ETHERIDGE, BOB (a Representative from North Carolina)
Articles and editorials
Regrettable Rift, Thomas J. Lassiter, Jr., Smithfield (NC) Herald, E1690
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H9011 [5OC]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 4780), 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), H8617 [2OC]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2340 [13AP]
Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H11781 [1NO]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2341 [13AP]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H255 [8FE]
———promote in-school personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 309), H2412 [2MY]
Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H7366 [7SE]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H4784 [20JN]
Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H3649 [23MY]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H5737 [10JY]
Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2607 [4MY]
———return unclaimed military decorations subject to State escheatment to the proper military department for donation to museums and resource centers (see H.R. 5517), H10472 [19OC]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 3105), H7002 [25JY]
Dept. of Energy: draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H922 [9MR]
———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to cases of severe emergency supply interruptions on a State or regional level (see H.R. 3644), H511 [16FE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H7281 [6SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2122 [11AP]
Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5843 [11JY]
Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H2512 [3MY]
———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H2341 [13AP]
———establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H1851 [5AP]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H6777 [24JY]
———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]
———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H2967 [11MY]
———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 4487), H3308 [17MY]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2123 [11AP]
Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H4675 [19JN]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1675 [3AP]
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. 3278), H455 [15FE] (see H.R. 4082), H1405 [23MR]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H575 [29FE]
Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H1413 [27MR]
Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6052 [13JY]
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]
Immigration: 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), H1589 [29MR]
———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H5955 [12JY]
———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see H.R. 1926), H5737 [10JY]
Income: protect retirement security of individuals (see H.R. 1590), H5036 [22JN]
J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (see H.R. 4658), H4592 [15JN]
James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (see H.R. 4534), H3812 [24MY]
Law enforcement: facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (see H.R. 3375), H922 [9MR]
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]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4035 [7JN]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 3584), H6052 [13JY]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H7211 [27JY]
Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H11446 [27OC]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H7128 [26JY]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7002 [25JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5656 [29JN]
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]
National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6778 [24JY]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]
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), H454 [15FE]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7992 [21SE]
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), H5737 [10JY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H6052 [13JY]
Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H3413 [18MY]
Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]
Schools: improve security with the placement and use of metal detectors (see H.R. 4108), H1958 [6AP]
———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]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11879 [13NO]
Taxation: 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), H7003 [25JY]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2341 [13AP]
———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H11207 [26OC]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H6777 [24JY]
———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H2906 [10MY]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H7282 [6SE]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3517), H5241 [27JN]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3309 [17MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
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), H9010 [5OC]
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), H2340 [13AP]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H509 [16FE]
Taxation: increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see H.R. 4562), H3868 [25MY]
Eulogies
Simpson, Evander S.: by Carolyn G. Ennis, H2378 [2MY]
Prayers
Teacher's Prayer: James J. Metcalf, E2143
Remarks
Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3822 [25MY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5615
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1567 [29MR]
Children and youth: promote in-school personal safety programs for children (H. Con. Res. 309), H3005
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3149 [16MY]
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3658 [24MY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, H5615
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H3933 [7JN], H4252 [13JN], H4345 [14JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11470 [28OC], H11731 [1NO]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4845
Education: encourage use of technology to effectively teach students computer skills and improve the general educational performance of students, H6033 [13JY]
———funding, H4345 [14JN]
———improve character education programs (H.R. 3681), H966, H968, H969, H970 [14MR], H1741 [4AP], H6038 [13JY]
———national policy to improve system, H966, H968, H969, H970 [14MR], H1739, H1744, H1745, H1746 [4AP], H3933 [7JN], H6031, H6033, H6034, H6035, H6036, H6037, H6038 [13JY], H6764, H6766, H6767, H6768, H6769 [24JY], H7975, H7976 [21SE], H10875 [25OC]
———reductions in school class size, H6034 [13JY]
———role in character development and teaching of moral values, H966, H968, H969, H970 [14MR]
———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H2783 [10MY], H4252 [13JN], H7640, H7642, H7643, H7644, H7645 [14SE], H10875 [25OC], H11470 [28OC], H11731 [1NO]
———support teachers, H2751 [9MY]
———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2730 [9MY]
Edwards, Mark, Jr., and Jennifer: tribute on birth of child, E2078
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (H.R. 4141), H2751 [9MY]
FEMA: disaster relief funding, H4845
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to North Carolina, H1567 [29MR], H5615
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers, H6034 [13JY]
J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (H.R. 4658), E1242
James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (H.R. 4534), H7227
Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5379
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, H7604 [14SE]
NSF: funding, H4860 [21JN]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), E273
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H311
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H11410 [27OC]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 4094), H6036 [13JY], H7645 [14SE], H10224 [18OC], H10875 [25OC], H11356 [26OC]
———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (H.R. 4562), E857
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146
———provide a source of interest-free capital for school construction and renovation in States experiencing increased enrollment (H.R. 996), H1741 [4AP], H2553 [4MY], H6764, H6766, H6767, H6768, H6769 [24JY]
———rates, H4345 [14JN], H11410 [27OC]
Votes: position on missed, E2077
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8104
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3472 [19MY]
Special order: granted, H2398 [2MY], H3170 [16MY], H3647 [23MY], H8404 [27SE], H10254 [18OC], H11192 [25OC], H11204 [26OC], H11442 [27OC]
Tributes
Barber, Flossie Parker, E2143
Beasley, Bobby W., E823
Brown, Georgia Lee O'Quinn, E1961
Devlin, Patrick J., Jr., E2098
Graham, Jim, E267
Jones, Kenneth (Deacon), E1835
Lassiter, Thomas J., Jr., E1690
O'Quinn, George D., E1299
Phelps, M.T., E1297
Phillips, Murry O., H8284
Ross, Charles R., E2141
Simpson, Evander S., H2377 [2MY]
Smith, Ray G., E1426