McINTYRE, MIKE (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

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), 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]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———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. 3573), H219 [7FE]

———tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Jacksonville, NC (see H. Res. 673), H12085 [13DE]

Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 4639), H5037 [22JN]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H6354 [17JY]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6778 [24JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]

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), H5436 [28JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7502 [12SE]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H7652 [14SE]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H5843 [11JY]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H997 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1852 [5AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H7723 [18SE]

Education: establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H2771 [9MY]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———reductions in school class size (see H.R. 1623), H11207 [26OC]

———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2606 [4MY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of responsible fatherhood (see H. Res. 522), H4174 [9JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H454 [15FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H2411 [2MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 3278), H455 [15FE] (see H.R. 4082), H1405 [23MR]

Foreign policy: improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1120 [16MR]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6052 [13JY]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H2411 [2MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (see H.R. 4658), H4484 [14JN]

James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (see H.R. 4534), H3812 [24MY]

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

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H5956 [12JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H255 [8FE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H2122 [11AP]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H11446 [27OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H998 [14MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H2606 [4MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H9505 [6OC]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H10257 [18OC]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4337 [13JN]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H9505 [6OC]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7282 [6SE]

———payment for insulin pumps (see H.R. 360), H7502 [12SE]

———provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a beneficiary is eligible for hospice care (see H.R. 5222), H7932 [20SE]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H997 [14MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H278 [9FE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H3050 [15MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7502 [12SE]

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), H209 [2FE]

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

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), H455 [15FE]

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]

Petroleum: support increase in world crude oil supplies (see H. Con. Res. 284), H1077 [15MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7652 [14SE]

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), H931 [13MR]

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

———provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 923), H165 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3413 [18MY]

Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H510 [16FE]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H7503 [12SE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H6052 [13JY]

———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), H2122 [11AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1760), H165 [1FE] (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H5036 [22JN]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H4174 [9JN]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H7503 [12SE]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2770 [9MY]

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

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H219 [7FE]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

Veterans: 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), H9010 [5OC]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H8617 [2OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8406 [27SE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H5656 [29JN]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, E163 [16FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1255 [22MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1255 [22MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1255 [22MR]

Dept. of State: restore rank and benefits of former Senior Foreign Service Reserve Officers, E970 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home in the District of Columbia as a National Historic Site (H.R. 3201), E163 [16FE]

Harding, Barry: National Indian Education Association National Indian Educator of the Year recipient, E1856 [19OC]

Hathcock, David: tribute to naming of bridge in his honor near Hope Mills, NC, E1473 [13SE]

Hewett, Ronald E.: North Carolina Sheriff's Association Sheriff of the Year recipient, E1427 [7SE]

Hunt, James: National Deputy Sheriff of the Year award recipient, E1141 [29JN]

J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (H.R. 4658), H5807 [11JY]

Lowry, Edward: tribute to naming of bridge in his honor near Hope Mills, NC, E1473 [13SE]

McNeill, Lorna: Miss North Carolina pageant winner, E1134 [28JN]

University of North Carolina at Wilmington: tribute to men's basketball team, H752 [8MR]

Votes: position on missed, E618 [3MY], E1049 [19JN], E2044 [31OC]

Tributes

Hughes, Joseph D., Jr., E411 [23MR]

Kirchman, Judith, E344 [16MR]

McDowell, C.F., III, H7005 [26JY]

Murphy, Michael L., E2233 [15DE]

Yarborough, Ramon L., E1584 [25SE]