CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

———H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H9992 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H2239 [12AP]

Agriculture: require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H6599 [19JY]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H7281 [6SE]

———establish a combat artillery medal (see H.R. 3043), H2770 [9MY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H632 [1MR]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 355), H1852 [5AP]

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

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H1119 [16MR]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H6354 [17JY]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H7991 [21SE]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H4818 [21JN]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H4784 [20JN]

———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: participation of certain Medicare-eligible individuals in pharmacy programs (see H.R. 3697), H1406 [23MR]

Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (see H.R. 3242), H632 [1MR]

———initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1077 [15MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H931 [13MR]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H6599 [19JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H1406 [23MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3650 [23MY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7212 [27JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H90 [31JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H278 [9FE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H1852 [5AP]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H511 [16FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]

Firearms: repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 3444), H50 [27JA]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H1284 [22MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3413 [18MY]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see H.R. 5516), H11813 [2NO]

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

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1077 [15MR]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

———promote awareness, research, and treatment of latex allergies (see H. Con. Res. 387), H7210 [27JY]

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]

Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1852 [5AP]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H7281 [6SE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

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

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H574 [29FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 4550), H3867 [25MY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H3649 [23MY]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1077 [15MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3869 [25MY]

Medicare: coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H757 [8MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4623), H5169 [26JN]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H4122 [8JN]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

NASA: authorize the lease, joint-development, or use of a commercially provided inflatable habitation module for the international space station (see H.R. 5183), H7651 [14SE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3214), H7502 [12SE]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6355 [17JY]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Health Center Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 381), H7212 [27JY]

Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H7578 [13SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]

Petroleum: support increase in world crude oil supplies (see H. Con. Res. 284), H1077 [15MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2906 [10MY]

———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]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6355 [17JY]

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

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H1163 [21MR]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H931 [13MR]

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), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H4674 [19JN]

———provide choice between lump sum payments or an improved computation formula for certain workers who attain age 65 (see H.R. 568), H4674 [19JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1055), H1588 [29MR]

———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H7211 [27JY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2967 [11MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 5401), H9011 [5OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2012 [10AP]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H7366 [7SE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H1477 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H511 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H2906 [10MY] (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H5843 [11JY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H6599 [19JY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [1MR]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7282 [6SE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 363), H3172 [16MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H7996 [22SE]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H50 [27JA]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H9767 [11OC]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2967 [11MY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H8062 [25SE]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: permit certain retired members who were awarded a Purple Heart and have a service-connected disability to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and preserve benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 4909), H6717 [20JY]

Poems

``Sons,'' J. Keys Wright, E2249 [2JA]

Remarks

Alabama: tribute to Korean War veterans, E1057 [20JN]

Alabama A&M University: anniversary, E515 [6AP]

Cole, Margaret Martin: Madison County, AL, Democratic Women's Division Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E655 [4MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, E1821 [18OC]

Corps of Engineers: evaluation of Upper Mississippi and Illinois River Navigation Study, E380 [22MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4850, H4854 [21JN]

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: anniversary, E1438 [11SE]

Johnston, Helen Ellis: Huntsville, AL, Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E1403 [6SE]

Michael, Don L.: Alabama Military Hall of Honor inductee, E1982 [28OC]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, E1509 [18SE]

———funding, H4854 [21JN]

———management of microgravity research program, E1509 [18SE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4850 [21JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4142 [9JN]

Songs

``For the Children,'' Jo Johnson, E1825 [19OC]

Tributes

Bradford, Henry, Jr., E473 [3AP]

Burke, Richard E. and Frances M., E1187 [10JY]

Clark, Laura J., E1825 [19OC]

Clark, Verna Lee, E763 [18MY]

Foster, Clyde, E1402 [6SE]

Goree, Joan A., E1004 [14JN]

Haws, Frank P., E1307 [24JY]

Hayes, Jason, E1821 [18OC]

Kowallik, Richard L., E1115 [26JN]

Laney, Billy Ray, E1705 [6OC]

Lemons, Beverly G., E3 [24JA]

Link, James M., E1241 [14JY]

Lynne, Seybourn H., E1891 [24OC]

McCoy, Larry W., E1405 [6SE]

Miller, Thomas, E599 [2MY]

Miree, Dorothy, E474 [3AP]

Moss, Frances P., E2 [24JA]

Smith, Kathrine, E1401 [6SE]

Wright, J. Keys, E2249 [2JA]