BARCIA, JAMES A. (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 835, Estuary Habitat and Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H8766 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 329), H2770 [9MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

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

———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2013 [10AP]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2372), H511 [16FE]

———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (see H.R. 1283), H511 [16FE]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1130), H2770 [9MY]

Credit: create money in the form of noninterest bearing credit and use to provide for noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments for funding capital projects (see H.R. 1452), H757 [8MR]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]

———prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H5954 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H3309 [17MY]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H1285 [22MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H921 [9MR]

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), H757 [8MR]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7003 [25JY]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1164 [21MR]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1628 [30MR]

EPA: make grants for the remediation of sediment contamination in certain areas of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4283), H4220 [12JN]

FAA: limitation on carry-on baggage by airline passengers (see H.R. 2495), H3869 [25MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H209 [2FE]

Federal employees: make percentage limitations on contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan comparable to dollar amount limitations on elective deferrals (see H.R. 483), H3869 [25MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1852 [5AP]

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

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H1851 [5AP]

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

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H1077 [15MR]

Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H455 [15FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5180), H7872 [19SE]

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]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1589 [29MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H998 [14MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H998 [14MR]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 481), H3474 [19MY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H3925 [6JN]

Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

New Jersey (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see H. Con. Res. 119), H90 [31JA]

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]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

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

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H8062 [25SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H373 [14FE]

Railroads: enhance competition between rail carriers (see H.R. 2784), H2340 [13AP]

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

———preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H7723 [18SE]

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

Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H574 [29FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H574 [29FE]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H5084 [23JN]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7003 [25JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H7503 [12SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2512 [3MY]

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

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

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H758 [8MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H3649 [23MY]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H8799 [4OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H8617 [2OC]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H342 [10FE]

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), H998 [14MR]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H510 [16FE]

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), H11207 [26OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H7996 [22SE]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H1406 [23MR]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (see H.R. 4906), H6717 [20JY]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H2966 [11MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5565 [29JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5565 [29JN]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of St. Joseph's Parish, E1773 [13OC]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5565 [29JN]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8132 [26SE]

Computers: tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (H. Con. Res. 300), H2353 [2MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12500 [15DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), E1081 [22JN]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, E1081 [22JN]

———require that discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, H12500 [15DE]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1026 [15MR]

FCC: regulation of pay phones, E1923 [25OC]

John W. Brown (S.S.): tribute to U.S. tour in honor of World War II veterans, E1286 [21JY]

Marsh, Henry G.: Saginaw, MI, Image Award recipient, E67 [3FE]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1826 [5AP]

Mount Morris Township, MI: shooting of student at Buell Elementary School, H1825 [5AP]

NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration, H8080 [26SE]

———authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 4906), E1285 [21JY]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 4429), H8080 [26SE], E720 [11MY]

Omer, MI: tribute to Migrant Head Start Center tree-planting ceremony in honor of deceased staff workers, E1082 [22JN]

Richville, MI: anniversary, E1552 [21SE]

———anniversary of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, E1552 [21SE]

Saginaw, MI: tribute to City Rescue Mission, E2246 [2JA]

———tribute to First Congregational Church of Saginaw, E1408 [6SE]

Thompson, E. Zipporah: Saginaw, MI, Image Award recipient, E68 [3FE]

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 (H.R. 3671), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1805 [5AP]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11831 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H371 [14FE], H1761 [4AP], H1849 [5AP]

Tributes

Aune, Don and Mary, E2122 [5DE]

Bauman, Rosella Collamer, E985 [13JN]

Bresnan, William J., E13 [27JA]

Clark, LeeRoy, E2121 [5DE]

Deford, Connie M., E279 [9MR]

Herp, Gerry, E2123 [5DE]

Houser, Cliff, H361 [14FE]

LaLonde family, E681 [9MY]

Martinez, Enrique (Henry), E1279 [19JY]

Miles, Robert G., E274 [9MR]

Nadobny, Eleanor, E61 [2FE]

O'Conner, Daniel and Bernita, E1097 [23JN]

Patterson, Timm C., E1472 [13SE]

Prophater, Robert C., E2230 [15DE]

Reagan, Charlie, E407 [23MR]

Roethke, Theodore, E744 [17MY]

Rowell, George, E1185 [10JY]

Smith, Jane, E874 [25MY]

Valentine, Marv, E164 [16FE]

Williams, Glenn J., E511 [6AP]

Zarazua, Daniel, E1358 [27JY]

Zimmerman, Delbert L., Jr., E485 [4AP]