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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-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 chemica… 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 c… 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 roya… 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 quarter… 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 offi… 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-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-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-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 brin… 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-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 e… 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… 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… 2025-08-21T16:11:12Z  
105-hr-4835 105 hr 4835 COBRA Extension Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-14 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] TX D L000043 2 COBRA Extension Act of 1998 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend health plan insurance continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for surviving spouses. 2025-08-21T16:13:22Z  
105-hr-4836 105 hr 4836 QMB Improvement Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-14 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 2 QMB Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and the Internal Revenue Code, to establish a mechanism for promoting the provision of Medicare cost-sharing assistance under Medicaid to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries. 2025-08-21T16:11:35Z  
105-hr-4837 105 hr 4837 Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1998 Economics and Public Finance 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Referred to House Rules House Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2] IA R N000172 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Budget With Force of Law Title II: Reserve Funds for Emergencies Title III: Enforcement of Budgetary Decisions Subtitle A: Application of Points of Order to Unreported Legislation Subtitle B: Compliance with Budget Resolution Subtitle C: Justification for Budget Act Waivers Subtitle D: CBO Scoring of Conference Reports Title IV: Accountability for Federal Spending Subtitle A: Prohibitions on Indefinite Spending Subtitle B: Enhanced Congressional Oversight Responsibilities Subtitle C: Strengthened Accountability Title V: Budgeting for Unfunded Liabilities and Other Long- Term Obligations Subtitle A: Budgetary Treatment of Federal Insurance Programs Subtitle B: Reports on Long-Term Budgetary Trends Title VI: Baselines, Byrd Rule, and Lock-Box Subtitle A: The Baseline Subtitle B: The Byrd Rule Subtitle C: Spending Accountability Lock-Box Subtitle D: Automatic Continuing Resolution Title VII: Budgeting in an Era of Surpluses Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1998 - Makes this Act effective for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1999. Title I: Budget With Force of Law - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require the Congress, by April 15 of each year, to complete action on a joint (currently, concurrent) resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. Requires such resolution, in addition to items required under existing law, to set forth for the fiscal year and at least the four ensuing fiscal years: (1) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense and defense discretionary spending, direct spending, and other subsets of such spending, if necessary; and (2) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for emergencies for fiscal years to which the amendments made by… 2025-08-21T16:11:41Z  
105-hr-4838 105 hr 4838 Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 1998 Housing and Community Development 1998-10-14 1998-10-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2283-2284) House Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] MN D V000087 0 Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States for low-income housing preservation. Sets forth requirements for projects: (1) with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) with section 8 assistance; or (3) purchased by the residents. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:13:05Z  
105-hr-4839 105 hr 4839 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain crystal vases and drinking glasses. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on vases and drinking glasses of barium crystal valued over $5 each, whether or not cut or engraved. 2025-01-02T17:51:51Z  
105-hr-4840 105 hr 4840 Savings Provision Technical Amendment Act of 1998 Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 1 Savings Provision Technical Amendment Act of 1998 - Amends the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 relating to information technology management to make certain savings provisions inapplicable to any decision of the General Services Board of Contract Appeals (whether or not such decision is subsequently vacated) that: (1) is issued in a proceeding involving a protest; (2) is issued after February 10, 1996, and before the effective date of such Act; and (3) declares that a delegation of procurement authority from the Administrator of General Services or another source should have been obtained, and that a contract is void for lack of such a delegation. Declares that, in the case of any decision of the Board covered by this Act, the Administrator: (1) shall take necessary actions to vacate the decision; and (2) may not decide any further protest with respect to the contract it declared void. Requires the contracting activity that awarded the contract that was declared void by such decision to: (1) deem the contract valid and in full effect; (2) adhere to the contract's terms; and (3) require performance of the contract to begin 15 days after enactment of this Act and continue for the number of years prescribed by the contract when awarded. States that the contract declared void by such decision shall not be subject to any other protest. 2025-08-21T16:11:42Z  
105-hr-4841 105 hr 4841 Small Business Franchise Act of 1998 Commerce 1998-10-14 1998-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. House Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] NC R C000556 11 Small Business Franchise Act of 1998 - Prohibits any person, in connection with the advertising, offering, sale, or promotion of any franchise, from: (1) employing a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (2) engaging in an act, practice, course of business, or pattern of conduct which operates or is intended to operate as a fraud upon any prospective franchisee; (3) obtaining property, or assisting others in so doing, by negligently making an untrue statement of a material fact or any failure to state a material fact; (4) discriminating among prospective franchisees on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, sex, religion, disability, national origin, or age; or (5) making any claim or representation which is inconsistent with or contradicts a disclosure document. Requires the franchisor to provide a written statement specifying whether the franchise agreement contains a right of renewal. (Sec. 4) Prohibits any franchisor or subfranchisor, in connection with the performance, enforcement, renewal, or termination of any franchise agreement, from: (1) engaging in an act, practice, course of business, or pattern of conduct which operates as a fraud upon any person; (2) discriminating among franchisees on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, sex, religion, disability, national origin, or age; (3) hindering, prohibiting, or penalizing the free association of franchisees for any lawful purpose, including the formation of or participation in any trade association made up of franchisees; or (4) discriminating against a franchisee by imposing requirements not imposed on other similarly situated franchisees or otherwise retaliating against any franchisee for membership or participation in a franchisee association. Prohibits a franchisor from: (1) terminating a franchise agreement prior to its expiration without good cause; or (2) prohibiting a franchisee from engaging in any business at any location after the expiration of a franchise agreement. (Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) minimum s… 2025-08-21T16:12:28Z  
105-hr-4819 105 hr 4819 Passenger Services Enhancement Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-13 1998-10-13 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 12 Passenger Services Enhancement Act - 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. 2025-08-21T16:12:18Z  
105-hr-4820 105 hr 4820 Save the International Space Station Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-13 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. House Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] WI R S000244 0 Save the International Space Station Act of 1998 - Prohibits any funds or in-kind payments from being: (1) transferred to any entity of the Russian Government or any Russian contractor when such funds are intended to be used to perform work on the International Space Station which the Russian Government pledged, at any time, to provide at its expense; and (2) made to any entity of the Russian Government in exchange for any goods or services associated with the Space Station, except pursuant to a contract or agreement in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. Provides for exceptions to such prohibition, based on certain determinations by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and subject to the approval of specified congressional committees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that if the Russian Government is unable to provide at its own expense any contribution, capability, or launch service to the Space Station, the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the Russian Space Agency, and, if necessary, the Intergovernmental Agreement among all the Space Station partners, should be renegotiated to reduce Russia's benefits commensurate with its reduced level of contribution to the Space Station. Directs the NASA Administrator to develop and deliver to the Congress, with the President's budget request for fiscal year 2000, a specified contingency plan for the removal or replacement of each Russian Government contribution or capability of the Space Station that lies in the critical path, as well as Russian space launch services. Defines the "critical path" as the sequence of events of a schedule of events under which a delay in any event causes a delay in the overall schedule. Requires the Administrator, on or before December 1, 1998, and until completion of the assembly of the Space Station, to report to the Congress every other month on whether or not the Russians have performed work expected of them and necessary to complete the Space Station. Requires the Pres… 2025-08-21T16:11:15Z  
105-hr-4821 105 hr 4821 To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to embassy bombings. Immigration 1998-10-13 1998-11-10 Became Public Law No: 105-360. House Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] TX R S000583 0 Extends the visa processing period for certain diversity (immigrant) applicants whose visa processing was suspended due to the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z  
105-hr-4822 105 hr 4822 Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act of 1998 Finance and Financial Sector 1998-10-13 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] OH R G000210 11 Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act of 1998 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise regulations under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to require, consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest, improved methods of disclosing in investment company prospectuses and annual reports the after-tax effects of portfolio turnover on investment company returns to investors. 2025-08-21T16:12:08Z  
105-hr-4823 105 hr 4823 21st Century Retirement Savings Act Labor and Employment 1998-10-13 1998-10-13 Referred to House Education and the Workforce House Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] AZ R K000306 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: New Employer Pension Plans Must Be 401(k) Plans and Not 403(b) or 457 Plans Title II: Safe Annuities and Trusts Title III: Enhanced Portability of Retirement Plans Title IV: Credit for Pension Plan Startup Costs of Small Employers Title V: Miscellaneous Improvements to Pension Plans 21st Century Retirement Savings Act - Title I: New Employer Pension Plans Must Be 401(k) Plans and Not 403(b) or 457 Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require new State and local government and tax-exempt organization pension plans to be 401(k) plans. Title II: Safe Annuities and Trusts - Requires employers to establish SAFE annuities (a defined individual retirement annuity). Title III: Enhanced Portability of Retirement Plans - Permits specified rollovers. Makes other revisions concerning portability. Title IV: Credit for Pension Plan Startup Costs of Small Employers - Establishes a small employer pension plan cost startup credit. Title V: Miscellaneous Improvements to Pension Plans - Permits IRA "catch-up" contributions. Repeals the 25 percent limitation on defined contribution plans. Provides for faster vesting of employer matching contributions. Revises provisions concerning: (1) pension benefit statements; and (2) assignment and alienation. Sets penalties for pension plans failing to meet requirements. 2025-08-21T16:11:29Z  
105-hr-4824 105 hr 4824 21st Century Retirement Act Social Welfare 1998-10-13 1998-10-13 Referred to House Rules House Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] AZ R K000306 1 21st Century Retirement Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Security Accounts). Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to establish an individual security account (ISA) for each eligible individual who is employed or self-employed. Requires each employed or self-employed individual (or, if need be, the Commissioner) to designate the investment type of ISA to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit, for such individual, the contribution amount deducted from the individual's income. Requires investment of an ISA in a manner similar to that under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds, including providing for the off-budget treatment of ISAs. (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury an Individual Security Fund composed of all established ISAs, and managed by an Individual Security Fund Board. Directs the Board to study and report to the President and the Congress on ways to increase an individual's ISA investment options, especially with respect to rollovers or distributions from such account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on the income and self-employment income of every individual who is a Medicare (SSA title XVIII) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) eligible individual, as well as to impose an ISA contribution on such income, computed according to a specified formula, and adjusted for inflation. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title II to: (1) establish a new minimum monthly social security benefit for certain low-income individuals who become eligible for Old-Age or Disability Insurance benefits after December 31, 2005; and (2) eliminate the limitation on the amount of outside income (earnings test) which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983, a… 2025-08-21T16:13:38Z  
105-hr-4825 105 hr 4825 Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-13 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] NJ D M000639 0 Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for a reduced Federal medical assistance percentage for States that fail to meet specified minimum blood lead screening rates established by this Act, subject to waiver by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of a State that has performed during a fiscal year such a significant number of lead blood level assessments that the State reasonably cannot be expected to achieve the appropriate minimum blood lead screening rate. Requires the State Medicaid plan to provide for reporting to the Secretary: (1) the number of children who are not more than two years of age and enrolled in the Medicaid program; and (2) the number and results of lead blood level assessments performed by the State, along with demographic and identifying information consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with respect to lead surveillance. Requires each contract between the State and an entity responsible for provision of medical assistance under the State plan to provide for: (1) compliance with mandatory screening requirements for lead blood level assessments commensurate with guidelines and mandates issued by the Secretary through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration; as well as (2) coverage of appropriate qualified lead treatment services, as prescribed by CDC guidelines, for children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. Allows reimbursement for qualified lead treatment services for children with elevated blood lead levels. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Head Start Act to mandate lead poisoning screening for an infant or child to be eligible to participate in either the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, or early Head Start programs. 2025-08-21T16:12:44Z  
105-hr-4826 105 hr 4826 Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1998 Finance and Financial Sector 1998-10-13 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-24] CA D S000344 5 Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to establish a central public registry containing records and information relating to insurance policies of living and deceased victims of the Holocaust, to be known as the Holocaust Insurance Registry. Requires any insurer currently doing business in the United States that sold life, property, liability, health, annuity, dowry, educational, or casualty insurance policies, directly or through a related company, to persons in Europe, which were in effect between 1920 and 1945, to file with the Departments of the Treasury, State, or Commerce for entry into the Registry: (1) the number of such insurance policies; (2) the holder, beneficiary, and current status of such policies; and (3) a comparison of the names of holders and beneficiaries of such policies and the names of Holocaust victims. Requires each such insurer to certify under penalty of perjury to any of the following: (1) the proceeds of the policies have been paid to the designated beneficiaries or their heirs where that person or persons could be located and identified; (2) the proceeds of the policies, where the beneficiaries or heirs could not be located or identified, have been distributed to Holocaust survivors or to qualified charitable nonprofit organizations for the purpose of assisting Holocaust survivors; (3) a court of law has certified in a legal proceeding resolving the rights of unpaid policyholders, their heirs, and beneficiaries, a plan for the distribution of the proceeds; or (4) the proceeds have not been distributed and the amounts of those proceeds. Exempts from such filing requirement any insurer currently doing business in the United States that did not sell any insurance policies in Europe before 1945, if a related company, whether or not authorized and currently doing business in the United States, has made such a filing. Makes any insurer that knowingly files false information liab… 2025-08-21T16:12:02Z  
105-hr-4827 105 hr 4827 Safe Neighborhood Act of 1998 Housing and Community Development 1998-10-13 1998-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Safe Neighborhood Act of 1998 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to permit reasonable Federal, State, or local restriction on group home occupancy by persons convicted of a crime for which a term of imprisonment was imposed. 2025-08-21T16:13:04Z  
105-hr-4828 105 hr 4828 To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food. Agriculture and Food 1998-10-13 1998-10-13 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] MS D T000193 0 Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to include within the definition of poultry birds of the order Ratitae (ostriches, emus, rheas) that are raised for commercial distribution as human food. 2025-01-02T17:51:42Z  
105-hr-4807 105 hr 4807 To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Mongolia. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] IL R C000873 5 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. 2025-01-02T17:51:50Z  
105-hr-4808 105 hr 4808 Depository Institution-GSE Affiliation Act of 1998 Finance and Financial Sector 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. House Rep. Snowbarger, Vince [R-KS-3] KS R S000662 2 Depository Institution-GSE Affiliation Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to specify circumstances under which the Secretary of the Treasury may: (1) approve an affiliation between a depository institution and the Student Loan Marketing Association (SALLIE MAE) solely in its reorganized, privatized status as "the Holding Company," not in its status as a government sponsored enterprise (GSE); and (2) impose affiliation terms and conditions, including constraints upon either the issuance of debt obligations by SALLIE MAE in its GSE status, or upon the use of proceeds from such obligations. (Current law prohibits affiliations between depository institutions and GSEs.) Limits the value of the investment portfolio of SALLIE MAE in its GSE status in the event such affiliation should occur to the lesser of: (1) its value upon enactment of this Act; or (2) its value on the date such affiliation is consummated. Grants the Secretary enforcement powers under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 2025-08-21T16:12:11Z  
105-hr-4809 105 hr 4809 For the relief of the State of Hawaii. Taxation 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] HI D A000014 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the State of Hawaii, notwithstanding any law or rule of law, to claim a refund or credit resulting from any tax overpayment on fuel purchased by the State during calendar years 1992 or 1993, if a claim is filed within 18 months of enactment. 2025-01-02T17:51:50Z  
105-hr-4810 105 hr 4810 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals subject to Federal hours of service. Taxation 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the business meal expense deduction to 80 percent (currently 50 percent) for individuals subject to the hours of service limitations of the Department of Transportation. 2025-01-02T17:51:50Z  
105-hr-4811 105 hr 4811 Depository Institution Customer Protection Act Finance and Financial Sector 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 0 Depository Institution Customer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit the imposition of any fee on an institution's customer for using its teller windows at a domestic branch. 2025-08-21T16:12:23Z  
105-hr-4812 105 hr 4812 To make the Federal employees health benefits program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance, and for other purposes. Health 1998-10-12 1998-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. House Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] CA R D000492 0 Amends provisions relating to Federal employees' health insurance to permit any qualified individual (an individual who is age 55 to 65 and has not been covered under any health insurance policy for at least the preceding 30 days) to enroll in an approved health benefits plan for self alone, so long as such individual pays currently into the Employees Health Benefits Fund, under arrangements acceptable to the Office of Personnel Management, the full amount of the subscription charges required. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
105-hr-4813 105 hr 4813 Critical Infrastructure Radio Systems Protection Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-12 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 1 Critical Infrastructure Radio Systems Protection Act of 1998 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules to ensure the ongoing protection and promotion of radio spectrum used by electric, gas, and water utilities and natural gas and petroleum pipelines against interference from other users of spectrum and consistent with provisions of the Communications Act of 1934. Requires the FCC, until such rules are adopted, to discontinue licensing private mobile radio facilities on: (1) any channels that were formerly allocated by the FCC to the Power (IW) Radio Service or Petroleum (IP) Radio Service on either an exclusive or shared basis; and (2) any channels less than 15khz removed from such channels. Provides exceptions in the case of a license applicant that: (1) obtains the concurrence of the designated frequency advisory committee for the IW or IP Service, or both; or (2) obtains and submits written concurrence of all IW and IP radio services licensees having a co- channel or adjacent-channel facility within 70 miles of the applicant's proposed site. 2025-08-21T16:11:38Z  
105-hr-4814 105 hr 4814 Canola Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to House Ways and Means House Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] ND D P000422 1 Canola Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States trade representative to the United States-Canada Technical Working Group to urge the Group to harmonize registration of certain pesticides used on canola. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish domestic and import tolerances for such pesticides. 2025-08-21T16:13:22Z  
105-hr-4815 105 hr 4815 To provide that December 7 each year shall be treated for all purposes related to Federal employment in the same manner as November 11. Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-12 1998-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. House Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] NY R Q000016 0 Requires December 7 each year to be treated for all purposes related to Federal employment in the same manner as November 11. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
105-hr-4816 105 hr 4816 To authorize the acquisition of the Valles Caldera currently managed by the Baca Land and Cattle Company, to provide for an effective land and wildlife management program for this resource within the Department of Agriculture through the private sector, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Redmond, Bill [R-NM-3] NM R R000567 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust Title II: Acquisition of Inholdings and Disposal of Surplus Land Title I: Valles Caldera National Preserve and Trust - Valles Caldera Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire all or part of the Baca ranch in New Mexico. Provides for the subsequent addition of such land to the Bandelier National Monument, under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to utilize funds appropriated for the National Park Service to acquire the Elk Meadows subdivision within the boundary adjusted to encompass the ranch addition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop a study of management alternatives which may provide more coordinated land management within the Lower Alamo watershed, allow for improved management of elk and other wildlife populations ranging between the Santa Fe National Forest and the Bandelier National Monument, and include a proposed boundary adjustment between such Forest and Monument to facilitate those objectives; and (3) submit the study to specified congressional committees. Makes the acquisition of the ranch subject to all outstanding valid existing mineral interests. Directs the Secretary to negotiate the acquisition of any fractional interest in the subsurface estate on a willing seller basis for the appraised fair market value. (Sec. 105) Establishes: (1) upon the date of acquisition of the Baca ranch, the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Forest System; and (2) the Valles Caldera Trust, as a wholly owned Government corporation, to provide management and administrative services for the Preserve and for other specified purposes. (Sec. 107) Requires the Trust: (1) to be governed by a seven member Board of Trustees; and (2) to manage the land and resources of the Preserve, subject to specified requirements, including development of a comprehensive program for the management of lands, re… 2025-04-07T15:23:30Z  
105-hr-4817 105 hr 4817 To provide a location in Arlington, Virginia, for construction of a memorial to honor the men and women who have served in the United States Air Force. Commemorations 1998-10-12 1998-10-12 Referred to House Resources House Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] NY R S000675 1 Authorizes the Air Force Memorial Foundation to construct a memorial within the Arlington Naval Annex in Arlington, Virginia, to honor individuals who served in the U.S. Air Force and its predecessors. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide a suitable memorial site and to reimburse the Foundation for expenses incurred. Provides that, upon commencement of memorial construction, no person may construct any monument, memorial, or other structure within a specified area of Arlington County, Virginia, which generally surrounds the Iwo Jima Memorial. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
105-hr-4818 105 hr 4818 Asset-Building for Working Americans Act Social Welfare 1998-10-12 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] MS D T000193 21 Asset-Building for Working Americans Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as SSA titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and XIX (Medicaid), to require States to disregard for the following 12-month period any refunds or advance payments of the earned income tax credit (EITC) in determining eligibility for benefits under TANF, SSI, and Medicaid. Establishes up to a two percent reduction in the next fiscal year's grant to any State as a penalty for failure to disregard such payments. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require a similar disregard for EITC payments under public housing and rental assistance programs. 2025-08-21T16:12:16Z  
105-hr-4805 105 hr 4805 To require reports on travel of Executive branch officers and employees to international conferences, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-11 1998-10-14 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Requires each officer and employee of an executive agency who travels abroad to attend an international conference to submit to the Director of the Office of International Conferences of the Department of State a report on such travel. Excludes the President, the Vice President, and any employee who is carrying out an intelligence activity, performing a protective function, or engaged in a sensitive diplomatic mission. Requires the Director to submit biannual reports on such travel to the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations and the House Committees on International Relations and Appropriations Directs the President to submit to such committees annual reports setting forth: (1) the total Government expenditures on all official travel abroad by each executive agency during the preceding fiscal year; and (2) the total number of agency officers and employees who engaged in such travel. 2025-04-07T15:23:39Z  
105-hr-4806 105 hr 4806 To authorize the carrying out of a flood damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Emergency Management 1998-10-11 1998-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] ND D P000422 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a flood damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, substantially in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers, as approved by the Secretary. 2025-01-02T17:51:48Z  
105-hr-4785 105 hr 4785 Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards Act Law 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 1 Fairness in Punitive Damage Awards Act - Limits punitive damage awards in civil actions brought in Federal or State court that affect interstate commerce or implicate rights or interests that may be protected by the Congress under the 14th Amendment where such damages are sought under any theory for harm. Permits punitive damages, to the extent permitted by applicable State law, to be awarded against a person in such an action only if the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that conduct of such person was carried out with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of others and was the proximate cause of the harm that is the subject of the action. Makes this Act inapplicable to any person in such action if the misconduct for which punitive damages are awarded: (1) caused harm that resulted in death, serious and permanent physical scarring or disfigurement, loss of a limb or organ, or serious and permanent physical impairment of an important bodily function; (2) occurred at a time when the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or any drug that may not lawfully be sold without a prescription or had been taken by the defendant other than in accordance with the terms of a lawful prescription, and if the defendant so being under the influence caused the harm for which the civil action was brought; or (3) constitutes a crime of violence, an act of terrorism, a hate crime, or a felony sexual offense, for which the defendant has been convicted in any court. (Sec. 5) Limits the amount of punitive damages that may be awarded to a claimant in any civil action that is subject to this Act: (1) to the greater of three times the amount awarded for economic loss or $250,000; or (2) for an individual whose net worth does not exceed $500,000 or against an owner of an unincorporated business, or any partnership, corporation, association, unit of local government, or organization that has fewer than 25 full-time employees, to the lesser of three times the amount awarded for eco… 2025-08-21T16:12:01Z  
105-hr-4786 105 hr 4786 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the deposit of certain contributions and donations to be returned to donors in a special account, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. House Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] PA R G000121 0 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish guidelines for the transfer to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and deposit into a special account of any contribution or donation given to a political committee that the committee intends to return, as well as for the return of such contribution or donation after it is deposited to the person who made it. Requires: (1) the political committee to include certain information along with the transferred contribution or donation, such as a request that the FEC return the contribution or donation to the person making it; and (2) the FEC to notify the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of the receipt of such contribution or donation. Allows amounts in the special account to be applied toward the payment of any applicable fines or penalties. 2025-04-07T15:33:42Z  
105-hr-4787 105 hr 4787 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 7748 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the "John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building". Commemorations 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] IL D R000515 15 Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 7748 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
105-hr-4788 105 hr 4788 Consumer Automobile Lease Advertising Act of 1998 Commerce 1998-10-10 1998-10-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2091-2093) House Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] NY D L000556 0 Consumer Automobile Lease Advertising Act of 1998 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to increase from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of a contractual obligation of a consumer lease to which the Act applies. Mandates annual adjustment of such limit based upon changes reported in the Consumer Price Index by the Department of Labor. Prescribes additional lease advertising disclosure requirements for advertising media, including radio and television broadcasting and toll-free telephones. Prohibits specified automobile lease advertising practices, including: (1) statements that no downpayment is required when the lessor actually requires certain payments upon lease initiation; and (2) lease terms that are available only to selected customers. Mandates that: (1) advertised lease payment amounts for automobiles be calculated on the basis of a formula prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and be accompanied by specified time and mileage disclosures; and (2) automobile dealerships place additional disclosures within a prominent location in the dealership. Empowers the Federal Trade Commission to enforce this Act. Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth a maximum civil penalty for noncompliance with such Act. 2025-08-21T16:14:55Z  
105-hr-4789 105 hr 4789 Elderly and Disabled Protection Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] IL R W000273 2 Elderly and Disabled Protection Act of 1998 - Declares that a nursing facility (including a skilled nursing facility), home health agency, or hospice program (covered facility) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act may not: (1) employ an individual as a direct care employee unless the facility has requested from the State direct care employee registry a background check (including a criminal as well as an abusive work history background check); or (2) continue to employ such an individual if the background check report reveals a conviction of a disqualifying crime. Requires the covered facility to report to such registry documented findings of patient abuse by a direct care employee. Imposes civil penalties upon covered facilities that violate such requirements. Defines "direct care employee" as a paid, nonvolunteer nurse aide, home health care aide, personal care assistant, private duty nurse aide, day attendant, housekeeper, library attendant, laundry assistant, or similar worker who performs nursing or related tasks involving direct patient care in a covered facility. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish methods by which State direct care registries can pool and share criminal background check summaries and documented findings of patient abuse (national registry coordination system). Requires each State to expand its direct care employee registry in order to carry out such background checks and other related functions, including reporting of summary information to the national registry coordination system. Sets forth procedures for criminal and abusive work history background checks. 2025-08-21T16:13:44Z  
105-hr-4790 105 hr 4790 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to ban the acceptance of cash contributions greater than $100 in campaigns for election for Federal office. Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. House Rep. Redmond, Bill [R-NM-3] NM R R000567 0 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit candidates or political committees from accepting any contributions of currency of the United States or of any foreign country from any person which, in the aggregate, exceed $100. 2025-01-02T17:51:45Z  
105-hr-4791 105 hr 4791 To establish rules for the payment of damage awards for future losses in certain health care liability actions. Law 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] TX R B000213 0 Provides that in a health care liability action brought under Federal law or in Federal court in which damages awarded to a claimant for future economic and noneconomic loss combined exceed $50,000, the claimant shall not be required to receive such damages in a single, lump-sum payment. Entitles such claimant to request the court to order payment in whole or in part on a periodic basis. Requires a court awarding periodic payments to attempt to ensure that the amount of such payments, along with any lump-sum payment, constitute a full recovery of the claimant's future loss and that the payment schedule is in the best interests of the claimant. (Sec. 2) Makes such provisions inapplicable to any such action: (1) for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death to the extent that provisions of the Public Health Service Act (regarding the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) apply; or (2) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. (Sec. 3) Provides that, except where specifically authorized by statute, the judgment of a court awarding periodic payments may not, in the absence of fraud, be reopened at any time to contest, amend, or modify the schedule or amount of the payments. (Sec. 4) Directs that a court awarding such periodic payments, upon request of the claimant to receive the award, require the person ordered to make the payments to make assurances that satisfy the court that the payments will be made by: (1) making a qualified assignment of the periodic payment liability; (2) purchasing an annuity contract issued by a company licensed to do business as an insurance company under the laws of any State; (3) purchasing obligations of the United States; or (4) providing other assurances. (Sec. 5) Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to preclude a settlement that provides for a single, lump-sum payment. 2025-01-02T17:51:41Z  
105-hr-4792 105 hr 4792 District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998 Families 1998-10-10 1998-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia. House Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] VA R B000556 0 District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998 - Directs the Child Protective Services Division of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia to: (1) report to the Congress the number of children under its jurisdiction who are legally free for adoption; (2) establish a database listing and tracking each child under its jurisdiction with the goal of adoption or becoming legally free for adoption; and (3) contract with private service providers in the Washington Metropolitan Area pursuant to a competitive bidding process to perform its recruitment, home study, and placement functions. 2025-08-21T16:14:28Z  
105-hr-4793 105 hr 4793 To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal agencies to reimburse their employees for certain adoption expenses. Government Operations and Politics 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] VA R B000556 1 Authorizes the head of each executive agency, the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to carry out a program under which an agency employee may be reimbursed for up to $2,000 of qualifying adoption expenses. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
105-hr-4794 105 hr 4794 Fairness in Prescription Drug Prices Act Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] AL D C000868 0 Fairness in Prescription Drug Prices Act - Allows any qualified pharmacy to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enable it to sell covered outpatient drugs to Medicare beneficiaries (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) at a reduced price. Requires such an agreement to: (1) entitle the participating pharmacy to purchase any covered outpatient drug listed on the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration at the participating pharmacy discount price for that drug; and (2) permit the participating pharmacy to purchase under this Act as much of a covered outpatient drug as it sells to Medicare beneficiaries. Sets forth guidelines for determining the participating pharmacy discount price and a special rule for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a hospice program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer this Act in a manner that uses existing methods of obtaining and distributing drugs to the maximum extent possible, consistent with efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) report to the Congress annually regarding the effectiveness of this Act in protecting Medicare beneficiaries from discriminatory pricing by drug manufacturers, along with any appropriate legislative recommendations to further reduce the cost of covered outpatient drugs to such beneficiaries. 2025-08-21T16:12:37Z  
105-hr-4795 105 hr 4795 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. Taxation 1998-10-10 1998-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2068-2069) House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] IL R C000873 5 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal certain provisions concerning the filing of consolidated returns by insurance companies. 2025-01-02T17:51:50Z  
105-hr-4796 105 hr 4796 To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of funds for any facility a primary purpose of which is the distribution or use of tobacco products. Housing and Community Development 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1] NV R E000194 0 Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of community development funds to acquire, construct, or improve any facility with a primary interest of tobacco product distribution or sale. 2025-01-02T17:51:44Z  
105-hr-4797 105 hr 4797 OCS Environmental Consistency Act of 1998 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] FL R G000336 0 OCS Environmental Consistency Act of 1998 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to mandate State receipt of an environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as a prerequisite to State review of an exploration, development, or production plan. 2025-08-21T16:12:48Z  
105-hr-4798 105 hr 4798 Electricity Consumer, Worker, and Environmental Protection Act of 1998 Energy 1998-10-10 1998-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Services Title II: State Standards for Electricity Service Electricity Consumer, Worker, and Environmental Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Service - Subjects electric utility industry workers to the jurisdiction of the 1994 National Skills Standards Act and title V of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Subjects all generating plants to State and Federal general industry requirements as established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and mandates periodic government inspection. (Sec. 101) Prescribes continuing employment guidelines for a specified transition period in the event of any transfer of ownership of any divisions or units within an electric utility. (Sec. 102) Establishes a right of privacy with respect to consumer billing, payment, specific usage and appliance information obtained by the seller in the normal course of business. Prescribes guidelines governing: (1) consumer privacy; (2) disclosures for retail electricity bills; (3) dispute resolution of billing complaints; and (4) quality standards for sellers and distributors of retail electric service. (Sec. 107) Mandates that each State create a not-for-profit membership corporation to be known as the "Citizens' Utility Board, Inc." (State CUB) to represent and promote the interests of a State's residential consumers of electricity. (Sec. 108) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an Office of the Consumer Counsel (the Office) to represent energy consumers during FERC proceedings that may affect wholesale or retail electric or gas service, prices, and practices. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 109) Prohibits any Federal or State authority from requiring consumers to subsidize the costs of owning or operating any power plant owned by an investor-owned company, except any facility or power plant that qualifies for support from the National Electric Public Benefi… 2025-08-21T16:14:05Z  
105-hr-4799 105 hr 4799 Early Medicare Access and Affordability Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Access to Medicare Benefits for Individuals 62-to- 65 Years of Age Title II: Access to Medicare Benefits for Displaced Workers 55-to-62 Years of Age Title III: Cobra Protection for Early Retirees Subtitle A: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Subtitle B: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act Subtitle C: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Title IV: Financing Title V: Provision of Premium Assistance for Low-Income Individuals Purchasing Early Coverage Under the Medicare Program Early Medicare Access and Affordability Act of 1998 - Title I: Access to Medicare Benefits for Individuals 62-to-65 Years of Age - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Purchase of Medicare Benefits by Certain Individuals Age 62-to-65 Years of Age). Makes eligible to enroll in Medicare during a specified period individuals between the ages of 62 and 65 who: (1) are not eligible for coverage under group health plans or Federal health insurance; but (2) would be Medicare-eligible if age 65. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine rates for the base monthly premium, the base annual premium, and the deferred monthly premium for individuals age 62 or older. Requires the Secretary to: (1) adjust and limit the maximum base annual premium in a premium area to assure participation in all areas of the United States; and (2) provide for payment and collection of the base monthly premium. Makes the enrollee liable for the deferred monthly premium payment between ages 65 and 85. Requires collection of both premiums in the same manner as for the payment of monthly premiums under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Creates in the Treasury the Medicare Early Access Trust Fund (Trust Fund) to hold collected premiums as well as the savings from new fr… 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z  
105-hr-4800 105 hr 4800 Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] NJ D P000096 1 Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to: (1) States or their designees to operate the State's traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry; and (2) academic institutions to conduct applied research to support the registries. Regulates registry data confidentiality. Authorizes technical assistance, directly or through grants and contracts, regarding the registries and regarding development of model legislation. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z  
105-hr-4801 105 hr 4801 InterLATA Communication Improvements Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] LA R T000058 10 InterLATA Communication Improvements Act of 1998 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) to authorize a State to approve the application of a Bell operating company (BOC) to provide intrastate interLATA services originating in any of its in-region States. Provides administrative authority for a State to receive, evaluate, and approve or disapprove such an application, requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to affirm a State's evaluation unless it determines that it was clearly erroneous in a material respect. Requires the FCC, with respect to interstate interLATA service, or a State, with respect to intrastate interLATA service, to include in its decision a basis for approval or denial, together with a written determination indicating whether the BOC has complied with each competitive requirement and whether the application is in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Requires separate affiliation for the BOCs involved. Requires a State to approve or disapprove an application within 90 days, subject to judicial review. Prohibits the FCC or a State from limiting or extending the terms used in the competitive checklist for application approval or denial. Requires both the FCC and the State to: (1) publish application determinations; and (2) enforce any conditions required for such approval. Deems a BOC to have met the requirements for the presence of a competitor on and after February 8, 1999. States that a BOC meets such requirements before such date if: (1) the BOC is providing access and interconnection to its network facilities for the network facilities of one or more unaffiliated competing providers of telephone exchange service; or (2) a statement of the terms and conditions under which the company generally offers to provide such access and interconnection has been approved or permitted to take effect by the appropriate State commission. Authorizes a BOC, on or after February 8, 1999, to provide interstate and intrastate interLATA services originating in any State … 2025-08-21T16:11:33Z  
105-hr-4802 105 hr 4802 Digital Data Services Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] LA R T000058 0 Digital Data Services Act of 1998 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow any low-power television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at its option, to utilize its authorized spectrum to provide any digital data services to subscribers or purchasers. Requires notification to the FCC of the intention to provide such service. 2025-08-21T16:14:40Z  
105-hr-4803 105 hr 4803 Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 1998 Animals 1998-10-10 1998-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] LA R T000058 0 Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 1998 - Amends Federal law to allow the Department of the Interior, the Postal Service, or a State or person authorized to sell Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to issue the stamps, or representations of such stamps, electronically by endorsement affixed to licenses issued at points of sale or through other electronic media. Prohibits such States or persons from participating in the electronic issuance of such a stamp unless the Secretary of the Interior has received a plan submitted by the party in question which provides for a satisfactory accounting process for the collection and transfer of revenue, distribution, and law enforcement verification of the electronic transaction, and the subsequent distribution of the actual stamp. Requires such States or persons, not later than 14 days after the issuance of an electronic stamp, to transfer to the Department or designated agent the revenue collected from the issuance by means of an electronic fund transfer method approved by, and compatible with, the Department's or the designated agent's accounting system. 2025-08-21T16:14:56Z  
105-hr-4804 105 hr 4804 Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] NY D T000326 1 Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State-approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them. 2025-08-21T16:15:01Z  
105-hr-4756 105 hr 4756 Year 2000 Preparedness Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-09 1998-10-14 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 4 Year 2000 Preparedness Act of 1998 - Directs the President to provide for the acceleration of the development of business continuity plans by Federal agencies to ensure the uninterrupted delivery by those agencies of critical mission-related services. (Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should aggressively promote Year 2000 date change awareness for information technology systems and sensitive infrastructure applications; (2) the President should authorize the Chair of the Year 2000 Conversion Council to take a leadership role in resolving Year 2000 (Y2K) issues of any critical Federal agency system that is in jeopardy of not meeting the January 1, 2000 deadline; (3) the Chair should work toward a national strategy to assure that the critical infrastructures and key sectors of the economy will be prepared for the Year 2000 date change; (4) the Chair is making a significant contribution to Y2K problem awareness by scheduling a National Y2K Action Week for October 19 through 23, 1998; (5) the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Commerce, the Department of Agriculture, and other Federal agencies should undertake maximum efforts to assist American family businesses and farmers in assessing their exposure to the Y2K problem, undertaking necessary remedial steps, and formulating contingency plans; and (6) State and local governments, as well as private sector industry groups and companies, should participate in the effort to prepare the American economy for the year 2000. (Sec. 5) Provides for all Federal agency reports to OMB relating to the Y2K problem to be concurrently transmitted to the Congress, including all agency monthly submissions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Sec. 6) Directs the Chair to develop guidelines of best practices and standards for remediation and validation with respect to the Y2K problem to provide better direction for government and private sector efforts. (Sec. 7) Requires the Chair to submit to the Congress any national ass… 2025-04-07T15:34:08Z  
105-hr-4757 105 hr 4757 To designate the North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center. International Affairs 1998-10-09 1998-10-13 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] NY R G000212 15 Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to: (1) redesignate the North-South Center as the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center; and (2) rename the North-South Center Act of 1991 as the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991. 2025-04-07T15:23:39Z  
105-hr-4758 105 hr 4758 Veterans' Access to Emergency Care Act of 1998 Armed Forces and National Security 1998-10-09 1998-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 0 Veterans' Access to Emergency Care Act of 1998- Declares the annual patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be a health care plan and the veterans enrolled in such system to be participants in a health care plan. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract for the emergency health care of such veterans in non-Department facilities. Includes such contracted emergency care within the definition of authorized Department medical services. Authorizes the reimbursement of enrolled veterans for expenses incurred in the treatment of any medical emergency which poses a serious threat to life or health. Directs the Secretary to require in such a contract that payment by the Secretary for treatment of enrolled veterans at the non-Department facility be made only after any payment that may be made with respect to such treatment: (1) under part A or B of the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) by a third-party insurance provider. 2025-08-21T16:14:30Z  
105-hr-4759 105 hr 4759 Communications Personnel Paperwork Reduction Act of 1998 Science, Technology, Communications 1998-10-09 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] OH R O000163 1 Communications Personnel Paperwork Reduction Act of 1998 -Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to repeal specified reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Prohibits the FCC from discriminating in employment, or granting any preference in employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, or sex. 2025-08-21T16:11:54Z  
105-hr-4760 105 hr 4760 To require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a permit required for importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1998-10-09 1998-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Barcia, James A. [D-MI-5] MI D B000134 0 Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a specified permit for the importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan in 1995. 2025-01-02T17:51:47Z  
105-hr-4761 105 hr 4761 Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-09 1998-10-10 Rule H. Res. 588 passed House. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] IL R C000873 27 Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to take action to implement certain trade sanctions under the Trade Act of 1974 as if a determination had been made that the practices of the European Union (EU) regarding the importation of bananas, or EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef, violate, or are inconsistent with, or otherwise deny benefits to the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreements. Requires that any sanction to eliminate such practices be devised so as to affect EU goods or services in an amount equivalent in value to the burden or restriction being imposed by the EU on U.S. commerce. Requires the USTR to implement trade sanctions unless it is certified to the Congress that: (1) the Dispute Settlement Body has adopted a report that U.S. rights under the Uruguay Round Agreements are not being denied by EU practices (or such practices are not a violation of, or inconsistent with, such rights) regarding the importation of bananas or the EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef; (2) the EU has agreed to eliminate or phase out such practices; or (3) the taking of action under this Act would cause serious harm to the national security of the United States. Requires the USTR to continue to make efforts to preserve U.S. rights under the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes concerning EU measures on the importation of bananas and EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef. 2025-08-21T16:11:13Z  
105-hr-4762 105 hr 4762 To impose a temporary ban on the importation of certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, and for other purposes. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1998-10-09 1998-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] AL R A000055 11 Prohibits the importation into the United States during a one-year period of hot-rolled steel products or plate steel products from Japan, Russia, or Brazil. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in any case in which antidumping duties are imposed upon steel products of a foreign country, to assess such duties on entries made for the period that dumping occurred before the issuance of the order (as well as on entries made after the order), but in no case earlier than one year before an antidumping duty petition was filed or the Secretary initiated an antidumping duty investigation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should respond to complaints filed by U.S. trading partners regarding this prohibition on steel imports by: (1) addressing the failure of those countries' governments to make their companies abide by international trade agreements with respect to dumping; and (2) stating that their failure constitutes a legitimate national security concern to the United States. 2025-01-02T17:51:49Z  
105-hr-4763 105 hr 4763 To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States. Immigration 1998-10-09 1998-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Declares certain Amerasian permanent resident aliens to be U.S. citizens. 2025-01-02T17:51:40Z  
105-hr-4764 105 hr 4764 To require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where the court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce. Law 1998-10-09 1998-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] AL R A000055 0 Requires each: (1) Federal court to recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed under the laws of a State other than the State where the Federal court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce; and (2) State court to recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed under the laws of a State other than the State where the court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce. 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z  
105-hr-4765 105 hr 4765 Hope for Children Act Taxation 1998-10-09 1998-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] VA R B000556 3 Hope for Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount allowable for qualified adoption expenses; (2) permanently extend the credit for adoption expenses; and (3) adjust the limitations on such credit for inflation. 2025-08-21T16:13:57Z  

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