BLUNT, ROY (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5037 [22JN], H5156 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H7366 [7SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H8469 [28SE]

Armed Forces: improve pay for certain enlisted members (see H.R. 4313), H4036 [7JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6355 [17JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H6599 [19JY]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3474 [19MY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2013 [10AP]

———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7578 [13SE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow receipt of greeting cards for distribution in prisons (see H.R. 4779), H5435 [28JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H997 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H50 [27JA]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1764 [4AP]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Education: promote family literacy projects (see H.R. 3222), H165 [1FE]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H3050 [15MY]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H50 [27JA]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H10534 [23OC]

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

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H2337 [13AP]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H.R. 4862), H6600 [19JY]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see H.R. 3800), H4485 [14JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

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

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H219 [7FE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H341 [10FE]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4592), H8062 [25SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H8200 [26SE]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H4484 [14JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see H.R. 1689), H1123 [20MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6778 [24JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H2341 [13AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H1120 [16MR] (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H1284 [22MR]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H3173 [16MY]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7992 [21SE]

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4110), H1587 [29MR]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7373 [11SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H4784 [20JN]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H4592 [15JN]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H631 [1MR]

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]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: delivery of mail to a commercial mail receiving agency (see H.J. Res. 55), H998 [14MR]

Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 4987), H7282 [6SE]

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]

Rivers: economic development assistance for the lower Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 2911), H2512 [3MY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H341 [10FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2239 [12AP]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H3049 [15MY]

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

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H2967 [11MY]

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

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2416), H1285 [22MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3813 [24MY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H2967 [11MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H4592 [15JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1477 [28MR]

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

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1560), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1122), H6719 [20JY]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H2340 [13AP]

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), H2122 [11AP]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H6355 [17JY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2341 [13AP]

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H5657 [29JN]

Remarks

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7436 [12SE]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6547 [19JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H6702 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, H5175 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for approval of gaming on Indian lands by any means other than tribal-State compacts, H4580 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4580 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6702 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5156, H5157, H5158 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4098 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11461 [28OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4884 [21JN]

Education: support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2728 [9MY]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4884 [21JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7313 [7SE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2305 [13AP]

Federal aid programs: prohibit certain employment actions by religious institutions assisted by Federal grants, H7313 [7SE]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 3639), H3589 [23MY]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1691 [4AP]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H7346 [7SE]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1902 [6AP]

LIHEAP: funding, H11461 [28OC]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (H.R. 4441), H9572 [10OC]

National Enzyme Co.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Merit Status designee, E1288 [21JY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5156, H5157, H5158 [26JN]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4098 [8JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6524 [19JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H5175 [27JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1626 [30MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H1626 [30MR], H5175 [27JN], H11461 [28OC]

Springfield Remanufacturing Corp.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site designee, E1320 [26JY]

Strafford, MO: tribute to Strafford High School Flaming Arrow Marching Band, E17 [27JA]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: extend and improve, H1626 [30MR]

Sumners, Jerry L., Sr.: Aurora, MO, Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award recipient, E32 [31JA]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), consideration (H. Res. 471), H2130 [12AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H290 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4083 [8JN]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H6524 [19JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3831 [25MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7141 [27JY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1803 [5AP]

Vajpayee, Atal Bihari: U.S. visit by Indian Prime Minister, H7347 [7SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7720 [18SE]

Resignations

Committee on Appropriations (House), H128 [1FE]

Tributes

Archer, Representative, H11420 [27OC]

Askew, William F., H7827 [19SE]

Bliley, Representative, H9875, H9876, H9877, H9878, H9879 [12OC]

Coverdell, Senator, H6425, H6426 [18JY]

Goodling, Representative, H8624 [3OC]

Hartley, Ande, E786 [19MY]

Kochner, Rosemary, E2239 [2JA]