HULSHOF, KENNY C. (a Representative from Missouri)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 40), H285 [4FE]

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

Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H2091 [30AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]

Bridges: Bridge Discretionary Program reform (see H.R. 1664), H3069 [20MY]

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

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H286 [4FE]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8728 [8OC]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H1392 [9AP]

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]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H7528 [17SE]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (see H.R. 1534), H8929 [21OC]

———photographing, recording, and broadcasting of court proceedings (see H.R. 1280), H3797 [12JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H1262 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: grant recognition for meritorious service to aviators who meet the qualification standards of the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society (see H. Res. 50), H812 [10MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2254 [6MY]

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), H7008 [8SE]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H3660 [10JN]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (see H.R. 478), H889 [11MR]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]

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

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5401 [16JY]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see H. Res. 191), H5570 [22JY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H3274 [3JN]

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

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H10172 [6NO]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H3477 [4JN]

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

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: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8265 [30SE]

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

John N. Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (see H.R. 1254), H1391 [9AP]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1707 [17AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8161 [29SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H407 [10FE]

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]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H5021 [9JY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H3203 [22MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H3203 [22MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183), H5485 [17JY]

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

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

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

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1289 [21MR]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H1892 [24AP]

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]

———allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H9801 [30OC]

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

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 1033), H1187 [19MR]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H2091 [30AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

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

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1909 [28AP]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H2254 [6MY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H1456 [14AP]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H393 [6FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H725 [4MR]

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

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H1542 [15AP]

———reduce rates on gains relative to depreciable real estate (see H.R. 2403), H8834 [9OC]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 525, 902), H283 [4FE], H708 [3MR]

———repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 1037), H948 [12MR]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H10172 [6NO]

———treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act (see H.R. 1441), H3568 [5JN]

Taxpayer Relief Act: disapproval of line-item veto of provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2444), H7118 [9SE]

———restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2513), H7728 [23SE]

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

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1392 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Rivers: Corps of Engineers project to protect fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River (see H.R. 2949), H10419 [8NO]

Taxation: treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1751), H3213 [30MY]

———treatment of stock in agricultural refiners or processors sold to certain farmers' cooperatives (see H.R. 1752), H3213 [30MY]

Proposals

Legislation to commend veterans of Exercise Tiger training mission during World War II, H1853 [24AP]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4618, H4619, H4620, H4621, H4623, H4624 [25JN], H4687 [26JN], H5386, H5387, H5388, H5389, H5390, H5391, H5392 [16JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3155, H3156, H3157, H3158, H3159, H3161 [21MY]

Courts: allow prevailing defendant in Federal prosecution an opportunity to recover attorney fees, H7794 [24SE]

Crime: national and local policies to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse, H1781, H1782, H1783, H1784, H1785 [23AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7794 [24SE]

Families and domestic relations: impact on national agenda, H1165, H1166, H1167, H1168 [19MR]

Hannibal, MO: semifinalist for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Great American Main Street Awards, H1307 [8AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H476, H477 [12FE]

Missouri: use of community administered welfare programs as an alternative to Federal programs, H884 [11MR]

National Fire Prevention Week: observance, E2006 [9OC]

Palmyra, MO: anniversary of Volunteer Fire Dept., E2006 [9OC]

Public welfare programs: reform, H883, H884, H885 [11MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6765, H6767, H6768, H6769, H6771 [3SE]

Small Business Week: observance, H3549 [5JN]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H3161 [21MY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), H1529, H1530 [15AP]

———deductions for business use of the home, H1528 [15AP]

———rates, H3159 [21MY], H4618, H4619, H4620, H4621, H4623, H4624 [25JN], H4687 [26JN], H5386, H5387, H5388, H5389, H5390, H5391, H5392 [16JY], H6768 [3SE]

———rates (H. Res. 109), H1469, H1527, H1528, H1530, H1531, H1532, H1533, H1534 [15AP]

Taxpayer Relief Act: restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), H10403 [8NO]

Truman State University: tribute, H6903 [4SE]

World War II: tribute to veterans of Exercise Tiger training mission, H1853 [24AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H801 [6MR], H810 [10MR], H1332 [8AP], H1710 [21AP], H1878 [24AP], H2166 [5MY], H2252 [6MY], H2348 [7MY], H3269 [3JN], H6783 [3SE], H7116 [9SE], H8158 [29SE], H8435 [6OC]

Tributes

Carr, Lynn, H3549 [5JN]

Pfaff, Betty, E2084 [24OC]

Strauser, Martin, H2244 [6MY]