SUNUNU, JOHN E. (a Representative from New Hampshire)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7466 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H8929 [21OC]

Budget: create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see H.R. 2496), H7599 [18SE]

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

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H767 [5MR]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H7601 [18SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5021 [9JY]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1340 [8AP]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4836 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H8929 [21OC]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H9039 [22OC]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 2667), H8833 [9OC]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H8833 [9OC]

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

Elections: establish a temporary commission to recommend reforms for Federal office (see H.R. 170), H10768 [12NO]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H10956 [13NO]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H4913 [8JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3169 [21MY]

———development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H7263 [11SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H5826 [25JY]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1289 [21MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H1988 [29AP]

IRS: improve access and increase equity for taxpayers (see H.R. 2598), H10421 [8NO]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H7830 [24SE]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H8727 [8OC]

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

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

National forests: address funding shortfall relative to exemption of certain users from fees (see H.R. 1843), H3659 [10JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H802 [6MR]

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

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

Religion: permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social Security coverage (see H.R. 939), H1542 [15AP]

Securities: quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H1795 [23AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H9801 [30OC]

———provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H3203 [22MY]

Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: designate certain segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1110), H1111 [18MR]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1112 [18MR]

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

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9502 [23OC]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H1340 [8AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H10172 [6NO]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H10421 [8NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H6715 [1AU]

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

———treatment of ethanol production (see H.R. 161), H1288 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (see H. Res. 89), H889 [11MR]

Taxation: exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements sold to government entities or conservation groups (see H.R. 2101), H4835 [26JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2491 [13MY]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5670 [24JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2982 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H904, H909, H910, H912, H916, H918, H919, H920 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5079 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7466 [17SE]

New Hampshire: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, E780 [29AP]

New Hampshire Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: anniversary, E413 [6MR]

OMB: Congressional Review Act implementation funding, H7466 [17SE]

Public lands: Payment In Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H5079 [10JY]

Taxation: child tax credit, H5670 [24JY]

———rates, H2333 [7MY], H2982 [20MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2166 [5MY]