PARKER, MIKE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6724 [3SE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H4132 [20JN]

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

Bankruptcy: provide private trustees the right to seek judicial review of U.S. trustee actions related to trustee expenses and trustee removal (see H.R. 2592), H8439 [6OC]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H1259 [20MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H349 [5FE], H805 [6MR]

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

California: pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity effectiveness (see H.R. 858), H725 [4MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 20), H1186 [19MR]

CERCLA: moratorium on enforcement actions against certain individuals (see H.R. 1878), H6963 [5SE]

Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]

Children and youth: prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H3204 [22MY]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5401 [16JY]

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), H6407 [30JY]

———death penalty sentencing for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances (see H.R. 41), H156 [9JA]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1835), H3658 [10JN]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H1187 [19MR]

Crime: increase penalties for certain offenses where the victim is a child (see H.R. 2122), H6707 [31JY]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H2156 [1MY]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 285), H348 [5FE]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 287), H348 [5FE]

———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H4133 [20JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm operating loans (see H.R. 2145), H6798 [3SE]

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

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H348 [5FE]

———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H890 [11MR]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H2446 [8MY]

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

Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H725 [4MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H2157 [1MY]

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

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5826 [25JY]

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see H.R. 956), H2157 [1MY]

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

Drunken driving: add vehicle confiscation to criteria for State eligibility for Federal drunk driving countermeasure grants (see H.R. 108), H767 [5MR]

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

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H5132 [10JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H8438 [6OC]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H452 [11FE]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H4133 [20JN], H6707 [31JY]

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

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]

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), H6707 [31JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3924 [18JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H7911 [25SE]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H2254 [6MY]

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

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7365 [16SE]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (see H. Con. Res. 64), H2351 [7MY]

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

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 2439), H8727 [8OC]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H1706 [17AP]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H6715 [1AU]

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), H9502 [23OC]

———require insurers to disclose an applicant's medical test results to the applicant and to otherwise restrict the disclosure of such results (see H.R. 2590), H8299 [1OC]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2446 [8MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

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

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

Medicare: coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H3204 [22MY]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H2254 [6MY]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H4132 [20JN]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H804 [6MR]

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

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4132 [20JN]

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

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H3477 [4JN]

NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1315), H1707 [17AP]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H3797 [12JN]

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

Parks and recreation areas: require camps to report on incidents of injuries and illnesses to Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 298), H245 [21JA]

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

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330), H3204 [22MY]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H768 [5MR]

Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 650), H2254 [6MY]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8728 [8OC]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H890 [11MR]

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

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6707 [31JY]

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

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

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H2351 [7MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H949 [12MR]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 336), H7528 [17SE]

———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 598), H804 [6MR]

Surplus Government property: provide authority for the transfer of Dept. of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1043), H2446 [8MY]

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), H153 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1261 [20MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3274 [3JN]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H768 [5MR]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H950 [12MR]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H452 [11FE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H286 [4FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H725 [4MR]

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

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H1440 [10AP]

———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]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H7911 [25SE]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 2113), H6798 [3SE]

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

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H8438 [6OC]

Tourist trade: protection of the constitutional right to travel (see H.R. 286), H348 [5FE]

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

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 607), H768 [5MR]

TVA: phase out Federal funding (see H.R. 603), H670 [26FE]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H6707 [31JY]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H949 [12MR]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H767 [5MR]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H6707 [31JY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1187 [19MR]

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

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H2156 [1MY]

Wetlands: promote restoration, conservation and enhancement through establishment of a wetlands mitigation banking program (see H.R. 1290), H6918 [4SE]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H6707 [31JY]

Remarks

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7069 [9SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4676 [26JN], H5014, H5015, H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2966 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H916 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5107 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7069 [9SE]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5107 [10JY]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax, H4676 [26JN]

———earned income tax credit, H5013 [9JY]

———rates, H3909, H3911, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915 [18JN], H5013, H5014, H5015, H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H3666 [11JN], H3909, H3911, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915 [18JN]

Tributes

Carter, Wiley K., E1771 [17SE]

Henry, Aaron, E1225 [17JN]