FORD, HAROLD E., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)
Articles and editorials
Alternative School Promotes Achievement, Regina L. Burns, Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, E752
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
———tribute to Pyramid Academy, E751
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
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
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
———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
Votes: position on missed, H8891
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H89 [9JA], H8923 [21OC], H9035 [22OC], H9499 [23OC]
Tributes
Gleese, James L., E1139
Harvey, Albert C., E992
Patterson, Gilbert E., E838
Sengstacke, John H., E1141