TALENT, JAMES M. (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4157 [23JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H702 [27FE]

Animal Welfare Act: amend and strengthen (see H.R. 635), H6798 [3SE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H6962 [5SE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H347 [5FE]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 72), H2351 [7MY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H152 [9JA]

———require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H3477 [4JN]

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

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

———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), H285 [4FE]

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

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

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6407 [30JY]

———U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H9801 [30OC]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H7911 [25SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5569 [22JY]

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]

Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish (see H.R. 1704), H3201 [22MY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1705 [17AP]

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), H6918 [4SE]

———minimum mandatory sentencing (see H.R. 424), H245 [21JA]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H2785 [15MY]

———prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents established in the Federal judicial circuits (see H.R. 1544), H4913 [8JY]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see H.R. 1503), H2351 [7MY]

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

Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H245 [21JA]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H5570 [22JY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H2785 [15MY]

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

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H1543 [15AP]

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), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H6918 [4SE]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H3566 [5JN]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]

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

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

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

———repeal certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2655), H8832 [9OC]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H7200 [10SE]

———voucher program to provide school choice (see H.R. 2724, 2746), H9501 [23OC], H9613 [28OC]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H629 [25FE]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H589 [13FE]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8161 [29SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H3720 [11JN], H5297 [15JY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H4836 [26JN]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H8929 [21OC]

Federal employees: make percentage limitations on contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan comparable to dollar amount limitations on elective deferrals (see H.R. 2526), H8161 [29SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H5487 [17JY]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1909 [28AP]

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

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H590 [13FE]

———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), H948 [12MR]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H4339 [24JN]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]

———apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8727 [8OC]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2488 [12MY]

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

Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see H.R. 2635), H9615 [28OC]

———trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H6707 [31JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H5021 [9JY]

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]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H2254 [6MY]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9615 [28OC]

———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]

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

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

Labor unions: inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H7911 [25SE]

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

Law enforcement officers: issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Libya: reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H10957 [13NO]

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

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1261 [20MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H5778 [24JY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE], H2254 [6MY]

———remove certain limitations on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2668), H8833 [9OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 42), H154 [9JA], H348 [5FE]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms and to increase the term of Representatives to 4 years (see H.J. Res. 5), H154 [9JA]

Money: require continued availability of $1 Federal Reserve notes for circulation (see H.R. 1098), H1111 [18MR]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1795 [23AP]

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

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2590 [13MY]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H1706 [17AP]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H702 [27FE]

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H1706 [17AP]

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

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 345), H524 [12FE]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H10956 [13NO]

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

———recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H7199 [10SE]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H5022 [9JY], H8727 [8OC]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1707 [17AP]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H890 [11MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H1542 [15AP]

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

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 198), H2784 [15MY]

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

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9615 [28OC]

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

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8834 [9OC]

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

Small business: increase opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 168), H1392 [9AP]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985), H4086 [19JN]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend (see H.R. 2429), H7008 [8SE]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H950 [12MR]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H3476 [4JN]

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

Surplus Government property: transfer of surplus real and personal property to nonprofit organizations for housing and other uses (see H.R. 1004), H1892 [24AP]

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]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H286 [4FE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H348 [5FE]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H2091 [30AP]

———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), H767 [5MR]

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

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H522 [12FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18, 144), H628 [25FE], H1611 [16AP]

———increase the maximum amount of contributions to individual retirement accounts and the amounts of adjusted gross income at which the IRA deduction phases out for active participants in pension plans (see H.R. 891), H2785 [15MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H948 [12MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H3202 [22MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H8320 [2OC]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in cases involving treatment of income relative to cash method of accounting (see H.R. 163), H453 [11FE]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10768 [12NO]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H1892 [24AP]

———treatment of capital gains and estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1379), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H453 [11FE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H10956 [13NO]

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

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H285 [4FE]

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

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]

———limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H4914 [8JY]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4836 [26JN]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H243 [21JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H5177 [11JY]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see H.R. 484), H349 [5FE]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1542 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Small Business (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 54), H524 [12FE]

EPA: repeal sunset of Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 2102), H4835 [26JN]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H669 [26FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 2579), H8264 [30SE]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2261), H5825 [25JY]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 2261), H5825 [25JY]

Taxation: deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H1258 [20MR]

Letters

Home-Based Business Fairness Act: by, H3440 [4JN]

Motions

SBA: reauthorize programs (S. 1139), H8113 [29SE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members, H4158, H4159 [23JN]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7073 [9SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5015, H5017, H5018 [9JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4577 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6328, H6329 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5035 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4158, H4159 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: transfer of Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program to Corps of Engineers, H5755 [24JY], H8178 [30SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8689 [8OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7073 [9SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8796 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8796 [9OC]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9826 [31OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9826 [31OC]

Employment: treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H6328, H6329 [30JY]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protections, H5035 [10JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5755 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8178 [30SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H8505, H8573 [7OC], H8689 [8OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H8573 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8505 [7OC]

Gift of Time Foundation: tribute, E1654 [4SE]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H996, H998 [13MR], E335 [26FE]

MAACO (business): anniversary, E2099 [28OC]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5035 [10JY]

Murphy, James M.: Creve Coeur-Olivette, MO, Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Businessperson of the Year award recipient, E125 [4FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 2579), E1895 [2OC]

Public welfare programs: reform, H4577 [25JN]

SBA: reauthorize programs (S. 1139), H8807, H8808 [9OC]

———reauthorize programs (S. 1139), insert language of H.R. 2261 in lieu, H8113 [29SE]

Secrest, Patricia: American Legislative Exchange Council Legislator of the Year award recipient, E1651 [4SE]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8077, H8079, H8080 [29SE]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8077, H8079, H8080 [29SE]

St. Louis County, MO: anniversary of West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce, E1000 [21MY]

St. Peters, MO: tribute to WorkLink Telecommuting Center, E1757 [16SE], E1804 [18SE]

Taxation: rates, H5015, H5017, H5018 [9JY]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H257 [4FE]

Weber, William H.: St. Charles, MO, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E135 [4FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7597 [18SE], H8631 [7OC]

Reports filed

Federal Paperwork Burden Reduction: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 852) (H. Rept. 105-105), H802 [6MR]

Small Business Investment Act Amendments and Small Business Act Amendments: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2261) (H. Rept. 105-246), H7007 [8SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to James M. Murphy: Creve Coeur-Olivette, MO, Chamber of Commerce, E125 [4FE]

Rules

Committee on Small Business (House), H573 [13FE]

Tributes

Berkman, Joan, E126 [4FE]

Bowler, Lia B., E131 [4FE]

Mohr, Henry, H7593 [18SE]

Santiago, Julio V., E2159 [31OC]