BARTLETT, ROSCOE G. (a Representative from Maryland)
Addresses
George Washington's Birthday Ceremonies: by, H526 [26FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H783 [11MR]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
George Washington's Birthday Ceremonies, H525 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3826 [21JN]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H5994 [26JY]
Armed Forces: require induction of men registered under the Selective Service System and allow women to volunteer and receive limited basic military training and education (see H.R. 3598), H201 [6FE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H2662 [20MY]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2235 [8MY]
Bretton Woods Agreement Act: sunset (see H.R. 3812), H1003 [19MR]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H2471 [14MY]
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]
Cemeteries and funerals: urge maintenance of flags placed on the grave sites of U.S. veterans on Memorial Day (see H. Res. 120), H105 [29JA]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6061 [4SE]
———penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2356 [9MY]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4554 [11JY]
Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H561 [26FE]
Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H1284 [11AP]
———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), H2945 [22MY]
———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H2945 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H1003 [19MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H937 [18MR]
———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H1284 [11AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide Government markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries that died on or after the day of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3990), H1201 [10AP]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H907 [13MR]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H932 [14MR]
———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H6374 [18SE]
District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H2235 [8MY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H6085 [5SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H2108 [6MY]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see H.R. 3678), H932 [14MR]
Endangered Species Act: 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]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H8546 [12NO]
———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H562 [26FE]
FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H6559 [24SE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H6693 [25SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H6304 [17SE]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H1284 [11AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H3775 [20JN]
———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), H2354 [9MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3230 [5JN]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1533 [23AP]
House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]
Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1091 [20MR]
———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]
———treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 3906), H1156 [9AP]
INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (see H.R. 4009), H1284 [11AP]
Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident victims (see H.R. 1704), H2608 [16MY]
Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3287), H3514 [12JN]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1338 [16AP]
Law enforcement: conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H3514 [12JN]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2471 [14MY]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H3453 [11JN]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H1201 [10AP]
———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), H105 [29JA]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1770 [30AP]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H142 [5FE]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H2945 [22MY]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3514 [12JN]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H4766 [16JY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H738 [6MR]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of certain prescription drugs (see H.R. 5186), H5194 [23JY]
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H832 [12MR]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6693 [25SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2100 [2MY]
———improve small business advocacy (see H.R. 4231), H2101 [2MY]
———issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H3928 [25JN]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6419 [19SE]
Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H2235 [8MY]
———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), H105 [29JA]
———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H9025 [14NO]
———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H3668 [18JN]
———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H5998 [26JY]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H2356 [9MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active duty as a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4974), H6783 [30SE]
———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H5997 [26JY]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H4574 [12JY]
———increase amount of capital losses that may offset ordinary income (see H.R. 5380), H6560 [24SE]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 4087), H1152 [9AP]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H1532 [23AP]
———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H6927 [1OC]
———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H833 [12MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1620 [24AP]
———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H2100 [2MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]
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]
———terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H105 [29JA]
———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]
Unitas, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 538), H6418 [19SE]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 383), H1200 [10AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H834 [12MR]
Washington metropolitan area: tribute to law enforcement officials involved in sniper shooting spree investigation and express condolences to the snipers' victims and their families (see H. Con. Res. 515), H8545 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 4026), H1087 [20MR]
Tariff: astacin finish PUM (see H.R. 4564), H1618 [24AP]
———Basyntan MLB powder (see H.R. 4569), H1619 [24AP]
———Bayderm bottom 10-UD (see H.R. 4568), H1619 [24AP]
———Bayderm bottom 51-UD (see H.R. 4565), H1618 [24AP]
———Bayderm bottom DLV (see H.R. 4566), H1618 [24AP]
———Luganil brown NGT powder (see H.R. 4571), H1619 [24AP]
———pretanned bovine leather (see H.R. 4563), H1618 [24AP]
———Relugan D (see H.R. 4567), H1618 [24AP]
———SYNCUROL SE (see H.R. 4570), H1619 [24AP]
———upholstery leather (see H.R. 4562), H1618 [24AP]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2965 [23MY]
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H2366 [9MY]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2360 [9MY]
Arms control: U.S.-Russian nuclear weapons reduction agreement, H2338 [9MY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (H. Con. Res. 364), H3638 [18JN]
Budget: deficit, H6534, H6535, H6536, H6537, H6538 [24SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: improve energy efficiency of buildings, H4897
Constitution—U.S.: history and explanation of ``separation of church and state'', H4659-H4664 [15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2270, H2338, H2360, H2366 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7856 [10OC]
———morale, welfare, and recreation programs funding, H2270 [9MY]
Frederick, MD: display of Ten Commandments in city-owned park, H4659 [15JY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), H4897
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H3726 [20JN]
———dependence on national oil reserves, H3780 [21JN]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', H4659 [15JY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H3726 [20JN], H6562 [25SE]
———national energy policy, H4772 [17JY]
Public debt: ceiling, H2965 [23MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2965 [23MY], H6534, H6535, H6536, H6537 [24SE]
Taxation: rates, H2668 [21MY], H6537 [24SE]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team, H1161 [10AP]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7856 [10OC]
Tributes
Hudson, Jeff C., H6063 [5SE]