BARRETT, BILL (a Representative from Nebraska)
Amendments offered by, to
Missouri River: designate a segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H3006 [14MY]
Niobrara River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H3006 [14MY]
Appointments
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 980, H1077 [20FE])
Higher Education Act: consideration of nonliquid assets in the determination of Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 3411, H6878 [25SE])
Niobrara River: designate as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1548, H2013 [21MR])
Real property: special estate tax valuation rules (see H.R. 3577, H8101 [17OC])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2401, H6720 [23SE])
———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2108 [9AP])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
California National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (see H.R. 479, H385 [11JA])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H6386 [2AU])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H2262 [16AP])
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H6880 [25SE])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H10269 [14NO])
Crime: registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6540 [12SE])
Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2810 [7MY])
Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])
———restructure State systems (see H.R. 3320, H9581 [7NO])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10268 [14NO])
Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H8335 [23OC])
ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 3843, H10841 [21NO])
Executive departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])
Export Enhancement Program: restore effectiveness (see H.R. 805, H994 [6FE])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H1026 [19FE])
Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3850, H10841 [21NO])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H5596 [17JY])
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H713 [28JA])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6381 [2AU])
Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H9043 [1NO])
GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the EEC (see H. Res. 257, H8335 [23OC])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])
Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2812 [7MY])
Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])
———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])
———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4054, H11889 [26NO])
———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])
———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H2810 [7MY]; H.R. 2236, H2810 [7MY]
Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])
Health care professionals: alternative dispute resolution systems for medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 3516, H7647 [8OC])
———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])
———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])
———protections from legal liability in Public Health Service (see H.R. 2239, H6317 [1AU])
———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])
High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 256) (see H.R. 256, H6539 [12SE])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1418 [5MR])
Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H5211 [26JN])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H782 [29JA])
Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H6941 [26SE])
Medicare: due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H3037 [14MY])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H3037 [14MY])
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 194, H6317 [1AU])
Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H1850 [19MR])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1025 [19FE])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H6879 [25SE])
Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 173, H4283 [11JN])
Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (see H.R. 479, H385 [11JA])
Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H3037 [14MY])
Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])
Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H11891 [26NO])
Roads and highways: authorize a bridge demonstration project to improve the traffic flow between Nebraska and South Dakota (see H.R. 257, H529 [16JA])
———study proposed expressway between Scottsbluff, NE, and Rapid City, SD (see H.R. 2647, H4549 [13JN])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H9493 [6NO])
Soviet Union: agricultural export credits to the Republics (see H. Res. 222, H6676 [17SE])
———economic assistance (see H.R. 3546, H7863 [15OC])
Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (see H.R. 1285, H1579 [11MR])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2109 [9AP])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2181 [11AP])
———deductions for business use of a dwelling unit (see H.R. 3599, H8187 [22OC])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H6385 [2AU])
———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1281 [27FE])
———increase amount of exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1415 [5MR])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H3160 [16MY])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])
———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H3149 [15MY])
———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H9580 [7NO])
Tibet: recognize as occupied country under international law (see H. Con. Res. 145, H3806 [3JN])
Transportation: mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H1136 [21FE])
Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H2375 [17AP])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H386 [11JA])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2375 [17AP])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11115 [23NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Letters
Improve delivery of Job Training Partnership Act services to hard-to-serve adults and to youth: Don Pfiel, Nebraska Council on Vocational Education, H7634 [8OC]
Pledge of Allegianc
, H699 [28JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H699 [28JA], H2265 [17AP], H3497 [23MY], H7087 [30SE]
Remarks by, on
Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 980), H1583 [12MR], E558
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, and Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: authorizing additional construction appropriations (H.R. 429), H4815 [20JN]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10981 [22NO]
California National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2790 [7MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda by National League of POW/MIA Families (H. Con. Res. 158), H5151, H5152 [26JN]
———use of rotunda for unveiling of the portrait bust of President George Bush (S. Con. Res. 49), H5153 [26JN]
———use of the rotunda for ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 45), H1586 [12MR]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, H5272 [9JY]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), H5350 [10JY]
———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5350
Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 92), H1867 [20MR]
Corn and Grain Sorghum Base Clarification Act: enact (H.R. 980), E558
Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10981 [22NO]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H10846 [22NO]
Drug abuse: establish education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway youths (H.R. 3259), H7091 [30SE]
Economic assistance: require countries receiving cash aid to to be encouraged to purchase U.S. agricultural products and employ U.S. flag vessels, H4348
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H7729 [10OC], H9496 [7NO]
———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11160 [25NO]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9779 [13NO]
Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H7838 [15OC]
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), H11367
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4348
Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3609
Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to hard-to-serve adults and to youth (H.R. 3033), H7633 [8OC]
Kennedy Space Center: recognize Astronauts Memorial as memorial to astronauts who die in line of duty (H.J. Res. 214), H2578 [30AP]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5052 [26JN], H5304 [10JY], H5544 [17JY]
McHenry, Barnabas: reappointment to Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 139), H6254 [1AU]
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H475
Missouri River: designate a segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H2956 [13MY], H3000, H3007, H3010, H3015 [14MY]
National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6469 [12SE]
Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6469 [12SE]
Niobrara River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H2956 [13MY], H3000, H3007, H3010, H3015 [14MY]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6469 [12SE]
Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (H. Res. 173), H4226 [11JN]
Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2790 [7MY]
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6606 [17SE]
Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (H.R. 1285), H1812 [19MR]
Taxation: inheritance taxes on family farms, H7868 [16OC]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H6460 [12SE]
Votes: position on missed, H3332 [21MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1075 [20FE]
Testimonies
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Designate Segments of the Niobrara River, NE and SD, as Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 614), D361 [21MR]
———National Trails Legislation, D396 [11AP]
Committee on Rules: Niobrara Scenic Designation Act (S. 248), D563 [9MY]