GRAVES, SAM (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2520 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H2388 [21MY]

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H4863 [30JY]

Armed Forces: increase basic pay (see H.R. 2494), H4541 [24JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1346 [29MR]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see H.R. 2989), H6136 [2OC]

———preserve nonstop service to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for certain communities in case of airline bankruptcy (see H.R. 2387), H3803 [28JN]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H9078 [6DE]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6381 [4OC]

Budget: require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]

Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10967 [20DE]

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

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5456 [6SE]

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), H5925 [21SE]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H8421 [27NO]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H1557 [24AP]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H5736 [19SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 626), H2998 [7JN]

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), H4010 [12JY]

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), H1925 [3MY]

———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), H3069 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2889 [5JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H7529 [30OC]

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

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see H.R. 2582), H4377 [20JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5456 [6SE]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1558 [24AP]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1012 [20MR]

———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), H1411 [3AP]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

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), H4353 [19JY]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3519 [25JN]

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

Government: nullify effects of certain Executive Orders (see H.R. 19), H5704 [14SE]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H10910 [19DE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H8133 [13NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 214), H650 [6MR] (see H.R. 737), H1190 [27MR]

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

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H8248 [15NO]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: provide greater protection of private property rights (see H.R. 1592), H1604 [25AP]

Law enforcement: establish national prerelease warrant check system (see H.R. 362), H164 [31JA]

———improve security at U.S. borders (see H.R. 3205), H7717 [1NO]

Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicare: 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), H5406 [5SE]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (see H.R. 2546), H6056 [25SE]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H8133 [13NO]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H3260 [19JN]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (see H.R. 37), H1346 [29MR]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 106), H1718 [1MY]

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]

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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1121 [26MR]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3805 [28JN]

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

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H6380 [4OC]

———use State and private sector initiatives to provide for the competitive operation of Northeast rail corridor and Autotrain (see H.R. 3591), H10965 [20DE]

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

Safety: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (see H.R. 3429), H9077 [6DE]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3073), H6702 [11OC] (see H.R. 3230), H7851 [6NO]

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

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see H.R. 327), H955 [15MR]

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

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

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

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H6702 [11OC]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 2206), H3202 [14JN]

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

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

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H1659 [26AP]

———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), H10055 [12DE]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H3260 [19JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 317), H162 [31JA]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H7529 [30OC]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H2890 [5JN]

———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 motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H2142 [10MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H929 [14MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H5406 [5SE]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (see H.R. 1895), H3358 [20JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2142 [10MY]

Terrorism: encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]

———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]

———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), H6702 [11OC]

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), H4634 [25JY]

———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. 303), H443 [27FE]

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), H6919 [16OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Drug abuse: establish a club drug task force and authorize grants to expand prevention efforts regarding the abuse of club drugs (see H.R. 3138), H6918 [16OC]

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and expand loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 1843), H2183 [15MY]

———provide teachers and other school professionals with the tools to undertake reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see H.R. 1844), H2183 [15MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see H.R. 651), H395 [14FE]

Postal Service: preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 140), H2142 [10MY]

Social Security: urge that any reform not include mandatory coverage of State and local employees (see H. Con. Res. 229), H5704 [14SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6319 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6181 [3OC], H6319 [4OC]

ATK Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Co.: Sec. of the Army Environmental Quality Award recipient, E673 [1MY]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7595 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7595 [1NO]

Blue Springs, MO: tribute to American Legion Post 499 Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony, E1105 [14JN]

———tribute to Blue Springs South High School marching band, E1948 [30OC]

Cameron, MO: tribute to Cameron Veterans' Home, E1088 [13JN]

Coleman Industrial Construction (business): National Railroad Construction Maintenance Association Contractor Safety Award recipient, E316 [8MR]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1608 [26AP]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2520, H2521 [22MY], H2583, H2614 [23MY]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2614 [23MY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H2520, H2521 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3653 [27JN]

Flag Day: observance, E1105 [14JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4059 [17JY]

Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative, Inc.: tribute to ethanol plant, E188 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2583 [23MY]

Jackson County, MO: anniversary of the Fort Osage landmark, E751 [8MY]

Journal: question of approval, H7317 [25OC]

Kansas City, MO: anniversary of National Center for Indigenous American Cultures, E1671 [20SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in honor of the Liberty Memorial, E1525 [3AU]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3205), H8848 [5DE]

Missouri: tribute to Congressional Award Gold Medal recipients, E1145 [19JN]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H3653 [27JN]

Otto, Michael J.: National Association of Elementary School Principals Missouri National Distinguished Principals Award recipient, E2074 [14NO]

Pensions: increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans, H1792 [2MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1792 [2MY]

Siverling, Ruben: Clay/Platte Development Corp., Small Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E788 [10MY]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), H940 [15MR]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H262 [13FE]

St. Joseph, MO: tribute to American Legion Pony Express Post #359, E1089 [13JN]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1444 [4AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H744 [8MR]

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), H5534 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1763, E1766, E1767, E1769, E1770, E1771, E1772, E1773, E1776, E1779 [2OC], E1795, E1796, E1798, E1799, E1800, E1801, E1802 [4OC], E1805, E1806 [5OC]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H7915 [8NO]

Votes: position on missed, H186 [6FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4377 [20JY]

Tributes

Eckard, Scott, E1493 [1AU]

Graves, Wilfred, E1493 [1AU]

Robinson, Kristen, E1799 [4OC]

Siverling, Ruben, E806 [15MY]

Smith, Jordan, E1799 [4OC]

Sterling, Sara Lynn, E1799 [4OC]

Swoboda, Verna I., E829 [17MY]

West, Richard, E2307 [14DE]