SUNDQUIST, DON (a Representative from Tennessee)
Appointments
Technology Assessment Board, H893 [6FE]
Articles and editorials
Bowling Tid-Bits, Elizabeth Morris, Lexington (TN) Progress, E3882
Building Upon a Victory—Now Is Not the Time To Rest, Wendell H. Gilbert, E3207
Burney New Civitan President-Elect, Sue Carlton, Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle, E2275
JC's Name McCollum Outstanding in State, E1275
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: sentencing for capital offenses (see H.R. 3024, H5817 [24JY])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: waivers of indebtedness and settlement of claims through the Home Loan Guaranty Program (see H.R. 3357, H6675 [17SE])
Homeless: use of Dept. of HUD properties for programs (see H.R. 3023, H5817 [24JY])
Japan: reduce barriers of trading and investing (see H. Con. Res. 78, H1280 [27FE])
Social Security: benefits to surviving spouses of veterans based on earnings of self-employment (see H.R. 1167, H1279 [27FE])
Taxation: deductibility of losses from disasters (see H.R. 3025, H5817 [24JY])
———deductibility of veterans flight training expenses (see H.R. 1168, H1279 [27FE])
———income tax credit for the recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 1272, H1415 [5MR])
———State taxation of nonresidents' income derived from certain Federal areas (see H.R. 1169, H1279 [27FE])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H1848 [19MR])
AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (see H.R. 3450, H9392 [5NO])
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Armed Forces: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1078 [20FE])
———restore certain educational benefits for those serving in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1108, H5211 [26JN])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])
Bankruptcy: treatment of debtor's income-producing real property (see H.R. 2867, H10723 [20NO])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10843 [21NO])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H5298 [9JY]; H.J. Res. 290, H10932 [22NO])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H891 [5FE])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
———spending level increase guidelines (see H.R. 2241, H2811 [7MY])
Capital punishment: impose on individuals convicted of certain crimes in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 596, H697 [24JA])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2538 [24AP])
———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])
———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
College and universities: freedom of speech rights of students attending institutions receiving Federal funds (see H.R. 3451, H8189 [22OC])
Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3625 [23MY])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6139 [30JY])
Communism: international memorial to victims (see H. Con. Res. 228, H8787 [30OC])
Computers: Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria prosecution for distribution of neo-Nazi computer games (see H. Con. Res. 152, H4284 [11JN])
Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H10269 [14NO])
Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Tennessee (see H.R. 2710, H4866 [20JN])
———appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge in Tennessee (see H.R. 3116, H6138 [30JY])
———clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])
———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
———termination of office of independent counsel (see H.R. 444, H5514 [16JY])
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H2087 [22MR])
———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H2812 [7MY])
Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H3036 [14MY])
———improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])
Executive departments: procedures for assessing whether regulation may result in the taking of private property (see H.R. 905, H1162 [26FE])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])
———exempt certain individuals involved in model garment programs (see H.R. 623, H3037 [14MY])
Families and domestic relations: enforcement of child support obligations (see H.R. 3677, H8787 [30OC])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2538 [24AP])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])
Foreign trade: require reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny fair treatment to U.S. investments (see H.R. 1396, H1669 [12MR])
———review the extent to which foreign countries are in compliance with bilateral agreements with the U.S. (see H.R. 1115, H2470 [23AP])
———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3856 [4JN])
Freedoms Foundation: Bill of Responsibilities (see H. Con. Res. 104, H6388 [2AU])
Government: 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, H2014 [21MR])
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3037, H5908 [25JY])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H7199 [1OC])
———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H5650 [18JY])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1672 [12MR])
Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H606 [18JA])
International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H988 [6FE])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H53 [3JA])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])
Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H2536 [24AP])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H2539 [24AP])
Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2375 [17AP])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H6539 [12SE])
Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H6690 [19SE])
LSC: improve certain requirements relative to provided funds (see H.R. 1345, H5818 [24JY])
Medicaid: change Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 459, H1138 [21FE])
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H8120 [21OC])
Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5596 [17JY])
———improve administration (see H.R. 3837, H10841 [21NO])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H9701 [12NO])
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 22, H2375 [17AP])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1759 [13MR])
Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H3281 [20MY])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H6195 [31JY])
Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H2399 [22AP])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9581 [7NO])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8788 [30OC])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H5911 [25JY])
National Defense Reserve Fleet: disposal of certain vessels (see H.R. 3512, H9144 [4NO])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2394 [18AP])
National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H81 [4JA])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])
National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5516 [16JY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5818 [24JY])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H6799 [24SE])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1416 [5MR])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 57, H685 [23JA])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H6676 [17SE])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H4868 [20JN])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7107 [30SE])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3806 [3JN])
National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2812 [7MY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H5050 [25JN])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H1759 [13MR])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H7981 [16OC])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
Operation Homefront: support program supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1457 [6MR])
Pensions: equitable treatment of federally funded and administered retirement programs relative to deficit reduction measures (see H. Con. Res. 42, H1139 [21FE])
Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2537 [24AP])
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H5515 [16JY])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2016 [21MR])
Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H3625 [23MY])
———tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H5341 [10JY])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H3805 [3JN])
Roads and highways: motor carrier transportation (see H.R. 1064, H1456 [6MR])
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7107 [30SE])
Small business: health benefit plans (see H.R. 2453, H3622 [23MY])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H5300 [9JY])
Solid waste: scrap tire management and recovery program (see H.R. 3058, H5909 [25JY]; H.R. 3059, H5909 [25JY]
Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H6386 [2AU])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])
States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H83 [4JA])
———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H6690 [19SE])
Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H2469 [23AP])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H1848 [19MR])
———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H3035 [14MY])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2137 [10AP])
———clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H2083 [22MR])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])
———employee leasing rules (see H.R. 3602, H8187 [22OC])
———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H6457 [11SE])
———establish enterprise zones (see H.R. 11, H54 [3JA])
———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H2601 [30AP])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H2769 [2MY])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H57 [3JA])
———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H6386 [2AU])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H854 [4FE])
———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H891 [5FE])
———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H1281 [27FE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1136 [21FE])
———protection of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 3838, H10841 [21NO])
———provide certain taxpayers representation by certified public accountants (see H.R. 1485, H11894 [26NO])
———provide for deductibility of State and local income and sales taxes exceeding 1 percent of adjusted gross income (see H.R. 346, H80 [4JA])
———rates for principal campaign committees of any candidate for public office (see H.R. 2493, H6386 [2AU])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H4284 [11JN])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3280 [20MY])
———research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1663, H2107 [9AP])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1186, H7107 [30SE])
———standing mileage rate deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1506, H2783 [6MY])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H2375 [17AP])
———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H3623 [23MY])
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2783 [6MY])
———treatment of bonds used to finance correctional facilities (see H.R. 1001, H1077 [20FE])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H2014 [21MR])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H2014 [21MR])
———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1076, H6539 [12SE])
———treatment of recycling facilities relative to the tax-exempt bond rules (see H.R. 2172, H2685 [1MY])
———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2768, H5049 [25JN])
———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (see H.R. 1429, H4945 [24JN])
Television: local regulation of cable programming and signal distribution (see H.R. 3380, H8102 [17OC])
Veterans: 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, H6675 [17SE])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H8335 [23OC])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2375 [17AP])
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1916 [20MR])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])
World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H3280 [20MY])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])
Compositions
Freedom Isn't Free, Eric Brown, E935
Letters
Tribute to John Key II: Ann Long, E1955
World dependence on fossil fuels: Katie Helms, E1520
Poems
``Will Her Soldier Come Back Home,'' Debbie D. McGaha, E565
Remarks by, on
Anderson, Terry: Lebanon captivity, E728
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5641 [18JY]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8012, H8013 [17OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4042 [6JN]
Education: national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, H10482 [19NO]
Helms, Katie: Lutheran Brotherhood RespecTeen Program essay finalist, E1520
Henderson, TN: tribute to Chester County Senior Citizens, Inc., National Senior Games participants, E2696
House of Representatives: legislative program, H5641 [18JY]
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), H669 [23JA]
Lebanon: U.S. hostages, E728
McCollum, David: Arkansas Jaycees' Outstanding Young Arkansans Award recipient, E1275
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H300 [11JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H300 [11JA]
NASA: authorizing appropriations, H4042 [6JN]
National Youth Art Month: observance, E1515
Petroleum: profiteering by industries, H2474 [24AP]
Senior Olympics: Elizabeth Morris, gold medal winner, E3882
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H9711 [13NO]
Votes: position on missed, E2185
Walk, William B., Sr.: National Distinguished Principal honoree, E3363
Walters, Jane: Horatio Alger Association Distinguished Educator Award recipient, E1207
WCRV-Radio (Memphis, TN): tribute, E3357
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H888 [5FE], H1134 [21FE], H1322 [28FE], H1756 [13MR], H1908 [20MR], H2176 [11AP], H2258 [16AP], H2683 [1MY], H2899 [8MY], H3707 [29MY], H4436 [12JN], H5816 [24JY], H7197 [1OC], H7799 [10OC], H10363 [18NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H5208 [26JN], H5907 [25JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Military action to enforce U.N. resolution against Iraq: Memphis, TN, City Council, E413
Synopses
Christian Brothers High School UCA National Cheerleading Champions, E573
Tributes
Brown, Eric, E935
Burney, J.F., E2275
Key, John, II, E1955
Loyd, Jeff, E1022
Sholes, Alan, E1203
Sloan, John, Jr., E3889
Thomas, Danny, H894 [6FE]
Winters, Samuel J., E1210