PRICE, DAVID E. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H2445 [8MY]

Budget: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions (see H.R. 1321), H2590 [13MY]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

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

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H4913 [8JY]

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H7365 [16SE]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H6407 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H8634 [7OC]

Dept. of Justice: clarify authority of the inspector general (see H.R. 2182), H10956 [13NO]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2874 [16MY]

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H9039 [22OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H7119 [9SE]

———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H525 [12FE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H6797 [3SE]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 1411), H8054 [26SE]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H725 [4MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H3660 [10JN]

Flag—U.S.: protect (see H.R. 1556), H3797 [12JN]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H3274 [3JN]

Health: 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), H4913 [8JY]

———establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see H.R. 2565), H8054 [26SE]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H3924 [18JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H8161 [29SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (see H.R. 689), H1340 [8AP]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H3798 [12JN]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H6963 [5SE]

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), H629 [25FE]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H10421 [8NO]

———Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H3203 [22MY]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1392 [9AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H6798 [3SE]

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. 2930), H10957 [13NO]

IRS: restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9559 [24OC]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H725 [4MR]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H6026 [29JY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H3201 [22MY]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H5401 [16JY]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 952), H5177 [11JY]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1289 [21MR]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4087 [19JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493, 2777), H1340 [8AP], H9800 [30OC]

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

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H8438 [6OC]

Real estate: prohibit funding of excessive costs to obtain home equity conversion mortgages (see H.R. 1297), H1438 [10AP]

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), H5826 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1339 [8AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1440 [10AP]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H5021 [9JY]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H3274 [3JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H1339 [8AP]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amounts for inflation (see H.R. 2990), H10957 [13NO]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H5132 [10JY]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 420), H2091 [30AP]

———treatment of certain water, waste, and essential community facilities loans (see H.R. 731), H3203 [22MY]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H669 [26FE]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (see H.R. 1845), H3659 [10JN]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 1583), H3070 [20MY]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2680 [14MY]

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

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

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1989 [29AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8929 [21OC]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H5664 [23JY]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H8320 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Political campaigns: require that certain communications contain information relative to sponsorship and authorization (see H.R. 1541), H2254 [6MY]

Taxation: exclude employer-provided telecommunicating-related expenses for telecommuting purposes from taxable income (see H.R. 1892), H3797 [12JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H284 [4FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5691 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5691 [24JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2728 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3787 [12JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4687 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6644 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6331 [30JY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H915 [12MR]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H7212 [11SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), E1876 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7212 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8682 [8OC]

Education: voucher program to provide school choice, H9734 [30OC]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2728 [15MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H537 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6815 [4SE]

India: allocation of foreign aid, H6815 [4SE]

NOAA: pfiesteria piscicida research funding, E1876 [26SE]

Taxation: exclude employer-provided telecommunicating-related expenses for telecommuting purposes from taxable income (H.R. 1892), E1201 [12JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H4687 [26JN], H6644 [31JY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (H.R. 553), E150 [4FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H9035 [22OC]

Tributes

Bruton-Maree, Nancy, E1484 [23JY]

Capps, Walter H., H9785 [30OC]

Kuralt, Charles, H4840 [8JY]

Smith, Dean, H1190 [20MR], E2372 [13NO]