JENKINS, WILLIAM L. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H623 [1MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H5488 [10SE]

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]

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

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]

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), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1489 [4AP]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H3619 [26JN]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1490 [4AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H2709 [24MY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1555 [24AP]

Firearms: 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), H2281 [16MY]

———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]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]

Health: sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3619 [26JN]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (see H.R. 329), H163 [31JA]

———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H8249 [15NO]

Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H650 [6MR]

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1410 [3AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H3358 [20JN]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3619 [26JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H3260 [19JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H2082 [9MY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H2184 [15MY]

———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), H8843 [4DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5616 [13SE]

Moccasin Bend National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 980), H875 [13MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1558 [24AP]

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), H1190 [27MR]

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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H877 [13MR]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3961 [11JY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H1557 [24AP]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H650 [6MR]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 80), H3067 [12JN]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE] (see H.R. 2683), H5592 [11SE]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 82), H3067 [12JN]

———allow businesses to expense qualified security devices (see H.R. 2970), H8338 [16NO]

———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]

———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), H2712 [24MY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H3713 [27JN]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H2142 [10MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———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]

———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]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H5455 [6SE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3069 [12JN]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H6260 [3OC]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC]

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

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H1718 [1MY]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H650 [6MR]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1925 [3MY]

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

Voting: 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), H3960 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (see H.R. 3380), H8731 [29NO]

Remarks

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (H.R. 1668), H3491 [25JN]

Of One Accord Ministry (organization): tribute, E114 [6FE]

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), E1645 [13SE]

Tributes

Davis, Jefferson D., E2346 [20DE]

Hobbs, Charles C., H3007 [12JN]