BURR, RICHARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, H7777 [29SE]

———H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, H10930 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H8168 [5OC]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H2728 [6MY]

Armed Forces: increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see H.R. 4188), H2728 [6MY]

———rectify deficiencies in military postal system to ensure that members overseas can receive and send mail in a timely manner, including election ballots, in time for 2004 elections (see H. Res. 608), H2550 [4MY]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H1484 [24MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2816 [11MY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2155 [2AP]

Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building, Raeford, NC: designate (see H.R. 4176), H2484 [28AP]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H90 [21JA]

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4633), H6128 [20JY]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H6707 [22JY]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 530), H574 [24FE]

Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H1011 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 2999), H752 [2MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H872 [4MR]

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 4901), H6998 [9SE]

Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 4875), H8859 [7OC]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H5471 [9JY]

Crime: increase penalties for terrorism against mass transportation and railroads and provide law enforcement with the tools to combat and prevent such attacks (see H.R. 4008), H1740 [30MR]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2868), H7073 [13SE]

Dept. of Commerce: delegate to the Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms (see H.R. 3949), H1484 [24MR]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7864 [29SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of State: require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4214), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H7138 [14SE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H6899 [8SE]

Disasters: make beach nourishment projects eligible for inclusion in mitigation plans, and for hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 3804), H1072 [11MR]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2266 [21AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3873 [9JN]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2374 [22AP]

Eva Holtzman Post Office, Ridgeway, NC: designate (see H.R. 5039), H6996 [9SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H3821 [8JN] (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

Fish and fishing: protect the public's ability to fish for sport (see H.R. 2890), H2728 [6MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1117 [16MR]

———seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of textile and apparel articles imported in violation of certain U.S. laws (see H.R. 3661), H872 [4MR]

General William Carey Lee Post Office Building, Dunn, NC: designate (see H.R. 4556), H3963 [14JN]

Health: promote organ donation (see H.R. 3926), H1010 [10MR]

———provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H2153 [2AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H2266 [21AP]

Intelligence services: improve the organization and operation of the intelligence community (see H.R. 4584), H4286 [16JN]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H576 [24FE]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H707 [1MR]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H2816 [11MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H5654 [13JY]

Laos: address urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H1011 [10MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H2200 [20AP]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3016 [13MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H3440 (see H.R. 792), H3540 [20MY]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H6700 [22JY]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H8039 [4OC]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9051 [8OC]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 3791), H831 [3MR]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H1011 [10MR]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H8038 [4OC]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H2919 [12MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H1117 [16MR]

Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building, Roxboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 3740), H243 [28JA]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3821 [8JN]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H6998 [9SE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Supreme Court: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H. Res. 446), H128 [27JA]

Tariff: nitrocellulose (see H.R. 4203), H2484 [28AP]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (see H.R. 5080), H7233 [15SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H3873 [9JN]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H244 [28JA]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H304 [3FE]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7329 [21SE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 4945), H7575 [23SE]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H927 [9MR]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2264 [21AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H3229 [18MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3873 [9JN]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H304 [3FE]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4286 [16JN]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H88 [21JA]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H515 [11FE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H6127 [20JY]

Medicare: coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services (see H.R. 4724), H5149 [25JN]

National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6705 [22JY]

Wake Forest University: tribute to field hockey team (see H. Res. 497), H89 [21JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5592 [13JY], E1393 [16JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), E5 [20JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit Federal funding for buyout of tobacco producers or quota holders, H5592 [13JY], E1393 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5852 [15JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4828 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4773 [23JN]

Iraq: importance of AID and Research Triangle Institute Local Governance Project efforts, H5852 [15JY]

Level Cross, NC: tribute to Victory Junction Gang Camp, E1186 [18JN]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8703 [7OC]

National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day: establish (H. Con. Res. 480), E1822 [7OC]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (H. Res. 512), H364 [4FE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3850 [9JN]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), E1393 [16JY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8716 [7OC]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H8716 [7OC]

Wake Forest University: tribute to field hockey team (H. Res. 497), H364 [4FE]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H4828 [23JN]

Goss, Representative, H4828 [23JN]