CLEMENT, BOB (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: prevent any Taliban led Government from obtaining a seat in the U.N. and refuse recognition for any Afghan Government while human rights violations persist against women and girls (see H. Res. 187), H2412 [2MY]

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

American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor: make grants to construct an addition (see H.R. 1865), H7211 [27JY]

American Museum of Science and Energy: designate (see H.R. 4940), H6777 [24JY]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H6052 [13JY]

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), H998 [14MR]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 5250), H11928 [14NO]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H6355 [17JY]

———participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H5656 [29JN]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 4237), H6355 [17JY]

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), H6777 [24JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H3813 [24MY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H758 [8MR]

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

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H48 [27JA]

Crime: prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H5954 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H5737 [10JY]

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: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H3309 [17MY]

———equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H2340 [13AP]

———terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H921 [9MR]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

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

———provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H1674 [3AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: retire publicly held debt each fiscal year (see H.R. 4505), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H511 [16FE]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H922 [9MR]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H7997 [22SE]

———establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H7212 [27JY]

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H758 [8MR]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H2341 [13AP]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H647 [6MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H922 [9MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H4485 [14JN]

———promote family literacy projects (see H.R. 3222), H575 [29FE]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H7128 [26JY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H2411 [2MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H8406 [27SE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H11207 [26OC]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H455 [15FE]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H5169 [26JN]

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), H511 [16FE]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H12017 [5DE]

Federal employees: make percentage limitations on contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan comparable to dollar amount limitations on elective deferrals (see H.R. 483), H5084 [23JN]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H4121 [8JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H5656 [29JN]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H632 [1MR]

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

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H2411 [2MY]

Health: enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see H.R. 4964), H8062 [25SE]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H5843 [11JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H7723 [18SE]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H7211 [27JY]

———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), H6777 [24JY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1588 [29MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H2512 [3MY]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H6470 [18JY]

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]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4120 [8JN]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H758 [8MR]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H8200 [26SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7991 [21SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———establish a special payment rate for psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 4702), H4783 [20JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H5169 [26JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H1120 [16MR] (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10809 [24OC]

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

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 826), H454 [15FE]

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), H50 [27JA]

Oil Pollution Act: reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (see H.R. 5100), H7209 [27JY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H4592 [15JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H4485 [14JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5169 [26JN]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5843 [11JY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H2411 [2MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

———preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H5168 [26JN]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H6777 [24JY]

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

Rivers: economic development assistance for the lower Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 2911), H6052 [13JY]

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H8736 [3OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3474 [19MY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6719 [20JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H3474 [19MY]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H373 [14FE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H572 [29FE]

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (see H.R. 3665), H3869 [25MY]

———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. 4245), H6719 [20JY]

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

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4460), H7128 [26JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7991 [21SE]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H7281 [6SE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H3649 [23MY]

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

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H3813 [24MY]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H5737 [10JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H9900 [12OC]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H2655 [8MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H997 [14MR]

Tennessee (U.S.S.): tribute for accomplishments during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 421), H9901 [12OC]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H5169 [26JN]

———compliance with U.N. resolutions relative to Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 159), H342 [10FE]

Veterans: health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 226), H758 [8MR]

———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), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3523 [22MY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Surface Transportation Board: resolve disagreements between mass transit authorities and freight railroads over access to freight track and rights-of-way for fixed guideway transportation (see H.R. 4507), H3474 [19MY]

Petitions and memorials

Tennessee: People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, E935 [9JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3828 [25MY]

Army: anniversary (H.J. Res. 101), H4322 [13JN]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3125 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3125 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1308 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2257 [13AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3678 [24MY], E931-E933, E935 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3389 [18MY]

Education: importance of music education (H. Con. Res. 266), H4327 [13JN]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H7641 [14SE]

———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2728 [9MY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (H. Con. Res. 76), E143 [15FE]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 3639), H3591 [23MY]

Inspector General Act: appointment of certain Inspectors General by the President and establishment of Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory (S. 1707), H10007 [17OC]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5196 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2257 [13AP]

———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3389 [18MY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5360 [28JN]

Nashville, TN: anniversary of the ``Grand Ole Opry'', E1695 [6OC]

———tribute Nashville Symphony Orchestra, E1773 [13OC]

———tribute to Hillsboro High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E642 [4MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, E1558 [21SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H593 [1MR]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 4094), H7641 [14SE]

Tennessee Titans (football team): tribute, H67 [31JA]

Votes: position on missed, E521 [10AP], E562 [13AP], E1595 [26SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H87 [31JA]

Tennessee Army National Guard: tribute to retirement, E559 [13AP]

Tributes

Johnson, Paul, E591 [13AP]

Stites, Mitzi, E559 [13AP]

Waltrip, Darrell, E1899 [25OC]