SUNUNU, JOHN E. (a Representative from New Hampshire)
Amendments
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5152, H5154 [1AU]
Appointments
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 83, revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011, H1515 [24AP]
———H.R. 2506, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7859 [7NO]
———H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6383 [5OC]
———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]
John Joseph Moakley funeral attendees, H2929 [6JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]
Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H10910 [19DE]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H2679 [23MY]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H2709 [24MY]
———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]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H10910 [19DE]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H3618 [26JN]
Clean Air Act: modify oxygen content requirement and improve regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 20), H1012 [20MR]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9240 [11DE]
Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]
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), H3712 [27JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]
Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2998 [7JN]
Dept. of the Interior: dispose of all BLM administered public lands that have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process (see H.R. 1174), H1605 [25AP]
———establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit use of surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than Government and municipal securities (see H.R. 2132), H3066 [12JN]
Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1489 [4AP]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H412 [26FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212), H3466 [21JN] (see H.R. 2316), H4780 [27JY]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]
———provide funding flexibility to States and local educational agencies for programs to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities (see H.R. 1527), H9078 [6DE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]
———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H3961 [11JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]
Foreign policy: support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H2081 [9MY]
Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5407 [5SE]
———extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3359 [20JN]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H164 [31JA]
Government: promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H952 [15MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]
Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]
Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H1605 [25AP]
———establish an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system (see H.R. 3043), H6459 [9OC]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H1660 [26AP]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3519 [25JN]
———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), H2082 [9MY]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H6458 [9OC]
———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), H3465 [21JN]
———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H6459 [9OC]
———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), H8949 [5DE]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H5927 [21SE]
Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H2680 [23MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2849 [25MY]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]
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), H3069 [12JN]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H877 [13MR]
Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H624 [1MR]
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]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]
———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]
Taxation: 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), H3203 [14JN]
———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H5928 [21SE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H323 [13FE]
———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H253 [8FE]
———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]
———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), H441 [27FE]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2023 [8MY]
———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H5125 [1AU]
———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 tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1346 [29MR]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2890 [5JN]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H3465 [21JN]
———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1934), H2570 [22MY]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H5928 [21SE]
———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see H.R. 1341), H6260 [3OC]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 52), H5928 [21SE]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]
———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5928 [21SE]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2131), H3066 [12JN]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H741 [7MR]
Water: prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 937), H1013 [20MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Transportation: make grants to States to carry out innovative projects to promote seat belt use (see H.R. 2295), H3465 [21JN]
Social Security: modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H740 [7MR]
Tariff: bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI) (see H.R. 2168), H3150 [13JN]
Taxation: provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE]
Thresher (U.S.S.): erect a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to honor the crew (see H. Con. Res. 137), H2334 [17MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1413 [4AP]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1735 [2MY], H2893 [6JN]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3331, H3332, H3333, H3334 [20JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5154, H5155, H5156 [1AU]
———use Federal share of oil and gas leasing royalties for the Renewable Energy Technology Fund and the Royalties Conservation Fund, H5153 [1AU]
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), H5657 [14SE]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1161, H1169, H1172 [27MR], H1237, H1261 [28MR]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2035 [9MY]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), motion to instruct conferees, H1512, H1513 [24AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1161, H1169 [27MR], H1512, H1513 [24AP]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1513 [24AP]
Education: funding, H1512 [24AP]
Medicare: protection of certain trust funds in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1512 [24AP]
Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2915 [6JN]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS taxpayer refund notification funding, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3334 [20JN]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5153, H5155, H5156 [1AU]
Taxation: provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), H2165 [15MY]
———rates, H1512 [24AP]
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), H5576
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4777 [27JY]
Tributes
Champion, Michael J., H1735 [2MY]
Chandler, John H.P. (Happy Jack), H2259 [16MY]