SCARBOROUGH, JOE (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3421 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: 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]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H2141 [10MY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

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), H955 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior: maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1925 [3MY]

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

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1431), H1483 (see H.R. 1431), H1493 [4AP]

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

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3713 [27JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H3519 [25JN]

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4780 [27JY]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H650 [6MR]

Medicare: 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]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 716), H1861 [2MY]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (see H. Con. Res. 47), H742 [7MR]

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

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), H1661 [26AP] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

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]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]

Social Security: ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H225 [7FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1410 [3AP]

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

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2184 [15MY]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H5126 [1AU]

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

———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 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 increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H1923 [3MY]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H1861 [2MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H224 (see H.R. 303), H225 [7FE]

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), H3960 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: allow motions for a new trial at any time where the error alleged is a violation of constitutional rights (see H.R. 2843), H5405 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H623 [1MR]

Fargo, Donna C.: relief (see H.R. 856), H623 [1MR]

Federal employees: payment of veterans' disability compensation to civilian retirees receiving retirement benefits to the same extent as military retirees receiving military retirement benefits (see H.R. 2842), H5405 [5SE]

———reform long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2559), H4216 [18JY]

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

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3259 [19JN]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Taxation: eliminate capital gains tax (see H.R. 800), H507 [28FE]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H253 [8FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 799), H507 [28FE]

Teodoro, Romeo P.: relief (see H.R. 857), H623 [1MR]

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

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3906 [11JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (H. Con. Res. 161), H3491 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations, E563 [5AP]

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (H. Res. 56), E563 [5AP]

Cuba: human rights violations (H. Res. 91), E605 [24AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require report on price supports and effects of import quotas and tariffs applied to protect agricultural commodities, H3906 [11JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2129 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3421, H3422, H3424 [21JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4673 [26JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3728, H3729, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]

Escambia County, FL: EPA study of buried toxic pollutants and increased health effects funding, H4673 [26JY]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3421, H3422, H3424 [21JN], H3728, H3729, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]

Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.: anniversary, E490 [29MR]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1591 [5SE]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia, E333 [12MR]

Natural gas: Gulfstream Natural Gas Project funding, H3728, H3729, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]

U.N.: condition payment of U.S. arrearages on restoration of U.S. membership on the Commission on Human Rights, H2129 [10MY]

Votes: position on missed, E560 [5AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4426 [23JY]

Resignations

House of Representatives: by, H2852 [5JN]

Tributes

Chen Shui-bian, E915 [23MY]

Parish, Richard J., E1137 [18JN]

Walser, Karin, E1521 [3AU]