DICKEY, JAY (a Representative from Arkansas)

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. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6564 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1675 [3AP]

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: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 4780), H7003 [25JY]

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]

Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of industry (see H.R. 2964), H757 [8MR]

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]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 396), H3475 [19MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H6471 [18JY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

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. 4545), H3867 [25MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1634), H2905 [10MY]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

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

Crime: establish a Federal Internet Crimes Against Children Computer Training Facility (see H.R. 3871), H3413 [18MY]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H3413 [18MY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see H.R. 4688), H7578 [13SE]

———make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 3910), H1629 [30MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3118), H4336 [13JN]

Education: provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 2725), H7281 [6SE]

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

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), H6776 [24JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7992 [21SE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H455 [15FE]

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), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H165 [1FE]

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

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

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3173 [16MY]

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), H3649 [23MY]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H3413 [18MY]

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

Health: minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H5240 [27JN]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6720 [20JY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H2122 [11AP]

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), H10257 [18OC]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6599 [19JY]

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

Medicaid: waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3926 [6JN]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

Motor vehicles: impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5154), H8201 [26SE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8201 [26SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [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), H7365 [7SE]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H3869 [25MY]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H631 [1MR]

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), H3049 [15MY]

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), H3813 [24MY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

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), H1120 [16MR]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H4591 [15JN]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

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]

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

Taxation: 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]

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

———establish a recovery period for franchise property, shorten recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, and allow capital gain treatment on the transfer of certain franchises (see H.R. 2402), H1477 [28MR]

———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), H2341 [13AP]

———modify and extend the work opportunity credit and allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work opportunity tax credit hiring incentives (see H.R. 2101), H1285 [22MR]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H3867 [25MY]

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

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H998 [14MR]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H3523 [22MY]

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H7281 [6SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 2136), H2411 [2MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H4592 [15JN]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4220 [12JN]

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

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H922 [9MR]

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), H1764 [4AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3609), H3413 [18MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see H. Con. Res. 296), H1629 [30MR]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 106), H6470 [18JY]

Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Commission: establish (see H.R. 5334), H8468 [28SE]

Tariff: carbides (see H.R. 3820), H632 [1MR]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H340 [10FE]

Wiley A. Branton, Sr., Memorial Highway, Pine Bluff, AR: designate (see H.R. 3622), H340 [10FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9692 [11OC]

Arkansas: presentation of the Parker-O'Quinn Trophy to the Fordyce Redbug football team, E1855 [19OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2624, H2626, H2627 [8MY]

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H4642 [19JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4294 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12486 [15DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4642 [19JN]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2309 [13AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H7849 [19SE]

Taxation: rates, H4294 [13JN]

Tributes

Porter, Representative, H10245 [18OC]

Soffer, Linda F., E1621 [28SE]