HUTCHINSON, ASA (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H77 [30JA]

Articles and editorials

Successful Business Strategies, Rhonda M. Abrams, USA Today, E595 [24AP]

Tribute to Frank Gregorin, 65th Signal Battalion (publication), E99 [1FE]

Y2K—A Legacy of the Country Doctors, Anthony T. DePalma, Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, E500-E502 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Market Transition Act: provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 1339), H1925 [3MY]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

Antitrust Modernization Commission: establish (see H.R. 2325), H3711 [27JN]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H507 [28FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

Aviation: permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1482 (see H.R. 1407), H1492 [4AP]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1190 [27MR]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1189 [27MR]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3863 [10JY]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H254 [8FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2281 [16MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (see H.R. 863), H647 [6MR]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H929 [14MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H1116 [22MR]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H1557 [24AP]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2998 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H324 [13FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H3259 [19JN]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2334 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H741 [7MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1605 [25AP]

Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H4217 [18JY]

Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H2956 [6JN]

Elections: require certain disclosure and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 150), H1190 [27MR]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2023 [8MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H1925 [3MY]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H1346 [29MR]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1013 [20MR]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H164 [31JA]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H3863 [10JY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3151 [13JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see H.R. 570), H1660 [26AP]

Law enforcement: limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H3863 [10JY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H5125 [1AU]

———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1558 [24AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H1717 [1MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1718 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 106), H2083 [9MY]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H1191 [27MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1664 [27AP]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see H.R. 802), H507 [28FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1410 [3AP]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3359 [20JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3619 [26JN]

Shipping Act: restore the application of antitrust laws to certain applicable agreements and conduct (see H.R. 1253), H1189 [27MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2890 [5JN]

Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H4635 [25JY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H1013 [20MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]

———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. 152), H112 [30JA]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H1490 [4AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see H.R. 1863), H3068 [12JN]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H1482 (see H.R. 1410), H1492 [4AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H4428 [23JY]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H2571 [22MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H955 [15MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H508 [28FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H2335 [17MY]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H2185 [15MY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1296 [28MR]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see H.R. 1341), H2849 [25MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 496), H444 [27FE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H508 [28FE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H325 [13FE]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H1558 [24AP]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H325 [13FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H1013 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H323 [13FE]

Ice storms: disaster assistance (see H.R. 1240), H1188 [27MR]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 1348), H1408 [3AP]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 2019), H2847 [25MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1150), H1059 [21MR]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 1805), H2141 [10MY]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 1875), H2280 [16MY]

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. 354), H164 [31JA]

Remarks

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1235 [28MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish, H78 [30JA]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, H31 [6JA]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1627 [26AP]

Doctor's Day: observance, E500 [29MR]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2406 [22MY]

———improve teacher quality, H2406 [22MY]

Fort Smith, AR: tribute to Northside High School Quiz Bowl team, E1157 [20JN]

Privacy: regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services, H78 [30JA]

Rogers, AR: tribute to Rogers High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E624 [25AP]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 1805), E783 [10MY]

———tribute to Small Business Development Centers, E595 [24AP]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (H.R. 1875), E813 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1534 [3AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5330 [2AU]

Tribute, H5315 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate relative to

DEA: nomination to be Administrator, S8549-S8551 [1AU]

———nomination to be Administrator, unanimous-consent agreement, S8534, S8535 [1AU]

Reports filed

Nomination To Be DEA Administrator: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8279 [26JY]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform (House), H77 [30JA]

Summaries

Small Business Liability Reform Act (H.R. 1805), E783 [10MY]

Tributes

Anderson, Lawson, H3522 [26JN]

Dickens, Robert D., Jr., E809 [16MY]

Gregorin, Frank, E99 [1FE]

Rollins, Jim D., E1497 [2AU]

Turnipseed, Mary Jane, E1375 [20JY]