NETHERCUTT, GEORGE (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8671 [30JY]

———H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8793 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: maintain foreign market development programs (see H.R. 2950), H1224 [1FE]

Colville National Forest: conduct an adaptive forest management research program (see H.R. 3485), H5288 [16MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: employer requirements (see H.R. 3296), H3730 [23AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips for persons with diabetes (see H.R. 4264), H11526 [27SE]

Public debt: provide that individuals entitled to payments from the Government may designate those payments for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3998), H9923 [2AU]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 4072), H10386 [12SE]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 3427), H4800 [9MY]

———treatment of transitional payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (see H.R. 3559), H5753 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (see H.R. 2854), H330 [5JA]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5380 [21MY]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10721 [19SE]

BIA: reorganization (see H.R. 3354), H6117 [10JN]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3650 [18AP]

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see H. Con. Res. 218), H11396 [26SE]

Columbia River: preserve and protect Hanford Reach area (see H.R. 2292), H2558 [20MR]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H1234 [9FE]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2820), H6691 [20JN]

Crime: death penalty sentencing for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances (see H.R. 4170), H11396 [26SE]

———penalties relative to distribution of controlled substances with the intent to facilitate a rape or sexual battery (see H.R. 3905), H9926 [2AU]

———penalties relative to drug-facilitated crimes involving violence or sexual assault (see H.R. 4137), H11047 [24SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide diagnostic and certification services to reduce diseases associated with salmonid family of fish (see H.R. 2908), H1636 [29FE]

Dept. of Defense: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 3346), H7475 [11JY]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (see H.R. 3852), H10041 [4SE]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H1139 [31JA]

Emergency Food Assistance Act: purchase of commodities using State funds (see H.R. 3978), H9922 [2AU]

Employment: permit flexible work schedules and improve regulations on hiring and leave policies (see H.R. 2723), H774 [23JA]

Executive Office of the President: applicability of certain laws (see H.R. 3452), H5052 [14MY]

Farrakhan, Louis: condemn recent visit to Middle East and Africa (see H. Res. 374), H2951 [27MR]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H5501 [22MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H5570 [23MY]

Foreign countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 152), H3171 [28MR]

Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 3600), H8030 [18JY]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 3849), H8029 [18JY]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture and small businesses (see H.R. 4102), H10601 [18SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H2467 [19MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H3654 [19AP]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H4503 [7MY]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H1716 [5MR]

Immigration: asylum reform (see H.R. 3744), H8248 [23JY]

Insurance: establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H5753 [30MY]

Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H2224 [13MR]

Medicaid: osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H8248 [23JY]

Medicare: eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunity suppressing drugs (see H.R. 3138), H4503 [7MY]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H8095 [22JY]

Mother Teresa: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (see H.J. Res. 191), H10236 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H7107 [27JN]

National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H4303 [30AP]

Native Americans: exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage (see H.R. 3156), H3581 [17AP]

Pang, Martin: extradition from Brazil to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 132), H914 [25JA]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H6915 [26JN]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 3690), H10525 [17SE]

Real estate: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 3752), H7780 [17JY]

Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (see H.R. 3497), H5379 [21MY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3388 [15AP]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H6184 [11JN]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H5501 [22MY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H3650 [18AP]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H1986 [7MR]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 3467), H9566 [31JY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 3817), H10174 [10SE]

———treatment of Federal employees at a hydroelectric facility located on the Columbia River (see H.R. 3163), H12175 [28SE]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H914 [25JA]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H7473 [11JY]

Television: reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see H. Res. 484), H8029 [18JY]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H1985 [7MR]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. attempts at taxing or charging fees to U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2867), H1636 [29FE]

Veterans: revise certain authorities on the management and contracting of provision of health care services (see H.R. 2798), H1139 [31JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1987 [8MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3173 [29MR], H8381 [25JY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1427 [28FE]

———Market Access Program funding, H6215 [12JN]

———use of Market Access Program for export or sale of alcoholic beverages, H6198 [12JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), H6198, H6215 [12JN]

BIA: require tax agreements between tribal, State, and local governments prior to any new Federal land transfers into tribal trusts, H6666 [20JN]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), H2347 [19MR]

CIA: National Reconnaissance Office funding, H5430 [22MY]

Colville National Forest: conduct an adaptive forest management research program (H.R. 3485), E834 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: budget management, H3174 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6376 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, H115 [4JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6582, H6598 [19JN], H6659, H6666 [20JN]

Endangered species: critical habitat designation for marbled murrelet in northern California, H6582 [19JN]

Engbretson, Kevin: National Certificate of Merit recipient, E1066 [12JN]

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of minority children (H.R. 3286), consideration (H. Res. 428), H4773 [9MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: employer requirements (H.R. 3296), E609 [24AP]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H6598 [19JN]

Forests: emergency salvage timber sale program, H6659 [20JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), H5430 [22MY]

Jordan, Eric: National Heroism Medal recipient, E1066 [12JN]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (H.R. 1074), H8381 [25JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (H.R. 1073), H8381 [25JY]

National Park Service: funding, H6598 [19JN]

O'Grady, Scott F.: tribute on receipt of military awards and commendations, E361 [14MR]

Passey, Travis: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1066 [12JN]

Spokane, WA: tribute to Spokane Scholars Foundation award recipients, E625 [25AP]

Taxation: deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (H.R. 3427), H4657 [9MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), consideration (H. Res. 428), H4773 [9MY]

———treatment of Federal employees at a hydroelectric facility located on the Columbia River (H.R. 3163), H11632 [28SE]

Washington: tribute to efforts by towns affected by bad weather, E387 [20MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8091 [22JY]