CANTOR, ERIC (a Representative from Virginia)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
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), H1154 [9AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H907 [13MR]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Aviation: crash of Transporte Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 (see H. Con. Res. 313), H141 [5FE]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2945 [22MY]
Baumel, Zachary: anniversary of capture, and calling on Syria and Lebanon to locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action (see H. Con. Res. 417), H3514 [12JN]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]
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]
Capitol Building and Grounds: 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]
———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 325), H284 [12FE]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7172 [7OC]
Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H79 [24JA]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6693 [25SE]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H37 [23JA]
———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H1090 [20MR]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H524 [14FE]
———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4873 [17JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H6230 [11SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H1090 [20MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H8029 [17OC]
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), H4069 [26JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1156 [9AP]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H78 [24JA]
Employment: protect employer rights by not allowing professional union organizers to compel employers to force employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2800), H36 [23JA]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1770 [30AP]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H105 [29JA]
———exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (see H.R. 163), H1201 [10AP]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H6419 [19SE]
Financial institutions: use national standard for protection of personal financial information and establish Presidential commission to study impact on national security (see H.R. 3068), H201 [6FE]
Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H2356 [9MY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]
Government: expand types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements (see H.R. 4685), H2235 [8MY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1533 [23AP]
Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 329), H366 [13FE]
———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), H4931 [18JY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3721 [19JN]
Holocaust: issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims (see H. Res. 583), H7894 [10OC]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6984 [2OC]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H1091 [20MR]
Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H6130 [9SE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend to improve administrative structure for carrying out immigration laws (see H.R. 4108), H1533 [23AP]
Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H6783 [30SE]
Israel: acceptance of existence of Israel by Arab leaders (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1202 [10AP]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]
Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: permanently extend the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4020), H1156 [9AP]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Kosovo: independence (see H. Res. 467), H6374 [18SE]
Law enforcement: conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H6419 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6061 [4SE]
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), H1338 [16AP]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1283 [11AP]
Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1674 [25AP]
———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2946 [22MY]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H738 [6MR]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pipelines: inclusion of Armenia in all oil and gas pipeline routes built in the South Caucasus region (see H. Con. Res. 162), H1339 [16AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN] (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3562 [13JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6693 [25SE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H932 [14MR]
SEC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3764), H523 [14FE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H1201 [10AP]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H937 [18MR]
Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners (see H. Con. Res. 459), H6374 [18SE]
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), H1620 [24AP]
Taxation: 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), H2164 [7MY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H285 [12FE]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1202 [10AP]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6560 [24SE]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H3292 [6JN]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6229 [11SE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H2100 [2MY]
———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6129 [9SE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5791 [25JY]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4790), H6777 [26SE]
Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H1090 [20MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
U.N.: tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H3230 [5JN]
Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair parliamentary election process (see H. Res. 339), H562 [26FE]
United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H9025 [14NO]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1090 [20MR]
Virginia: convert a temporary Federal district judgeship to a permanent judgeship (see H.R. 4068), H1089 [20MR]
Washington metropolitan area: tribute to law enforcement officials involved in sniper shooting spree investigation and express condolences to the snipers' victims and their families (see H. Con. Res. 515), H8545 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Coin Design Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 5075), H4424 [9JY]
Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see H.R. 5075), H4424 [9JY]
———specify that the reverse of the 5-cent piece shall bear an image of Monticello (see H.R. 4903), H3453 [11JN]
Immigration: limit validity of driver's licenses and State identification cards issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expiration date of nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 5322), H6059 [4SE]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H78 [24JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H338 [13FE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7342 [9OC]
Ashland, VA: anniversary of Ashland Lions Club, E77
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1564, H1566 [24AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 325), H241 [12FE]
Coins: specify that the reverse of the 5-cent piece shall bear an image of Monticello (H.R. 4903), H5020 [22JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), H3091 [4JN]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), E1228
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (H. Res. 559), H6943 [2OC]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2062 [2MY]
———independence anniversary, H1401 [17AP]
Loyalty Day: observance, E642
Mechanicsville, VA: tribute to Rural Point Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind team, E1124
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, H1141, H1142 [9AP], H1401 [17AP]
National Police Week: observance, E848
Nobel Prize: recognition of John B. Fenn for chemistry, E1860
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H428 [13FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to civil rights and issues affecting minorities from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H428 [13FE]
SEC: require the net capital of an accountant be equal to one-half of the annual audit revenue received from registered issuers, H1566 [24AP]
Tom Bliley Post Office Building, Richmond, VA: designate (H.R. 1748), H243 [12FE]
Ukrop, James: Virginia Pharmacists Association Research and Education Foundation Rx for Excellence Award recipient, E478
Votes: position on missed, H17
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H5084 [22JY]
Tributes
Bennett, Earl, III, E1577
Cook, V. Stuart, E2057
Hirschmann, Susan, H5065
Miller, Giles H., Jr., E1307
Pleasants, Frederic, Jr., E2055