DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aviation: require screening of all property carried in aircraft (see H.R. 3029), H6702 [11OC]

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), H1660 [26AP]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 250), H7530 [30OC]

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

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

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), H10173 [17DE]

———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), H8843 [4DE]

Courts: 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]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H1115 [22MR]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H4114 [17JY]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1043), H953 [15MR] (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR]

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

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

———establish public disclosure requirements for working groups of advisory committees (see H.R. 3371), H8564 [28NO]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3203 [14JN]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H741 [7MR]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7333 [25OC]

———post all lobbying registrations and reports on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 48), H508 [28FE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H444 [27FE]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 195), H4540 [24JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]

Korean Americans: reunification with family members in North Korea (see H. Con. Res. 77), H3807 [28JN]

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

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

Medicare: make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H221 [7FE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 758), H442 [27FE]

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

Nuclear weapons: provide the President with flexibility to set strategic nuclear delivery system levels to meet national security goals (see H.R. 2013), H2846 [25MY]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H3149 [13JN]

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

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]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1930), H2569 [22MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1925 [3MY]

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

Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 13), H878 [13MR]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3863 [10JY]

Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2889 [5JN]

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

———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. 2794), H5336 [2AU]

Terrorism: 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), H5925 [21SE]

Tobacco products: prohibit importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 1454), H2083 [9MY]

———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 1044), H953 [15MR]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see H.R. 1484), H1486 (see H.R. 1484), H1496 [4AP]

———importance of Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see H. Res. 313), H10055 [12DE]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 133), H4353 [19JY]

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), H4009 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 1443), H1484 (see H.R. 1443), H1494 [4AP]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2520), H4111 [17JY]

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

Explanations

Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown Act (H.R. 2520), H4024-H4028 [17JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5654 [14SE]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7310 [25OC]

———improve security, H6668, H6686, H6687, H6688 [11OC]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7310 [25OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2891), H5690 [14SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5906 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5881 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), motion to recommit, H5916 [21SE]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (H.R. 3029), H6686, H6687, H6688 [11OC]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and require air carriers provide health benefits to involuntarily separated employees, H5916 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H768 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1204 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2033 [9MY]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6668 [11OC]

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), H4269 [19JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6668 [11OC]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7273 [24OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5182, H5211 [2AU]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2310 [17MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5121 [1AU]

National security: national missile defense system, H3048, H3049, H3050 [12JN]

Philip Morris Cos., Inc.: accuracy in advertising, H260 [13FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H3966 [12JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5046, H5121 [1AU]

Taxation: disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (H.R. 2520), H4023 [17JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, H2649 [23MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1437 [4AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1421 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7273 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10499 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H768 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2211 [16MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2649 [23MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1307, H1322 [29MR]

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), H5535 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9000 [6DE]

———implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (H.R. 2603), H4876 [31JY]