FORD, HAROLD E., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Articles and editorials

Alternative School Promotes Achievement, Regina L. Burns, Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, E752 [24AP]

Cash-Short Schools Need Nike More Than Twain, DeWayne Wickham, USA Today, H924 [12MR]

Tennessee Becomes Last State To Ratify 15th Amendment, Jet Magazine, E1970 [8OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: acknowledge the injustice and inhumanity of slavery, examine current impact of slavery and discrimination, and recommend remedies (see H.R. 40), H407 [10FE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H5826 [25JY]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H1707 [17AP]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6704 [31JY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Business and industry: reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]

Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8054 [26SE]

———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 2408), H9559 [24OC]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

———support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1893 [24AP]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 2453), H7261 [11SE]

Commission on National Drug Policy: establish (see H.R. 1345), H1610 [16AP]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]

Correctional institutions: funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1643), H2784 [15MY]

Courts: continue judicial supervision over certain offenders with substance abuse problems (see H.R. 1644), H2784 [15MY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]

———penalties for theft by public officials under color of law (see H.R. 1645), H2784 [15MY]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H6706 [31JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H8929 [21OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6707 [31JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H2680 [14MY]

Dept. of Transportation: make direct loans and provide lines of credit to finance surface transportation projects (see H.R. 2330), H6703 [31JY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H1794 [23AP]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H4132 [20JN]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1456 [14AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5177 [11JY]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2031), H4338 [24JN]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1893 [24AP]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H6707 [31JY]

———provide State grants to stabilize and remove tire piles that are near drinking water sources and sensitive populations (see H.R. 1041), H1340 [8AP]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Education: establish computer learning centers in low-income areas (see H.R. 1640), H2784 [15MY]

———establish funding for local communities to repair school infrastructure (see H.R. 1639), H2784 [15MY]

———establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H3567 [5JN]

———establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]

———improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H1890 [24AP]

———improve teacher quality (see H.R. 2228), H5664 [23JY]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H2590 [13MY]

———increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H7599 [18SE]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1572), H2445 [8MY]

———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H3204 [22MY]

———restore opportunity-to-learn standards (see H.R. 1115), H1111 [18MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 536), H768 [5MR]

ERISA: improve enforcement of provisions (see H.R. 2290), H10956 [13NO]

Executive departments: require review of agency spending on service contracts (see H.R. 2712), H9501 [23OC]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H1392 [9AP]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

———State assistance for certain adults who are caring for the children of relatives (see H.R. 1646), H2784 [15MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see H.R. 234), H286 [4FE]

———provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H4647 [25JN]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (see H. Con. Res. 71), H4339 [24JN]

———establish formula for calculation of Federal contributions to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1848), H3659 [10JN]

———review of employment discriminations claims (see H.R. 2441), H7118 [9SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H9559 [24OC]

Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1047), H1707 [17AP]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce (see H.R. 12), H9729 [29OC]

———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H524 [12FE]

Foreign aid: establish an alternative crop production demonstration program for developing countries with illicit crop production (see H.R. 1642), H2784 [15MY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H1890 [24AP]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H4087 [19JN]

Guam: clarify local judicial structure and the office of Attorney General (see H.R. 2370), H10421 [8NO]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H7911 [25SE]

———funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]

———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2446 [8MY]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H725 [4MR]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (see H.R. 561), H453 [11FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H453 [11FE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7008 [8SE]

———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1895), H3797 [12JN]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H8265 [30SE]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H1795 [23AP]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H4087 [19JN]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H287 [4FE]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H629 [25FE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H9614 [28OC]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8929 [21OC]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H9730 [29OC]

Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 237), H7600 [18SE]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1186 [19MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H245 [21JA], H286 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H5401 [16JY]

Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate (see H.R. 2348), H6704 [31JY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8054 [26SE]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1340 [8AP]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2255 [6MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 2848), H10171 [6NO]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H348 [5FE]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1315), H3476 [4JN]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase amount of funds Director may transfer between agency accounts (see H.R. 1641), H2784 [15MY]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3203 [22MY]

OPM: submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available (see H.R. 2675), H8927 [21OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2183, 2199), H346 [5FE], H5485, H5486 [17JY]

———require that certain communications contain information relative to sponsorship and authorization (see H.R. 1541), H3660 [10JN]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1367), H4087 [19JN]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H4647 [25JN]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H3274 [3JN]

Public welfare programs: treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H2255 [6MY]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H1019 [13MR]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H4647 [25JN]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H2785 [15MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H589 [13FE]

Small business: assist certain women and minority business people (see H.R. 1647), H2784 [15MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]

States: require equal education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1989 [29AP]

Taxation: allow income tax credit to individuals active in neighborhood crime watch organizations (see H.R. 1529), H4647 [25JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3204 [22MY]

———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 539), H453 [11FE]

———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 539), H702 [27FE]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H3070 [20MY]

———designate overpayments and contributions to the U.S. textbook and technology trust fund (see H.R. 155), H589 [13FE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 1102), H2254 [6MY]

———establish a credit for the purchase of a principal residence located within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer (see H.R. 2826), H10957 [13NO]

———exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 921), H4647 [25JN]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H2590 [13MY]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 615), H702 [27FE]

———provide income exclusion for work study payments (see H.R. 1296), H2875 [16MY]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1682), H4339 [24JN]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H1988 [29AP]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H669 [26FE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H524 [12FE]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of reorganizations and stocks for specialized small business investment companies (see H.R. 2707), H9501 [23OC]

Television: treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 1510), H2155 [1MY]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385), H6963 [5SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1542 [15AP]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H8320 [2OC]

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 1693), H4136 [21JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H6798 [3SE]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H2590 [13MY]

———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H5401 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hazardous substances: prohibit the location of solid and hazardous waste facilities near residential, day care, church, and school properties (see H.R. 843), H668 [26FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2051), H4645 [25JN]

Petitions and memorials

Tennessee: post-ratification of constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, E1970 [8OC]

Proclamations

Tribute to Gregory D. Watson Relative to Post-Ratification of Constitutional Amendment Guaranteeing Right of Citizens To Vote Regardless of Race, Color, or Previous Condition of Servitude: Tennessee House of Representatives, E1970 [8OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2724 [15MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4690 [26JN], H5029 [10JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2999 [20MY]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9623 [29OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4262 [24JN], E1317 [25JN]

Colleges and universities: reform methods for calculating graduation rates (H.R. 914), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 145), H2545 [13MY]

Crime: funding for building, expanding, and operating juvenile correction and detention facilities, H2378 [8MY]

———funding for crime prevention programs for at-risk juveniles, H2380 [8MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2378, H2380 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7388 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), conference report, H8749 [9OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7140, H7166 [10SE], H7388 [17SE]

Education: charter schools funding through rescissions in Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program funding, H7140 [10SE]

———funding for TRIO programs for academic counseling and outreach to students from low-income families, H3869 [18JN]

———funds from businesses in exchange for advertising in schools, H924 [12MR]

———national policy to improve system, H78 [9JA], H2012 [30AP], H7166 [10SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1130 [19MR]

Federal Express Corp.: alleged political pressure relative to political action committee contributions, H954 [13MR]

———tribute for donation to Library of Congress National Digital Library Program, E1963 [8OC]

Higher Education Act: TRIO Upward Bound Program funding, H594 [25FE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2143 [1MY]

Kentucky Dominican Sisters (religious order): anniversary, S143 [21JA]

Lamon, Carl L.: Association of Science-Technology Centers Honor Roll of Science Teachers award recipient, E804 [30AP]

Memphis, TN: reconstruction and extension of runway at Memphis International Airport, H8749 [9OC]

———tribute to Hamilton Elementary School for recognition as a U.S. Dept. of Education Title I achieving school, E760 [28AP]

———tribute to Pyramid Academy, E751 [24AP]

NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission, H5137 [11JY]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish, H2545 [13MY], H2724 [15MY]

NetDay96: tribute (H. Res. 38), H323 [5FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H1045 [18MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2051), E1327 [25JN]

Public housing: exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2143 [1MY]

Smith, Larry: EPA and Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award recipient, E863 [7MY]

Taxation: promote construction and rehabilitation of public schools by increasing the volume cap on certain bonds, H9073 [23OC]

———rates, H4690 [26JN], H5029 [10JY]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), H604 [25FE], H634 [26FE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9073 [23OC]

Tennessee: post-ratification of constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, E1969 [8OC]

Votes: position on missed, H8891 [21OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H89 [9JA], H8923 [21OC], H9035 [22OC], H9499 [23OC]

Tributes

Gleese, James L., E1139 [5JN]

Harvey, Albert C., E992 [21MY]

Patterson, Gilbert E., E838 [5MY]

Sengstacke, John H., E1141 [5JN]