HAYES, ROBIN (a Representative from North Carolina)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H399 [14FE]
Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H2142 [10MY]
———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]
Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H2678 [23MY]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1410 [3AP]
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]
———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), H6259 [3OC]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H399 [14FE]
Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]
China, People's Republic of: withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1467), H1485 (see H.R. 1467), H1495 [4AP]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]
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]
Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H955 [15MR]
———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H325 [13FE]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H6505 [10OC]
———extend and expand conservation programs (see H.R. 1938), H2570 [22MY]
———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), H5339 [2AU]
———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: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 1282), H4541 [24JY]
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), H6056 [25SE]
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), H1557 [24AP]
———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), H2955 [6JN]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H7127 [17OC]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]
FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H9240 [11DE]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H1410 [3AP]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H650 [6MR]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H6422 [5OC]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]
Fish and fishing: conserve Atlantic highly migratory species of fish (see H.R. 1367), H2335 [17MY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1296 [28MR]
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]
Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]
———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H1557 [24AP]
Foreign trade: revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H4539 [24JY]
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), H8339 [16NO]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2956 [6JN]
Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
James L. Watson U.S. Court of International Trade Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2841), H6260 [3OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3150 [13JN]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4352 [19JY]
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), H4009 [12JY]
———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), H2148 [14MY]
———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]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2680 [23MY]
National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H2890 [5JN]
National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5928 [21SE]
National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]
National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3204 [14JN]
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), H955 [15MR]
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), H507 [28FE]
Public lands: establish terms and conditions for use of certain Federal lands by outfitters and facilitate public opportunities for the recreational use and enjoyment of such lands (see H.R. 2386), H3803 [28JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]
Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]
———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]
Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H741 [7MR]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 3571), H10964 [20DE]
Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]
———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H1346 [29MR]
———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H2142 [10MY]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H8133 [13NO]
———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H6780 [12OC]
———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), H3466 [21JN]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]
———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4949 [31JY]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H4541 [24JY]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H167 [31JA]
———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 motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H3203 [14JN]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]
Terrorism: encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]
———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), H6781 [12OC]
Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]
Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building, Forest City, NC: designate (see H.R. 3072), H6458 [9OC]
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), H325 [13FE]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]
———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), H1490 [4AP]
W. Joe Trogdon Post Office Building, Asheboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 821), H741 [7MR]
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: tribute to military working dog teams (see H. Res. 145), H2570 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: limit exceptions to and expand Buy American Act requirements (see H.R. 1458), H1485 (see H.R. 1458), H1495 [4AP]
Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6313 [4OC]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6177 [3OC], H6313 [4OC]
———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3538 [26JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, E1634
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), H5655 [14SE]
Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7639 [1NO]
———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7639 [1NO]
———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5900 [21SE]
———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5886 [21SE]
Children and youth: abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6669 [11OC]
China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 50), H4321 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5776 [20SE]
———commend U.S. military and defense contractor personnel responsible for successful in-flight ballistic missile defense interceptor test (H. Res. 195), H4039 [17JY]
———deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, H2535 [22MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6669 [11OC]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H6007
———prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality, H6007
Duke University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1387 [3AP]
Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (H. Res. 57), H417 [27FE]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2535 [22MY], H2622
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Impact Aid Program funding, H2622
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4060
Fort Bragg, NC: Commander in Chief Award for Army Communities of Excellence Program recipient, H1745 [2MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5184 [2AU]
National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (S. 657), H3481
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), E1634
Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2751), H10484 [19DE]
Spring Lake, NC: anniversary, E653
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7858 [7NO], H9246 [12DE]
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), H5561 [11SE]
———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5886, H5900 [21SE]
Votes: position on missed, H5427 [6SE], E2220
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5399 [5SE]
Special order: granted, H2953 [6JN]
Resignations
Committee on Resources (House), H228 [8FE]
Tributes
Piner, Duke J. (Pete), E476
Tyson, Edward, E1193