TERRY, LEE (a Representative from Nebraska)
Amendments
Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H166 [1FE], H183 [2FE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3414 [18MY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4821 [21JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5169 [26JN], H5643 [29JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1764 [4AP]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5737 [10JY]
Budget: allow projected on-budget surplus to be used for tax cuts (see H.R. 1016), H922 [9MR]
———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]
Bureau of Reclamation: transfer irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska (see H.R. 2984), H2967 [11MY]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H3413 [18MY]
China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]
Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2771 [9MY]
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: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]
Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2013 [10AP]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H4675 [19JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see H.R. 4688), H7578 [13SE]
Drugs: penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H3813 [24MY]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3160), H575 [29FE]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H342 [10FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 2544), H511 [16FE]
FBI: provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background checks to allow time to implement a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth serving organizations (see H.R. 4424), H7003 [25JY]
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H4121 [8JN]
———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H50 [27JA]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H4121 [8JN]
Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H3412 [18MY]
FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see H.R. 4795), H7212 [27JY]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1405 [23MR]
———repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]
Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4174 [9JN]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H.R. 4862), H7212 [27JY]
Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]
House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H4337 [13JN]
Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H5436 [28JN]
``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6720 [20JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR]
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H6719 [20JY]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H6355 [17JY]
———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H921 [9MR]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H757 [8MR]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1407 [23MR]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicare: expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1413 [27MR]
———modify restrictions on physician self-referral (see H.R. 2651), H632 [1MR]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5737 [10JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H8062 [25SE]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 15), H3813 [24MY]
Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5737 [10JY]
Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H8617 [2OC]
NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 3115), H575 [29FE] (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]
Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H255 [8FE]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H4592 [15JN]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H4122 [8JN]
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]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H922 [9MR]
Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]
———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H7652 [14SE] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2607 [4MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H4592 [15JN]
———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), H4121 [8JN]
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 debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7503 [12SE]
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), H253 [8FE]
Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see H.R. 4946), H7129 [26JY]
Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H1763 [4AP]
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), H3649 [23MY]
Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]
———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]
States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]
———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H4484 [14JN]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———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. 4214, 4245), H2967 [11MY]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]
———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 4071), H2412 [2MY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2012 [10AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3252), H511 [16FE]
———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H2013 [10AP]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [27JY]
———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H1476 [28MR]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H997 [14MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H3172 [16MY]
———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1317), H511 [16FE]
———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H3173 [16MY]
———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2906 [10MY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7723 [18SE]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1406 [23MR]
———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H632 [1MR]
———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H3172 [16MY]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H1957 [6AP]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2341 [13AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (see H. Res. 467), H2012 [10AP]
Census: limit information that may be requested on decennial census questionnaires (see H.R. 4458), H3049 [15MY]
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), H3474 [19MY]
Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office, Omaha, NE: designate (see H.R. 4457), H3049 [15MY] (see H.R. 4615), H4120 [8JN]
Letters
INS Omaha, NE, district office relocation project funding: Gerri Ratliff and Barbara J. Atherton, INS, H4996 [22JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3532 [23MY], H5847 [12JY]
Programs
Reverend J.C. Wade memorial service, H7228 [6SE]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1782 [5AP]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1582
Black Press Day: anniversary, H1081 [16MR]
Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3140 [16MY]
———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2071, H2075 [11AP]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5875 [12JY]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H3140 [16MY]
Business and industry: clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to industry standards at the time of production, H183 [2FE]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3312 [18MY], H3533 [23MY]
Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), E597
Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to create a heating oil reserve for the Northeast, H5848 [12JY]
Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H4747 [20JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4996 [22JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4747 [20JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 3616), H2998 [15MY]
Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1582
Government: require use of recovery audits by Federal agencies to improve the economy and efficiency of operations (H.R. 1827), H717
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5643 [29JN]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1696
Health Care Financing Administration: oversight of Medicare contractors, H717
Health care professionals: negotiation over fees, payments, or reimbursements with health plans, H5643 [29JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2455
INS: Omaha, NE, district office relocation project funding, H4996 [22JN]
Keith D. Oglesby Station, Greenville, SC: designate (H.R. 2952), H706 [8MR]
Layford R. Johnson Post Office, Eastover, SC: designate (H.R. 3018), H708 [8MR]
Mamie G. Floyd Post Office, Columbia, SC: designate (H.R. 3018), H708 [8MR]
Marybelle H. Howe Post Office, Charleston, SC: designate (H.R. 3018), H708 [8MR]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 310), H2368 [2MY]
Omaha (NE) Star: tribute, E351
Omaha Star (publication): tribute, H1081 [16MR]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 4844), H7344 [7SE]
Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office, Omaha, NE: designate (H.R. 4615), H7228 [6SE]
Richard E. Fields Post Office, Charleston, SC: designate (H.R. 3018), H708 [8MR]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), E598
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H289 [10FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4027 [7JN], H4138 [9JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3850
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7161 [27JY]
Votes: position on missed, H792 [9MR], H3890
Remarks in House relative to
Terry, Jack W.: congratulations on birth, E1508 [18SE]
Tributes
Barrett, Representative Bill, H11709