GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

Floyd Spence funeral attendees, H5372 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

———authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 1233), H6422 [5OC]

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1060 [21MR]

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2081 [9MY]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 2951), H6055 [25SE]

———require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H6056 [25SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H6780 [12OC]

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), H3466 [21JN]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3261 [19JN]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1467), H1485 (see H.R. 1467), H1495 [4AP]

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

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H1116 [22MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H444 [27FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H2846 [25MY]

———limit exceptions to and expand Buy American Act requirements (see H.R. 1458), H1485 (see H.R. 1458), H1495 [4AP]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (see H.R. 966), H827 [8MR]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see H.R. 2126), H3714 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H4113 [17JY]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3068 [12JN]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1746), H2571 [22MY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H7128 [17OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4780 [27JY] (see H.R. 2327), H4863 [30JY]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H1489 [4AP]

———allow parents access to certain information about their children (see H.R. 1854), H2183 [15MY]

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

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H1061 [21MR]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see H.R. 1545), H1554 [24AP]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H4724 [26JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H2184 [15MY]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: ensure that the statute of limitations for actions on identity theft doesn't start until the consumer discovers the problem (see H.R. 3368), H8564 [28NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 3486), H10066 [13DE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H3358 [20JN]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H1115 [22MR]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

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

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1988), H5928 [21SE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H2888 [5JN]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H10910 [19DE]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H6380 [4OC]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H3203 [14JN]

Insurance: 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), H4113 [17JY]

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

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1660 [26AP]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1346 [29MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H2184 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H955 [15MR]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H.R. 2181), H3201 [14JN] (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3713 [27JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H2281 [16MY]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H4724 [26JY]

———coverage of home health services (see H.R. 2071), H2955 [6JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H4634 [25JY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H4724 [26JY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1408 [3AP]

———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), H1489 [4AP]

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

———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), H10055 [12DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1718 [1MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 145), H60 [6JA]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H3359 [20JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

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

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5340 [2AU]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H2571 [22MY]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H3358 [20JN]

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

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

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4863 [30JY]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

Political campaigns: limit contributions by nondistrict or out-of-State residents and entities other than individuals in congressional elections (see H.R. 2122), H3066 [12JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H6260 [3OC]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

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

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2185 [15MY]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10065 [13DE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2388 [21MY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H3806 [28JN]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H6702 [11OC]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H10355 [18DE]

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

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 3571), H10964 [20DE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty during a taxable year (see H.R. 1299), H1490 [4AP]

———allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H2083 [9MY]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H10055 [12DE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H3619 [26JN]

———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 tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 368), H400 [14FE]

———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), H1489 [4AP]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H4634 [25JY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2410), H3804 [28JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H400 [14FE]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H1485 (see H.R. 1459), H1495 [4AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1190 [27MR]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H400 [14FE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4725 [26JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H2334 [17MY]

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

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H2571 [22MY]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H4724 [26JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3805 [28JN]

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

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

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H2889 [5JN]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1116 [22MR]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H3806 [28JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H3619 [26JN]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H412 [26FE]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H1410 [3AP]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H507 [28FE]

TVA: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2116), H3466 [21JN]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H2387 [21MY]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2184 [15MY]

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), H1490 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers (see H.R. 2569), H4352 [19JY]

Corps of Engineers: lease land at the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project to the South Carolina Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 649), H395 [14FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

Education: enable the use of human capital investment contracts for the purposes of financing postsecondary education (see H.R. 3451), H9239 [11DE]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H395 [14FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: permit local educational agencies to use funds made available under the innovative education program to support certain community service programs (see H.R. 1557), H1555 [24AP]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H395 [14FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H1011 [20MR]

House Rules: provide that the gift rule covers Members-elect (see H. Res. 73), H507 [28FE]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H8842 [4DE]

Members of Congress: treatment of gifts to Members-elect (see H.R. 787), H506 [28FE]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the U.S. electricity supply (see H.R. 1679), H1860 [2MY]

Taxation: provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7333 [25OC]

Tokeena (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 935), H741 [7MR]

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), H5667 [14SE]

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), H4306 [19JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1619, H1626, H1643, H1648 [26AP]

Diseases: safety of certain medications approved for use by diabetes patients, E2207 [5DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2643 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10095 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4127 [18JY]

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.: Smithsonian Institution Corporate Leadership Award recipient, E1316 [11JY]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (H.J. Res. 75), H10426 [19DE]

Korean War Veterans Association: tribute to Harold F. Adkison Chapter for receiving charter, E1333 [16JY]

Spence, Floyd: tribute (H. Res. 234), H5370, H5372 [5SE]

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), H5544 [11SE]

Reports

Liver Failure Risk for Diabetes Patients Taking Rezulin: David J. Graham and Lanh Green, E2207-E2209 [5DE]

Tributes

DiBattiste, Carol, E95 [1FE]

Harris, Patrick B., E1255 [29JN]

Rogers, Irene Dickerson, E1524 [3AU]