BARRETT, THOMAS M. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6689 [20JY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2240 [12AP], H2311 [13AP]
Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1712 [4AP]
Appointments
Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H574 [29FE]
African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H5436 [28JN]
Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1120 [16MR]
———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H4592 [15JN]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H2340 [13AP]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H1762 [4AP]
———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 3623), H998 [14MR] (see H.R. 4162), H1762 [4AP]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]
Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H8469 [28SE]
———promote financial education (see H.R. 2871), H757 [8MR]
———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H574 [29FE]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H5656 [29JN]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]
Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H5655 [29JN]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H3869 [25MY]
Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H4121 [8JN]
———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]
Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 4879), H7366 [7SE]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7282 [6SE]
CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see H.R. 5031), H7207 [27JY]
Crime: convene a summit of national leaders to develop an action plan to deter acts of violence, especially domestic violence and sexual assault (see H. Con. Res. 353), H4484 [14JN]
Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H1852 [5AP]
Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H5436 [28JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]
Dept. of Energy: sell fossil-fuel and nuclear generation facilities and electric power transmission facilities of the TVA (see H.R. 4655), H5657 [29JN]
Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6778 [24JY]
Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), 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), H997 [14MR]
———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2012 [10AP]
Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H7003 [25JY]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1477 [28MR]
———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3474 [19MY]
Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H7212 [27JY]
Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H1629 [30MR]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H8062 [25SE]
EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H1589 [29MR]
Families and domestic relations: improve the availability of child care and development services outside normal school hours (see H.R. 489), H11955 [4DE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2123 [11AP]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H2239 [12AP]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H2122 [11AP]
———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H2967 [11MY]
———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY]
Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1284 [22MR]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H922 [9MR]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H50 [27JA]
Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 3631), H1588 [29MR]
———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]
———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H455 [15FE]
———prevent group and individual health insurance coverage, and group health plans, from seeking to recover more than costs in cases of third party recoveries (see H.R. 3765), H1958 [6AP]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H3869 [25MY]
———recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (see H. Con. Res. 139), H50 [27JA]
Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H2341 [13AP]
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]
Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H6719 [20JY]
———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6354 [17JY]
———temporarily increase visas for backlogged spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1854), H7281 [6SE]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1406 [23MR]
Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H50 [27JA]
Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H2013 [10AP]
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]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H8617 [2OC]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H3309 [17MY]
———facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (see H.R. 3375), H922 [9MR]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2607 [4MY]
———condemn acts of police brutality and use of excessive force (see H. Res. 124), H7129 [26JY]
Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (see H.R. 4241), H2122 [11AP]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4121 [8JN]
———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: graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H4675 [19JN]
———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]
———prohibit the use of risk-based managed care payments for certain administrative costs (see H.R. 3682), H2341 [13AP]
———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H50 [27JA]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3813 [24MY]
Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4036 [7JN]
Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H50 [27JA]
Motor vehicles: include air pollution information on fuel economy labels for new automobiles (see H.R. 1976), H5240 [27JN]
———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7992 [21SE]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H2123 [11AP]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H209 [2FE]
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H1406 [23MR]
National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H1958 [6AP]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H8062 [25SE]
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]
Petroleum: mandatory licensing of patents on reformulated gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 4739), H5084 [23JN]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]
Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see H.R. 4636), H8200 [26SE]
Postal Service: 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), H6777 [24JY]
Power resources: provide a transition to market-based rates for power sold by the TVA and Federal Power Marketing Administration (see H.R. 1486), H50 [27JA]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H1120 [16MR]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H9011 [5OC]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2411 [2MY]
Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H511 [16FE]
Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H5084 [23JN]
SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]
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), H6777 [24JY]
Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H7281 [6SE]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11879 [13NO]
———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H3813 [24MY]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4867), H6354 [17JY]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H8617 [2OC]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H633 [1MR]
———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 740), H574 [29FE]
———designate renewal communities (see H.R. 815), H5737 [10JY]
———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), H1476 [28MR]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H2770 [9MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H3523 [22MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H757 [8MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H8617 [2OC]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H756 [8MR]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3926 [6JN]
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]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H3925 [6JN]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H342 [10FE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]
Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 3861), H1589 [29MR]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]
Dept. of HUD: waive contract termination notification requirements for families receiving project-based rental assistance in cases where such termination facilitates purchase of the home by the tenant (see H.R. 5566), H11206 [26OC]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H278 [9FE]
Remarks
Army: close School of the Americas and determine appropriate education and training for Latin American military personnel, H3354 [18MY]
Beyond Cancer—Journeys of the Human Spirit: tribute to photographic exhibit, H8629 [3OC]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (H.R. 3235), H8582 [2OC]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), H2362
Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (H.R. 4893), E1277
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8689 [3OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3354 [18MY]
Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1707 [4AP]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6691 [20JY]
FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2311 [13AP]
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2307, H2311 [13AP]
Health: importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8637 [3OC]
———provide grants to States or private sector institutions to foster organ donor programs, H1712 [4AP]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1687, H1707, H1712 [4AP]
IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6691 [20JY]
Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (S. 2458), E1160
Moore, Gwen: National Association of Child Advocates' Leadership in Government Award recipient, E984
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 420), E103
Oak Creek, WI: tribute to Oak Creek High School students involved in fundraising for campaign finance reform, H169 [2FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H169 [2FE]
Taxation: require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5287 [27JN]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 3850), H8685 [3OC]
Votes: position on missed, E778
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3047 [15MY]
Tributes
Crouther, Fred L., E1873
Cudahy, Michael, E1917
Hegarty, Jeremiah (Derry), E602
Johnson, Walter, E1187
Phillips, Vel, E867
Rosette, Don, E2115
Yates, Sidney R., E2025