BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, H7004 [3OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Armed Forces: authorize a voluntary leave sharing program (see H.R. 4119), H1484 [18AP]
———extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H1410 [17AP]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2020), H6229 [11SE]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 110), H6693 [25SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H907 [13MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]
———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1673 [25AP]
———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H1410 [17AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H2608 [16MY]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6926 [1OC] (see H.R. 5326), H6983 [2OC]
———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2788), H1769 [30AP]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H1156 [9AP]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H1533 [23AP]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3668 [18JN]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see H.R. 2512), H2471 [14MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H3562 [13JN]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1484 [18AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H6060 [4SE]
———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H1688 [29AP]
———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H3669 [18JN]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H3669 [18JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H4575 [12JY]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6983 [2OC]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H1154 [9AP]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]
———establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program (see H.R. 1882), H1154 [9AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H3669 [18JN]
———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H1484 [18AP]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1769 [30AP]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H2101 [2MY]
———combat cancer (see H.R. 4596), H2101 [2MY]
———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), H4069 [26JN]
District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H3669 [18JN]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H3721 [19JN]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H7019 [3OC]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H284 [12FE]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H3721 [19JN]
FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H2100 [2MY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H1484 [18AP]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1675 [25AP]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1674 [25AP]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2019 [1MY]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H2608 [16MY]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H105 [29JA]
Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 3968), H1091 [20MR]
Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1202 [10AP]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H562 [26FE]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1156 [9AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H2945 [22MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H79 [24JA]
———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1490 [22AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
House Rules: amend to require a three-fifths vote to pass any measure which would result in a budget deficit (see H. Res. 397), H1674 [25AP]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H2735 [21MY]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 5612), H7893 [10OC]
Immigration: facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]
Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H6775 [26SE]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2356 [9MY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H6693 [25SE]
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), H2099 [2MY]
J. Robert Elliott Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, GA: designate (see H.R. 3643), H103 [29JA]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1201 [10AP]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Martha Berry Post Office, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5609), H8023 [16OC]
Medicaid: assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H1154 [9AP]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H3668 [18JN]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H6983 [2OC]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1604), H1201 [10AP]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 3899), H1769 [30AP]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H4766 [16JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H3037 [23MY]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H1155 [9AP]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H3038 [23MY]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H4766 [16JY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H3668 [18JN]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H2164 [7MY]
———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H2608 [16MY]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H1090 [20MR]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3721 [19JN]
Meningitis Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 340), H1156 [9AP]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2101 [2MY]
Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5574), H7303 [8OC]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H2735 [21MY]
———ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1950), H3454 [11JN]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4932 [18JY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6085 [5SE]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H6130 [9SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4069 [26JN]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H650 [28FE] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H1410 [17AP]
New York, NY: tribute to Harlem Little League All-Stars baseball team (see H. Con. Res. 468), H6420 [19SE]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H3669 [18JN]
———uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H5997 [26JY]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: ensure public safety officers receive benefits (see H.R. 5375), H6250 [12SE]
Pensions: improve pension plan security (see H.R. 5110), H5195 [23JY]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H2735 [21MY]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H1091 [20MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3721 [19JN]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H5998 [26JY]
Schools: establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H1410 [17AP]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4575 [12JY]
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H3668 [18JN]
Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2630), H3292 [6JN]
———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), H1410 [17AP]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2101 [2MY]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2735 [21MY]
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), H285 [12FE]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]
Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 1127), H3161 [4JN]
———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), H932 [14MR]
———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H937 [18MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3774 [20JN]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2661 [20MY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4931 [18JY]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H2165 [7MY]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2419), H2356 [9MY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6693 [25SE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H1410 [17AP]
———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 882), H2355 [9MY]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H2511 [15MY]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H932 [14MR]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3775 [20JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, and establish a tobacco community reinvestment program (see H.R. 5480), H6776 [26SE]
———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 5035), H4324 [27JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 3561), H2608 [16MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7172 [7OC]
Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 4621), H4326 [27JN]
———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H2471 [14MY]
———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1410 [17AP]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H1484 [18AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1410 [17AP]
Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H1410 [17AP]
Voting: require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 128), H1283 [11AP]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Andersonville National Historic Site: addition of certain donated lands (see H.R. 4692), H2355 [9MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2041 [2MY]
Andersonville National Historic Site: addition of certain donated lands (H.R. 4692), H6879 [1OC]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7318 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: establish a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps, H5447 [24JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5833 [26JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3536 [13JN]
Georgia: Southwest Georgia Regional Public Library System recipient of the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Award for Museum and Library Services, E2085
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H593
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5417, H5431, H5444, H5447, H5449 [24JY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), conference report, H8816 [14NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), consideration (H. Res. 497), H5415 [24JY]
———hiring and retention of minorities in the intelligence community, H5449 [24JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5431 [24JY]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities, H5444 [24JY]
———provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3940 [26JN]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3252 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3242 [6JN]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5833 [26JY]
Votes: correction, H4526 [11JY]
———position on missed, H2386 [9MY]
Tributes
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., E1299
Noble, Jeanne L., E2087