BURR, RICHARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]

———H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]

———H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, H7004 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Blue Ridge Heritage and Cultural Partnership Study Area: suitability and feasibility (see H.R. 4530), H1483 [18AP]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H3037 [23MY]

Education: increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H1091 [20MR]

FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H1003 [19MR]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H6777 [26SE]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H833 [12MR]

———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4767 [16JY]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]

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), H2354 [9MY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H2608 [16MY]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H2235 [8MY]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3454 [11JN]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1674 [25AP]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1770 [30AP]

Medicare: provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see H.R. 5234), H5790 [25JY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1674 [25AP]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1674 [25AP]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]

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), H650 [28FE] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5122), H4605 [15JY]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H561 [26FE]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]

Social Security: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1770 [30AP]

Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H36 [23JA]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6559 [24SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3563 [13JN]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, and establish a tobacco community reinvestment program (see H.R. 5480), H6776 [26SE]

Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H5195 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health: provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (see H.R. 5657), H8021 [16OC]

Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for indivduals (see H.R. 5413), H6417 [19SE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7316 [9OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), H7153, H7160, H7162 [7OC]

Forsyth County, NC: tribute to Southwest Forsyth County Little League baseball team, E1507 [5SE]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2191 [8MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5423, H5432 [24JY]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4281 [27JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5432 [24JY]

Point of order, H6956 [2OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H420 [13FE]

———reduce cost of political advertising on television, H420 [13FE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H3466 [12JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3466 [12JN]

Television: transition to digital television, H3278 [6JN]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2848 [22MY]

University of North Carolina: tribute to Home Safety Council study on home injuries and deaths, E1726 [2OC]

Winston-Salem, NC: anniversary of Truliant Federal Credit Union, E680 [2MY]

Resignations

Committee on International Relations (House), H535 [26FE]

Tributes

Slaughter, Enos (Country), E1507 [5SE]