COOPER, JIM (a Representative from Tennessee)

Articles and editorials

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Bills and resolutions introduced by

Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 2663, H4611 [18JN])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H56 [3JA])

Health care professionals: requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

Medicaid: change Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 459, H97 [7JA])

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H1786 [18MR])

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2259 [16AP])

Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (see H.R. 3515, H7647 [8OC])

TVA: factors used to determine the order of retention of competing employees in force reductions (see H.R. 2285, H2952 [9MY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H4284 [11JN])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H2601 [30AP])

Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H2086 [22MR])

———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H782 [29JA])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H11893 [26NO])

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H2684 [1MY])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 216, H8189 [22OC])

———release of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming from prison (see H. Res. 228, H6798 [24SE])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H8920 [31OC])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H4015 [5JN])

———improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (see H.R. 531, H512 [15JA])

Conservation of energy: regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H6384 [2AU])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

———enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H10842 [21NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Tennessee (see H.R. 2710, H4866 [20JN])

———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6388 [2AU])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

Dept. of the Environment: establish (see H.R. 3121, H6192 [31JY])

Ecology and environment: conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H1670 [12MR])

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1670 [12MR])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H2537 [24AP])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 391, H1474 [7MR]; H.R. 1270, H2180 [11AP])

ERISA: expand pension coverage and increase retirement savings (see H.R. 2390, H6879 [25SE])

Executive departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])

Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1670 [12MR])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H3495 [22MY])

Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H7726 [9OC])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1456 [6MR])

Health: reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])

Health care professionals: increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3806 [3JN])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2181 [11AP])

Investment Advisers Act: enforcement and improved disclosure to customers (see H.R. 2412, H3370 [21MY])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3625 [23MY])

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H8189 [22OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6458 [11SE])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])

Motor vehicles: liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H1455 [6MR])

National Academy of Sciences: implementation of recommendations on greenhouse warming (see H. Res. 134, H2537 [24AP])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5300 [9JY])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2394 [18AP])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5516 [16JY])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National Nurses Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 269, H6318 [1AU])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H825 [30JA])

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H5211 [26JN])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: grant charter and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3031, H5908 [25JY])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6139 [30JY])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H5342 [10JY])

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])

NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H6194 [31JY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H1323 [28FE])

Occupational health and safety: reduce illness and death of workers who are at high risk of occupational disease (see H.R. 1190, H1324 [28FE])

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H3710 [29MY])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H5665 [22JY])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

———pricing by manufacturers for drugs purchased by certain entities (see H.R. 3405, H6798 [24SE])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE])

Public broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2977, H5744 [23JY])

Recycling: Federal procurement of recycled products (see H.R. 1201, H1324 [28FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Securities: require disclosure of short positions of major short position holders (see H.R. 3317, H6799 [24SE])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H3710 [29MY])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H7382 [3OC])

Taxation: exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2686 [1MY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6879 [25SE])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2769 [2MY])

Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H1326 [28FE])

Telecommunications: interstate pay-per-call technology and regulation of the audiotext industry (see H.R. 2330, H3035 [14MY])

Telephones: privacy of users (see H.R. 1305, H1455 [6MR])

———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H1455 [6MR])

Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H6940 [26SE])

———protect cable consumer (see H.R. 3560, H7862 [15OC])

———protect cable subscribers from charges for unrequested programming (see H.R. 3150, H6457 [11SE])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 321, H79 [4JA])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H1417 [5MR])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H6458 [11SE])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H9759 [13NO])

Remarks by, on

Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions (H.R. 2663), E2259-E2261 [19JN]

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (H.R. 751), H1806 [19MR]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9736 [13NO]

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (H.R. 73), E492 [7FE]

Health care professionals: education programs (H.R. 3508), H9649 [12NO]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10524 [19NO]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H332 [11JA]

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (H.R. 1782), H2577 [30AP], E1294 [17AP]

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (H.R. 2966), E2639 [22JY]

Shelbyville, TN: production of world's longest pencils for charitable campaign, E3080 [18SE]

Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (H.R. 3515), H10830, H10831, H10832, H10833, H10834, H10835, H10836 [21NO], E3308 [8OC]

Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), H11312 [26NO]

———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (H.R. 1304), H10343, H10344 [18NO]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8263 [23OC]

———require seat belt use in automobiles and helmet use on motorcycles, H8263 [23OC]

TVA: factors used to determine the order of retention of competing employees in force reductions (H.R. 2285), E1714 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5663 [22JY], H7861 [15OC]

Special order: granted, H10542 [19NO]

Summaries

Telecommunications Competition in Electronic Information Sources and Services (H.R. 3515), E3309 [8OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Medicaid Financing Through Provider Taxes and Intergovernmental Transfers, D1178 [30SE]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Pharmaceutical Pricing by Manufacturers for Drugs Purchased by Certain Entities (S. 1729), D1258 [16OC]

Committee on Rules: National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System (H.R. 2950), D1040 [1AU]