EVERETT, TERRY (a Representative from Alabama)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]
Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2012 [10AP]
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), H8736 [3OC]
———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]
Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4188), H2341 [13AP]
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]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]
Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H1120 [16MR]
Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H8469 [28SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]
Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H7211 [27JY]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H632 [1MR]
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H1120 [16MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1077 [15MR]
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]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H278 [9FE]
Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7991 [21SE]
Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3869 [25MY]
Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]
Monuments and memorials: support construction and completion of a World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 419), H9768 [11OC]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H209 [2FE]
OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]
Poarch Band of Creek Indians: prohibit gaming on certain lands taken into trust (see H.R. 5494), H10256 [18OC]
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), H6720 [20JY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
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), H7211 [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), H2411 [2MY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H10473 [19OC]
———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H2512 [3MY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]
Veterans: require certain employment centers use measurable performance outcomes to improve employment and training services provided to veterans and disabled veterans (see H.R. 4765), H6052 [13JY]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3413 [18MY]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H4817 [21JN]
World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H1120 [16MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Agriculture: provide cost share assistance for construction of reservoir structures for the storage of water in rural areas (see H.R. 5297), H8199 [26SE]
Health: cooperation between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense in the procurement of medical items (see H. Con. Res. 413), H8468 [28SE]
Remarks
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10078
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4877
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4877
Health: cooperation between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense in the procurement of medical items (H. Con. Res. 413), H9946
———importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8637
Native Americans: prohibit gaming on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with Federal grants (H.R. 5477), H11900
Opp, AL: Mizell Memorial Hospital recipient of the Alabama Quality Award, E2037
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), E146
Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H9946
Votes: position on missed, H9048
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H338 [10FE], H507 [16FE], H1586 [29MR]
Tributes
Parker, Joe Bob, E834
Turner, Mary, E1258