FLETCHER, ERNIE (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H7852 [6NO]

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H394 [14FE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1190 [27MR]

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), H5488 [10SE]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5927 [21SE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H877 [13MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H2571 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H8248 [15NO]

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), H10355 [18DE]

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

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4217 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

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

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H3358 [20JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H7127 [17OC] (see H.R. 2327), H8338 [16NO]

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

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H400 [14FE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H1346 [29MR]

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

———provide for digital education partnerships by improving and expanding access to educational television programming and interactive computer services (see H.R. 1365), H1408 [3AP]

Employment: exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

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

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

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3358 [20JN]

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

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H5488 [10SE]

———remove certain sanctions imposed on India and Pakistan (see H.R. 1358), H6137 [2OC]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3714 [27JN]

———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), H3358 [20JN]

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

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H4113 [17JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H7852 [6NO]

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

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 835), H1013 [20MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2023 [8MY]

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

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H742 [7MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1011 [20MR]

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), H4352 [19JY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H4216 [18JY]

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

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3260 [19JN]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H7592 [31OC]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H7910 [7NO]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H7852 [6NO]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1558 [24AP]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1660 [26AP]

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H10055 [12DE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2675), H5488 [10SE]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2998 [7JN]

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

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H3358 [20JN]

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

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4429 [23JY]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H325 [13FE]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10066 [13DE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H7127 [17OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3961 [11JY]

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2899), H5928 [21SE]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs (see H.R. 719), H398 [14FE]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 1805), H3151 [13JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1410 [3AP]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1346 [29MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H7718 [1NO]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H741 [7MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H7217 [23OC]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H7529 [30OC]

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

Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

———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 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), H6780 [12OC]

———change certain threshold and other tests to decrease the amount of farm labor wages subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (see H.R. 1079), H1717 [1MY]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1296 [28MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1861 [2MY]

———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), H6056 [25SE]

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

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H8842 [4DE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H400 [14FE]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———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]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3203 [14JN]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H2847 [25MY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1925 [3MY]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6138 [2OC]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H3358 [20JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H2679 [23MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1013 [20MR]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H325 [13FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1295 [28MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H6780 [12OC]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———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), H2082 [9MY]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (see H.R. 285), H7217 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]

Medicare: continue conversion factor under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 3511), H10355 [18DE]

Nicholas County, KY: include as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 3096), H6701 [11OC]

Richmond, KY: convey a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot to Madison County, KY (see H.R. 2909), H5925 [21SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Taxation: 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]

Terrorism: tribute 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. Con. Res. 232), H5926 [21SE]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5409 [6SE]

Remarks

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1236 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2041 [9MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2410 [22MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10086 [13DE]

GAO: tribute, E1996 [2NO]

Health: encourage blood donation, H10060 [13DE]

———expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5259, H5261 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2315), H4411, H4412, H4413 [23JY], H4770 [27JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5209, H5258, H5259, H5261, H5282 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5191 [2AU]

———provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5282 [2AU]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H10086 [13DE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 204), H5934, H5935, H5936 [24SE]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 110), H1651 [26AP]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8210, H8212 [15NO]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H272 [13FE]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1448 [4AP]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1321 [29MR]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H5258, H5259 [2AU]

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]

———tribute 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 (H. Con. Res. 232), H8861 [5DE], E2226 [7DE]

Votes: position on missed, H7861 [7NO]

Tributes

Amburgey, J.G. and Gerry, E351 [13MR]

Coburn, John G., E1949 [30OC]

Cowgill, Bradford L., E2065 [13NO]

Grundy, Hugh L., E1234 [27JN]

Mays, Roy H., III, H5409 [6SE]

Sachatello, Charles, E1173 [21JN]