BARRETT, THOMAS M. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7700 [25JY], H7802 [26JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6271 [22JN], H6790 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: identification and control of tax expenditures (see H.R. 1387), H4177 [4AP]

Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 463), H229 [11JA]

Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4413 [6AP]

House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H.R. 1222; H. Res. 15), H176 [9JA], H3155 [14MR]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 76), H165 [9JA]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1819), H5904 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: eliminate the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 1749), H6089 [19JN]

———price supports for honey (see H.R. 1235), H4441 [1MY]

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 2362), H9245 [19SE]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H890 [30JA]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]

———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: investigation of war crimes (see H. Res. 282), H15136 [19DE]

Budget: balance (see H.R. 822, 1516), H1207 [3FE], H4432 [7AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49), H243 [13JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H593 [24JA]

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H3156 [14MR]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H4336 [5AP]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4336 [5AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H1752 [14FE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H7990 [28JY]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules (see H.R. 2686), H13870 [30NO]

———treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1353), H3974 [29MR]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]

Courts: reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H5753 [8JN]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H325 [18JA]

———define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H4620 [9MY]

———establish commission relative to crime control and a national firearms policy (see H.R. 385), H468 [20JA]

———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H5571 [24MY]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H5690 [7JN]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H4433 [7AP]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H7461 [21JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H12190 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 638), H537 [23JA]

———reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H7461 [21JY]

———terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see H.R. 703), H802 [26JA]

Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H4177 [4AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1100), H2486 [1MR]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see H.J. Res. 114), H10994 [26OC]

———contribution limitations for multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 2141), H7990 [28JY]

Employment: require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H13274 [17NO]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H1968 [21FE]

———determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 571), H5609 [25MY]

EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (see H.R. 1015), H2063 [22FE]

———waiver of reformulated gasoline rules during non-ozone season (see H.R. 2327), H8903 [13SE]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H229 [11JA]

———regulation (see H.R. 43), H593 [24JA]

Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1066), H3327 [16MR]

———child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H3276 [15MR]

———provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H8535 [4AU]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

FCC: promote diversity in media ownership, management, and programming (see H.R. 177), H7461 [21JY]

Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2264), H10485 [19OC]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H9739 [29SE]

———strengthen post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officials (see H.R. 1576), H4545 [3MY]

Financial institutions: provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]

———reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 2158), H8174 [1AU]

———small business loan disclosures (see H.R. 398), H1611 [10FE]

Firearms: gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 2101), H11686 [1NO]

———prohibit possession near school zones on the basis of interstate commerce control (see H.R. 1608), H5623 [6JN]

———prohibit transfer of two or more handguns to an individual within any 30-day period (see H.R. 964), H1849 [15FE]

Food stamps: reduce fraud (see H.R. 1094), H3276 [15MR]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4958 [15MY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 80; H. Res. 174), H6913 [12JY], H9898 [11OC]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H5623 [6JN]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2169, 2268), H8308 [2AU], H8596 [6SE]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H692 [25JA]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950; H. Con. Res. 79), H11767 [2NO], H12085 [9NO]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H9452 [21SE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1850 [15FE]

House of Representatives: declare vacant the office of a Member who announces a change in political party affiliation (see H. Res. 203), H7699 [25JY]

———official mail allowance (see H.R. 755, 1755), H969 [31JA], H5689 [7JN]

———official travel requirements (see H. Res. 22), H840 [27JA]

———ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H3417 [21MR]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 572), H399 [19JA]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H163 [9JA]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40, 134), H399 [19JA], H4415 [6AP]

———reform gift rules (see H. Res. 214, 250), H8597 [6SE], H11441 [30OC]

———treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H970 [31JA]

Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H5072 [16MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H15088 [18DE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H14311 [12DE]

Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act: enact (see H.R. 195), H2584 [2MR]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H10048 [12OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H4874 [11MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H7068 [17JY]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H9671 [28SE]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H14311 [12DE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H14311 [12DE]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2600), H11939 [8NO]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H229 [11JA]

———reform (see H.R. 2422, 2476), H9670 [28SE], H11587 [31OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 772), H1050 [1FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H3049 [10MR]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H468 [20JA]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H5571 [24MY]

National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice: abolish (see H.R. 638), H537 [23JA]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H13658 [20NO]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H2177 [23FE]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H7179 [18JY]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 852), H1371 [7FE]

Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H2717 [6MR]

Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H4336 [5AP]

Selective Service System: suspend registration requirement and activities except during national emergencies (see H.R. 1709), H7461 [21JY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H1208 [3FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

Sports: headgear requirements for professional boxers (see H.R. 1150), H6089 [19JN]

SSI: require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H1461 [8FE]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H10485 [19OC]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H5753 [8JN]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H13142 [16NO]

———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 442), H4916 [12MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H9592 [27SE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H4916 [12MY]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H11686 [1NO]

———rate reductions relative to projected budget deficit targets (see H.R. 1160), H4619 [9MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H4619 [9MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 390), H9739 [29SE]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H12506 [15NO]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H6698 [30JN]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H4105 [3AP]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1208 [3FE]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H14963 [15DE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H2811 [7MR]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8684 [7SE]

Water pollution: capitalization grants to States (see H.R. 1102), H2486 [1MR]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H1907 [16FE]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]

———production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 991), H3417 [21MR]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: improve and expand (see H.R. 970), H1850 [15FE]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H4619 [9MY]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H5983 [14JN]

Letters

House gift rules reform, H13070 [16NO]

Poems

``Remembering,'' Thomas J. Boulet, E1274 [16JN]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7419 [21JY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto, H795-H798 [26JA]

———line-item veto, H686 [25JA]

———line-item veto (H.R. 2), H899 [31JA], H1101, H1102, H1117, H1118, H1122 [2FE], H1262 [6FE]

———line-item veto (S. 4), consideration (H. Res. 147), H5092, H5093 [17MY]

———line-item veto (S. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H8608 [7SE], H10775 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12334, H12336, H12337, H12338, H12339, H12340 [14NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H13372 [20NO]

Black History Month: observance, H2049 [22FE]

Bluestone, Judy: Israel Bonds (organization) Golda Meir Division Leadership Award recipient, E2288 [5DE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15211 [20DE]

———require savings made in appropriations legislation to be used for deficit reduction, H8247 [2AU]

Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (H.R. 463), H184 [11JA]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7419 [21JY]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H10758 [25OC]

———use of airline frequent flyer miles accrued during official travel, H129 [5JA], H795-H798 [26JA]

Courts: reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2702 [6MR]

Day of the African Child: observance, E1279 [16JN]

Dept. of Energy: hydrogen research program funding, H6790 [11JY]

———Oregon Health Sciences University Biomedical Information Communications Center funding, H9852 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H8045 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H9691 [29SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8247 [2AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7926 [28JY], H8045 [31JY]

Education: student loan programs, H12338 [14NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6790 [11JY]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), E2267 [30NO]

———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 1060), E2267 [30NO]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H12334, H12336, H12338, H12339, H12340 [14NO], H15490 [21DE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2113, H2126, H2128 [23FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), motion to recommit, H2208 [24FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 219), insert language of H.R. 450 in lieu, H5100 [17MY]

Green, Michael and Betsy: American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award recipients, E1074 [18MY]

Health: exempt water purity and food safety regulations from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2113 [23FE]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H795, H798 [26JA]

House Rules: reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), H13076, H13082 [16NO]

———reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), consideration (H. Res. 268), H13068 [16NO]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H77 [4JA]

———treatment of Member's travel expenses, H13082 [16NO]

League of Women Voters: anniversary, E366 [16FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws, H77 [4JA]

———application of certain laws (S. 2), H269 [17JA]

March of Dimes (charitable organization): anniversary of Walk America fundraiser, H4519 [3MY]

Medicare: reform, H9577 [27SE], H12336, H12339 [14NO]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to sponsors of guest conductors at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, E743 [30MR]

Mining and mineral resources: moratorium on mining patent claims, H9691 [29SE]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H11932, H11933, H11934, H11935, H11936 [8NO], H12340 [14NO]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2898 [9MR], H3580 [23MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11847 [8NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2035, H2036, H2037 [22FE]

Safety: application of endangerment test to both private property and health issues, H2126, H2128 [23FE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9852 [11OC]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H795-H798 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 76), H1533 [9FE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7926 [28JY]

Stein, Martin F.: Milwaukee, WI, American Jewish Community Human Relations Award recipient, E2174 [14NO]

Taxation: rates, H12337, H12338, H12339 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4118 [4AP]

UNICEF: anniversary, E2365 [14DE]

Veterans: tribute, E1274 [16JN]

Votes: position on missed, H9715 [29SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4334 [5AP], H12504 [15NO], H13868 [30NO]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and Environment: Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, D485 [5AP]

Committee on Rules (House): Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, D919 [25JY]

———line-item veto legislation, D125 [1FE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Railroads: Amtrak fiscal crisis, D176 [10FE]

Statements

Line-Item Veto: Robert H. Michel, H686 [25JA]

Tributes

Ashe, Booker T., E2270 [30NO]

Aspin, Les, H5384 [23MY]

Cullen, Steve, E2162 [10NO]

Robertson, William, E1124 [25MY]

Stevens, Brooks, E276 [6FE]

Varnado, Ruth, E2357 [14DE]