PICKETT, OWEN B. (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4201 [23JN]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see H.R. 1787), H7119 [9SE]

Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2680 [14MY]

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

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), H3797 [12JN]

———appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1596), H5022 [9JY]

———conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H1795 [23AP]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H5401 [16JY]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H5297 [15JY]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1340 [8AP]

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

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H8633 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: offer loan guaranteed by an adjustable rate mortgage (see H.R. 1007), H887 [11MR]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H1339 [8AP]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H286 [4FE]

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

Ecology and environment: provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 1732), H5022 [9JY]

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), H768 [5MR]

Education: encourage participation of academic community and private sector in EXPO 2000 (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6705 [31JY]

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

Employment: provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain firefighters and rescue squad members (see H.R. 94), H10768 [12NO]

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

EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see H.R. 2627), H10956 [13NO]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5487 [17JY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8161 [29SE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H525 [12FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H2091 [30AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H4913 [8JY]

Firearms: possession by persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence (see H.R. 1009), H5132 [10JY]

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

Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 2840), H10170 [6NO]

———analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H5826 [25JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1795 [23AP]

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

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H3274 [3JN]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H245 [21JA]

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

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

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

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H6798 [3SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H5021 [9JY]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H9865 [31OC]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H287 [4FE]

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

Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H3169 [21MY]

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]

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

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

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8929 [21OC]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H2680 [14MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H1112 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of long-term care services (see H.R. 1464), H5401 [16JY]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1542 [15AP]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H6707 [31JY]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

National forests: manage public domain lands in a manner to reduce carbon dioxide (see H. Con. Res. 151), H7601 [18SE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H9558 [24OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2777), H9800 [30OC]

Public lands: uniform management of livestock grazing (see H.R. 2493), H8439 [6OC]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H3924 [18JN]

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

———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H3476 [4JN]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9559 [24OC]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H3660 [10JN]

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), H2157 [1MY]

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

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H3569 [5JN]

Social Security: restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 2549), H9502 [23OC]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: implementation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5664 [23JY]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H408 [10FE]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1279), H2680 [14MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H1262 [20MR]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1068), H1892 [24AP]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 532), H283 [4FE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H169 [20JA]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H628 [25FE]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H9730 [29OC]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H2157 [1MY]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 2335), H6704 [31JY]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2156 [1MY]

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

Veterans: authorize certain disabled veterans to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 2050), H9614 [28OC]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H3568 [5JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H1040 [17MR]

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]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: prohibit a reduction in the overseas locality allowance for a member of the uniformed services on duty outside the continental U.S. (see H.R. 1221), H1288 [21MR]

BLS: development and circulation of a monthly cost-of-living index (see H. Con. Res. 33), H724 [4MR]

Courts: protect private property from forfeiture or Government seizure (see H.R. 428), H153 [9JA]

Immigration: establish special status for NATO civilian employees (see H.R. 429), H153 [9JA]

Panama Canal: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 7), H155 [9JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: submit a national energy policy plan to Congress (see H. Con. Res. 34), H724 [4MR]

Public debt: constitutional amendment to restrict annual deficits and require popular vote of the people to exceed any limits (see H.J. Res. 30), H155 [9JA]

Taxation: exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 430), H153 [9JA]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: A-6 Intruder attack aircraft retirement, H681 [27FE]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3957, H4030 [19JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, H9604 [28OC]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10380 [8NO]

Norfolk, VA: restoration of Attucks Theatre, E609 [9AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H697 [27FE]

Tributes

Barfield, Sam T., E2002 [9OC]

Flanagan, William J. (Bud), E549 [21MR]

Howell, Henry E., E1409 [11JY]