HUTCHINSON, ASA (a Representative from Arkansas)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1540 [29MR]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H476 [16FE]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H29 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]
Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H7129 [26JY]
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), H7652 [14SE]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H342 [10FE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7652 [14SE]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 4237), H2122 [11AP]
Computers: establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (see H.R. 4059), H1284 [22MR]
———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]
Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]
Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1407 [23MR]
———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7206 [27JY]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H757 [8MR]
Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see H.R. 4660), H5169 [26JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H342 [10FE]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H3649 [23MY]
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), H3412 [18MY]
———facilitate environmental cleanup caused by the manufacture of methamphetamines and impose new monetary fines for the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5589), H11445 [27OC]
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 Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 2544), H48 [27JA]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H219 [7FE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H2122 [11AP]
Federal employees: treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H7932 [20SE]
Federal Meat Inspection Act: extend inspection requirements to rabbits produced for human consumption (see H.R. 1574), H5955 [12JY]
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), H1405 [23MR]
Firearms: prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (see H.R. 5194), H7722 [18SE]
Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H4783 [20JN]
Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]
———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE]
Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]
Government: require Federal agencies to assess privacy implications resulting from certain proposed rules (see H.R. 3307), H1120 [16MR]
Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 2470), H1077 [15MR]
———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]
Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H1163 [21MR]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1958 [6AP]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H1764 [4AP]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2512 [3MY]
———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H165 [1FE]
Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 5151), H11879 [13NO]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H1077 [15MR]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 3420), H165 [1FE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2905 [10MY]
National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6600 [19JY]
———extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H3926 [6JN]
———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7128 [26JY]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2122 [11AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H165 [1FE]
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]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H3813 [24MY]
Political campaigns: prohibition against political fundraising activities in Federal buildings (see H.R. 4845), H6051 [13JY]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H8736 [3OC]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H50 [27JA]
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), H5241 [27JN]
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), H757 [8MR]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H10809 [24OC]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]
Schools: improve security with the placement and use of metal detectors (see H.R. 4108), H1476 [28MR]
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), H3474 [19MY]
Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H6599 [19JY]
———improve the payment system for representation of claimants (see H.R. 4633), H7366 [7SE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H4336 [13JN]
———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, 4245), H3926 [6JN]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]
———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (see H.R. 1116), H5240 [27JN]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9767 [11OC]
———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]
———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]
———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H7282 [6SE]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3517), H5241 [27JN]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H3867 [25MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2655 [8MY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (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 damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1997), H5084 (see H.R. 4570), H5085 [23JN]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H7991 [21SE]
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), H4818 [21JN]
Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H1764 [4AP]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 4791), H8201 [26SE]
Voting: establish a commission to study voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5676), H12531 [15DE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H90 [31JA]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H1120 [16MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]
DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]
Hazardous substances: amend regulations on the transportation of materials (see H.R. 4171), H1763 [4AP]
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), H7502 [12SE]
National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 5635), H11927 [14NO]
States: require use of Federal highway funds for projects in high priority corridors (see H.R. 4629), H4174 [9JN] (see H.R. 4638), H4220 [12JN]
Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 5653), H12080 [11DE]
Cost Estimates
Congressional consent to Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact (H.R. 4700): CBO, H6740 [24JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1287 [23MR], H3931 [7JN]
Press releases
Support the Second Amendment—The National Rifle Association Urges You To Vote ``No'' on the Lofgren Motion To Instruct Today! NRA, H1048 [15MR]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1482, H1532, H1540, H1541 [29MR]
Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7448, H7449, H7451, H7453 [12SE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), H6792, H6793, H6794, H6796 [25JY]
Classified information: establish new criminal offense for unauthorized disclosure of properly classified information, H9859 [12OC]
Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1532 [29MR]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H1288 [23MR], H8563, H8569 [2OC]
Computers: establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (H.R. 4059), H3534 [23MY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7533, H7537, H7539, H7540 [13SE]
———establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 3484), H8697, H8698 [3OC]
———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), motion to instruct conferees, H1040, H1042, H1043, H1046, H1047 [15MR]
———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2031 [11AP]
———provide law enforcement block grants (H.R. 4999), H7813, H7816 [19SE]
DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, H5046 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7533, H7537, H7539, H7540 [13SE]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), E1921
Dept. of Justice: report certain information relative to prisoners (H.R. 1800), H6736 [24JY], E1934
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4583 [15JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6644 [20JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11284 [26OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5046 [23JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11284 [26OC]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, H1482, H1540, H1541 [29MR]
Drugs: penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse, H8253 [27SE]
———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1532 [29MR]
Dunlap, J.E.: Ernie Deane Award recipient, E1055
Firearms: gun control, H1040, H1042, H1043, H1046, H1047 [15MR]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows, H1040 [15MR]
Harrison, AR: anniversary of Woman's Book Club, E1056
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), E1921
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H9859 [12OC]
Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 4700), H6737, H6740 [24JY]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (S. 2413), H10871, H10872 [25OC]
———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), H7811 [19SE]
Mountain Home, AR: tribute to Mountain Home Junior High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1054
National Endowment for the Humanities: Federal-State Partnership Program funding, H4583
Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS administrative account, H6644 [20JY]
Point of order, H7540 [13SE]
Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, H11284 [26OC]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8253 [27SE]
Roberts, Maurice: National Veterans Administration Chaplain of the Month award recipient, E1054
Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), H10872, H10873 [25OC]
Small business: limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476 [16FE]
———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H470, H476 [16FE]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H226 [8FE], H361 [14FE]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2810 [10MY]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3932 [7JN]
Votes: position on missed, E1794
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: tribute to employee fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, E1053
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8096 [26SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H371 [14FE]
Tributes
Anderson, Jonathan, E913