PICKETT, OWEN B. (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3404 [22MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Chappell, Earl B., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 1280, H1416 [5MR])
Crime: prohibit the paying of witness fees to convicted persons (see H.R. 504, H386 [11JA])
Immigration: special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 582, H605 [18JA])
Iraq: human rights and international law violations (see H. Res. 48, H781 [29JA])
National energy policy: establish (see H.R. 647, H697 [24JA])
Neal, Charlotte S.: relief (see H.R. 1279, H1416 [5MR])
Refuse disposal: assist State, regional, and local agencies to develop markets for recovered resources (see H.R. 1405, H1669 [12MR])
Ships and vessels: redefine rebuilding of vessels permitted to engage in coastwise trade (see H.R. 1579, H2015 [21MR])
Taxation: educational assistance programs for undergraduates (see H.R. 1257, H1415 [5MR])
———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1076, H1136 [21FE])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H5515 [16JY])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty (see H.R. 1920, H2392 [18AP])
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])
Aquaculture: establish national policy (see H.R. 2798, H7381 [3OC])
Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H6798 [24SE])
———Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H9144 [4NO])
———reemployment rights (see H.R. 1578, H2602 [30AP])
———veterans' preference eligibility relative to Federal employment for members serving during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3764, H9758 [13NO])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H9145 [4NO])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1025 [19FE])
Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see H.R. 850, H988 [6FE])
Coast Guard: budget (see H.R. 1776, H2259 [16AP])
Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1297, H1455 [6MR])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2109 [9AP])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Continental shelf: issuance of certain oil and gas leases (see H.R. 989, H1077 [20FE])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5911 [25JY])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H892 [5FE])
———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H6799 [24SE])
Disabled: extend the independent living services program for older blind individuals (see H.R. 2437, H9758 [13NO])
Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H782 [29JA])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6721 [23SE])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])
Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H1138 [21FE])
———authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H1417 [5MR])
———financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2107 [9AP])
———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H3280 [20MY])
———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H2953 [9MY])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1915 [20MR])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H5596 [17JY])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H2108 [9AP])
Federal employees: availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2389, H3279 [20MY])
———create exceptions for honoraria paid for reasons unrelated to recipient's duties or position (see H.R. 109, H891 [5FE])
———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H2769 [2MY])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf war (see H. Con. Res. 147, H2901 [8MY])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H6457 [11SE])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2087 [22MR])
Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 2634, H4549 [13JN])
Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H11893 [26NO])
Government: authorize payment to additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 384, H8496 [24OC])
———elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2087 [22MR])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H697 [24JA])
Health: reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H8662 [29OC])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H5651 [18JY])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H5915 [26JY])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H1849 [19MR])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H891 [5FE])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 469, H110 [9JA])
Jefferson, Thomas: anniversary of birthday (see H.R. 2652, H4549 [13JN])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H3149 [15MY])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H57 [3JA])
Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H5514 [16JY])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1759 [13MR])
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 3142, H7314 [2OC])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H3280 [20MY])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H8496 [24OC])
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H11891 [26NO])
Merchant seamen: military retirement benefits for service during or immediately after World War II (see H.R. 2104, H5432 [11JY])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])
Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H6941 [26SE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9759 [13NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H2538 [24AP])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H5911 [25JY])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2685 [1MY])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H3625 [23MY])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H4613 [18JN])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1671 [12MR])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6879 [25SE])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5516 [16JY])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H195 [10JA])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H855 [4FE])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H1787 [18MR])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8189 [22OC])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H4187 [7JN])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2470 [23AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H10545 [19NO])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H5050 [25JN])
Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H2769 [2MY])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H7380 [3OC])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (see H.R. 3477, H7313 [2OC])
Shipping industry: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H6879 [25SE])
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1150, H3163 [17MY])
Smithsonian Institution: extension of National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport (see H.R. 2756, H7863 [15OC])
Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H10842 [21NO])
———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2838, H11114 [23NO])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H8496 [24OC])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6941 [26SE])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])
Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H3624 [23MY])
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H7380 [3OC])
Taxation: allow individuals to transfer separation pay from the Armed Forces into an eligible retirement plan (see H.R. 1549, H2394 [18AP])
———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H3371 [21MY])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2565 [25AP])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H5514 [16JY])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H1025 [19FE])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H2565 [25AP])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1417 [5MR])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2470 [23AP])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H8496 [24OC])
———penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for purchase of a first home (see H.R. 1696, H6798 [24SE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])
———provide certain taxpayers representation by certified public accountants (see H.R. 1485, H11894 [26NO])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3624 [23MY])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H3624 [23MY])
———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H2902 [8MY])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H2783 [6MY])
———treatment of nonelective deferred compensation (see H.R. 2499, H6386 [2AU])
Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H80 [4JA])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H2602 [30AP])
Transportation: tax treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H892 [5FE])
Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 69, H2903 [8MY])
Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H79 [4JA])
———amend regulations relative to education and employment programs (see H.R. 180, H854 [4FE])
———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H5341 [10JY])
———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H782 [29JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])
———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H2537 [24AP])
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10842 [21NO])
———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3806 [3JN])
———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6381 [2AU])
———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H891 [5FE])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])
———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H782 [29JA])
———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H7200 [1OC])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H3805 [3JN])
Water pollution: use of biomonitoring and toxicity testing in publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 735, H824 [30JA])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H7649 [8OC])
World War I: transfer existing American Legion, Inc. memorial to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 154, H854 [4FE])
World War II: 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])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H8497 [24OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Remarks by, on
Arms sales: high technology weapons to Iraq, H1679 [13MR]
Brickell, Edward E.: B'nai B'rith's Great American Tradition Award recipient, E1517
Courts: witness fees (H.R. 2324), H10291
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5741 [23JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3249 [20MY], H3329 [21MY]
———reduction of military expenditures in allied countries, H3329 [21MY]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H9383 [5NO]
Immigration: special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (S. 296), H6549 [16SE]
Navy: SSN-21 submarine, H3249 [20MY]
Norfolk, VA: tribute to Cox Cable of Hampton Roads, E3079
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, H804 [30JA]
Ships and vessels: allow emergency repairs in foreign shipyards of vessels engaged in coastwise trade, H1792 [19MR]
Taxation: treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (H.R. 1076), E592
Virginia: tribute to the National Naval Officers Association of Tidewater, E1515
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2683 [1MY], H3369 [21MY]
Special order: granted, H9142 [4NO]
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Development of Recycling Markets, D754 [13JN]
Committee on Rules: National Defense Authorization Debate Procedures, D607 [16MY]
Committee on Small Business: Small Business Problems Created by Military Deployment, D297 [13MR]
Tributes
Helfant, Dorcas T., E1880
Ramage, David R., H7793
Slaughter, D. French, Jr., H9677 [12NO]
Vassiliou, Androula, E2775