WHITFIELD, ED (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 337, 338), H508 [28FE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H218 [7FE]

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

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

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2680 [23MY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

Children and youth: provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see H.R. 555), H258 [12FE]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2365), H3802 [28JN]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3359 [20JN]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 779), H506 [28FE]

———tribute to the U.S.S. Eisenhower Battle Group during its extended deployment for the war effort in Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 279), H8746 [30NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

———establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H5406 [5SE]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2849 [25MY]

———prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H876 [13MR]

———require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2956 [6JN]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H3466 [21JN]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3239), H8339 [16NO]

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

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

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H741 [7MR]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H4217 [18JY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H221 [7FE]

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

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H224 [7FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Financial institutions: 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]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1556 [24AP]

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

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H254 [8FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2680 [23MY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H1861 [2MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3807 [28JN]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see H.R. 2156), H8338 [16NO]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H10910 [19DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1558 [24AP]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H828 [8MR]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1187), H1296 [28MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1330), H2148 [14MY]

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

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———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]

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

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 1013), H2023 [8MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1661 [26AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2281 [16MY]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H9078 [6DE]

———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), H3619 [26JN]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H7909 [7NO]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———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), H4353 [19JY]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5456 [6SE]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H2023 [8MY]

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

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 2983), H6135 [2OC]

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]

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

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see H.R. 2887), H6380 [4OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

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

———amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3201 [14JN]

———amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H10910 [19DE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H4949 [31JY]

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]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2571 [22MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2849 [25MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3863 [10JY]

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

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

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———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), H4353 [19JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H4863 [30JY]

———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), H7960 [8NO]

———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), H3068 [12JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H28 [3JA]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 147), H167 [31JA]

———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]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H224 [7FE]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H253 [8FE]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H5406 [5SE]

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

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

———increase maximum annual contribution allowable to education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 676), H396 [14FE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4949 [31JY]

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

———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), H2141 [10MY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H167 [31JA]

———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]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 921), H4352 [19JY]

———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), H400 [14FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (see H.R. 1895), H4634 [25JY]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

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

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H3863 [10JY]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H254 [8FE]

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 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), H6057 [25SE]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H1718 [1MY]

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

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H224 [7FE]

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

Unemployment: reform benefit system (see H.R. 3024), H7852 [6NO]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H650 [6MR]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H444 [27FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H5406 [5SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2022 [8MY]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H6421 [5OC]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), H3618 [26JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act: designate Federal agencies responsible for implementation (see H.R. 1534), H1499 [4AP]

Immigration: prohibit H-2A workers from bringing lawsuits against employers, except in the State in which the employer resides, or has its principal place of business (see H.R. 1327), H1345 [29MR]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H623 [1MR]

Morgan Station, Paducah, KY: designate (see H.R. 1325), H1345 [29MR]

Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate (see H.R. 1326), H1345 [29MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H957 [19MR], H8035 [13NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H957 [19MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3898 [11JY]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities, H5011 [1AU]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (H. Con. Res. 170), H3811, H3812, H3817 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: prevent the commercial sale of uranium by the Government except for sales required by statute, H5130 [1AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3652 [27JN]

FDA: delay approval of transgenic or genetically engineered fish, H3898 [11JY]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H7222 [24OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), H637 [6MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5011, H5130 [1AU]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7222 [24OC]

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), H5548 [11SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H619 [1MR]

Tributes

Smith, Al, E1981 [2NO]