HOSTETTLER, JOHN N. (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4426 [9JY], H4459, H4460, H4463, H4464 [10JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4425 [9JY]
Armed Forces: provide dislocation allowance to retired members and those on temporary disability retired list moving from their last duty station to designated home (see H.R. 4936), H6783 [30SE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1410 [17AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2735 [21MY]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H7738 [9OC]
———tribute to military working dog teams (see H. Res. 145), H3162 [4JN]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3514 [12JN]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]
Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 5604), H7892 [10OC]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 1595), 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]
Computers: 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]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H782 [7MR]
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), H105 [29JA]
———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4767 [16JY]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H105 [29JA]
———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H2945 [22MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1972), H3601 [17JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H1484 [18AP]
Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 4026), H3721 [19JN]
———distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H5997 [26JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1338 [16AP]
Education: 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), H561 [26FE]
Employment: protect employer rights by not allowing professional union organizers to compel employers to force employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2800), H3229 [5JN]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 3333), H227 [7FE]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H6693 [25SE]
Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H1338 [16AP]
Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1939), H6129 [9SE]
———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), H6419 [19SE]
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), H3514 [12JN]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H3292 [6JN]
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), H3293 [6JN]
Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 4010), H3292 [6JN]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3825 [21JN]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1156 [9AP]
Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H6130 [9SE]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
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), H5194 [23JY]
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]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 3495), H105 [29JA]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1620 [24AP]
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), H6693 [25SE]
Taxation: allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H3161 [4JN]
———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H6229 [11SE]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H1620 [24AP]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H3161 [4JN]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H3775 [20JN]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H7894 [10OC]
———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 incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H5791 [25JY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3160 [4JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1338 [16AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3775 [20JN]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Treaties and agreements: support withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see H. Con. Res. 420), H3562 [13JN]
U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (see H.R. 198), H8045 [28OC]
———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), H3514 [12JN]
UNESCO: U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 489), H6777 [26SE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H781 [7MR]
White County Bridge Commission: provide for audit of the New Harmony Bridge and fill membership vacancies (see H.R. 5423), H6418 [19SE]
World Basketball Championship: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 443), H4872 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Clark, George Rogers: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 499), H7018 [3OC]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (see H.R. 4714), H2469 [14MY]
Remarks
Agency for Immigration Affairs: require study on independent legal counsel for unaccompanied alien children, H1653 [25AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7286 [8OC]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4457, H4459, H4460, H4462, H4463, H4464 [10JY]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4457, H4459, H4460, H4462, H4463, H4464 [10JY]
———prohibit air carriers from taking retaliatory action against pilots who volunteer for the Federal flight deck officer program, H4464 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and establish deadlines for training of such pilots, H4460, H4462 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and make the program permanent, H4457 [10JY]
———remove preference to pilots who are former military or law enforcement personnel for deputization as Federal flight deck officers, H4459, H4460, H4462, H4463 [10JY]
Clark, George Rogers: tribute (H. Con. Res. 499), E1931
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1358 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (H.R. 4714), H2424 [14MY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1653 [25AP]
Taxation: permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (H.R. 2357), H6915 [1OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H7891 [10OC]
Tributes
Verheul, Daniel F., E2027