TAUZIN, W.J. (BILLY) (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

———S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H489 [16FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (see H.R. 2543), H90 [31JA]

Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H5436 [28JN]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]

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), H6777 [24JY]

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. 4600), H4120 [8JN]

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 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), H5657 [29JN]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H1956 [6AP]

———prevent imposition of spectrum caps on future Commercial and Mobile Radio Services auctions (see H.R. 4758), H5169 [26JN]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H997 [14MR]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H2605 [4MY]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H2605 [4MY]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H4816 [21JN]

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

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

Medicare: improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7002 [25JY]

———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7002 [25JY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [3OC]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

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: improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H4035 [7JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 5037, 5038), H7207 [27JY]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H757 [8MR]

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), H509 [16FE]

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

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H11490 [28OC]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

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), H455 [15FE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

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]

Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1119 [16MR]

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), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

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

Taxation: allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 4050), H5955 [12JY]

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

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1294), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 4204), H1956 [6AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H4484 [14JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H3523 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H922 [9MR]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3412 [18MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2122 [11AP]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 5004), H7206 [27JY]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H7281 [6SE]

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

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Internet: exempt certain telecommunications traffic from reciprocal compensation requirements (see H.R. 4445), H3049 [15MY]

Letters

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: by, H9703 [11OC]

Lists

Congressional Award Gala Steering Committee, E392 [22MR]

Remarks

BLM: auction public land identified for disposal, H2925 [11MY]

Coastal zones: prohibit use of offshore oil and gas revenues by States under Federal moratorium on offshore leasing, H2862 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H8645 [3OC]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2830, H2862, H2873, H2878, H2879, H2880, H2885, H2886, H2888 [10MY], H2913, H2914, H2915, H2916, H2917, H2918, H2925, H2926, H2927, H2943 [11MY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H8568 [2OC]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11392 [27OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4359 [14JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 523), H4347 [14JN]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6066 [17JY]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H6372 [18JY]

———support Internet safety awareness (H. Res. 575), H9538 [10OC]

Congressional Award Foundation: anniversary, E392 [22MR]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2873 [10MY]

———mandatory funding mechanisms, H2888 [10MY]

———restrict funding to incorporated cities and counties with certain population levels, H2926, H2927 [11MY]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 2592), H10457, H10458 [19OC]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1105 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1105 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1706 [4AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 603), H8645 [3OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3445, H3447, H3448 [19MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11500 [29OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4883 [21JN]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 271), H10454, H10456 [19OC]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4883 [21JN]

FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2314 [13AP]

———clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4685, H4688, H4689, H4691, H4693, H4694, H4696, H4697, H4698, H4699 [20JN]

———clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), consideration (H. Res. 527), H4684 [20JN]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2302, H2307, H2314 [13AP]

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), H1244 [22MR]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1196 [22MR]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1706 [4AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit taking of private property through use of adverse condemnation proceedings, H2913, H2914, H2915 [11MY]

Louisiana: authorize water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin (H.R. 2957), H2465, H2466 [3MY]

Medicare: require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11500 [29OC]

Montana: develop acquisition and disposal plan for consolidation of private and Federal lands, H2917, H2918 [11MY]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9624, H9627, H9629, H9630 [10OC]

New Orleans, LA: prohibit funding for construction of an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport, H3445, H3447, H3448 [19MY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1196 [22MR]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9555 [10OC]

Public broadcasting: airing of political advertisements on public radio, H10816 [25OC]

Public lands: restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2885, H2886 [10MY]

Real property: private property owner rights, H2878, H2879, H2880 [10MY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11500 [29OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11500 [29OC]

Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), H3491 [22MY]

Taxation: prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3058, H3059, H3061 [16MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3864 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), motion to recommit, H2279 [13AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H904 [9MR]

———State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (H.R. 2346), H11848, H11849 [13NO]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2290, H2299 [13AP]

Votes: correction, E1932 [25OC]

———position on missed, H359 [14FE], H11368 [27OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3865 [25MY]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, H236 [8FE]

Tributes

Bliley, Representative, H9877 [12OC]