LARGENT, STEVE (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Articles and editorials
Grandma Teaches Kin To Love Stitch Projects, Oklahoma City (OK) Daily Oklahoman, E1929
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H4949 [31JY]
Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H4541 [24JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]
———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]
———sequestration of Federal spending relative to gross domestic product (see H.R. 1521), H1498 [4AP]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of the rotunda for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original Navajo Code Talkers (see H. Con. Res. 174), H3618 [26JN]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]
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]
Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 646), H395 [14FE]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 2417), H4541 [24JY]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]
Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H3863 [10JY]
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]
Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H254 [8FE]
Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]
Corps of Engineers: revise certain policies for the purpose of improving the Corps' community relations (see H.R. 2353), H3712 [27JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H325 [13FE]
———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]
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), H3067 [12JN]
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), H3806 [28JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2889 [5JN]
———recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H8949 [5DE]
Disasters: improve ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural floods (see H.R. 1100), H1010 [20MR]
Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H3358 [20JN]
———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]
———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H3358 [20JN]
District of Columbia: prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality (see H.R. 2390), H3803 [28JN]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H3805 [28JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212), H3466 [21JN] (see H.R. 2316), H4217 [18JY] (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), H2334 [17MY]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H1116 [22MR]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]
———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H10910 [19DE]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H258 [12FE]
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), H1558 [24AP]
Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3359 [20JN]
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), H8564 [28NO]
———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H2334 [17MY]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H959 [19MR]
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]
Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1861 [2MY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3807 [28JN]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2414), H3804 [28JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 835), H1346 [29MR]
Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9240 [11DE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3150 [13JN]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2712 [24MY]
Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H2335 [17MY]
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), H1660 [26AP]
———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), H10910 [19DE]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2805), H6919 [16OC]
Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1605 [25AP]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4949 [31JY]
National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification: establish (see H.R. 335), H1013 [20MR]
National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5340 [2AU]
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]
Native Americans: protect tribes from coerced labor agreements (see H.R. 103), H4780 [27JY]
NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H3806 [28JN]
Nuclear energy: remediation of thorium processing sites (see H.R. 2418), H3804 [28JN]
———remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (see H.R. 3343), H8343 [19NO]
Oklahoma: settle certain claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed (see H.R. 3534), H10909 [19DE]
Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (see H.R. 2742), H5334 [2AU]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (see H.R. 1533), H1499 [4AP]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]
Petroleum: condemn gasoline price-gouging following hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 238), H5704 [14SE]
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), H254 [8FE]
———research and development funding for ultra-deep water and unconventional natural gas and petroleum exploration and production technologies (see H.R. 2756), H5335 [2AU]
Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H3260 [19JN]
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), H8842 [4DE]
Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 247), H6137 [2OC]
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), H2023 [8MY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H3806 [28JN]
———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]
———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H1116 [22MR]
Taxation: 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), H10966 [20DE]
———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), H1557 [24AP]
———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3203 [14JN]
———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), H3619 [26JN]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H6066 [28SE]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1717 [1MY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H167 [31JA]
———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]
———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 224), H1660 [26AP]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4949 [31JY]
———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H4113 [17JY]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]
———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]
———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7333 [25OC]
———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]
———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3041), H9239 [11DE]
———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]
———reduce and simplify income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (see H.R. 456), H877 [13MR]
———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 (see H.R. 437), H1660 [26AP]
———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), H6919 [16OC]
———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), H1488 [4AP]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]
———restore awareness of the cost of government by eliminating the withholding of income taxes by employers and requiring individuals to pay income taxes in monthly installments (see H.R. 1364), H1861 [2MY]
———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H5927 [21SE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H650 [6MR]
———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6260 [3OC]
———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see H.R. 991), H875 [13MR]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 496), H222 [7FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1556 [24AP]
———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Organ donors: tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation (see H. Con. Res. 207), H4949 [31JY]
Taxation: encourage energy production (see H.R. 2267), H3464 [21JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]
Letters
Resignation from the House of Representatives, H8346 [27NO]
Poems
``First We'll Use Largent,'' Representative Oxley, H3524 [26JN]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3760
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), H5650 [14SE]
Congress: National Prayer Breakfast, E599
Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1643 [26AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3373
FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H5144 [1AU]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), E1365
Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (H.R. 2742), H9186
Pawnee, OK: Pawnee Replacement Health Center construction funding, H3373
Point of order, H3723 [28JN]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5109, H5144 [1AU]
Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4929
———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4929
Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1449 [4AP]
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), H5577
Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), H3218
Resignations
House of Representatives, H8346 [27NO]
Transcripts
National Prayer Breakfast (1999), E599
Tributes
Groendyke, John D., E2141
Penrod, Allene Mitchell, E1929