BERRY, MARION (a Representative from Arkansas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H8732 [29NO]
Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see H.R. 2027), H2847 [25MY]
Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 337, 338), H163 [31JA]
———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1121), H2956 [6JN]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]
Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H6779 [12OC]
———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H10355 [18DE]
———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6919 [16OC]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3863 [10JY]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H10356 [18DE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H7852 [6NO]
Consumers: require retailers of farm-raised fish to inform consumers of the country of origin (see H.R. 2439), H3861 [10JY]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]
Crime: establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H5488 [10SE]
Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3359 [20JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (see H.R. 2879), H5592 [11SE]
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), H8564 [28NO]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1661 [26AP]
———give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (see H.R. 3067), H7333 [25OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2848 [25MY]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1605 [25AP]
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]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H26 [3JA]
———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see H.R. 1530), H1498 [4AP]
Education: provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]
EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 64), H6137 [2OC]
Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H1660 [26AP]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3358 [20JN]
Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 2964), H6505 [10OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H3261 [19JN]
Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H2680 [23MY]
Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]
Ice storms: disaster assistance (see H.R. 1240), H1188 [27MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1557 [24AP]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2185 [15MY]
Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 3166), H7308 [24OC]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1121 [26MR]
Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H4009 [12JY]
———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]
Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1926 [3MY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H6780 [12OC]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2023 [8MY]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]
———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), H9078 [6DE]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2387 [21MY]
Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]
Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1926 [3MY]
National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1558 [24AP]
NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H7910 [7NO]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Pharmaceuticals: establish compulsory licensing of certain patented prescription drugs and medical inventions (see H.R. 1708), H1923 [3MY]
———establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (see H.R. 1685), H5339 [2AU]
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), H108 [30JA]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3864 [10JY]
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), H6379 [4OC]
Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H6458 [9OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]
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]
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4634 [25JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]
———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), H5340 [2AU]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]
———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), H8732 [29NO]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H3713 [27JN]
———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2281 [16MY]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H5340 [2AU]
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 the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]
Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10910 [19DE]
Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H1121 [26MR]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3863 [10JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H3863 [10JY] (see H.R. 303), H877 [13MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1557 [24AP]
Voting: 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
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), H1407 [3AP]
Mississippi Valley National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 1932), H2569 [22MY]
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]
Motions
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5285 [2AU]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), H806 [8MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6315 [4OC]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6172, H6234 [3OC], H6267, H6315, H6339 [4OC]
———limit price support payments to producers, H6234 [3OC]
———price supports for sugar, H6339 [4OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3778 [28JN]
Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7678 [1NO]
———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7678 [1NO]
Budget: allocation of funds, H727 [7MR], H770 [8MR]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1235 [28MR]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2032 [9MY]
Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H1841 [2MY]
FDA: Office of Generic Drugs funding, H3778 [28JN]
Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, H6267 [4OC]
Health: guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5272 [2AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H311 [13FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H311 [13FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H3811 [10JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5200, H5272 [2AU]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5189 [2AU]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), motion to recommit, H5313 [2AU]
Manila, AR: anniversary, E1364
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H311 [13FE], H1840, H1841, H1842 [2MY]
Power resources: national energy policy, H2685 [24MY]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), H727 [7MR], H770 [8MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H198 [6FE], H3147 [13JN]
Tributes
Bevis, William J., Sr., E1291
Boozman, John, H8569 [29NO]
Davis, Jackie, E1446
Duckworth, Felix B., E798
Fisher, Jimmie Lou, E797
Jeans, Charles (Chicken), E1290
Krueger, Daniel W., E1289
Mullen, James H., E1294
Williams, Joyce, E796
Zini, James E., E1270