BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, H8766 [4OC]
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H50 [27JA]
Agriculture: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H2411 [2MY]
———improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]
———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), H8062 [25SE]
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: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H2339 [13AP]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H757 [8MR]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H647 [6MR]
———tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Jacksonville, NC (see H. Res. 673), H12532 [15DE]
Aviation: provide basic consumer protection standards and enhance competition between airlines (see H.R. 780), H921 [9MR]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H6354 [17JY]
Clean Air Act: exempt mass transit projects from certain conformity requirements (see H.R. 3583), H253 [8FE]
———methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2771 [9MY]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
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]
Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]
———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1164 [21MR]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7002 [25JY]
———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]
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), H342 [10FE]
Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see H.R. 5469), H9900 [12OC]
Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 229), H4174 [9JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]
———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H7003 [25JY]
Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H3309 [17MY]
Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H758 [8MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7723 [18SE]
Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H8062 [25SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1675 [3AP]
Education: improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H7366 [7SE]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H3813 [24MY]
———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]
———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H1406 [23MR]
———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H758 [8MR]
EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]
Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1628 [30MR]
EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6720 [20JY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H922 [9MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3173 [16MY]
Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1958 [6AP]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H3649 [23MY]
———application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3198), H3649 [23MY]
———eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H3309 [17MY]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H.R. 4862), H7212 [27JY]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2967 [11MY]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H90 [31JA]
Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4783 [20JN]
Health care professionals: provide for the availability to the public of information reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 5122), H7997 [22SE]
Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3454), H4817 [21JN]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]
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), H4592 [15JN]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7127 [26JY]
———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2341 [13AP]
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]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2770 [9MY]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]
———condemn acts of police brutality and use of excessive force (see H. Res. 124), H7129 [26JY]
———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 4550), H5657 [29JN]
Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 4787), H5654 [29JN]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 3584), H2340 [13AP]
Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H5955 [12JY]
———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]
Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7211 [27JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H7652 [14SE]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]
———eliminate reduction in the market basket percentage under the prospective payment system for payments to small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4996), H7991 [21SE]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H6470 [18JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]
Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H1589 [29MR]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10534 [23OC]
Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2512 [3MY]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H255 [8FE]
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), H3649 [23MY]
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]
Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see H.R. 5135), H7365 [7SE]
———redesignate the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Program as the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools Program (see H.R. 5357), H8617 [2OC]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H1163 [21MR]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2770 [9MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]
———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), H5169 [26JN]
Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H6355 [17JY]
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), H1120 [16MR]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H5737 [10JY]
Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5229), H7932 [20SE]
Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H5654 [29JN]
Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H8469 [28SE]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]
Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8617 [2OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11842 [3NO]
———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H7652 [14SE]
Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H9635 [10OC]
Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7871 [19SE]
———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H9635 [10OC]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H12532 [15DE]
———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]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8469 [28SE]
———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]
———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]
———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H1077 [15MR]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
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), H9505 [6OC]
———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), H1407 [23MR]
Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]
———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]
Georgia: Federal recognition of the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4730), H5083 [23JN]
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. 4056), H1284 [22MR]
Poems
``Good Timber'', H2099 [11AP]
Remarks
Agricultural Research Service: peanut quality and postharvest processing research funding, H5785 [11JY]
Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3823 [25MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5723
———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9677 [11OC]
Army: close School of the Americas and determine appropriate education and training for Latin American military personnel, H3353 [18MY]
Black History Month: observance, H529
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1372 [23MR]
C.B. King U.S. Courthouse, Albany, GA: designate (S. 1567), H2099 [11AP], E515
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3727
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, E1870
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6541 [19JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5784 [11JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3353 [18MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9645 [11OC]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3076 [16MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3981
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11288 [26OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4968
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4882 [21JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11288 [26OC]
Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12058 [8DE]
EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4882 [21JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1901 [6AP]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3458 [19MY], H9853 [12OC]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5630), H12071 [11DE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs, H4968
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), H12029 [7DE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H7847 [19SE]
National Reconnaissance Office: contracting of satellite launch services, H9853 [12OC], H12071 [11DE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), Senate amendment, H1447 [28MR]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11288 [26OC]
Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Georgia, H360 [14FE]
Votes: position on missed, H2282
Women's History Month: observance, E375
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H507 [16FE]
Special order: granted, H371 [14FE]
Tributes
Albert, Octavia, E375
Clay, Representative, H11428
Kilrain, Susan Still, E375
King, C.B., H2099, H2100, H2102, H2104 [11AP]
McGhee, Harriett Riggins, E375
Reese, Maxine, E375
Thornton, John T., Jr., E1238
Williams, Marguerite Neel, E375