LINDER, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3009, Trade Act, H4020 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H4766 [16JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3297 [10JN]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H4931 [18JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

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: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H3230 [5JN]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H2019 [1MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H284 [12FE]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H3161 [4JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Diseases: 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), H4069 [26JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

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), H1003 [19MR]

———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), H932 [14MR]

Federal employees: coverage of chiropractic services in any Federal health plan (see H. Con. Res. 46), H5998 [26JY]

Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H4350 [8JY]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H1154 [9AP]

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), H5998 [26JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]

House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6927 [1OC]

Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 4010), H4605 [15JY]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H142 [5FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 2622), H5087 [22JY] (see H.R. 3781), H5998 [26JY]

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]

Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H2607 [16MY]

Martha Berry Post Office, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5609), H8023 [16OC]

Medicare: waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H1289 [15AP]

Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5574), H7303 [8OC]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2607 [16MY]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3562 [13JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H937 [18MR]

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

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), H1770 [30AP]

Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for indivduals (see H.R. 5413), H7019 [3OC]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H3562 [13JN]

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

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H3453 [11JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H1410 [17AP]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H6419 [19SE]

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

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3859 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 403), H2018 [1MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), consideration (see H. Res. 528), H6302 [17SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (see H. Res. 488), H4871 [17JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (see H. Res. 451), H3774 [20JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (see H. Res. 350), H560 [26FE]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), consideration (see H. Res. 396), H1618 [24AP]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (see H. Res. 465), H4068 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 464), H4067 [26JN]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H4064 (see H. Res. 463), H4067 [26JN]

Tariff: high tenacity rayon filament yarn (see H.R. 4471), H1409 (see H.R. 4472), H1410 [17AP]

———provide for reliquidation of entries prematurely liquidated bythe (see H.R. 4541), H1484 [18AP]

———tire cord fabric of high tenacity rayon filament (see H.R. 4473), H1410 [17AP]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (see H. Res. 609), H8732 [13NO]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 427), H2734 [21MY]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H4 [23JA]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), consideration (H. Res. 498), H5348 [24JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2022 [2MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 509), H5963 [26JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7741 [10OC]

———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 574), H7180 [8OC]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 439), H5027, H5031 [22JY], H5314 [23JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Ronald and Nancy Reagan (H. Con. Res. 305), H661, H663 [5MR]

Congressional Women's Caucus: anniversary, H5028 [22JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), consideration (H. Res. 528), H6318, H6320 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4108 [27JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), consideration (H. Res. 502), H5626 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4910, H4913 [18JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3781, H3788 [21JN]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 5385), H7101 [7OC]

House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (H. Res. 559), H6943 [2OC]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H568 [27FE]

———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H568 [27FE]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), consideration (H. Res. 396), H1625, H1630 [25AP]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2059 [2MY]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4166, H4167, H4174, H4180, H4181 [27JN]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8762 [14NO]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4169 [27JN], H4911 [18JY]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 386), H1205, H1207, H1213 [11AP]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (H. Res. 463), H4121, H4124 [27JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H345, H372, H376 [13FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H258 [12FE]

Solomon, Gerald B.H.: authorize printing of a collection of memorial tributes (H. Con. Res. 338), H663, H664 [5MR]

Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3242 [6JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1161 [10AP], H1204 [11AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8757, H8759, H8761, H8762, H8763 [14NO]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6186 [11SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 427), H2838 [22MY]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5963 [26JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H8762 [14NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3071 [24MY], H3719 [19JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 403) (H. Rept. 107-426), H2018 [1MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 427) (H. Rept. 107-483), H2734 [21MY]

Consideration of H. Res. 459, Circuit Court Decision on Pledge of Allegiance Inclusion of Phrase ``Under God'': Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 107-538), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 350) (H. Rept. 107-361), H560 [26FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 528) (H. Rept. 107-661), H6302 [17SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3231, Immigration Reform and Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 396) (H. Rept. 107-419), H1618 [24AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4931, Retirement Savings Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 451) (H. Rept. 107-522), H3774 [20JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 107-553), H4068 [26JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5120, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 488) (H. Rept. 107-585), H4871 [17JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendments With an Amendment to H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 609) (H. Rept. 107-784), H8731 [13NO]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-424), H2018 [1MY]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 465, Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 464) (H. Rept. 107-552), H4067 [26JN]

Subpoena Notices

Juvenile Court of Bartow County, GA, H7887 [10OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 528, consideration of H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, H6318 [18SE]

Tributes

Lee, Richard, H1537 [24AP]