STUMP, BOB (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H6016, H6019, H6025 [25SE]

Appointments

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Board of Trustees, H3159 [14JN]

Conferee: H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

———S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Armed Forces: restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H2709 [24MY]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H1408 [3AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2281 [16MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3864 [10JY]

China, People's Republic of: prohibit payment of any claim for reimbursement of costs associated with the Navy reconnaissance plane forced to make an emergency landing (see H.R. 2507), H4111 [17JY]

China, Republic of: ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism with the express consent of the Taiwanese people and free from outside threats (see H. Con. Res. 221), H5455 [6SE]

Congress: affirming commitment to preserving U.S. sovereignty and the integrity of its border (see H. Con. Res. 220), H7719 [1NO]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H254 [8FE]

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), H8843 [4DE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H1488 [4AP]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H2678 [23MY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H6056 [25SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 626), H877 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 2006), H2710 [24MY]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H1606 [25AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H621 [1MR]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4215 [18JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1746), H2185 [15MY]

Disasters: improve ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural floods (see H.R. 1100), H1117 [22MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5340 [2AU]

Education: require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program (see H.R. 385), H165 [31JA]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1346 [29MR]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

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), H9076 [6DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H3068 [12JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H3150 [13JN]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H25 [3JA]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3151 [13JN]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H3961 [11JY]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H1926 [3MY]

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

Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (see H.R. 2265), H3463 [21JN]

Foreign aid: restrict assistance to countries with which the U.S. has an extradition treaty or is in negotiations to conclude an extradition treaty (see H.R. 2877), H6380 [4OC]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H4353 [19JY]

Forest Service: Recreational Fee Demonstration Program termination (see H.R. 1139), H1059 [21MR]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8133 [13NO]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 105), H741 [7MR]

Health: allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see H.R. 1964), H8732 [29NO]

Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on and improve procedures for the issuance of nonimmigrant student visas and enhance procedures for admission at U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 3181), H7719 [1NO]

———establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 3286), H8182 [14NO]

———improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6504 [10OC]

———moratorium (see H.R. 2712), H5125 [1AU]

International Criminal Court Treaty: intentions relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1013 [20MR]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

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

James C. Corman Federal Building, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 621), H393 [14FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3863 [10JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: provide greater protection of private property rights (see H.R. 1592), H2083 [9MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1717 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H7592 [31OC]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H8133 [13NO]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H7592 [31OC]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8843 [4DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5406 [5SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H8338 [16NO]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2114), H2997 [7JN]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H2996 [7JN]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1558 [24AP]

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1410 [3AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2281 [16MY]

Ships and vessels: require houseboats that have electric power generators on board to have a carbon monoxide venting system (see H.R. 3303), H8843 [4DE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1660 [26AP]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3151 [13JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H6137 [2OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H6137 [2OC]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H2956 [6JN]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3260 [19JN]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H3150 [13JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H444 [27FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H8732 [29NO]

———prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 27), H223 [7FE]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H622 [1MR]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H877 [13MR]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3619 [26JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H624 [1MR]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 1754), H5406 [5SE]

———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 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), H2712 [24MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 2717), H5332 [2AU]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (see H.R. 275), H224 [7FE]

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H1926 [3MY]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see H.R. 991), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H3806 [28JN]

Terrorism: encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (see H.R. 198), H1012 [20MR]

———terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H1059 [21MR]

U.S.: reaffirm as a republic (see H. Con. Res. 48), H3204 [14JN]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H828 [8MR]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H5927 [21SE]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H2571 [22MY]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 705), H1013 [20MR]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 937), H1557 [24AP]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (see H.R. 1156), H1060 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 190), H62 [6JA]

Committee on Armed Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 68), H443 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see H.R. 2586), H4427 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 288), H10066 [13DE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 3333), H8337 [16NO]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1696), H1923 [3MY]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H62 [6JA]

Taxation: repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 193), H62 [6JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 192), H62 [6JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns (see H.R. 191), H62 [6JA]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (S. 1438), H9333-H9751 [12DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H5782 [20SE]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H5783 [20SE]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5782 [20SE]

———Representative Hansen, Committee on Resources (House), H5783 [20SE]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on International Relations (House), H5784 [20SE]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5783 [20SE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5783 [20SE]

———by, Committee on Armed Services (House), H5782, H5783 [20SE]

Dept. of State appropriations: by, Committee on Armed Services (House), H2098 [10MY]

Help America Vote Act: by, H9307 [12DE]

Unborn Victims of Violence Act: by, Committee on Armed Services (House), H1615 [26AP]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), H7028, H7096 [17OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H6022 [25SE]

———authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5678 [14SE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1156, H1157 [27MR], H1203 [28MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (H.R. 190), E77 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: antiterrorism initiatives funding, H6025 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5765, H5777, H5782 [20SE], H6018, H6019, H6022, H6025, H6033 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), corrections in engrossment, H6043 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), unanimous-consent agreement, H5764 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), H6945 [17OC], H10073 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 288), H10080 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), insert H.R. 2586 language in lieu, H7028 [17OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), motion to instruct conferees, H7097 [17OC]

———computer cybersecurity funding, H6018 [25SE]

———creation of medal to recognize civilian employees killed or wounded as a result of hostile action, H6019 [25SE]

———funding, H1156, H1157 [27MR], H1203 [28MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 3333), E2107 [16NO]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (H.R. 969), E323 [8MR]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), H2155, H2156, H2160 [15MY], H2391, H2395 [22MY]

National Reconnaissance Office: contracting of satellite launch services, H6018 [25SE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (H.R. 189), E72 [31JA]

Romley, Richard M.: DAV Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2105 [16NO]

———Lois Pope Foundation LIFE's Presidential Unsung Hero Award recipient, E2105 [16NO]

Spence, Floyd: tribute (H. Res. 234), H5368 [5SE]

Taxation: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns (H.R. 191), E74 [31JA]

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), H5522 [11SE]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks, H5765 [20SE]

Veterans: expand the Survivor Benefit Plan to include dependents of nonretirement-eligible service members who die while on active duty, H7097 [17OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2049 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2019 [8MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee of Conference (S. 1438) (H. Rept. 107-333), H9772, H10054 [12DE]

———Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 2586) (H. Rept. 107-194), H5404 [5SE]

Rules

Committee on Armed Services (House), H301-H303 [13FE]

Songs

``My America,'' Gary Davis, E2047 [8NO]

Tributes

Davis, Gary, E2047 [8NO]

Gryczynski, Edward S., E2092 [15NO]

Spence, Floyd, H6033 [25SE]