BURR, RICHARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H130 [8JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2417, intelligence services appropriations, H11440 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H12921 [8DE]

Armed Forces: issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H245 [29JA]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H461 [12FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H6603 [10JY]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2514 [31MR]

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1759), H3638 [1MY]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (see H. Res. 414), H9981 [28OC]

———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 304), H11703 [20NO]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8174 [10SE]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9218 [3OC]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1678 [6MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H4205 [15MY]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11652 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: improve funding mechanism for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program (see H.R. 3429), H11360 [17NO]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 1606), H5367 [12JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: amend relative to use of Federal disaster assistance for hazard mitigation measures (see H.R. 3380), H11134 [7NO]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H9478 [15OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H3452 [29AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9738 [20OC]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H5664 [19JN]

Electric power: provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see H.R. 1341), H1954 [18MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H4739 [22MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H1394 [26FE]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H5366 [12JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 2516), H5661 [19JN]

Fayetteville, NC: tribute to Festival of Flight celebration of the centennial of the first controlled, powered flight (see H. Con. Res. 58), H1465 [27FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 2218), H6465 [9JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

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. 111), H245 [29JA]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H392 [11FE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3125), H9282 [7OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H706 [13FE]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H11702 [20NO]

FTC: collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 395), H274 [4FE]

———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3161), H8950 [25SE]

———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H170 [27JA]

General Charles Gabriel Post Office, Iron Station, NC: designate (see H.R. 1465), H2470 [27MR]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 516), H268 [31JA]

George Henry White Post Office Building, Tarboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 3353), H9811 [21OC]

Granville County, NC: allow State use of Oxford Research Station lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials (see H.R. 2119), H4255 [19MY]

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1856), H7225 [21JY]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H7949 [4SE]

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. 3664), H12918 [8DE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 663), H389 [11FE]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see H.R. 2085), H6869 [15JY]

———promote organ donation (see H.R. 399), H217 [28JA]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H706 [13FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H5367 [12JN]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H10457 [5NO]

Jim Richardson Post Office, Charlotte, NC: designate (see H.R. 1505), H2472 [27MR]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 2446), H5815 [24JN]

———permanently extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2855), H7615 [24JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H1954 [18MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H137 [8JA]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H6603 [10JY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H463 [12FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H11359 [17NO]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 1736), H3302 [10AP]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H4205 [15MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H3637 [1MY]

Middle East: condemn terrorist attacks by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and urge the European Union to classify Hamas as a terrorist organization (see H. Res. 285), H6265 [26JN]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 2852), H7615 [24JY]

National security: enhance research, development, procurement, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public health threats (see H.R. 2122), H4255 [19MY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H7839 [3SE] (see H.R. 1408), H2940 [8AP]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H10340 [4NO]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]

Orville Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1173), H1743 [11MR]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]

———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H8017 [5SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

POW: provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H2473 [27MR]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4876 [3JN]

Public utilities: provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry (see H.R. 1370), H2132 [19MR]

Public welfare programs: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H4787 [2JN]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H8906 [24SE]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 534), H1334 [25FE]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 2813), H7328 [22JY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H7786 [25JY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1642 [5MR]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H706 [13FE]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 1179), H3453 [29AP]

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. 1828), H5714 [23JN]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3637 [1MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H5815 [24JN]

———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H8017 [5SE]

———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. 1231), H1903 [13MR]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 496), H7454 [23JY]

———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. 284), H2939 [8AP]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H5814 [24JN]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H12312 [21NO]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H2473 [27MR]

———extend and modify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 1331), H1953 [18MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H6348 [8JY]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 882), H4205 [15MY]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H11159 [14NO]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H9614 [16OC]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H7086 [17JY]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H4529 [21MY]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H1396 [26FE]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 42), H3762 [7MY]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 2340), H6265 [26JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 43), H3762 [7MY]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 199), H58 [7JA]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H4255 [19MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 278), H3452 [29AP]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H9478 [15OC]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H7086 [17JY]

———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (see H.R. 2399), H8017 [5SE]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H12921 [8DE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H9282 [7OC]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H1743 [11MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11393 (see H.R. 3500), H11516 [18NO]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism (see H.R. 800), H701 [13FE]

U.N. Conference on Disarmament: election of Iraq as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 29), H274 [4FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 3270), H12922 [8DE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H318 [5FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [27JA]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H5408 [16JN]

Wilbur Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H4734 [22MY]

Diseases: provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (see H.R. 1413), H2310 [25MR] (see H.R. 1463), H2470 [27MR] (see H.R. 1770), H3351 [11AP]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H6602 [10JY]

Health: provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (see H.R. 2221), H4734 [22MY] (see H.R. 3140), H8490 [23SE]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see H.R. 2578), H5813 [24JN]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (see H. Res. 353), H7839 [3SE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H6868 [15JY]

Taxation: treat contracted firefighters with local governments as employees of such governments for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 1884), H3570 [30AP]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H8380 [17SE]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H3973 [9MY]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 24), H244 [29JA]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), E533 [20MR]

Bartlett, Melissa Ellis: North Carolina Teacher of the Year award recipient, E830 [1MY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12196 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, E2321 [19NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7283 [22JY]

Disabled: tribute to the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program, E472 [13MR]

Diseases: provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (H.R. 1463), H2493 [31MR]

———provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (H.R. 1770), H3339 [11AP]

———provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (H.R. 1770), corrections in engrossment, H3343 [11AP]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, E888 [7MY]

———prohibit funding to implement new media ownership rules, H7283 [22JY]

———release of triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, E888 [7MY]

Health: provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (H.R. 3140), H11561, H11563, H11565 [19NO]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), H5877 [25JN]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6096, H6111 [26JN]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, E2397 [22NO]

Physicians Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: tribute, E93 [29JA]

Pilot Mountain, NC: tribute to East Surry Little League girls' fast pitch softball team, E1755 [10SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11406, H11422 [18NO]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, E532 [20MR]

Public utilities: provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry, H11406 [18NO]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (H. Res. 353), E2320 [19NO]

Tributes

Boyles, Harlan E., E96 [29JA]

Graham, James A., E2393 [22NO]

Sears, Ed, H2313 [26MR]