SUNDQUIST, DON (a Representative from Tennessee)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5400, Campaign Cost Reduction and Reform Act, 26030 [26SE]
Articles and editorials
Clark Porteous Day Brings Praise From High Places, Daisy Fontaine, Collierville (TN) Herald, 19487
Daring Rescue Frees USPS Worker's Sons, Postal Record (publication), 8325
Former Educator Heading to Washington—Peavyhouse ``Principal of the Year,'' Chattanooga (TN) News-Free Press, 29499
Group Wanted To Control News, Not Get Truth Out on Nicaragua, Frances Meeker, Nashville (TN) Banner, 4723
Recycling Well Worth Effort Made—Everyone Should Sort, Turn in Their Garbage, Mary Schwartz, Jackson (TN) Sun, 12548
Residents Help Congregation to Rebuild Church, Clay Bailey, Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 29494
Secrets Koito Hoped To Hide by Keeping Me Off Its Board, T. Boone Pickens, Wall Street Journal, 6090
Veterans' Friend Roy Burton Dies at 71, Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle, 15345
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: repeal the Social Security offset applicable to certain annuities for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5221), 16185 [28JN]
Budget: redirect Federal fiscal resources to State and locally determined uses (see H.R. 5277), 17493 [13JY]
CBO: analyze economic impact of legislation on State and local governments (see H.R. 5263), 17323 [12JY]
National Hardwood Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 612), 15338 [21JN]
Sina Amir Abdo Hosseinzadeh: relief (see H.R. 5706), 25523 [24SE]
Taxation: Federal deduction for State taxes on certain Federal income (see H.R. 5143), 15338 [21JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Wetlands Exemption Act: enact (see H.R. 4133), 24328 [13SE]
Agriculture: milk price support (see H.R. 4254), 10679 [16MY]
———repeal provisions requiring the withholding of income tax from wages earned for agricultural labor (see H.R. 4121), 6357 [3AP]
Armed Forces: change earned income tax credit relative to military families overseas (see H.R. 3949), 1196 [5FE]
———Federal retirement credits for Cadet Nurse Corps trainees during World War II (see H.R. 3280), 22531 [3AU]
———minimum monthly annuity relative to death benefits (see H.R. 633), 27394 [3OC]
Artists: collective bargaining for employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2025), 4460 [15MR]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 8404 [26AP]
Bicentennial Anniversary of the Legacy of Benjamin Franklin: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 13672 [12JN]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 6673 [4AP]
Budget: expedite consideration of Presidential proposals to rescind authority (see H.R. 3800), 1552 [7FE]
———treatment of airport and airway trust funds (see H.R. 4930), 12245 [24MY]
Business: promote employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 4226), 8304 [25AP]
Children: extend and improve child care services and programs (see H.R. 4294), 4460 [15MR]
———State child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services (see H.R. 5011), 25177 [19SE]
Coins and coinage: mint and circulate $1 coins (see H.R. 1068), 7339 [18AP]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 13993 [13JN]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 14110 [14JN]
Courts: appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge in Tennessee (see H.R. 4581), 7849 [23AP]
———clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal districts (see H.R. 4683), 9329 [3MY]
———termination of the office of an independent counsel (see H.R. 5371), 32593 [22OC]
Crime and criminals: amend law relative to procedure (see H.R. 3918), 3102 [1MR]
———combat violent crime and strengthen antidrug efforts (see H.R. 5055), 14109 [14JN]
———increase protection of victims (see H.R. 5368), 20549 [30JY]
———penalties for demonstrators who throw blood on the Capitol or White House (see H. Con. Res. 267), 1895 [20FE]
———protect the rights of victims (see H.R. 3958), 9271 [2MY]
Dept. of Defense: furnish gold star lapel buttons to dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 4355), 12099 [23MY]
Disasters: include survival techniques in telephone directories (see H. Con. Res. 288), 6358 [3AP]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16188 [28JN]
District of Columbia: cede to Maryland (see H.R. 4195), 17840 [17JY]
———imposition of capital punishment (see H.R. 4589), 7982 [24AP]
Earthquakes: facilitate the provision of homeowners insurance against risks (see H.R. 4480), 8304 [25AP]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 12671 [5JN]
Ecology: savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal environmental impact statements (see H.R. 3643), 1289 [6FE]
Education: remove restrictions in Federal programs that limit opportunities for open enrollment (see H.R. 3697), 20549 [30JY]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H.J. Res. 483), 4461 [15MR]
Elections: exception for certain election officials from hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 691), 39 [23JA]
Employment: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination (see H.R. 5905), 33168 [23OC]
EPA: development of standards and definitions relative to plastic degradability (see H.R. 4332), 7442 [19AP]
FAA: limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498), 15040 [20JN]
Farms: estate tax valuation (see H.R. 2336), 17840 [17JY]
Fire fighters: mobilization of rural forces to deal with certain wildfires (see H.R. 3955), 1287 [6FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 559), 9092 [1MY]
Foreign investments: improve quality of data (see H.R. 4060), 7340 [18AP]
Foreign trade: establish a bipartisan task force on export development (see H.R. 3836), 6673 [4AP]
Foster Grandparent Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 340), 17324 [12JY]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 4378 [14MR]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 22087 [2AU]
Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 4573 [20MR]
Honeybee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 127), 910 [31JA]
Housing: preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 24329 [13SE]
Individual retirement accounts: penalty-free withdrawals for first home acquisitions (see H.R. 4571), 12248 [24MY]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7341 [18AP]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 21676 [1AU]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]
Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act: enact (see H.R. 4683), 9329 [3MY]
Korean War: issue commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 17841 [17JY]
Labor: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589), 25017 [18SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 27669 [4OC]
Medicare: arbitration of medical malpractice claims brought by beneficiaries (see H.R. 4566), 8304 [25AP]
———billing arrangements relative to physician coverage of another colleague's practice on an occasional basis (see H.R. 3980), 9271 [2MY]
———coverage of self-administered erythropoietin (see H.R. 4247), 23924 [11SE]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. hostages (S.J. Res. 381) (see H.J. Res. 673), 30251 [17OC]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 1550 [7FE]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 16187 [28JN]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 9271 [2MY]
National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 25177 [19SE]
National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 24329 [13SE]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Employee Health and Fitness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 9271 [2MY]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 27669 [4OC]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 2309 [22FE]
National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 16690 [10JY]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 5535 [27MR]
National Headache and Jaw Joint Disorders Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 13346 [7JN]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 15716 [26JN]
National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 256), 13264 [6JN]
National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 34453 [25OC]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 24756 [17SE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 17493 [13JY]
National Parents and Teachers Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 663), 32593 [22OC]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 22532 [3AU]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 3857 [8MR]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 23924 [11SE]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 23679 [10SE]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 12100 [23MY]
National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 558), 9092 [1MY]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 26909 [1OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 24756 [17SE]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15339 [21JN]
Newspapers: tax incentives for construction of recycling facilities (see H.R. 3654), 9092 [1MY]
Nicaragua: elections (see H. Res. 348), 3857 [8MR]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 9904 [9MY]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 17324 [12JY]
Patents: international harmonization of laws (see H.R. 4374), 6059 [29MR]
Pensions: cost of living adjustments for persons under civil service and military retirement plans (see H.R. 3923), 26312 [27SE]
———cost-of-living adjustments for persons under civil service and military retirement plans (see H.R. 3922), 4275 [13MR]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 16690 [10JY]
Political campaigns: additional prohibitions on certain activities by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 5033), 20244 [27JY]
———additional statements from individuals making independent expenditures (see H.R. 5039), 20244 [27JY]
———clarity standards for identification of sponsors of certain political advertising (see H.R. 5034), 20244 [27JY]
———eliminating certain functions of the Sec. of the Senate and Clerk of the House (see H.R. 5036), 20244 [27JY]
———limitation on certain contributions to House candidates (see H.R. 5032), 20244 [27JY]
———open, honest, and more competitive by strengthening political parties (see H.R. 5031), 20243 [27JY]
———reduce influence of nonparty multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 5030), 20243 [27JY]
———regulating use of franked mail by Members of the House (see H.R. 5035), 20244 [27JY]
———restricting political use of labor organization dues and agency fees (see H.R. 5038), 20244 [27JY]
———standards for establishing congressional districts and limiting gerrymandering (see H.R. 5037), 20244 [27JY]
Reciprocity of Foreign Investment Act: enact (see H.R. 3699), 466 [24JA]
Religion: protection of freedom (see H.R. 5377), 33826 [24OC]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 1549 [7FE]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 21676 [1AU]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598), 14111 [14JN]
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5353), 20244 [27JY]
———prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 5050), 16186 [28JN]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 5779 [28MR]
Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (see H.R. 3652), 4377 [14MR]
———tax treatment (see H.R. 5455), 24755 [17SE]
Small Property and Casualty Insurance Company Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 4753), 25523 [24SE]
Social Security: repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 464 [24JA]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 13993 [13JN]
Southeast Asia: account for persons still missing and secure the return of citizens who may still be held captive (see H. Con. Res. 291), 6059 [29MR]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 6358 [3AP]
States: taxation of pension income of nonresidents (see H.R. 1227), 1551 [7FE]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 7442 [19AP]
Tax Reform Act: property transition and bond issuance requirements (see H.R. 5711, 5712), 25612 [25SE]
Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 14704 [19JN]
———broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 5123), 32593 [22OC]
———charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4761), 10680 [16MY]
———deductibility of certain State and local income and sales taxes (see H.R. 4286), 4460 [15MR]
———deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1205), 12248 [24MY]
———deduction for State and local income taxes (see H.R. 4512), 14111 [14JN]
———exclude from the gross estate the value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 5726), 27152 [2OC]
———incentives for savings and investments to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3972), 1548 [7FE]
———increase the amount of bonds eligible for certain small issuer exceptions (see H.R. 5423), 28449 [10OC]
———modify Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to election of a taxable year other than the required year (see H.R. 5484), 26313 [27SE]
———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 24755 [17SE]
———pro rata allocation of interest expense of financial institutions to tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3711), 6672 [4AP]
———promote savings for qualified education expenses (see H.R. 4375), 16690 [10JY]
———restructure the Federal incentives for certain employee stock options (see H.R. 5352), 20939 [31JY]
———simplify the application of laws relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 5362), 23924 [11SE]
———simplify the definitions of highly compensated employee and compensation for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 4508), 9093 [1MY]
———tax relief for employers and investors in economically distressed areas (see H.R. 4993), 13345 [7JN]
———treatment of bonds used to finance correctional institutions (see H.R. 4814), 26909 [1OC]
———treatment of certain bonds (see H.R. 4431), 6058 [29MR]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 1289 [6FE]
———treatment of church pension and welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 5373), 25276 [21SE]
———treatment of depreciation on computer equipment for certain purposes of the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5376), 19769 [26JY]
———treatment of gains from the sale of certain real property (see H.R. 5782), 27394 [3OC]
———treatment of interest paid in connection with certain life insurance contracts (see H.R. 4389), 10926 [17MY]
———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734), 4377 [14MR]
———treatment of research and experimental procedures by publishers of instructional materials (see H.R. 5048), 14109 [14JN]
———treatment of the sale of farmland sold in the same taxable year as the farmer's principle residence (see H.R. 5429), 23924 [11SE]
Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 9705 [8MY]
Television: development of direct to home satellite communications (see H.R. 4756), 27773 [5OC]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 7983 [24AP]
Thrift institutions: limitations on house loans to one borrower (see H.R. 4565), 15040 [20JN]
Tourist trade: growth of international travel into the U.S. (see H.R. 4369), 23502 [6SE]
Transportation: amend certain provisions relative to motor carriers (see H.R. 4261), 6673 [4AP]
———collection of overpayments or undercharges on certain shipments via motor common carriers (see H.R. 3243), 20939 [31JY]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 3102 [1MR]
Wetlands: identification and preservation system (see H.R. 4640), 13672 [12JN]
Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 7984 [24AP]
Inscriptions
Medal of Honor to Joseph R. Hooper, 25543 [25SE]
Memorials of legislature
Tennessee: protecting the U.S. flag, 13803
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]
Programs
Memphis Area Neighborhood Watch, Inc.'s Sixth Annual Neighborhood Watch Awards Breakfast, 4718
Remarks by, on
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11934 [23MY]
All-night crime watch: congressional vigil, 14954 [20JN]
Ashland City (TN) Times: anniversary, 996
Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, 26189 [27SE]
———personal income versus capital gains tax rates, 26567 [28SE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 5835), consideration (H. Res. 509), 29666 [16OC]
Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 5970 [29MR]
Crime and criminals: combat violent crime and strengthen antidrug efforts (H.R. 5055), 14954 [20JN]
Germantown, TN: tribute to Baptist Church, 267
Japan: reduction of trading or investment barriers for U.S. companies (H. Con. Res. 216), 6090
Memphis, TN: tribute to Shelby County Sun Times, 12542
Mid-South Exporters' Roundtable: recipient of President's E-Star Award, 13806
Peavyhouse, Charles E.: Tennessee Association of Elementary School Principals' Principal of the Year award recipient, 29499
Postal Service: Special Achievement Award recipient, William Brown, 8325
Spicer, Robert: National Heritage Fellowship recipient, 16608
Taxation: relief for employers and investors in economically distressed areas (H.R. 4993), 17502
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 905 [31JA], 4571 [20MR], 6056 [29MR], 9090 [1MY], 9901 [9MY], 12243 [24MY], 13260 [6JN], 13658 [12JN], 14701 [19JN], 15336 [21JN], 16183 [28JN], 17322 [12JY], 17491 [13JY], 19269 [25JY], 29491 [15OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 13343 [7JN]
Statements
Protecting the U.S. Flag: American Legion of Tennessee, 13803
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Health Effects of Tobacco Export and Marketing Practices, D320 [17MY]
Tributes
Burton, Roy, 15345
Davidson, Shawn, 17349
Gardner, E. Claude, 9111
Hill, Virgie, 15347 [21JN]
Hooper, Joe R., 25543
McKinney, Zeb, 9939
Porteous, Clark, 19487
Schwartz, Mary, 12547
Shlenker, Sidney L., 13286
Story, Ken, 267
Summerford, Gary, 12542
Yoakum, Glenn, 30097