DAVIS, JIM (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3421 [21JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3727 [28JN]
Appointments
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, H3927 [11JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP]
Afghanistan: condemn the destruction of pre-Islamic statues by the Taliban regime (see H. Con. Res. 52), H741 [7MR]
———condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1490 [4AP] (see H.R. 1256), H6458 [9OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H628 [5MR]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H4378 [20JY]
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]
———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), H8248 [15NO]
Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 131), H4780 [27JY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H412 [26FE]
``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 43), H442 [27FE]
Budget: use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see H. Con. Res. 55), H741 [7MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish the Spirit of America Garden as part of the Capitol Visitors Center to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2991), H6136 [2OC]
———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H111 [30JA]
Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 250), H7910 [7NO]
China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 56), H1191 [27MR]
China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 2739), H8421 [27NO]
———participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1116 [22MR]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H628 [5MR]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9078 [6DE]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H5736 [19SE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H742 [7MR]
Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2734), H5334 [2AU] (see H.R. 2929), H5926 [21SE]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H6056 [25SE]
Cuba: human rights violations (see H. Res. 91), H1191 [27MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H5339 [2AU]
Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H1410 [3AP]
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), H3260 [19JN]
———maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]
Dept. of Transportation: improve security at U.S. maritime borders (see H.R. 3013), H7358 [29OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H1484 (see H.R. 1450), H1494 [4AP]
———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]
———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]
Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H2387 [21MY]
———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H221 [7FE]
———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 687), H412 [26FE]
———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (see H.R. 919), H828 [8MR]
El Salvador: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 41), H742 [7MR]
Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 345), H164 [31JA]
EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]
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]
Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1659 [26AP]
GAO: tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (see H. Res. 294), H8421 [27NO]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1117 [22MR]
Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1487 (see H. Res. 115), H1499 [4AP]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]
Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5406 [5SE]
Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]
Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]
Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1615), H3151 [13JN]
India: welcome Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee upon U.S. visit and affirm support in campaign against international terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7909 [7NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1190 [27MR]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H444 [27FE]
International Olympic Committee: commend efforts to bring about understanding between cultures, protection of civil rights, intolerance of discrimination, and promotion of world peace through sports (see H. Con. Res. 167), H3357 [20JN]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H4113 [17JY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]
———improve security at U.S. borders (see H.R. 3205), H8249 [15NO]
———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H5928 [21SE]
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]
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), H10055 [12DE]
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), H5736 [19SE]
———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7529 [30OC]
———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), H9240 [11DE]
Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1115 [22MR]
National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H6137 [2OC]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H9077 [6DE]
Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H8248 [15NO]
OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]
Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]
———tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]
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), H6421 [5OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]
Refugees: support victims of torture (see H. Con. Res. 168), H3519 [25JN]
———treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1405), H5339 [2AU]
Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]
Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]
Social Security: 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), H1558 [24AP]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H1013 [20MR]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H2849 [25MY]
———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), H6380 [4OC]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1556 [24AP]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H1012 [20MR]
———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2807), H6380 [4OC]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]
———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]
———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. 1487), H2890 [5JN]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H2712 [24MY]
———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931), H2569 [22MY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1557 [24AP]
———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H4780 [27JY]
Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]
———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2882), H5615 [13SE]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2905), H5925 [21SE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H741 [7MR]
———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. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]
———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]
———repeal manifestation period for a presumption of service-connection for respiratory cancers occurring in Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 1587), H8338 [16NO]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]
———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H5928 [21SE]
``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]
Remarks
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), H5641 [14SE]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1163 [27MR], H1204 [28MR]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2038 [9MY]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), motion to instruct conferees, H1511, H1512 [24AP]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), recommit conference report (H. Res. 134), H1953 [8MY]
———treatment of public debt, H1204 [28MR]
Bureau of Public Debt: report on public debt relative to foreign ownership and detailed cost data, H4559 [25JY]
Capitol Police: tribute (H. Res. 309), H9126 [11DE]
Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2528, H2530
Dept. of Energy: electrochromic technology research and development program, H3373
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3373
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4613 [25JY]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2528, H2530
———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10100 [13DE]
———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10090 [13DE]
———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, H10090 [13DE]
———funding, H1511, H1512 [24AP], H2038 [9MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3727, H3728, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]
FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4613 [25JY]
Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3421, H3425 [21JN], H3727, H3728, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]
Natural gas: Gulfstream Natural Gas Project funding, H3727, H3728, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3734 [28JN]
Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China, E754
Stonesifer, Patricia Q.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 26), H9124 [11DE]
Taxation: rates, H1163 [27MR]
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), H5514 [11SE]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9019
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9296 [12DE]
Tributes
Bensing, Richard J., E754
Coe, Harry L., III, E1336
Ford, Nancy, E2203
Marrero, Lois, E1300
Romano, Jack L., E756