BACHUS, SPENCER (a Representative from Alabama)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H777 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program (see H.R. 5125), H4605 [15JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H6926 [1OC]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H142 [5FE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7930 [15OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (see H.R. 3763), H523 [14FE]
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), H2471 [14MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317, 5326), H6059 [4SE]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H3161 [4JN]
———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 556), H561 [26FE]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1620 [24AP]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H2165 [7MY]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H4606 [15JY]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H6374 [18SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1338 [16AP]
Education: provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H3668 [18JN]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H105 [29JA]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H1284 [11AP]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H2735 [21MY]
Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 5414), H7172 [7OC]
———identification of hidden assets that have been stolen or misappropriated from foreign countries by corrupt foreign political figures (see H.R. 4711), H2355 [9MY]
———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H906 [13MR]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H4575 [12JY]
Foreign policy: ensure that the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative substantially increases resources available for human development and poverty reduction in countries eligible for assistance (see H.R. 4524), H1483 [18AP]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4605 [15JY]
Government: expand types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements (see H.R. 4685), H3562 [13JN]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H6419 [19SE]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H6085 [5SE]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
Hyundai Motor Co.: establishment of automotive manufacturing facility in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 377), H1337 [16AP]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H6129 [9SE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H142 [5FE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H141 [5FE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H6559 [24SE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2735 [21MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H6060 [4SE]
———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), H2019 [1MY]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 975), H2357 [9MY]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H1674 [25AP]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H1155 [9AP]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430; H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6693 [25SE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H2356 [9MY]
SEC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3764), H523 [14FE]
Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H1155 [9AP]
States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 238), H3928 [25JN]
Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 5531), H6982 [2OC]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H2735 [21MY]
Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H5791 [25JY]
———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), H1283 [11AP]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1339 [16AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H5998 [26JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6419 [19SE]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H6926 [1OC]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1484 [18AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see H.R. 3305), H285 [12FE]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 303), H78 [24JA] (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H283 [12FE]
Ogligovna, Anya: relief (see H.R. 5691), H8023 [16OC]
Russo, Natasha Ogligovna: relief (see H.R. 5691), H8023 [16OC]
Factsheets
Protect the U.S. Border While Maintaining Privacy—Privacy of the U.S. Mail Is Not at Risk, H2864 [22MY]
Letters
Accountability of illegal immigrants involved in car accidents: G. Michael Burns, H1637 [25AP]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7230 [8OC]
Bush, President: disapproving the action taken under the Trade Act in response to the surge of steel imports (H.J. Res. 84), disposition (H. Res. 414), H2177
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1551 [24AP]
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6844 [1OC]
Consumers: make ownership cost limitations in New York, Ohio, and Nebraska law the minimum standard of protection for rental-purchase agreements, and establish a national standard on cash prices, H6334 [18SE]
———prohibit preemption of State laws that regulate rental-purchase agreements as a form of consumer credit, H6321, H6322, H6340 [18SE]
———prohibit shifting of liability for rental-purchase agreements for loss, damage, or destruction of property from the merchant to the consumer, H6322, H6337 [18SE]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6321, H6322, H6323, H6327, H6334, H6337 [18SE]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), motion to recommit, H6340 [18SE]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (H.R. 4623), H3881 [25JN]
Customs Service: expand authority to search outgoing international mail, H2863, H2868
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2863, H2868
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H130 [5FE], H149, H152, H157, H158 [6FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (H.R. 163), H7026 [7OC]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 3717), H2799, H2802 [21MY]
———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 1009), H1110 [9AP]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 342), H149, H152 [6FE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), E300
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1637 [25AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 607), H8740 [14NO]
Parliamentary inquiry, H2798 [21MY]
Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 5531), H7107 [7OC]
Truth in Lending Act: adjust the exempt transactions amount for inflation (H.R. 5507), H7027 [7OC]
Votes: position on missed, H6383
Washington metropolitan area: sniper shooting spree, H7230 [8OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6691 [25SE]
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE]