THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4667 [17JN]

Appointments

Interparliamentary Union, H1549 [18MR]

Articles and editorials

Mississippi Jury Convicts 7 of 18 in Rights Killings—All-White Panel Acquits 8 and Rules a Mistrial on 3 in Klan Conspiracy Case, Walter Rugaber, New York (NY) Times, H4762 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Contracts: raise value for which performance and payment bonds are required (see H.R. 3961), H1057 [3MR]

Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act: extend certain exemptions (see H.R. 3959), H1057 [3MR]

Fannie Lou Hamer U.S. Post Office, Ruleville, MS: designate (see H.R. 4452), H3681 [18MY]

Lower Mississippi Delta Region: authorizing appropriations for economic development (see H.R. 3962), H1057 [3MR]

Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3863), H500 [10FE]

Mississippi: designate areas as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 4726), H5546 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H5871 [19JY]

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H3155 [5MY]

Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (see H.R. 4379), H6698 [2AU]

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

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H9351 [20SE]

Aquaculture: develop national policy (see H.R. 4744), H9087 [12SE]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9158 [13SE]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2252 [13AP]

Children and youth: improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H2219 [12AP]

Chile: trade agreement (see H.R. 4375), H4654 [16JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148), H11430 [7OC]

Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]

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

Copyrights: fee exemptions for performance or broadcast of certain musical works and establishment of court-annexed arbitration process for fee disputes (see H.R. 4936), H11001 [5OC]

Corinth, MS: authorizing appropriations for Civil War battlefield interpretive center (see H.R. 3714), H6156 [22JY]

Crime: inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 2720), H4883 [22JN]

———telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H4553 [15JN]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H9351 [20SE]

Dept. of HUD: mortgage insurance program mortgage limitation amount (see H.R. 4396), H5768 [18JY]

———supportive housing for low-income senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 253), H5171 [27JN]

Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H4883 [22JN]

Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H5548 [12JY]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (see H.R. 4411), H9158 [13SE]

Employment: assistance to laid-off workers whose work has been transferred to a foreign country (see H.R. 2345), H866 [24FE]

———establish a public works and public service job training program (see H.R. 4184), H6104 [21JY]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040), H10446 [30SE]

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

Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H912 [1MR]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 3949), H4721 [17JN]

Fish and fishing: long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4404), H5350 [29JN]

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

Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H157 [1FE]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]

Health: coverage of insulin syringes for diabetics in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 223), H9158 [13SE]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H2219 [12AP]

Housing: reform rural housing policies (see H.R. 4579), H4447 [14JN]

Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H9903 [27SE]

Insurance: coverage or benefits on preexisting medical conditions (see H. Con. Res. 246), H4780 [21JN]

Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4090 [25MY]

Mays, Benjamin E.: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 527), H11430 [7OC]

———issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 528), H11430 [7OC]

Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H6381 [27JY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H8755 [19AU]

Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H2507 [19AP]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1509), H6698 [2AU]

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), H7507 [10AU]

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

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H8596 [17AU]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H2368 [14AP]

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week (see H.J. Res. 362), H8596 [17AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10728 [4OC]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5872 [19JY]

National Neonatal Nurses Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 382), H6156 [22JY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H4780 [21JN]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H7075 [5AU]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H5462 [30JN]

NIH: establish research centers for movement disorders (see H.R. 3596), H4653 [16JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H157 [1FE]

Oklahoma: establish Honey Springs National Battlefield and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (see H.R. 4821), H9087 [12SE]

OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H6984 [4AU]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4654 [16JN]

Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4722 [17JN]

———reform (see H.R. 4767), H6454 [28JY]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 4708), H9158 [13SE]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2219 [12AP]

Rawls, Lou: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1718), H1440 [16MR]

Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H1088 [8MR]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2253 [13AP]

Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight (see H. Res. 453), H5872 [19JY]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H1898 [22MR]

Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H205 [2FE]

Small business: authorize appropriations for loans to concerns detrimentally affected by defense reductions (see H.R. 4026), H8755 [19AU]

———participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H1897 [22MR]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4801), H5950 [20JY]

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

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11201 [6OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9600 [23SE]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1883), H1058 [3MR]

South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]

Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H1440 [16MR]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H4553 [15JN]

Taxation: exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H2507 [19AP]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H6253 [26JY]

———treatment of low-income housing (see H.R. 3322), H680 [23FE]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H5316 [28JN]

Transportaion: grants to State and local governments for infrastructure repair in distressed areas (see H.R. 4183), H6104 [21JY]

Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H9600 [23SE]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H2252 [13AP]

Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1058 [3MR]

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

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4667 [17JN]

Black History Month: observance, H658 [23FE]

Courts: decisions relative to voting rights districts, H7042 [5AU]

Fannie Lou Hamer U.S. Post Office, Ruleville, MS: designate (H.R. 4452), H9166 [19SE]

Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (H. Res. 457), H4762 [21JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7497 [10AU]

McNair, Steve: Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Player of the Year award recipient, E2356 [30NO]

Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office, Jackson, MS: designate (H.R. 3863), H3840 [23MY]

Mississippi Delta Community College: tribute to football team, E744 [21AP]

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: tribute to efforts to reduce racism and encourage political participation, E336 [3MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H2575 [20AP]

Voting Rights Act: reforms, H1872 [22MR]

Yazoo City, MS: tribute to Yazoo City High School chorus, E747 [21AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1056 [3MR], H2637 [21AP], H3054 [4MY]

Tributes

Blackwell, Unita, E334 [3MR]

Clark, Robert G., E342 [3MR]

Evers, Myrlie, E849 [4MY]

Hudson, Winson, E741 [21AP]

Neely, Jasper, E739 [21AP]

Whitten, Representative, H9193 [19SE]