JONES, WALTER B., JR. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Articles and editorials

North Carolina Flood Puts Weyerhaeuser's Employee Support to the Test, Elizabeth Crossman, E1872 [19OC]

Readiness Problems Plague Coast Guard, Andrea Stone, USA Today, H8435 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]

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

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to individuals who are being awarded the Medal for Military Service (see H. Con. Res. 283), H1120 [16MR]

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H7365 [7SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H757 [8MR]

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

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

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8062 [25SE]

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]

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see H.R. 4829), H7212 [27JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H6052 [13JY]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

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), H4120 [8JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H574 [29FE]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H5737 [10JY]

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

———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H6719 [20JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: impose a moratorium on the privatization and outsourcing of certain functions performed by civilian employees (see H.R. 4722), H5737 [10JY]

———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 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), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H5436 [28JN]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H1119 [16MR]

———reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]

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

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H5656 [29JN]

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), H7212 [27JY]

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

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2607 [4MY]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H50 [27JA]

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

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H4817 [21JN]

———establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H509 [16FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H4591 [15JN]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H1285 [22MR]

FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see H.R. 4795), H7212 [27JY]

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

———repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H9505 [6OC]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H3172 [16MY]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]

Foreign trade: provide for reciprocal trade in textile and apparel goods between the U.S. and other countries (see H.R. 4465), H6599 [19JY]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H8200 [26SE]

FRS: prohibit implementation of regulations allowing race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of applicants for nonmortgage credit to be noted on the application with the applicant's consent (see H.R. 4164), H1762 [4AP]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H5657 [29JN]

J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (see H.R. 4658), H4592 [15JN]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (see H.R. 4613), H7871 [19SE]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H8736 [3OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5843 [11JY]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7366 [7SE]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 2867), H8200 [26SE]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H8062 [25SE]

———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), H8201 [26SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4336 [13JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

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

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H4592 [15JN]

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), H9635 [10OC]

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), H758 [8MR]

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

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3309 [17MY]

———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), H3813 [24MY]

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), H6719 [20JY]

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

Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba is permanently closed (see H.R. 4118), H1587 [29MR]

———sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1119 [16MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4337 [13JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4484 [14JN]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5373), H8735 [3OC]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7992 [21SE]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H5955 [12JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]

———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2239 [12AP]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9768 [11OC]

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

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H511 [16FE]

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

———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), H2512 [3MY]

———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] (see H.R. 4214), 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), H4336 [13JN]

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

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H8469 [28SE]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H1120 [16MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1164 [21MR]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H998 [14MR]

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

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5657 [29JN]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H4336 [13JN]

———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 Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H7365 [7SE]

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

TVA: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 4859), H6052 [13JY]

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1407 [23MR]

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), H8061 [25SE]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7578 [13SE]

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), H12080 [11DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: improve pay for certain enlisted members (see H.R. 4313), H2338 [13AP]

———improve TRICARE program (see H.R. 4418), H2905 [10MY]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: restrict use of fees collected under the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (see H.R. 5047), H7207 [27JY]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (see H.R. 4435), H2966 [11MY]

Corps of Engineers: removal of accumulated snags and other debris from navigable waters to mitigate damages resulting from a major disaster (see H.R. 4752), H5168 [26JN]

Pasquotank County, NC: provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 5046), H7207 [27JY]

Letters

Minimum wage level: Kenneth K. Moore, Little Mint, Inc., H1659 [3AP]

Poems

``It Is the Soldier,'' Denis E. O'Brien, H1249 [22MR]

``Who Has Given Us Freedom?'' Denis E. O'Brien, H5816 [11JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: improve pay for certain enlisted members (H.R. 4313), E576 [13AP]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7452 [12SE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, E790 [19MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), E790 [19MY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), E1533 [19SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3682 [24MY]

Coast Guard: military readiness, H8434 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3382 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9642 [11OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7060 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, H8657 [3OC]

Financial institutions: repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), E581 [13AP]

James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (H.R. 4534), H7227 [6SE]

Medicare: expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3382 [18MY], H7060 [26JY]

Minimum wage: level, H1659 [3AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H8657 [3OC]

Snyder, Bert: Boy Scouts of America National Court of Honor National Heroism Award recipient, H3036 [15MY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), E258 [9MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (H.R. 1055), H191 [2FE], H240 [8FE], H416 [15FE], H736 [8MR], H1050, H1051 [15MR], H1249 [22MR], H1417 [28MR], H1732 [4AP], H2634 [8MY], H5816 [11JY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2136 [12AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H144 [1FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2276 [13AP]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (H.R. 5109), H7963 [21SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1534 [19SE]

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), H10363 [19OC]

Weyerhaeuser Co.: tribute for assistance rendered to Eastern North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd, E1872 [19OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H163 [1FE], H199 [2FE], H252 [8FE], H553 [29FE], H754 [8MR], H983 [14MR], H1161 [21MR], H1474 [28MR], H1627 [30MR], H1671 [3AP], H1761 [4AP], H2010 [10AP], H2120 [11AP], H2510 [3MY], H2647 [8MY], H3047 [15MY], H5841 [11JY], H6593 [19JY], H7200 [27JY], H8459 [28SE]

Tributes

Bunch, Roy C., E1388 [27JY]

Cameron, James, H5171 [27JN]

Franklin, Benjamin F., E195 [29FE]

Gruber, Brooks, H1989 [10AP]

Lilley, Fred W., E2163 [8DE]

Nelson, William B., H1989 [10AP]