HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, H1672 [1MY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H651 [6MR]

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H8565 [28NO]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 2203), H5928 [21SE]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H1718 [1MY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2956 [6JN]

Aviation: direct NIST to develop standards for effective aviation security technologies and direct the FAA to evaluate such technologies (see H.R. 3101), H7960 [8NO]

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (see H.R. 2896), H6056 [25SE]

———regulate flight schools and flight school applicants to enhance national security and aviation safety (see H.R. 2988), H6380 [4OC]

———require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H6505 [10OC]

———require background checks for pilot and flight service training applicants (see H.R. 2957), H6380 [4OC]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H5927 [21SE]

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 2985), H6380 [4OC]

Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2335 [17MY]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1715), H2680 [23MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H741 [7MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 190), H3519 [25JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see H.R. 7), H3618 [26JN]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (see H.R. 3400), H8842 [4DE]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H628 [5MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H10067 [13DE]

———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), H6260 [3OC]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H443 [27FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

———provide additional punishments for offenders committing fraud aimed at taking advantage of a national emergency (see H.R. 2986), H6380 [4OC]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H3465 [21JN]

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), H4352 [19JY]

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 Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2081 [9MY]

Dept. of HUD: pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 989), H875 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: prevent the westward spread of aquatic nuisance species and provide rapid response capacity in certain Western States (see H.R. 2732), H5333 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H6260 [3OC]

———extend payment of certain benefits through the date of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2223), H4541 [24JY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H7960 [8NO]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H5125 [1AU]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5456 [6SE]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 64), H3261 [19JN]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see H.R. 1858), H3961 [11JY]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H3466 [21JN]

Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, TX: designate (see H.R. 1801), H2388 [21MY]

Election Voting Systems Standards Commission: establish (see H.R. 1165), H3466 [21JN]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H2709 [24MY]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8248 [15NO]

FCC: eliminate regulatory requirements restricting the cross ownership of broadcasting stations and newspapers (see H.R. 235), H64 [6JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H1188 [27MR]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 382), H165 [31JA]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H826 [8MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H400 [14FE]

———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), H2847 [25MY]

———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), H1485 (see H.R. 1455), H1494 [4AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2388 [21MY]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H3067 [12JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

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), H2888 [5JN]

———promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H6380 [4OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2174), H3201 [14JN]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H444 [27FE]

Insurance: increase the amount of Servicemember's Group Life Insurance paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H1191 [27MR]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H3150 [13JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1346 [29MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H5406 [5SE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1556 [24AP]

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

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1717 [1MY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1013 [20MR]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H3258 [19JN]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), 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), H3203 [14JN]

———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), H2998 [7JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

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

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 3318), H8732 [29NO]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2890 [5JN]

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 (see H. Res. 99), H1115 [22MR]

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

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6137 [2OC]

Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 64), H3261 [19JN]

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

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H4429 [23JY]

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H6380 [4OC]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2675), H4862 [30JY]

National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (see H.R. 2486), H4008 [12JY]

NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 524), H252 [8FE]

NSF: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2023 [8MY]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1472), H1486 (see H.R. 1472), H1495 [4AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Petroleum: condemn gasoline price-gouging following hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 238), H5704 [14SE]

Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3609), H10965 [20DE]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H1013 [20MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H443 [27FE]

Power resources: establish a balanced energy policy that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2324), H3618 [26JN]

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

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10356 [18DE]

———amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H10067 [13DE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H3068 [12JN]

Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (see H.R. 3394), H8842 [4DE]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

Schools: recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H3465 [21JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2680 [23MY]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10065 [13DE]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 186), H3805 [28JN]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H2999 [7JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 853), H1295 [28MR]

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

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H929 [14MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H1660 [26AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H1924 [3MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H10355 [18DE]

Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4725 [26JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H443 [27FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H2680 [23MY]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H112 [30JA]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3466 [21JN]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H112 [30JA]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H624 [1MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H4634 [25JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H3805 [28JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4725 [26JY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 15), H5592 [11SE]

———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. 1487), H8181 [14NO] (see H.R. 2794), H7910 [7NO]

———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), H167 [31JA]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 2525), H4111 [17JY] (see H.R. 2717), H5332 [2AU]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H2889 [5JN]

———restore complete deductibility for business meals and entertainment and the deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse during business travel (see H.R. 1211), H2680 [23MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H6422 [5OC] (see H. Res. 52), H6381 [4OC]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6381 [4OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H4724 [26JY]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H1605 [25AP]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H10964 [20DE]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H4541 [24JY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3863 [10JY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [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. 20), H166 [31JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (see H.R. 2275), H5340 [2AU]

———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), H1925 [3MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H6260 [3OC]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

———promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers (see H.R. 1961), H10055 [12DE]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H3806 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1693), H1922 [3MY]

Power resources: research and development funding for ultra-deep water and unconventional natural gas and petroleum exploration and production technologies (see H.R. 2756), H5335 [2AU]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 96), H27 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3717 [28JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), consideration (H. Res. 183), H3739 [28JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5161 [1AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H5161 [1AU]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4261 [19JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1637 [26AP]

Dept. of Energy: oil and natural gas research and development funding, H5043 [1AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4675 [26JY], H4849 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, H7938 [8NO]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 100), H4806 [30JY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 1693), E717 [3MY]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (H.R. 1858), H4799 [30JY]

Gainesville, TX: tribute to Medal of Honor Host City Program, E2339 [20DE]

Henry, Joseph: tribute (H. Con. Res. 157), H8357 [27NO]

NASA: funding, H4675 [26JY]

———space station program funding, H7938 [8NO]

NIST: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 27), H456 [28FE]

———improve computer security (H.R. 1259), H8354 [27NO]

NSF: funding, H4675 [26JY]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (H.R. 2983), H8363 [27NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5040, H5043, H5161 [1AU]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H.J. Res. 7), H177 [6FE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4849 [30JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 41), H1578 [25AP]

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), H5580 [11SE]

Tioga, TX: tribute to Gene Autry Day Festival, E1720 [25SE]

Summaries

Science Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 1693), E718 [3MY]

Tributes

Connally, Wayne, E1253 [29JN]

Dillard, Robert L., Jr., E1247 [29JN]

Dornbush, Scott A., H3153 [14JN]

Hays, Margaret Parx, E2343 [20DE]

Jack, Bryan C., E2081 [15NO]

Thompson, Kristie, E2083 [15NO]

Wade, Henry, E1248 [29JN]