DEAL, NATHAN (a Representative from Georgia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

———tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 161), H3466 [21JN]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 2985), H6135 [2OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H218 [7FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities to improve response to bioterrorism (see H.R. 3219), H7960 [8NO]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H1346 [29MR]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 324), H3204 [14JN]

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

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 190), H325 [13FE]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H2998 [7JN]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 646), H395 [14FE]

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

Congress: affirming commitment to preserving U.S. sovereignty and the integrity of its border (see H. Con. Res. 220), H5488 [10SE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H3618 [26JN]

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), H9239 [11DE]

———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: requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H224 [7FE]

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), H5406 [5SE]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (see H.R. 1884), H2280 [16MY]

Credit cards: protect consumers from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 2032), H7529 [30OC]

Crime: increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (see H.R. 993), H1346 [29MR]

———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), H222 [7FE]

———provide additional punishments for offenders committing fraud aimed at taking advantage of a national emergency (see H.R. 2986), H6136 [2OC]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1972), H3713 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

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

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H5406 [5SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H2712 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H959 [19MR]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 435), H741 [7MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H3618 [26JN]

Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H7128 [17OC]

Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office, Decatur, GA: designate (see H.R. 2261), H3357 [20JN]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

———require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program (see H.R. 385), H224 [7FE]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see H.R. 1545), H2185 [15MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H4724 [26JY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1661 [26AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1660 [26AP] (see H.R. 3333), H8337 [16NO]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H3806 [28JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H3068 [12JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 386), H508 [28FE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

Firearms: repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H1926 [3MY]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H400 [14FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H8732 [29NO]

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

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 232), H224 [7FE]

G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building, Sylvania, GA: designate (see H.R. 1183), H1113 [22MR]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8249 [15NO]

Georgia: tribute to 48th Infantry Brigade of the Army National Guard upon deployment to Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 65), H955 [15MR]

Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H1861 [2MY]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

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

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5125 [1AU]

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

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H6260 [3OC]

———establish a moratorium on issuance of visas for nonimmigrant students and other exchange program participants and improve reporting requirements for universities under the foreign student monitoring program (see H.R. 3221), H7910 [7NO]

———establish a temporary moratorium on and improve procedures for the issuance of nonimmigrant student visas and enhance procedures for admission at U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 3181), H7719 [1NO]

———establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 3286), H8132 [13NO]

———improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6504 [10OC]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H8249 [15NO]

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

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 2421), H3804 [28JN]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2999 [7JN]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8842 [4DE]

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: improve security at U.S. borders (see H.R. 3229), H8339 [16NO]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H955 [15MR]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building, Valdosta, GA: designate (see H.R. 1432), H1483 (see H.R. 1432), H1493 [4AP]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H508 [28FE]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H4113 [17JY]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H621 [1MR]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H649 [6MR]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H7909 [7NO]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———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]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5616 [13SE]

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

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3260 [19JN]

National Border Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 3600), H10965 [20DE]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H2997 [7JN]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H325 [13FE]

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

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

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1190 [27MR]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H1116 [22MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1346 [29MR]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H624 [1MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H2998 [7JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1664 [27AP]

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

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), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H508 [28FE]

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

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3863 [10JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3960 [11JY]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H3466 [21JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1410 [3AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H3806 [28JN]

———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]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H444 [27FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H2998 [7JN]

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

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H623 [1MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H5928 [21SE]

———provide a credit for higher education loan interest payments (see H.R. 1072), H2023 [8MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H2712 [24MY]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H877 [13MR]

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H224 [7FE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 1437), H1484 (see H.R. 1437), H1493 [4AP]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H1661 [26AP]

———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 alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H6380 [4OC]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H3619 [26JN]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

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

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

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1934), H2570 [22MY]

Telecommunications: establish a separate process for State commission evaluation of rural telephone company exemptions, suspensions, and modifications, relative to advanced capabilities (see H.R. 3142), H10966 [20DE]

Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve operations (see H.R. 1735), H2956 [6JN]

Terrorism: declare a state of war between the U.S. and international terrorists and their sponsors (see H.J. Res. 62), H5615 [13SE]

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

Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 3561), H10963 [20DE]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H5488 [10SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H412 [26FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1013 [20MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H650 [6MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3002 [8JN]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 50), H26 [3JA]

———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), H2998 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H1112 [22MR]

Lake Sidney Lanier: allow property owners to maintain existing residences that are inadvertently in violation of a Corps of Engineers flood control easement (see H.R. 535), H253 [8FE]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 1013), H927 [14MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H8564 [28NO]

Social Security: eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see H.R. 2850), H5454 [6SE]

Taxation: provide depreciation for certain horses placed in service after a certain age (see H.R. 1867), H2280 [16MY]

———treatment of distributions from individual retirement accounts for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2381), H3803 [28JN]

Remarks

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), H5660 [14SE]

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (H.R. 2985), H8109 [13NO]

Chattahoochee National Forest: land acquisition, H3412 [21JN]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (S. 360), H4033 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: report on INS deferred inspection process, H7915 [8NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3412 [21JN]

Gainesville, GA: tribute to the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County, H1516 [24AP]

Health: guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5269 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5269 [2AU]

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), H5564 [11SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1551 [24AP], H5701 [14SE], H7957 [8NO]