ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4570 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6640, H6666, H6673 [11OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6383 [5OC]

———H.R. 2944, District of Columbia appropriations, H7919 [8NO]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7942 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H1117 [22MR]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8337 [16NO]

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]

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

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H877 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2956 [6JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2327), H3711 [27JN]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H622 [1MR]

Electric power: provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see H.R. 381), H1346 [29MR]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H8746 [30NO] (see H.R. 3333), H8337 [16NO]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

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

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 Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2849 [25MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H444 [27FE]

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), H2956 [6JN]

———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]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (see H. Con. Res. 273), H8949 [5DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8732 [29NO]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3204 [14JN]

House Rules: prohibit the inclusion in any legislation of any provision which makes a decrease in Federal income taxes contingent upon another event or circumstance (see H. Res. 123), H2023 [8MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1011 [20MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4352 [19JY]

Medicare: 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), H648 [6MR]

Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1605 [25AP]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3806 [28JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 204), H4948 [31JY]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6781 [12OC]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3204 [14JN]

Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (see H.R. 2742), H5334 [2AU]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6781 [12OC]

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]

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

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), H2148 [14MY]

Social Security: 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), H3863 [10JY]

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

———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), H5927 [21SE]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2956 [6JN]

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

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2177), H4634 [25JY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see H.R. 585), H508 [28FE]

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H10966 [20DE]

———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———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]

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

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H1485 (see H.R. 1466), H1495 [4AP]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3475), H10055 [12DE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see H.R. 247), H955 [15MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H443 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2590), H4428 [23JY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 973), H874 [13MR]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2333 [17MY]

Taxation: 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]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2590), H7337-H7356 [29OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3304, H3305 [20JN]

Bureau of Public Debt: report on public debt relative to foreign ownership and detailed cost data, H4560 [25JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H4590 [25JY]

Cedar Rapids, IA: courthouse funding, H4559 [25JY]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding, H6640 [11OC]

———abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6666, H6670, H6671, H6672 [11OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H7543 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8499 [28NO]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H687 [7MR]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4553, H4559, H4560, H4570, H4577, H4578, H4584, H4588, H4590, H4591, H4593, H4594, H4614, H4619 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), conference report, H7536, H7542, H7543 [31OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration of conference report, H7380 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), unanimous-consent agreement, H4610 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), unanimous-consent request, H4574 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6640, H6641, H6666, H6670, H6671, H6672, H6673, H6675, H6676 [11OC]

Executive Office of the President: consolidate various accounts, H4570 [25JY]

FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4614 [25JY]

Foreign trade: prohibit release of certain merchandise produced using child labor, H4593 [25JY]

Glynco, GA: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center funding, H7542 [31OC]

Languages: prohibit funding to implement Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H6673, H6675, H6676 [11OC]

Law enforcement: Federal law enforcement programs funding, H7536 [31OC]

———Federal Law Enforcement Training Center funding, H4560 [25JY]

Morrow, GA: National Archives and Records Administration building funding, H4588 [25JY]

Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (H.R. 2742), H9185 [11DE]

OMB: budget authority suballocation funding, H4619 [25JY]

Point of order, H4568 [25JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4578, H4584 [25JY]

Presidential appointments: prohibit payment to persons appointed during a congressional recess who have been previously rejected by vote of the Senate, H4591 [25JY]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: prohibit OMB funding to implement final report, H4619 [25JY]

Salt Lake City, UT: Winter Olympics security operations funding, H3304, H3305 [20JN]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), H6805 [16OC]

Terrorism: making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8499 [28NO]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4578, H4584 [25JY]

———donation of food and beverages for official events at Naval Observatory official residence, H4588 [25JY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9293 [12DE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2590) (H. Rept. 107-253), H7357 [29OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2590) (H. Rept. 107-152), H4427 [23JY]

Tables

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4554-H4557 [25JY], H7538-H7540 [31OC]