice and intolerance that leads to the murder of innocent people.",2016-10-26T06:32:19Z,
105-sres-314,105,sres,314,A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make adjustments to payments made to skilled nursing facilities under the medicare program.,Health,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making payments under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities under Medicare, has the authority under such PPS to provide for an appropriate adjustment to account for case mix which reflects a patient's medical needs requiring the provision of non-therapy ancillary services (such as respiratory therapy, pharmacy, laboratory, X-ray, and parenteral and enteral services, and covered durable medical supplies). Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should:  (1) gather sufficient data on the provision of non-therapy ancillary services by skilled nursing facilities paid under the PPS in order to develop the appropriate case mix adjustment; and (2) periodically report to the Congress on the development of such an adjustment which reflects a patient's medical needs requiring such ancillary services.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
105-hconres-353,105,hconres,353,Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Provides for the sine die adjournment of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on October 21 or 22, 1998.",2025-01-02T17:43:53Z,
105-hconres-354,105,hconres,354,To correct the enrollment of H.R. 4328.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2277),House,"Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]",NJ,R,F000372,13,Makes a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 4328 (Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations).,2025-01-02T17:43:57Z,
105-hjres-138,105,hjres,138,Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-11-03,Became Public Law No: 105-350.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Provides for convening the first session of the 106th Congress at noon on January 6, 1999.",2025-01-02T17:45:04Z,
105-hr-4856,105,hr,4856,Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7]",TX,R,A000215,9,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Miscellaneous Trade Corrections      Title II:  Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other           Trade Provisions           Subtitle A:  Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions           Subtitle B:  Other Trade Provisions      Title III: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Title I:  Miscellaneous Trade Corrections - Makes various specified miscellaneous technical corrections to the Trade Act of 1974 and other specified Federal law involving:  (1) abolishment of the East-West Foreign Trade Board; (2) repeal of the requirement that certain small vessels departing from a foreign port, or which visited a hovering vessel, carry a certificate for the importation into the United States of alcoholic spirits; (3) repeal of the exemption of documented tugs with a Great Lakes endorsement from certain entry and clearance requirements; (4) change of general most-favored-nation (MFN) status to general or normal trade relations (NTR) status under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and (5) conforming amendments to obsolete references to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). (Sec. 1003) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow certain entries of television receivers, monitors, and picture tubes, and combination TV-VCRs with a diagonal measurement of up to 34.29cm (currently, 33.02 cm), or 13.5 inches, to be classified as 13 inches for purposes of tariff treatment under the Schedule. Directs the Customs Service, upon proper request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries made on or after January 1, 1995, and before 15 days after enactment of this Act, as if such amendment applied to such entries. Title II:  Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other Trade Provisions - Subtitle A:  Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for temporary duty suspensions for:  (1) specified chemicals and dyes through December 31, 2001; (2) snowboard boots with uppers of textile materials through December 31, 2001; (3) ink-jet textile printing machinery through December 31, 2001; (4) textile printing machinery through December 31, 2001; (5) substrates of synthetic quartz or synthetic fused silica imported into the United States in bulk or in forms or packages for retail sale through December 31, 2001; (6) power weaving machines (looms), shuttle type, for weaving fabrics between 30 cm and 4.9m in width, if entered without off-loom or large loom take-ups, drop wires, heddles, reeds, harness frames or beams, through December 31, 2001; (7) skating boots for use in the manufacture of in-line roller skates through December 31, 2001; (8) dual thrust chamber rocket engines, each having a maximum static sea level thrust exceeding 3,550 kN and nozzle exit diameter exceeding 127cm, through December 31, 2001; (9) certain manufacturing equipment through December 31, 2001; (10) textured rolled glass sheets through December 31, 2001; (11) certain anti-HIV drug substances through June 30, 1999; (12) certain high-performance loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures, through December 31, 2001; (13) parts for use in the manufacture of certain high-performance loudspeakers through December 31, 2001; (14) textile doubling or twisting machines through December 31, 1998; and (15) certain polymers through December 31, 2001. (Sec. 2129) Reduces the duty on a certain dye and on certain chemicals variously through December 31, 1998, December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000, and December 31, 2001. (Sec. 2161) Reduces the duty, for December 31, 1998, and December 31, 2001, respectively, on weaving machines (looms), shuttleless type, for weaving fabrics between 30cm and 4.9m in width, entered without off-loom or large loom takeups, drop wires, heddles, reeds, harness frames, or beams. Subtitle B:  Other Trade Provisions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend to certain fine jewelry certain trade benefits of insular possessions of the United States. (Sec. 2401) Mandates treatment as a product of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa, during 1999 and 2000, of any article of jewelry assembled in such territory or possession. (Sec. 2402) Provides for the tariff treatment of certain components of scientific instruments and apparatus, as well as the application of the domestic equivalency test to such components. (Sec. 2403) Directs the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate or reliquidate (refund duty on) certain entries made at Los Angeles, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in accordance with the final decision of the International Trade Administration for shipments entered between October 1, 1984, and December 14, 1987 (case number A- 274-001). (Sec. 2404) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that packaging material produced in the United States (currently, any packaging material), which is used by the manufacturer or any other person on or for articles which are exported or destroyed, shall also be eligible for a refund (drawback) of 99 percent of any duty, tax, or fee imposed on the importation of such material used to manufacture or produce the packaging material. (Sec. 2405) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, by January 1, 2000, to provide for the inclusion of commercial importation data from foreign-trade zones in the National Customs Automation Program (an automated and electronic system for processing commercial importations). (Sec. 2406) Permits the deferral (until sale) of duty payment on any large yacht (a vessel exceeding 79 feet in length and used primarily for recreation or pleasure) that is imported for sale at a boat show, if the importer of record:  (1) certifies to the Customs Service that it is imported for sale at a boat show in the United States; and (2) posts a bond in an amount equal to twice the amount of the duty ordinarily owed on such yacht. (Sec. 2407) Directs the appropriate customs officer to allow or deny within 30 days after the filing date any application for further review with respect to a protest to a decision of the Customs Service.  Requires that any allowed protest be forwarded to the customs officer who will conduct the further review. (Sec. 2408) Authorizes the Customs Service, notwithstanding the fact that a valid protest was not filed, to reliquidate an entry to refund merchandise processing fees paid on goods qualifying under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules of origin for which no claim for preferential tariff treatment was made at the time of importation, provided that the importer meets certain conditions. (Sec. 2409) Authorizes the entry or withdrawal from a warehouse of international travel merchandise subject to a duty. (Sec. 2410) Revises requirements with respect to the five-year review by the administering authority and the International Trade Commission of countervailing duty or antidumping duty orders, notices of injury determination, or determinations to continue an order or suspension agreement.  Excludes from the computation of the five-year period preceding such a review any period during which the importation of the subject merchandise is prohibited on account of U.S. imposition of certain sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or other Federal law against the country in which such merchandise originates, if that country is not a member of the World Trade Organization. (Sec. 2411) Applies the rates of duty effective after December 31, 1994, under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, if lower, to certain water resistant wool trousers that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after December 31, 1988, and before January 1, 1995. (Sec. 2412) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment of previously imported goods for which a duty was paid if they are:  (1) exported within three years after the date of such previous importation; (2) sold for exportation and exported to individuals for personal use; (3) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad; (4) reimported as personal returns from those individuals, whether or not consolidated with other personal returns prior to reimportation; and (5) reimported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States within one year of such exportation. (Sec. 2413) Grants duty-free treatment, through December 31, 2002, to the personal effects of, and other equipment imported and used by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. Declares that such articles shall be:  (1) free of applicable taxes and fees; but (2) not exempt from routine customs inspections. (Sec. 2414) Directs the U.S. Customs Service, upon request, to liquidate or reliquidate (refund duty on) certain entries (filed at the port of Los Angeles) of indirect electrostatic copiers at the rate of duty that would have been applicable to such merchandise if they had been liquidated or reliquidated at a duty rate applicable to other automated data processing (ADP) thermal transfer printer units on the date of entry. (Sec. 2415) Directs the U.S. Customs Service to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of certain entries in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Decision 86-126(M) and Customs Ruling No.  224697, dated November 17, 1994. (Sec. 2417) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize duty-free sales enterprises to be located, among other places, within a port of entry, or within 25 statute miles of a staffed port of entry, if reasonable assurance can be provided that the duty-free merchandise sold by the enterprise will be exported by individuals departing from the customs territory through an international airport located within the territory. (Sec. 2418) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to continue, indefinitely, the use of customs user fees (to the extent funds remain available after making certain reimbursements) for salaries for up to 50 full-time equivalent inspectional positions to provide preclearance customs services. Decreases from $6.50 to $5 the customs user fee charged to each passenger that arrives aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the U.S. customs (except $1.75 shall be charged to each passenger aboard a commercial vessel that arrives from Canada, Mexico, a U.S. territory or possession, or an adjacent island). Earmarks a specified amount of certain customs user fees to the Customs Service for automated commercial systems. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish an advisory committee, consisting of representatives from the airline, cruise ship, and other transportation industries, to advise the Commissioner on issues related to the performance of the inspectional services of the Customs Service. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary, for a specified period, to prescribe an alternative mid-point interest accounting methodology, which may be employed by the importer, based upon aggregate data in lieu of accounting for such interest from each deposit data provided. (Sec. 2419) Allows a duty drawback (refund of duty) for methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a finished petroleum derivative, provided certain requirements are met. (Sec. 2420) Revises the methodology used to calculate the drawback (refund of duties) on the export of finished petroleum derivatives that have been manufactured with (substituted for) a qualified article which is of the same kind and quality (whether imported duty-paid or domestic).  Redefines the term ""qualified article"" to include certain manufactured articles (primary forms), including articles of the same kind and quality, or any combination thereof, that are transferred as certified in a certificate of delivery or certificate of manufacture and delivery to an exporter in a quantity not greater than the quantity of articles purchased or exchanged for use in the manufactured article. (Sec. 2421) Directs the U.S. Customs Service, upon proper request, to:  (1) liquidate or reliquidate as if the special column one duty rate applicable for Canada applied to certain entries of mueslix cereal; and (2) refund to the importer any excess duties paid with respect to such entries. (Sec. 2422) Directs the Foreign Trade Zones Board to expand Foreign Trade Zone No.  143 to include areas in the vicinity of the Chico Municipal Airport in accordance with the application submitted to the Board by the Sacramento-Yolo Port District of Sacramento, California, on March 11, 1997. (Sec. 2423) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt certain woven fabrics containing silk or silk waste from the country of origin marking requirements. (Sec. 2424) Authorizes the President to:  (1) determine that title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (denying nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of certain countries) should no longer apply to Mongolia; and (2) based upon such determination, extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to Mongolian products. (Sec. 2425) Authorizes the Commissioner of the Customs Service to establish a one-year pilot program to provide 24-hour cargo inspection service on a fee-for-service basis at a certain international airport. (Sec. 2426) Directs the Department of Defense to permit the dependent children of deceased U.S. Customs Aviation Group Supervisor Pedro J. Rodriquez attending the Antilles Consolidated School System at Ford Buchanan, Puerto Rico, to complete their primary and secondary education without cost to them or any parent or relative. Title III:  Amendments To Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning a corporation, its shareholders, and the transferring of certain assets and liabilities.",2025-04-07T15:23:24Z,
105-hr-4857,105,hr,4857,"Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998",Government Operations and Politics,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38]",CA,R,H000789,4,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  General Management Improvements      Title II:  Improving Federal Debt Collection Practices      Title III:  Sale of Nontax Debts Owed to United States      Title IV:  Treatment of High Value Nontax Debts      Title V:  Federal Payments Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998 Title I: General Management Improvements - Amends requirements regarding certain Federal agencies' (executive departments as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) audited financial statements, including to:  (1) extend the deadline for the preparation and submission of the first of such statements; and (2) provide for submission of such statements to the Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director). (Currently, such statements are to be submitted to the Director.) (Sec. 102) Excludes lodging provided under Federal travel and subsistence expense provisions from an exception which prohibits agency heads from requiring employees or members of the uniformed services to occupy quarters on a rental basis. Directs each head of an executive agency to require, with respect to travel by agency employees in the performance of their duties, the use by such employees of travel management centers, authorized travel agents, and electronic reservation and payment systems for the purpose of improving efficiency and economy regarding travel by agency employees.  Requires the Administrator of General Services to develop a plan regarding implementation of this requirement and to report to the Congress on such plan and the means by which such agency heads plan to ensure that employees use travel management centers, travel agents, and electronic reservation and payment systems. Directs the Administrator to ensure that employees of executive agencies are not inappropriately charged State and local taxes on travel expenses.  Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on the steps taken and proposed to be taken to carry out such requirement. Title II:  Improving Federal Debt Collection Practices - Makes technical amendments to financial management provisions relating to claims of the U.S. Government, including those that permit a State to collect by administrative offset certain payments under the Social Security Act, Black Lung Benefits Act, or railroad retirement laws for past due child support being enforced by a State. Sets forth provisions relating to the collection by private collection contractors through the use of garnishment of any debt owed to the United States, including to prohibit a private collection contractor, in attempting to collect through the use of garnishment any such debt, from being precluded from verifying the debtor's current employer, the location of the payroll office of the debtor's current employer, the period the debtor has been employed by the current employer, and the compensation received by the debtor from such employer. Requires collection contracts to include conditions under which contractors are:  (1) subject to penalties for failures to comply with applicable law or for unreasonable or abusive collection practices; or (2) absolved from liability or contract penalties in connection with collecting a debt by actions required by such contracts. Amends provisions relating to contracts for collection services to authorize the Attorney General to make contracts retaining private counsel to furnish legal services in the case of any monetary claim, including claims for civil fines or penalties.  (Under current law, such contracts are made only in the case of any claim of indebtedness owed the United States.) (Sec. 202) Bars certain delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible for the award or renewal of any:  (1) Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan (other than a disaster loan), loan insurance, or guarantee; or (2) Federal permit or license. (Sec. 203) Prohibits an executive, judicial, or legislative agency head from discharging a nontax debt or terminating collection action on such a debt unless:  (1) it has been referred to a private collection contractor, a debt collection center, or to the Attorney General for litigation; (2) it has been sold without recourse; (3) administrative wage garnishment has been undertaken; or (4) there is bankruptcy, death, or disability.  Permits the agency head to waive the application of such requirement with respect to any nontax debt, or class of nontax debts, if the waiver is in the best interest of the United States. Title III:  Sale of Nontax Debts Owed to United States - Allows an executive, judicial, or legislative agency head to sell, using competitive procedures, any nontax debt owed to the United States that is administered by the agency.  Specifies that such sales shall:  (1) be for cash or cash and a residuary equity, joint venture, or profit participation, if the proceeds will be greater than the proceeds from a sale solely for cash; (2) be without recourse against the United States, but may include the use of guarantees if authorized by law; and (3) transfer to the purchaser all U.S. rights to demand payment of the debt, other than with respect to a residuary equity, joint venture, or profit participation. (Sec. 302) Sets forth requirements for the sale of certain:  (1) delinquent nontax loans; (2) loans; and (3) nontax debts or class of debts. Title IV:  Treatment of High Value Nontax Debts - Requires each agency head that administers a program that gives rise to a delinquent high value nontax debt (a nontax debt having an outstanding value that exceeds $1 million) to submit an annual report to the Congress that lists each such debt. (Sec. 402) Requires the Inspector General of each agency to:  (1) review such annual report to the Congress and make such recommendations as necessary to improve the agency's performance; (2) periodically review and report to the Congress on the agency's nontax debt collection management practices; and (3) as part of such reviews, examine agency efforts to reduce the aggregate amount of high value nontax debts that are resolved in whole or in part by compromise, default, or bankruptcy. (Sec. 403) Requires an agency head authorized to collect a delinquent high value nontax debt to promptly seek seizure and forfeiture of assets pledged to the United States in any transaction giving rise to such a debt.  Directs an agency, upon determining that seizure or forfeiture is not appropriate, to include a justification for such determination in the annual report. Title V:  Federal Payments - Includes within requirements of the Director's regulations regarding Federal payments that a required payment date may be waived to provide for early payment in cases where an agency will implement an electronic payment technology which improves agency cash management and business practice. Permits an executive agency head, subject to an agreement between the agency head and the applicable financial institution, to accept an electronic payment, including debit and credit cards, to satisfy a nontax debt owed to the agency.",2025-04-07T15:24:01Z,
105-hr-4858,105,hr,4858,United States-Panama Partnership Act of 1998,International Affairs,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to House Ways and Means,House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,G000212,9,"United States-Panama Partnership Act of 1998 - Authorizes the President, any time before December 31, 1999, to certify to the Congress that the United States and the Government of Panama have reached an agreement permitting the United States, for a period of not less than 15 years beginning on January 1, 2000, to maintain its military presence at Howard Air Force Base, Fort Kobbe, Rodman Naval Station, and Fort Sherman, under terms and conditions substantially similar to those that have applied since October 1, 1979.  Authorizes specified assistance to Panama, upon such certification by the President, including:  (1) assistance for the construction of a new bridge across the Panama Canal; (2) assistance to the Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships program for scholarships for deserving students from Panama to study in the United States; and (3) preferential tariff and quota treatment to certain textile and apparel and certain other articles.",2025-08-21T16:14:22Z,
105-hr-4859,105,hr,4859,Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1998,Commerce,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8]",MD,R,M000941,1,"Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1998 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (Stevenson-Wydler Act) to revise requirements regarding enumerated authority under a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement to permit Government laboratories to grant licenses to federally owned inventions for which a patent application was filed before the granting of the license, and directly within the scope of work under such agreement. (Sec. 3) Rewrites Federal restrictions on the licensing of federally owned inventions.  Requires a license applicant to make a commitment to achieve practical utilization of the invention within a reasonable time.  Requires such a license to include provisions:  (1) retaining a nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license for the Federal agency to practice the invention or have the invention practiced throughout the world by or on behalf of the U.S. Government; (2) requiring periodic reporting on use of the invention by the licensee only to the extent necessary to enable the Federal agency to determine whether the licensee is complying with license terms; and (3) empowering the Federal agency to terminate the license if the licensee has been found by a competent authority to have violated the Federal antitrust laws in connection with its performance under the license agreement.  Prohibits an agency from granting an exclusive or partially exclusive license on a federally-owned invention unless:  (1) it has provided 15 days' public notice and considered all comments received; and (2) the person requesting the license has supplied to the agency a plan for development and-or marketing of the invention.  Exempts from these requirements the licensing of any inventions made under an R&D agreement. (Sec. 4) Makes certain technical amendments to:  (1) the Bayh-Dole Act with regard to Government acquisition of the rights of a private party to a federally owned invention; and (2) the Stevenson-Wydler Act relating to, among other things, the distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies. (Sec. 6) Requires each Federal agency with a federally funded laboratory that has one or more R&D agreements under the Stevenson-Wydler Act to report to the Committee on National Security of the National Science and Technology Council (Committee) and the Congress on the general policies and procedures that agency uses to gather and consider the views of other agencies on joint work statements, or R&D agreements in the case of certain laboratories, with respect to major proposed R&D agreements that involve critical national security technology or may have a significant impact on domestic or international competitiveness. Directs the Committee to:  (1) determine the adequacy of existing procedures and methods for interagency coordination and awareness with respect to R&D agreements; and (2) establish and distribute to appropriate Federal agencies specific criteria to indicate the necessity for gathering and considering agency views on such statements or agreements, as well as additional procedures, if any, for carrying out such gathering and considering. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Act to provide for increased flexibility for Federal laboratory partnership intermediaries. Directs the General Accounting Office to study and report to the Congress on the potential risks to the U.S. biotechnology industry relating to biological deposits in support of biotechnology patents. Requires the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to consider the recommendations of such study in drafting regulations affecting biological deposits. Revises Federal patent law to authorize, upon timely request, the treatment of a provisional application as a written application, notwithstanding the absence of a claim.  Applies current statutory abandonment treatment to a provisional application 12 months after the application filing date only if such a request is not made.",2025-04-07T15:34:08Z,
105-hr-4860,105,hr,4860,National Domestic Violence Victim Notification Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2272),House,"Rep. Baesler, Scotty [D-KY-6]",KY,D,B000028,0,"National Domestic Violence Victim Notification Act - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to private non-profit entities to create and operate a national victim notification (VINE) system to serve as a comprehensive community and individual awareness program that connects communities and victims of domestic violence with vital criminal justice information about individuals who have been charged with a domestic violence crime, and prison inmates who have been convicted of a crime involving domestic violence. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress on the integration of a national victim notification system with the National Domestic Violence Hotline, databases developed under certain State sexual offender registration programs, and the National Crime Information Center.",2025-08-21T16:14:30Z,
105-hr-4861,105,hr,4861,Terrorist Elimination Act of 1998,International Affairs,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.,House,"Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7]",GA,R,B000169,0,Terrorist Elimination Act of 1998 - Nullifies the effect of specified provisions of certain executive orders which prohibit Federal employees from attempting or performing assassinations.,2025-08-21T16:14:09Z,
105-hr-4862,105,hr,4862,Medigap Access Protection for Seniors Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-20,1998-11-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]",MD,D,C000141,0,Medigap Access Protection for Seniors Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to the certification of Medicare supplemental health insurance (Medigap) policies to include among such policies one which covers prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan that terminates enrollment of all individuals in the area in which the beneficiary resides.,2025-08-21T16:11:55Z,
105-hr-4863,105,hr,4863,Government Regulatory Improvement and Performance Act of 1998,Government Operations and Politics,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to House Government Reform,House,"Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,C000670,1,"Government Regulatory Improvement and Performance Act of 1998 - Declares that:  (1) Federal agencies should promulgate only such regulations as are required by law, necessary to interpret the law, or necessary to protect and promote or improve the health and safety of the public, the environment, or the well-being of the American people; and (2) in deciding whether and how to regulate, agencies should assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating. Sets forth principles of regulation to ensure that the agencies' regulatory programs are consistent with such philosophy, including that each agency:  (1) identify the problem that it intends to address by regulation, assess its significance, and if possible conduct a risk analysis; (2) identify and assess available alternatives to direct regulation; (3) wherever feasible, seek views of appropriate State, local, and tribal officials before imposing requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect those governmental entities. (Sec. 3) Directs the Office of Management and Budget to carry out coordinated review of agency rulemaking.  Designates its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as the repository of expertise concerning regulatory issues. (Sec. 4) Directs the OIRA Administrator, early in each year's planning cycle, to convene a meeting of the regulatory policy advisers to the President and agency heads to seek a common understanding of priorities and to coordinate regulatory efforts for the upcoming year. Requires each agency to prepare:  (1) a unified regulatory agenda of all regulations under development or review; and (2) a regulatory plan of the most important significant regulatory actions that the agency reasonably expects to issue in that fiscal year or thereafter. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) convene and chair a regulatory working group, which shall meet at least quarterly, to assist agencies in identifying and analyzing important regulatory issues; (2) meet quarterly, along with agency heads, with representatives of State, local, and tribal governments to identify exiting and proposed regulations that may uniquely or significantly affect those governmental entities; and (3) convene periodic conferences with representatives of businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and the public to discuss regulatory issues. (Sec. 5) Requires that:  (1) each agency submit to OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations; and (2) any significant regulations selected for review be included in the agency's annual plan, and the agency identify any legislative mandates that require the agency to promulgate or continue to impose unnecessary or outdated regulations. (Sec. 5) Requires each agency to:  (1) submit to the OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations for possible modification or elimination; (2) provide the public with meaningful participation in the regulatory process and a meaningful opportunity to comment on any proposed regulation, generally including a comment period of not less than 60 days; and (2) explore and, where appropriate, use consensual mechanisms for developing regulations, including negotiated rulemaking. Directs:  (1) each agency head to designate a Regulatory Policy Office; (2) each agency to develop its regulatory actions in a timely fashion and adhere to specified procedures; (3) each agency to provide the OIRA with a list of its planned regulatory actions, including significant regulatory actions; and (4)  the Administrator to provide meaningful guidance and oversight. (Sec. 8) Prohibits an agency from publishing a regulation until the Administrator has waived review of the action, completed such review, or the review period has passed, whichever occurs first.",2025-08-21T16:11:20Z,
105-hr-4864,105,hr,4864,Education Bill of Rights Act,Education,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28]",CA,R,D000492,0,"Education Bill of Rights Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote certain education initiatives. Requires an applicant LEA, to be eligible for such a grant, to demonstrate that it has developed the following initiatives:  (1) a charter school program to allow parents greater choice in selecting the appropriate educational setting for their child; (2) a parental school choice program that allows parents the ability to select a public school located within the LEA; (3) a vocational and academic opportunities program that allows parents to choose a vocational or college preparatory program for their secondary school student child; (4) an early elementary reading program to ensure that all students can read by the third grade; (5) a program to provide a safe and drug-free environment at school; (6) a locally-developed standardized testing program; (7) curriculum development panels composed of teachers and parents; (8) a program to improve or increase the standards for teachers; (9) a merit pay system to reward teachers who meet or exceed performance criteria; and (10) a teaching excellence program to ensure that the most qualified teachers are hired, including teachers with expertise in the workplace. Sets forth a formula for allocation of funds to LEAS that meet such eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:22Z,
105-hr-4865,105,hr,4865,Checkoff for Charity Act of 1998,Taxation,1998-10-20,1998-11-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]",NY,D,E000179,6,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Checkoff for Charity      Title II:  Checkoff for Charity Commission Checkoff for Charity Act of 1998 - Title I:  Checkoff for Charity - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to designate contributions to charities on their tax returns.  Establishes the Checkoff for Charities Trust Fund. Title II:  Checkoff for Charity Commission - Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Checkoff for Charity Commission which shall make arrangements for voluntary charitable, health, and welfare agencies that provide or support direct health and welfare services to individuals or their families to solicit contributions through designations made on individual tax returns.  Requires annual reports from the Commission.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:24Z,
105-hr-4866,105,hr,4866,Staten Island Aircraft Noise Correction Act of 1998,Transportation and Public Works,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]",NY,R,F000440,0,"Staten Island Aircraft Noise Correction Act of 1998 - Declares that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should remedy the problem it has created by formulating and implementing plans to mitigate aircraft noise over certain areas of Staten Island, New York. Directs the FAA Administrator to develop and publish a plan to investigate and test southbound departure procedures from Newark International Airport runway 22 that will result in a minimum 25 percent decrease in aircraft noise on the ground in northwestern Staten Island. Confers standing in U.S. district court upon any Staten Island resident to compel the FAA Administrator to comply with this Act.",2025-08-21T16:11:29Z,
105-hr-4867,105,hr,4867,"To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands to the Town of Pahrump, Nevada, for use for a recreation complex.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly convey to the town of Pahrump, Nevada, specified parcels of public land located in Pahrump.  Subjects any such conveyance to the condition that the town use the interests conveyed solely for the purpose of development and operation of a public recreation complex. States that before the conveyance, actions required with respect to the conveyance under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Historic Preservation Act, and other applicable Federal laws must be completed at no cost to the United States.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,
105-hr-4868,105,hr,4868,Quality Day Care Protection Act of 1998,Crime and Law Enforcement,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2283),House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,0,"Quality Day Care Protection Act of 1998 - Prohibits, and sets penalties for, a child day care provider in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce from:  (1) knowingly making any false representation regarding the care, the provider, or an employee to a parent or guardian considering the placement of a child in the care of that provider or to a law enforcement officer, thereby placing a child's safety or health at substantial risk; and (2) recklessly causing serious bodily injury.",2025-08-21T16:11:18Z,
105-hr-4869,105,hr,4869,"To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit all disbursements by foreign nationals in connection with campaigns for election for Federal, State, and local office, and for other purposes.",Government Operations and Politics,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.,House,"Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1]",IA,R,L000169,0,"Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit all disbursements by foreign nationals in connection with Federal, State, and local elections, either to a political committee of a political party or for an independent expenditure.",2025-01-02T17:51:45Z,
105-hr-4870,105,hr,4870,Financial Services Act of 1998,Finance and Financial Sector,1998-10-20,1998-11-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1]",IA,R,L000169,7,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Facilitating Affiliation Among Securities Firms,           Insurance Companies, and Depository Institutions           Subtitle A:  Affiliations           Subtitle B:  Streamlining Supervision of Financial                Holding Companies           Subtitle C:  Subsidiaries of National Banks           Subtitle D:  Wholesale Financial Holding Companies;                Wholesale Financial Institutions           Subtitle E:  Preservation of FTC Authority           Subtitle F:  Applying the Principles of National                Treatment and Equality of Competitive Opportunity                to Foreign Banks and Foreign Financial Institutions           Subtitle G:  Federal Home Loan Bank System Modernization           Subtitle H:  Direct Activities of Banks           Subtitle I:  Deposit Insurance Funds           Subtitle J:  Effective Date of Title      Title II:  Functional Regulation           Subtitle A:  Brokers and Dealers           Subtitle B:  Bank Investment Company Activities           Subtitle C:  Securities and Exchange Commission                Supervision of Investment Bank Holding Companies           Subtitle D:  Studies      Title III:  Insurance           Subtitle A:  State Regulations of Insurance           Subtitle B:  Redomestication of Mutual Insurers           Subtitle C:  National Association of Registered Agents                and Brokers      Title IV:  Unitary Savings and Loan Holding Companies      Title V:  Financial Information Privacy      Title VI:  Miscellaneous Financial Services Act of 1998 - Title I:  Facilitating Affiliation Among Securities Firms, Insurance Companies, and Depository Institutions - Subtitle A:  Affiliations - Amends the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) to repeal the prohibitions: (1) against affiliation of any Federal Reserve member bank with an entity engaged principally in securities activities (securities affiliate); and (2) against simultaneous service by any officer, director, or employee of a securities firm as an officer, director, or employee of any member bank (interlocking directorates). (Sec. 102) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHCA) to exempt from its prohibition against interests in nonbanking organizations the shares of any company whose activities had been determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, to be so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto. (Sec. 103) Creates a statutory mechanism for the establishment of financial holding companies (FHCs) whose subsidiary depository institutions are well-capitalized and well-managed and meet other specified criteria.  Instructs the Board to establish and apply comparable capital standards to a foreign bank with a subsidiary bank or commercial lending company in the United States.  Cites conditions under which newly acquired depository institutions shall enjoy limited exclusions from the community needs requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Permits an FHC and a Board-supervised investment bank holding company (BHC) to engage in any activity and acquire the shares of any company whose activities have been determined by the Board to be either financial in nature, or incidental to financial activities. Mandates consultation and coordination, according to specified guidelines, between the Board and the Department of the Treasury regarding determination of whether an activity is financial in nature, or incidental to financial activities. Includes among such activities any investments, lending, insurance, securities transactions, certain financial operations abroad, and ownership or control of banking interests.  Requires an FHC to make assurances that risk management procedures adequately protect insured depository institution subsidiaries, including reasonable measures to preserve separate corporate identity and limited liability.  Mandates notification to the Board of certain large business combinations with FHCs or wholesale FHCs. Cites circumstances under which an FHC (and its foreign counterpart) may engage in nonfinancial activities.  Permits FHCs which were not BHCs or foreign banks before becoming FHCs to retain limited non-financial activities and affiliations.  Sets forth cross-marketing restrictions for FHC-controlled depository institutions. (Sec. 104) Preempts State anti-affiliation laws restricting transactions among insured depository institutions, wholesale financial institutions, insurance concerns, and national banks.  Cites exceptions to such preemption, especially for State regulation of the business of insurance, including the retention of State capitalization requirements for an insurance entity acquired by another entity, and specified consumer protections.  Declares that this Act shall not affect State antitrust and general corporate law.  Retains State oversight authority over specified financial activities other than insurance. Prohibits State regulation of the insurance activities of an insured depository institution or wholesale financial institution in any way that discriminates adversely between insured depository institutions or wholesale financial institutions and other entities engaged in insurance activities. (Sec. 105) Requires that mutual bank holding companies be regulated on the same terms as bank holding companies. (Sec. 106) Amends the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (RNIBBEA) to apply its prohibition against deposit production offices to interstate branches acquired or established under this Act, including all branches of a bank owned by an out-of-State BHC. (Sec. 107) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to apply to any branch of a bank controlled by an out-of-State BHC certain requirements for branch closures by an interstate bank. (Sec. 108) Authorizes well-capitalized and well-managed limited purpose banks to engage in any banking activity.  (Maintains the restriction that such banks may accept demand deposits or make commercial loans, but not both.)  Prohibits such banks from permitting any overdraft (including intraday overdrafts), or incurring overdrafts in their accounts at a Federal Reserve Bank, on behalf of an affiliate, with certain exceptions.  Permits such banks to:  (1) issue corporate credit cards; (2) cross market affiliates; and (3) avoid divestiture by correcting violations within six months of receiving notice from the Board. (Sec. 109) Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to present interim reports to the Congress regarding an ongoing multistage study of consumer privacy issues. (Sec. 110) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the projected impact that the enactment of this Act will have on financial institutions with total assets of $100 million or less. Subtitle B:  Streamlining Supervision of Financial Holding Companies - Prohibits the Board from imposing any capital or capital adequacy criteria upon a non-depository institution FHC subsidiary that is in compliance with State or Federal capitalization rules, or is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  Prohibits the Board, in developing capital adequacy requirements, from taking into consideration any affiliated investment company which is not a bank holding company nor controlled by one holding 25 percent or more shares of the investment company worth more than $1 million. (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Board to transfer its BHC oversight authority to the appropriate Federal banking agency if a BHC is not significantly engaged in non-banking activities. Mandates Board deference to the SEC and relevant State securities and insurance authorities with respect to interpretations and enforcement of activities (functional regulation) within their respective jurisdictions. (Sec. 112) Provides that a declaration filed by a company seeking to be an FHC shall satisfy BHC registration requirements but not any requirement to file an application to acquire a bank. Revises BHCA divestiture procedures to permit a BHC to elect divestiture of either a nonbanking subsidiary or an insured depository institution. (Sec. 113) Declares ineffective and non-enforceable any Board actions requiring an insurance company BHC or a registered securities broker-dealer BHC to provide assets to a subsidiary insured depository institution if the State insurance authority, or the SEC, determines in writing that such actions would have a material adverse effect on the BHC's financial condition.  Permits the Board to order divestiture of the subsidiary in lieu of other action. (Sec. 114) Authorizes the Board to restrict relationships or transactions between:  (1) a BHC depository institution subsidiary and its affiliates (other than a subsidiary of the institution); and (2) a foreign bank and its U.S. affiliates. (Sec. 115) Grants the SEC exclusive authority to examine and inspect any non-BHC registered investment company.  Prohibits a Federal banking agency from inspecting or examining such a non-BHC company. Permits the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to examine the affiliate of an insured depository institution in order to disclose fully the impact of their relationship upon such institution. (Sec. 116) Prohibits the Board from taking any action under the BHCA or the FDIA against a BHC-regulated subsidiary unless it is necessary to prevent or redress an unsafe or unsound practice or breach of fiduciary duty by the subsidiary that poses a material risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of an affiliated depository institution or to the domestic or international payment systems. (Sec. 117) Declares it is the intent of the Congress that the Board and State insurance regulators should:  (1) coordinate their respective supervision of companies that control a depository institution and a company engaged in insurance activities; and (2) share relevant information on a confidential basis (including information regarding the financial health of the consolidated organization, and transactions and relationships between insurance companies and affiliated depository institutions).  States that Federal banking agencies for depository institutions should also share information with State insurance regulators on a confidential basis regarding transactions and relationships between depository institutions and affiliated companies engaged in insurance activities.    Sets forth guidelines for such information exchange and confidentiality. (Sec. 118) Declares that BHCA restrictions placed upon Board authority over bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries shall also limit the authority of the FDIC with respect to such companies and their nonbank subsidiaries. (Sec. 119) Amends the FDIA to prohibit the use of the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) to benefit any affiliates or subsidiaries of certain insured depository institutions in receivership, in default, or in danger of default, or of any insured depository institution in such circumstances that is acquiring another insured depository institutions. Subtitle C:  Subsidiaries of National Banks - Amends Federal law governing national banks to prohibit a subsidiary of a national bank from engaging in any activity, or owning any shares of a company engaged in any activity, that a national bank is not permitted to engage in directly, or that is conducted under terms or conditions other than those that would govern the conduct of the activity by a national bank.  Authorizes a national bank to own a subsidiary engaged in activities that are not permissible for a national bank only if a national bank is specifically authorized by the express terms of a Federal statute to own or control the subsidiary. (Sec. 121) Authorizes a national bank, with Comptroller of the Currency approval, to control a company that engages in agency activities determined to be financial in nature or incidental to such activities if:  (1) the company engages in such activities solely as agent and not directly or indirectly as principal; and (2) the national bank and all its depository institution affiliates are well-capitalized and well-managed and have achieved a satisfactory or better rating under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) at the institution's most recent examination. (Sec. 122) Amends Federal criminal law to proscribe misrepresentations regarding depository institution liability for obligations of affiliates. (Sec. 123) Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal:  (1) the Board's power to restrict the percentage of individual bank capital and surplus represented by loans secured by stock or bond collateral; and (2) the Board's duty to establish such restrictions with a view to preventing the undue use of bank loans for the speculative carrying of securities. Subtitle D:  Holding Companies; Wholesale Financial Institutions - Chapter 1:  Wholesale Financial Holding Companies - Sets forth a statutory mechanism for regulation of wholesale financial holding companies that do not control a bank other than a wholesale financial institution (WFI) or specified, limited-purpose institutions.  Requires such a company to be a registered bank holding company predominantly engaged in certain financial activities, and in control of one or more WFIs.  Specifies the limits of Board examinations of such companies. (Sec. 131) Prohibits the Board, in developing capital adequacy requirements, from taking into consideration any affiliated investment company which is not a bank holding company nor controlled by one holding 25 percent or more shares of the investment company worth more than $1 million. Specifies the kinds of nonfinancial activities in which Board-supervised companies may engage. Sets forth guidelines for the treatment of certain nonfinancial investments and affiliations of foreign banks operating within the United States as Board-supervised wholesale financial holding companies. Chapter 2:  Wholesale Financial Institutions - Amends the Revised Statutes to permit a national bank to operate as a noninsured national WFI subject to FRA and the regulatory authority of the Comptroller of the Currency.  Amends FRA to prescribe procedural guidelines for State bank membership as a noninsured WFI in the Federal Reserve System, subject to FDIA enforcement authority and prompt corrective action requirements.  Subjects such institutions to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 only if the WFI has an affiliate that is an insured depository institution or that operates an insured branch. (Sec. 136) Prohibits a WFI from receiving initial deposits of $100,000 or less except on an incidental and occasional basis.  Limits incidental deposits of $100,000 or less to a maximum five percent of a WFI's total deposits. Sets forth capital and managerial requirements for certain WFIs controlled by companies under the jurisdiction of either the SEC or the BHCA.  Empowers the Comptroller of the Currency (in the case of a national WFI), and the Board to direct a WFI conservator or receiver to file a petition under title II of the Federal bankruptcy code. Amends FDIA to prescribe procedures whereby an insured State-chartered bank or a national bank may voluntarily terminate its status as an insured depository institution.  Requires any such terminated bank to become a WFI in order to accept any deposits. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to prescribe WFI liquidation guidelines. Subtitle E:  Preservation of FTC Authority - Amends the BHCA to require the Board to notify the FTC of its approval of a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation which involves acquisition of nonbanking interests. (Sec. 142) Directs certain Federal banking agencies to make data available to the Attorney General and the FTC that they deem necessary for antitrust review under specified statutes. (Sec. 143) Excludes from FTC jurisdiction any nondepository institution subsidiary or affiliate of a bank or savings association. Amends the Clayton Act to apply its premerger notification and waiting period requirements to any portion of a merger or acquisition transaction that does require notice under BHCA but does not require approval. (Sec. 144) Instructs the Comptroller General to report annually to the Congress on market concentration in the financial services industry and its impact on consumers. Subtitle F:  Applying the Principles of National Treatment and Equality of Competitive Opportunity to Foreign Banks and Foreign Financial Institutions - Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 (IBA) to terminate the grandfathered authority of a foreign bank or company under the IBA to engage in any financial activity, if it files a BHCA declaration to function as a qualified BHC (QBHC). (Consequently, foreign banks with grandfathered affiliates would be permitted to keep them on the same terms and conditions that govern domestic banking organizations.) (Sec. 152) Amends the FDIA to allow insured foreign banks and foreign WFIs to terminate deposit insurance voluntarily in the same manner and to the same extent as insured State or national banks. (Sec. 153) Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to authorize the Board to examine any affiliate of a foreign bank conducting business in any State in which the Board deems it necessary to determine and enforce compliance with Federal banking law. Subtitle G:  Federal Home Loan Bank System Modernization - Federal Home Loan Bank System Modernization Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (FHLBA) to expand Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) membership parameters to make a Federal savings association's membership in the FHLB system voluntary instead of mandatory.  Permits such an association to withdraw its membership (currently such withdrawal is prohibited). (Sec. 164) Modifies guidelines governing long-term advances to:  (1) allow advances to any community financial institution for small businesses, agricultural, rural development, or low-income community development lending; (2) make the cash (as well as the deposits) of an FHLB eligible collateral for securing a bank's interest in a loan or advance; and (3) repeal the 30 percent of capital cap on the aggregate amount of outstanding advances secured by real estate related collateral.  Includes within the categories of collateral eligible for bank loan secured loans for small business, agriculture, rural development, or low-income community development, or securities representing a whole interest in such secured loans, in the case of any community financial institution.  Authorizes an FHLB to renew certain advances on its own determination without concurrence by the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB).  Requires an FHLB member with an advance secured by insufficient eligible collateral to reduce its level of outstanding advances according to a schedule determined by the FHLB (currently, by the FHF Board).  Authorizes such Board to:  (1) review the collateral standards applicable to each Federal home loan bank for designated classes of collateral; and (2) require an increase in such standards for safety and soundness purposes. (Sec. 165) Revises eligibility criteria to permit certain community financial institutions to gain FHLB membership regardless of the percentage of total assets represented by residential mortgage loans. (Sec. 166) Amends the FHLBA to increase from two years to four years the term of an elective director of a Federal home loan bank. Repeals the mandates for:  (1) a procedure for informal review of certain supervisory decisions; and (2) the Housing Opportunity Hotline program. Repeals:  (1) the prohibition against an FHLB's acquisition of a bank building by purchase or over ten-year lease; (2) the requirement for FHFB approval of personnel decisions as well as the exercise of corporate powers by any FHLB; and (2) authorization for an FHLB president to be a member of the FHLB board. Grants the FHFB power to:  (1) issue charges upon an FHLB or any executive officer or director for violation of law or regulation in connection with the granting of any application or other request by the bank, or any written agreement between the bank and the FHFB, and take affirmative action to correct conditions resulting from violations or practices, or to limit FHLB activities; (2) address insufficiencies in capital levels resulting from automatic membership of a Federal savings association in the local FHLB; and (3) sue and be sued. Repeals FHFB jurisdiction to approve the granting by an FHLB of a member's application to secure an advance. Expands the mandate of FHLB Affordable Housing Programs to include providing subsidies (in addition to subsidized interest rates) on advances for member lending for low- and moderate-income housing. Authorizes each FHLB board of directors to approve member requests for Affordable Housing Program subsidies. Revises guidelines governing reserves and dividends to permit dividend payments out of previously retained earnings or current net earnings (currently, only out of net earnings).  Repeals the requirement for:  (1) FHFB approval for such dividend payments; and (2) investment of FHLB reserves exclusively in U.S. obligations or certain other Federal Government-related securities. (Sec. 167) States that FHLB payments to the Resolution Funding Corporation to cover interest payments on obligations shall be a specified percentage of net earnings (currently an aggregate sum certain). Subtitle H:  Direct Activities of Banks - Amends Federal banking law to provide that limitations placed on securities transactions by a national banking association for its own account do not apply to State, local, or municipal bond transactions by a well-capitalized national banking association. Subtitle I:  Deposit Insurance Funds - Directs the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study and report to the Congress on specified issues regarding the BIF and the SAIF, including their safety and soundness, and the adequacy of their reserve requirements in light of mergers and consolidations within the industry. (Sec. 187) Amends the FDIA and the Deposit Insurance Funds Act of 1996 to eliminate the Special Reserve of the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF), and the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF), respectively (established to provide emergency funds if the reserve ratio of either fund remains below 50 percent of its designated ratio for one year). Subtitle J:  Effective Date of Title - Sets forth the effective date of Title I of this Act. Title II:  Functional Regulation - Subtitle A:  Brokers and Dealers - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) to include certain bank activities within the definition of ""broker"" and ""dealer"" (thus subjecting them to registration requirements and regulation under the Exchange Act). (Sec. 203) Requires a registered securities association to create a limited qualification category, without a testing requirement, for certain bank employees effecting sales as part of a non-public primary securities offering (private placement sales). (Sec. 204) Amends the FDIA to direct the appropriate Federal banking agencies to:  (1) promulgate regulations and complaint procedures applicable to retail transactions, solicitations, advertising, or offers of any security by any insured depository institution or affiliate other than a registered broker or dealer; (2) jointly establish a grievance process for customer complaints against banks or bank employees arising in connection with securities sales or purchases; and (3) establish recordkeeping requirements for banks relying on exceptions and exemptions from the definitions of broker and dealer under the Exchange Act. (Sec. 206) Defines traditional banking product.  Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the SEC to determine by regulation that a bank that effects transaction in, or buys or sells, a new product should be subject to certain registration requirements. Sets forth procedural guidelines for the filing of a petition for judicial review by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any aggrieved party. (Sec. 207) Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to define: (1) derivative instrument so as to exclude a traditional banking product; (2) qualified investor; and (3) government security, so as to include a qualified Canadian government obligation. Subtitle B:  Bank Investment Company Activities - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to authorize the SEC to prescribe conditions under which a bank or its affiliate serving as promoter, organizer, or principal underwriter for a registered management company or a registered unit investment trust may also serve as custodian of such company or trust.  Permits the SEC to bring a civil action against a custodian for a registered investment company for breach of fiduciary duty involving personal misconduct. (Sec. 212) Declares it is unlawful for an affiliate, promoter, or principal underwriter for a registered investment company to lend to it or its subsidiaries in contravention of SEC prescriptions. (Sec. 213) Modifies the definition of ""interested person"" to identify transactions, services, and loans taking place during the six months preceding determination of an interested person which would make a person an affiliated person of a broker or dealer. Prohibits a registered investment company from having a majority of its board of directors consisting of personnel or senior officers of the subsidiaries of any one bank, or of any single BHC, its affiliates and subsidiaries. (Sec. 214) Modifies guidelines pertaining to unlawful misrepresentation of guarantees and the deceptive use of names. (Sec. 215) Modifies the definition of ""broker"" to exclude any person who would be deemed a broker solely by reason of the fact that such person is an underwriter for one or more investment companies. (Sec. 216) Modifies the definition of ""dealer"" to exclude an insurance or an investment company. (Sec. 217) Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to modify the definition of investment adviser to remove the exclusion for banks that advise investment companies.  Revises the definitions of broker and dealer. (Sec. 220) Mandates interagency sharing between the appropriate Federal banking agency and the SEC of examination results and other information pertaining to the investment advisory activities of a registered BHC and its separately identifiable departments or divisions. (Sec. 221) Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the exclusion from their purview of certain bank common trust funds to specify the exclusion of any interest or participation in any common trust fund or similar fund that is excluded from the definition of ""investment company"" under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to revise such exclusion guidelines for certain bank common trust funds. (Sec. 222) Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to prescribe circumstances under which an investment adviser holding shares of an investment company in a fiduciary capacity must transfer the power to vote such shares to the beneficial owners or to another non-affiliated fiduciary. Subtitle C:  SEC Supervision of Investment Bank Holding Companies - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to permit certain investment bank holding companies that do not have a bank or savings association affiliate to elect SEC supervision. (Sec. 231) Provides for voluntary withdrawal from SEC supervision by specified investment bank holding companies.  Sets forth the parameters of SEC supervision of investment bank holding companies, including authority to set capital adequacy standards.  Instructs the SEC, in developing its rules, to consider use of debt and other liabilities (double leverage) by the supervised investment BHC in order to fund capital investments in affiliates. Prohibits the SEC from imposing capital adequacy requirements on regulated nonbanking entities (other than a broker or a dealer) that are in compliance with the capital requirements of another Federal regulatory body or State insurance authority. Mandates SEC deference to appropriate regulatory banking agencies and State insurance regulators with respect to the banking and insurance laws under their purviews. Grants the SEC backup inspection authority for certain wholesale financial holding companies for monitoring and compliance enforcement purposes. Subtitle D:  Studies - Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the efficacy, costs, and benefits of requiring a federally-insured depository institution to disclose to its retail consumers through the use of a logo or seal that its investment or insurance products are not FDIC-insured. (Sec. 242) Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress regarding the efficacy and benefits of uniformly limiting commissions and costs incurred by customers in the acquisition of financial products.     Title III:  Insurance - Subtitle A:  State Regulation of Insurance - Declares that the McCarran-Ferguson Act remains the law of the United States. (Sec. 302) Mandates:  (1) State licensure of any entity providing insurance in a State as principal or agent; and (2) State functional regulation of insurance sales activity. (Sec. 304) Prohibits a national bank and its subsidiaries from providing insurance as principal in a State, except for certain authorized products (which may not include title insurance or taxable annuity contracts). (Sec. 305) Prohibits national banks and subsidiaries from selling or underwriting title insurance, except for certain grandfathered banks and subsidiaries already doing so. (Sec. 306) Establishes expedited dispute resolution for regulatory conflicts between State insurance regulators and Federal financial regulators. (Sec. 307) Requires each Federal banking agency to:  (1) issue consumer protection regulations (including physical segregation of banking activities from insurance product activities); and (2) prohibit discrimination against victims of domestic violence. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should adopt regulations prohibiting such discrimination regarding insurance products that are at least as strict as those under this Act. Mandates that the Federal banking agencies jointly establish a consumer complaint mechanism to address violations of this Act expeditiously. (Sec. 308) Preempts State law restricting:  (1) insurance companies or insurance affiliates from becoming a financial holding company or acquiring control of a bank; and (2) the amount of an insurer's assets that can be invested in a bank (except that the insurer's State of domicile may limit such investments to five percent (or any higher threshold) of the insurer's admitted assets).  Preempts State laws that restrict reorganization by an insurer from mutual form to stock form. Subtitle B:  Redomestication of Mutual Insurers - Applies this title only to a mutual insurance company in a State which has not enacted a law expressly establishing reasonable terms for a mutual insurance company domiciliary to reorganize into a mutual holding company. (Sec. 312) Authorizes a mutual insurer organized under the laws of any State to transfer its domicile to another State pursuant to a reorganization in which such insurer becomes a stock insurer that is a subsidiary of a mutual holding company.  Requires prospective redomesticating insurers to comply with specified reorganization requirements of the State insurance regulator of the transferee domicile.  Preempts State laws restricting such redomestication.   Subtitle B:  National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers - Sets forth a regulatory framework for uniform multistate licensing for insurance sales practices, to take effect only if a majority of the States have not enacted uniform laws and regulations governing the licensure of insurance sales by individuals and entities within three years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 322) Establishes the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (the Association) as a non-profit, non-Federal agency, to provide a mechanism for uniform licensing, appointment, continuing education, and other insurance producer sales qualification requirements which can be adopted and applied on a multistate basis, while preserving the right of States to regulate insurance producers and insurance-related consumer protection and unfair trade practices. (Sec. 324) Subjects the Association (which shall not be considered a Federal agency or instrumentality) to regulation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).  Requires the Association to establish an office of consumer complaints.  Vests management of the Association in a board of directors.  Cites circumstances under which Association rules preempt State regulation of insurance producers.  Requires the Association to coordinate with the National Association of Securities Dealers in order to mitigate administrative burdens that may result from dual membership. Title IV:  Unitary Savings and Loan Holding Companies - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to prohibit new affiliations between savings and loan holding companies and certain commercial firms, except in specified circumstances. (Sec. 402) Permits Federal savings associations to convert into national banks if the resulting bank meets all applicable financial, management, and capital requirements. (Sec. 403) Amends specified Federal law to declare that any depository institution the charter of which is converted from that of a Federal savings association to a national bank or a State bank after enactment of this Act may retain the term ""Federal"" in its name so long as it remains an insured depository institution. Title V:  Financial Information Privacy - Financial Information Privacy Act of 1998 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to: (1) specify the types of enterprises constituting a financial institution within its purview; and (2) authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe regulations clarifying or describing the types of institutions which shall be treated as financial institutions for purposes of this Act. (Sec. 501) Declares it a violation of this Act to obtain or solicit customer information of a financial institution relating to another person under false pretenses with intent to deceive.  Exempts from such proscription:  (1) law enforcement agencies; (2) financial institutions engaged in testing security procedures, investigating misconduct or negligence, or recovering customer information obtained or received under false pretenses; as well as (3) customer information of financial institutions available as a public record under Federal securities laws. Grants the FTC, certain banking regulatory agencies, and the States enforcement powers under this Act. Subjects violations of this Act to Federal civil and criminal penalties. Requires each Federal banking agency to issue advisories to the depository institutions under its jurisdiction relating to the deterrence and detection of the activities proscribed by this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress:  (1) on the efficacy and adequacy of the remedies provided in this Act addressing attempts to obtain financial information by fraudulent means or by false pretenses; and (2) any recommendations for additional action to address threats to the privacy of financial information created by such attempts. Title VI:  Miscellaneous - Amends Federal criminal law to cite circumstances under which a court may direct disclosure of grand jury information concerning a banking law violation to certain personnel of a Federal or State financial institution. (Sec. 602) Expresses the sense of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs that:  (1) the small business tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code should be more widely available to community banks; and (2) in conjunction with any financial modernization legislation the Congress should amend the Code for certain purposes.  Urges such legislation to:  (1) increase the number of S corporation shareholders; (2) permit S corporation stock to be held in individual retirement accounts (IRAs); (3) clarify that interest on investments held for safety, soundness, and liquidity purposes should not be considered passive income; (4) provide that bank director stock is not treated as a disqualifying second class of stock for S corporations; and (5) improve the tax treatment of bad debt and interest deductions. (Sec. 603) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit a depository institution to continue any lawful investments in Government-sponsored enterprises made before April 11, 1996. (Sec. 604) Amends the BHCA of 1956 to repeal certain authority, requirements, and restrictions relating to insurance activities of savings bank subsidiaries of bank holding companies. (Sec. 605) Declares that the vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may serve as a member of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.    (Sec. 606) Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to add to title I a new subtitle C, which may be cited as the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1998.  Directs the Administrator of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (Administrator) to establish a microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building program to provide Fund grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to: (1) provide training and technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs; (2) provide training and capacity building services to help microenterprise development organizations and programs develop microenterprise training and services; and (3) aid in researching and developing the best practices in the field of microenterprise and technical assistance programs for disadvantaged entrepreneurs.  Sets forth an allocation formula for such assistance and for grants benefitting very low-income persons, including those residing on Indian reservations. Authorizes a qualified organization to provide subgrants to small and emerging microenterprise entities.  Mandates matching funds from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:47Z,
105-hr-4871,105,hr,4871,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that interest on indebtedness used to finance the furnishing or sale of rate-regulated electric energy or natural gas in the United States shall be allocated solely to sources within the United States.,Taxation,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2269-2270),House,"Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]",LA,R,M000388,1,"Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to rules for allocating interest to provide, in general, that interest on any qualified infrastructure indebtedness shall be allocated and apportioned solely to sources within the United States, and such indebtedness shall not be taken into account in allocating and apportioning other interest expense.  Defines the term ""qualified infrastructure indebtedness"" to mean any indebtedness incurred to carry on the trade or business of the furnishing or sale of electric energy or natural gas in the United States, or to acquire, construct, or otherwise finance property used predominantly in such trade or business.",2025-01-02T17:51:52Z,
105-hr-4872,105,hr,4872,Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-20,1998-11-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]",NY,D,T000326,13,Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for the following under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance):  (1) certified midwife services (currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered); and (2) freestanding birth center services. Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training.,2025-08-21T16:14:50Z,
105-hr-4873,105,hr,4873,NIH Office of Autoimmune Diseases Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-20,1998-11-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000215,0,"NIH Office of Autoimmune Diseases Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of NIH the Office of Autoimmune Diseases (Office), whose Director shall: (1) serve as principal advisor on autoimmune diseases to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of NIH; and (2) advise the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Instructs the Director of NIH to ensure that:  (1) an Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee is in operation to coordinate the autoimmune disease activities of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) it includes liaison members from other Federal health agencies. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:11:42Z,
105-hres-605,105,hres,605,"Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4328) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.",Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4328 (Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations).,2025-04-07T15:33:15Z,
105-hres-606,105,hres,606,Providing for an organizational caucus or conference in the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Sixth Congress.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,"Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 594, H. Res. 606 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H11582)",House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Authorizes any organizational caucus or conference in the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress to begin on or after November 13, 1998.",2025-01-02T17:44:41Z,
105-hres-607,105,hres,607,Providing for a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Sixth Congress.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,"Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 594, H. Res. 607 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H11582)",House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,Provides for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress as a House document.,2025-01-02T17:44:41Z,
105-hres-608,105,hres,608,Providing for a committee of two Members to be appointed by the House to inform the President.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,"Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 594, H. Res. 608 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H11583)",House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,Provides for appointment of a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives to inform the President that the House has completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn.,2025-01-02T17:44:41Z,
105-hres-609,105,hres,609,Expressing concern over interference with freedom of the press and the independence of judicial and electoral institutions in Peru.,International Affairs,1998-10-20,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2271),House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,G000212,2,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that:  (1) the erosion of the independence of judicial and electoral branches of the Government of Peru and the blatant intimidation of journalists in Peru are matters for concern by the United States; and (2) the United States should seek an independent investigation and report on threats to press freedom and judicial independence in Peru by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States.,2025-01-02T17:44:44Z,
105-hres-610,105,hres,610,"Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the Republic of Mozambique are to be commended for their commitment to rebuilding their nation after years of civil war, their willingness to live together harmoniously despite sharp political differences, and their ability to overcome poverty, health crises, and refugee outflows to build a growing economy and a positive future for their country.",International Affairs,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,M000523,0,"Commends:  (1) the achievements of the Mozambican people in overcoming political and economic obstacles to become a model of reconciliation and development; (2) those who have led Mozambique toward political reconciliation and away from armed conflict; and (3) the Mozambican people for continuing to support democracy and democratic institutions. Calls upon:  (1) U.S. Government agencies to continue to work with their Mozambican counterparts in forging a close bilateral relationship; (2) the Government of Mozambique to continue to be a model of democracy, economic liberalization, and respect for human rights; and (3) those nations in the world torn by civil strife to look toward the example of Mozambique for the benefits of political reconciliation and peaceful economic development.",2025-04-07T15:23:39Z,
105-s-2641,105,s,2641,Federal Agency Compliance Act,Law,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Federal Agency Compliance Act - Requires a Federal agency and its officers and employees, in administering a statute, rule, regulation, program, or policy (statute) within a judicial circuit, to adhere to the existing precedent respecting the interpretation and application of such statute, as established by the decisions of the U.S. court of appeals for that circuit, with exceptions. Allows an agency to take a position, either in administration or litigation, that is at variance with such precedent if:  (1) it is uncertain whether the administration of the statute will be subject to review by the appeals court that established that precedent or a court of appeals for another circuit; (2) the Government did not seek further review of the case in which that precedent was first established in that appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court because neither the United States nor any agency or officer thereof was a party to the case or the decision establishing that precedent was otherwise substantially favorable to the Government; or (3) it is reasonable to question the continued validity of that precedent in light of a subsequent decision of that appeals court or the U.S.  Supreme Court, a subsequent change in any pertinent statute or regulation, or any other subsequent change in the public policy or circumstances on which that precedent was based.",2025-08-21T16:12:07Z,
105-s-2642,105,s,2642,A bill to establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO]",MO,R,A000356,1,"Establishes in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Requires the Chief, as his or her primary function, to conduct trade negotiations relating to agricultural commodities, as well as other functions as the USTR may direct.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
105-s-2643,105,s,2643,Drug Elimination and Justice Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,"Drug Elimination and Justice Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for grants for community learning centers for FY 1999 through 2004. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2002 to:  (1) the Drug Court Program Office of the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to carry out a pilot program to establish a Federal drug court in each of ten cities in the United States that have increasing drug enforcement problems; and (2) DOJ for additional prosecutorial resources dedicated to drug enforcement in each of such cities. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for the ""Cops on the Beat"" program, half of which shall be used for cooperative partnerships between schools and State and local police departments to provide for the use of police officers in schools. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase the minimum sentencing penalties for distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or manufacturing a controlled substance within prescribed distances of a school or other specified facilities and to include public libraries among those facilities.",2025-08-21T16:13:49Z,
105-s-2644,105,s,2644,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain severance payment amounts from income.,Taxation,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income a limited amount of qualified severance pay.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
105-s-2645,105,s,2645,Global Legal Information Network Participation Act of 1998,Law,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.,Senate,"Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]",WY,R,T000162,0,"Global Legal Information Network Participation Act of 1998 - Finds or declares that:  (1) it is U.S. policy to promote the reasonable, timely, and authentic exchange of official legal information between parliaments of nations of the world; (2) U.S. participation in an international, cooperative, noncommercial legal database contributed to by governments of member nations, the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), which would be available over the Internet, contributes to the promotion of security and international understanding, promotes the rule of law, and is in U.S. interests; (3) the timely and accurate availability of laws and regulations of the United States and other legislatures around the world is of the utmost importance to the Congress; and (4) the centralization of the function and control of participation by the United States in such an international legal database will assist in establishing uniformity for the electronic exchange and retrieval of legal information. Requires:  (1) the U.S. station for the GLIN to be the Law Library in the Library of Congress; and (2) the Director of the U.S. GLIN station to be the Law Librarian of Congress.",2025-08-21T16:13:45Z,
105-s-2646,105,s,2646,"A bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, and for other purposes.",Commemorations,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,0,Authorizes the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor disabled American veterans who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Prohibits Federal funds from being used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2647,105,s,2647,Drug Demand Reduction Act,Health,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment           Programs           Subtitle A:  National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign           Subtitle B:  Drug-Free Prisons and Jails           Subtitle C:  Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance      Title II:  Statement of National Antidrug Policy           Subtitle A:  Congressional Leadership in Community                Coalitions           Subtitle B:  Rejection of Legalization of Drugs           Subtitle C:  Report on Streamlining Federal Prevention                and Treatment Efforts Drug Demand Reduction Act - Title I:  Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs - Subtitle A:  National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to:  (1) conduct a national media campaign for the purpose of reducing and preventing drug abuse among young people in the United States; and (2) use appropriated funds for media that focuses on, or that includes specific information on, prevention or treatment resources for consumers within specific local areas. (Sec. 103) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) authorized and prohibited uses of funds; and (2) matching and reporting requirements. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B:  Drug-Free Prisons and Jails - Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Act of 1998 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a model substance abuse treatment program for substance-involved offenders by providing financial assistance to grant recipients and evaluating the success of programs conducted pursuant to this subtitle.  Limits grant awards and administrative costs. (Sec. 114) Sets forth requirements for grant applications, review and approval of awards, permissible uses of funds, and evaluation and reporting requirements.  Requires the Director to establish minimum criteria for program evaluation. (Sec. 118) Authorizes appropriations from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. Subtitle C:  Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance - Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the chief executive officer of each State or other entity designated to be responsible for education activities to:  (1) establish a standard of quality for drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention programs implemented in public schools in the State in accordance with specified criteria (including a comparison of the rate of illegal use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by students enrolled over a specified period, the rate of suspensions or expulsions, program effectiveness, parental and community involvement, and the extent of review of existing community drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention programs before implementation); and (2) identify and designate, upon application by a public elementary or secondary school, any such school that achieves such standard as a quality program school.   Sets forth provisions regarding requests for a quality program designation and public notification. Title II:  Statement of National Antidrug Policy - Subtitle A: Congressional Leadership in Community Coalitions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the individual Members of the House of Representatives should establish community-based anti-drug coalitions in their congressional districts or should actively support such coalitions that already exist. Subtitle B:  Rejection of Legalization of Drugs - Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the States and their citizens should reject drug legalization; and (2) each State should make efforts to be drug-free. Subtitle C:  Report on Streamlining Federal Prevention and Treatment Efforts - Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) Federal Government efforts to reduce the demand for illegal drugs in the United States are frustrated by the fragmentation of those efforts across multiple departments and agencies; and (2) improvement of those efforts can best be achieved through consolidation and coordination. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a report evaluating options for increasing the efficacy of Federal drug prevention and treatment programs and activities.  Requires such report to include a thorough review of the activities and potential consolidation of existing Federal drug information clearinghouses.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:11:43Z,
105-sconres-129,105,sconres,129,A concurrent resolution to correct a technical error in the enrollment of H.R.3910.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,"Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3910 (Automobile National Heritage Area, Michigan).",2025-01-02T17:52:00Z,
105-sconres-130,105,sconres,130,A concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of H.R.4328.,Congress,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,Senate,"Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]",RI,D,R000122,0,Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4328 (making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for FY 1999).,2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
105-sres-311,105,sres,311,"A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Interior should the establishment of a memorial to Thomas Paine on the National Park Service property in Constitution Gardens within the 1700 block of Constitution Avenue, N.W., in the District of Columbia, and that the memorial should specifically include the structure known as the ""Canal House"".",Commemorations,1998-10-20,1998-10-20,Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Interior should support the establishment of a memorial to Thomas Paine at a specified location in the District of Columbia that specifically includes the structure known as the ""Canal House,"" as previously authorized by specified Federal law.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hjres-137,105,hjres,137,"Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,1998-10-19,1998-10-20,Became Public Law No: 105-273.,House,"Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1]",LA,R,L000371,0,"Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 1999 through October 21, 1998.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-hr-4851,105,hr,4851,Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1998,International Affairs,1998-10-19,1998-10-21,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]",NJ,D,M000639,0,"Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1998 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to withhold U.S. voluntary contributions from programs and projects of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Iran unless the Secretary of State makes a determination in writing to certain congressional committees that such programs and projects are consistent with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation and safety goals and will not provide Iran with training or expertise relevant to nuclear programs' development.  Instructs the Secretary to review and report to the Congress annually for five years on all Agency programs and projects in specified countries to determine if they are consistent with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation and safety goals.  Requires the Secretary to direct the U.S. representative to the Agency to oppose Agency programs determined inconsistent with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation and safety goals. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress for five years on specified aspects of annual Agency assistance to Iran, including nuclear materials technology transfer, and inconsistencies between Agency technical assistance programs and U.S. nuclear nonproliferation and safety goals. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should pursue internal Agency reforms that will ensure that all programs funded under the Technical Cooperation and Assistance Fund are compatible with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy and international nuclear nonproliferation norms.",2025-04-07T15:23:39Z,
105-hr-4852,105,hr,4852,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the transfer of property subject to a liability shall be treated in the same manner as the transfer of property involving an assumption of liability.,Taxation,1998-10-19,1998-10-19,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7]",TX,R,A000215,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning a corporation, its shareholders, and the transferring of certain assets and liabilities.",2025-01-02T17:51:52Z,
105-hr-4853,105,hr,4853,To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent.,Immigration,1998-10-19,1998-10-19,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,M000797,0,Reduces (retroactively) the citizen-parent U.S. residency requirement for transmission of U.S. citizenship to certain persons born abroad to one citizen parent and one alien parent.,2025-01-02T17:51:41Z,
105-hr-4854,105,hr,4854,To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States.,Immigration,1998-10-19,1998-10-19,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,M000797,0,Declares certain adopted Amerasian permanent resident aliens to be U.S. citizens.,2025-01-02T17:51:41Z,
105-hr-4855,105,hr,4855,Reinstatement of Medicare Bonus and Capital Payment for Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-19,1998-10-19,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]",MA,D,N000015,0,Reinstatement of Medicare Bonus and Capital Payment for Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reinstate certain bonus thresholds and capital payment levels for rehabilitation hospitals and units.,2025-08-21T16:12:30Z,
105-hjres-136,105,hjres,136,"Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Became Public Law No: 105-260.,House,"Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1]",LA,R,L000371,0,"Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 1999 through October 20, 1998.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-hr-4847,105,hr,4847,To authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.,Commemorations,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]",TX,R,J000174,1,Authorizes the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Prohibits Federal funds from being used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.,2025-01-02T17:51:47Z,
105-hr-4848,105,hr,4848,Free Annual Credit Report Act of 1998,Commerce,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8]",MA,D,K000110,1,Free Annual Credit Report Act of 1998 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to provide a free annual credit report to any consumer upon request.,2025-08-21T16:11:37Z,
105-hr-4849,105,hr,4849,Generic Drug Uniformity Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-16,1998-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Generic Drug Uniformity Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to new drug applications to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in an application approval a finding about whether the approved (generic) drug is the therapeutic equivalent of the listed drug involved. Prohibits a State or its political subdivision from establishing or continuing any requirement that does not conform to the therapeutic equivalence requirement of this Act.",2025-08-21T16:14:45Z,
105-hr-4850,105,hr,4850,Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1998,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2]",CO,D,S000462,0,"Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1998 - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness. Provides that activities on, under, or affecting the lands designated as wilderness by this Act relating to the monitoring, operating, maintenance, repair, replacement, or use of the Colorado- Big Thompson Project (Project) and its facilities which were allowed as of June 1, 1998, shall be allowed to continue, and shall not be affected by the designation of such lands as wilderness.  Allows any other activities necessary to respond to catastrophic events or emergencies and affecting continued use of such Project and its facilities, subject to reasonable restrictions established by the Secretary of the Interior to protect the wilderness values of such lands that will not permanently reduce the water supply capability of the Project or the Windy Gap Project.",2025-08-21T16:13:44Z,
105-hres-604,105,hres,604,"Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1132) to modify the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument to include the lands within the headwaters of the Upper Alamo Watershed which drain into the Monument and which are not currently within the jurisdiction of a Federal land management agency, to authorize purchase or donation of those lands, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (S. 2133) an act to preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance.",Congress,1998-10-16,1998-10-20,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28]",CA,R,D000492,0,"Sets forth the rule (closed) for the consideration of S. 1132 (Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico boundary modification and watershed protection) and S. 2133 (preservation of the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor).",2025-04-07T15:33:50Z,
105-s-2640,105,s,2640,A bill to extend the authorization for the Upper Deleware Citizens Advisory Council.,Water Resources Development,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,1,"Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-sres-310,105,sres,310,A resolution authorizing the printing of background information on the Committee on Foreign Relations as a Senate document.,Congress,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12660)",Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,1,"Provides for the printing of a compilation of materials, with illustrations, entitled ""Background Information on the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (7th Revised Edition)"" as a Senate document.",2016-10-26T06:32:19Z,
105-hconres-351,105,hconres,351,Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a technical correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3910.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-21,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. McHale, Paul [D-PA-15]",PA,D,M000466,0,"Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3910 (Automobile National Heritage Area, Michigan).",2025-01-02T17:43:53Z,
105-hconres-352,105,hconres,352,Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make technical corrections in the enrollment of a bill.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-21,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3461 (international fishery agreement).,2025-01-02T17:43:53Z,
105-hr-4842,105,hr,4842,"To release the reversionary interests retained by the United States in four deeds that conveyed certain lands to the State of Florida so as to permit the State to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the lands, and to provide for the conveyance of certain mineral interests of the United States in the lands to the State of Florida.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5]",FL,D,T000253,1,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release U.S. reversionary interests in four deeds that conveyed certain lands within the Blackwater River and Withlacoochee State Forests in Florida.  Requires lands conveyed under the deeds to be used for public purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida all of the U.S. mineral interests in any real property for which a reversionary interest is released.  Provides for any proceeds derived from the sale of these mineral interests to be deposited into the fund established by the Sisk Act and to be available for expenditure, upon appropriation, for the acquisitions of lands and interests in lands in the same State.",2025-01-02T17:51:42Z,
105-hr-4843,105,hr,4843,Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998,Health,1998-10-15,1998-10-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33]",CA,D,R000486,10,Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a person or entity having a controlling interest in a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility that files for relief from debts under the bankruptcy code to provide written notice of such filing to the State agency responsible for licensing the facility.  Requires similar written notification to the State agency of appointment of a bankruptcy trustee.,2025-08-21T16:14:30Z,
105-hr-4844,105,hr,4844,Child Care Quality Improvement Act of 1998,Families,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to House Education and the Workforce,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]",CA,D,S000810,0,"Child Care Quality Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to establish a child care quality improvement grant program to assist States in improving the quality of child care for infants and children (program). (Sec. 3) Amends the Social Security Act to make appropriations for such program.  Sets forth reservation, allotment, and Federal matching formulas. Requires States, in applying for program grants, to list established goals for quantifiable improvements in child care quality within the State (quality benchmarks), that accomplish:  (1) increased training for child care providers and administrators; (2) enhanced licensing standards (including at a minimum health and safety, adult- to-child ratios, groups sizes, and criminal background checks) that will apply to a broader range of child care facilities; (3) reduced numbers of unlicensed facilities offering child care; (4) increased State monitoring and enforcement of licensed providers; (5) decreased caregiver turnover rates at child care facilities through incentives such as increased compensation; (6) higher levels of accreditation among licensed child care facilities; and (7) other standards and practices to improve the quality of child care. Requires States to use program funds only for the specified program goals and the quality benchmarks set forth in their State plans. Excludes from such program assistance specified types of child care providers and family child care providers, with certain exceptions. Requires States that receive program funds to make competitive grants to local collaboratives to:  (1) provide, in the community, activities designed to strengthen the quality of child care for young children and expand the supply of high quality child care services for young children; and (2) pay for the salary and expenses of an administrator to oversee such activities. Allows program funds to be used to renovate or repair a child care facility, other than a private residence, as necessary to bring the facility into compliance with requirements for State licensing or for accreditation by organizations with nationally recognized standards for providing high-quality care to children. Provides for consumer education and information sharing under CCDBGA. Revises CCDBGA reporting requirements.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on:  (1) State quality benchmark reports; and (2) the extent to which program funds have improved the quality of child care. Establishes a program of research and demonstrations under CCDBGA.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out research, demonstration projects, and other activities relating to child care, including activities designed to improve the quality and increase the availability of child care.  Requires such activities to be coordinated with activities under the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement.  Includes among authorized activities:  (1) research on child care needs of low-income families, good policies and practices, and retention of child care provider staff; (2) demonstrations of technology-based education and training and of new methods; and (3) establishment and operation of a National Center on Child Care Statistics and a hotline for child care resources, referrals and consumer education.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Establishes the Advisory Commission on Quality Child Care to study and report to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on:  (1) the most important issues affecting the quality of child care; (2) the most efficient and effective manner of ensuring that families in the United States receive quality health care; and (3) other related topics.",2025-08-21T16:12:46Z,
105-hr-4845,105,hr,4845,To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from increasing the national audience reach limitations established under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.,"Science, Technology, Communications",1998-10-15,1998-10-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.",House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]",CA,D,W000187,0,Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from increasing the national audience reach limitations established under such Act for television stations.,2025-01-02T17:51:43Z,
105-hr-4846,105,hr,4846,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction allowed for interest on education loans.,Taxation,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15]",CA,R,C000100,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase, up to a maximum of $5,000 for taxable years 2002 and thereafter, the deduction allowed for interest on education loans.",2025-01-02T17:51:51Z,
105-hres-601,105,hres,601,Returning to the Senate the bill S. 361.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]",IL,R,C000873,0,"Returns to the Senate S. 361 (rhinoceros and tiger conservation) because, in the opinion of the House of Representatives, it contravenes the Constitution and infringes the privileges of the House.",2025-04-07T15:23:24Z,
105-hres-602,105,hres,602,Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2204.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9]",PA,R,S000394,0,Provides for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2204 (Coast Guard funding).,2025-01-02T17:44:41Z,
105-hres-603,105,hres,603,Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the seat in the United Nations that is reserved to Burma should be occupied by a representative of the National League for Democracy.,International Affairs,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.,House,"Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45]",CA,R,R000409,2,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) to use appropriate procedures in the UN to:  (1) obtain the removal of the representative of the Burmese military regime from the seat in the UN that is reserved to Burma; (2) enable the seat to be occupied by a representative of the duly elected parliament of Burma; and (3) hold the seat vacant until such time as it can be so occupied.,2025-04-07T15:23:24Z,
105-s-2636,105,s,2636,Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 1998,Environmental Protection,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,0,"Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 1998 - Requires fossil fuel-fired generating units (units) that commence operation on or before ten years after this Act's enactment date to achieve and maintain a combustion heat rate efficiency of at least 45 percent (based on the higher heating value of the fuel).  Sets such percentage at 50 percent for units commencing operation more than ten years after such date, unless granted a waiver. Authorizes units that commence operation more than ten years after this Act's enactment to apply to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for waivers of the heat rate efficiency standard.  Grants such a waiver only if the unit owner or operator:  (1) demonstrates that the technology to meet such standard is not commercially available; (2) demonstrates that, despite best technical efforts and willingness to make the financial commitment, the standard is not achievable; and (3) enters into an agreement with the Administrator to offset by a factor of 1.5 to 1, the emission reductions that the unit does not achieve because of the failure to achieve such standard.  Requires units receiving waivers to achieve the 45 percent standard. (Sec. 5) Requires units, not later than ten years after this Act's enactment and regardless of the date of construction or commencement of operation, to operate in compliance with new source review requirements under the Clean Air Act (the Act). Establishes specified emission limitations for mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides from units based on the respective efficiency standards. Requires units to obtain permits under the Act that require compliance with such standards and limitations. Directs the Administrator to promulgate fuel sampling and emission monitoring techniques for use by units in calculating mercury emission reductions.  Provides for the submission of pollutant-specific reports by owners or operators.  Makes facility-specific emission data available to the public. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to ensure that mercury that is captured or recovered is disposed of in a manner that ensures that hazards are not transferred from one environmental medium to another and that there is no release of mercury into the environment. (Sec. 6) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for accelerated depreciation and cost recovery for certain investor-owned units. (Sec. 7) Provides for annual grants for capital expenditures for new publicly owned units in compliance with this Act in amounts equal to the depreciation deduction that would be realized by similarly-situated investor-owned units over the applicable time period. (Sec. 8) Establishes the Clean Air Trust Fund in the Treasury. Appropriates carbon dioxide emission taxes (established by this Act) to the Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the Fund for additional expenditures resulting from activities under this Act. (Sec. 9) Imposes a tax of $50 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted by units with a generating capacity of five or more megawatts.  Phases in such tax gradually from 2003 through 2009. (Sec. 10) Makes certain facilities that use solar power to produce electricity eligible for the renewable energy tax credit. (Sec. 11) Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to crediting permanent reductions in carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions in future climate change implementation programs. (Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary of Energy to fund research and development programs and commercial demonstration projects and partnerships to demonstrate the commercial viability and environmental benefits of electric power generation from biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind technologies.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 13) Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of this Act and on provisions of certain energy statutes that conflict with this Act.  Provides for recommendations from the Secretary, the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Administrator for legislative or administrative measures to harmonize and streamline such statutes. (Sec. 14) Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) assistance to coal industry workers terminated from employment, and to communities adversely affected, as a result of reduced coal consumption by the electric power generation industry; and (2) development of a carbon sequestration strategy to offset growth in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions and for carrying out methods of biologically sequestering carbon dioxide.",2025-08-21T16:13:59Z,
105-s-2637,105,s,2637,A bill for the relief of Belinda McGregory.,Private Legislation,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,Declares a named individual to have been selected for a diversity immigrant visa for FY 1999 as of this Act's enactment date upon payment of the required visa fee.,2025-01-02T17:56:29Z,
105-s-2638,105,s,2638,A bill to provide support for certain institutes and schools.,Education,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]",TN,R,F000439,5,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Oregon Institute of Public Service and           Constitutional Studies      Title II:  Paul Simon Public Policy Institute      Title III:  Howard Baker School of Government      Title IV:  John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public           Policy Title I:  Oregon Institute of Public Service and Constitutional Studies - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, to establish an endowment fund to support the Oregon Institute of Public Service and Constitutional Studies, which the University shall establish at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government under a Leadership Council in order to receive such grant. (Sec. 103) Requires such Institute to:  (1) further the knowledge and understanding of students about public service, the U.S. Government, and the Constitution; (2) increase awareness among youth of the importance of public service; (3) establish a Mark O. Hatfield Fellows program for students of government, public policy, public health, education, or law who have demonstrated a commitment to public service through volunteer activities, research projects, or employment; (4) create library and research facilities; and (5) support the professional development of elected officials at all levels of government. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations. Title II:  Paul Simon Public Policy Institute - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, to establish an endowment fund to support the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, which the University shall establish in order to receive such grant. (Sec. 202) Includes among the Institute's duties research, analysis, debate, and policy recommendations with respect to world hunger, mass media, foreign policy, education, and employment. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Howard Baker School of Government - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, to establish the Howard Baker School of Government and its endowment fund. (Sec. 303) Requires the School to further the study of democratic institutions and public affairs, among other duties. (Sec. 304) Requires the School to operate with the guidance of a Board of Advisors. (Sec. 306) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, to establish the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and its endowment fund. (Sec. 402) Requires the Institute to further the study of public service and public policy issues, among other duties. (Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-02T17:56:30Z,
105-s-2639,105,s,2639,"A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report on the feasibility and desirability of recovering the costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility and desirability of recovering the costs of high altitude lifesaving missions on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska by:   (1) requiring applicants for climbing permits to provide proof of insurance or a bond that is sufficient to pay the costs of a rescue and proof of health insurance that is sufficient to pay medical and hospital costs of treatment for injuries that may reasonably be anticipated to be sustained on a climb; or (2) other appropriate means.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-sres-300,105,sres,300,"A resolution electing James W. Ziglar, of Mississippi, as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.",Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12608)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Elects James W. Ziglar as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate effective November 9, 1998.",2016-10-26T06:32:17Z,
105-sres-301,105,sres,301,A resolution relative to Rule XXXIX.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12608)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Provides that if a Member who is precluded from foreign travel by the provisions of rule XXXIX of the Rules of the Senate is appointed as a delegate to an official conference to be attended by Members of the Senate, then the appointment of that individual shall constitute an authorization by the Senate and the individual will not be deemed in violation of the rule. Makes this resolution applicable only until November 21, 1998.",2016-10-26T06:32:17Z,
105-sres-302,105,sres,302,A resolution relative to Rule XXXIII.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12608-12609)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,Authorizes the videotaping of Senator Byrd's address to the incoming Senators scheduled to be given in the Senate Chamber in December 1998.,2016-10-26T06:32:17Z,
105-sres-303,105,sres,303,"A resolution authorizing the President of the Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders to make certain appointments during the recess or adjournment of the present session.",Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12609)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Authorizes the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, during the recess or adjournment of the present session of the Senate, to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.",2025-04-07T13:47:40Z,
105-sres-304,105,sres,304,"A resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the Vice President for courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate.",Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12609)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable Al Gore, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the second session of the 105th Congress.",2016-10-26T06:32:17Z,
105-sres-305,105,sres,305,"A resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the President pro tempore for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate.",Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12609)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable Strom Thurmond, President pro tempore of the Senate, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the second session of the 105th Congress.",2016-10-26T06:32:18Z,
105-sres-306,105,sres,306,A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Democratic Leader.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Submitted in the Senate.,Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, Senate Democratic leader, for the manner in which he performed his leadership responsibilities in the conduct of Senate business during the second session of the 105th Congress.",2025-04-07T13:47:40Z,
105-sres-307,105,sres,307,A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Majority leader.,Congress,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Submitted in the Senate.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,"Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader, for the manner in which he performed his leadership responsibilities in the conduct of Senate business during the second session of the 105th Congress.",2025-01-02T17:52:18Z,
105-sres-308,105,sres,308,"A resolution commending the crew members of the United States Navy destroyers of DesRon 61 for their heroism, intrepidity, and skill in action in the only naval surface engagement occurring inside Tokyo Bay during World War II.",Commemorations,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12620-12621)",Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,2,"Commends the members of the crews of the U.S. Navy destroyers of DesRon 61 who participated in the July 22, 1945, surface naval engagement in Tokyo Bay for their heroism, intrepidity, and skill in battle that contributed to the defeat of Japanese forces in World War II.",2025-04-07T15:24:18Z,
105-sres-309,105,sres,309,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the culpability of Hun Sen for violations of international humanitarian law after 1978 in Cambodia (the former People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia).,International Affairs,1998-10-15,1998-10-15,Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,1,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should:  (1) establish a collection of information that can be supplied to an appropriate international judicial tribunal for use as evidence to support a possible indictment and trial of Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, for violations of international humanitarian law after 1978; (2) provide the tribunal any such information already collected; (3) work with members of interested countries and nongovernmental organizations relating to information any country or organization may hold concerning allegations posed against Hun Sen and any individual under his authority in Cambodia and give all such information to the tribunal; (4) work with other interested countries relating to measures to be taken to bring to justice Hun Sen and individuals under Hun Sen's authority indicted for such violations of international humanitarian law after 1978; and (5) support such a tribunal for the purpose of investigating Hun Sen's possible criminal culpability for conceiving, directing, and sustaining a variety of actions in violation of international humanitarian law after 1978 in any judicial proceeding that may result.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
105-hjres-135,105,hjres,135,"Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,1998-10-14,1998-10-14,Became Public Law No: 105-257.,House,"Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1]",LA,R,L000371,0,"Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 1999 through October 16, 1998.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-hr-4829,105,hr,4829,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States for the construction of a visitor center, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1998-10-14,1998-10-20,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Archivist of the United States administrative jurisdiction over land located in the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, for construction of a visitor center.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,
105-hr-4830,105,hr,4830,To provide support for certain institutes and schools.,Education,1998-10-14,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2283-2284),House,"Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]",TN,R,D000533,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Oregon Institute of Public Service and           Constitutional Studies      Title II:  Paul Simon Public Policy Institute      Title III:  Howard Baker School of Government      Title IV:  John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public           Policy Title I:  Oregon Institute of Public Service and Constitutional Studies - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, to establish an endowment fund to support the Oregon Institute of Public Service and Constitutional Studies, which the University shall establish at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government under a Leadership Council in order to receive such grant. (Sec. 103) Requires such Institute to:  (1) further the knowledge and understanding of students about public service, the U.S. Government, and the Constitution; (2) increase awareness among youth of the importance of public service; (3) establish a Mark O. Hatfield Fellows program for students of government, public policy, public health, education, or law who have demonstrated a commitment to public service through volunteer activities, research projects, or employment; (4) create library and research facilities; and (5) support the professional development of elected officials at all levels of government. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations. Title II:  Paul Simon Public Policy Institute - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, to establish an endowment fund to support the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, which the University shall establish in order to receive such grant. (Sec. 202) Includes among the Institute's duties research, analysis, debate, and policy recommendations with respect to world hunger, mass media, foreign policy, education, and employment. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Howard Baker School of Government - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, to establish the Howard Baker School of Government and its endowment fund. (Sec. 303) Requires the School to further the study of democratic institutions and public affairs, among other duties. (Sec. 304) Requires the School to operate with the guidance of a Board of Advisors.    (Sec. 306) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy - Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, to establish the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and its endowment fund. (Sec. 402) Requires the Institute to further the study of public service and public policy issues, among other duties. (Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
105-hr-4831,105,hr,4831,To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.,Finance and Financial Sector,1998-10-14,1998-10-20,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,0,"Reenacts chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income) for the period beginning October 1, 1998, and ending on April 1, 1999 (thereby extending family farmer bankruptcy relief). Provides for the continuation of all cases and proceedings as if such chapter were continued in effect after April 1, 1999, including the substantive rights of parties in connection with such cases.",2025-04-07T15:23:55Z,
105-hr-4832,105,hr,4832,Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 1998,Emergency Management,1998-10-14,1998-10-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]",TX,D,B000400,0,"Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 1998 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a program to mitigate repetitive flood losses to property by providing financial assistance to States, communities, and local flood management agencies for planning and carrying out activities designed to reduce expenditures from the National Flood Insurance Fund for damages to properties caused by repetitive flooding. Includes among eligible mitigation activities, subject to specified restrictions:  (1) elevation, relocation, demolition, or floodproofing of structures located in areas having special flood hazards or other areas of flood risk; (2) acquisition by States and communities of properties located in areas having special flood hazards or other areas of flood risk for public use, as the Director determines is consistent with sound land management and use; (3) minor physical mitigation efforts that do not duplicate the flood prevention activities of other Federal agencies, States, communities, or local flood management agencies and that lessen the frequency or severity of flooding and decrease predicted flood damages, excluding major flood control projects unless the Director specifically determines that such projects are the most cost-effective mitigation activities for protecting the National Flood Insurance Fund; and (4) purchase of property. Sets forth procedures for requests for assistance and for approval of requests. Prohibits the Director (with an exception) from providing financial assistance:  (1) in an amount exceeding 75 percent of the total cost of the mitigation activities to be financed using such assistance; and (2) for any such activities unless the State, community, or local flood management agency that receives the assistance certifies, as the Director shall require, that at least 25 percent of the total cost of such activities will be provided from non-Federal sources. Requires the Director, upon determining that an insured property is a repetitive substantial loss property, to offer to purchase the property at its fair market value at the time of the offer.  Directs that any such offer:  (1)  explicitly state that the offer is contingent upon the availability of specified funds for such purchase; and (2) be held open, and not be revocable, during the period that the property is covered by flood insurance coverage. Requires the Director, if such owner accepts the offer and if such funds are available, to purchase the property.  Authorizes the Director, if any local flood management agency exists that has jurisdiction with respect to the area in which the property is located, to request that the State or local flood management agency coordinate and carry out the purchase. Provides that if the owner does not accept the offer within a specified period, the chargeable premium rate with respect to the property shall equal 150 percent of the amount at the time the offer was made (as adjusted by any other premium adjustments otherwise applicable to the property), with an exception, and the insurance deductible increased by $5,000 more than that at the time the offer was made.  Requires the Director, upon each renewal or modification of flood insurance coverage for a repetitive substantial loss property, to notify the owner that the offer is still open. Provides that if the owner of a repetitive substantial loss property does not accept an offer made by the Director and subsequently a flood event causes substantial damage to the property, the chargeable premium rate with respect to the property shall be an amount equal to 150 percent of the rate at the time of the event, as adjusted by any other premium adjustments otherwise applicable to the property and any subsequent increases, and the insurance deductible increased by $5,000 more than that at the time of the event. Establishes within the Treasury the Repetitive Flood Mitigation Loss Reduction Fund.  Directs that all amounts collected from payment of deductible and premium increases be deposited into the Fund and that amounts deposited into the Fund be available to the Director to carry out this Act to the extent provided by appropriation Acts. Requires the Director to:  (1) develop and periodically update a list of repetitive flood loss properties that have sustained multiple flood losses in excess of 125 percent of the property value, which shall be given priority for offers; (2) conduct oversight of recipients of financial assistance to ensure that the assistance is used in compliance with approved mitigation activities and that certified matching funds are used in accordance with such certification; and (3) recapture such amounts from a State, community, or local flood management agency that has received mitigation assistance and that the Director determines has not carried out mitigation activities, and deposit the amounts in the Fund. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:11:49Z,
105-hr-4833,105,hr,4833,Constructive Learning Environment Act,Education,1998-10-14,1998-10-14,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]",IA,D,B000652,0,"Constructive Learning Environment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants for up to five years to local educational agencies (LEAs) to:  (1) provide a sufficient number of teachers and facilities to accommodate students who are disruptive in the classroom; and (2) train teachers to effectively educate such students. Gives priority to LEAs that:  (1) serve a high number of low-income students, determined by the number of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Act; or (2) are located in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:36Z,
105-hr-4834,105,hr,4834,Northwest Salmon Recovery Act of 1998,Environmental Protection,1998-10-14,1998-10-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1]",OR,D,F000434,0,"Northwest Salmon Recovery Act of 1998 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a unified plan for salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest region whose goal is to restore sustainable naturally reproducing salmon populations to support tribal and nontribal harvest, cultural, and economic practices. (Sec. 4) Requires such plan to address:  (1) treaty, trust, and Endangered Species Act responsibilities; (2) specified statutory requirements governing fish mitigation and enhancement; (3) water quality standards under the Clean Water Act; and (4) the United States-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty commitments. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and of the Treasury to establish an accounting system for the Bonneville Power Administration that meets prescribed criteria. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, Energy, Commerce, and the Army to implement a specified Memorandum of Agreement and Annex adopted in 1996, including procedures for effective regional involvement and accountability in the expenditure of moneys from the Administration's fund.  Prescribes administrative procedures applicable to such Memorandum of Agreement and to the unified plan. Repeals the mandate to the Northwest Planning Council to appoint an Independent Scientific Review Panel. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Natural Resources Recovery Fund for fish and wildlife restoration in the Pacific Northwest region, and for conservation and renewable energy projects. Directs the Administrator to assess specified fees and charges to ensure that the repayment costs of Washington Public Power Supply System debt is repaid and allocated to all Administration customers. Provides that such fees and charges shall be in addition to:  (1) rates for power sales by the Administration; and (2) Administration transmission rates. (Sec. 7) Requires that all rates and charges received for the sale of electric energy by the Administration to its electric energy customers recover all federally incurred costs for electric energy generation and marketing, including meeting certain statutory responsibilities. (Sec. 8) Places the transmission of electric energy by the Administration within the purview of the Federal Power Act, and grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jurisdiction over transmission rates, terms, and conditions. Requires rates charged by the Administration for electric energy transmission to be sufficient to recover all costs for compliance with specified statutory responsibilities. Prescribes procedures for cost recovery adjustments by the Administration.",2025-08-21T16:11:12Z,