COLLINS, MAC (a Representative from Georgia)

Addresses

Veterans Day: Terry Juskowiak, E2146 [7DE]

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4338 [13JN], H4881 [21JN]

Appointments

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H7211 [27JY]

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

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H758 [8MR]

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

Clean Air Act: exempt mass transit projects from certain conformity requirements (see H.R. 3583), H253 [8FE]

———methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H6719 [20JY]

Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H455 [15FE]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H90 [31JA]

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

———product liability reform (see H.R. 1577), H4121 [8JN]

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

FCC: 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), H48 [27JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H997 [14MR]

Federal employees: treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H5955 [12JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: prohibit sales of excess Federal computer equipment and other excess Federal property on the commercial market (see H. Res. 641), H10257 [18OC]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3198), H3649 [23MY]

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

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H4174 [9JN]

Georgia: Federal recognition of the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4730), H5083 [23JN]

Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious groups (see H. Res. 388), H5037 [22JN]

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

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

Law enforcement officers: ensure that States provide due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 3299), H3172 [16MY]

———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]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]

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

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

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), H8200 [26SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H1120 [16MR]

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]

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]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H8201 [26SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5955 [12JY]

———delivery of mail to a commercial mail receiving agency (see H.J. Res. 55), H50 [27JA]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7212 [27JY]

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]

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

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4121 [8JN]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

Taxation: change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H8469 [28SE]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7933 [20SE]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H7991 [21SE]

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

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H11446 [27OC]

———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. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

———exclude hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces from earned income tax credit calculations (see H.R. 4335), H2339 [13AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7871 [19SE]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 2431), H4674 [19JN]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1764 [4AP]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H922 [9MR]

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

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H4592 [15JN]

———simplify method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see H.R. 1708), H2512 [3MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H7933 [20SE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

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

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]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4188), H1851 [5AP]

Columbus, GA: tribute to House of Heroes project (see H. Con. Res. 385), H7210 [27JY]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (see H.R. 3589), H253 [8FE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H996 [14MR]

Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3795), H630 [1MR]

———steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H920 [9MR] (see H.R. 5550), H11194 [25OC]

Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 5128), H7364 [7SE]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 4006), H1118 [16MR]

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

United Arab Emirates: prohibit transfer of F-16 aircraft (see H.R. 4072), H1404 [23MR]

Veterans: increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3678), H509 [16FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5458 [29JN]

Army: close School of the Americas and determine appropriate education and training for Latin American military personnel, H3356 [18MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5865 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6616 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7514, H7515 [13SE]

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (H.R. 4188), E503 [6AP]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, H10069 [18OC]

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit funding, H5458 [29JN]

Columbus, GA: anniversary of First African Baptist Church, E1365 [27JY]

———anniversary of Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church, E1538 [20SE]

Community Healthcare Network (organization): American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, E716 [11MY]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6543 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3356 [18MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4882, H4885 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10384 [19OC]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4682 [20JN], H4882, H4885 [21JN], H10384 [19OC]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (H.R. 3589), E94 [8FE]

Foreign policy: improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 572), H7520 [13SE]

Gold Star Wives of America (organization): tribute to the Chattahoochee, GA, chapter for activities honoring veterans, E2144 [7DE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (H.R. 3911), E310 [14MR]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5361 [28JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H327 [10FE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H591 [1MR]

Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (H.R. 3778-3795), E213 [1MR]

———steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (H.R. 3875), E267 [9MR]

Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (H.R. 5128), E1421 [7SE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H306 [10FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, H327 [10FE]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (H.R. 3849), E257 [9MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3845 [25MY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes, H939 [14MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7160 [27JY]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4776), E1153 [29JN]

United Arab Emirates: prohibit transfer of F-16 aircraft (H.R. 4072), E405 [23MR]

Veterans: increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (H.R. 3678), E157 [16FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2665 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H252 [8FE], H3307 [17MY]

Tributes

Cantrell, Richard, H3313 [18MY]

Coverdell, Senator, H6426 [18JY]

Gunn, Cherone L., H10069 [18OC]

Juskowiak, Terry, E2146 [7DE]

Shackelford, Wayne, H3290 [17MY]