SANDLIN, MAX (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Amateur Sports Illegal Gambling Task Force: establish (see H.R. 4284), H5436 [28JN]

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

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H10473 [19OC]

———provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H4592 [15JN]

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

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

Capital punishment: 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), H4336 [13JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H3926 [6JN]

———mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H5169 [26JN]

———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H574 [29FE]

China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H921 [9MR]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7652 [14SE]

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]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), H2770 [9MY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2013 [10AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H1958 [6AP]

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

CPSC: improve handling of defective products (see H.R. 3208), H2607 [4MY]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (see H.R. 894), H1477 [28MR]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

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

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), H2607 [4MY]

———impose a moratorium on the privatization and outsourcing of certain functions performed by civilian employees (see H.R. 4722), H9907 [16OC]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of HHS: 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 Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7578 [13SE]

———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see H.R. 4178), H5436 [28JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H575 [29FE]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1477 [28MR]

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

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1163 [21MR]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H10473 [19OC]

Education: distribute funds to State educational agencies to advance the use of technology to effectively teach our students computer skills and improve the general educational performance of students (see H.R. 4473), H4675 [19JN]

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

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]

———grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer training for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 455), H1588 [29MR]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———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), H5737 [10JY]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H8200 [26SE]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 4487), H3308 [17MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H4817 [21JN]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H3474 [19MY]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H2967 [11MY]

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), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H2512 [3MY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H219 [7FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

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), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H8200 [26SE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H3649 [23MY]

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

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1412 [27MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H2122 [11AP]

———encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H342 [10FE]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H7652 [14SE]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H5436 [28JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H2341 [13AP]

Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5036 [22JN]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8617 [2OC]

Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see H.R. 3800), H5241 [27JN]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Health: minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H2122 [11AP]

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: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 3884), H920 [9MR]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H4675 [19JN]

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), H6354 [17JY]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H5436 [28JN]

———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), H1764 [4AP]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H5955 [12JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR]

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 5096), H9635 [10OC]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4122 [8JN]

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]

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: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1477 [28MR]

Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H3867 [25MY]

———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7502 [12SE]

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

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H1406 [23MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———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]

———preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H8469 [28SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H6719 [20JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H255 [8FE]

———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. 5163), H7652 [14SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require nursing facilities to be air conditioned to receive funding (see H.R. 4898), H7652 [14SE]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H7652 [14SE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7578 [13SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7128 [26JY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H9011 [5OC]

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]

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

Political campaigns: require persons making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identity of the person financing the call (see H.R. 5624), H11812 [2NO]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7652 [14SE]

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

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H7281 [6SE]

———provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H2239 [12AP]

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

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), H7578 [13SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H7212 [27JY]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H7366 [7SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7578 [13SE]

———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), H9900 [12OC]

———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), H7723 [18SE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H7871 [19SE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

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

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

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

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H373 [14FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H8736 [3OC]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H9767 [11OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7932 [20SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 2136), H1477 [28MR]

———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (see H.R. 1414), H1629 [30MR]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H7652 [14SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H511 [16FE]

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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 4791), H7212 [27JY]

———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), H7366 [7SE]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H8617 [2OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]

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: exclude certain areas and activities from stormwater regulations, and limit liability of local governments relative to co-permittees and implementation of control measures (see H.R. 3294), H3925 [6JN]

———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: reduce waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 5556), H11194 [25OC]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3609), H278 [9FE]

Letters

Importance of decennial census: by, H1663 [3AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), E461 [30MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1317 [23MR]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4365 [14JN]

Dept. of Energy: protection of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, E55 [2FE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), E1018 [15JN]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, E461 [30MR]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2309 [13AP]

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]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H893 [9MR]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, E55 [2FE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9561 [10OC]

Red River Boundary Compact: congressional consent (H.J. Res. 72), H6746 [24JY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), E228 [6MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H310 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), E712 [11MY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), E554 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H2282 [13AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (H.R. 3609), E102 [9FE]

Testimonies

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, E769-E771 [19MY]

Tributes

Pierce, Jack, E1947 [26OC]

Raines, Franklin D., E769 [19MY]