RILEY, BOB (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-birth abortion-related cases (see H.R. 3691), H758 [8MR]

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

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

Argentina: resolution of Buenos Aires Yoga School investigation (see H. Res. 622), H10809 [24OC]

Armed Forces: provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H342 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H342 [10FE]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H8736 [3OC]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 4286), H2771 [9MY]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H574 [29FE]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H7366 [7SE]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H4220 [12JN]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H2512 [3MY]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H3474 [19MY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 2088), H455 [15FE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]

———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7366 [7SE]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H1589 [29MR]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H7003 [25JY]

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

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H11195 [25OC]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1494), H3925 [6JN]

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

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H342 [10FE]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

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

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H511 [16FE]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H2512 [3MY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H7871 [19SE]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H1958 [6AP]

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), H50 [27JA]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

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

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H2122 [11AP]

FRS: prohibit implementation of regulations allowing race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of applicants for nonmortgage credit to be noted on the application with the applicant's consent (see H.R. 4164), H1762 [4AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1675 [3AP]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

House of Representatives: permit payments to reimburse Members, officers, and employees for qualified adoption expenses (see H. Res. 238), H1959 [6AP]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

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), H6599 [19JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7280 [6SE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H511 [16FE]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7502 [12SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2341 [13AP]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY]

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

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

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

National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H997 [14MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H511 [16FE]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H3474 [19MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H3869 [25MY]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H6354 [17JY]

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

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

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

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7282 [6SE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H7366 [7SE]

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

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7723 [18SE]

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), H3412 [18MY]

———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]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1055), H1077 [15MR]

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

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 4799), H7503 [12SE]

———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), H4220 [12JN]

———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. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H5737 [10JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H1119 [16MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 937), H7502 [12SE]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H4592 [15JN]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5657 [29JN]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H10473 [19OC]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H511 [16FE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H2122 [11AP]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

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), H922 [9MR]

———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

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H11879 [13NO]

Poarch Band of Creek Indians: prohibit gaming on certain lands taken into trust (see H.R. 5494), H10256 [18OC]

Letters

Retrofit storage containers with high security locks for classified documents: Dept. of Defense, E1827 [19OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H257 [9FE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1798 [5AP]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7435 [12SE]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7452 [12SE]

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 4286), H5673 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3199 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, E1808 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3979 [7JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10688 [24OC]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1697 [4AP]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1862 [6AP]

Johnson, Nancy: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1947 [26OC]

Lane County, OR: airing of public-access cable television program on guide to committing suicide, H257 [9FE]

National security: retrofit storage containers with high security locks for classified documents, E1808 [17OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, E2039 [31OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, E2039 [31OC]

Sylacauga, AL: B.B. Comer Memorial Library recipient of National Institute of Museum and Library Services National Award for Library Services, E1142 [29JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H261 [9FE], H316 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4148 [9JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3495 [22MY], H8663 [3OC], H8754 [4OC], H11545 [30OC], H11901 [14NO], E1666 [4OC], E1750 [12OC], E2026 [30OC]

Women: recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (H. Con. Res. 64), E1669 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H11442 [27OC]

Tributes

Bates, Hugh M., Jr. (Lally), E1156 [29JN]

Clarkson, Robert J., E1946 [26OC]

Curry, Sadie M., E1871 [19OC]

Stark, Howard, E1296 [21JY]