ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, H3472 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
Pigs Return to the Trough—Farm Subsidies Are Back, Bigger Than Ever, Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard (publication), E969
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4767 [16JY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2735 [21MY]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H3514 [12JN]
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]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H834 [12MR]
Crime: 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]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1087 [20MR]
Families and domestic relations: 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), H228 [7FE]
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]
Financial institutions: 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), H1410 [17AP]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H1410 [17AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H2945 [22MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6778 [26SE]
Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H6693 [25SE]
———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), H5998 [26JY]
OPM: require all Federal agencies to collect and report data on use of official time by employees for union activities (see H.R. 4907), H3453 [11JN]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430; H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5998 [26JY]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Robert Wayne Jenkins Station, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4851), H3721 [19JN]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
States: permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H2734 [21MY]
Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid (see H.R. 5463), H7019 [3OC]
———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), H3453 [11JN]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6059 [4SE]
———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (see H.R. 5566), H7171 [7OC]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2101 [2MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1338 [16AP]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H3562 [13JN]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3453 [11JN] (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Customs Service: tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (see H. Res. 385), H1200 [10AP]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5120), H4604 [15JY]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 384), H1200 [10AP]
Taxation: treatment of capital losses applicable to individuals (see H.R. 5212), H5789 [25JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2056
Appropriations: legislative process, H6994 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6994 [3OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2911 [22MY]
Boca Raton, FL: effects of anthrax contamination and related clean-up costs, H5245 [23JY]
Bronx, NY: require general study of post offices, H5243 [23JY]
Customs Service: inspection of trash coming into Michigan from Canada, H5251 [23JY]
———tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (H. Res. 385), H1500 [23AP]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5331 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5230, H5242, H5243, H5251, H5258, H5259, H5260, H5263, H5290, H5291 [23JY], H5322, H5324, H5325, H5326, H5328, H5329, H5330, H5331, H5332, H5337, H5341 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), unanimous-consent agreement, H5307, H5308 [23JY]
Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Security Administration funding, H2911 [22MY]
Federal employees: cost accounting standards for health insurance companies relative to Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H5260 [23JY]
———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees, H5243 [23JY]
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: jurisdiction transfer, H5259 [23JY]
Freedmen's Bureau: preservation of records funding, H5258 [23JY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E351
Government: prohibit enforcement of OMB regulation on privatization quotas for Federal jobs, H5322, H5324, H5325, H5326, H5328 [24JY]
———prohibit the use of human discounting in cost-benefit analyses done during regulatory reviews, H5330 [24JY]
Myers, Jim: Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame inductee, E621
National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute: prohibit Federal involvement in management of grant funding, H5242 [23JY]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: prohibit use of national media campaign funding for payments to Ogilvy and Mather Corp., H5337, H5341 [24JY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5325 [24JY]
Postal Service: urban and rural post office renovation and repair funding, H5332 [24JY]
Presidents of the U.S.: allowances and office staff for former Presidents funding, H5329 [24JY]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (H. Res. 384), H1498 [23AP]
Votes: position on missed, H926
Reports filed
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5120) (H. Rept. 107-575), H4604 [15JY]
Tables
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5232-H5241 [23JY]
Tributes
Joseph, Eric A., H6305 [18SE]