THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)
Articles and editorials
R. Jess Brown—A Memorial Tribute To Keep His Memory Alive, Nettie Stowers, Mississippi Link (publication), E349
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), H628 [25FE]
Agriculture: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H10956 [13NO]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H1019 [13MR]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H702 [27FE]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6704 [31JY]
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), H8161 [29SE]
Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H1707 [17AP]
———end credit card possession requirements (see H.R. 2599), H8299 [1OC]
———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5778 [24JY]
———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2468), H10956 [13NO]
Capitol Building and Grounds: postpone relocation of Suffragists Portrait Monument to the rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 72), H2156 [1MY]
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H590 [13FE]
Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 65), H2590 [13MY]
Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]
Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]
———provide for health, safety, and education (see H.R. 1726), H4087 [19JN]
Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 1721), H3201 [22MY]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]
Colleges and universities: make information regarding men's and women's athletic programs available to prospective students (see H.R. 1987), H10956 [13NO]
Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H3204 [22MY]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]
Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 563), H2445 [8MY]
———labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H2680 [14MY]
———require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 3060), H10954 [13NO]
Contracts: require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 182), H669 [26FE]
Correctional institutions: funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1643), H2784 [15MY]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7730 [23SE]
———continue judicial supervision over certain offenders with substance abuse problems (see H.R. 1644), H2784 [15MY]
Credit: prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments relative to consumer solicitations (see H.R. 2053), H9614 [28OC]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1340 [8AP]
Crime: penalties for theft by public officials under color of law (see H.R. 1645), H2784 [15MY]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H1112 [18MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H5486 [17JY]
Dept. of Defense: reimbursement to Army Reserve and National Guard members deployed to Europe relative to Operation Joint Guard (see H.R. 2796), H10768 [12NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H8300 [1OC]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2351 [7MY]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2254 [6MY]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]
Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2031), H4338 [24JN]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H6704 [31JY]
———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), H3568 [5JN]
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]
———restore opportunity-to-learn standards (see H.R. 1115), H1909 [28AP]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2275), H10956 [13NO]
———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]
Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]
ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 2960), H10957 [13NO]
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1823), H7911 [25SE]
———establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H9615 [28OC]
———grants to States to establish supervised visitation centers for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 2779), H10957 [13NO]
———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]
———permit chronically ill parents to name standby guardians for minors without loss of parental rights (see H.R. 3005), H10957 [13NO]
———State assistance for certain adults who are caring for the children of relatives (see H.R. 1646), H2784 [15MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H5825 [25JY]
———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H3070 [20MY]
———encourage the use of generic drugs in health insurance plans (see H.R. 1073), H3213 [30MY]
———granting of additional points to the passing grades of welfare recipients' competitive service examinations (see H.R. 1066), H1262 [20MR]
Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]
Firearms: prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (see H.R. 949), H1340 [8AP]
———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H524 [12FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1543 [15AP]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H7263 [11SE]
Foreign aid: establish an alternative crop production demonstration program for developing countries with illicit crop production (see H.R. 1642), H2784 [15MY]
Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H10956 [13NO]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3924 [18JN]
———prohibit the location of solid and hazardous waste facilities near residential, day care, church, and school properties (see H.R. 843), H668 [26FE]
Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H8265 [30SE]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8438 [6OC]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H3213 [30MY]
———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), H10956 [13NO]
———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 1815), H3798 [12JN]
———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H629 [25FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 337), H2784 [15MY]
———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1392 [9AP]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H7911 [25SE]
———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H151 [9JA]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program and amend relative to persons of mixed ancestry (see H.R. 2418), H9502 [23OC]
———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1895), H3797 [12JN]
———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 1245), H2590 [13MY]
Health Care Financing Administration: graduate medical education reimbursement for combined residencies producing primary care physicians (see H.R. 689), H2488 [12MY]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see H.R. 2953), H10957 [13NO]
House of Representatives: transition for new Members (see H.R. 3053), H10954 [13NO]
Immigration: create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H10768 [12NO]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1340 [8AP]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H10956 [13NO]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H9614 [28OC]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H949 [12MR]
———protect personal privacy rights of customers and claimants (see H.R. 1029), H2874 [16MY]
Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H702 [27FE]
International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H669 [26FE]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H6963 [5SE]
Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10768 [12NO]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H4836 [26JN]
———establish counseling programs for disabled and retired police officers (see H.R. 2434), H8161 [29SE]
Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H7199 [10SE]
Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1354), H3568 [5JN]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1288 [21MR]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H3204 [22MY]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H1261 [20MR]
———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H1339 [8AP]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H3070 [20MY]
———payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2671), H10956 [13NO]
———reform (see H.R. 1165), H1259 [20MR]
———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H2156 [1MY]
———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]
Medicare/Medicaid: require health care facilities and services to fund annual financial and compliance audits (see H.R. 2543), H9615 [28OC]
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), H2155 [1MY]
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), H6026 [29JY]
National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H1186 [19MR]
National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]
National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 712), H3720 [11JN]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8055 [26SE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]
Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]
NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]
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]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H2874 [16MY]
Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H629 [25FE]
Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330, 1367), H2446 [8MY], H3204 [22MY]
———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H8633 [7OC]
Public buildings: prohibit smoking in Federal buildings (see H.R. 2118), H8438 [6OC]
Public Health Service Act: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 2755), H10957 [13NO]
Public welfare programs: restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H9866 [31OC]
———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H2446 [8MY]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H4132 [20JN]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1892 [24AP]
Senior citizens: establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2681), H10768 [12NO]
Shabazz, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 183), H5826 [25JY]
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), H3798 [12JN]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1261 [20MR]
Small business: assist certain women and minority business people (see H.R. 1647), H2784 [15MY]
———increase percentage of Federal contracts awarded to businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals or women (see H.R. 1824), H4836 [26JN]
———install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (see H.R. 1444), H1891 [24AP]
———strengthen Federal contracting opportunities and assess impact of contract bundling by Federal agencies (see H.R. 373), H725 [4MR]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H670 [26FE]
States: prohibit release of Presidential election results prior to closing of polls in all States within the continental U.S. (see H.R. 2805), H10768 [12NO]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1904), H9614 [28OC]
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), H670 [26FE]
———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 2695), H10768 [12NO]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3660 [10JN]
———credits for employers for costs incurred to combat violence against women (see H.R. 1071), H1892 [24AP]
———designate overpayments and contributions to the public debt (see H.R. 1353), H4836 [26JN]
———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]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H3169 [21MY]
———expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H8439 [6OC]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H8054 [26SE]
———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H10768 [12NO]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance and interest on education loans (see H.R. 1632), H4222 [23JN]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H10956 [13NO]
———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H1289 [21MR]
———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]
———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 2804), H10768 [12NO]
———treatment of reorganizations and stocks for specialized small business investment companies (see H.R. 2707), H9501 [23OC]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H2446 [8MY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H1795 [23AP]
———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2820), H10957 [13NO]
Weapons: restrict the mail order sale of body armor (see H.R. 959), H2169 [5MY]
Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 766), H950 [12MR]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H3213 [30MY]
———increase research and education on the drug DES (see H.R. 1788), H8054 [26SE]
———research programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 1571), H2445 [8MY]
———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H6707 [31JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aaron Henry U.S. Post Office, Clarksdale, MS: designate (see H.R. 892), H701 [27FE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H7911 [25SE]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H6801 [4SE]
Remarks
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2996, H3024 [20MY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), E596
Dept. of Education: national testing standards, E1813
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), E1813
Green, Amanda E.: tribute to Miss Tougaloo College, 1997-98, E1433
McGlown, Margaret: tribute on receipt of USA Weekend Magazine Make a Difference Day award, E803
Palmer, Sebrina R., E1252
Rankin, Hystercine: National Heritage Fellowship award recipient, E2288
Vicksburg, MS: tribute to Vicksburg High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E696
Tributes
Brown, R. Jess, E349
Chen, Stephen, E2190
Cox, Minnie, E1201
Dolce, Carla, E1526
Green, Cornelius, Jr. (Neal), E1437
Henry, Aaron, E991
Holly, Kermit W., Sr., E412
McDowell, Cleve, E698
Meredith, James W., E2000
Mitchell, Roderick, E745
Parker, Frank, E1436
Richardson, William, E699
Smith, Frank E., H6802 [4SE]