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
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
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
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
———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 1060), E2267
———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
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
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
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
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
Taxation: rates, H12337, H12338, H12339 [14NO]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H4118 [4AP]
UNICEF: anniversary, E2365
Veterans: tribute, E1274
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
Aspin, Les, H5384 [23MY]
Cullen, Steve, E2162
Robertson, William, E1124 [25MY]
Stevens, Brooks, E276
Varnado, Ruth, E2357