SYNAR, MIKE (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5691 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4988 [25JN]

Analyses

Development, Production, and Use of Domestic Energy Sources (H.R. 2960), E2615 [19JY]

Appointments

Committee on Hunger (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]

———H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]

———S. 429, Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act, H7757 [10OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: require the President to submit a statement of revenues obtained from the sale of Government assets (see H.R. 752, H824 [30JA])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H1323 [28FE])

Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (see H.R. 3714, H9392 [5NO])

National Parks: concessions competition (see H.R. 943, H992 [6FE])

Native Americans: require Sec. of the Interior to pay interest on funds invested (see H.R. 1756, H2178 [11AP])

Patents: extend for the drug Ethiofos (see H.R. 1314, H1456 [6MR])

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H2536 [24AP])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H5665 [22JY])

Power resources: development, production, and use of domestic energy sources (see H.R. 2960, H5650 [18JY])

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 944, H992 [6FE])

Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 2358, H3149 [15MY])

Telephones: privacy of users (see H.R. 1449, H1774 [14MR])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])

Agriculture: establish grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (see H.R. 481, H385 [11JA])

Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 2663, H4611 [18JN])

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H6879 [25SE])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Bankruptcy: treatment of debtor's income-producing real property (see H.R. 2867, H8189 [22OC])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H9579 [7NO])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H8663 [29OC])

Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (see H.R. 3748, H9700 [12NO])

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H2086 [22MR])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H9145 [4NO])

Congress: amend the definition of the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the President (see H.R. 849, H2108 [9AP])

Conservation of energy: establish a comprehensive energy management plan for Federal agencies (see H.R. 2916, H5513 [16JY])

———measures at Federal agencies (see H.R. 2452, H3622 [23MY])

———regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H6384 [2AU])

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H5433 [11JY])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

———enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H10842 [21NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])

Crime: amend provisions of law relative to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 1717, H2177 [11AP])

———insurance fraud (see H.R. 3171, H6316 [1AU])

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3371, H7551 [7OC])

Defense industries: economic adjustment for workers affected by reductions or realignments (see H.R. 441, H3036 [14MY])

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H2180 [11AP])

———promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5514 [16JY])

Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2810 [7MY])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H5341 [10JY])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3750, H9700 [12NO])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H1474 [7MR])

EPA: benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 3271, H6383 [2AU])

Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H3160 [16MY])

———options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Family and domestic relations: protection of rights of persons in guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 800, H5050 [25JN])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H2261 [16AP])

Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H6456 [11SE])

FERC: jurisdiction over sale of natural gas for motor vehicle fuel (see H.R. 1089, H1137 [21FE])

Financial institutions: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H606 [18JA])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10843 [21NO])

———Western Hemisphere cooperation in energy issues (see H.R. 3679, H8787 [30OC])

Forests: increased penalties for individuals guilty of tree-spiking (see H.R. 1185, H1323 [28FE])

———protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H10931 [22NO])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9392 [5NO])

Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H890 [5FE])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1915 [20MR])

Government: increase use of alternative fuel vehicles (see H.R. 1593, H2686 [1MY])

Hazardous substances: Dept. of Transportation designation of hazardous materials relative to the Coast Guard's designation (see H.R. 3423, H6940 [26SE])

———designate metam sodium (see H.R. 3758, H9758 [13NO])

———revise system for designation (see H.R. 3424, H6940 [26SE])

———terminate U.S. production of tritium, plutonium, and weapons-grade uranium (see H.R. 3746, H9614 [8NO])

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])

———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (see H.R. 33, H4098 [6JN])

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])

———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: education programs (see H.R. 3508, H7380 [3OC])

———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])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

———training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Historic sites: study of military forts in Oklahoma (see H.R. 569, H604 [18JA])

House of Representatives: recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H4868 [20JN])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H4016 [5JN])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H2109 [9AP])

Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H5979 [29JY])

———treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H697 [24JA])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2376 [17AP])

International relations: unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H3624 [23MY])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H6384 [2AU])

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights: establish (see H.R. 2946, H5745 [23JY])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H8919 [31OC])

Medicaid: cervical and breast cancer programs (see H.R. 1393, H1669 [12MR])

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H8120 [21OC])

———infant mortality (see H.R. 1391, H1669 [12MR])

Medicare: outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (see H.R. 3277, H10932 [22NO])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H7648 [8OC])

Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H7313 [2OC])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H1324 [28FE])

Middle East: transfer of Persian Gulf conflict military equipment to other countries (see H.R. 1428, H1758 [13MR])

National Academy of Sciences: implementation of recommendations on greenhouse warming (see H. Res. 134, H2537 [24AP])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H3710 [29MY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2812 [7MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6458 [11SE])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H1759 [13MR])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H6139 [30JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 1882, H4284 [11JN])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3856 [4JN])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2181 [11AP])

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: grant charter and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3031, H5908 [25JY])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1915 [20MR])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H5050 [25JN])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6799 [24SE])

National Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196, H4099 [6JN])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H8494 [24OC])

———terminate production of certain components and direct funds saved toward cleanup at facilities (see H.R. 3794, H10365 [18NO])

Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 1263, H1415 [5MR])

Office of Research on Women's Health and Mental Health: establish (see H.R. 1264, H1415 [5MR])

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: reduce the amount of non-Federal funding necessary to obtain Federal funding (see H.R. 1682, H2538 [24AP])

Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H9758 [13NO])

———extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6799 [24SE])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H5818 [24JY])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])

———respond to the shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H1081 [20FE])

Recycling: treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H1342 [4MR])

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])

Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6387 [2AU])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5300 [9JY])

Securities: extend and revise rulemaking authority relative government securities under Federal laws (see H.R. 3927, H11288 [25NO])

———protect investors in limited partnerships in rollup transactions (see H.R. 1885, H4284 [11JN])

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (see H.R. 1392, H1669 [12MR])

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H4550 [13JN])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7200 [1OC])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H3710 [29MY])

Taxation: contribution of individual income tax refunds to a trust fund for hunger relief (see H.R. 81, H1670 [12MR])

———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, H854 [4FE])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])

———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H2394 [18AP])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2262 [16AP])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H7380 [3OC])

Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (see H.R. 3515, H7647 [8OC])

———interstate pay-per-call technology and regulation of the audiotext industry (see H.R. 2330, H3035 [14MY])

Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H6940 [26SE])

Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (see H.R. 2781, H5209 [26JN])

———restrictions on labeling and advertising on cigarette exports (see H.R. 2779, H5209 [26JN])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H7725 [9OC])

———international travel and tourism in the U.S. (see H.R. 3645, H9581 [7NO])

Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])

Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])

Vehicular Natural Gas Act: enact (see H.R. 2545, H4015 [5JN])

Veterans: disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H1474 [7MR])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])

Victims of Crime Act: amend (see H.R. 2354, H3739 [30MY])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H892 [5FE])

Whistle blowing: protection of employees who report violations at Dept. of Energy facilities (see H.R. 3941, H11885 [26NO])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6799 [24SE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H6879 [25SE])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H6940 [26SE])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———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])

Motions offered by

Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf Conflict (H.R. 1107), H6170 [31JY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10506 [19NO]

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7743, H7750, H7751, H7754, H7755 [10OC]

———use of lack of market power as a viable defense in price-fixing actions, H7750, H7751, H7754, H7755 [10OC]

Armed Forces: designation of Operation Desert Shield benefits as emergency spending, H1713 [13MR]

B-2 stealth bomber: development, H10384 [18NO]

Bush, President: use of veto power, H10847 [22NO]

Chief Financial Officers Act: use of funds to implement, H4640 [18JN]

Civil rights: administration policy, H2475 [24AP]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3846 [4JN]

Coal: clean technology program, H8529, H8530 [24OC]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H5982 [30JY], E2802 [1AU]

Conservation of energy: measures at Federal agencies (H.R. 2452), E1930 [24MY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8166 [22OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 301), H11682 [26NO]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: jurisdiction of Pantex nuclear weapons assembly facility, H3412 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3412 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10384 [18NO]

———authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1713 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5692, H5703 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4988, H4989, H4990, H4993, H4999, H5001, H5002 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, H8502 [24OC], H8932 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H8529, H8530 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), motion to instruct conferees, H7990 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), waiving certain points of order during consideration (H. Res. 179), H4899 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4640 [18JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10506 [19NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4101 [6JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11137 [25NO]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), consideration (H. Res. 299), H11127 [25NO]

Foreign policy: Western Hemisphere cooperation in energy issues (H.R. 3679), E3633 [31OC]

GAO: budget, H3981, H3982 [5JN]

Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (H.R. 3714), E3715 [5NO]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H8464 [23OC]

Iraq: making appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities (H.R. 2251), conference report, H3439 [22MY]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5561 [17JY]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3981, H3982 [5JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H280 [11JA]

National Parks: concessions competition (H.R. 943), E447 [7FE]

Native Americans: require Sec. of the Interior to pay interest on funds invested (H.R. 1756), E1227 [11AP]

Pesticides: safety of imports (H.R. 2083), E1454 [24AP]

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (H.R. 2966), E2631-E2633 [22JY]

Point of order, H4989 [25JN]

Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, H1029 [20FE]

———development, production, and use of domestic energy sources (H.R. 2960), E2613-E2615 [19JY]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (H.R. 944), E437 [6FE]

———grazing fees, H4988, H4989, H4990, H4993, H4999, H5001, H5002 [25JN], H5692, H5703 [23JY]

Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (H.R. 2358), E1798 [16MY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1605 [12MR]

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H4883 [24JN]

Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), H11313 [26NO]

———privacy of users (H.R. 1449), E965 [14MR]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8450, H8461, H8462, H8463 [23OC]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H621 [22JA]

Votes: position on missed, E427 [5FE], E4201 [26NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2176 [11AP], H3147 [15MY], H5663 [22JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Safety of Exported Pesticides (S. 898), D1124 [20SE]

Committee on Armed Services (House): Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Proposed Land Withdrawal Legislation, D774 [18JN]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act (S. 1088), D1429 [14NO]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Basel Convention on the Export of Waste, D1237 [10OC]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Appropriations for BLM and Provision for Certain Fees for Grazing of Livestock (H.R. 481, 944, 1096, 1292), D282 [12MR]

———National Park Concessions, D729 [11JN]

———Waste Isolation Pilot Project, D416 [16AP]

Committee on Rules: Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2686), Debate Procedure, D800 [20JN]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Dept. of Energy Budget, D309 [14MR]

Committee on the Budget (House): Budget Proposals, D294 [13MR]

Tributes

Bolling, Richard, H2884 [8MY]

Gray, W. Donald, H2143 [11AP]