THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H7155 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 2203), H3202 [14JN]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H2571 [22MY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3466 [21JN]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 1282), H4541 [24JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H7358 [29OC]

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

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4112 [17JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H3807 [28JN]

Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, TX: designate (see H.R. 1801), H2388 [21MY]

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

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 448), H1664 [27AP]

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

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

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H1661 [26AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2956 [6JN]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3466 [21JN]

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

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Land use: establish that public lands be used for public utility infrastructure before private lands are condemned for such purpose (see H.R. 2101), H3466 [21JN]

Medicare: 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), H8843 [4DE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 438), H325 [13FE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2114), H2997 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2142 [10MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H443 [27FE]

———provide secure energy supplies (see H.R. 2436), H3861 [10JY]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2281 [16MY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H4429 [23JY]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 931), H2184 [15MY]

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

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H2387 [21MY]

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

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 794), H2334 [17MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1410 [3AP]

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4725 [26JY]

———provide for nonrecognition of gain on dispositions of dairy property which is certified as having been covered by a bovine tuberculosis eradication program agreement (see H.R. 1933), H2569 [22MY]

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

———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 increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H1923 [3MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H2387 [21MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H7960 [8NO]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H2890 [5JN]

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 Defense: improve organization and management of space programs and activities (see H.R. 2821), H5337 [2AU]

Dept. of State: establish an independent nonpartisan review panel to assess efforts to fulfill its mission in the future (see H.R. 304), H110 [30JA]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3239), H7852 [6NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 386), H165 [31JA]

Health: reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 1128), H1011 [20MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: provide greater protection of private property rights (see H.R. 1592), H1604 [25AP]

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H1060 [21MR]

Taxation: enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H507 [28FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 246), H108 [30JA]

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), H1409 [3AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8733 [30NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5619 [14SE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3755 [28JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1262 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Karnal Bunt research funding, H3755 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5771 [20SE]

———funding, H1262 [28MR]

Dept. of Energy: National Ignition Facility funding, H3674 [27JN]

———National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H5771 [20SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3670, H3674 [27JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5219 [2AU]

Journal: question of approval, H7098 [17OC]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (H. Con. Res. 154), H3220 [19JN]

Power resources: renewable energy funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy missile program funding, H3670 [27JN]

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), H5574 [11SE]

Tributes

Nelson, Tommy, H3867 [11JY]