DAVIS, THOMAS M. (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6672 [20JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5047 [23JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7003, H7004 [25JY]
Appointments
Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1675 [3AP]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]
Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census (see H.R. 5257), H8062 [25SE]
Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 277), H931 [13MR]
Children and youth: establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children (see H.R. 4244), H2122 [11AP]
———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: designate visitors center as the Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center (see H.R. 5388), H8799 [4OC]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]
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), H6777 [24JY]
Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H2512 [3MY]
———provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (see H.R. 4232), H5084 [23JN]
———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]
Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H633 [1MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H5654 [29JN]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]
District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (see H.R. 4542), H3867 [25MY]
———establish procedures governing the responsibilities of court-appointed receivers who administer departments, offices, and agencies (see H.R. 3995), H1077 [15MR]
———include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (see H.R. 4099), H1476 [28MR]
———provide that local legislation on the membership and responsibilities of the Board of Eeducation and school election districts shall take effect upon ratification by the voters (see H.R. 4387), H2606 [4MY]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2512 [3MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H4817 [21JN]
Federal employees: clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see H.R. 4569), H3868 [25MY]
———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]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H1407 [23MR]
———expand commuting options and reduce traffic congestion resulting from current commuting patterns (see H.R. 3603), H254 [8FE]
———require the same transit pass transportation benefits offered in the National Capital Region to be extended to other similarly situated employees (see H.R. 5605), H11621 [30OC]
———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H3049 [15MY]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H2340 [13AP]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H4121 [8JN]
———encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7723 [18SE]
Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H1477 [28MR]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H574 [29FE]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]
Freedmen's Bureau: ensure preservation of records (see H.R. 5157), H10473 [19OC]
Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE]
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), H50 [27JA]
———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), H1076 [15MR]
Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4907), H7282 [6SE]
Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (see H.R. 3559), H90 [31JA] (see H.R. 3699), H572 [29FE]
Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (see H.R. 3559), H90 [31JA] (see H.R. 3701), H572 [29FE]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H921 [9MR]
———establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (see H.R. 4880), H6469 [18JY]
Madison, James: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 396), H7723 [18SE]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1406 [23MR]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]
Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4643), H7212 [27JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]
Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H7578 [13SE]
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]
Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (see H.R. 5284), H8061 [25SE]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H255 [8FE]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H756 [8MR]
———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), H3926 [6JN]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6778 [24JY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H455 [15FE]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5169 [26JN]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7723 [18SE]
Taxation: allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H5656 [29JN]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H6052 [13JY]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2512 [3MY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9505 [6OC]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1764 [4AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H3868 [25MY]
———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H4175 [9JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1120 [16MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3649 [23MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3688), H3814 [24MY]
———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H1851 [5AP]
———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 838), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 5004), H7206 [27JY]
———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 3819), H631 [1MR]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4220 [12JN]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Vietnam: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 295), H2013 [10AP]
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), H1406 [23MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (see H.R. 3582), H253 [8FE]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4246), H2238 [12AP]
District of Columbia: waive congressional review of local legislation reforming the current child welfare system (see H.R. 5537), H11193 [25OC]
Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5674), H12531 [15DE]
Executive Office of the President: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer and an Office of Information Policy (see H.R. 5024), H7207 [27JY]
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H2337 [13AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H47 [27JA]
Vietnamese Americans: support improved social and political conditions in Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2966 [11MY]
Letters
Federal Contractor Flexibility Act: Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, H2355 [2MY]
Prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations: Bruce N. Hahn, Computing Technology Industry Association, H6675 [20JY]
———Charles H. Cantus, Professional Services Council, H6676 [20JY]
———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H6673 [20JY]
———Electronic Industries Alliance, H6675 [20JY]
———Gary Engebretson, Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]
———John W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association of America, H6676 [20JY]
———Kevin M. Burke, Food Distributors International, H6678 [20JY]
———Lawrence F. Skibbie, National Defense Industrial Association, H6677 [20JY]
———Loren E. Sweatt, Associated General Contractors of America, H6679 [20JY]
———Lyn M. Withey, International Paper (business), H6679 [20JY]
———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H6677 [20JY]
———Michael J. Eastman, Legal Policy Association, Inc., H6678 [20JY]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6678 [20JY]
———Representative Talent, Committee on Small Business (House), H6673 [20JY]
———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, H6674 [20JY]
———Richard W. Carroll, Small Business Technology Coalition, H6673 [20JY]
———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, H6674 [20JY]
———Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, H6679 [20JY]
———Technology Coalition for Responsible Procurement, H6675 [20JY]
———Todd McCracken, National Small Business United, H6673 [20JY]
———William B. Spencer, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H6678 [20JY]
———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, H6675 [20JY]
———by, H6679 [20JY]
Lists
Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]
Remarks
America Online, Inc.: anniversary, E839
American Museum of Science and Energy: designate (H.R. 4940), H10626
Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3134
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9660
Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7435 [12SE]
Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3134
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1299 [23MR]
Business and industry: restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (H.R. 3582), H2354 [2MY], H9660
Capitol Pages: tribute, H4166 [9JN]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3654 [24MY]
China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), E64
———congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (H. Con. Res. 292), E490
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H8569
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 (H.R. 4807), H6979
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (H.R. 4246), E545
———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4359 [14JN]
———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (H. Con. Res. 300), H2352
Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (H.R. 894), H5756 [11JY]
Customs Service: computer system modernization funding, H6631
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9660
Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (H. Res. 398), H2175
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6624, H6631
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9022, H9026
Direct Deposit and Direct Payment Week: observance, E574
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 762), H9534
District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (H.R. 4542), H3873 [6JN]
———establish procedures governing the responsibilities of court-appointed receivers who administer departments, offices, and agencies (H.R. 3995), H4191, H4192 [12JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7030 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11288, H11294
———provide that local legislation on the membership and responsibilities of the Board of Education and school election districts shall take effect upon ratification by the voters (H.R. 4387), H4193 [12JN]
———waive congressional review of local legislation reforming the current child welfare system (H.R. 5537), H11584 [30OC]
———Water and Sewer Authority management, H11288 [26OC]
Election Administration Commission: establish (H.R. 5674), E2236
Executive Office of the President: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer and an Office of Information Policy (H.R. 5024), E1355
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), H2447 [3MY]
Fairfax, VA: Fairfax Central Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Award recipients, E216
———tribute to Distributive Education Clubs of America Robinson Secondary School Chapter for Automatic External Defibrillators education initiatives, E572
Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Lake Barcroft community, E1834
———anniversary of Park Authority, E1984
———tribute to Chamber of Commerce Valor Award recipients, E110
———tribute to Sleepy Hollow Elementary School students for Millennium Pledge, E116
Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6672 [20JY]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), H2675
———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS, H6624, H6693 [20JY]
———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (H.R. 207), H11699
Financial institutions: repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), H2078
Food Allergy Awareness Week: observance, E668
Great Falls, VA: tribute to Forestville Elementary School faculty, E1035
GSA: conversion of Federal Telecommunications Service contracts, E2025
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5631 [29JN]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1696
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (H.R. 4277), E581
Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (H.R. 4907), H11585, H11587, H11588 [30OC]
Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (H.R. 3699), H943
Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (H.R. 3701), H945
Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5382
Nobel Prize: recognition of Kim Dae Jung for peace, E1810
Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (H.R. 5284), H8560
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3544), H3548
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H3588
Reston, VA: Best of Reston Community Service Award recipients, E620
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H470 [16FE]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H312
U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (H. Con. Res. 229), H3876 [6JN]
Vietnam: human rights violations (H. Con. Res. 295), H2422 [3MY]
———make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7019
Vietnamese Americans: support improved social and political conditions in Vietnam (H. Con. Res. 322), E719
Wesley Housing Development Corp.: anniversary, E1571
Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (H.R. 2049), H12514
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: reconstruction funding, H9022, H9026
———reconstruction funding (H.R. 2563), H1299 [23MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3647 [23MY]
Tributes
Bateman, Herbert H., H9510
Bliley, Representative, H9510
Clark, Linda N., E778
Close, Carl and Martha, E884
Concklin, Bert M., E972
Dixon, Julian C., E2170
Holland, John S. (Sid), E1338
Mitchell, Bobby, E1100
Newell, Julie, H11588 [30OC]
Pickett, Representative, H9510
Rodgers, Michael F., E1857
Scandling, Dan, H11588 [30OC]
Schmidt, Reinhart (Art) and Marie, E889
Thurber, Gary S., E2060
Ward, Alfred H., E1494