BLUNT, ROY (a Representative from Missouri)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]

Articles and editorials

How Will We Honor Ozarks Soldiers? Springfield (MO) News Leader, H770 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]

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), H1485 [18AP]

Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1484 [18AP]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H3037 [23MY]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4606 [15JY]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H634 [27FE]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1484 [18AP]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 303), H78 [24JA] (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]

FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H3721 [19JN]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H36 [23JA]

Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H7929 [15OC]

Foreign policy: commend continued political, economic, cultural, and strategic partnerships and support of war on terrorism by Turkey and Israel (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6230 [11SE]

———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), H2100 [2MY]

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), H6419 [19SE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H285 [12FE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H3669 [18JN]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 454), H9025 [14NO]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1620 [24AP]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H4069 [26JN]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H932 [14MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H655 [4MR]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H634 [27FE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H231 [8FE]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see H.R. 454), H8023 [16OC]

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7304 [8OC]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H3562 [13JN]

Taxation: apply excise tax to hepatitis A vaccines (see H.R. 4553), H1532 [23AP]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H3721 [19JN]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]

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

———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H367 [13FE]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H6558 [24SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3293 [6JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H932 [14MR]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H6061 [4SE]

———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]

Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H5195 [23JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2608 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Park Service: form committee to establish guidelines for national competition to design a statue commemorating Lewis and Clark expedition bicentennial (see H. Res. 591), H8022 [16OC]

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), H2355 [9MY]

Springfield, MO: facilitate the use of a portion of the former O'Reilly General Hospital by the Boys and Girls Club (see H.R. 5349), H6129 [9SE]

Tariff: spring and other mattress support products (see H.R. 5642), H7929 [15OC]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H101 [29JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2040 [2MY]

Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (H.R. 3804), E1147 [25JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7223 [8OC], H7755 [10OC]

Aviation: improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H8703 [13NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment, H8875 [14NO]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H5295 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), H3934 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), consideration (H. Res. 502), H5628 [25JY]

———establish (H.R. 5710), H8703 [13NO]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5295 [23JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3534 [13JN]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2090 [2MY], H3276, H3277 [6JN], H6769 [26SE]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2061 [2MY]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4278 [27JN]

Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8085 [12NO]

Point of order, H8824 [14NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H340, H341, H405, H456 [13FE]

———use of soft money to defray costs of construction or purchase of any office building or facility, H456 [13FE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3934 [26JN]

Springfield, MO: tribute to Convoy of Hope event providing food and services to the working poor, E1848 [11OC]

Students in Free Enterprise (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1847 [11OC]

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

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3534 [13JN]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3375), H2682 [21MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H778 [7MR], H4870 [17JY]

Tributes

Biebel, Lorraine, E1568 [12SE]

Harriman, Stanley L., H770 [7MR]

McKinney, Myron, E543 [16AP]

Meyer, Ken, E1725 [2OC]

Roundtree, Robert E., E1528 [9SE]

Svitak, Philip J., H770 [7MR]

Wigle, James B., E1624 [19SE]