McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H675 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H587 [13FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H154 [9JA], H805 [6MR]

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

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6799 [3SE]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H3170 [21MY]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6963 [5SE]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 26), H8634 [7OC]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H5021 [9JY]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H10421 [8NO]

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]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6407 [30JY]

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

Crime: require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2680 [14MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H8320 [2OC]

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

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H4836 [26JN]

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), H3274 [3JN]

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

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H6705 [31JY]

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

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. 1984), H6707 [31JY]

Federal employees: establish medical savings accounts with certain health plans (see H.R. 2465), H7528 [17SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H2445 [8MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H6963 [5SE]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

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

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

Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: authorize relocation and transfer current site to Louisiana (see H.R. 1558), H2444 [8MY]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

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

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H6918 [4SE]

———application of antitrust laws to health care provider networks (see H.R. 415), H152 [9JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H10172 [6NO]

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), H5487 [17JY]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H244 [21JA]

Land use: require local approval of railroad rights-of-way designations for interim use as trails (see H.R. 2438), H8834 [9OC]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3660 [10JN]

———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1173), H8300 [1OC]

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

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H393 [6FE]

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

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H245 [21JA]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1893 [24AP]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H768 [5MR]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H6798 [3SE]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H3578 [7JN]

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

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), H145 [9JA]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H888 [11MR]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1707 [17AP]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H9615 [28OC]

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), H2255 [6MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H8161 [29SE]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H1988 [29AP]

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, 1033), H348 [5FE], H948 [12MR]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 420), H153 [9JA]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1443), H1890 [24AP]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 1730), H3202 [22MY]

———reduce rates on gains relative to depreciable real estate (see H.R. 2403), H7263 [11SE]

———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. 1068, 1743), H2157 [1MY], H3202 [22MY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

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

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see H.R. 2231), H10956 [13NO]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H7281 [15SE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H1440 [10AP]

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

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of ethanol production (see H.R. 161), H245 [21JA]

———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 533), H1262 [20MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1627), H2783 [15MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H153 [9JA]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1150), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of reorganizations and stocks for specialized small business investment companies (see H.R. 2707), H9501 [23OC]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H521 [12FE]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H702 [27FE]

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

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

Wetlands: permit use of certain agricultural lands (see H.R. 640), H392 [6FE]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 95), H6963 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H1438 [10AP]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 984), H803 [6MR]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4679, H4805, H4808 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6639 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), motion to instruct conferees, H5043 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), E839 [5MY]

Louisiana State University: tribute to men's baseball team, H3584 [10JN]

———tribute to women's track and field team, H3584 [10JN]

SSI: eligibility of children for benefits, E839 [5MY]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax, H4679 [26JN]

———rates, H4805, H4808 [26JN], H5043 [10JY], H6639 [31JY]