
Bill Barrett
Republican · NE-3 · House of Representatives
35 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (42)
HR 5383 — To amend the child and adult care food program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide alternative reimbursement rates under that program for family or group day care homes located in less populous areas.
Introduced 2000-10-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
FamiliesHR 4788 — Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000
Introduced 2000-06-29 · Became Public Law No: 106-472.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3429 — Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999
Introduced 1999-11-17 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H258)
ImmigrationHR 2984 — To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska, property comprising the assets of the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska.
Introduced 1999-09-30 · Became Public Law No: 106-366.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 2850 — Older Americans Amendments of 1999
Introduced 1999-09-14 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Social WelfareHR 2725 — Rural Education Initiative Act
Introduced 1999-08-05 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E294)
EducationHR 2671 — Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund Act
Introduced 1999-08-02 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Native AmericansHR 2530 — To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the 1999 crop year.
Introduced 1999-07-15 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1503 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion for gain from sale of farmland which is similar to the exclusion from gain on the sale of a principal residence.
Introduced 1999-04-21 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2562)
TaxationHR 782 — Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000
Introduced 1999-02-23 · Became Public Law No: 106-501.
Social WelfareHR 344 — To modify the project for flood control, Wood River, Grand Island, Nebraska.
Introduced 1999-01-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Water Resources DevelopmentHRES 632 — Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4788, the Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000.
Introduced 2000-10-17 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Introduced 1991-05-14 · On agreeing to the Barrett amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 109 - 293 (Roll no. 87).
HR 4512 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exemption from the firearms tax for shells and cartridges supplied by a customer for reloading.
Introduced 1992-03-19 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3577 — Farm Estate Fairness Act
Introduced 1991-10-17 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3411 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to preclude the consideration of nonliquid assets in the determination of Federal student financial assistance.
Introduced 1991-09-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
EducationHR 1548 — To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a certain portion of the Niobrara River in the State of Nebraska for study for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.
Introduced 1991-03-21 · For Further Action See H.R.614.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 980 — Corn and Grain Sorghum Base Clarification Act of 1991
Introduced 1991-02-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
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Introduced 1994-05-19 · On agreeing to the Barrett (NE) amendment (A007) Failed by recorded vote: 162 - 265 (Roll no. 184).
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Introduced 1994-03-09 · On agreeing to the Barrett (NE) amendment (A021) Agreed to by recorded vote: 418 - 1 (Roll no. 47).
HR 4938 — To provide that members of the Armed Forces held as hostages in Iran after the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, shall be treated as having been prisoners of war during the period that they were in a captive status.
Introduced 1994-08-11 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 3319 — To impose limitations on the placing of United States Armed Forces under the operational control of a foreign national acting on behalf of the United Nations.
Introduced 1993-10-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 1811 — To provide that requirements relating to transport of certain agricultural commodities and other items shall not apply to certain assistance provided to Russia.
Introduced 1993-04-22 · Executive Comment Requested from USTR.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 1812 — To amend the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to clarify the application of other laws to the agricultural commodities furnished under that Act pursuant to the Vancouver Package.
Introduced 1993-04-22 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 817 — Farm Estate Fairness Act
Introduced 1993-02-04 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 816 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exemption from the firearms tax for shells and cartridges supplied by a customer for reloading.
Introduced 1993-02-04 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 815 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and increase tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
Introduced 1993-02-04 · See H.R.2264.
TaxationHCONRES 85 — To express the sense of Congress that the President should exercise the temporary waiver authority that an emergency exists under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and justifying the waiver of cargo preference rates in transporting the $1.6 billion in bilateral assistance to Russia as agreed to in the "Vancouver Package" between President Clinton and President Yeltsin of the Russian Federation.
Introduced 1993-04-22 · Executive Comment Requested from USTR.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 3595 — To make available to the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska its proportionate share of funds awarded in Docket 74-A to the Sioux Indian Nation, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1996-06-06 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Native AmericansHR 3350 — Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1996
Introduced 1996-04-30 · For Further Action See S.1649.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 3287 — Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act
Introduced 1996-04-23 · Became Public Law No: 104-215.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2881 — Small Community Air Service Act of 1996
Introduced 1996-01-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2679 — An Act to revise the boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1995-11-28 · Became Public Law No: 104-212.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2144 — Utility Consumer Service Protection Act of 1995
Introduced 1995-07-31 · See H.R.2274.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 1071 — To direct the Secretary of the Army to deposit $1,400,000 into the Judgment Fund of the Department of Justice to cover those costs of the project for flood control, Lost Creek, Columbus, Nebraska, which are in excess of the $4,000,000 limit on projects carried out under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948.
Introduced 1995-02-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 501 — Farm Estate Fairness Act
Introduced 1995-01-13 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHCONRES 181 — Expressing the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the distress of livestock producers whose ability to maintain livestock is adversely affected by the prolonged drought conditions existing in certain areas of the United States.
Introduced 1996-05-23 · Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4580 — Agricultural Trade Emergency Response Act of 1998
Introduced 1998-09-16 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2795 — Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998
Introduced 1997-11-04 · Became Public Law No: 105-293.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 670 — Small Community Air Service Act of 1996
Introduced 1997-02-11 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 396 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the alternative minimum tax shall not apply to installment sales of farm property.
Introduced 1997-01-09 · See H.R.2014.
TaxationHRES 137 — Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
Introduced 1997-04-30 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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