TALENT, JAMES M. (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4821 [21JN], H5132 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H9796 [11OC]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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), H7129 [26JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 5173), H7723 [18SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1634), H2606 [4MY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H341 [10FE]

———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1283), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H7723 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H2607 [4MY]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H2905 [10MY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

EPA: reauthorize the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 3656), H1852 [5AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2412 [2MY]

———prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H212 [3FE]

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

———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 to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H6599 [19JY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE] (see H.R. 4744), H5436 [28JN]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H455 [15FE]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H4784 [20JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY] (see H.R. 5180), H7933 [20SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H511 [16FE]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4784 [20JN]

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

Medicare: increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7129 [26JY]

Middle East: 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]

———U.S. policy on Jericho (see H. Con. Res. 286), H6600 [19JY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H2122 [11AP]

Nursing homes: regulate the employment of persons with criminal backgrounds (see H.R. 4293), H2337 [13AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H255 [8FE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 4747), H6719 [20JY]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1407 [23MR]

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), H1076 [15MR]

SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see H.R. 4946), H7002 [25JY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4485 [14JN]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H8062 [25SE]

———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), H4220 [12JN]

———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]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H8062 [25SE]

———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]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1588 [29MR]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see H.R. 4923), H6776 [24JY]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H6470 [18JY]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H6471 [18JY]

———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 computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H510 [16FE]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H12045 [7DE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H574 [29FE] (see H.R. 303), H2411 [2MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H5084 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives (see H.R. 5663), H12094 [14DE]

Medicare: provide relief for small business from consolidated billing requirements and exclude services of certain providers from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 5392), H9010 [5OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 533), H5240 [27JN]

———reauthorize loan programs (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (see H.R. 4945), H7002 [25JY]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 590), H8061 [25SE]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (see H.R. 3845), H756 [8MR]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H3412 [18MY]

Letters

Prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations: by, Committee on Small Business (House), H6673 [20JY]

Remarks

Census: proposed disclosure of confidential information, H11248 [26OC]

Chesterfield, MO: anniversary, E1032 [15JN]

Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, E2246 [2JA]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, E1721 [6OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12484 [15DE], E2240, E2246 [2JA]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, E1721 [6OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2455 [3MY]

Kansas City, MO: propriety of political advertising campaign questioning the safety of public schools, H7874 [20SE]

National D.O. Day: observance, E560 [13AP]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1039 [15MR]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11243, H11244, H11245, H11248, H11251, H11253, H11263 [26OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, H12484 [15DE], E2240 [2JA]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1032, H1034, H1036, H1039 [15MR]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), H7877, H7879, H7881, H7882, H7883, H7884 [20SE]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization, H12484 [15DE]

———extend authorization (H.R. 2392), E1699 [6OC]

Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment, H6821 [25JY]

Taxation: designate renewal communities, H12484 [15DE]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6821, H6836 [25JY]

Reports filed

Analyze Potential Impacts of Rules Proposed by Certain Agencies on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1882) (H. Rept. 106-643), H3867 [25MY]

Equity in Contracting for Women Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4897) (H. Rept. 106-879), H7990 [21SE]

Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 106-880), H7990 [21SE]

National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4946) (H. Rept. 106-881), H7990 [21SE]

New Markets Venture Capital Program Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4530) (H. Rept. 106-785), H7092 [26JY]

SBA Expansion of Business-to-Business Relationships and the Provision of Certain Information: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4464) (H. Rept. 106-784), H7001 [25JY]

Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3843) (H. Rept. 106-522), H996 [14MR]

Small Business Competition Preservation Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4945) (H. Rept. 106-858), H7722 [18SE]

Small Business Investment Corrections Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3845) (H. Rept. 106-520), H996 [14MR]

Statements

Small Business Innovation Research Program Authorization Extension (H.R. 2392): Committee on Small Business (House), E1699-E1703 [6OC]

Summaries

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): Community Renewal and New Markets Initiatives Development, E2247-E2249 [2JA]

———SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Tributes

Biele, William L., E105 [9FE]

Mohan, Dylan G., E2068 [2NO]

Velazquez, Representative, H11253 [26OC]

Williams, Warren, E457 [30MR]