CLEMENT, BOB (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the destruction of pre-Islamic statues by the Taliban regime (see H. Con. Res. 52), H741 [7MR]

———prevent any Taliban led Government from obtaining a seat in the U.N. and refuse recognition for any Afghan Government while human rights violations persist against women and girls (see H. Con. Res. 26), H6459 [9OC]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H8421 [27NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3864 [10JY]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H1605 [25AP]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1280), H2890 [5JN]

———authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 2203), H3807 [28JN]

———ensure married personnel having minor dependents are eligible for military family housing containing more than two bedrooms (see H.R. 1135), H1411 [3AP]

———expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program (see H.R. 2332), H4949 [31JY]

———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), H3806 [28JN]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H443 [27FE]

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

———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: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H6779 [12OC]

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H3864 [10JY]

———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. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 131), H6066 [28SE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 129), H112 [30JA] (see H.R. 981), H959 [19MR]

———use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H956 [15MR]

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]

Charities: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8421 [27NO]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H6505 [10OC]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H25 [3JA]

———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H112 [30JA]

———protect from terrorism (see H.R. 3106), H6920 [16OC]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H2890 [5JN]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 56), H1014 [20MR]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3203 [14JN]

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

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 471), H221 [7FE]

———increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1606), H1658 [26AP]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9078 [6DE]

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), H10067 [13DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2281 [16MY]

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

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H1346 [29MR]

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), H6056 [25SE]

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 1034), H3619 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H1013 [20MR]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish the High Performance Schools Program (see H.R. 1129), H1411 [3AP]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H1718 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H324 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance for the maintenance of gravesites of former U.S. Presidents (see H.R. 2806), H5337 [2AU]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H928 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1717 [1MY]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1411 [3AP]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 3017), H7333 [25OC]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H828 [8MR]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 435), H741 [7MR]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H7852 [6NO]

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

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 933), H1861 [2MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H1117 [22MR]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H3806 [28JN]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H412 [26FE]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1536), H2335 [17MY]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H622 [1MR]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H929 [14MR]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H929 [14MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1013 [20MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 687), H650 [6MR]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H651 [6MR]

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

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 573), H650 [6MR]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see H.R. 613), H393 [14FE]

———provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H3519 [25JN]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 46), H2281 [16MY]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 1306), H1717 [1MY]

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

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2998 [7JN]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8339 [16NO]

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

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1717 [1MY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H1489 [4AP]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H26 [3JA]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6919 [16OC]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H2849 [25MY]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1346 [29MR]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H4378 [20JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 1474), H1486 (see H.R. 1474), H1495 [4AP]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 1481), H3713 [27JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H444 [27FE]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

———safeguard consumers relative to use of certain debit cards (see H.R. 1825), H3151 [13JN]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H1410 [3AP]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H10910 [19DE]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H162 [31JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2185 [15MY]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H1411 [3AP]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H7910 [7NO]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H5340 [2AU]

———issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 232), H507 [28FE]

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

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H4352 [19JY]

Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H1114 [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]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H4352 [19JY]

Health care professionals: help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H3806 [28JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

———make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H6702 [11OC]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H1013 [20MR]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2414), H3804 [28JN]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 674), H624 [1MR]

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H7529 [30OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H3619 [26JN] (see H.R. 835), H828 [8MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 3166), H7308 [24OC]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1718 [1MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1295 [28MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H2998 [7JN]

———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), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H444 [27FE]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3068 [12JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1190 [27MR]

Israel: end violence in West Bank and Gaza and endorse recommendations of the Mitchell Committee Report (see H. Con. Res. 253), H8565 [28NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1558 [24AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H8746 [30NO]

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

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]

———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H5928 [21SE]

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), H1556 [24AP]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H5339 [2AU]

Libraries: provide public library construction and technology enhancement (see H.R. 1525), H2680 [23MY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H4353 [19JY]

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

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H2334 [17MY]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H5339 [2AU]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H8843 [4DE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H5406 [5SE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1861 [2MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H3358 [20JN]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 2294), H5340 [2AU]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H3806 [28JN]

———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), H3358 [20JN]

———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), H4428 [23JY]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H3806 [28JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7852 [6NO]

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

———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), H8843 [4DE]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H7910 [7NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3466 [21JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H3806 [28JN]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1718 [1MY]

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

———require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H624 [1MR]

Moccasin Bend National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 980), H875 [13MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1925 [3MY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H2082 [9MY]

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

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), H3002 [8JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2849 [25MY]

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

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2335 [17MY]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 177), H3465 [21JN]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H7960 [8NO]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2890 [5JN]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5456 [6SE]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (see H. Con. Res. 81), H1606 [25AP]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H3519 [25JN]

NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1660), H3519 [25JN]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (see H.R. 554), H258 [12FE]

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H8181 [14NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2022 [8MY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1410 [3AP]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H5456 [6SE]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

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), H108 [30JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of funding sources and amounts relative to creation of a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 577), H1410 [3AP]

Privacy: protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see H.R. 347), H1410 [3AP]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H3358 [20JN]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H7333 [25OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1059 [21MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H2999 [7JN]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

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

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), H8949 [5DE]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1660 [26AP]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H508 [28FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H623 [1MR]

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

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 931), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 2052), H2888 [5JN]

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (see H. Res. 202), H5126 [1AU]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H162 [31JA] (see H.R. 2683), H4948 [31JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H4634 [25JY]

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H739 [7MR]

———allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax (see H.R. 3062), H7529 [30OC]

———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), H3358 [20JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———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 first-time homebuyers to use tax-exempt loans from individual retirement accounts for downpayments (see H.R. 2022), H2999 [7JN]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H5340 [2AU]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H648 [6MR]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 877), H3151 [13JN]

———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), H959 [19MR]

———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), H3806 [28JN]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H112 [30JA]

———enhance competitiveness of the U.S. leasing industry (see H.R. 1492), H3068 [12JN]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 152), H112 [30JA]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1717 [1MY] (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1489 [4AP]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H5406 [5SE]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H2998 [7JN]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H1718 [1MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H628 [5MR]

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

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H3203 [14JN]

———provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (see H.R. 3015), H6260 [3OC]

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H5406 [5SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 318), H443 [27FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H828 [8MR]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H1490 [4AP]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H1410 [3AP]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H2998 [7JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H508 [28FE]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H4009 [12JY]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H9082 [10DE]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H4215 [18JY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H3203 [14JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 52), H7530 [30OC]

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]

Turkey: express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H8843 [4DE]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H4863 [30JY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1717 [1MY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1925 [3MY]

———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. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE] (see H.R. 609), H650 [6MR]

Voting: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H8564 [28NO]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN] (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H4111 [17JY]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (see H.R. 329), H163 [31JA]

Medicare: establish licensing and training programs for new positions and categories of nursing assistants to relieve nursing shortage and ensure funding for such positions and categories (see H.R. 3536), H10909 [19DE]

Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment to provide a new procedure for appointment of electors and provide alternative election procedures if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes (see H.J. Res. 37), H877 [13MR]

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

———increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (see H.R. 2378), H3803 [28JN]

Surface Transportation Board: improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way in return for reasonable compensation to freight railroads (see H.R. 2654), H4723 [26JY]

Tariff: 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 5-sulfo-1,3-dimethyl ester sodium salt (see H.R. 3117), H6780 [12OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8037 [13NO]

Remarks

Amtrak: anniversary, E705 [2MY]

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), H5668 [14SE]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service funding, H3393 [21JN]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7644 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7644 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5903 [21SE]

———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, H5903 [21SE]

Chatham County, GA: land conveyance (H.R. 2595), H9158 [11DE]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 50), H4310 [19JY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 196), H4227 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3393 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: realignment of policy responsibility (H.R. 3441), H9169 [11DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2418 [22MY]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (H.R. 613), H328 [14FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4053, H4054 [17JY]

Foreign policy: congressional delegation trip to Russia, Italy, and Turkey, H6116 [2OC]

Gordon, Representative: tribute on birth of child, E411 [21MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5206 [2AU]

Inglewood, TN: tribute to American Legion Post 82, E1964, E1966 [31OC]

Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Butte, MT: designate (H.R. 3282), H9153 [11DE]

Nashville, TN: anniversary of Metropolitan Park System, E1615 [10SE]

———tribute to Hillsboro High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E659 [26AP]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission: establish (H.R. 3442), H9171 [11DE]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), H331 [14FE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H9164 [11DE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), H4962 [31JY]

Smith, James: Tennessee Fifth Congressional District art competition winner, H3211 [19JN]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 2052), consideration (H. Res. 162), H3097 [13JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (S. 250), E705 [2MY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (H.R. 322), H133, H135 [31JA]

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), H5498, H5570 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5903 [21SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 259), H9159 [11DE]

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

Traverse City, MI: modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to school district (H.R. 3370), H9127 [11DE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9003 [6DE]

University of Tennessee: tribute to football team, H8846 [5DE]

Votes: position on missed, H2090 [10MY], E938 [24MY], E2159 [28NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H159 [31JA]

Tribute, H9128 [11DE]

Tributes

Arnold, Eddy and Sally, E2154 [28NO]

Bone, Robert C., E2299 [14DE]

Cummings, Vincent A., H8037 [13NO]

Drunsic, William J., E2274 [13DE]

Ivey, William J., E1769 [2OC]

Jones, Bobby, E1229 [27JN]

Linn, Anthony M., E2274 [13DE]

Melton, Barbara Ann Garland, E378 [15MR]

Terry, George A., E2297 [14DE]

Travis, Jim, E1147 [19JN]

Wise, Bill M., E893 [22MY]

Younger, John, E467 [28MR]