ISAKSON, JOHNNY (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1575 [29MR]

Appointments

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Web-Based Education Commission, H8 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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), H7281 [6SE]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H373 [14FE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H3413 [18MY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1119 [16MR]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Clean Air Act: exempt mass transit projects from certain conformity requirements (see H.R. 3583), H253 [8FE]

———methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H4784 [20JN]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 4377), H7003 [25JY]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H4220 [12JN]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H5241 [27JN]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1477 [28MR]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H90 [31JA]

———prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 2088), H922 [9MR]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H9505 [6OC]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1577), H1852 [5AP]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H50 [27JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1012), H3309 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 1459), H2606 [4MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H7281 [6SE]

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), H647 [6MR]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6719 [20JY]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H9505 [6OC]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H3049 [15MY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2655 [8MY]

———establish international education policy (see H. Con. Res. 342), H3868 [25MY]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]

———improve Federal education research, evaluation, information, and dissemination (see H.R. 4875), H6469 [18JY]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H3309 [17MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

———assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (see H.R. 4766), H5240 [27JN]

EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H4783 [20JN]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H2122 [11AP]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H219 [7FE]

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

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H5436 [28JN]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H12080 [11DE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1477 [28MR]

Georgia: Federal recognition of the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4730), H5083 [23JN]

Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3454), H4817 [21JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4337 [13JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4337 [13JN]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H3173 [16MY]

Immigration: improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H3869 [25MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H2512 [3MY]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 4299), H2607 [4MY]

Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 4787), H5654 [29JN]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H5436 [28JN]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1764 [4AP]

———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), H7212 [27JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H5656 [29JN]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H6471 [18JY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H757 [8MR]

———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H8062 [25SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 5151), H8736 [3OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H6052 [13JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H8799 [4OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5656 [29JN]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

National Environmental Education Act: redesignate in honor of John H. Chafee, establish the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, and extend programs (see H.R. 4745), H6719 [20JY]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see H.R. 5135), H7365 [7SE]

———redesignate the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Program as the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools Program (see H.R. 5357), H8617 [2OC]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H5955 [12JY]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4592 [15JN]

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: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7503 [12SE]

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]

Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5229), H7932 [20SE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H2607 [4MY]

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H5654 [29JN]

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), H7871 [19SE]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2607 [4MY]

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), H3049 [15MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses and expand and extend permanently the exclusion allowed for employer adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 2282), H165 [1FE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2967 [11MY]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H9635 [10OC]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2340 [13AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2655 [8MY]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 4071), H2412 [2MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1760), H255 [8FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9505 [6OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3869 [25MY]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H757 [8MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H3926 [6JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H8469 [28SE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 937), H209 [2FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2512 [3MY]

———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), H4036 [7JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1674 [3AP] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2340 [13AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]

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

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H9505 [6OC]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H5240 [27JN]

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

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H1957 [6AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H921 [9MR]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7652 [14SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H455 [15FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: include certain projected cuts in the budget of each department or agency of the Government within the President's annual budget submission (see H.R. 3564), H164 [1FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H49 [27JA]

Tariff: nelfilcon polymer (see H.R. 4595), H4035 [7JN]

———1,5-dichloroanthraquinone (see H.R. 3541), H49 [27JA]

Taxation: permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with general obligation bonds if the governmental issuer takes over the private activity bond (see H.R. 4155), H1674 [3AP]

———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5386), H8799 [4OC]

Transportation: make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the Federal highway program (see H.R. 3630), H340 [10FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4223 [13JN], H4677 [20JN], H7375 [12SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), H8121 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 127), unanimous-consent agreement, H12019 [6DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1575 [29MR]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6544 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: F-22 fighter funding, H3988 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3988 [7JN]

Dept. of Education: funding, H7893 [20SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7893 [20SE], H11468 [28OC], H11732, H11743 [1NO]

Education: national policy to improve system, H7703 [18SE]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7467 [12SE]

———reductions in school class size, H7893 [20SE], H11468 [28OC], H11743 [1NO]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H7893 [20SE], H11468 [28OC], H11732 [1NO]

———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2729 [9MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (H.R. 4766), E1132 [28JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2451 [3MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), H8679 [3OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4079 [8JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4210), H6890 [25JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of fall of South Vietnam to communism, H2636 [8MY]

———recognize end of the Vietnam era and the sacrifice of those who served in Southeast Asia or in support of U.S. interests, H2636 [8MY]

Votes: position on missed, E46 [1FE], E1214 [11JY], E1602 [27SE], E2056 [1NO]

Web-Based Education Commission: funding, H1575 [29MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2647 [8MY]

Tributes

Coverdell, Senator, H6425 [18JY]

Goodling, Representative, H8624 [3OC]