BRYANT, ED (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1121), H2956 [6JN]

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]

———extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H8564 [28NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H6422 [5OC]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3619 [26JN]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), H3864 [10JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously 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.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

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

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3712 [27JN]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H325 [13FE]

———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 the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H8181 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H929 [14MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H3805 [28JN]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H10967 [20DE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3068 [12JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H10964 [20DE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H3806 [28JN]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1661 [26AP]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H4429 [23JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1330), H5406 [5SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (see H.R. 329), H163 [31JA]

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2082 [9MY]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H5339 [2AU]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H443 [27FE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H10055 [12DE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2849 [25MY]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H5971 [24SE]

———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]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H6458 [9OC]

Moccasin Bend National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 980), H875 [13MR]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H5334 [2AU]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6057 [25SE]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H10055 [12DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H1926 [3MY]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H2996 [7JN]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H959 [19MR]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3806 [28JN]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2335 [17MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

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

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H3713 [27JN]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1116 [22MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3260 [19JN]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 2052), H2888 [5JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H5406 [5SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H5971 [24SE]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H5406 [5SE]

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

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H4541 [24JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H3713 [27JN]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1190 [27MR]

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

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2998 [7JN]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (see H.R. 1895, 1895), H3207 [18JN]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6260 [3OC]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3358 [20JN]

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

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H3358 [20JN]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H2998 [7JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H2679 [23MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H650 [6MR]

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), H3960 [11JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers (see H.R. 1961), H5456 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H2333 [17MY]

Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 2465), H3959 [11JY]

Poems

``Our Flag, Old Glory,'' Wendell Pigg, E2049 [8NO]

``Our Great Country,'' Edythe Owston, E2049 [8NO]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3891 [11JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1631 [26AP]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3891 [11JY]

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), H5544 [11SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6762 [12OC]

Votes: position on missed, E1718 [25SE]

Tributes

Grossman, Rafael G., H3263 [20JN]

Owston, Edythe, E2049 [8NO]

Pigg, Wendell, E2049 [8NO]