FLETCHER, ERNEST L. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H7871 [19SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7652 [14SE]

———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), H7365 [7SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H1120 [16MR]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (see H.R. 5203), H7870 [19SE]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2905 [10MY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1406 [23MR]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3474 [19MY]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H7373 [11SE]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H5737 [10JY]

———provide law enforcement block grants (see H.R. 4999), H7206 [27JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H7211 [27JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H757 [8MR]

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), H5657 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2411 [2MY]

Diseases: distribution of information on the human papillomavirus (see H.R. 3248), H4174 [9JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5737 [10JY]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 637), H997 [14MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H5843 [11JY] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

———assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (see H.R. 4766), H5240 [27JN]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

ERISA: establish requirements for certain stock purchase arrangements maintained by employers for employees and provide favorable tax treatment for such arrangements (see H.R. 3462), H5436 [28JN]

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), H1477 [28MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H4336 [13JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5657 [29JN]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H2239 [12AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H2012 [10AP]

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]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H5436 [28JN]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H7212 [27JY]

———improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H3869 [25MY]

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

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]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H2655 [8MY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2607 [4MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H278 [9FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1852 [5AP]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H8617 [2OC]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H7933 [20SE]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6599 [19JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H4675 [19JN]

———increase awareness of the availability of cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income beneficiaries (see H.R. 4797), H5654 [29JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2905 [10MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H6719 [20JY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H9635 [10OC]

Morgan Station, Paducah, KY: designate (see H.R. 5143), H7503 [12SE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (see H.R. 4329), H4220 [12JN]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H2339 [13AP]

National Paralegals Day: designate (see H. Res. 430), H7003 [25JY]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H4174 [9JN]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3173 [16MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H8200 [26SE]

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), H5436 [28JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4337 [13JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H3172 [16MY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H5843 [11JY]

———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), H5656 [29JN]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5737 [10JY]

———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]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H5036 [22JN]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H922 [9MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1629 [30MR]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H3412 [18MY]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3523 [22MY]

———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), H3173 [16MY]

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

Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate (see H.R. 5144), H7503 [12SE]

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

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H4220 [12JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H7502 [12SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H3813 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4866), H6354 [17JY] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1773 [5AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1261, H1262, H1263, H1264 [22MR]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7797 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), H4703, H4705, H4706 [20JN]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4866), H6428, H6430 [18JY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7683 [18SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1261, H1262, H1263, H1264 [22MR], H1311, H1357 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1261, H1262, H1263, H1264 [22MR]

Crime: provide law enforcement block grants (H.R. 4999), H7817 [19SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (H. Res. 560), H6619 [20JY]

Dyor, Deborah: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1167 [30JN]

Hurt, Hobert: Fayette County, KY, Middle School Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1639 [2OC]

Lexington, KY: anniversary of Lions Club, E545 [12AP]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2695 [9MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2495 [3MY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5355 [28JN]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H6619 [20JY]

Montgomery, Mardi: Kentucky Teacher of the Year award recipient, H13 [27JA]

National Police Week: observance, E746 [17MY]

Newton, Carrie: Fayette County, KY, Elementary School Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1637 [2OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H6619 [20JY]

Pett, Joel: recipient of Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, E1394 [27JY]

Point of order, H6428 [18JY]

Ravenna, KY: anniversary of the Ravenna Church of the Nazarene, E1627 [28SE]

Smith, Jacqueline Y.: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1167 [30JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H324 [10FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H324 [10FE]

Tibbs, Emma: Points of Light Foundation Daily Points of Light Award recipient, E1164 [30JN]

Votes: correction, H2928 [11MY]

———position on missed, H2469 [3MY], H4277 [13JN], H8590 [2OC], H10701 [24OC]

Wood, Rebecca: Fayette County, KY, High School Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1641 [2OC]

Tributes

Little, Oran, E1168 [30JN]

Sebastian, Julian, E1655 [3OC]

Underwood, Hazel L., E543 [12AP]