SHAW, E. CLAY, JR. (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2313 [17MY]

Committee on Taxation (Joint), H416 [27FE]

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, H416 [27FE]

Articles and editorials

Derail Sugar Aid, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, H6328 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 1668), H3466 [21JN]

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. 914), H739 [7MR]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 3009), H8181 [14NO]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H929 [14MR]

Armed Forces: tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 161), H3466 [21JN]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Biscayne National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 1002), H876 [13MR]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H3519 [25JN]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5928 [21SE]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8949 [5DE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H828 [8MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the inclusion of Virginia Key Beach, FL, in the National Park System (see H.R. 2109), H10055 [12DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H6056 [25SE]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H2021 [8MY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H10967 [20DE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H5340 [2AU]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3260 [19JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H10356 [18DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1659 [26AP]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H4352 [19JY]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8564 [28NO]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3466 [21JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5456 [6SE]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3807 [28JN]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H443 [27FE]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3465 [21JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H5406 [5SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2281 [16MY]

———delay the deadline for Medicare+Choice organizations to report plan information, including information on adjusted community rates (see H.R. 1993), H2710 [24MY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H4634 [25JY]

———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H10964 [20DE]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H6260 [3OC]

———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. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 716), H398 [14FE]

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 15), H5705 [14SE]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3466 [21JN]

National objectives: promote national unity and family renewal (see H. Con. Res. 124), H1924 [3MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H3358 [20JN]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H3619 [26JN]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Political campaigns: limit contributions by nondistrict or out-of-State residents and entities other than individuals in congressional elections (see H.R. 2122), H3066 [12JN]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6702 [11OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1930), H2569 [22MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3713 [27JN]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 956), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3807 [28JN]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H3806 [28JN]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2334 [17MY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H2082 [9MY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1410 [3AP]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H4724 [26JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H741 [7MR]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H2281 [16MY]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H444 [27FE]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H739 [7MR]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2083 [9MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———rates (see H.R. 3), H650 [6MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H6422 [5OC]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H64 [6JA]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H1411 [3AP]

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931), H2569 [22MY]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2082 [9MY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H3068 [12JN]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3806 [28JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H1486 (see H.R. 1483), H1496 [4AP]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H395 [14FE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

Terrorism: tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H6138 [2OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H5126 [1AU]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1346 [29MR]

Walsh, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 911), H739 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (see H.R. 3055), H6421 [5OC]

Lauderdale Lady (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 3018), H6260 [3OC]

Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1114 [22MR]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H1498 [4AP]

National Child's Day: designate (see H. Res. 231), H5339 [2AU]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H9077 [6DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1516), H1498 [4AP]

Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 3497), H10066 [13DE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2847 [25MY]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———honor commitments (see H. Con. Res. 282), H9077 [6DE]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H8337 [16NO]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 379), H165 [31JA]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 2576), H4352 [19JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes (see H.R. 1515), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see H.R. 2618), H4540 [24JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1349 [30MR], H3621 [27JN], H7855 [7NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6327 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6327 [4OC]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8295 [16NO]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7660 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7660 [1NO]

———naturalization requirements for aviation security personnel, H7660 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5885 [21SE]

Biscayne National Park: prohibit extension of any leases or standstill agreements in Stiltsville, H3431 [21JN]

Corps of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding, H3665 [27JN]

Delray Beach, FL: All-American City award recipient, E1540 [3AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3431 [21JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4615 [25JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3665 [27JN]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10852 [19DE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7255 [24OC]

Florida: tribute to individuals who provide vital county services to residents, E654 [26AP]

Gannet (vessel): commissioning of Coast Guard cutter, E1449 [26JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5279 [2AU]

———provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5279 [2AU]

Herbert H. Bateman Post Office Building, Newport News, VA: designate (H.R. 1749), H6434 [9OC]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts, E114 [6FE]

Kazarian, Crosby: Catholicos of All Armenians Pontifical Medal of St. Nersess Shnorhali recipient, E50 [30JA]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (H. Res. 99), H3488 [25JN]

National County Government Week: observance, E654 [26AP]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1815 [2MY]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: prohibit OMB funding to implement final report, H4615 [25JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2836 [25MY], H7228, H7255 [24OC]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 3497), E2307 [14DE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 2036), E988 [26MY]

———ensure solvency (H. Con. Res. 214), E1539 [3AU]

———honor commitments (H. Con. Res. 282), H9173, H9174, H9175, H9176, H9177 [11DE], E2220 [7DE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H270, H271 [13FE]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (H.R. 3332), E2122 [16NO]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (H.R. 1172), E431 [22MR]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (H.R. 1514), E549 [5AP]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (H.R. 379), E79 [31JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1436 [4AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R. 1030), E359 [14MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7255, H7273 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7228, H7232 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10852 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H799 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2836 [25MY]

———S corporation reform (H.R. 2576), E1380 [20JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (H.R. 2350), E1233 [27JN]

———treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes (H.R. 1515), E568 [5AP]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5528 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5885 [21SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2888), H5626 [14SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5528 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8998 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, H1240 [28MR], E841 [17MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1186 [27MR]

Statements

Tribute to Alan Beavan: Michael A. Edwards, E1739 [25SE]

Summaries

Subchapter S Modernization Act (H.R. 2576), E1380-E1382 [20JY]

Tributes

Beavan, Alan, E1739 [25SE]

Dingle, Ronald J., E1838 [10OC]

Freeman, Elizabeth D., E1911 [17OC]

Hurst, Michael E., E676 [1MY]

Penn, George, E1517 [3AU]

Renuart, Gerald J., E1355 [18JY]

Rogers, Paul G., E937 [24MY]

Rogers, Roy, E1120 [14JN]