CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE (a Representative from West Virginia)
Amendments
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H295 [12FE], H429 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H4574 [12JY]
———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H3292 [6JN]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2101 [2MY]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3292 [6JN]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4767 [16JY]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H9036 [19NO]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H1201 [10AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H3230 [5JN]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H5790 [25JY]
Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H1155 [9AP]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
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 (see H.R. 4623), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H8035 [21OC]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H781 [7MR]
———combat endometriosis (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1091 [20MR]
Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H201 [6FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1087 [20MR]
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), H1284 [11AP]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H2019 [1MY]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H651 [28FE]
Government: authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (see H.R. 3924), H1003 [19MR]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H6060 [4SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H1770 [30AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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), H3601 [17JN]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H562 [26FE]
Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H3161 [4JN]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6419 [19SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H7172 [7OC]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H6060 [4SE]
Libraries: provide public library construction and technology enhancement (see H.R. 1803), H36 [23JA]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]
———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H3230 [5JN]
———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), H2235 [8MY]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H6129 [9SE]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 2161), H1674 [25AP]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H1003 [19MR]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3293 [6JN]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H6130 [9SE]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H738 [6MR]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H562 [26FE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Social Security: improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 80), H366 [13FE]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H367 [13FE]
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), H4425 [9JY]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6229 [11SE]
———N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 3883), H737 [6MR]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H5791 [25JY]
———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 3218), H4350 [8JY]
———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), H1154 [9AP]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1154 [9AP]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2608 [16MY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H3668 [18JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5587), H7895 [10OC]
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H634 [27FE]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1533 [23AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H2944 [22MY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H651 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H906 [13MR]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4751), H2607 [16MY]
———establish a prescription drug discount card endorsement program (see H.R. 4930), H3561 [13JN]
Tariff: IN-N5297 (see H.R. 3787), H561 [26FE]
Women's History Month: observance (see H. Res. 371), H1003 [19MR]
Cost Estimates
Dept. of Transportation construction of a plaza adjacent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (H.R. 5012): CBO, H6006 [4SE]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H83 [29JA]
Remarks
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (S. 1206), H532 [26FE]
Benavides, Luz D.: SBA West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E887
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4688 [16JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 356), H1713 [30AP]
———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 347), H1710 [30AP]
———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 354), H1712 [30AP]
———authorizing use of Grounds for the National Book Festival (H. Con. Res. 348), H1711 [30AP]
Charleston, WV: tribute to Chandler Elementary School students and staff, E1605
Clise, Norma L.: Hampshire County, WV, Knight of Olde Hampshire award recipient, E1489
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H856
Demchik, Virginia C.: West Virginia Academy of Science (organization) Teacher of the Year award recipient, E911
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5657 [25JY]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize construction of a plaza adjacent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (H.R. 5012), H6006, H6008 [4SE]
Ferguson, Ewell A.: SBA West Virginia Small Business Exporter of the Year award recipient, E859
Gladwell, Beatrice: Dept. of Agriculture National 4-H Alumni Award recipient, E509
Government: authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (H.R. 3924), consideration (H. Res. 373), H1014 [20MR]
Guthrie, Nancy: SBA West Virginia Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E922
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), consideration (H. Res. 553), H6718 [26SE]
Henderson, Geraldine (Jerry): SBA West Virginia Women in Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E879
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H585
Major League Baseball: implement a mandatory steroid testing program (H. Res. 496), H5050 [22JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3438 [11JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3725 [20JN], H3933 [26JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4175 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H430, H432 [13FE]
———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds, H430, H432 [13FE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2534 [16MY]
Simmons, Aaron: SBA West Virginia Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E849
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), Senate amendments, H3630 [18JN]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6397 [19SE]
Telecommunications: require Bell Operating Cos., to offer high-speed internet to low-income urban areas, H585
Violence Against Women Week: observance, H691 [6MR]
Votes: position on missed, H123
West, William: National Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher Award recipient, E1542
Women's History Month: observance (H. Res. 371), H976 [19MR]
Tributes
Gregg, Joseph, E1515
Lucas, Larry F., E1805
Seldon, Kenneth, E816
Stanley, Bob, E1583
Vance, Gene A., H2669 [21MY]