NUSSLE, JIM (a Representative from Iowa)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8438 [6OC]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6406 [30JY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H8633 [7OC]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1018 [13MR]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7365 [16SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 2667), H8833 [9OC]

Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6918 [4SE]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H9730 [29OC]

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]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H7601 [18SE]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H8300 [1OC]

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), H244 [21JA]

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

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3476 [4JN]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H10768 [12NO]

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

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H3798 [12JN]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H5297 [15JY]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H4132 [20JN]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H768 [5MR]

Idaho: prohibit reintroduction of grizzly bears into Bitterroot Ecosystem (see H.R. 2162), H5296 [15JY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H8633 [7OC]

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]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H8928 [21OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H9865 [31OC]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1706 [17AP]

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

New Mexico: Dept. of the Interior agreement with the Arch Hurley Conservancy District on prepayment of water reclamation repayment contracts (see H.R. 488), H1456 [14AP]

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

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

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), H3170 [21MY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H5132 [10JY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1262 [20MR]

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), H9865 [31OC]

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

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see H.R. 1800), H8727 [8OC]

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

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1401), H1706 [17AP]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H3202 [22MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H8928 [21OC]

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

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H1611 [16AP]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H8265 [30SE]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1112 [18MR]

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

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10957 [13NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Social Security: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 1421), H1794 [23AP]

Tariff: p-nitrobenzoic (see H.R. 1940), H3864 [17JN]

Taxation: treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1261), H1391 [9AP]

———treatment of soil and water conservation expenses for farmers who cash rent farmland to family members (see H.R. 2166), H5296 [15JY]

Remarks

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5607, H5608, H5609, H5610, H5620 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5595 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2972 [20MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5608, H5609 [23JY]

Taxation: promote construction and rehabilitation of public schools by increasing the volume cap on certain bonds, H9067, H9068, H9069, H9070, H9071 [23OC]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9062, H9063, H9064, H9067, H9068, H9069, H9070, H9071 [23OC]

Votes: position on missed, E322 [26FE]