SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Armed Forces: ensure that basic allowance rates for off-base military housing areas are sufficient to eliminate out-of-pocket housing costs (see H.R. 2044), H2848 [25MY]

———extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H8181 [14NO]

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

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

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see H.R. 2152), H4541 [24JY]

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 an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H10966 [20DE]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H6381 [4OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3863 [10JY]

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

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), H1061 [21MR]

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 HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2998 [7JN]

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: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H1061 [21MR]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4541 [24JY]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H2142 [10MY]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H4633 [25JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1013 [20MR]

Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 2765), H6137 [2OC]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H4634 [25JY]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H4352 [19JY]

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

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 127), H623 [1MR]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H5333 [2AU]

———prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H2387 [21MY]

———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]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H1557 [24AP]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2185 [15MY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H4949 [31JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H4949 [31JY]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR] (see H.R. 2716), H6919 [16OC]

Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2174), H4634 [25JY]

Ice storms: disaster assistance (see H.R. 1240), H1188 [27MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H828 [8MR]

Insurance: 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), H4541 [24JY]

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

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]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H2849 [25MY]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4541 [24JY]

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

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

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1604), H4541 [24JY]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5704 [14SE]

———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), H1659 [26AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H2889 [5JN]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H2388 [21MY]

———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), H8732 [29NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H6919 [16OC]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 1348), H3519 [25JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H4541 [24JY]

National security: provide grants to local first responder agencies to combat terrorism and be a part of homeland defense (see H.R. 3435), H9077 [6DE]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H2890 [5JN]

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

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), H3261 [19JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H955 [15MR]

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

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

Pharmaceuticals: establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (see H.R. 1685), H2998 [7JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1556 [24AP]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H3806 [28JN]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5928 [21SE]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H650 [6MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H6380 [4OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1296 [28MR]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H4541 [24JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2890 [5JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1861 [2MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H741 [7MR]

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

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), H7128 [17OC]

———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), H5488 [10SE]

———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), H508 [28FE]

———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), H2849 [25MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1717 [1MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3203 [14JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2022 [8MY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H2998 [7JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H623 [1MR]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H1344 [29MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H64 [6JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H832 [12MR]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H3150 [13JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H8842 [4DE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H624 [1MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2142 [10MY]

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

———establish a partnership between the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to develop education and training programs on medical responses to consequences of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3254), H7958 [8NO]

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), H1061 [21MR]

———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. 303), H955 [15MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Voting: support rights of registered voters (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3150 [13JN]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments using a two-step process which first identifies those bases not considered for closure or realignment (see H.R. 1820), H2141 [10MY]

Remarks

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), H1504 [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5767 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 246), H6014 [25SE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, H6014 [25SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4049 [17JY]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (H.R. 2722), H8383 [27NO]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5200 [2AU]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H818 [8MR]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, H5182 [2AU]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 41), H1570 [25AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H818 [8MR]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), H3215 [19JN]

Tributes

Hutchinson, Representative, H5315 [2AU]