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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 561
Concerning the crisis in Kosovo and calling for NATO agreement to take
direct and decisive action against those forces attacking civilian popu-
lations in Kosovo.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. FOX
of Pennsylvania, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr.
WEXLER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. MCNULTY) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations
RESOLUTION
Concerning the crisis in Kosovo and calling for NATO agree-
ment to take direct and decisive action against those
forces attacking civilian populations in Kosovo.
Whereas open conflict erupted in Kosovo in early 1998 be-
tween Serbian security forces and the Yugoslav military
on the one hand, and militants among the ethnic Alba-
nian population of Kosovo on the other;
Whereas, since that time, the conflict has evolved into an as-
sault on the civilian population of Kosovo, killing approxi-
mately a thousand men, women, and children and dis-
placing hundreds of thousands of others, including tens
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of thousands now living as refugees in Albania, Macedo-
nia and Montenegro;
Whereas over one-third of Kosovo’s villages and an estimated
4,000 homes have been deliberately damaged or de-
stroyed;
Whereas Yugoslav officials have refused to issue visas to fo-
rensic experts seeking to investigate reported deaths in
Kosovo;
Whereas the assault on the civilian population has been re-
ported to include atrocities which could be considered war
crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide;
Whereas Serbian security forces have imposed food blockades
and deliberately destroyed crops and livestock upon which
the population of Kosovo depend;
Whereas Serbian security forces have deliberately hindered
the delivery of humanitarian aid through the denial of
visas to foreign personnel, restricting access to targeted
regions of Kosovo, and attacking aid delivery convoys and
workers;
Whereas the approaching winter season will likely create a
humanitarian catastrophe for those in Kosovo currently
without food and shelter;
Whereas providing sufficient humanitarian aid in a timely
manner to forestall the humanitarian catastrophe re-
quires an immediate halt to the assault on the civilian
population and the assurance that the assault will not be
resumed;
Whereas Yugoslav and Serbian officials, including Slobodan
Milosevic, claim to seek a dialogue on Kosovo but have
not ceased the assault on the civilian population of
Kosovo;
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‘‘(2) Liability under this subsection is in lieu of any
service obligation arising under a participant’s agreement.
‘‘(c) LIABILITY DURING PERIOD
OF OBLIGATED
SERVICE.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (d), if a
participant in the Program breaches the agreement by
failing for any reason to complete such participant’s pe-
riod of obligated service, the United States shall be enti-
tled to recover from the participant an amount determined
in accordance with the following formula:
A=3Φ
(
t¥s
)
t
‘‘(2) In such formula:
‘‘(A) ‘A’ is the amount the United States is en-
titled to recover.
‘‘(B) ‘Φ’ is the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amounts paid under this sub-
chapter to or on behalf of the participant; and
‘‘(ii) the interest on such amounts which
would be payable if at the time the amounts
were paid they were loans bearing interest at
the maximum legal prevailing rate, as deter-
mined by the Treasurer of the United States.
‘‘(C) ‘t’ is the total number of months in the
participant’s period of obligated service, including
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Kosovo in order to halt these attacks and ensure
they are not resumed, and to compel the withdrawal
of security forces and secure access to the vulnerable
population for humanitarian aid; and
(2) the President should strongly urge the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia to pursue actively investigations of the
assault taking place in Kosovo for prosecution as
war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide,
including through the provision of all information
which could be relevant to such prosecution of
Slobodan Milosevic and other Yugoslav and Serbian
officials in addition to those comprising the security
and military forces present in Kosovo.
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives
shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the President.
Æ
IV
House Calendar No. 262
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 563
[Report No. 105–761]
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the
bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations for the Treasury Department,
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President,
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Mr. MCINNIS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference report to
accompany the bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations
for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and cer-
tain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations for
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the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1999, and for other purposes. All points of order
against the conference report and against its consideration
are waived. The conference report shall be considered as
read.
HRES 564 RH
demand for division of the question in the House or in
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against
the amendments printed in the report are waived. During
consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec-
ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an
amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of
the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in
clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be
considered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con-
sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for
a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
and report the bill to the House with such amendments
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 262
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 563
[Report No. 105–761]
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference re-
port to accompany the bill (H.R. 4104) making
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Of-
fice of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
H. Res. 564
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 2, 1998.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 4274) making appropriations for the Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to
the bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute
rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure
to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except
as follows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 41, line 9,
through line 19; page 95, line 18, through page 109, line 19.
Where points of order are waived against part of a para-
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graph, points of order against a provision in another part of
such paragraph may be made only against such provision and
not against the entire paragraph. The amendments printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this res-
olution may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the
bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment except as specified in the report, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order
against the amendments printed in the report are waived.
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in
recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an
amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the
Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6
of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as
read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1)
postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
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provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
House Calendar No. 263
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 564
[Report No. 105–762]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4274) making appropriations
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4274) making
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,
and for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4274) making appropriations for
HRES 564 RH
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with
clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except as follows:
beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 41, line 9, through
line 19; page 95, line 18, through page 109, line 19.
Where points of order are waived against part of a para-
graph, points of order against a provision in another part
of such paragraph may be made only against such provi-
sion and not against the entire paragraph. The amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution may be offered only by a
Member designated in the report and only at the appro-
priate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered
as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and
an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except
as specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a
House Calendar No. 263
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 564
[Report No. 105–762]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4274)
making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses.
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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age 50 and older, and more than one-third of American
women age 40 to 49, had not received a mammogram in
the previous year;
Whereas annual mammograms are essential in early detection
of breast cancer, and biopsies are the only way to diag-
nose or rule out breast cancer with certainty;
Whereas it is vital that women have information about breast
biopsy and the biopsy options that are available to them;
Whereas cutting-edge technology in women’s health is creat-
ing more options for women; and
Whereas greater awareness of the importance of mammo-
grams leads to more mammograms and biopsies: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that—
(1) all American women should take an active role
in the fight against breast cancer by all the means that
are available to them, including self-examination, physi-
cian examination, and regular mammograms;
(2) the role played by community organizations and
health care providers in promoting awareness of the im-
portance of regular mammograms and of biopsy options
and in helping to expand the availability of low-cost
mammograms and biopsies should be recognized and ap-
plauded; and
(3) the Federal Government has a responsibility
to—
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(A) endeavor to raise awareness about the im-
portance of the early detection (through mammog-
raphy and biopsy) and prompt treatment of breast
cancer;
(B) continue to fund research so that the
causes of and a cure for breast cancer may be dis-
covered; and
(C) continue to make mammograms and biop-
sies more widely available to women over 40.
Attest:
Clerk.
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ghanistan, command of a division that quelled a revolt in
Azerbaijan, and command of the forces that captured a
Presidential palace in Grozny from separatists during the
war in Chechnya in 1995;
Whereas Lev Rokhlin retired from his distinguished military
career as a two-star general;
Whereas Lev Rokhlin was awarded the Hero of Russia Gold
Star for his skill and valor in service in Chechnya;
Whereas Lev Rokhlin refused to accept the Hero of Russia
Gold Star from Pavel Grachev, then Minister of Defense
of Russia, because he believed that Mr. Grachev was cor-
rupt and that the award was unwarranted in the context
of a civil war;
Whereas Lev Rokhlin was elected in 1995 to the Russian
Duma as a member of the ‘‘Russia Is Our Home’’ party,
the second largest party in the Duma;
Whereas Lev Rokhlin assumed the chairmanship of the de-
fense committee of the Duma and was the highest-rank-
ing elected official in the Duma working on defense
issues;
Whereas during his tenure as chairman of the defense com-
mittee, Lev Rokhlin was an outspoken critic of President
Boris Yeltsin, stating that Yeltsin was providing inad-
equate funding for the military and predicting that the
deterioration of the military would lead its members to
become involved in corrupt activity;
Whereas in July 1997, Lev Rokhlin established the Move-
ment in Support of the Army, Defense Industry, and
Military Science to lobby for the welfare of soldiers with
families, for defense preparedness, and for adequate
funding of the defense industry;
H. Res. 566
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 20, 1998.
Whereas the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin are
precious public natural resources, shared and held in
trust by the Great Lakes States and the Canadian Prov-
inces;
Whereas the Great Lakes need to be carefully managed and
protected in order to meet current and future water
needs within the Great Lakes Basin and the Canadian
Provinces;
Whereas any new diversions of Great Lakes waters for use
outside of the Great Lakes Basin will have significant ad-
verse effects on the environment, economy, and welfare of
the Great Lakes region;
Whereas the Province of Ontario, Canada, has authorized an
Ontario company to divert water from the Great Lakes
for sale to Asia;
Whereas 4 of the Great Lakes contain international waters,
and are defined as ‘‘boundary waters’’ in the Boundary
Waters Treaty of 1909 between the United States and
Canada, and therefore any new diversion of Great Lakes
water would affect the relations between the Government
of the United States and the Government of Canada;
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Whereas as trustees of the Great Lakes Basin’s natural re-
sources, the Great Lakes States and Provinces have a
shared duty to protect, conserve, and manage the renew-
able but finite waters of the Great Lakes Basin for the
use, benefit, and enjoyment of all their citizens, and fu-
ture generations; and
Whereas the most effective means of protecting, conserving,
and managing the water resources of the Great Lakes is
through the joint pursuit of unified and cooperative prin-
ciples, policies, and programs mutually agreed upon, en-
acted, and adhered to by each and every Great Lakes
State and Province: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the President and the Senate should act
to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to
foreign countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals
until procedures are established to guarantee that any
such sale or diversion is fully negotiated and approved by
representatives of the United States Government and the
Government of Canada, in consultation with any Great
Lakes State or Province that could be impacted by such
a sale or diversion.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 567
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 2, 1998.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall
be in order to consider the conference report to accompany
the bill (H.R. 4101) making appropriations for Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes. All points of order against
the conference report and against its consideration are
waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
SEC. 2. House Resolution 551 is laid on the table.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
House Calendar No. 264
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 567
[Report No. 105–764]
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the
bill (H.R. 4101) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 1998
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference report to
accompany the bill (H.R. 4101) making appropriations
for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, and Related Agencies programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 4101) making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
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tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. All
points of order against the conference report and against
its consideration are waived. The conference report shall
be considered as read.
SEC. 2. House Resolution 551 is laid on the table.
House Calendar No. 264
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 567
[Report No. 105–764]
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference re-
port to accompany the bill (H.R. 4101) making
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Relat-
ed Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
OCTOBER 2, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 568
Recognizing and congratulating Cal Ripken, Jr.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 1998
Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. EHRLICH) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight
RESOLUTION
Recognizing and congratulating Cal Ripken, Jr.
Whereas Cal Ripken, Jr., the Baltimore Orioles’ All-Star
shortstop and third baseman for 16 consecutive years,
ended 
his 
record-breaking 
consecutive-games-played
streak on September 20, 1998, after having started and
played in 2,632 consecutive games;
Whereas during that time Ripken was named Rookie of the
Year (1982), Most Valuable Player (1983 and 1991), and
1983 All-Star Game MVP, earned 2 Gold Gloves,
achieved the Major League career record for most home
runs by a shortstop (353), and created an amazing
record of 8,243 consecutive innings played without a
break;
Whereas on the day Ripken’s streak began, May 30, 1982,
the following items were in the news: British troops had
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invaded the Falkland Islands; President Reagan was
serving his first term; a fledgling cable station called
MTV was completing its first year in business; Olivia
Newton John was at the top of the pop charts; the movie
Conan the Barbarian was a hit; a 19-year-old college
freshman named Michael Jordan led the University of
North Carolina to the NCAA Championship; and the run-
ning of John Riggins powered the Washington Redskins
to victory in Super Bowl XVII;
Whereas upon returning to the lineup the day after his streak
ended, Ripken recorded his 2,874th career hit, moving
him ahead of Baltimore’s other favorite son, Babe Ruth,
on baseball’s all-time hit list;
Whereas baseball fans and historians alike widely credit
Ripken with saving America’s pastime in 1995 when he
broke Lou Gehrig’s legendary consecutive-games-played
record and restored confidence in baseball following a bit-
ter strike that canceled the 1994 World Series;
Whereas on the nights Ripken tied and then broke Gehrig’s
streak, he hit home runs in his home ballpark, Oriole
Park at Camden Yards;
Whereas the player with the next best consecutive-games-
played streak on the day Ripken’s streak ended had
played 327 games, meaning that player would have to
play 14 more years without missing a game to break
Ripken’s record;
Whereas baseball fans will always recognize 1998 as one of
the most historic years in baseball history with the set-
ting of Ripken’s record and the shattering of Roger
Maris’ single-season home run record by 2 players, the
St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire (who was 18 years