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
Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office, Jackson, MS: designate (H.R. 3863), H3840 [23MY]
Mississippi Delta Community College: tribute to football team, E744
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: tribute to efforts to reduce racism and encourage political participation, E336
Public welfare programs: reform, H2575 [20AP]
Voting Rights Act: reforms, H1872 [22MR]
Yazoo City, MS: tribute to Yazoo City High School chorus, E747
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1056 [3MR], H2637 [21AP], H3054 [4MY]
Tributes
Blackwell, Unita, E334
Clark, Robert G., E342
Evers, Myrlie, E849
Hudson, Winson, E741
Neely, Jasper, E739
Whitten, Representative, H9193 [19SE]