COOKSEY, JOHN (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H8248 [15NO]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H10173 [17DE]

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), H258 [12FE]

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

———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), H112 [30JA]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H1408 [3AP]

———improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1482 (see H.R. 1407), H1492 [4AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Census: include U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 1745), H2956 [6JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities to improve response to bioterrorism (see H.R. 3219), H8133 [13NO]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H4634 [25JY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H1497 [4AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2335 [17MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8338 [16NO]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3203 [14JN]

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), H5406 [5SE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H650 [6MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and expand conservation programs (see H.R. 1938), H2570 [22MY]

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]

———field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H826 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (see H.R. 2262), H3357 [20JN]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

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]

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

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H8249 [15NO]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1718 [1MY]

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 2069), H4009 [12JY]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H1014 [20MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY]

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

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H444 [27FE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1191 [27MR]

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]

Export Administration Act: extend (see H.R. 2602), H4539 [24JY]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain communications from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 1543), H2142 [10MY]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]

Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460, 1460), H3207 [18JN]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H1485 (see H.R. 1455), H1494 [4AP]

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), H7718 [1NO]

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

Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy persons (see H.R. 2185), H3201 [14JN]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

———establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 1321), H1345 [29MR] (see H.R. 1949), H2570 [22MY]

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

———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), H9239 [11DE]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1013 [20MR]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H1060 [21MR]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H2023 [8MY]

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

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2335 [17MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

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

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

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H3358 [20JN]

———provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident victims (see H.R. 1704), H3806 [28JN]

———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]

———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]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9078 [6DE]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1318), H2281 [16MY]

Medal of Honor: increase rate of special pension for recipients, authorize recipients to be furnished an additional medal for display purposes, and increase criminal penalties associated with misuse or fraud (see H.R. 2561), H5705 [14SE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H621 [1MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H5406 [5SE]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H6137 [2OC]

———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), H1013 [20MR]

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

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2802), H5337 [2AU]

———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), H9239 [11DE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 241), H224 [7FE]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H3863 [10JY]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H1116 [22MR]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6781 [12OC]

National Guard: civilian youth opportunities program funding (see H.R. 2515), H5927 [21SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

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), H397 [14FE]

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), H224 [7FE]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H6381 [4OC]

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: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3714 [27JN]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1489 [4AP]

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

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H7529 [30OC]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3806 [28JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10065 [13DE]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H8181 [14NO]

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

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2281 [16MY]

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

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

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. 2052), H2956 [6JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H5704 [14SE]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see H.R. 2189), H3202 [14JN]

———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), H1925 [3MY]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1489 [4AP]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H2082 [9MY]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 152), H112 [30JA]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

———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), H111 [30JA]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3519 [25JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4353 [19JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H4352 [19JY]

———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]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 15), H5592 [11SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———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]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H5704 [14SE]

———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), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 455), H5339 [2AU]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H6458 [9OC]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1463), H3068 [12JN]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H827 [8MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H3260 [19JN]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

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

———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1555), H5488 [10SE]

———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]

———treatment of unearned income of children attributable to personal injury awards (see H.R. 2229), H4113 [17JY]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H4724 [26JY]

U.N.: enhance capability to rapidly respond to emerging crises (see H.R. 938), H4949 [31JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548, 548), H3207 [18JN]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H650 [6MR]

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

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop electronic voting plan for for such voters (see H.R. 311), H167 [31JA]

World War I: honor commitment to U.S. aviators who lost their lives flying for France by appropriating sufficient funds to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4010 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coast Guard: require that the Sea Marshal Program be carried out in U.S. ports considered to be most vulnerable to terrorist attack and authorize additional personnel and funds for such program (see H.R. 3432), H9077 [6DE]

Dept. of Defense: designation of certain closed military installations as ports of entry (see H.R. 2682), H4948 [31JY]

Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H394 [14FE]

Taxation: 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]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3867 [11JY], H7531 [31OC]

Remarks

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5920 [21SE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5201 [2AU]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (H. Res. 166), H3526, H3527 [26JN]

James C. Corman Federal Building, Van Nuys, CA: designate (S. 468), H4401 [23JY]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H656 [7MR]

Votes: position on missed, H2223 [16MY]

Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (S. 494), H8761 [4DE]