JENKINS, WILLIAM L. (a Representative from Tennessee)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]
Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H702 [27FE]
Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (see H.R. 1356), H9559 [24OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6707 [31JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H7119 [9SE]
Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H9614 [28OC]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H5177 [11JY]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]
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]
EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H6026 [29JY]
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), H8929 [21OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]
Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]
Guam: clarify local judicial structure and the office of Attorney General (see H.R. 2370), H10421 [8NO]
Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H4086 [19JN]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H10172 [6NO]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]
Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H7600 [18SE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8929 [21OC]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H6963 [5SE]
———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H5132 [10JY]
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: clarify application of certain provisions (see H.R. 2038), H4645 [25JN]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]
National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H5826 [25JY]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]
National parks and recreation areas: allow units that cannot charge entrance fees to retain other fees and charges (see H.R. 2502), H7599 [18SE]
OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1707 [17AP]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2785 [15MY]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]
Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H2785 [15MY]
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), H7263 [11SE]
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), H586 [13FE]
———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), H286 [4FE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]
———exempt small unincorporated farm businesses from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 3036), H10768 [12NO]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H10956 [13NO]
———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H157 [9JA]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1706 [17AP]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Tariff: viscose rayon yarn (see H.R. 1954), H3923 [18JN]
Remarks
International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (H.R. 1348), H5865, H5866, H5867 [28JY]
National Storytelling Association: tribute to National Storytelling Festival, E1303
Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, E861
Votes: position on missed, H2356