BARRETT, BILL (a Representative from Nebraska)

Amendments offered by, to

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3728 [19MY]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H681 [23FE], H1118 [9MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1804, Goals 2000—Educate America Act, H650 [23FE], H1308 [11MR]

———S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H2901 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: treatment of time as hostages in Iran after seizure of U.S. Embassy as POW (see H.R. 4938), H7991 [11AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (see H.R. 4379), H6698 [2AU]

———conservation plan compliance deadlines for certain croplands damaged by weather conditions (see H.R. 3794), H286 [3FE]

———extend conservation reserve program and wetlands reserve program (see H.R. 3894), H1997 [24MR]

———national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H5349 [29JN]

Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H5655 [13JY]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]

CERCLA: amend relative to liability, State implementation, remedy selection, and funding (see H.R. 4161), H4166 [26MY]

Children and youth: revise Head Start Program to enhance parental involvement and provide family literacy services (see H.R. 3798), H287 [3FE]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see H.R. 349), H5316 [28JN]

———application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 3458), H1067 [7MR]

Copyrights: public performances (see H.R. 3288), H6698 [2AU]

Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H6454 [28JY]

———product liability law uniformity (see H.R. 1910), H1781 [21MR]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H6763 [3AU]

———reorganization of Federal administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 2586), H4090 [25MY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5134), H11429 [7OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel (see H.R. 5172), H10727 [4OC]

Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]

Disabled: improve educational achievement, increase parental involvement in educational process, and establish dispute mediation procedures (see H.R. 4928), H7506 [10AU]

Ecology and environment: permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3156 [5MY]

Education: exempt Federal family education loans from FTC holder rule (see H.R. 2886), H1323 [11MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5130), H10372 [29SE]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2995), H205 [2FE]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H4654 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 4188), H2914 [28AP]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2582 [20AP]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H8696 [18AU]

Freedom (space station): funding (see H.R. 441), H1253 [10MR]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9158 [13SE]

Head Start Program: quality and performance standards (see H.R. 1528), H1540 [17MR]

House of Representatives: administrative oversight of House functions (see H. Res. 419), H3155 [5MY]

House Rules: committee staff (see H. Res. 383), H1157 [9MR]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H1898 [22MR]

Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H6156 [22JY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), H996 [2MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H2583 [20AP]

Native Americans: promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (see H. Res. 539), H9440 [21SE]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4388), H3278 [11MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise regulations and programs (see H.R. 4597), H4721 [17JN]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H7195 [8AU]

Pesticides: safety training programs (see H.R. 3969), H1323 [11MR]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H1253 [10MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 424), H11200 [6OC]

Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see H.R. 1595), H4220 [8JN]

REA: protection of rural electric borrowers (see H.R. 3790), H3791 [20MY]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]

Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3173), H3522 [17MY]

Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H10007 [28SE]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H3887 [23MY]

Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2218 [12AP]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]

Taxation: credit for soil and water conservation expenditures in agriculture-related activities (see H.R. 2708), H2913 [28AP]

———credits for employers providing dependent care services for employees (see H.R. 3472), H5871 [19JY]

———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H5761 [14JY]

———treatment of crop insurance and disaster payments and the luxury automobile excise tax (see H.R. 4634), H5350 [29JN]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see H.R. 3757), H156 [1FE]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1997 [24MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H10446 [30SE]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9605 [26SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: extend conservation reserve program and wetlands reserve program (H.R. 3894), H2511 [20AP]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H6998 [5AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4670, H4671 [17JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3728, H3729, H3730 [19MY]

CERCLA: amend relative to liability, State implementation, remedy selection, and funding (H.R. 4161), H1902 [23MR]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 369), H1822 [22MR]

Congress: reform, H164 [2FE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 517), H7941 [11AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9946 [28SE]

Drugs: State block grants for drug education programs, H1119, H1121, H1125, H1126 [9MR]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H807 [24FE], H1119, H1121, H1125, H1126 [9MR]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10396 [30SE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H3061 [5MY]

ERISA: availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries (S. 1312), H10622 [3OC]

Federal aid programs: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), conference report, H3313 [12MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4250), H2744 [26AP]

GATT: ratification, H5954 [21JY]

———ratification (H.R. 5110), H11469 [29NO]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H6767 [4AU]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11028 [6OC]

Ibanez, Manuel Luis: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 279), H2754 [26AP]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7345 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), consideration (H. Res. 444), H4107 [26MY]

Monuments and memorials: provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (H.R. 2135), H10797 [4OC]

National Silver-Haired Congress: convene (H. Con. Res. 176), H3804 [23MY]

Shrontz, Frank Anderson: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 280), H2755 [26AP]

Votes: correction, E1306 [23JN]

———position on missed, H2053 [24MR]

Wallenberg, Raoul: placement of a bust in the Capitol (H. Con. Res. 222), H2378 [18AP]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H4098 [26MY]

Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H2178 [12AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H4957 [23JN]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Black Lung Benefits Act, D560 [17MY]

———Safe Schools Act, D144 [23FE]