THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Articles and editorials

American Companies Can Do More To Help Africa, by, Baltimore (MD) Sun, E1064 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H5955 [12JY]

———improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H11446 [27OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2341 [13AP]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H6471 [18JY]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H5036 [22JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H1163 [21MR]

———improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H7366 [7SE]

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

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), H6719 [20JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 229), H5737 [10JY]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H6777 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 4535), H4592 [15JN]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H1406 [23MR]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H2605 [4MY]

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]

Education: improve program for the forgiveness of student loans to teachers (see H.R. 4258), H7281 [6SE]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H7366 [7SE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H7723 [18SE]

———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Employment: require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H7366 [7SE]

EPA: streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (see H.R. 4480), H5737 [10JY]

FCC: establish minimum quality standards, and monitor complaints, on wireless telephone service (see H.R. 4742), H7281 [6SE]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H5737 [10JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H1958 [6AP]

Foreign trade: require country-of-origin marking on door hinges (see H.R. 5353), H8617 [2OC]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H3925 [6JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4485 [14JN]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H5843 [11JY]

Immigration: provide permanent resident status for certain alien orphans physically present in the U.S. and provide for deferred enforced departure status for alien parents of certain children born in the U.S. (see H.R. 4359), H7211 [27JY]

———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2341 [13AP]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 4390), H5843 [11JY]

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), H10257 [18OC]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H6355 [17JY]

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H5843 [11JY]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H454 [15FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6470 [18JY]

Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11782 [1NO]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1852 [5AP]

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), H6719 [20JY]

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), H7991 [21SE]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H5955 [12JY]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2967 [11MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3413 [18MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7652 [14SE]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2606 [4MY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H5843 [11JY]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7211 [27JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H8406 [27SE]

———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H3173 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

Flags: display of the Confederate flag (see H. Res. 466), H1958 [6AP]

Mississippi: modify Yazoo Backwater Basin Area flood control project to compensate local interests for local tax revenue reductions (see H.R. 4123), H1588 [29MR]

Remarks

Aaron E. Henry Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, Clarksdale, MS: designate (H.R. 1279), H1429 [28MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5537 [29JN]

Alcorn State University: tribute to women's basketball team, E331 [16MR]

Black History Month: observance, E53 [1FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1353 [23MR]

Colleges and universities: historically black colleges and universities funding for agricultural and food sciences research, H5537 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2626 [8MY]

Flags: display of the Confederate flag (H. Res. 466), E506 [6AP]

Gambia: support for economic development, E1149 [29JN]

Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), H11693 [31OC]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H7851 [19SE]

South Carolina: flying of Confederate flag atop the Statehouse, E506 [6AP]

Statements

Budget 2001-2005: Congressional Black Caucus, H1347 [23MR]

Tributes

Burns, Richard, E330 [16MR]

Campbell, Annie Jean, E53 [1FE]

Dixon, Julian C., E2178 [13DE]

Harris, Otis, Jr., E1085 [22JN]

Roberts, Lindsey, Jr., E1082 [22JN]

Robinson, Tommie J., E1200 [11JY]

Walker, Shirley, E331 [16MR]