CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Health Care: By, E383-E385 [19MR]
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4606 [15JY], H4829 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3601 [17JN]
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H1156 [9AP]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H4350 [8JY]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]
Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H8023 [16OC]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (see H.R. 5070), H4606 [15JY]
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to designate salmon restoration areas and to establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4948), H3601 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H3600 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 4949), H3601 [17JN]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H1091 [20MR]
———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]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2471 [14MY]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5256), H7895 [10OC]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H1289 [15AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H7895 [10OC]
———encourage the prevention of teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2165 [7MY]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H2101 [2MY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
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), H2164 [7MY]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (see H.R. 4714), H2469 [14MY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7895 [10OC]
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), H2165 [7MY]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2165 [7MY]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H2945 [22MY]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1770 [30AP]
Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H6558 [24SE]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H36 [23JA]
Education: require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course (see H.R. 5668), H8022 [16OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H7738 [9OC]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H2357 [9MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3775 [20JN]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3668 [18JN]
———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H7303 [8OC]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H8035 [21OC]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3859 [24JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1156 [9AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H8733 [13NO]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H37 [23JA]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6230 [11SE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3161 [4JN]
Headwaters National Forest: designate the John L. Burton Trail (see H.R. 3765), H523 [14FE]
Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]
———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 5104), H4552 [11JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H6926 [1OC]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1410 [17AP]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1485), H110 [4FE]
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]
International Women's Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 344), H781 [7MR]
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]
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), H6060 [4SE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2100 [2MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]
———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), H3161 [4JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3161 [4JN]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3601 [17JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Middle East: condemn hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians and encourage peace initiatives (see H. Res. 394), H2165 [7MY]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1002 [19MR]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H284 [12FE]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2165 [7MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H781 [7MR]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H1284 [11AP]
———establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1201 [10AP]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6983 [2OC]
NRC: ensure that sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets have been established near nuclear power plants and that appropriate plans for their utilization exist (see H.R. 3279), H688 [5MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H1769 [30AP]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H7304 [8OC]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H4606 [15JY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H5998 [26JY]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H4498 [10JY]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H634 [27FE]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H781 [7MR]
———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), H36 [23JA]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H781 [7MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H7895 [10OC]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H4350 [8JY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H5453 [24JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6061 [4SE]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4085), H2356 [9MY]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1232), H6250 [12SE]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H2472 [14MY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H6129 [9SE]
———support participation of women throughout the world in a week of workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace (see H. Con. Res. 290), H1091 [20MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see H.R. 3898), H780 [7MR]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain water distribution systems of the Cachuma Project, Carpinteria Valley Water District, and Montecito Water District in California (see H.R. 5399), H6373 [18SE]
Diseases: combat cancer (see H.R. 4596), H1673 [25AP]
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), H1087 [20MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]
Excerpts
``Grapes of Wrath,'' John Steinbeck, E1918
Remarks
American Heart Month: observance, E172
Amtrak: funding, H4028 [26JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3028
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7431 [9OC]
California: opposition to offshore drilling, H3425 [11JN]
———prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling, H4829, H4833 [17JY]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H717 [6MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4829, H4833 [17JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5093), consideration (H. Res. 483), H4717 [16JY]
Disabled: ensure that individuals with disabilities are able to vote, H4391 [9JY]
Environmental Defense Center: anniversary, E1982
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 (H.R. 4032), H2208 [8MY], H6932 [2OC]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E347
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E87
Harmon, Courtney: Girl Scouts Lifesaving Medal of Honor recipient, E347
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2192 [8MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6576, H6577 [25SE]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (H.R. 3462), E172
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (H.R. 3431), E172
Health care professionals: encourage screening of all women for domestic violence, H740 [7MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2064 [2MY]
Lifetime Entertainment Services: tribute to television campaign to stop violence against women, H740 [7MR]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3917 [25JN], H4285 [27JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4178 [27JN]
———reform, H6696 [26SE]
———treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, H3028
Mother's Day: observance, H2208 [8MY]
Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities, H2192 [8MY]
———transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H2192 [8MY]
Papa, Lindsey: Girl Scouts Lifesaving Medal of Honor recipient, E347
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (H. Res. 463), H4123 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H374 [13FE]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), Senate amendment, H5056 [22JY]
———amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (H.R. 4916), H6932 [2OC]
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2549 [16MY]
San Luis Obispo, CA: anniversary of Vocal Arts Ensemble, E952
Santa Barbara, CA: unveiling of mural at Santa Barbara Junior High School honoring victims and survivors of terrorist attacks, E1011
Santa Barbara Foundation: anniversary, E1612
Steinbeck, John: tribute (H. Con. Res. 336), E1918
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6185 [11SE]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2849 [22MY]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to instruct conferees, H4391 [9JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H735 [6MR], H2233 [8MY], H3450 [11JN], H3926 [25JN], H4065 [26JN]
Tribute, E383 [19MR]
Tributes
Begg, Charles W., E1981
Childs, Mark, E7
Cirone, Bill, E1583
Dudley, Sam, E1011
Gardiner, James M., E1614
Granatelli, Andy, E1983
Lodge, Joseph, E1698
McGrath, Alice Greenfield, E842
Monsky, Sharon L., E812
Neumann, Robert F., E1617
Sesto, Joe, E503
Wright, Shirley, E843