ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7004 [25JY], H7036 [26JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2779 [9MY], H2815 [10MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5923 [12JY]

———H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6564 [19JY]

———H.R. 4942, District of Columbia appropriations, H8754 [4OC]

Articles and editorials

First, Do No Harm, Stephanie Mencimer, Washington (DC) City Paper, H7592-H7596 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2341 [13AP]

Computers: require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H6052 [13JY]

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 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), H5169 [26JN]

Education: tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7933 [20SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7871 [19SE]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H255 [8FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H647 [6MR]

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

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 Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4592 [15JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3474 [19MY]

———encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H757 [8MR]

Food stamps: permit purchase of vitamin and mineral supplements (see H.R. 3304), H931 [13MR]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4174 [9JN]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H1674 [3AP]

Interstate commerce: simplify sales and use taxes and ensure that such taxes are equitably applied (see H.R. 4462), H3171 [16MY]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6355 [17JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H574 [29FE]

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

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of such currency (see H.R. 3399), H219 [7FE]

National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H2411 [2MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence unless the job involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply (see H.R. 3588), H253 [8FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H4121 [8JN]

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

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

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3813 [24MY]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2607 [4MY]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H9011 [5OC]

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

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H255 [8FE]

———repeal adjusted gross income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemption deduction, and child tax credit and repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 3612), H339 [10FE]

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

———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 farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3306), H931 [13MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4545), H3867 [25MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (see H.R. 4942), H7002 [25JY] (see H.R. 5547), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5633), H11927 [14NO]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 400), H7651 [14SE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Oklahoma City, OK: planning, design, and construction funding for the Oklahoma Land Run Memorial (see H.R. 5254), H7991 [21SE]

Conference reports

District of Columbia Appropriations (H.R. 4942), H11087-H11188 [25OC]

Letters

Anniversary of foundation of Hungary as a state: Geza Jesenszky, E1709 [6OC]

District of Columbia inclusion of conscience clause in legislation mandating coverage of contraceptives by health insurance plans: Dennis M. Schnurr, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, H7056 [26JY]

Remarks

Committee on Appropriations (House): tribute to Subcommittee on the District of Columbia staff, H7590 [14SE]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1708 [4AP]

Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, H4071 [8JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11265 [26OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4059, H4071 [8JN], H4200 [12JN]

District of Columbia: disposition of surplus school property to charter schools, H7047, H7048 [26JY]

———inclusion of conscience clause in legislation mandating coverage of contraceptives by health insurance plans, H7055, H7058 [26JY], H7583, H7584 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7026, H7032, H7033, H7035, H7036, H7037, H7040, H7041, H7042, H7044, H7046, H7047, H7048, H7055, H7058 [26JY], H7583, H7584, H7590, H7591, H7597 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11265, H11288 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), consideration (H. Res. 563), H7023 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), motion to instruct conferees, H8748, H8749, H8750, H8752, H8753 [4OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), unanimous-consent agreement, H7044 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5633), H11901, H11915 [14NO]

———Metrorail funding, H7032, H7036, H7037 [26JY]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7035 [26JY]

———strike operational and legislative riders from appropriations legislation, H7042, H7044 [26JY]

———tax structure study funding, H7037 [26JY]

———Water and Sewer Authority management, H11288 [26OC]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H4200 [12JN]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1694, H1708 [4AP]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (H. Con. Res. 400), H8591 [2OC]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), E1159 [30JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2809 [10MY]

Point of order, H7041, H7044, H7048 [26JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2791, H2815 [10MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), motion to recommit, H2819 [10MY]

———State tax treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H2815 [10MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4018 [7JN], H4164 [9JN], E963 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4118 [8JN]

Reports filed

District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4942) (H. Rept. 106-1005), H11193 [25OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4942) (H. Rept. 106-786), H7001 [25JY]

Statements

District of Columbia Inclusion of Conscience Clause in Legislation Mandating Coverage of Contraceptives by Health Insurance Plans: Several District of Columbia City Council Members, H7057 [26JY]

Tables

District of Columbia appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7028 [26JY]

———conference report, H11267-H11269 [26OC]

Tributes

Porter, Mary, H7590 [14SE]

Weber, Lavern E., E24 [27JA]