DARDEN, GEORGE (BUDDY)(a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5506, assistance for operation of transit systems during major disasters, H9199 [23SE]
Articles and editorials
Carolyn Cleveland Chestnut Completes 50 Years Service, Trion (GA) Facts, E471• [27FE]
Cuthbert Was One of a Kind, Bill Kinney, Marietta (GA) Journal, E2455• [12AU]
Pilgrim Receives National Recognition, Carrollton (GA) Times-Georgian, E3014• [4OC]
Vital Freedoms Are In It—and Other Things Aren't In It, Floyd Roebuck, Rome (GA) News-Tribune, E56• [22JA]
What's the City to Do? Mark Griggs, Jr., Carrolton (GA) Times-Georgian, E3154• [9OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 5201), H3451 [19MY]
Investments: repeal the mandatory income tax withholding on eligibility rollover distributions which are not rolled over (see H.R. 5790), H7725 [6AU]
Motor vehicles: licensing requirements to operate a public works vehicle (see H.R. 4152), H287 [4FE]
Roads and highways: prohibit funds for signs expressed only in metric measurements (see H.R. 5976), H8810 [18SE]
Taxation: use of amounts in individual retirement accounts for certain housing purposes (see H.R. 4166), H327 [5FE]
Telecommunications: sports blackouts (see H.R. 5760), H7385 [4AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Animals: Federal regulation of certain veterinary practices (see H.R. 5297), H5980 [2JY]
Armed Forces: award Purple Heart for those wounded in action by friendly fire (see H.R. 4502), H4122 [3JN]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), H3337 [14MY]
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H3964 [2JN]
Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164), H8147 [12AU]
———truth in budgeting relative to intragovernmental transactions involving trust funds (see H.R. 4192), H7726 [6AU]
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H122 [28JA]
California: restoration of fish and wildlife and their habitat in the Central Valley (see H.R. 5099), H3087 [7MY]
Census: use of data relative to benefit programs (see H.R. 5478), H8148 [12AU]
Child abuse: establish national criminal background checks for child care providers (see H.R. 4585), H10100 [1OC]
Children and youth: infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089), H588 [25FE]
Coins: mint commemorative coins for 100th anniversary of protection of Civil War battlegrounds (see H.R. 5126), H4122 [3JN]
Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122), H11197 [3OC]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H7533 [5AU]
Doug Barnard , Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA: designate (see H.R. 6021), H9442 [24SE]
Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area: designate (see H.R. 6000), H9293 [23SE]
Education: compliance and accountability measures under the National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 4338), H1268 [12MR]
———establish a public service scholarship program (see H.R. 2894), H5980 [2JY]
———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482), H2673 [9AP]
82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), H6861 [28JY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to grant amounts (see H.R. 1573), H3917 [28MY]
ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 3843), H8022 [11AU]
FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73), H9294 [23SE]
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66), H1268 [12MR]
Federal employees: credit for service of air traffic second-level supervisors relative to retirement (see H.R. 815), H3336 [14MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit certain aid which encourages U.S. businesses to relocate to foreign countries (see H.R. 6075), H10779 [2OC]
———utilize cash transfer assistance to purchase U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 5405), H4754 [16JN]
Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246), H2408 [7AP]
Government: economic and local impact of the Federal decisionmaking process (see H.R. 5545), H5979 [2JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4094), H11351 [4OC]
———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312), H121 [28JA]
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H9537 [25SE]
House of Representatives: disclosure of information relative to check cashing at House bank (see H. Res. 396), H1267 [12MR]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), H2259 [1AP]
Intergovernmental relations: relief and assistance to State and local governments (see H.R. 5591), H8220 [9SE]
Iraq: postwar U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 301), H3919 [28MY]
Irish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), H1268 [12MR]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 316), H4983 [18JN]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), H4855 [17JN]
Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254), H4158 [4JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient education services for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 3806), H1380 [19MR]
———geographic adjustment factors relative to the payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 4393), H2674 [9AP]
———payment of new physicians (see H.R. 4507), H8734 [17SE]
Mental health: inclusion of benefits in any health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 296), H8220 [9SE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H933 [3MR]
National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), H588 [25FE]
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), H122 [28JA]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H6349 [21JY]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), H4589 [10JN]
National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 391), H119 [28JA]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H1181 [11MR]
National Credit Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 431), H2677 [9AP]
National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), H10779 [2OC]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), H6022 [7JY]
National Dividend Plan: establish (see H.R. 5829), H8021 [11AU]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), H4448 [9JN]
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), H10779 [2OC]
National Family Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), H4335 [5JN]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), H5979 [2JY]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), H848 [27FE]
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 406), H2259 [1AP]
National League of Families POW/MIA: authorizing display of flag (see H.J. Res. 478), H8576 [15SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), H3917 [28MY]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 503), H6861 [28JY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H6705 [27JY]
National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H11197 [3OC]
National Parents of Murdered Children Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), H2676 [9AP]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), H12592 [5OC]
National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), H2259 [1AP]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H2713 [28AP]
National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), H4122 [3JN]
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 395), H289 [4FE]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H3644 [20MY]
Nuclear energy: combine construction permit and operating license for nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4488), H2810 [29AP]
Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966), H2258 [1AP]
POW/MIA: issuance of a commemorative stamp (see H.J. Res. 493), H3729 [21MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), H2677 [9AP]
Public welfare programs: coordination of services and removal of access restrictions of pregnant women, children, and families (see H.R. 4046), H6861 [28JY]
Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), H3919 [28MY]
Senior citizens: establish programs to prevent crime against the elderly (see H.R. 5216), H3643 [20MY]
Shepherd's Centers of America, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 4204), H7385 [4AU]
Social Security: expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771), H2407 [7AP]
———nurse certification requirements (see H.R. 5451), H8148 [12AU]
South Africa: commend President F.W. de Klerk (see H. Res. 411), H2677 [9AP]
Spain: support the planting of 500 California redwood trees in commemoration of the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage (see H.J. Res. 529), H7533 [5AU]
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221), H1268 [12MR]
Taxation: allow credit for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 4724, 4821), H2811 [29AP], H2943 [5MY]
———employment status relative to Federal procurement and independent contractors (see H.R. 5011), H9443 [24SE]
———establish enterprise zones (see H.R. 11), H4334 [5JN]
———liability for certain employment taxes (see H.R. 3109), H2673 [9AP]
———treatment of corporations importing products into the U.S. at artificially inflated prices (see H.R. 4304), H3644 [20MY]
———treatment of medical care savings benefits (see H.R. 5250), H8810 [18SE]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: law enforcement authority (see H.R. 5486), H9443 [24SE]
Unemployment: repeal certain optional rollover distribution procedures (see H.R. 5745), H7885 [10AU]
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303), H120 [28JA]
———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164), H121 [28JA]
Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing U.S. servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233), H2677 [9AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H8304 [10SE]
Virgin Islands: amend Revised Organic Act (see H.R. 4901), H3644 [20MY]
———U.S. policy (see H. Res. 401), H1346 [18MR]
Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H2676 [9AP]
Yugoslavia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 5258), H3728 [21MY]
———restrict assistance for Serbia (see H.R. 3518), H3336 [14MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H291 [5FE], H2203 [1AP], H4338 [9JN]
Remarks by, on
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (H.R. 3654), E2066• [2JY]
Conservation of energy: promote (H.R. 776), H3747, H3802• [27MY]
Constitution: bicentennial of Bill of Rights, E55• [22JA]
Consumers: accuracy of credit reporting agencies (H.R. 3596), H9399 [24SE]
Coosa Valley, GA: tribute to Coosa Valley Private Industry Council, E1355• [12MY]
Credit: Federal preemption of State consumer protection laws, H9399 [24SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 5006), H4228 [4JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 5006), conference report, H10980 [3OC]
———C-17 Program, H4228 [4JN]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 5503), H6435 [22JY]
Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area: designate (H.R. 6000), H9763 [29SE]
Education: foreign language programs, H1972• [26MR]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 5201), H3380 [19MY]
Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3553), H1972• [26MR]
Little River Canyon National Preserve: establish (H.R. 3665), H2337 [7AP]
Motor vehicles: licensing requirements to operate a public works vehicle (H.R. 4152), E193• [4FE]
National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 433), H2644• [9AP]
National Franchising Week: observance, E906• [31MR]
Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 433), H2644• [9AP]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 433), H2644• [9AP]
Pilgrim, Andri A.: Sallie Mae First-Year Teacher Award recipient, E3014• [4OC]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H6435 [22JY]
Taxation: use of amounts in individual retirement accounts for certain housing purposes (H.R. 4166), H291 [5FE]
Telecommunications: sports blackouts (H.R. 5760), H7261 [4AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H286 [4FE], H844 [27FE], H2200 [31MR], H8020 [11AU], H11192 [3OC], H11351 [4OC]
Tributes
Chestnut, Carolyn C., E471• [27FE]
Crosson, Dudley, E3154• [9OC]
Cuthbert, Aaron, E2455• [12AU]
Davis, John W., E3160• [9OC]
Long, Crawford W., H2274 [2AP]
McEntyre, Lillian Mae, E3190• [9OC]
McWhorter, Hamilton, E3180• [9OC]
White, Don, E1939• [22JN]