DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Addresses

Tribute to Representative Shuster: Representative Oberstar, E1631 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Alcoa Dominates 2A All-State, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E2177 [13DE]

Alcoa Honors Its 15-0 State Football Champions, Stan DeLozier, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E2177 [13DE]

At the Heart of Bo Shafer, Chuck Jonak, Kiwanis Magazine, E1823-E1825 [19OC]

Bobbie Householder's Work as Volunteer Is Unequaled in Blount, Maryville (TN) Daily Times, E2222 [15DE]

Closing of Regas Is Bittersweet for Many People With Fond Memories, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1894 [24OC]

Food, Good Friends, Memories Make Saying Goodbye to Regas a Difficult Task, Walter Lambert, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1894 [24OC]

Fowler Retires After 50 Years in Law Enforcement, Laura Ayo, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1519 [18SE]

Kosovo's Ongoing Agonies, Harry Moskos, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E955 [9JN]

Lingering Affections, Louise Durman, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1895 [24OC]

Maryville Players Lauded for ``Team Effort,'' Ken Garland, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E2172 [11DE]

President's Roadless Plan Too Confusing for Future Generations, Matt Bennett, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1157 [29JN]

Regas Closing Gay Street Landmark, Mike Flannagan, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1895 [24OC]

Ruby's To Close After 37 Years, Don Jacobs, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1350 [27JY]

Show of Force Wasn't Necessary, Charley Reese, H3291 [17MY]

Two Sides Must Talk—Opportunities More Favorable Than in Past for Settlement of Cyprus Issue, Harry Moskos, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E954 [9JN]

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. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H1163 [21MR]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H454 [15FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 91), H10473 [19OC]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H1477 [28MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2012 [10AP]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H6599 [19JY]

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 Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H4121 [8JN] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

———extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations (see H.R. 2201), H212 [3FE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H9011 [5OC]

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), H5657 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2340 [13AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H2770 [9MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H4485 [14JN]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2771 [9MY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3160), H575 [29FE]

FAA: require automatic external defibrillators in terminals at certain airports (see H.R. 5323), H8406 [27SE]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 2836), H342 [10FE]

Fair Justice Agency: establish (see H.R. 4105), H2412 [2MY]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H2607 [4MY]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H5241 [27JN]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H5656 [29JN]

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]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H922 [9MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2770 [9MY]

Government: improve the process for identifying functions that are not inherently governmental functions, and determine the appropriate organizations for the performance of such functions based on competition (see H.R. 4103), H1476 [28MR]

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

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H2512 [3MY]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H7366 [7SE]

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), H10257 [18OC]

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

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 4299), H3813 [24MY]

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

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7212 [27JY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H11195 [25OC]

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

Medicare: coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H9901 [12OC]

———prohibit the use of risk-based managed care payments for certain administrative costs (see H.R. 3682), H2512 [3MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5737 [10JY]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3539), H90 [31JA]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H3474 [19MY]

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]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H5037 [22JN]

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]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H3412 [18MY]

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), H4592 [15JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

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

Ships and vessels: promote the construction and operation of cruise ships in the U.S. and facilitate the development of a U.S.-built cruise industry (see H.R. 3392), H5169 [26JN]

———revitalize international competitiveness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 3225), H5656 [29JN]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H50 [27JA]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 287), H341 [10FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H2770 [9MY]

———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 funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7723 [18SE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H2771 [9MY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H11446 [27OC]

———allow the empowerment zone employment credit for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and increase funding for such zones and communities (see H.R. 4463), H3171 [16MY]

———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H8469 [28SE]

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

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (see H.R. 1116), H7211 [27JY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2905 [10MY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H2967 [11MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2411 [2MY]

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

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H997 [14MR]

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

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H575 [29FE]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1804), H2411 [2MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5955 [12JY]

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), H12021 [6DE]

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

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (see H.J. Res. 89), H631 [1MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H647 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: prohibit employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security (see H.R. 4529), H3812 [24MY]

Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2121 [11AP]

Insurance: require insurers engaged in interstate commerce to fully compensate the insured before exercising any right under a subrogation or reimbursement clause in an insurance policy (see H.R. 4116), H1587 [29MR]

Social Security: provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H4173 [9JN]

Letters

Tribute to Regas Restaurant: Joseph L. Johnson, E1894 [24OC]

———Vera Roberts, E1894 [24OC]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H5805 [11JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1409 [27MR], H7993 [22SE]

Remarks

Alcoa, TN: tribute to Alcoa High School football team, E2177 [13DE]

Annan, Kofi: remarks by U.N. Secretary General on U.S. efforts against world poverty, H5850 [12JY]

Appalachian Trail Conference (organization): Honor Roll of Volunteers honorees, E1372 [27JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1410 [27MR], H1572 [29MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H540 [29FE], H705 [8MR], H4910 [21JN], H7348 [7SE]

———oil and gas leasing, H493 [16FE]

Armed Forces: deployment of troops to foreign countries, H2956 [11MY]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7455 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H10226 [18OC]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H10226 [18OC]

Census: limit information that may be requested on the American Community Survey, H6783 [25JY]

Colleges and universities: employment opportunities upon graduation, H493 [16FE]

Crime: death penalty sentencing and imposition, H7064 [26JY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, E954 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9645 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H9645 [11OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4850 [21JN]

Dick Broadcasting Company: tribute, E1609 [27SE]

Eastern European countries: civil war and ethnic violence in former Yugoslavian Republics, E954 [9JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, H7545 [13SE]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1014 [15MR]

———treat certain property boundaries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland, AL (H.R. 5111), H11865 [13NO]

Federal employees: expand commuting options and reduce traffic congestion resulting from current commuting patterns, H1572 [29MR]

———make salary contingent on job performance, H1176 [22MR]

Forest Service: roads moratorium relative to access to public forests, E1156 [29JN]

Forests: management of trees in national forests, H3527 [23MY]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: INS operation to reunite with father, H2416 [3MY], H2956 [11MY], H3290 [17MY]

Householder, Barbara Ann (Bobbie): Blount County, TN, Pride of Tennessee Award recipient, E2222 [15DE]

Inspector General Act: appointment of certain Inspectors General by the President and establishment of Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory (S. 1707), H10007 [17OC]

International Ataxia Awareness Day: observance, E1705 [6OC]

Iraq: enforcement of U.N. no-fly zone, H7993 [22SE]

———U.S. policy, H7993 [22SE]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5195 [27JN]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to Ruby's Coffee Shop, E1350 [27JY]

Kosovo: effectiveness of NATO air campaign against Serbia, H1410 [27MR]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes funding, H1410 [27MR]

Maryville, TN: tribute to Maryville High School football team, E2172 [11DE]

McGhee Tyson AFB, TN: anniversary of 119th Air Control Squadron, E1826 [19OC]

National forests: change policy for thinning forests from controlled burns to cutting trees, H3527 [23MY], H7348 [7SE]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (S. 2412), H9995 [17OC]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H540 [29FE]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H705 [8MR], H4227 [13JN], H4910 [21JN], H7285 [7SE], H7828 [19SE]

———gasoline tax, H7828 [19SE]

Point of order, H1572 [29MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H7828 [19SE]

Prayer: Supreme Court decision on school prayer at high school football games, H8896 [5OC]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), H3753 [24MY], H5804, H5805, H5806 [11JY]

Regas Restaurant: tribute, E1893 [24OC]

Social Security: provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (H.R. 4624), E1099 [23JN]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4850 [21JN]

———space station program management and cost overruns, H7007 [26JY]

Supreme Court: decision relative to constitutionality of prayers and invocations at public school sporting events, H4911 [21JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4028 [7JN]

Teachers: reduce limitations on hiring for certain positions, H7065 [26JY]

Urban Institute: report on the most charitable States, H9819 [12OC]

Votes: correction, H7597 [14SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H508 [16FE], H553 [29FE], H1411 [27MR], H2965 [11MY], H3307 [17MY], H3804 [24MY], H4335 [13JN], H4814 [21JN], H7127 [26JY], H7363 [7SE], H7575 [13SE], H7868 [19SE], H7995 [22SE], H8797 [4OC], H9008 [5OC], H10254 [18OC]

Tributes

Anderson, William R., E958 [9JN], E992 [13JN]

Dick, James A., E1609 [27SE]

Fowler, Joe C., E1518 [18SE]

McLoud, Jody, H8896 [5OC]

Regas, Bill, E1893 [24OC]

Shafer, Bo, E1823 [19OC]

Sharp, Jack, E427 [28MR]

Shuster, Representative, E1631 [28SE]

Whitbred, Judy, E509 [6AP]

Williams, Bill, E2065 [2NO]