THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H3387 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: recognize end of slavery and true day of independence (see H.J. Res. 195), H10524 [17SE]

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H3650 [18AP]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H187 [4JA]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 155), H187 [4JA]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1248 [20FE]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H2124 [12MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H3650 [18AP]

Aviation: prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (see H.R. 3267), H4110 [25AP]

———prohibit transportation of chemical oxygen generators on certain aircraft (see H.R. 3618), H6285 [12JN]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 66), consideration (see H. Res. 424), H4423 [2MY]

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 3252), H5052 [14MY]

———ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6414 [13JN]

———require employers to notify workers of reductions in business operations (see H.R. 3369), H6765 [25JN]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H4902 [10MY]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 3558), H5753 [30MY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H1507 [28FE]

Children and youth: deny foreign aid to countries refusing to enforce labor laws (see H.R. 3294), H6509 [18JN]

———establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H11048 [24SE]

———reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H6184 [11JN]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 3830), H7779 [17JY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518, 520), H10721 [19SE]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4166), H11228 [25SE]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: provide grace period for lending to delinquent borrowers (see H.R. 3236), H3650 [18AP]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H774 [23JA]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H774 [23JA]

———treatment of Federal contracts relative to Government shutdowns (see H.R. 2963), H2316 [14MR]

Courts: authorize additional Federal district judge for eastern district of Wisconsin (see H. Res. 362), H1775 [6MR]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H973 [30JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H6286 [12JN]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: assist the procurement of law enforcement equipment for counterdrug activities by State and local governments (see H.R. 2931), H2316 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3059), H2950 [27MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1507 [28FE]

———research on the human papilloma virus relative to cervical cancer (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3650 [18AP]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

EEOC: provide funding and remedies for certain instances of sexual harassment (see H.R. 3646), H6413 [13JN]

Favre, Brett: National Football League Most Valuable Player Award recipient (see H. Res. 339), H330 [5JA]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H7108 [27JN]

Federal employees: granting of competitive status relative to transfers or reassignments (see H.R. 294), H2224 [13MR]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: authorization of loans and participation requirements relative to community development (see H.R. 3349), H4302 [30AP]

Financial institutions: require fee disclosures by operators of electronic fund transfers (see H.R. 1246), H4503 [7MY]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H1507 [28FE]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H3488 [16AP]

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3477), H10108 [5SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893), H2558 [20MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H1636 [29FE]

———requirements relative to managed care plans (see H.R. 3751), H7106 [27JN]

Health care professionals: determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H2316 [14MR]

———increase practitioners in the field of primary health care (see H.R. 449), H2123 [12MR]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H2466 [19MR]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H11395 [26SE]

Human rights: eradication of slavery in foreign countries (see H. Res. 49), H2951 [27MR]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H1507 [28FE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H1325 [27FE]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3590), H7155 [9JY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H5174 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in background checks of law enforcement applicants (see H.R. 3263), H3581 [17AP]

———establish a national resource center and clearinghouse relative to missing or exploited children (see H.R. 3238), H3650 [18AP]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11528 [27SE]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H5501 [22MY]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 1046), H7474 [11JY]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H1226 [1FE]

———pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 3757), H7114 [8JY]

———reform (see H.R. 3355), H11048 [24SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 3052), H3231 [29MR]

Mexico: make extension of loan guarantee agreement conditional to drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 2945), H1775 [6MR]

———safety standards and drug enforcement efforts relative to trucks seeking to cross U.S. border (see H.R. 2946), H1775 [6MR]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H10040 [4SE]

Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement: conduct pilot test (see H.R. 2939), H3820 [24AP]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 385), H4504 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H5052 [14MY]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2123 [12MR]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H914 [25JA]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3658 [22AP]

National Science Scholars Program: reestablish (see H.R. 3648), H7260 [10JY]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H5052 [14MY]

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H5380 [21MY]

———expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 3331), H4109 [25AP]

Oceans: establish a national oceanographic partnership program (see H.R. 3303), H6286 [12JN]

Otis G. Pike Preserve, Calverton, NY: designate (see H.R. 2811), H1226 [1FE]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 158), H1716 [5MR]

Pensions: prohibit certain transaction rules relative to 401(k) pension plans (see H.R. 3688), H7658 [16JY]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862; H. Res. 360), H914 [25JA], H1325 [27FE]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see H.R. 3081), H3650 [18AP]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 3024), H8094 [22JY]

Railroads: hours of service of employees (see H.R. 3413), H11230 [25SE]

———improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 3000), H5299 [20MY]

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 183), H7474 [11JY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2285), H1325 [27FE]

Russia: protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression (see H. Con. Res. 95), H914 [25JA]

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (see H.R. 3173), H4902 [10MY]

Selma, AL: recognition of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church as symbol of the struggle for and achievement of African-American voting rights (see H. Res. 487), H8094 [22JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4430 [6MY]

Southeastern Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (see H.R. 2640), H914 [25JA]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (see H.R. 2699), H3231 [29MR]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H8248 [23JY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H187 [4JA]

———minimum State ceiling on tax-exempt private activity bonds (see H.R. 2707), H187 [4JA]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (see H.R. 2864), H1775 [6MR]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H1507 [28FE]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 3693), H9925 [2AU]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2272), H1986 [7MR]

———treatment of production of alcohol for fuel use (see H.R. 3345), H4109 [25AP]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H1226 [1FE]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H11527 [27SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4800 [9MY]

Virgin Islands: temporary absence of executive officials and priority payment of certain bonds and other obligations (see H.R. 3634), H6413 [13JN]

———transfer of management authority of Christiansted National Historic Site (see H.R. 3635), H6413 [13JN]

Women: research health risks of dioxin in tampons (see H.R. 3796), H7474 [11JY]

Remarks by, on

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5121 [15MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, H6266 [12JN], E1069 [12JN]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1737 [27SE]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists, H6436 [18JN], E951 [30MY]

Education: student loan programs, E1692 [25SE]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (H.R. 1179), E1530 [5SE]

Jackson State University: tribute to golf team, E808 [15MY]

Medicare: reform, E1069 [12JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H11524 [27SE]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H3656 [22AP]

Tributes

Kennedy, Maureen, E1756 [27SE]