THUNE, JOHN R. (a Representative from South Dakota)

Amendments

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2779 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1477 [28MR]

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program (see H.R. 4418), H2905 [10MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H922 [9MR]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 5173), H7723 [18SE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7128 [26JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H3813 [24MY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7578 [13SE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4337 [13JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H4485 [14JN]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H2607 [4MY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H342 [10FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H219 [7FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H9635 [10OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H9505 [6OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5241 [27JN]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H1078 [15MR]

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H1852 [5AP]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2770 [9MY]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 4790), H5654 [29JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H5737 [10JY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7211 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3869 [25MY]

Monuments and memorials: require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H922 [9MR]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H2239 [12AP]

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (see H.R. 3629), H922 [9MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (see H.R. 3173), H1764 [4AP]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1477 [28MR]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H9635 [10OC]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6471 [18JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5169 [26JN]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4485 [14JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4674 [19JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H4784 [20JN]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7723 [18SE]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H3412 [18MY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———designate renewal communities (see H.R. 815), H4591 [15JN]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H5036 [22JN]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H5084 [23JN]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H2606 [4MY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H2012 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

———prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (see H.R. 4226), H2012 [10AP]

Fort Pierre, SD: authorize construction of Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place (see H.R. 5528), H10808 [24OC]

Medicare: increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H5955 [12JY]

Missouri River: establish a trust fund to improve conservation, public use, erosion control, and maintenance of fish and wildlife in South Dakota (see H.R. 5527), H10808 [24OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 3513), H1947 [6AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3821 [25MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1068 [15MR], H1263 [22MR], H11511 [29OC]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H11505 [29OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5875 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7515 [13SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1263 [22MR], H1361 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1263 [22MR]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, H12035 [7DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (H.R. 4226), H7660 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: investigation and audit, H7939 [21SE], H8769, H8770 [4OC]

———theft of Impact Aid Program funds, H8768, H8769, H8770 [4OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4466 [14JN]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H11202 [26OC]

———national policy to improve system, H7939 [21SE], H8768, H8769, H8770, H8772 [4OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), veto, H9668 [11OC]

ERISA: preempt State law in certain cases relative to certain church plans (S. 1309), E1194 [10JY]

FAA: budget treatment of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and general revenue fund contributions, H1018 [15MR]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1018 [15MR]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1224 [22MR]

Fort Pierre, SD: authorize construction of Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place (H.R. 5528), H11348 [26OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H11513 [29OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11594 [30OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2453 [3MY]

Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H731 [8MR]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (H.R. 297), H3539 [23MY]

Medicare: increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (H.R. 4841), H7543 [13SE]

———reform, H11512, H11513 [29OC]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H9668 [11OC]

———establish a trust fund to improve conservation, public use, erosion control, and maintenance of fish and wildlife in South Dakota, H11829 [3NO]

———establish a trust fund to improve conservation, public use, erosion control, and maintenance of fish and wildlife in South Dakota (H.R. 5527), E1890 [24OC]

Rapid City, SD: Rocky Mountain Research Station funding, H4466 [14JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1068 [15MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11505 [29OC]

Senate: legislative cooperation, H11594 [30OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H11511 [29OC]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4712 [20JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H144, H146 [1FE], H263 [9FE], H319 [10FE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H11508 [29OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2805 [10MY]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H319 [10FE], H5875 [12JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2265 [13AP]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2296 [13AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1811 [5AP]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11829 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1955 [6AP], H2120 [11AP], H3170 [16MY], H7371 [11SE], H8197 [26SE], H11617 [30OC]

Tributes

Heupel, Josh, H12034 [7DE]

Merchen, Will, H12035 [7DE]