THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2931 [11MY]

Appointments

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H1138 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Bureau of Reclamation: conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (see H.R. 2988), H4784 [20JN]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2607 [4MY]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H7871 [19SE]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H9505 [6OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 3418), H1764 [4AP]

———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses (see H. Res. 534), H5240 [27JN]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1959 [6AP]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1494), H3925 [6JN]

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]

FAA: limit age restrictions for the issuance or renewal of certain airman certificates (see H.R. 4352), H7723 [18SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H455 [15FE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1477 [28MR]

FCC: 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), H50 [27JA]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H9011 [5OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3869 [25MY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H3474 [19MY]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H1959 [6AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2607 [4MY]

McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H1959 [6AP]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H165 [1FE]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 2867), H757 [8MR]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H6355 [17JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H4817 [21JN]

National security: U.S. policy relative to deployment of a national missile defense system (see H.R. 5536), H10808 [24OC]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H455 [15FE] (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]

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

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H342 [10FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Power resources: enhance use of renewable energy resources, conserve energy resources, improve energy efficiency, and increase domestic energy supplies (see H.R. 4805), H5655 [29JN]

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

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H5037 [22JN]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3813 [24MY]

Taxation: exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]

———exclude hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces from earned income tax credit calculations (see H.R. 4335), H2339 [13AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H6777 [24JY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H7373 [11SE]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H5241 [27JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H454 [15FE] (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 computer software (see H.R. 4184), H4121 [8JN]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H2606 [4MY]

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H632 [1MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3474 [19MY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3173 [16MY]

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

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H7366 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4124), H1588 [29MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 4242), H2122 [11AP]

Health: provide for health care liability reform (see H.R. 5092), H7209 [27JY] (see H.R. 5119), H7280 [6SE]

———reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 5094), H7209 [27JY]

Health care professionals: provide reimbursement and a tax deduction for patient bad debt (see H.R. 5093), H7209 [27JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8471 [29SE], H12023 [7DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8471 [29SE]

Proclamations

Tribute to Sheppard AFB, TX, Independence Day Celebration, E1184 [30JN]

Remarks

Amarillo, TX: Amarillo VA Health Care System recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Quality Award, E1663 [4OC]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (H. Con. Res. 282), H1970 [10AP]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1981 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1358 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1981 [10AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3728 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2940, H2941, H2942, H2943, H2944 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3380 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9652 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses (H. Res. 534), H6074, H6076 [17JY]

———prohibit dual employment at the National Nuclear Security Administration, H5279 [27JN]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 271), H10455 [19OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5279 [27JN]

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), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1205 [22MR]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H5953 [12JY]

Medicare: expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3380 [18MY]

Red River Boundary Compact: congressional consent (H.J. Res. 72), H6746 [24JY]

Sheppard AFB, TX: tribute to Independence Day celebration, E1184 [30JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146 [9JN]