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
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
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7743
———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
Conservation of energy: measures at Federal agencies (H.R. 2452), E1930
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8166
———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
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3412
———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
———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
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4101
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
GAO: budget, H3981, H3982 [5JN]
Herbicides: development of nonchemical weed control systems (H.R. 3714), E3715
House of Representatives: legislative program, H8464 [23OC]
Iraq: making appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities (H.R. 2251), conference report, H3439
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5561
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
Native Americans: require Sec. of the Interior to pay interest on funds invested (H.R. 1756), E1227
Pesticides: safety of imports (H.R. 2083), E1454
Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (H.R. 2966), E2631
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
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (H.R. 944), E437
———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
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1605
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H4883
Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), H11313 [26NO]
———privacy of users (H.R. 1449), E965
Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8450, H8461, H8462, H8463 [23OC]
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H621
Votes: position on missed, E427
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]