DICKEY, JAY (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H273 [4FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, H6726 [3SE]

———H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation (see H.R. 1842), H3804 [16JN]

Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2444 [8MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5570 [22JY]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3569 [5JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 7), H5664 [23JY]

Civil liberties: display of the Ten Commandments in public places (see H. Con. Res. 31), H768 [5MR]

———outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H392 [6FE]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H9559 [24OC]

Colleges and universities: protect speech and association rights of students (see H.R. 980), H3070 [20MY]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H521 [12FE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 292), H629 [25FE]

———treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1765), H3273 [3JN]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1989 [29AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6407 [30JY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in the performance of their border protection functions (see H.R. 805), H8928 [21OC]

———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H765 [5MR]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10957 [13NO]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1017 [13MR]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H6798 [3SE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H3204 [22MY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H4133 [20JN]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H586 [13FE]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H407 [10FE]

Endangered Species Act: grounds for civil actions relative to suffering or injury resulting from violations or noncompliance with the act (see H.R. 752), H585 [13FE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 859), H6026 [29JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 622), H5021 [9JY]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H6798 [3SE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H1440 [10AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 2710), H10768 [12NO]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H2091 [30AP]

———limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H803 [6MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H6798 [3SE]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H9039 [22OC]

———repeal prohibitions relative to semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1147), H1893 [24AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H4836 [26JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care provider networks (see H.R. 415), H1707 [17AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H2157 [1MY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1415), H8834 [9OC]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H285 [4FE]

Idaho: prohibit reintroduction of grizzly bears into Bitterroot Ecosystem (see H.R. 2162), H5296 [15JY]

Immigration: provide special status for certain alien journalists working in Hong Kong (see H.R. 890), H701 [27FE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H725 [4MR]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2351 [7MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H1262 [20MR]

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H766 [5MR]

———inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H6707 [31JY]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

Land use: require local approval of railroad rights-of-way designations for interim use as trails (see H.R. 2438), H7118 [9SE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H5132 [10JY]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H725 [4MR]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H3476 [4JN]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H1339 [8AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H244 [21JA]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H3204 [22MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 3, 49), H154 [9JA], H453 [11FE]

———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 1613), H2679 [14MY]

Metric system: waive requirements for State use on highway signs (see H.R. 813), H1440 [10AP]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H3169 [21MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3204 [22MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H3568 [5JN]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

NLRB: determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the absence of a stipulation or consent (see H.R. 1595), H4836 [26JN]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3069 [20MY], H7008 [8SE]

OPIC: terminate authorities (see H.R. 387), H151 [9JA]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1261 [20MR]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H1187 [19MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965, 2183), H1795 [23AP], H6707 [31JY]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H1440 [10AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H701 [27FE]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H4647 [25JN]

Shipping industry: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see H.R. 1991), H5570 [22JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H2156 [1MY]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H4132 [20JN]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7601 [18SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1391 [9AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H3070 [20MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H4087 [19JN]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H1262 [20MR]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H8438 [6OC]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2490), H8300 [1OC]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H7730 [23SE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H2157 [1MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H702 [27FE]

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10957 [13NO]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]

U.N.: make financial support contingent upon adoption of certain reforms (see H.R. 1588), H2589 [13MY]

———prohibit the payment of any contributions by the U.S. until overpayments have been properly credited or reimbursed (see H.R. 934), H766 [5MR]

Unemployment: clarify that State base periods for unemployment compensation are not subject to certain Social Security Act provisions (see H.R. 125), H3203 [22MY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1339 [8AP]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 95), H3660 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corporate Welfare Reduction Commission: establish (see H.R. 1235), H1338 [8AP]

Courts: independent counsel law reform (see H.R. 139), H143 [9JA]

Lawrence Blackwell Memorial Bridge: designate (see H.R. 2010), H4221 [23JN]

Medicaid: Federal funding of certain abortions relative to State law (see H.R. 137), H143 [9JA]

OPIC: terminate authorities (see H.R. 527), H283 [4FE]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions by nonparty multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 138), H143 [9JA]

Sawyer, Wallace B., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 376), H156 [9JA]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Arkansas (see H.R. 1012), H888 [11MR]

Letters

Mexican imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports: Maureen R. Smith, American Forest & Paper Association, E2158 [31OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1195 [20MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2717, H2718 [15MY]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7072 [9SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7072 [9SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8758 [9OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H534 [13FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H486 [12FE], E212 [11FE]

Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports, E2158 [31OC]

WIC: funding, H2717, H2718 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5775 [24JY]

Tributes

Branton, Wiley, H7838 [25SE]

Rogers, Tom, H5806 [25JY]