FOWLER, TILLIE K. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1561, H1563 [29MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3279, H3282 [17MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]
———S. 835, Estuary Habitat and Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H8766 [4OC]
Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H7723 [18SE]
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), H255 [8FE]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7723 [18SE]
Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H9505 [6OC]
———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Con. Res. 375), H6470 [18JY]
China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]
Citizenship: modify retroactively the residence requirement for certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent (see H.R. 801), H6719 [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), H6355 [17JY]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H4035 [7JN]
Copeland Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H4783 [20JN]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see H.R. 1349), H219 [7FE]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H4783 [20JN]
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: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 2596), H2012 [10AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H7212 [27JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6778 [24JY]
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1509), H922 [9MR]
Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H11195 [25OC]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H2770 [9MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8062 [25SE]
Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H4592 [15JN]
———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H7212 [27JY]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2123 [11AP]
FBI: provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background checks to allow time to implement a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth serving organizations (see H.R. 4424), H6599 [19JY]
FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H278 [9FE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H3925 [6JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4592 [15JN]
GSA: convey a parcel of land in the District of Columbia for construction of the National Health Museum (see H.R. 3171), H1406 [23MR]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]
Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H3413 [18MY]
———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H7281 [6SE]
Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H5084 [23JN]
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H4484 [14JN]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1852 [5AP]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1589 [29MR]
Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H7208 [27JY]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7723 [18SE]
———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H7212 [27JY]
Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 3461), H2411 [2MY]
———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H7723 [18SE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H2341 [13AP]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H2012 [10AP]
———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7282 [6SE]
———improve payments under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4236), H6777 [24JY]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H7366 [7SE]
———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7282 [6SE]
———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), H11716 [31OC]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5737 [10JY]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H10809 [24OC]
National security: U.S. policy relative to deployment of a national missile defense system (see H.R. 5536), H10808 [24OC]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1852 [5AP]
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), H509 [16FE]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H454 [15FE]
Postal Service: 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), H3813 [24MY]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H10257 [18OC]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]
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]
Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]
Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1407 [23MR]
Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H10473 [19OC]
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), H4174 [9JN]
Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H7281 [6SE]
———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]
———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H4121 [8JN]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1263), H5737 [10JY]
———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]
———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR]
———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H6599 [19JY]
———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H575 [29FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3649 [23MY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1997), H5084 (see H.R. 4570), H5085 [23JN]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H1077 [15MR]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 107), H574 [29FE]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H219 [7FE]
———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), H1959 [6AP]
Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3173 [16MY]
Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 1237), H931 [13MR]
———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]
World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H4674 [19JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H1957 [6AP]
Letters
Preparedness Against Terrorism Act: Joseph F. Myers, National Emergency Management Association, H6893 [25JY]
———National League of Cities, H6893 [25JY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1509, H1522, H1561, H1563 [29MR]
Asia Foundation: funding, H5127 [26JN]
Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7436 [12SE]
Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2024 [11AP]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3739
China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H121
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, H10068 [18OC]
Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1522 [29MR]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6545 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3201
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9651 [11OC]
———funding, H1509 [29MR]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3980 [7JN]
———reliance of military families on food stamps, H1563 [29MR]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5127 [26JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10382 [19OC]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), H9569
———authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 607), H8671, H8672, H8673 [3OC]
Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8272
Everglades National Park: restoration plan, H10362
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1227
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (H. Con. Res. 293), E831
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1979
Jacksonville, FL: classification as ``urban county'' relative to eligibility for Community Development Block Grant Program, H10382 [19OC]
Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, H3264
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2661 [9MY], H9851
Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5375
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H3201
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (H.R. 3088), H8588
Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3367 [18MY]
———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H1509, H1561, H1563 [29MR], H3367 [18MY]
Surface Transportation Board: development of new standards for rail mergers, E363
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H303 [10FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks, H8671, H8673 [3OC]
———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4210), H6886, H6889, H6892, H6893 [25JY]
Votes: position on missed, H9048
Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2564 [4MY]
———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), H10362
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), conference report, H10860 [25OC]
Wildfires: disaster assistance to Florida, H8671 [3OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5734 [10JY], H6772 [24JY], H9502 [6OC], H11204 [26OC], H11525 [29OC]
Special order: granted, H10469 [19OC], H11192 [25OC]
Tribute, H9819 [12OC], H10755-H10759, H10790, H10791, H10792 [24OC], H10813 [25OC], E1917, E1932 [25OC], E1979, E2003 [28OC], E2083 [3NO]
Statements
Office of Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism Management: James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H8673 [3OC]
Texts of
H.R. 4210, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act, H6886-H6889 [25JY]