BLUNT, ROY (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6941 [5SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H493 [12FE]

Appointments

National Historical Publications and Records Commission, H3199 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Aviation: provide assistance and slots to air carriers providing service between high-density and underserved airports (see H.R. 2748), H9613 [28OC]

———restrict operation of certain foreign air carriers (see H.R. 2282), H6025 [29JY]

Bridges: Bridge Discretionary Program reform (see H.R. 1664), H3069 [20MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H154 [9JA]

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

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H143 [9JA]

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

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

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 113), H4339 [24JN]

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 1591), H2678 [14MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5297 [15JY]

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

China, People's Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization and provide a remedy for inadequate trade benefits extended to the U.S. (see H.R. 1712), H8438 [6OC]

———participation of officials in international activities relative to release of religious prisoners (see H.R. 967), H4087 [19JN]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H7263 [11SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2785 [15MY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit use of Selective Service System information for recruitment purposes (see H.R. 2029), H4338 [24JN]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7730 [23SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H3476 [4JN]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H3797 [12JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H5778 [24JY]

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal Presidential authority relative to suspension of certain effective dates (see H.R. 2179), H5401 [16JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7263 [11SE]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10171 [6NO]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1577), H2445 [8MY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service (see H.R. 2936), H10419 [8NO]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H2445 [8MY]

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

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

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H7263 [11SE]

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), H2156 [1MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H2590 [13MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H767 [5MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5664 [23JY]

FAA: reevaluate medical equipment and make a decision relative to automatic external defibrillators on aircraft (see H.R. 2843), H10170 [6NO]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1340 [8AP]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H5020 [9JY]

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

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H890 [11MR]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H1439 [10AP]

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

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see H.R. 2002), H4132 [20JN]

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

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H2874 [16MY]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2590 [13MY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8265 [30SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H5570 [22JY]

Hong Kong: support autonomous governance after reversion to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 750), H768 [5MR]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2157 [1MY]

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

Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H2590 [13MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9615 [28OC]

IRS: improve access and increase equity for taxpayers (see H.R. 2598), H8834 [9OC]

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

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

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7118 [9SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8633 [7OC]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1794 [23AP]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2446 [8MY]

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

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H2254 [6MY]

———install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H7528 [17SE]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7528 [17SE]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8300 [1OC]

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H2680 [14MY]

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

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5487 [17JY]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H2590 [13MY]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 198), H5569 [22JY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1262 [20MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Russia: protection of religious rights (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9558 [24OC]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5132 [10JY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H768 [5MR]

———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]

———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1909 [28AP]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H453 [11FE]

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

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483, 2490), H7730 [23SE], H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H3568 [5JN]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1391), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10171 [6NO]

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

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H3568 [5JN]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 479), H1892 [24AP]

———treatment of the commercial activities of Indian tribal organizations relative to unrelated business income tax (see H.R. 1554), H2444 [8MY]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H6963 [5SE]

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H1187 [19MR]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

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

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H2590 [13MY]

Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social Security number to register to vote (see H.R. 1428), H8929 [21OC]

Wetlands: permit use of certain agricultural lands (see H.R. 640), H804 [6MR]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3569 [5JN]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2157 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

John Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (see H.R. 698), H522 [12FE]

John N. Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (see H.R. 1254), H1391 [9AP]

Mark Twain National Forest: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 1779), H3475 [4JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 42), H348 [5FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8635 [8OC]

Remarks

Babb, Donald J.: American Hospital Association and Hospital Research and Education Trust Shirley Anne Munroe Leadership Development Award recipient, E1945 [7OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4807 [26JN], H5307, H5387, H5389, H5391, H5392 [16JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6622 [31JY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H909 [12MR]

Constitution—U.S.: anniversary, H7535 [18SE]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2319 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7338 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5146 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), motion to instruct conferees, H9644 [29OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6941, H6946 [5SE], H6982 [8SE], H7130 [10SE], H7338 [16SE]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H. Res. 139), H9575 [28OC]

———vocational and adult education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6941, H6946 [5SE], H6982 [8SE]

———vocational education funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7130 [10SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H8636 [8OC]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 305), H10117 [6NO]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to establish residency limits, H2275 [7MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2275 [7MY]

Immigration: obtain suspension of deportation of aliens under rules in place at the time of application for residency, H9644 [29OC]

Iran: sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (H. Res. 188), H10125 [6NO]

IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), H10108 [6NO]

John Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (H.R. 698), E235 [12FE]

John N. Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (H.R. 1254), H7288 [16SE]

Joplin, MO: tribute to Life-Choices Pregnancy Center, E1905 [2OC]

March for Jesus Day: observance, E922 [14MY]

Mark Twain National Forest: boundary adjustment (H.R. 1779), H8867, H8868 [21OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H493, H494 [12FE]

Missouri Home Education Week: observance, E749 [24AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5146 [11JY]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: observance, H2179 [6MY]

Public lands: uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), H9742 [30OC]

Southwest Missouri State University: John Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character Building Colleges award recipient, E1825 [23SE]

Springfield, MO: tribute to Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven motel, E1013 [22MY]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (H.R. 2456), H8574 [7OC]

———definition of income levels impacted by proposed tax cuts, H5307 [16JY]

———rates, H4807 [26JN], H5307, H5387, H5389, H5391, H5392 [16JY], H6622 [31JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 2483), H7836 [25SE]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H4807 [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5699 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3718 [11JN], H6025 [29JY]

Tributes

Hammons, John Q., E583 [8AP]

Knight, Norma, H2179 [6MY]

Reinkemeyer, Darlene, E1016 [22MY]

Scribner, Jay, H8449 [7OC]

Stark, Frank and Betty, E2138 [30OC]

Weidman, Donald V., E1197 [12JN]

Wheeler, Clarence R., E1413 [11JY]