SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Addresses

Dag Hammarskjold and the 21st Century: Kofi Annan, U.N., E1716-E1718 [25SE]

Amendments

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1252 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5732 [19SE], H5847 [20SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8478 [28NO]

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H7950 [8NO]

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 83, revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011, H1515 [24AP]

———S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

Floyd Spence funeral attendees, H5372 [5SE]

Norman Sisisky funeral attendees, H1384 [3AP]

Articles and editorials

Kaplan—Unsung, If Seldom Unheard, Hero, Jim Morrill and Mark Washburn, Charlotte (NC) Observer, E2233 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 1668), H3519 [25JN]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H10966 [20DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H651 [6MR]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

Budget: revise discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3084), H6700 [11OC]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H2889 [5JN]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H2889 [5JN]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 1102), H2334 [17MY] (see H.R. 1623), H2142 [10MY]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9078 [6DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3203 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: commend U.S. military and defense contractor personnel responsible for successful in-flight ballistic missile defense interceptor test (see H. Res. 195), H4112 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2148 [14MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H223 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see H.R. 1241), H1188 [27MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3150 [13JN]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1925 [3MY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1660 [26AP]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1925 [3MY]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]

Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H9240 [11DE]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 228), H1488 [4AP]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2849 [25MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H651 [6MR]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8248 [15NO]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H4353 [19JY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H398 [14FE]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H10966 [20DE]

Foreign trade: revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H4539 [24JY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9239 [11DE]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H2387 [21MY]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3960 [11JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

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

Israel: end violence in West Bank and Gaza and endorse recommendations of the Mitchell Committee Report (see H. Con. Res. 253), H9240 [11DE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H10355 [18DE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3203 [14JN]

Medicare: increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3203 [14JN]

———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), H2148 [14MY]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H3260 [19JN]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10355 [18DE]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 108), H1345 [29MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6702 [11OC]

National Academy of Sciences: conduct a study to determine the causes of recent increases in the price of natural gas (see H.R. 712), H1295 [28MR]

National Tartan Day: support establishment and recognize the anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath (see H. Res. 109), H1411 [3AP]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, tariff, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 2661), H4724 [26JY]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H8843 [4DE]

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

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250, 250), H3207 [18JN]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2571 [22MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10065 [13DE]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H5334 [2AU]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2281 [16MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H3358 [20JN]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3619 [26JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

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

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (see H. Res. 202), H4541 [24JY]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 3571), H10964 [20DE]

Taxation: 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), H2712 [24MY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H3358 [20JN]

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

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H2889 [5JN]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H1485 (see H.R. 1459), H1495 [4AP]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1661 [26AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H3203 [14JN]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H8343 [19NO]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H8732 [29NO]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H112 [30JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]

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

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H651 [6MR]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H7960 [8NO]

———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2713 [24MY]

World Trade Organization: preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7852 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Nuclear weapons: establish policy for reducing warheads in U.S. and Russian arsenals and weapons on high alert, and preventing proliferation of Russian nuclear weapons, fissile materials, and expertise (see H.R. 2351), H3712 [27JN]

R.E. Goodson Construction Co., Inc.: relief (see H.R. 1952), H2571 [22MY]

Spence, Floyd: tribute (see H. Res. 234), H5405 [5SE]

Motions

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8298 [16NO]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1507 [24AP]

Remarks

Abernathy, Sara: tribute to birth of child, H1176 [27MR]

Agriculture: funding, H1169 [27MR]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8299, H8300 [16NO]

———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration (H. Res. 289), H8258 [16NO]

———prohibit duty free and quota free import of textiles and apparel, H8258, H8299 [16NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, E1526 [3AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, E1526 [3AU]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5649 [14SE]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2891), H5687 [14SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5892 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H753 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1150, H1159, H1161, H1165, H1166, H1169, H1173, H1184, H1185 [27MR], H1203, H1250, H1261, H1264, H1266, H1267, H1269 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H1946 [8MY], H2037, H2038, H2041, H2044 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1198 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2033, H2034 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), motion to instruct conferees, H1507, H1509, H1510, H1511, H1513, H1514 [24AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), recommit conference report (H. Res. 134), H1954, H1955 [8MY]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1513 [24AP], E2355 [20DE]

Committee on the Budget (House): tribute to staff, H2049 [9MY]

Customs Service: transshipment enforcement and monitoring funding, H8969 [6DE]

Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H8969 [6DE]

Dept. of Defense: antiterrorism initiatives funding, H6029 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H6029, H6037 [25SE]

———commend U.S. military and defense contractor personnel responsible for successful in-flight ballistic missile defense interceptor test (H. Res. 195), H4037, H4039, H4040 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8478, H8479 [28NO]

———Space-Based Infrared Sensors program funding, H8478, H8479 [28NO]

Dept. of Energy: nuclear nonproliferation programs funding, H6037 [25SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4657 [26JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: provide retroactive implementation and repeal sunset on individual income tax rate reductions (H.R. 3050), E2366 [20DE]

Education: funding, H1161 [27MR], H1507, H1509, H1511, H1513, H1514 [24AP], H2038 [9MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), motion to recommit, H5313 [2AU]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 131), H1946 [8MY]

Israel: allocation of foreign aid, H1264 [28MR]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1507, H1509, H1514 [24AP]

———funding, H1507, H1510, H1514 [24AP]

———protection of certain trust funds in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1507, H1514 [24AP]

National security: national missile defense system, H1670 [1MY], H6029 [25SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8477 [28NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), E1526 [3AU]

Sisisky, Norman: tribute (H. Res. 107), H1336 [29MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1159 [27MR], H1507, H1510, H1514 [24AP], E2355 [20DE]

Spence, Floyd: tribute (H. Res. 234), H5367, H5369 [5SE]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1438 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7232 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), E2355 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10824 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H803 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H753 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2653 [23MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5530 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5892 [21SE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (H.R. 3008), H8958 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, H5173 [1AU], H10934 [20DE], E1526 [3AU]

Tables

Budget conference agreement on Medicare and Social Security, H1955 [8MY]

Tributes

Hammarskjold, Dag, E1716 [25SE]

Kaplan, Stan, E2233 [7DE]

Melton, Chance C., Jr., E991 [26MY]

Tallon, Robert M., E565 [5AP]

Wilson, Representative Joe, H10429 [19DE]