CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1834 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H10172 [6NO]

Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 92), H6705 [31JY]

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 91), H6705 [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]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5826 [25JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by National Child Protection Act (see H.R. 2488), H7527 [17SE]

Civil liberties: display of the Ten Commandments in public places (see H. Con. Res. 31), H768 [5MR]

Clean Air Act: amend to impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 2328), H6703 [31JY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H5778 [24JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H5570 [22JY]

Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 169), H348 [5FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6918 [4SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H6716 [1AU]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]

———authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———reimbursement to Army Reserve and National Guard members deployed to Europe relative to Operation Joint Guard (see H.R. 2796), H10768 [12NO]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H6963 [5SE]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H8633 [7OC]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H8929 [21OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H2590 [13MY]

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

Education: role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H9730 [29OC]

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

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 859), H7008 [8SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H4133 [20JN], H4836 [26JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2590 [13MY]

FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H2253 [6MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1112 [18MR]

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]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3169 [21MY]

———development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4133 [20JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H3924 [18JN]

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), H588 [13FE]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H10172 [6NO]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1392 [9AP]

———require the marking of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale (see H.R. 2332), H6703 [31JY]

Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 2840), H10170 [6NO]

———analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H9559 [24OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3170 [21MY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3865 [17JN]

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

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3797 [12JN]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H285 [4FE]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H10956 [13NO]

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

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1795 [23AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H7008 [8SE]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8439 [6OC]

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

Law enforcement: require better reporting of unidentified persons (see H.R. 2850), H10171 [6NO]

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

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218, 339), H286 [4FE], H3924 [18JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Medal of Honor: issue commemorative postage stamp in recognition of recipients (see H. Con. Res. 200), H10955 [13NO]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H3069 [20MY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H3865 [17JN]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H4836 [26JN]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H4647 [25JN]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H1892 [24AP]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H5132 [10JY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H4132 [20JN]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H1112 [18MR]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H2254 [6MY]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H1392 [9AP]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1275), H1715 [21AP]

———tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5021 [9JY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN], H3660 [10JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3201 [22MY]

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

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2090 [30AP]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H4087 [19JN]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H890 [11MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H1892 [24AP]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 255), H1018 [13MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 1366, 2777), H346 [5FE], H1704 [17AP], H9800 [30OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]

Privacy: regulate use of Social Security numbers and other personal information by interactive computer services (see H.R. 1287), H4087 [19JN]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H7263 [11SE]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H286 [4FE]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H1909 [28AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H1542 [15AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1795 [23AP]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H8929 [21OC]

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), H5826 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H2784 [15MY]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 1702), H3201 [22MY]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3865 [17JN]

States: establish notification procedures relative to release of convicted sex offenders (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5826 [25JY]

Tariff: scientific instruments and apparatus (see H.R. 1876), H3796 [12JN]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H348 [5FE]

———deposit portion of motor fuel excise taxes into Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 644), H393 [6FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H7008 [8SE]

———inapplicability of the look-back method on construction contracts requiring the percentage of completion accounting method (see H.R. 1593), H2678 [14MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H950 [12MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H1542 [15AP]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1285), H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1968), H4085 [19JN]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see H.R. 656), H407 [10FE]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H286 [4FE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H1543 [15AP]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 1583), H3070 [20MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1795 [23AP]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H285 [4FE]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Tobacco products: strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (see H.R. 2034), H4645 [25JN]

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]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4339 [24JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE], H3797 [12JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1795 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate (see H.R. 1804), H3566 [5JN]

Remarks

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1819, H1825, H1834, H1837, H1845, H1846, H1847, H1848 [24AP]

———International Space University funding, H1846 [24AP]

———minority university research and education programs funding, H1848 [24AP]

———treatment of employees relative to agency funding, H1847 [24AP]

Space policy: Russian participation in space station program, H1845 [24AP]

———space station program funding, H1819, H1837 [24AP]

Resignations

Committee on Science (House), H10794 [13NO]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10794 [13NO]