RILEY, BOB (a Representative from Alabama)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H741 [7MR]

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1346 [29MR]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H5340 [2AU]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3151 [13JN]

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

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 256), H325 [13FE]

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

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2184 [15MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H323 [13FE]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H2889 [5JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously 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.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3807 [28JN]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (see H.R. 3004), H6259 [3OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H4539 [24JY]

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

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), H876 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1116 [22MR]

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

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

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]

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]

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1410 [3AP]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal employees: improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1920), H2386 [21MY]

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), H9076 [6DE]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2999 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 2964), H6505 [10OC]

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

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), H8249 [15NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3150 [13JN]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H112 [30JA]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2185 [15MY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

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

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

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H10356 [18DE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3260 [19JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6780 [12OC]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H7852 [6NO]

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

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H5592 [11SE]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1487 (see H.R. 1490), H1496 [4AP]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2185 [15MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H3806 [28JN]

———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), H4014 [16JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H1013 [20MR]

———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), H8949 [5DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1658 [26AP]

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

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H325 [13FE]

Native Americans: require State approval of new gambling facilities, develop minimum Federal standards for Indian gaming, and establish commission to report on living standards on Indian lands (see H.R. 2244), H3259 [19JN]

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

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

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

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

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3961 [11JY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 1943), H3619 [26JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1664 [27AP]

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

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (see H. Res. 173), H3358 [20JN]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

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

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H2712 [24MY]

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

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H8842 [4DE]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H5456 [6SE]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 67), H1012 [20MR]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H2185 [15MY]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1346 [29MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H832 [12MR]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H3465 [21JN]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

———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), H1660 [26AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1605 [25AP]

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

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H253 [8FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H224 [7FE]

———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), H4725 [26JY]

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

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

———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]

———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]

———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 alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H5407 [5SE]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H2889 [5JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H5616 [13SE]

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

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H5971 [24SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2023 [8MY]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H6260 [3OC]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 52), H399 [14FE]

———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), H5926 [21SE]

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]

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), H4217 [18JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H443 [27FE]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 50), H26 [3JA]

———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), H3806 [28JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN]

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

Armed Forces: establish employment and tuition assistance program for military spouses (see H.R. 2413), H3804 [28JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 241), H76 [20JA]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (see H.R. 3252), H7958 [8NO]

Poarch Band of Creek Indians: prohibit gaming on certain lands taken into trust (see H.R. 240), H76 [20JA]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H61 [6JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1349 [30MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3754 [28JN]

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), H5652 [14SE]

Auburn University: poultry production improvements project funding, H3754 [28JN]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), E2015 [6NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), E1188 [25JN]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (H. Res. 57), H421 [27FE]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (H.R. 3252), H7912 [8NO]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (H. Res. 34), H267 [13FE]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), E194 [14FE]

Taxation: reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 104), H1300 [29MR]

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), H5587 [11SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H1081 [22MR]

Tuskegee University: tribute to football team, H10358 [19DE]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), E1613 [10SE]

Votes: position on missed, H682 [7MR], H4916 [31JY], H7782 [6NO], E240 [28FE], E888 [22MY], E1188 [25JN], E1312 [11JY], E1320 [12JY], E1361 [18JY], E1404, E1411 [24JY], E1965 [31OC], E2015 [6NO], E2160 [28NO], E2211 [5DE], E2246 [10DE], E2270 [13DE], E2348 [20DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Riley, Jenice, H5344 [5SE]

Tributes

Abbott, Rudy, E1549 [3AU]

Willmore, Roger D., H1349 [30MR]