JACKSON, JESSE L., JR. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2124, H2133 [1MY]

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H2590 [13MY]

African Americans: acknowledge the injustice and inhumanity of slavery, examine current impact of slavery and discrimination, and recommend remedies (see H.R. 40), H285 [4FE]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H4913 [8JY]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H2590 [13MY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H3797 [12JN]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation of peace agreement, support democratic efforts of countries from former Yugoslavia and continue efforts to prosecute war criminals (see H. Res. 15), H725 [4MR]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2590 [13MY]

———improve and expand employee health care programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1515), H4339 [24JN]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H4339 [24JN]

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

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 65), H1260 [20MR]

Citizenship: treatment of descendants of the children of certain female U.S. citizens born abroad (see H.R. 1599), H2679 [14MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1795 [23AP]

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H803 [6MR]

———provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H9801 [30OC]

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

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H4647 [25JN]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

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

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H7365 [16SE]

Contracts: require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 182), H245 [21JA]

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: 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), H8265 [30SE]

Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2773), H9866 [31OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6963 [5SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish pilot projects to test various best business practices for defense inventory management (see H.R. 1850), H3659 [10JN]

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

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1289 [21MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H1340 [8AP]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H6918 [4SE]

Ecology and environment: 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]

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

———improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H3204 [22MY]

Elections: allow States to use a proportional voting system for multiseat congressional districts (see H.R. 3068), H10954 [13NO]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1795 [23AP]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 536), H9614 [28OC]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H3660 [10JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 851), H669 [26FE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H2590 [13MY]

———eligibility of certain appointees for competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment (see H.R. 1874), H3796 [12JN]

Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H8929 [21OC]

Financial institutions: provide consumer protection (see H.R. 1900), H3863 [17JN]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1074), H1707 [17AP]

———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H286 [4FE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H5177 [11JY]

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

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]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H4836 [26JN]

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

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1289 [21MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3070 [20MY]

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

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H9800 [30OC]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: extend (see H.R. 1042), H1989 [29AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H9039 [22OC]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6406 [30JY]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H3924 [18JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H393 [6FE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H7528 [17SE]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (see H.R. 2121), H5826 [25JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H9039 [22OC]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H7263 [11SE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see H. Res. 281), H9558 [24OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]

Medicare: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H3274 [3JN]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1794 [23AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H3924 [18JN]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H2874 [16MY]

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

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H3568 [5JN]

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

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]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H4913 [8JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H9730 [29OC]

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]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H4086 [19JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 952), H2590 [13MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H2169 [5MY]

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]

OPIC: terminate authorities (see H.R. 387), H151 [9JA]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2199), H5486 [17JY]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H4132 [20JN]

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H1612 [16AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6918 [4SE]

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

Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (see H.R. 1657), H2874 [16MY]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H4132 [20JN]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H3204 [22MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

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

SBA: reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H3204 [22MY]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H2590 [13MY]

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), H148 [9JA]

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

———strengthen Federal contracting opportunities and assess impact of contract bundling by Federal agencies (see H.R. 373), H393 [6FE]

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

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H2874 [16MY]

States: require equal education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H8727 [8OC]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———allow tax credit for equity investments in community development financial institutions (see H.R. 2254), H5777 [24JY]

———allow tax credit to individuals due unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of individuals owing such child support (see H.R. 1735), H8929 [21OC]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H6798 [3SE]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 291), H5916 [28JY]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 2642), H8727 [8OC]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H282 [4FE]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7911 [25SE]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H700 [27FE]

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

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H5297 [15JY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H5487 [17JY]

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

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H702 [27FE]

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

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1909 [28AP]

———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2525), H8265 [30SE]

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 26), H1112 [18MR]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see H.R. 2591), H9615 [28OC]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, H427 [11FE], H576-H580 [13FE]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9620 [29OC]

Chicago Bulls (basketball team): tribute, H4381 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: prohibit sanctions of public educational institutions relative to enforcement of preference or affirmative action admissions plans, H7378 [17SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program funding, H5348, H5349 [16JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7378 [17SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5344, H5348, H5349 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6364, H6368 [30JY]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to comply with family self-sufficiency agreement requirements, H2206, H2207 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2045 [30AP], H2124, H2125, H2126, H2127, H2128, H2129, H2130, H2131, H2133, H2134, H2136, H2139, H2140, H2141, H2144, H2145, H2146, H2147, H2149 [1MY], H2197, H2198, H2199, H2200, H2201, H2206, H2207, H2226 [6MY], H2269 [7MY], H2638 [14MY]

———reduce minimum rental amounts and contributions relative to public housing, H2269 [7MY]

———revise income and occupancy levels for public housing developments, H2226 [6MY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1650), H2940 [20MY]

OPIC: credit and insurance programs administration funding, H5928 [29JY]

———funding, H6364, H6368 [30JY]

Public housing: exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2133, H2134, H2136, H2139, H2140, H2141, H2144, H2145, H2146, H2149 [1MY]

———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2124, H2125, H2126, H2127, H2128, H2129, H2130, H2131 [1MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2197, H2198, H2199, H2200, H2201 [6MY]

Racial relations: differing perceptions of the judicial system, discrimination, media, and the entertainment industry, H576-H580 [13FE]

Utah Jazz (basketball team): tribute, H4381 [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3474 [4JN]

Tributes

Brown, Jesse, E2316 [10NO]

Carroll, Roy O., Jr., E2162 [31OC]