CRENSHAW, ANDER (a Representative from Florida)

Addresses

Renaming of USNS Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham: Kitty Crenshaw, E1343 [17JY]

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), H1013 [20MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H955 [15MR]

———tribute to National Guard and Reserve units activated in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 287), H8249 [15NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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), H1556 [24AP]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H1346 [29MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

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

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), H1410 [3AP]

———tribute to the U.S.S. Eisenhower Battle Group during its extended deployment for the war effort in Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 279), H8421 [27NO]

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

———establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H4949 [31JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H928 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1205), H1114 [22MR]

———establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H1558 [24AP]

———recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H3864 [10JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5488 [10SE]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4217 [18JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

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]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H10966 [20DE]

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

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

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

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

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), H1012 [20MR]

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

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

Israel: elections (see H. Res. 31), H223 [7FE]

Jacksonville, FL: GSA conveyance of a U.S. courthouse (see H.R. 2251), H3357 [20JN]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3864 [10JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7852 [6NO]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1296 [28MR]

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

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10055 [12DE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3151 [13JN]

———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), H1013 [20MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H4113 [17JY]

National Coast Guard Museum: establish (see H.R. 850), H623 [1MR]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (see H. Con. Res. 47), H649 [6MR]

Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (see H.R. 2910), H5925 [21SE]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

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

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

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H927 [14MR]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H2712 [24MY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H2680 [23MY]

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

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 an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H1556 [24AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H444 [27FE]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H623 [1MR]

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

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

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H3713 [27JN]

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

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H827 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H444 [27FE]

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

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

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

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 437), H828 [8MR]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

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

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2889 [5JN]

Ukraine: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 58), H4217 [18JY]

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), H1013 [20MR]

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

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H2890 [5JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H877 [13MR]

Vietnam: persecution of Montagnard peoples (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4541 [24JY]

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), H1558 [24AP]

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), H3863 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H5926 [21SE]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H1660 [26AP]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H253 [8FE]

Letters

Recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day: Marc Racicot, America's Promise (organization), H3270 [20JN]

Veterans Opportunities Act: by, H1133 [27MR]

Remarks

Aviation: require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (H.R. 2932), E1726 [25SE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1170 [27MR], H1224, H1262 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2039 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2030 [9MY]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day, E1994 [2NO]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (H. Res. 124), H3268 [20JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2971 [7JN]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 534), E144 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1170 [27MR], H1224 [28MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1142 [27MR]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (H. Res. 57), H420 [27FE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2420 [22MY]

Fire prevention: authorize the use of certain wildland fire management funds to reimburse certain interagency cooperation costs in connection with wildland fire management (H.R. 581), H2056 [9MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4061 [17JY]

Florida: tribute to Fourth Congressional District recipients of the French Jubilee of Liberty Medal for Normandy veterans, E2093 [15NO]

Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trips, H492 [28FE]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, E1209 [26JN]

Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham (USNS): renaming, E1343 [17JY]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (H. Res. 166), H3533 [26JN]

Jacksonville, FL: tribute to Naval Air Station Community Service Program, E671 [1MY]

Journal: question of approval, H7617 [1NO]

Marine Corps: anniversary, E2046 [8NO]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (H. Con. Res. 47), H680 [7MR]

Ormond Beach, FL: anniversary of Rotary Club, E670 [1MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), E720 [3MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, E1209 [26JN]

Putnam, Representative: tribute to birth of child, H3594 [26JN]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H275 [13FE]

St. Augustine, FL: observance of Ancient City Kids' Day, E1994 [2NO]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, E751 [8MY]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1442 [4AP]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1314 [29MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2295 [17MY]

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), H5540 [11SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H1082 [22MR]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), H3217 [19JN]