GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H7211 [27JY]

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: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H209 [2FE] (see H.R. 3573), H373 [14FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9901 [12OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 53), H2341 [13AP]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H4035 [7JN]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see H.R. 5469), H9900 [12OC]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1764 [4AP]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H2340 [13AP]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H2512 [3MY]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H2607 [4MY]

Employment: clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (see H.R. 4405), H2770 [9MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7871 [19SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H5656 [29JN]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4174 [9JN]

Fort Sumter National Monument: recalculate franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. (see H.R. 3241), H5843 [11JY]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3173 [16MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H5956 [12JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2341 [13AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

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 drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 5501), H10472 [19OC]

———coverage of home health services (see H.R. 4874), H9011 [5OC]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 3690), H510 [16FE]

Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4643), H5037 [22JN]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

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), H2967 [11MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8201 [26SE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H511 [16FE]

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]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover pigeons distributed for use as human food (see H.R. 4073), H1404 [23MR]

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

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4592 [15JN]

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

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5036 [22JN]

Social Security: provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2239 [12AP]

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), H2411 [2MY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]

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

———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. 4214), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H8062 [25SE]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2340 [13AP]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H2606 [4MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H4485 [14JN]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H1118 [16MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3474 [19MY]

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

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 816), H2340 [13AP]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H342 [10FE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H3413 [18MY]

TVA: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 4859), H6052 [13JY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2341 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H920 [9MR] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H. Con. Res. 379), H6777 [24JY]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H212 [3FE]

Peltier, Leonard: deny clemency from life sentences being served for the murder of FBI agents (see H. Res. 680), H12532 [15DE]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 108), H7991 [21SE]

South Carolina: extend the temporary office of bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 5525), H10534 [23OC]

Taxation: repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3881), H920 [9MR]

Tokeena (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 4599), H4035 [7JN]

Letters

Compensation programs for Dept. of Energy employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death: Representative Goodling, H3376 [18MY]

———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3376 [18MY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H7470 [12SE], H7523 [13SE]

Remarks

Anderson, SC: T.L. Hanna High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E847 [25MY]

Anderson County, SC: All-American City award recipient, E1106 [23JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9835 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9794 [11OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3684 [24MY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7523, H7525, H7526, H7527, H7528, H7529, H7531 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3375, H3376 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9644 [11OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7523, H7525, H7526, H7527, H7528, H7529, H7531 [13SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3375, H3376 [18MY], H9644 [11OC]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 3880), E313 [15MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 5034), H8182 [26SE]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7463 [12SE]

Pickens, SC: Pickens Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E850 [25MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3591), E483 [4AP]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4133 [9JN]

Votes: position on missed, E483 [4AP]

Tributes

Alexander, Robert, E2232 [15DE]