LUCAS, KEN (a Representative from Kentucky)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H3413 [18MY]
———assure funds are used solely for their stated purpose (see H.R. 3624), H1285 [22MR]
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H922 [9MR]
———provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant women with alternatives to abortion (see H.R. 2901), H209 [2FE]
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]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 2339), H2411 [2MY]
Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]
———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H3869 [25MY]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H5084 [23JN]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7281 [6SE]
Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H341 [10FE]
———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H1589 [29MR]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H5843 [11JY]
Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H50 [27JA]
———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H1589 [29MR]
Dept. of Energy: draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H632 [1MR]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H50 [27JA]
Education: 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), H7503 [12SE]
———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H4485 [14JN]
———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H3050 [15MY]
———reductions in school class size (see H.R. 1623), H3925 [6JN]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1285 [22MR]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H11207 [26OC]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H5737 [10JY]
———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H5737 [10JY]
Foreign policy: require certain actions relative to OPEC or any other cartel engaged in oil price fixing, production cutbacks, or other market-distorting practices (see H.R. 4732), H7578 [13SE]
Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]
Health: protect the privacy of personally identifiable health information (see H.R. 1941), H455 [15FE]
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]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1589 [29MR]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1119 [16MR]
———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H2411 [2MY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2341 [13AP]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1477 [28MR]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1477 [28MR]
Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7366 [7SE]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914), H4220 [12JN]
———reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), H922 [9MR]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H4336 [13JN]
Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H49 [27JA]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 2339), H2411 [2MY]
Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see H. Res. 547), H7503 [12SE]
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), H5737 [10JY]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), H4174 [9JN]
Political campaigns: require persons making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identity of the person financing the call (see H.R. 5624), H11812 [2NO]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1477 [28MR]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H931 [13MR]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7366 [7SE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H7578 [13SE]
———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H11195 [25OC]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———establish a recovery period for franchise property, shorten recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, and allow capital gain treatment on the transfer of certain franchises (see H.R. 2402), H574 [29FE]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H5656 [29JN]
———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), H2606 [4MY]
———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]
———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H2906 [10MY] (see H.R. 4168), H3649 [23MY]
———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H7211 [27JY]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H7281 [6SE]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H1852 [5AP]
Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate (see H.R. 5144), H8201 [26SE]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3926 [6JN]
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), H11207 [26OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H5737 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see H.R. 4369), H2511 [3MY]
Remarks
Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage, E1162
Jackson, Stephanie: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Kentucky, E162
Northern Ireland: peace efforts (H. Res. 547), H8176
Northern Kentucky University: tribute to women's basketball team, E453
Olive Hill, KY: tribute to West Carter High School girls' basketball team, E550
70 X 7 Evangelistic Ministry: tribute to missionary visit to Latvia, E1034
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H595 [1MR]
Votes: position on missed, E1209
Tributes
Sims, Jimmy, E1407