THURMAN, KAREN L. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H790 [23FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4124 [26MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: timing for the payment cost-of-living increases in the survivor annuity contributions of certain retirees (see H.R. 4046), H1438 [16MR]

Medicaid: improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4047), H1438 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]

Agriculture: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H5349 [29JN]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10727 [4OC]

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H1957 [23MR]

Aliens: asylum and exclusion procedures, and alien smuggling penalties (see H.R. 3363), H1541 [17MR]

———Federal reimbursement for State and local costs of incarcerating criminal aliens (see H.R. 3872), H680 [23FE]

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1781 [21MR]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H6381 [27JY]

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 328), H2640 [21AP]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H4166 [26MY]

Broward County, FL: authorizing appropriations for ecosystem protection research facility (see H.R. 4804), H5950 [20JY]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H4165 [26MY]

———establish a deficit reduction account and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3205), H1345 [15MR]

———reform baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (see H.R. 4434), H4654 [16JN]

Business and industry: use of tax benefits as a result of health care reform for investment and job creation (see H. Con. Res. 195), H2220 [12AP]

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H5171 [27JN]

Children of Alcoholics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), H411 [9FE]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H44 [25JA]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: map adjustments (see H.R. 4219), H2367 [14AP]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3681 [18MY]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]

Consumers: notification of consumers on lists compiled for sale to businesses (see H.R. 4353), H3791 [20MY]

Correctional institutions: prison overcrowding remedies (see H.R. 3895), H864 [24FE]

Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H1957 [23MR]

Crime: authorize prosecutions as adults of certain armed offenders who are juveniles (see H.R. 3685), H1898 [22MR]

———benefit eligibility of chaplains killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3660), H1957 [23MR]

———inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 2720), H2838 [26AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008), H9008 [21AU]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see H. Res. 473), H10446 [30SE]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H5871 [19JY]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H1541 [17MR]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H4090 [25MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H4165 [26MY]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1957 [23MR]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H2368 [14AP]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 3810), H1781 [21MR]

Education: establish programs for immigrant children (see H.R. 3228), H1323 [11MR]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

Employment: require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H4220 [8JN]

EPA: develop a risk assessment program (see H.R. 4306), H2913 [28AP]

Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H411 [9FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: coverage of vision impaired or blind individuals (see H.R. 3966), H2219 [12AP]

Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1417), H1157 [9MR]

Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H4958 [23JN]

———provide additional points on the competitive service entrance examination for certain veterans (see H.R. 3830), H410 [9FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 140), consideration (see H. Res. 489), H6200 [25JY]

FmHA: use of attorneys to collect claims and obligations under farm loan programs (see H.R. 4139), H2219 [12AP]

Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (see H.R. 4271), H3964 [24MY]

General Bernardo de Galvez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), H4654 [16JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), H9570 [22SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H411 [9FE]

Hazardous substances: use of mercury in disposable batteries (see H.R. 4528), H4780 [21JN]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 1709), H3791 [20MY]

———coverage of insulin syringes for diabetics in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 223), H4220 [8JN]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H1957 [23MR]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H10728 [4OC]

———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H4221 [8JN]

Housing: exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older persons (see H.R. 1843), H4780 [21JN]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H4390 [13JN]

Illegal aliens: prohibit direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3594), H2252 [13AP]

Immigration: negotiation of prisoner transfer treaties and assist foreign countries in training border patrol guards (see H.R. 4765), H5760 [14JY]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H3888 [23MY]

Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7195 [8AU]

Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H11200 [6OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H3155 [5MY]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H2253 [13AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H1996 [24MR]

Mexico: elections (see H. Con. Res. 250), H3521 [17MY]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace agreement signing in Cairo, Egypt (see H. Con. Res. 245), H3965 [24MY]

———support for peace process and condemnation of terrorist acts (see H. Con. Res. 219), H1157 [9MR]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time restrictions relative to awarding of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4851), H6453 [28JY]

Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H4883 [22JN]

Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (see H.R. 4805), H7299 [9AU]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), H2253 [13AP]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2253 [13AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H1556 [18MR]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H3791 [20MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H1439 [16MR]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2219 [12AP]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H2252 [13AP]

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H1440 [16MR]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5171 [27JN]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H3888 [23MY]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2368 [14AP]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

National Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H2583 [20AP]

National Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H3755 [19MY]

National Sportsmen's Instruction Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), H1540 [17MR]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H5951 [20JY]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2839 [26AP]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H10538 [3OC]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H1541 [17MR]

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H1059 [3MR]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]

Persian Gulf War Veteran Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), H2253 [13AP]

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (see H.R. 2927), H1556 [18MR]

Plants: assist producers in replanting commercially grown trees and plants that are destroyed by damaging weather (see H.R. 4133), H3345 [12MY]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3791 [20MY]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H1088 [8MR]

Printing: use of ink made from vegetable oil in lithographic printing by the Federal Government (see H. Con. Res. 231), H1956 [23MR]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]

Public Health Service: traumatic brain injury study (see H.R. 3121), H680 [23FE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1781 [21MR]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H680 [23FE]

Radioactive substances: clarify Federal obligation to take title and possession of high-level radioactive waste and establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility (see H.R. 5061), H11429 [7OC]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H4390 [13JN]

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H1058 [3MR]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H4293 [9JN]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H1997 [24MR]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1088 [8MR]

Social Security: allow full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 2537), H1540 [17MR]

———determination of benefits relative to average annual earnings and certain family care (see H.R. 2540), H1540 [17MR]

———eligibility for widow's and widower's disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 2536), H1540 [17MR]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits (see H.R. 2538), H1540 [17MR]

———increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 2539), H1540 [17MR]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H4958 [23JN]

Taxation: contributions to aid construction (see H.R. 846), H1996 [24MR]

———deductions relative to State and local income and sales taxes (see H.R. 4233), H5316 [28JN]

———employment taxes on domestic services (see H.R. 3088), H1997 [24MR]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see H.R. 5032), H10007 [28SE]

———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 4612), H4779 [21JN]

———treatment of crop insurance and disaster payments and the luxury automobile excise tax (see H.R. 4634), H5350 [29JN]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see H.R. 3757), H288 [3FE]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1440 [16MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5111), H10373 [29SE]

———treatment of health risk pools (see H.R. 3507), H2219 [12AP]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (see H.R. 4860), H6482 [29JY]

Television: must-carry laws relative to cable television (see H.R. 3622), H1440 [16MR]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]

U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H1897 [22MR]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H2507 [19AP]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5871 [19JY]

Veterans: preference eligibility for Federal employment for veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 2767), H2507 [19AP]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H1781 [21MR]

Virginia: designate national scenic areas (see H.R. 2942), H3345 [12MY]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H1440 [16MR]

Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H2937 [2MY]

White House Conference on Tourism: convene (see H. Con. Res. 110), H3888 [23MY]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H43 [25JA]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2219 [12AP]

Yugoslavia: U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8770 [20AU]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), E2259 [8OC]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4598), E1448 [13JY]

Crime: Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for the cost of incarcerating aliens, H2522 [20AP]

———law enforcement assistance to local governments, H4942, H4943 [23JN]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H4942, H4943 [23JN]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2522 [20AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), E2259 [8OC]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H175 [2FE]

———establish (H.R. 3425), consideration (H. Res. 312), H175 [2FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (H.R. 4013), E799 [28AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5147 [27JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1725 [21MR]

Emergency Immigrant Education Program: funding, H1725 [21MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4432 [14JN]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3077 [5MY]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, H3128 [5MY]

House of Representatives: House officers and employees salaries and appropriations, H4124 [26MY]

Hudson, FL: opening of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, E2119 [6OC]

Immigration: State and local governments expenses relative to incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens, H5147 [27JN]

Inverness, FL: anniversary, E1903 [21SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7340 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4124 [26MY]

Princeton University: funding for the Tokamak fusion reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, H4432 [14JN]

University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team, E671 [15AP], E692 [18AP], E706 [19AP]

Votes: position on missed, H5554 [13JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1897 [22MR], H2366 [14AP], H2396 [18AP], H2505 [19AP], H2912 [28AP], H5654 [13JY], H9156 [13SE], H9440 [21SE], H10726 [4OC]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, D719 [22JN]

———health care reform, D1006 [16AU]

———legislative branch appropriations, D616 [25MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

———selection process and cleanup standards of CERCLA, D1062 [13SE]

Tributes

Gibbons, Representative, H4179 [8JN]

Lattarulo, Fortunato, E1845 [13SE]

McKethan, Alfred, E511 [22MR]