BARR, BOB (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

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

Appointments

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

Congress Needs To Arm Taiwan, Phil Kent, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, E1083 [22JN]

Help Wanted—Night Watchman, Oliver L. North, Washington (DC) Times, E1081 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]

Agriculture: require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H9767 [11OC]

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

Arts and humanities: exempt agreements relative to voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, Internet content, music lyrics from applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 5350), H10473 [19OC]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H10473 [19OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Census: authorize the deposit of a census questionnaire in the letter box of a household, free of postage, during the nonresponse followup phase of a decennial census (see H.R. 3290), H997 [14MR]

———limit decennial census questionnaires to requesting only information required by the Constitution (see H.R. 4085), H1852 [5AP]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 1300), H7652 [14SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H8469 [28SE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 73), H90 [31JA]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H8406 [27SE]

Computers: establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (see H.R. 4059), H2013 [10AP]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H5843 [11JY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1407 [23MR]

Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H7003 [25JY]

Dept. of Energy: require an inventory of documents and devices containing restricted data at national security laboratories and improve security procedures for access to vaults containing such data (see H.R. 4737), H5737 [10JY]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether officials from the People's Republic of China tried to illegally influence the 1996 Presidential election (see H.R. 5161), H7871 [19SE]

———establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H7871 [19SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H10809 [24OC]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2341 [13AP]

Education: tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]

Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]

Fair Housing Act: exception from enforcement of an accessibility construction requirement for certain buildings constructed in compliance with a local building code (see H.R. 2437), H90 [31JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H5436 [28JN]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H219 [7FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H931 [13MR]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H509 [16FE]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H1077 [15MR]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H3926 [6JN]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H757 [8MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H2122 [11AP]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H4121 [8JN]

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

FRS: prohibit implementation of regulations allowing race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of applicants for nonmortgage credit to be noted on the application with the applicant's consent (see H.R. 4164), H1762 [4AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H998 [14MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE]

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

Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3454), H4817 [21JN]

House of Representatives: allow en bloc offsetting amendments to appropriation bills in order to reduce spending and the public debt (see H.R. 5580), H11206 [26OC]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H7871 [19SE]

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]

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 398), H7992 [21SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 792), H12532 [15DE]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 4299), H2607 [4MY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7129 [26JY]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2341 [13AP]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

Medicare: designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H7871 [19SE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5737 [10JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10473 [19OC]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H6777 [24JY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

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

Panama Canal: U.S. control relative to treaties (see H.J. Res. 77), H255 [8FE]

Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 2768), H2905 [10MY]

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see H.R. 5135), H7365 [7SE]

———redesignate the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Program as the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools Program (see H.R. 5357), H8617 [2OC]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H10473 [19OC]

Political campaigns: prohibition against political fundraising activities in Federal buildings (see H.R. 4845), H11207 [26OC]

Privacy: require the disclosure of electronic monitoring of employee communications and computer usage in the workplace (see H.R. 4908), H6717 [20JY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H11207 [26OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Reagan, Ronald: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4800), H7997 [22SE]

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

Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5229), H7932 [20SE]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H455 [15FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H8469 [28SE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H1120 [16MR]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H7652 [14SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H1164 [21MR]

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), H4220 [12JN]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7211 [27JY]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H10809 [24OC]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H4174 [9JN]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1294), H1119 [16MR] (see H.R. 4204), H2341 [13AP]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 254), H3308 [17MY]

———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]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H922 [9MR]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1629 [30MR]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H757 [8MR]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 4136), H7003 [25JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H4485 [14JN]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H1120 (see H.R. 4006), H1118 [16MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3474 [19MY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H7003 [25JY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H998 [14MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H7129 [26JY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H1629 [30MR]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H4121 [8JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7932 [20SE]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3306), H2905 [10MY]

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H922 [9MR]

Veterans: increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3678), H2341 [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), H997 [14MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7723 [18SE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12045 [7DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Law enforcement officers: authority of probation officers and pretrial services officers to carry firearms (see H.R. 4423), H2966 [11MY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 4550), H3867 [25MY]

Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 4787), H5654 [29JN]

Pilot, Sandra J.: relief (see H.R. 5376), H8735 [3OC]

Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 4987), H7205 [27JY]

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H5654 [29JN]

Taxation: enhanced research credit for development of smart gun technologies (see H.R. 5012), H7206 [27JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H11623 [31OC]

Letters

Tribute to International Bujinkan Tai Kai gathering: Bonnie G. Malmstrom, E1372 [27JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1796 [5AP]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to International Bujinkan Tai Kai gathering, E1372 [27JY]

Austell, GA: grand opening of the Michael A. Grant Boys and Girls Club, E1842 [19OC]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7450, H7454 [12SE]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H177 [2FE]

Cartersville, GA: anniversary, E580 [13AP]

———anniversary of Allatoona Dam and Lake Project, E574 [13AP]

Cedartown, GA: tribute to Little League Organization, E1279 [19JY]

———tribute to Pre-Peachtree Wheelchair Athlete Training Camp, E1082 [22JN]

———tribute to the First Baptist Church youth choir, E1178 [30JN]

Center for the American Founding: tribute to ``Re-Elect America'' bus tour, E206 [1MR]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H120 [1FE]

Classified information: establish new criminal offense for unauthorized disclosure of properly classified information, H9859 [12OC]

Cobb Family Resources (organization): anniversary, E747 [17MY]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, E1097 [23JN]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1106 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1106 [16MR]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), H2052, H2053 [11AP]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6544 [19JY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7540 [13SE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), motion to instruct conferees, H1041, H1043, H1045 [15MR]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2030, H2034 [11AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7540 [13SE]

———F-22 fighter funding, H3982, H3990 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3982, H3990 [7JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an outpatient clinic in Georgia's 7th Congressional District, H4775 [20JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4775 [20JN], H4886 [21JN]

District of Columbia: anniversary of the Monocle (restaurant), E2158 [8DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5231 [27JN]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4886 [21JN]

Fayetteville, GA: tribute to Fayette County High School students' project on F-22 fighter, E947 [9JN]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2310 [13AP]

Firearms: gun control, H1041, H1043, H1045 [15MR]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), H7755 [19SE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J. Res. 66), E1608 [27SE]

Friends of the Smyrna Library (organization): anniversary, E916 [8JN]

Georgia: interbasin transfer of water from Lake Allatoona to Lake Lanier funding, H5231 [27JN]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (H.R. 4625), H7757 [19SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5629 [29JN]

Hogansville, GA: tribute to Hogan Family reunion, E989 [13JN]

``In God We Trust'': encourage public display of national motto (H. Res. 548), H6747 [24JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H9859 [12OC]

Jones, Tim: Emergency Management Association of Georgia Citizen of the Year award recipient, E127 [14FE]

Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4450), H7759 [19SE]

Kids Day America/International: observance, E708 [11MY]

Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (H.R. 4787), E1168 [30JN]

Life University: tribute to men's basketball team, E398 [23MR]

———tribute to Run for Life, E864 [25MY]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: tribute to C-130J aircraft, E509 [6AP]

Mills, Alex: Civil Air Patrol Gil Robb Wilson Award recipient, E575 [13AP]

National Convention of Chinese Americans: tribute, E1109 [26JN]

Rome, GA: anniversary of First Baptist Church, E827 [24MY]

———tribute to Crisis Pregnancy Center, E382 [22MR]

———tribute to GED graduates of Coosa Valley Technical Institute, E810 [23MY]

———tribute to Myrtle Hill Cemetery's Tomb of the Known Soldier, E1966 [28OC]

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (H.R. 4786), H7759 [19SE], E1167 [30JN]

Southwire Co.: anniversary, E399 [23MR]

Summerville (GA) News: tribute, E127 [14FE]

Taxation: enhanced research credit for development of smart gun technologies (H.R. 5012), E1973 [28OC]

Tillman, Earl: Civil Air Patrol Gil Robb Wilson Award recipient, E575 [13AP]

Turner, Curtis: tribute for efforts in leading prayers and invocations at public school sporting events, E1608 [27SE]

Veterans: upgrade medals Asian and Pacific Islander veterans received for World War II service to Medals of Honor, E1109 [26JN]

West Point, GA: anniversary of West Point Dam and Lake Project, E928 [9JN]

Subpoena Notices

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, H711 [8MR]

Tributes

Bacon, Max A., E688 [10MY]

Brentano, Michael R., E704 [11MY]

Coverdell, Senator, H6426 [18JY]

Crews, Daniel, E1554 [21SE]

Cundiff, H. Lynn, E1248 [14JY], E1280 [19JY]

Emerson, Joseph, E1863 [19OC]

Goss, Sandy, E1655 [3OC]

Lamutt, Robert, E1097 [23JN]

McGary, Sandra, E743 [17MY]

Price, Nelson, H4787 [21JN]

Serrano, Rosso J., E1087 [23JN]

Shackelford, Wayne, E813 [23MY]

Williams, Ralph, E626 [3MY]