CLEMENT, BOB (a Representative from Tennessee)
Articles and editorials
Appearance of Conflict, Thomas G. Donlan, Barrons (publication), E299
Marvin Runyon Delivers a Turnaround, William H. Miller, Industry Week (publication), E297
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H1019 [13MR]
African Americans: celebrate end of slavery in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 56), H950 [12MR]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H2590 [13MY]
———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H2254 [6MY]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H4836 [26JN]
———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H2445 [8MY]
———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H5297 [15JY]
Aviation: criteria for granting slots to new entrant air carriers at certain high density airports (see H.R. 2405), H8300 [1OC]
———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see H.R. 2476), H8727 [8OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H7263 [11SE]
———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5401 [16JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6919 [4SE]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]
Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1838, 2204), H3659 [10JN], H5491 [21JY]
Colleges and universities: make information regarding men's and women's athletic programs available to prospective students (see H.R. 1987), H9614 [28OC]
Computers: restore freedom of speech to the Internet and protect children from unsuitable online material (see H.R. 774), H1112 [18MR]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H4339 [24JN]
Copyrights: duration of protection (see H.R. 604), H347 [5FE]
———strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (see H.R. 2265), H8929 [21OC]
Courts: provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see H.R. 1503), H2157 [1MY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]
———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H1112 [18MR]
———use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (see H.R. 2381), H6797 [3SE]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H8929 [21OC]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]
———recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H348 [5FE]
Dept. of HHS: make certain information available to the Dept. of the Treasury for the collection of debts owed to the Federal Government (see H.R. 2063), H4646 [25JN]
Dept. of State: calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security agents' retirement annuities (see H.R. 633), H3070 [20MY]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H6798 [3SE]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5297 [15JY]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]
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: increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1262 [20MR]
———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1572, 2131), H3569 [5JN], H8633 [7OC]
———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]
Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H2445 [8MY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]
Families and domestic relations: child custody order enforcement (see H.R. 1690), H7119 [9SE]
———establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H9615 [28OC]
FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H2253 [6MY]
Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1340 [8AP]
Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H5664 [23JY]
———computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7831 [24SE]
———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H393 [6FE]
———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (see H. Con. Res. 71), H3170 [21MY]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H2091 [30AP]
Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H7730 [23SE]
———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H9615 [28OC]
Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4647 [25JN]
Guam: clarify local judicial structure and the office of Attorney General (see H.R. 2370), H10421 [8NO]
Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H5297 [15JY]
Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 964), H1892 [24AP]
———allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]
———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), H6918 [4SE]
———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]
———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]
———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H1040 [17MR]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8300 [1OC]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2157 [1MY]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H285 [4FE]
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 545), H284 [4FE]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H6707 [31JY]
Immigration: asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 825), H1715 [21AP]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6406 [30JY]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H10956 [13NO]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5132 [10JY]
———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10957 [13NO]
Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H4087 [19JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10769 [12NO]
IRS: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8320 [2OC]
———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]
Kentucky: prohibit taxation of compensation of Tennessee residents for services as Federal employees at Fort Campbell, KY (see H.R. 865, 1368), H1704, H1707 [17AP]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H1259 [20MR]
———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H9730 [29OC]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H6798 [3SE]
Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1128), H1186 [19MR]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1893 [24AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H590 [13FE]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H5021 [9JY]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H4086 [19JN]
———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H768 [5MR]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2446 [8MY]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H145, H152 [9JA]
Metric system: waive requirements for State use on highway signs (see H.R. 813), H627 [25FE]
Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]
Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H2157 [1MY]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1392 [9AP]
———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7528 [17SE]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]
NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5665 [23JY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2446 [8MY]
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H3201 [22MY]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7730 [23SE]
National parks and recreation areas: allow units that cannot charge entrance fees to retain other fees and charges (see H.R. 2502), H7831 [24SE]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 1420), H2680 [14MY]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H283 [4FE]
NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1019 [13MR]
NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1315), H2157 [1MY]
Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H1040 [17MR]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5487 [17JY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H6918 [4SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H. Res. 236), H8834 [9OC]
Racial relations: congressional role in eliminating racism (see H. Res. 138), H3170 [21MY]
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), H2488 [12MY]
Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]
Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2351 [7MY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]
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), H1794 [23AP]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]
Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1339 [8AP]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]
———establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (see H.R. 534), H3070 [20MY]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H10768 [12NO]
———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H283 [4FE]
———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 577), H1018 [13MR]
Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]
Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H702 [27FE]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H889 [11MR]
———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H2351 [7MY]
———deposit portion of motor fuel excise taxes into Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 644), H393 [6FE]
———designate overpayments and contributions to the U.S. textbook and technology trust fund (see H.R. 155), H949 [12MR]
———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H4132 [20JN]
———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1279), H2351 [7MY]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H670 [26FE]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H5132 [10JY]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10768 [12NO]
———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 535), H1262 [20MR]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 2450), H7730 [23SE]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H1988 [29AP]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H453 [11FE]
———treatment of educational grants by private foundations (see H.R. 353), H150 [9JA]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H286 [4FE]
———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 533), H670 [26FE]
———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H6703 [31JY]
———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H1040 [17MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1339 [8AP]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H2680 [14MY]
Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8300 [1OC]
———repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2527), H9502 [23OC]
Telephones: increase the forfeiture penalty for telephone service slamming and require providers of such service to report slamming incidents (see H.R. 2112), H4912 [8JY]
Television: treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 1510), H2155 [1MY]
Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2446 [8MY]
Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 410), H152 [9JA]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]
———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]
Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]
———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H5401 [16JY]
———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H3274 [3JN]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H3274 [3JN]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H3213 [30MY]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H3070 [20MY]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3569 [5JN]
Women: tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H6707 [31JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5916 [28JY]
Medina, Claudia J. Alexandru: relief (see H.R. 2617), H8438 [6OC]
Medina, Jose A., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 2617), H8438 [6OC]
Medina, Rosalba Colunga de: relief (see H.R. 2617), H8438 [6OC]
Political campaigns: ban soft money in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 110, 458), H142 [9JA], H243 [21JA]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]
TVA 2000 Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 2082), H4834 [26JN]
Remarks
Brentwood, TN: anniversary of Brentwood Early Risers Toastmasters Club, E301
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4690 [26JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6648 [31JY]
Children and youth: importance of music education programs, E539
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4255 [24JN]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8893, H8900, H8901, H8902 [21OC]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), consideration (H. Res. 265), H8888 [21OC]
———operation and maintenance of foghorns along Lake Michigan, H8901 [21OC]
———tribute to ``Spill of National Significance'' seminar on oil spills, E2001
Disasters: reauthorize national flood insurance program (H.R. 2227), H9041 [23OC]
Eagle Harbor, MI: transfer of Eagle Harbor Light Station to the Keweenaw County Historical Society, H8902 [21OC]
Education: role in character development and teaching of moral values (H. Con. Res. 127), E1535
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 54), H3736 [12JN]
Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 135), H8984 [22OC]
Houston Oilers (football team): relocation to Tennessee, H5410 [17JY]
India: independence anniversary, H6924 [5SE]
Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 164), H8984 [22OC]
Knapper, Charles F.: Wal-Mart Foundation and National Center for Small Communities American Hometown Leaders Award recipient, E1646
Miller, Bradford: American Road and Transportation Builders Association award recipient, E425
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H8984 [22OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H8888 [21OC]
Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, H2258 [7MY]
Season for Nonviolence: observance, H6924 [5SE]
Taxation: child tax credit, H6648 [31JY]
———treatment of higher education expenses, H6648 [31JY]
Votes: position on missed, H7868
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1878 [24AP]
Special order: granted, H9035 [22OC]
Tributes
Capps, Walter H., E2155
Hardman, Bill, Sr., E428
Nottingham, Norma C., E1923
Runyon, Marvin T., Jr., E297