NETHERCUTT, GEORGE R., JR. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4338 [13JN], H4501, H4559, H4573 [15JN]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1167 [21MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5923 [12JY]

———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Inspiration for Patriotism, Tracy Ellig, Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review, E1230 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1478 [28MR]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

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. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H574 [29FE]

Arts and humanities: exempt agreements relative to voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, Internet content, music lyrics from applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 5350), H9011 [5OC]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H6355 [17JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1674 [3AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 53), H48 [27JA]

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4154), H1958 [6AP]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2239 [12AP]

Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4246), H2512 [3MY]

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), H7280 [6SE]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H7365 [7SE]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H7503 [12SE]

———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 Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11879 [13NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 1459), H511 [16FE]

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), H5169 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H7281 [6SE]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1477 [28MR]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2341 [13AP]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3650 [23MY]

———reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H4035 [7JN]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H3172 [16MY]

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

———establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H6355 [17JY]

———protect children from drug traffickers (see H.R. 5312), H8405 [27SE]

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

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3160), H5169 [26JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H341 [10FE]

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]

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]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H4036 [7JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H3813 [24MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H6719 [20JY]

Financial institutions: repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H2512 [3MY]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

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), H4817 [21JN]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H4121 [8JN]

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

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

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2607 [4MY]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H4122 [8JN]

———modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H255 [8FE]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H2411 [2MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4090), H1958 [6AP]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1589 [29MR]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H1163 [21MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1852 [5AP]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H4336 [13JN]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H5954 [12JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3649 [23MY]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H50 [27JA]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4121 [8JN]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H8201 [26SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7652 [14SE]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H921 [9MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), 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), H509 [16FE]

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

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 3673), H1406 [23MR]

———negotiate renewed presence of U.S. Armed Forces and review contract bidding process for lease of port facilities by People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 186), H511 [16FE]

Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans (see H.R. 1287), H2239 [12AP]

Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H254 [8FE]

Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3558), H342 [10FE]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4220 [12JN]

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), H7652 [14SE]

Public lands: eliminate hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management projects to protect communities from wildfires (see H.R. 1522), H5084 [23JN]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7282 [6SE]

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]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]

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), H3926 [6JN]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7212 [27JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

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

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

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7503 [12SE]

———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), H4817 [21JN]

———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), H1958 [6AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2013 [10AP]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 4071), H3523 [22MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H11207 [26OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 1914), H3925 [6JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H1119 [16MR]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3517), H5241 [27JN]

———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see H.R. 4270), H6052 [13JY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H998 [14MR]

———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), H342 [10FE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), H997 [14MR]

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

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H2606 [4MY]

———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H2412 [2MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H2411 [2MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H757 [8MR]

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

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

Veterans: presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H3925 [6JN]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H6777 [24JY]

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), H1406 [23MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7281 [6SE]

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]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 5302), H8200 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1118 [16MR]

Armed Forces: provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H164 [1FE]

China, People's Republic of: release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (see H. Con. Res. 249), H341 [10FE]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H3412 [18MY]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see H.R. 5074), H7209 [27JY]

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), H996 [14MR]

Tooley, Leilani W.: relief (see H.R. 3645), H341 [10FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H643 [6MR], H3815 [25MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5544 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9690, H9704 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5417 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9677 [11OC]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (H. Con. Res. 282), H1969 [10AP]

———provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (H.R. 3565), H333 [10FE], E159 [16FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3702 [24MY]

———release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (S. Con. Res. 81), H6726 [24JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H8646 [3OC]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2848 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: special research grants funding, H5544 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: Stars Schools Program funding, H4246 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan implementation, H4501, H4503, H4504, H4506, H4507, H4508, H4573 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4319 [13JN], H4501, H4503, H4504, H4506, H4507, H4508, H4557, H4562, H4563, H4564, H4573 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 603), H8646 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Joslin Vision Center funding, H10387 [19OC]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4874 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4994, H4995 [22JN], E1149 [29JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4099 [8JN], H4246 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4874 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10387 [19OC]

Diseases: reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth, H8250 [27SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), E1149 [29JN]

Flag—U.S.: tribute, E1230 [13JY]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H5417 [28JN], H9690, H9704 [11OC]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4559, H4562, H4563, H4564 [15JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), E678 [9MY]

INS: increase number of Border Patrol agents, H4994, H4995 [22JN]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (H.R. 4495), E766 [18MY]

NASA: research and analysis programs funding, H10387 [19OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4562, H4563 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4562, H4563 [15JN]

National monuments: prohibit funding to establish or manage certain national monuments, H4501, H4503, H4504, H4506, H4507 [15JN]

New York, NY: reaction to verdict in Amadou Diallo police brutality case and call for Federal civil rights investigation, H644 [6MR]

———statement by President Clinton on verdict in Amadou Diallo police brutality case, H644 [6MR]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4099 [8JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8250 [27SE]

Sather, Marv: Washington Teacher of the Year award recipient, H2953 [11MY]

Snake River: engineering, design, or post-feasibility phase activities funding relative to breaching dams, E1149 [29JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H8435 [28SE]

Stevens, Senator: Alaskan of the Year Committee Alaskan of the Century Award recipient, H1409 [27MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H324 [10FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H324 [10FE]

Tooley, Leilani W.: relief (H.R. 3645), E119 [10FE]

Turkey: U.S. policy, E771 [19MY]

Votes: position on missed, H3455 [19MY], E1870 [19OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H252 [8FE], H338 [10FE], H1411 [27MR], H3521 [22MY], H3647 [23MY], H4335 [13JN], H8059 [25SE], H8459 [28SE], H9816 [11OC]

Reports

Interim Assessment of Research and Data Analysis in NASA Office of Space Science: Space Studies Board, H10387-H10389 [19OC]

Summaries

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): Provisions Exempting Agricultural Products, Medicines, and Medical Products From U.S. Economic Sanctions, H9705 [11OC]

Testimonies

Environmental Initiatives and Their Impact on Local Communities: Diana W.H. Capp, E240 [8MR]

Tributes

Burquist, Glenys, H337 [10FE]

Regula, Representative, H4319 [13JN], H9804 [11OC]

Sezer, Ahmet Necdet, E771 [19MY]

Smith, Samuel H., E815 [23MY]