BARROW, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4657 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 1351), H2705 (see H.R. 1351), H2758 [17MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H2705 (see H.R. 269), H2758 [17MY]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H2102 [3MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H790 [8MR]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1603), H1853 [26AP]

———modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4424 [21JN]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1917 [27AP]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]

Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming (see H.R. 4741), H3309 (see H.R. 4741), H3361 [25MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3309 (see H.R. 5159), H3361 [25MY]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H4424 [21JN]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H5128 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H509 [1MR]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H333 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4220 [19JN]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4298), H26 [31JA]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2102 [3MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 4927), H4917 [29JN]

———enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H274 [14FE]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H274 [14FE]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H3424 [6JN]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H2706 (see H.R. 3949), H2758 [17MY]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 4423), H973 [14MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H3308 (see H.R. 65), H3361 [25MY]

———replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 39), H2706 (see H.J. Res. 39), H2758 [17MY] (see H.J. Res. 88), H3909 [13JN]

———expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H225 [8FE]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H333 [15FE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H1743 [25AP]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H3424 [6JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1853 [26AP]

FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 4982), H2833 (see H.R. 4982), H2890 [18MY]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H2641 [16MY]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H645 [7MR]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H3909 [13JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H868 [9MR]

Insurance: establish minimum standards relating to a factor for life insurance eligibility and rates (see H.R. 3639), H26 [31JA]

Intellectual property: protect globally (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2641 [16MY]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Iran: provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H1197 [28MR]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: revise certain boundaries (see H.R. 138), H1563 [5AP]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1432), H973 [14MR]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H1196 [28MR]

Medicare: provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H4958 [10JY]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2503 [10MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4494), H274 [14FE]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H274 [14FE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H1742 [25AP]

National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H869 [9MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H3309 (see H.R. 5372), H3362 [25MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3424 [6JN]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 1323), H450 [28FE]

Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4303), H1320 [29MR]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H3309 (see H.R. 3883), H3361 [25MY]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H2962 [19MY]

———limit the agri-biodiesel credit to oils produced from plants and animals (see H.R. 4756), H509 [1MR]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3715), H1743 [25AP]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H3309 (see H.R. 3908), H3361 [25MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H2833 (see H.R. 1131), H2890 [18MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H2706 (see H.R. 5252), H2758 [17MY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H4328 [20JN]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3436), H1742 [25AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H645 [7MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4843), H2641 [16MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4328 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 5694), H4794 [28JN]

Defense Production Act: require notification to Congress after receipt of written notification of proposed or pending mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers subject to investigation (see H.R. 4917), H866 [9MR]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H249 [14FE]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H249 [14FE]

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H4657 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4657 [27JN]

Resignations

Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H393 [28FE]