FOWLER, TILLIE K. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1561, H1563 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3279, H3282 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

———S. 835, Estuary Habitat and Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H8766 [4OC]

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H7723 [18SE]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7723 [18SE]

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H9505 [6OC]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Con. Res. 375), H6470 [18JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Citizenship: modify retroactively the residence requirement for certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent (see H.R. 801), H6719 [20JY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6355 [17JY]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H4035 [7JN]

Copeland Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H4783 [20JN]

Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see H.R. 1349), H219 [7FE]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H4783 [20JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 2596), H2012 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6778 [24JY]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1509), H922 [9MR]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H11195 [25OC]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H2770 [9MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8062 [25SE]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H4592 [15JN]

———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H7212 [27JY]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2123 [11AP]

FBI: provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background checks to allow time to implement a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth serving organizations (see H.R. 4424), H6599 [19JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H278 [9FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H3925 [6JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4592 [15JN]

GSA: convey a parcel of land in the District of Columbia for construction of the National Health Museum (see H.R. 3171), H1406 [23MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H3413 [18MY]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H7281 [6SE]

Insurance: 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), H5084 [23JN]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H4484 [14JN]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1852 [5AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1589 [29MR]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H7208 [27JY]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7723 [18SE]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H7212 [27JY]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 3461), H2411 [2MY]

———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H7723 [18SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H2341 [13AP]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H2012 [10AP]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7282 [6SE]

———improve payments under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4236), H6777 [24JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H7366 [7SE]

———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7282 [6SE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H11716 [31OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5737 [10JY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H10809 [24OC]

National security: U.S. policy relative to deployment of a national missile defense system (see H.R. 5536), H10808 [24OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1852 [5AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H255 [8FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H454 [15FE]

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H10257 [18OC]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]

Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1407 [23MR]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H10473 [19OC]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4174 [9JN]

Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H7281 [6SE]

———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H4121 [8JN]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1263), H5737 [10JY]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1264), H5737 [10JY]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H6599 [19JY]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H575 [29FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3649 [23MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1997), H5084 (see H.R. 4570), H5085 [23JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H1077 [15MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H219 [7FE]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H1959 [6AP]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3173 [16MY]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 1237), H931 [13MR]

———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H4674 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H1957 [6AP]

Letters

Preparedness Against Terrorism Act: Joseph F. Myers, National Emergency Management Association, H6893 [25JY]

———National League of Cities, H6893 [25JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1509, H1522, H1561, H1563 [29MR]

Asia Foundation: funding, H5127 [26JN]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7436 [12SE]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2024 [11AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3739 [24MY]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H121 [1FE]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, H10068 [18OC]

Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1522 [29MR]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6545 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3201, H3264 [17MY], H3367 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9651 [11OC]

———funding, H1509 [29MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3980 [7JN]

———reliance of military families on food stamps, H1563 [29MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5127 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10382 [19OC]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), H9569 [10OC]

———authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 607), H8671, H8672, H8673 [3OC]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8272 [27SE]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, H10362 [19OC]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1227 [22MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (H. Con. Res. 293), E831 [25MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1979 [28OC]

Jacksonville, FL: classification as ``urban county'' relative to eligibility for Community Development Block Grant Program, H10382 [19OC]

Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, H3264 [17MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2661 [9MY], H9851 [12OC]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5375 [28JN]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H3201 [17MY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (H.R. 3088), H8588 [2OC]

Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3367 [18MY]

———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H1509, H1561, H1563 [29MR], H3367 [18MY]

Surface Transportation Board: development of new standards for rail mergers, E363 [21MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H303 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146 [9JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks, H8671, H8673 [3OC]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4210), H6886, H6889, H6892, H6893 [25JY]

Votes: position on missed, H9048 [6OC], E44 [1FE]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2564 [4MY]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), H10362 [19OC]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), conference report, H10860 [25OC]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Florida, H8671 [3OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5734 [10JY], H6772 [24JY], H9502 [6OC], H11204 [26OC], H11525 [29OC]

Special order: granted, H10469 [19OC], H11192 [25OC]

Tribute, H9819 [12OC], H10755-H10759, H10790, H10791, H10792 [24OC], H10813 [25OC], E1917, E1932 [25OC], E1979, E2003 [28OC], E2083 [3NO]

Statements

Office of Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism Management: James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H8673 [3OC]

Texts of

H.R. 4210, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act, H6886-H6889 [25JY]