BERRY, MARION (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H273 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H3274 [3JN]

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

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

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2003), H5570 [22JY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3274 [3JN]

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

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1542 [15AP]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6918 [4SE]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see H.R. 2366), H6705 [31JY]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Drugs: encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see H. Res. 151), H2784 [15MY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H6798 [3SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H7830 [24SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1543 [15AP]

Food stamps: State prevention of receipt by prisoners (see H.R. 1000), H1340 [8AP]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: design and construct a permanent addition (see H.J. Res. 76), H3204 [22MY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H1612 [16AP]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1542 [15AP]

———nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1437 [10AP]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1262 [20MR]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H5570 [22JY]

Immigration: create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2595), H8929 [21OC]

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

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5569 [22JY]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8320 [2OC]

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

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H5132 [10JY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H725 [4MR]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H2874 [16MY]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H804 [6MR]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H2785 [15MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H6026 [29JY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2446 [8MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H5022 [9JY]

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

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. 600, 1366, 2183, 2777), H1704 [17AP], H5485 [17JY], H7911 [25SE], H9800 [30OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6919 [4SE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H524 [12FE]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a portion of their tax overpayment to the U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1016), H1892 [24AP]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 69), H767 [5MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1440 [10AP]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8633 [7OC]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H2351 [7MY]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H6026 [29JY]

Volunteer firefighters: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 24), H812 [10MR]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, E303 [25FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4699 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4578, H4590 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: importation of U.S. agricultural products, H4262 [24JN]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4262 [24JN]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), E589 [8AP]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9666 [29OC]

Ingram, Robert R.: award Medal of Honor for service during the Vietnamese Conflict (H.R. 2813), H10407 [8NO]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Central High School, H7837 [25SE]

Medicaid: reform, H4590 [25JN]

———State expansion of health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (H.R. 1491), E796 [30AP]

Medicare: reform, H4590 [25JN]

Taxation: child tax credit, H4699 [26JN]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H4699 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2153 [1MY]

Tributes

Capps, Walter H., H9790 [30OC]

Cormier, Harry W., Jr., E1233 [17JN]

Dean, Eva, E1717 [10SE]

McBride, Bessie, E765 [29AP]

Rogers, Don, E1413 [11JY]