McINTYRE, MIKE (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H224 [7FE]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 244), H258 [12FE] (see H.R. 2494), H4009 [12JY] (see H.R. 2494), H4013 [16JY]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H1410 [3AP]

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

Budget: use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H254 [8FE]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H877 [13MR]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H5340 [2AU]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H4353 [19JY]

———promote financial education (see H.R. 61), H2022 [8MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3806 [28JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2335 [17MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H6380 [4OC]

Corp of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2679 [23MY]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3864 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: limit exceptions to and expand Buy American Act requirements (see H.R. 1458), H1485 (see H.R. 1458), H1495 [4AP]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H2185 [15MY]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H508 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H7718 [1NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H7910 [7NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2334 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1351 [30MR]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H400 [14FE]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H5406 [5SE]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H112 [30JA]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4353 [19JY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2571 [22MY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H1116 [22MR]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H5592 [11SE]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H3204 [14JN]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1536), H2890 [5JN]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H828 [8MR]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H929 [14MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 228), H650 [6MR]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H651 [6MR]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H1923 [3MY]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see H.R. 1300), H2849 [25MY]

FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H8842 [4DE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H2142 [10MY]

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

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H3863 [10JY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H444 [27FE]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H4725 [26JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1346 [29MR]

———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]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H10355 [18DE]

Gardner, Ava: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 34), H508 [28FE]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H1115 [22MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1117 [22MR]

Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1487 (see H. Res. 115), H1499 [4AP]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5125 [1AU]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5406 [5SE]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1485), H8181 [14NO]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1557 [24AP]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H1489 [4AP]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2185 [15MY]

———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. 792), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3863 [10JY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6137 [2OC]

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

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H10067 [13DE]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see H.R. 1375), H1558 [24AP]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5456 [6SE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H1557 [24AP]

———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), H5455 [6SE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H5455 [6SE]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H5406 [5SE]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1798), H5456 [6SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H1191 [27MR]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H5406 [5SE]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

———make permanent hold harmless treatment for small rural hospitals under the prospective payment system and provide a transitional adjustment for certain hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under that system (see H.R. 2942), H5927 [21SE]

———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), H2281 [16MY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H3960 [11JY]

———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]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1451), H5406 [5SE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H8732 [29NO]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H8949 [5DE]

National Coast Guard Museum: establish (see H.R. 850), H1489 [4AP]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H.R. 2300), H3518 [25JN] (see H. Con. Res. 184), H3862 [10JY]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3204 [14JN]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H5456 [6SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H5488 [10SE]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7333 [25OC]

National Tartan Day: support establishment and recognize the anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath (see H. Res. 109), H1345 [29MR]

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

Native Americans: administrative procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (see H.R. 1175), H1113 [22MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2022 [8MY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1557 [24AP]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1121 [26MR]

Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H624 [1MR]

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), H6421 [5OC]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H1116 [22MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4950 [31JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2023 [8MY]

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

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H5334 [2AU]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H1923 [3MY]

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), H1013 [20MR]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1346 [29MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H623 [1MR]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H5406 [5SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3519 [25JN]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H4114 [17JY]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H6918 [16OC]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H1410 [3AP]

———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), H3466 [21JN]

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

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H6138 [2OC]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H651 [6MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1116 [22MR]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H8133 [13NO]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H224 [7FE]

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

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5927 [21SE]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H2680 [23MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching (see H.R. 1005), H1116 [22MR]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5971 [24SE]

———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H1718 [1MY]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building, Forest City, NC: designate (see H.R. 3072), H6458 [9OC]

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), H5406 [5SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H253 [8FE]

———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, 303), H325 [13FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H4378 [20JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H2022 [8MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H164 [31JA]

———establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 50), H400 [14FE]

W. Joe Trogdon Post Office Building, Asheboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 821), H741 [7MR]

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), H5406 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coastal zones: clarify boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Cape Fear Unit (see H.R. 3470), H10054 [12DE]

Foreign trade: revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H4539 [24JY]

Lowry, Rabon: relief (see H.R. 807), H507 [28FE]

Segovia, Perla F.: relief (see H.R. 1537), H1500 [4AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6323 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6323 [4OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3308 [20JN]

Black History Month: observance, E266 [1MR]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3308 [20JN]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2617 [23MY]

———improve character education programs, H2617 [23MY]

Elizabethtown, NC: tribute to East Bladen High School boys' basketball team, E426 [22MR]

Father's Day: observance, H3156 [14JN]

Fayetteville, NC: All-American City award recipient, E1331 [12JY]

———anniversary of Evans Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1911 [17OC]

Fayetteville State University: tribute to women's basketball team, E347 [13MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E422 [22MR]

Lumberton, NC: tribute to Lumberton Senior High School girls' basketball team, E345 [13MR]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, H203 [7FE]

Rural Health Care Coalition: tribute, H203 [7FE]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2751), H10484 [19DE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, E1046 [7JN]

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), H5541 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H7280 [24OC], E819 [17MY], E1046 [7JN], E2366 [20DE]

Tributes

Altman, Joan P., E346 [13MR]

Hall, Roger F., Jr., E1703 [21SE]

Johnson, Willie Ray, E1703 [21SE]

Little, George A., E1956 [30OC]

Tyndall, Richard M., E696 [2MY]