DeMINT, JIM (a Representative from South Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

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), H8200 [26SE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H575 [29FE]

———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]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]

Computers: require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]

———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible to receive or retain universal service assistance (see H.R. 896), H50 [27JA]

Congress: make certain information available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 654), H4035 [7JN]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H1589 [29MR]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11813 [2NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H4784 [20JN]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6778 [24JY]

Diseases: distribution of information on the human papillomavirus (see H.R. 3248), H2239 [12AP]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]

———improve Federal education research, evaluation, information, and dissemination (see H.R. 4875), H6469 [18JY]

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

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]

———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]

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

Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]

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), H575 [29FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H3813 [24MY]

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

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H6719 [20JY]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H373 [14FE]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H7003 [25JY]

House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H6355 [17JY]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H5169 [26JN]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H1163 [21MR]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6052 [13JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6355 [17JY]

Medicare: coverage of home health services (see H.R. 4874), H11195 [25OC]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1629 [30MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2341 [13AP]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H8469 [28SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H7365 [7SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7992 [21SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H255 [8FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]

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

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

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H50 [27JA]

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

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5656 [29JN]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H1763 [4AP]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5373), H9907 [16OC]

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

Tariff: tire manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4573), H3868 [25MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H4336 [13JN]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H10257 [18OC]

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

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1264), H5737 [10JY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H1629 [30MR]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H254 [8FE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H10257 [18OC]

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

———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), H4121 [8JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1406 [23MR]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H5436 [28JN]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H7003 [25JY]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H1120 [16MR]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congressional Research Service: make certain publications and congressional documents available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 4582), H3924 [6JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7207 [27JY]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alabama (see H.R. 3852), H756 [8MR]

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

Insurance: encourage employer selection of freedom-of-choice health coverage (see H.R. 5568), H11206 [26OC]

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

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

Tariff: Baytron C-R (see H.R. 3856), H756 [8MR]

———Baytron M (see H.R. 3855), H756 [8MR]

———Mesamoll (see H.R. 3853), H756 [8MR]

———Vulkalent E/C (see H.R. 3854), H756 [8MR]

Taxation: establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H7207 [27JY]

Poems

``Loved by All, Missed by All,'' Tommy Abbott, H707 [8MR]

Quotations

Tribute to Keith D. Oglesby: several friends and co-workers, H707 [8MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), E509 [6AP]

Budget: expand reporting requirements for unauthorized programs, H3137 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3137 [16MY]

———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2075 [11AP]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2024 [11AP]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), H8160 [26SE]

Congressional Research Service: make certain publications and congressional documents available to the public on the Internet (H.R. 4582), H3895 [6JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5150 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7821 [19SE]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 5034), H8183 [26SE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling, H8251, H8257 [27SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H5988 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5988 [13JY]

Greenville, SC: Upstate Urban League recipient of the Congressional Spirit of Freedom Award, E179 [29FE]

Greer, SC: New Jerusalem Baptist Church recipient of the Congressional Spirit of Freedom Award, E183 [29FE]

Keith D. Oglesby Station, Greenville, SC: designate (H.R. 2952), H706 [8MR]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (H.R. 4710), H6943 [25JY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 310), H2369 [2MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2715 [9MY], H8251, H8257 [27SE]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7821 [19SE]

Taxation: establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 5027), E1378 [27JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2275 [13AP]

Taylors, SC: Hidden Treasure Christian School recipient of the Congressional Spirit of Freedom Award, E180 [29FE]

Terry, Representative: congratulations on birth of child, E1508 [18SE]

Toomey, Representative: congratulations on birth of child, H5033 [22JN]

U.N.: prohibit funding for any U.S. delegation or special envoy that limit efforts to combat sex trafficking, H5150 [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, H137 [1FE], H2952 [11MY], E119 [10FE], E1079 [22JN], E1206 [11JY], E2066 [2NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3918 [6JN], H7127 [26JY], H7200 [27JY]

Tributes

Bliley, Representative, E1770 [13OC]