CLEMENT, BOB (a Representative from Tennessee)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: price supports for milk (see H.R. 1535), H2299 [22AP]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 453), H7026 [4AU]
———prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see H.R. 1622), H10340 [19OC]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H4223 [14JN]
———increase basic pay and revise the retired pay computation formula applicable to certain veterans (see H.R. 500), H796 [24FE]
———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 355), H268 [19JA]
———recognize the sacrifice and dedication of members throughout history (see H.J. Res. 25), H825 [1MR]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H11854 [9NO]
Aviation: congressional review of civil aviation agreements (see H.R. 1845), H5572 [14JY]
———provide basic consumer protection standards and improve access to airline industry information (see H.R. 700), H645 [11FE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 1), H379 [2FE]
———establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
Capitol Police: appreciation for efforts during impeachment proceedings (see H. Res. 106), H1336 [16MR]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H2470 [28AP]
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 1300), H1799 [25MR]
Children and youth: tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 90), H4665 [18JN]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H5334 [1JY]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities (see H.R. 2170), H8556 [22SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H814 [25FE]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: eliminate funding for loans for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (see H.R. 882), H892 [2MR]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1634), H3861 [8JN]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 1082), H2373 [27AP]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H3711 [27MY]
Dept. of Defense: requirements for honor guard details at funerals of veterans (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1597 [23MR]
Dept. of Education: provide grants to State and local educational agencies to support programs that promote a variety of educational opportunities, options, and choices in public schools (see H.R. 3009), H9303 [4OC]
Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain home health agencies with high-cost patients and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), H5094 [29JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 2528), H5686 [15JY]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see H.R. 987), H1011 [4MR]
Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 1956), H3693 [26MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see H.R. 903), H2138 [19AP]
Dept. of Transportation: promote use and construction of infrastructure facilities for inherently low-emission vehicles at airports (see H.R. 1035), H1164 [10MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 566), H7996 [8SE]
———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1387), H1971 [13AP]
———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H2055 [14AP]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H4665 [18JN]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H10770 [25OC]
———recognize the severity of colon cancer and the need for education in prevention and early detection (see H. Con. Res. 133), H4341 [15JN]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1750), H2997 [11MY]
Education: grants for public policy programs at certain institutes and schools (see H.R. 788), H715 [23FE]
———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 959), H7996 [8SE]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (see H.R. 800), H1014 [4MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1960), H6583 [27JY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1803 [25MR]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H1334 [16MR]
———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1868 [12AP]
FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 486), H1597 [23MR]
Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 208), H378 [2FE]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H3859 [8JN]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H8099 [9SE]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H12795 [18NO]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 1290), H1799 [25MR]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H4665 [18JN]
Financial institutions: safeguard confidential banking and credit union information (see H.R. 516), H539 [9FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H3171 [13MY]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic sanctions (see H.R. 1244), H1694 [24MR]
———provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief (see H.R. 1095), H9022 [29SE]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H5571 [14JY]
Glenn, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 239), H717 [23FE]
Government: appointment of the Inspector General of certain Federal agencies by the President (see H.R. 2013), H3862 [8JN]
Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 1074), H1257 [11MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 358), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 2723), H8967 [28SE]
———regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see H. Con. Res. 79), H2922 [6MY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H272 [19JA]
———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 925), H890 [2MR]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 2418), H8375 [15SE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H5573 [14JY]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2171), H4128 [10JN]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 251), H8100 [9SE]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H273 [19JA]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H8967 [28SE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H816 [25FE]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 1883), H7997 [8SE]
Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports to the average monthly volume of such imports during the 3 years preceding July, 1997 (see H.R. 506), H717 [23FE]
———reduce the volume of steel imports (see H.R. 975), H1070 [9MR]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H10862 [26OC]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H2055 [14AP]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H239 [7JA]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 3379), H12107 [16NO]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1256 [11MR]
Medicare: accelerate payments to hospitals relative to costs of graduate medical education for Medicare+Choice enrollees (see H.R. 2989), H9076 [30SE]
———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 1543), H2299 [22AP]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H2922 [6MY]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2273 [21AP]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H9242 [1OC]
———exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1837), H8100 [9SE]
———exempt financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services and develop and implement a classification system to vary the limitations (see H.R. 1736), H8100 [9SE]
———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H2053 [14AP]
———increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (see H.R. 976), H5571 [14JY]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H4912 [24JN]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H5367 [12JY]
———repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1385), H2811 [5MY]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 119), H378 [2FE]
Mental health: recognize the significance to society of issues relating to mental illness and express full support for the White House Conference on Mental Health (see H. Res. 133), H1802 [25MR]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H958 [3MR]
National 4-H Council: issue postage stamp in commemoration of 4-H Youth Development Program's centennial (see H. Res. 109), H3087 [12MY]
National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence: establish (see H.R. 1556), H2374 [27AP]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H6759 [30JY]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 165), H2997 [11MY]
Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H2470 [28AP]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 552), H418 [3FE]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 89), H1408 [17MR]
———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H2470 [28AP]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1259 [11MR]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 45), H717 [23FE]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H11481 [3NO]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H714 [23FE]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 1993), H3862 [8JN]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who give living organ donations and address payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals donating or receiving organs (see H.R. 1857), H6019 [20JY]
———establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 941), H1336 [16MR]
OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H9899 [12OC]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H539 [9FE]
Patents: enhance protection for inventors, innovators, and patent terms, and reduce patent litigation (see H.R. 1907), H6353 [22JY]
———provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (see H.R. 1598), H2922 [6MY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), H4912 [24JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H271 [19JA]
———prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals (see H.R. 1778), H3086 [12MY]
Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see H.R. 765), H4912 [24JN]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H10340 [19OC]
Research: repeal public access requirement on data produced under Federal grants and agreements awarded to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 88), H2203 [20AP]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 384), H796 [24FE]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 413), H2203 [20AP]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4823 [23JN]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H4222 [14JN]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H2203 [20AP]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 163), H378 [2FE]
———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 1918), H3604 [25MY]
———provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits (see H.R. 1919), H3604 [25MY]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H4342 [15JN]
States: provide grants to improve reporting of unidentified and missing persons (see H.R. 1915), H3604 [25MY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 1433), H4024 [9JN]
———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 785), H5571 [14JY]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H9242 [1OC]
———collection and payment of State taxes imposed on goods sold on Indian lands (see H.R. 1814), H4736 [22JN]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H6599 [29JY]
———dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 963), H956 [3MR]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H583 [10FE]
———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 2748), H7882 [5AU]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (see H.R. 1660), H4130 [10JN]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 980), H3212 [14MY]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2304 [26AP]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H2304 [26AP]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H4665 [18JN]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H957 [3MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H12109 [16NO]
———provide a source of interest-free capital for school construction and renovation in States experiencing increased enrollment (see H.R. 996), H1012 [4MR]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H1803 [25MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3860 [8JN]
———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H8967 [28SE]
———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H7997 [8SE]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 716), H717 [23FE]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 323), H1335 [16MR]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H2471 [28AP]
———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H3860 [8JN]
Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 1255), H1695 [24MR]
Trade and Development Agency: reauthorize (see H.R. 1993), H3862 [8JN]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 111), H378 [2FE]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 120), H3694 [26MY]
Veterans: authorizing appropriations for homeless veterans reintegration projects (see H.R. 1484), H3860 [8JN]
———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 430), H825 [1MR]
———health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H11954 [10NO]
———issue a series of postage stamps in commemoration of veterans service organizations (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1973 [13AP]
———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H1697 [24MR]
———payment of certain group life insurance benefits to beneficiaries of deceased members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2206), H4340 [15JN]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H3860 [8JN]
VFW: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Res. 115), H1335 [16MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 41), H6353 [22JY]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 357), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 1248), H12226 [17NO]
———recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 5), H273 [19JA] (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1473 [18MR]
World War II: tribute to women who served in military capacities and contributed to victory (see H. Res. 41), H2204 [20AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Fulmer, Phillip: Football Writers Association of America Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 33), H377 [2FE]
Social Security: improve computation system for certain workers who attain age 65 (see H.R. 538), H417 [3FE]
University of Tennessee: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 33), H377 [2FE]
Letters
Veterans' health care facilities' funding: several veterans organizations, H1724 [25MR]
Remarks
Aaron, Henry: anniversary of breaking the Major League Baseball career home run record (H. Res. 279), H10201 [19OC]
Black History Month: observance, E256
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), H1724 [25MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), conference report, H1991 [14AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), consideration (H. Res. 131), H1704 [25MR]
Commission on International Religious Freedom: increase administrative authorities (S. 1546), H7462 [5AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, H1991 [14AP]
———health care facilities' funding, H1724 [25MR]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2684), H8062
Drunken driving: efforts to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals and increase penalties for offenders, H1174 [11MR]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 336), H10411 [20OC]
———tribute to teachers, E859
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), H1111
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (H.R. 2122), H4592 [17JN], H4622 [18JN]
———require provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun, H4622 [18JN]
———shorten turn around time for background checks at gun shows, allow face to face deals between gun dealers, and increase penalties for the criminal use of guns with large capacity ammunition feeding devices, H4592 [17JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 33), H4835 [24JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), H8175
Kosovo: cease fire relative to peace negotiations, H3003 [12MY]
———presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes (H. Con. Res. 42), H1199 [11MR]
Nashville, TN: anniversary of Inglewood Baptist Church, E464
———tribute to Hillsboro High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E872
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H1980 [14AP]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H8266 [14SE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H6237 [22JY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H6237 [22JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H6237 [22JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), conference report, H7266 [5AU]
Votes: position on missed, E1111
Tributes
Foster, Henry W., Jr., E619
Haught, Alex A., H1174 [11MR], E368
Lockett, Charles D., E2290
McClure, Don S., E256
Snodgrass, William R., E81
Spain, Doris, E1294
Vaughn, Jack, E258