DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3539, FAA programs reauthorization, H10951 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Call Me an Isolationist if You Will, But I'm in Great Company, Charley Reese, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, H133 [4JA]

Cora Sweatt Named Tennessee Mother of the Year, Anissa Hicks, Athens (TN) Post-Athenian, E626 [25AP]

Critical Care—Case Study, Joshua Macht, Inc. Technology (publication), E1416 [31JY]

Ending Student Subsidies, Ross I. Booner and Kevin W. Jones, Chronicle of Higher Education (publication), E1332 [22JY]

Infamous Artists, Joe Stuteville, American Legion Magazine, E1234 [10JY]

Loudon Woman Has Been Practicing Medicine for More Than 54 Years, Don Williams, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E139 [1FE]

Magnificent Misfit, W.E. Gutman, Wall Street Journal, E140 [1FE]

Mass Eviction Unique to Smokies, Clarke Morrison, Asheville (TN) Citizen Times, E1136 [20JN]

Media Silent on Right's Rights, Richard Benedetto, USA Today, H6096 [10JN]

Merger Mania, Lawrence J. Korb, Brookings Review (publication), E1307 [17JY]

Move Onward, Upward, Bill Maples, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E1138 [20JN]

Oath of Uncertainty, Cliff Kincaid, American Legion Magazine, E1243 [11JY]

Pitching Socialism, Raymond J. Keating, National Review (publication), E1565 [11SE]

Planning Future Defense, Thomas L. McNaugher, Brookings Review (publication), E1308 [17JY]

Professor Nash Dies at 108, Athens (TN) Post-Athenian, E1134 [20JN]

Tennessee's Pat Summitt Credits Family for Her Zeal for Hard Work, Amy McRary, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E1390-E1392 [26JY]

Tribute to James H. Quillen, U.S. Congressman, Steven Blackwell, E1620 [17SE]

What I Learned About How We Pick a President, Lamar Alexander, Weekly Standard (publication), E792 [14MY]

Why the Catholic School Model Is Taboo, Sol Stern, Wall Street Journal, E1336 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Aviation: preemployment review of prospective pilot records (see H.R. 3536), H5646 [29MY]

———prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (see H.R. 3267), H3649 [18AP]

Battle of Midway National Memorial: establish (see H.R. 3597), H6005 [6JN]

Metric system: modification of highway signs (see H.R. 3617), H6285 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Animals: require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H187 [4JA]

Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H6509 [18JN]

Aviation: requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (see H.R. 3923), H9566 [31JY]

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (see H.R. 2815), H2316 [14MR]

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

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H12175 [28SE]

———ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 3277), H3649 [18AP]

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

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

———restore integrity, goodwill, honesty, and trust (see H.R. 3792), H7474 [11JY]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H4800 [9MY]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2820), H3387 [15AP]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 8 years (see H.J. Res. 164), H2466 [19MR]

———payment of the costs of court-appointed attorneys in certain criminal cases (see H.R. 3027), H1774 [6MR]

———provide that proceedings against a judge be held in a circuit other than the circuit within which the judge serves (see H.R. 3026), H1774 [6MR]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6184 [11JN]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H. Res. 470), H8248 [23JY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 3433), H6286 [12JN]

———prohibit the sale or distribution of sexually explicit material to any individual (see H.R. 3300), H4303 [30AP]

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

Dept. of Justice: establish ethics standards for prosecutors (see H.R. 3386), H5570 [23MY]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H8030 [18JY]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H913 [25JA]

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

FAA: reauthorizing programs (see H.R. 3539), H5646 [29MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve administration (see H.R. 1711), H3387 [15AP]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H7475 [11JY]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H7533 [12JY]

Financial institutions: capitalize deposit insurance funds and provide regulatory relief for insured depository institutions and holding companies (see H.R. 3567), H6915 [26JN]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H9925 [2AU]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 3107), H5288 [16MY]

Hazardous substances: exempt transportation by certain vehicles from Government regulations (see H.R. 3153), H3388 [15AP]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see H.R. 2019), H1138 [31JA]

———application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H2123 [12MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H2950 [27MR]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H1636 [29FE]

House Rules: prohibit foreign travel by retiring Members (see H. Res. 361), H1325 [27FE]

Insurance: establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H2867 [26MR]

IRS: recognize qualified delivery services in addition to the Postal Service for purposes of timely filing of tax documents (see H.R. 3086), H2665 [21MR]

James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Johnson City, TN: designate (see H.R. 3320), H4108 [25AP]

L. Clure Morton Post Office and Courthouse, Cookeville, TN: designate (see H.R. 4070), H10385 [12SE]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H1325 [27FE]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3310), H4801 [9MY]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 2462), H6415 [13JN]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H6285 [12JN]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H6765 [25JN]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H3171 [28MR]

New, Michael: reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H913 [25JA]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3159), H2866 [26MR]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 1325), H5052 [14MY]

Real estate: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 3752), H10108 [5SE]

Roads and highways: construction funding (see H.R. 3775), H8982 [30JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3966), H9922 [2AU]

Social Security: investment of surplus from trust funds and protection from public debt limit (see H.R. 3636), H6532 [19JN]

———investment of trust funds surplus (see H.R. 2928), H6532 [19JN]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580, 3142), H5501 [22MY], H6532 [19JN]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H5935 [5JN]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2740), H5570 [23MY]

States: assist Attorney General in deportation of illegal aliens (see H.R. 3062), H2122 [12MR]

Taxation: treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H90 [3JA]

———treatment of educational grants by private foundations (see H.R. 3737), H12175 [28SE]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H7533 [12JY]

Tennessee: authorize haying and grazing on certain lands (see H.R. 3554), H5753 [30MY]

Terrorism: U.S. policy (see H.R. 3953), H9921 [2AU]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H8982 [30JY]

Essays

Father's Letter to Santa: David Chartrand, E137 [1FE]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Pickering, Aaron, E940 [29MY]

Eulogies

Webster, George D.: by David L. Hale, Sr., E1309 [17JY]

Letters

Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act: Howard Twiggs, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, H10537 [18SE]

FDA approval process of new medical devices and new drugs: Jeffrey N. South, H2307 [14MR]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: line-item veto, H2981 [28MR]

Aviation: preemployment review of prospective pilot records (H.R. 3536), H8046, H8047, H8049 [22JY]

———prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (H.R. 3267), H3585 [18AP], H8044, H8045 [22JY]

———requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (H.R. 3923), H10536 [18SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, H11579 [27SE]

Budget: balance, H95 [4JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H133 [4JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9381 [31JY]

Contracts: require States to conduct cost-benefit analysis for contracting of transportation projects, H7088 [27JN]

Craig, David G.: Tennessee Education Association Higher Education Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1465 [2AU]

Crime: require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (H. Res. 470), H10120 [10SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6348 [13JN]

———prohibit use of funds to subsidize mergers or facilitate downsizing of contractors, H6348 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H7088, H7092 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 3376), H5771 [4JN]

Disasters: tribute to victims of Trans World Airlines crash in New York, H7993 [18JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H2462 [19MR], H6096 [10JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, E1332, E1336 [22JY]

———student loan programs, H7993 [18JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8356 [24JY]

Etowah, TN: Woods Memorial Hospital receipt of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations Quality Commitment Award, E1415 [31JY]

FAA: establish as an independent agency (H.R. 2276), H2064, H2067 [12MR]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), H10134 [10SE]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, H11456 [27SE]

FDA: approval process and regulations relative to new medical devices and new drugs, H2306 [14MR]

———food safety, E734 [8MY]

Foreign policy: funding for military interventions, H8077 [22JY]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate, H5771 [4JN]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (H.R. 28), H8356 [24JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E139 [1FE]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (H.R. 1179), H9974 [4SE]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2981 [28MR]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2391 [19MR]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), conference report, H11065 [25SE], H11579 [27SE]

James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Johnson City, TN: designate, H5771 [4JN]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H2096 [12MR]

News media: responsibility to report news objectively, H6096 [10JN]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3159), H8049, H8050, H8051 [22JY], H11332 [26SE]

———conduct study on mandatory retirement age for pilots, H7092 [27JN]

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, H5766 [4JN]

Prevette, Johnathan: suspension from first grade for alleged sexual harassment, H11579 [27SE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2981 [28MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9381 [31JY]

Sweatt, Cora B.: Tennessee Mothers Association of American Mothers, Inc., Mother of the Year award recipient, E626 [25AP]

Taxation: rates, H1722 [6MR], H7784 [18JY], H8077 [22JY]

Terrorism: U.S. policy (H.R. 3953), H9891 [2AU]

Thomas, Clarence: invitation to attend awards ceremony in Prince Georges County, MD, H5766 [4JN], H6096 [10JN]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3524, H3525, H3544 [17AP]

TVA: tribute to employees, E1840 [30SE]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H133 [4JA], E1243 [11JY]

Unemployment: level, H5386 [22MY]

University of Tennessee: tribute to women's basketball team, E1390 [26JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H185 [4JA], H1773 [6MR], H2121 [12MR], H2465 [19MR], H6114 [10JN], H8027 [18JY], H8091 [22JY], H11524 [27SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Galen Johnson, Jr.: Tennessee House of Representatives, E1132 [20JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3159, NTSB appropriations, H8049 [22JY]

H.R. 3536, Airline Pilot Hiring and Safety Act, H8046 [22JY]

Transcripts

Student Loan Programs: Gil Gross, CBS Radio Network, H7994 [18JY]

Tributes

Ford, Representative, E1864 [30SE]

Graham, Billy, H5766 [4JN]

Johnson, Galen, Jr., E1132 [20JN]

Leibowitz, Lawrence P., E512 [29MR]

Maples, Lyle and Mary, E1319 [18JY]

Mashburn, Mayo, E1463 [2AU]

McCluskey, James G., E1138 [20JN]

Nash, W.E., E1134 [20JN]

Pickering, Aaron, E940 [29MY]

Quillen, Representative, H10501, H10502, H10503, H10504, H10505, H10506 [17SE], E1620 [17SE]

Summitt, Pat H., E1390 [26JY]

Webster, George D., E1309 [17JY]