BOYD, ALLEN (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5733 [19SE], H5848 [20SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 2904, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6102 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H2388 [21MY]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 1016), H927 [14MR]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1605), H5488 [10SE]

Air Force: enhance science and technology planning and budgeting (see H.R. 2659), H4724 [26JY]

Armed Forces: make temporary adjustments in basic housing allowances in response to increases in military housing costs (see H.R. 3411), H8948 [5DE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H443 [27FE]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H7529 [30OC]

Budget: make process more transparent (see H.R. 1257), H1189 [27MR]

———require three-fifths majority vote to waive point of order against considering spending or revenue legislation before a concurrent resolution is in place (see H.R. 1369), H1409 [3AP]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H1925 [3MY]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H443 [27FE]

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5407 [5SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H6056 [25SE]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9078 [6DE]

Corp of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2890 [5JN]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H5407 [5SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H27 [3JA]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H6505 [10OC]

———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), H1116 [22MR]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H1557 [24AP]

———require report on effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer prior to implementing certain reductions on production and consumption (see H.R. 2084), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H3260 [19JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H1012 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the inclusion of Virginia Key Beach, FL, in the National Park System (see H.R. 2109), H10055 [12DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1661 [26AP]

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]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H929 [14MR]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H4010 [12JY]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H2848 [25MY]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Electric power: provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see H.R. 381), H877 [13MR]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H8181 [14NO]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H162 [31JA]

Flag—U.S.: 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]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 2091), H2956 [6JN]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see H.R. 3477), H10065 [13DE]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 674), H955 [15MR]

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

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

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), H621 [1MR]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3619 [26JN]

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]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H.R. 2181), H3201 [14JN] (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1926 [3MY]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H443 [27FE]

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

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), H4863 [30JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———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), H10355 [18DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4780 [27JY]

National Academy of Sciences: conduct a study to determine the causes of recent increases in the price of natural gas (see H.R. 712), H877 [13MR]

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

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

Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (see H.R. 2910), H5925 [21SE]

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

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H224 [7FE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6379 [4OC]

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), H1558 [24AP]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3068 [12JN]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H6505 [10OC]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H4113 [17JY]

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

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H3204 [14JN]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H3358 [20JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H4113 [17JY]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H2142 [10MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H443 [27FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1410 [3AP]

———allow taxpayers to include citrus canker tree replacement payments as income or gain (see H.R. 2824), H5338 [2AU]

———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), H5927 [21SE]

———expand nontaxable exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under public order due to canker may be replaced (see H.R. 2823), H5338 [2AU]

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

———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]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H1346 [29MR]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H8731 [29NO]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3393), H9078 [6DE]

Veterans: 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), H3260 [19JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers (see H.R. 1961), H5456 [6SE]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1425), H1483 (see H.R. 1425), H1493 [4AP]

Motions

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4859 [30JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3754 [28JN], H3917 [11JY]

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), H5656 [14SE]

———tribute to military working dog teams (H. Res. 145), E1078 [12JN]

Black History Month: observance, E245 [28FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H729 [7MR]

———deficit, H359, H361, H363, H365 [14FE]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1234 [28MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H359, H361, H363, H365 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H3917 [11JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), motion to recommit, H4859 [30JY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H603 [1MR]

Leon County, FL: tribute to Armed Forces members, E2273 [13DE]

May, Robert: Sons of Confederate Veterans (organization) Charles P. Ulmer Compatriot of the Year Award recipient, E305 [7MR]

Panama City, FL: anniversary of Junior Service League, E2351 [20DE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), H729 [7MR]

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), H5531 [11SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6770 [12OC]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5531 [11SE]

Veterans: health care funding, H4859 [30JY]

Votes: position on missed, H5196 [2AU], E480 [28MR], E821 [17MY], E1909, E1911, E1913 [17OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2845 [25MY], H6777 [12OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Armed Forces members: Leon County, FL, Board of County Commissioners, E2273 [13DE]

Tributes

Barnett, Martha W., E1526 [3AU]