CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Center for Russian Leadership Development Board of Trustees, H7700 [1NO]

Conferee: H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H5340 [2AU]

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

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2570 [22MY]

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

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H8421 [27NO]

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

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H1117 [22MR]

Budget: use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H325 [13FE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10910 [19DE]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H1717 [1MY]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H1409 [3AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3960 [11JY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H624 [1MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

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), H6919 [16OC]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3712 [27JN]

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

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———enhance penalties for crimes of violence against children (see H.R. 259), H400 [14FE]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H3149 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H254 [8FE]

———provide loan assistance to poultry farmers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 301, 302), H224 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 576), H624 [1MR] (see H.R. 1173), H1191 [27MR]

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

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see H.R. 1241), H1188 [27MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H650 [6MR]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1012 [20MR]

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

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

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

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H1488 [4AP]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H1346 [29MR]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see H.R. 117), H955 [15MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 687), H959 [19MR]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 345), H164 [31JA]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H3358 [20JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H8949 [5DE]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1717 [1MY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H5339 [2AU]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H1717 [1MY]

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]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H4724 [26JY]

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]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 2964), H6505 [10OC]

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

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H8421 [27NO]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

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), H1410 [3AP]

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]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

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

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

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H1556 [24AP]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2890 [5JN]

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]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H2185 [15MY]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1343 [29MR]

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]

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

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H508 [28FE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H5455 [6SE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2083 [9MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H2185 [15MY]

———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]

———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), H1718 [1MY]

———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 more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H4014 [16JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H1013 [20MR]

———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), H10055 [12DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1658 [26AP]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (see H.R. 2450), H4429 [23JY] (see H.R. 2624), H4725 [26JY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H2956 [6JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H1116 [22MR]

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H5928 [21SE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H1345 [29MR]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

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

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (see H.R. 3252), H7958 [8NO]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

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: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H8421 [27NO]

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

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

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 708), H1346 [29MR]

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

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H8732 [29NO]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H325 [13FE]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7591 [31OC]

Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H394 [14FE]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H5928 [21SE]

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

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

Schools: establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2899), H5736 [19SE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4780 [27JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H8564 [28NO]

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

———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), H222 [7FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2142 [10MY]

———improve benefit computation formula for workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 870), H648 [6MR]

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

———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]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1191 [27MR]

Solid waste: State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H2334 [17MY]

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

Space policy: declaration of space leadership (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1605 [25AP]

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H8842 [4DE]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 3571), H10964 [20DE]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H4633 [25JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H7718 [1NO]

———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), H4353 [19JY]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

———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), H6919 [16OC]

———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), H2334 [17MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1489 [4AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H1488 [4AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 794), H2334 [17MY]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA] (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]

———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), H877 [13MR]

———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 tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H959 [19MR]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H955 [15MR]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H5406 [5SE]

———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 tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]

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

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2185 [15MY]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching (see H.R. 1005), H876 [13MR]

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

———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), H5926 [21SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see H.R. 247), H832 [12MR]

U.S. Congress-Russian Federation Parliament Joint Taskforce on Antiterrorism: establish (see H. Con. Res. 246), H6458 [9OC]

Veterans: add diabetes mellitus to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 862), H647 [6MR]

———authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 439), H1717 [1MY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H2679 [23MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H6702 [11OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H959 [19MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H2956 [6JN]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H4009 [12JY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H9082 [10DE]

———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), H6458 [9OC]

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

Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 2628), H4633 [25JY]

Terrorism: create a counter-terrorism trust fund, issue Freedom Bonds, and allow taxpayers to contribute income tax refunds to support counter-terrorism efforts (see H.R. 2930), H5926 [21SE]

Essays

Constitution—A Fantastic Journey: Candice A. Neal, E932 [24MY]

Remarks

Alabama: anniversary of Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, E265 [1MR]

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: tribute to Epsilon Gamma Omega chapter debutante honorees in Huntsville, AL, E127 [7FE]

Athens, AL: anniversary of Athens-Limestone Hospital, E902 [23MY]

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

Holdsambeck, Mary: Joan Carpenter Cashin Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E724 [3MY]

Huntsville, AL: tribute to contributions of the Marshall Space Flight Center in the delivery of NASA's Destiny Laboratory Module to the International Space Station, E215 [27FE]

Neal, Candice A.: American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest winner, E932 [24MY]

Passion, Rebecca: International Professional Rodeo Association Miss Rodeo USA award recipient, E128 [7FE]

Schonrock, Betty Huth: Alabama Governor's Arts Award recipient, E1005 [5JN]

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

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (H. Con. Res. 281), H9152 [11DE]

Stutts, Ben W.: Purple Heart award recipient, E51 [30JA]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1659 [14SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H1079 [22MR]

University of North Alabama: tribute to George Lindsey/UNA Television and Film Festival, E650 [26AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H439 [27FE]

Tributes

Atkinson, Timothy, E1927 [25OC]

Berryhill, Randy, E2133 [27NO]

Cleveland, Edward E., E130 [7FE]

Conley, Ollye B., E1292 [10JY]

Cook, Charles N., E930 [24MY]

Daniels, LeRoy, E1444 [26JY]

DeRamus, Charles C., E41 [30JA]

Easterling, Bill, E49 [30JA]

Hammonds, Ferdinand, Sr., E1187 [25JN]

Harbin, Billy D., E45 [30JA]

Riddick, Frank H., E39 [30JA]

Shellman, Kimberly A., E1446 [26JY]

Williams, Dwayne, E2072 [14NO]