TANNER, JOHN S. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Appointments

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Articles and editorials

``. . . Without a Doubt a Hero''—Martin Carrier Risks Life To Save Customer, Volunteer Voices (publication), E268 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———prohibit partial-birth abortions, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3660), H1629 [30MR]

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), H7366 [7SE]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

American Museum of Science and Energy: designate (see H.R. 4940), H6777 [24JY]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H8062 [25SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H90 [31JA] (see H.R. 3573), H1120 [16MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 4444), H3049 [15MY]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (see H.R. 2372), H632 [1MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H4675 [19JN]

Customs Service: technical corrections to regulations on goods bearing foreign owned trademarks or trade names (see H.R. 4816), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: impose a moratorium on the privatization and outsourcing of certain functions performed by civilian employees (see H.R. 4722), H7003 [25JY]

———return unclaimed military decorations subject to State escheatment to the proper military department for donation to museums and resource centers (see H.R. 5517), H10472 [19OC]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H5657 [29JN]

Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5241 [27JN]

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H3813 [24MY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H373 [14FE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H6777 [24JY]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4120 [8JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]

Library of Congress: establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2607 [4MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———eliminate reduction in the market basket percentage under the prospective payment system for payments to small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4996), H7991 [21SE]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H7933 [20SE]

———establish a special payment rate for psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 4702), H8200 [26SE]

———improve Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program (see H.R. 4997), H7992 [21SE]

———provide for equity in the amount of disproportionate share payment adjustments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 4995), H7991 [21SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4784 [20JN]

———revise payments for certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 5209), H7870 [19SE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10534 [23OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7933 [20SE]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6355 [17JY]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H4337 [13JN]

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 Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H7578 [13SE]

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]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H2340 [13AP]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see H.R. 765), H2340 [13AP]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1450), H2770 [9MY]

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), H7129 [26JY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H4591 [15JN]

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), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6600 [19JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

Tariff: bromoxynil octanoate tech (see H.R. 4255), H2238 [12AP]

———bromoxynil octanoate/heptanoate (see H.R. 4254), H2238 [12AP]

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

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7366 [7SE]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H11195 [25OC]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 5401), H9768 [11OC]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9505 [6OC]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H4035 [7JN]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5386), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H2013 [10AP]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H5843 [11JY]

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

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688, 4168), H3309 [17MY]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H2339 [13AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H7129 [26JY]

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

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

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H1285 [22MR]

Tennessee (U.S.S.): tribute for accomplishments during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 421), H10257 [18OC]

Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H50 [27JA]

———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), H11207 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Customs Service: establish user fee to cover inspection costs at express courier facilities (see H.R. 5450), H9767 [11OC]

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

Taxation: reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 646), H10847 [25OC]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7438 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H268, H270, H271, H273 [9FE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7684 [18SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1373 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H268, H270, H271, H273 [9FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3608 [23MY], H3679 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3388 [18MY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H847 [9MR]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5197 [27JN]

Lane College: tribute, E1575 [22SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H11804, H11805 [2NO]

———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3388 [18MY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5355 [28JN]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (H. Res. 535), H5424, H5425, H5426 [28JN]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, E1575 [22SE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H268, H270, H271, H273 [9FE]

———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), H4134 [9JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), H12099 [15DE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2272 [13AP]

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

Votes: position on missed, E1209 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1074 [15MR]

Tributes

Champine, Ray, E268 [9MR]