KINGSTON, JACK (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5169, H5170 [26JN], H5257, H5259, H5277 [27JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10450 [19OC]

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

Country Day Defeats Landmark Christian for Savannah's First Title, Jeff Sentell, Savannah (GA) Morning News, H11355 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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, 4895), H7871 [19SE]

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

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

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4718), H5169 [26JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9901 [12OC] (see H.R. 5540), H11716 [31OC]

Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 4639), H7281 [6SE]

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), H8200 [26SE]

Bulgaria: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 170), H2512 [3MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6355 [17JY]

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

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4188), H2341 [13AP]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2607 [4MY]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H5436 [28JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7932 [20SE]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see H.R. 5469), H11781 [1NO]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2013 [10AP]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2411 [2MY]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H3412 [18MY]

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

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7282 [6SE]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

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), H342 [10FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H575 [29FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H3049 [15MY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H1285 [22MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3869 [25MY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H2012 [10AP]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3173 [16MY]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into the potential economic and environmental risks and benefits of using biotechnology (see H.R. 4627), H8617 [2OC]

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]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H5657 [29JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H5657 [29JN]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: ensure that States provide due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 3299), H511 [16FE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4121 [8JN]

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

Long Island Sound: management plan implementation funding (see H.R. 3313), H757 [8MR]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3049 [15MY]

Medicare: provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H8799 [4OC]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

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

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

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H3049 [15MY]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H3925 [6JN]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1164 [21MR]

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]

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

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

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4784 [20JN]

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

Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1407 [23MR]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H2967 [11MY]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H2122 [11AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: 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), H2239 [12AP]

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 an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7723 [18SE]

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

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

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2606 [4MY]

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

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

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

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

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H632 [1MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H632 [1MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2340 [13AP]

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

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H8736 [3OC]

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

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), H12085 [13DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H1852 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

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

Ruth Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5134), H7365 [7SE]

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

Letters

Tribute to Thomas L. Grooms, Jr.: Thomas L. Grooms III, E2021 [30OC]

Remarks

Agricultural Research Service: peanut quality and postharvest processing research funding, H5785 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5452 [29JN], H5700 [10JY], H5771, H5772, H5785 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9676 [11OC]

Appropriations: legislative process, H10394 [19OC], H11796, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803 [2NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 591), H8112 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 637), H10394 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11721 [1NO]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H8050 [25SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes, H8051 [25SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1770 [5AP], H11799 [2NO]

———balance, H1735, H1736, H1737, H1738, H1739 [4AP]

———deficit, H1735, H1736, H1737, H1738, H1739 [4AP], H8049, H8050, H8052, H8053 [25SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7508 [13SE]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H2415 [3MY], H8049, H8050, H8052, H8053 [25SE]

Bureau of the Census: mistakes on mailing informing households of pending receipt of decennial census forms, H1083 [16MR]

Bush, George W.: economic plan, H11508 [29OC]

Chaplin, Oscar, III: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Child Care Development Block Grant: funding, H4207, H4208, H4212 [12JN]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2869, H2874, H2879, H2885, H2886, H2890 [10MY], H2915, H2944 [11MY]

Cohen, Michael: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11796, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800 [2NO]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2874 [10MY]

Contra Costa County, CA: eligibility to receive offshore oil drilling environmental impact assistance, H2890 [10MY]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6544, H6548 [19JY]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H3057 [16MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H11509 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: efforts to privatize purchasing and procurement of supplies, H1682 [4AP]

———reliance of military families on food stamps, H8051 [25SE]

Dept. of Energy: conduct a study on the economic basis of the recent increase in gasoline price levels, H5257 [27JN]

———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, H4911 [21JN]

———report on efforts to address high gasoline price levels and to develop a national energy policy, H5259 [27JN]

———withhold salary from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees who fail to undergo polygraph examinations, H5262, H5278 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4567, H4568 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4207, H4208, H4212 [12JN], H11508 [29OC], H11721 [1NO], H11802 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11502 [29OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9676 [11OC], H10394 [19OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H8052 [25SE]

Education: funding, H11511 [29OC]

———national policy to improve system, H2553 [4MY], H8206 [27SE]

———return control to local educational agencies, H8412 [28SE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H11801 [2NO]

Elections: Presidential election results, H11869, H11870 [13NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Title I grants funding, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Elliott, Micheal: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E1004 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5257, H5259, H5261, H5262, H5278 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7312 [7SE]

FDA: prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5700 [10JY]

Firearms: gun control, H3057 [16MY]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11869, H11870 [13NO]

Food: improve safety of shell eggs, H5772 [11JY]

Gannam, George K.: Purple Heart award recipient, E2097 [14NO]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, H11508 [29OC]

Haworth, Cheryl: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Head Start Program: funding, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Heads-Lane, Cara: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H11512 [29OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11788 [2NO]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11797, H11798 [2NO]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4567, H4568 [15JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit taking of private property through use of adverse condemnation proceedings, H2915 [11MY]

Land use: urban park and recreation, farmland protection, and endangered and threatened species recovery programs funding, H2869 [10MY]

Leathers, Suzanne: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration (H. Res. 530), H4932, H4933 [22JN]

Martin, Michael: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2022 [30OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H6569, H6570 [19JY], H8052 [25SE], H8629 [3OC]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5311 [28JN]

———reform, H11512, H11513 [29OC]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11502 [29OC]

Milton, DeLisha: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1933 [25OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4567, H4568 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4567, H4568 [15JN]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (H.R. 2919), H6863 [25JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4565 [15JN], H5261 [27JN]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H5442 [29JN]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H8053 [25SE]

Public lands: restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2885, H2886 [10MY]

Real property: private property owner rights, H2879 [10MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H139 [1FE], H460 [16FE], H3535 [23MY], H6568, H6569, H6570, H6571, H6572, H6573 [19JY]

Savannah, GA: tribute to Savannah Country Day School girls' volleyball team, H11355 [26OC]

———tribute to Savannah Shamrocks Rugby Club, E330 [16MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11506 [29OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5849 [12JY], H8049, H8050 [25SE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H579 [1MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11506 [29OC], H11802 [2NO]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H170, H195 [2FE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H11508, H11509, H11511 [29OC]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3935 [7JN], H4126 [9JN]

———provide a source of interest-free capital for school construction and renovation in States experiencing increased enrollment (H.R. 996), H2553 [4MY]

Thunderbolt, GA: Thunderbolt Elementary School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America Set a Good Example Competition award, E765 [18MY]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Zell, Carley: Georgia Older Worker of the Year award recipient, E1668 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H87 [31JA]

Special order: granted, H163 [1FE], H4814 [21JN], H10806 [24OC], H11525 [29OC], H11877 [13NO]

Tributes

Avant, James R., E330 [16MR]

Burgstiner, William, E644 [4MY]

Corish, Walter C., Jr., E215 [1MR]

Coverdell, Senator, H6426 [18JY]

Cox, Moses, E330 [16MR]

Gamble, Kenny, H8412 [28SE]

Grooms, Thomas L., Jr., E2021 [30OC]

Lingle, Chip, H2125 [12AP]