BRYANT, ED (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3284 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Electricity—Lifeline or Bottom Line? Terry Boston, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (publication), E1154-E1156 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H3049 [15MY]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H11207 [26OC]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H4336 [13JN]

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 Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H3172 [16MY]

Education: support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

EPA: reinstate transportation conformity regulations (see H.R. 1876), H574 [29FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2341 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1588 [29MR]

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

———improve procedures in the conduct of congressional communications (see H.R. 4712), H5241 [27JN]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H3172 [16MY]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 3278), H997 [14MR]

Firefighters: acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty (see H. Res. 203), H3309 [17MY]

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

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

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4592), H5085 [23JN]

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

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

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1852 [5AP]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1406 [23MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H1674 [3AP]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7002 [25JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H8062 [25SE]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H10257 [18OC]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 2564), H50 [27JA]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

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), H1477 [28MR]

Rivers: economic development assistance for the lower Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 2911), H1674 [3AP]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

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), H4121 [8JN]

Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H3309 [17MY]

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

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

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H50 [27JA]

———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 1107), H6354 [17JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Taxation: change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H4591 [15JN]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H7578 [13SE]

———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]

———establish a recovery period for franchise property, shorten recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, and allow capital gain treatment on the transfer of certain franchises (see H.R. 2402), H1477 [28MR]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 2894), H1077 [15MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H1119 [16MR]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

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

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

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H3869 [25MY]

———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H2122 [11AP]

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

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3866), H4121 [8JN]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7281 [6SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H4035 [7JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2607 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide that persons sentenced to life imprisonment by a court-martial may not be granted parole for at least 30 years (see H.R. 4231), H2121 [11AP]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5168 [26JN]

Motor vehicles: make it illegal to sell tires which are the subject of a recall (see H.R. 5332), H8468 [28SE]

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

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

Tennessee (U.S.S.): tribute for accomplishments during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 421), H9635 [10OC]

Remarks

Adamsville, TN: tribute to Adamsville Junior Senior High School band, E2078 [3NO]

Armed Forces: suspend court martial clemency option on life sentences, H3288 [17MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9833 [12OC]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home, H8249 [27SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3288 [17MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11497 [29OC]

Diseases: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research funding, H8249 [27SE]

Electric power: impact of competition within the electric utility industry on reliability and demands on electric grid systems, E1154 [29JN]

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

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5196 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H4668 [19JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5367 [28JN], H7980, H7981 [21SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5308 [28JN]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11497 [29OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8249 [27SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11497 [29OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11497 [29OC]