KINGSTON, JACK (a Representative from Georgia)

Addresses

Gay's Hill Baptist Church of Millen, GA, Groundbreaking Ceremony: David A. Harris, American Jewish Committee, E450 [12MR]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H4 [7JA]

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

———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7321 [16SE]

———H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]

Articles and editorials

Art of the Balanced Budget Deal, Tod Lindberg, Washington (DC) Times, H2348 [7MY]

Florida Couple To Plead Guilty to Taping GOP Leaders' Cell Phone Call, Michael J. Sniffen, Savannah (GA) Morning News, H1986 [29AP]

Wasteful AmeriCorps Survives Another Year, Atlanta (GA) Journal, H1103 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H1019 [13MR]

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

Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 92), H6705 [31JY]

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 91), H6705 [31JY]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2157 [1MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H590 [13FE]

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

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

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

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H7263 [11SE]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5132 [10JY]

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]

Correctional institutions: prevent Federal prisoners from engaging in activities to increase their strength or fighting abilities (see H.R. 792), H587 [13FE]

———prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H1611 [16AP]

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

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), H3203 [22MY]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H1019 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: suspend development of national testing proposals until congressional authority is granted (see H. Res. 214), H6715 [1AU]

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

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H. Con. Res. 8), H1040 [17MR]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1392 [9AP]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H6919 [4SE]

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

Executive Office of the President: failure to faithfully execute laws (see H. Res. 220), H6917 [4SE]

FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H2253 [6MY]

Federal employees: limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H803 [6MR]

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

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

Foreign aid: deny assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Broadcasting Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8300 [1OC]

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

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H948 [12MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3476 [4JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H10768 [12NO]

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

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H9502 [23OC]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H9502 [23OC]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 408), H1018 [13MR]

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), H8834 [9OC]

J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resources Conservation Center, Watkinsville, GA: designate (see H.R. 785), H587 [13FE]

J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse, Dublin, GA: designate (see H.R. 1484), H1988 [29AP]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3203 [22MY]

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

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

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7118 [9SE]

Lister, Sara E.: request resignation as Assistant Sec. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs relative to remarks about Marine Corps (see H. Con. Res. 197), H10955 [13NO]

Medicare: improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H3204 [22MY]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H2254 [6MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H3169 [21MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

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

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H803 [6MR]

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

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

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 55), H805 [6MR]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 3046), H10953 [13NO]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H3204 [22MY]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9039 [22OC]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 613), H347 [5FE]

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

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H6706 [31JY]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H725 [4MR]

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), H629 [25FE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1706 [17AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1543 [15AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3660 [10JN]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H950 [12MR]

———reduce tax rate for single filers, eliminate marriage penalty and change date for filing of Federal income tax returns (see H.R. 2718), H10172 [6NO]

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

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1204), H2590 [13MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H6963 [5SE]

———treatment of property used to control environmental pollution and soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 1164), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2723), H9801 [30OC]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (see H.R. 849), H890 [11MR]

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), H2785 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

IRS: prohibit the threat of audit to compel agreement with Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment or Tip Rate Determination Agreement (see H.R. 2658), H8832 [9OC]

Lau, Guy: relief (see H.R. 1867), H3720 [11JN]

Pease, Chantal Lau: relief (see H.R. 1867), H3720 [11JN]

Biographies

Picetti, Albert L., E1581 [1AU]

Eulogies

Vass, Mal, E1583 [1AU]

Factsheets

WIC Funding, H2720 [15MY]

Letters

Tribute to Coast Guard for efforts relative to transportation of injured child: Lee Eckles, Bulloch County, GA, EMS/Rescue Dept., E253 [13FE], E453 [12MR]

Lists

National Endowment for the Humanities projects, H5159 [11JY]

Memorandums

Tribute to Way Carter: Mal Vass, E1584 [1AU]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5441 [17JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H1777, H1778 [23AP]

———reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (H.R. 2534), H10370 [8NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5378 [16JY], H5556, H5558, H5559 [22JY], H5711 [24JY]

American Jewish Committee: tribute for donation towards the reconstruction of Gay's Hill Baptist Church in Millen, GA, E450 [12MR]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3279 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2717, H2720 [15MY], H2861 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3667 [11JN]

Army: School of the Americas funding, H6744 [3SE]

Bourke, Daniel J.: tribute to Savannah, GA, St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal, E459 [13MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2343, H2344, H2345, H2346, H2347 [7MY], H2674-H2676 [14MY]

———balance, H862 [11MR], H1310 [8AP], H1984 [29AP], H2087 [30AP], H8705, H8706, H8707, H8708 [8OC]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H678 [27FE], H728, H748, H749, H750, H751, H752, H753, H754 [5MR], H773 [6MR]

———deficit, H748, H749, H750, H751, H752, H753, H754 [5MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4380, H4609 [25JN], H4921, H5003, H5014, H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY], H5382, H5390 [16JY], H5448 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6300 [30JY]

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

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (H.R. 2191), H8707, H8708 [8OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2935 [20MY], H3081, H3158 [21MY]

Cape Lookout National Seashore: ensure maintenance of a herd of wild horses (H.R. 765), H5503 [22JY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8227 [30SE], H10915 [13NO]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H1546 [16AP]

———teen pregnancy prevention, H7504 [17SE]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H5500 [22JY], H6921 [5SE], H7021 [9SE]

Constitution—U.S.: anniversary, H7505, H7508, H7509 [17SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H1778 [23AP]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2257 [7MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1346 [9AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5711 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: reform, H1100, H1101, H1102, H1103 [18MR]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of interception of cellular phone conversations between Members of Congress, H1984 [29AP]

Dept. of State: limit appropriations, H3677 [11JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3677 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5114 [10JY], H5158 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8227 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 330), H10915 [13NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6993, H6996 [8SE], H7206 [11SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8798 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8798 [9OC]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H3174 [22MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1778, H1779 [23AP]

Ecuador: human rights violations, H2671, H2672, H2673 [14MY]

Education: national policy to improve system, H751, H752 [5MR], H3174 [22MY], H6806 [4SE], H7193, H7194, H7195, H7196, H7197, H7198 [10SE], H7206 [11SE], H8706 [8OC], H8933 [22OC], H9044, H9477 [23OC]

———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6993, H6996 [8SE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H. Res. 139), H9630 [29OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1115 [19MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6744 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, H10676 [12NO]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5114 [10JY]

Hershey, PA: bipartisan congressional conference, H893 [12MR]

History: role of prayer in the life of America's early leaders, H4908 [8JY]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 112), H1553 [16AP]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 408), consideration (H. Res. 153), H3112 [21MY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (S. Res. 59), E459 [13MR]

IRS: reform, H1099, H1100 [18MR]

———restructure, H8569 [7OC], H8904, H8905, H8906, H8907, H8908, H8909 [21OC]

Kerry, Senator: alleged use of influence to relocate a fire hydrant in the Beacon Hill area of Boston, MA, H2862 [16MY]

Lister, Sara: request resignation as Army's Assistant Sec. for Manpower and Reserve Affairs relative to remarks about Marine Corps, H10776 [13NO]

Medicare: reform, H1395 [10AP], H1773, H1774, H1775, H1776, H1777 [23AP], H1798 [24AP], H2084, H2085, H2086 [30AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5114 [10JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5158 [11JY]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, H8451 [7OC], H8639 [8OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, H728 [5MR], H1546 [16AP], H3112 [21MY], H6921 [5SE], H7737 [24SE], H8169 [30SE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H7192 [10SE]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (H. Res. 219), H6900 [4SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1099, H1100, H1101, H1102, H1103 [18MR], H2082, H2083, H2084, H2085, H2086, H2087, H2088 [30AP], H4075 [19JN]

Savannah, GA: tribute to Coast Guard for efforts relative to transportation of injured child, E253 [13FE], E453 [12MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1780 [23AP]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H871, H872, H873, H874 [11MR], H8704 [8OC]

———child tax credit, H4078 [19JN]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (H.R. 1145), H4077 [19JN]

———rates, H749, H750, H753 [5MR], H3158 [21MY], H3790 [12JN], H3890, H3895, H3910, H3911, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915 [18JN], H3932, H4074, H4075, H4079 [19JN], H4380, H4609 [25JN], H4921, H5003, H5014, H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY], H5382, H5390 [16JY], H5448 [17JY], H6300 [30JY], H10110 [6NO]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H1346 [9AP], H1510 [15AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 902), H872, H874 [11MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, H8569 [7OC]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H3910, H3911, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915 [18JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts, H8704 [8OC]

———treatment of marriage, H7505 [17SE]

Votes: position on missed, H2563, H2564 [13MY]

WIC: funding, H2012, H2082 [30AP], H2354 [8MY], H2717, H2720 [15MY], H2861 [16MY], H5556, H5558, H5559 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1015 [13MR]

Special order: granted, H667 [26FE], H886 [11MR], H1109 [18MR], H1332 [8AP], H1538 [15AP], H3269 [3JN], H3656 [10JN], H3718 [11JN], H3859 [17JN], H3922 [18JN], H4083 [19JN], H4909 [8JY], H5176 [11JY], H5485 [17JY], H5566 [22JY], H8158 [29SE], H8631 [7OC], H9499 [23OC], H9728 [29OC]

Statements

Duties of Irish Americans: Hibernian Society of Savannah, GA, E459 [13MR]

Tables

Tax relief in various income categories over 5-year period, H3890 [18JN]

Tributes

Dillard, George S., III, H7121 [10SE]

Dornan, Robert K., H1773 [23AP]

Musick, Bertha, H3643 [10JN]

Piccetti, Albert L., E1581 [1AU]