BARR, BOB (a Representative from Georgia)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H4767 [16JY], H5200 [23JY], H5337 [24JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3009, Trade Act, H4020 [26JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.R. 77), H36 [23JA]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4554 [11JY]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H4575 [12JY]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3562 [13JN]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2101 [2MY]
———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), H562 [26FE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Civil Air Patrol: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 311), H285 [12FE]
———make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1484 [18AP]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H3721 [19JN]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H227 [7FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H1090 [20MR]
Dept. of the Interior: replace the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Federal agency responsible for the administration, protection, and preservation of Midway Atoll (see H.R. 4784), H3230 [5JN]
District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H2662 [20MY]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4606 [15JY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H1284 [11AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1156 [9AP]
Education: provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H2356 [9MY]
Endangered Species Act: amend to require clear and convincing scientific data with respect to the designation of critical habitat of a species (see H.R. 3798), H1201 [10AP]
———authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]
———require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]
———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H3601 [17JN]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain communications from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 1543), H3292 [6JN]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H634 [27FE]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H1003 [19MR]
———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H562 [26FE]
———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H3859 [24JN]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H4498 [10JY]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H79 [24JA]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1090 [20MR]
Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H227 [7FE]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H37 [23JA]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H781 [7MR]
Flags: require display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 3177), H4326 [27JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.R. 79), H36 [23JA]
Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H79 [24JA]
Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H142 [5FE]
General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H7172 [7OC]
Government: promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H833 [12MR]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2946 [22MY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H2356 [9MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3230 [5JN]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4932 [18JY]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H2019 [1MY]
House Rules: apply layover requirements for conference reports at the end of a congressional session and require the inclusion of certain matter in joint explanatory statements accompanying conference reports (see H. Res. 376), H1090 [20MR]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H562 [26FE]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H1284 [11AP]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to loss of nationality for treason or terrorism against the U.S. (see H.R. 5440), H6558 [24SE]
INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (see H.R. 4009), H1087 [20MR]
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1003 [19MR]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: permanently extend the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4020), H1156 [9AP]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H105 [29JA]
Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H4498 [10JY]
Law enforcement: conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H4425 [9JY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
Medicare: 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), H3453 [11JN]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3292 [6JN]
Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5574), H7303 [8OC]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H201 [6FE]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7738 [9OC]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.R. 69), H36 [23JA]
Public lands: provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H1484 [18AP]
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), H687 [5MR]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1338 [16AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Rivers: modify certain resources projects for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers (see H.R. 5129), H4873 [17JY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H1155 [9AP]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3292 [6JN]
———suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 3605), H1338 [16AP]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H524 [14FE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2511 [15MY]
States: permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H2734 [21MY]
Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H4350 [8JY]
———allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees while participating in mentoring programs for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 3629), H78 [24JA]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H141 [5FE]
———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H4767 [16JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H4326 [27JN]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H3160 [4JN]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H688 [5MR]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 15), H141 [5FE]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H3229 [5JN]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]
———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H201 [6FE]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H634 [27FE]
———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3475), H142 [5FE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H3037 [23MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H1338 [16AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1281 [11AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2355 [9MY]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H688 [5MR]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H688 [5MR]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H367 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H1618 [24AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]
Martha Berry Post Office, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5609), H7892 [10OC]
Taxation: provide a refundable credit for elementary and secondary school teachers and provide and expand deductions for unreimbursed expenses for continuing education (see H.R. 4884), H3291 [6JN]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5364 [24JY]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4447
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4447
———tribute to individuals killed in airplane crash in Birmingham, England, E564
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1553
Canton, GA: tribute to Northside Hospital-Canton, E513
Cartersville, GA: tribute to Cass High School Junior ROTC, E280
Cherokee County, GA: Emergency Medical Services recipient of the Region 1 Emergency Medical Services Council Service of the Year award, E842
———tribute to American Heritage Academy, E78
———tribute to Crossroads Middle/High School, E119
Cherokee Living (publication): anniversary, E894
Civil Air Patrol: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 311), E302
CorTrans Logistics, LLC: tribute, E1540
Dacula, GA: tribute to Hebron Baptist Church children's theater group, E817
Delgado Sanchez, Eugenia: murder by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (terrorist organization), E1788
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: tribute to Marietta-Roswell alumnae chapter, E77
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2370 [9MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5655 [25JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5337, H5338, H5341 [24JY], E1490
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3742
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1553
Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd.: economic collapse, H1553
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (H.R. 4561), H7032
Gwinnett County, GA: anniversary of Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, E1109
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E245
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6806
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1638 [25AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2073
Marietta, GA: presentation of a piece of the Berlin Wall to the family of Lucius Clay, E975
Miller, Melissa: Sixes Living (publication) Mother of the Year award recipient, E1132
National Small Cities Day: observance, E1055
Office of National Drug Control Policy: prohibit use of national media campaign funding for payments to Ogilvy and Mather Corp., H5337, H5338, H5341 [24JY], E1490
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4130
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H424
———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H424
———prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens, H450 [13FE]
Reinhardt College: construction of the Floyd A. and Fay W. Falany Performing Arts Center, E278
Rome, GA: tribute to ``One Family Helping One Family'' program, E80
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3742
U.N.: prohibit funding for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, H2370 [9MY]
Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (H.R. 392), unanimous-consent request, H6788 [1OC]
Tributes
Bryant, Jerry L., E397
Clay, Lucius, E975
Dunn, Robert, E447
Falany, Floyd A. and Fay W., E278
Horner, Robert W., III, H4431 [10JY]
Jiles, Billy, E1535
Johnson, Bill, E236
Lasseter, Shirley, E241
Long, Jesse, E516
Sexton, Rupert, E1188
Wisebram, Herschel, E445