CLAY, WILLIAM LACY, JR. (a Representative from Missouri)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H6129 [9SE]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3601 [17JN]
Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H3292 [6JN]
Armed Forces: modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (see H.R. 1962), H3721 [19JN]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H4326 [27JN]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H7018 [3OC]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 110), H6693 [25SE]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H651 [28FE]
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 339), H737 [6MR]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]
Campanella, Roy: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1156 [9AP]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H3720 [19JN]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H5195 [23JY]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6230 [11SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6778 [26SE]
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 a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 4785), H5791 [25JY]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3807), H1155 [9AP]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1533 [23AP]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H1091 [20MR]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1533 [23AP]
———require purchases of firearms, ammunition, and explosives be made in person and keep records on the means of purchase (see H.R. 4101), H1153 [9AP]
Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2662), H2235 [8MY]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Darley, Felix O.C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 216), H285 [12FE]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H781 [7MR]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H5998 [26JY]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H201 [6FE]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]
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]
———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]
Diseases: increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2019 [1MY]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H6060 [4SE]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 3912), H3292 [6JN]
———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H5791 [25JY]
———extend student loan forgiveness to adult education instructors (see H.R. 4123), H3860 [24JN]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]
———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H4554 [11JY]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H6061 [4SE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H2101 [2MY]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H1284 [11AP]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1156 [9AP]
———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), H142 [5FE]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3774 [20JN]
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), H285 [12FE]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H3292 [6JN]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H202 [6FE]
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), H6303 [17SE]
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]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H5998 [26JY]
Garvey, Marcus: recognize human rights accomplishments and clear name relative to politically motivated criminal charges (see H. Res. 50), H1202 [10AP]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
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]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H110 [4FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H834 [12MR]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H2356 [9MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H1338 [16AP]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H105 [29JA]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1091 [20MR]
Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H6060 [4SE]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]
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]
Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1122), H1201 [10AP]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1201 [10AP]
———establish a national database of firearms ballistics information and require firearms manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new firearms (see H.R. 408), H8035 [21OC]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H2164 [7MY]
———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), H6693 [25SE]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2471 [14MY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H1155 [9AP]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1283 [11AP]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H737 [6MR]
Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see H.R. 3284), H781 [7MR]
———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (see H.R. 2178), H6559 [24SE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H907 [13MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H. Con. Res. 328), H1284 [11AP]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H2608 [16MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H4766 [16JY]
———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3267), H781 [7MR]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2735 [21MY]
———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1451), H3721 [19JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2472 [14MY]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3563 [13JN]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H5997 [26JY]
National Park Service: form committee to establish guidelines for national competition to design a statue commemorating Lewis and Clark expedition bicentennial (see H. Res. 591), H8022 [16OC]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend relative to transportation of nuclear waste (see H.R. 4605), H3038 [23MY]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for supportive services to older individuals who reside in naturally occurring retirement communities (see H.R. 5134), H4766 [16JY]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H3669 [18JN]
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 182), H1156 [9AP]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1282 [11AP]
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), H6560 [24SE]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3826 [21JN]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4326 [27JN]
Robeson, Paul L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 114), H1339 [16AP]
Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 126), H1202 [10AP]
SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 3634), H367 [13FE]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H6060 [4SE]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H9025 [14NO]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2101 [2MY]
Space policy: preserve peaceful uses of space by prohibiting space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy orbiting objects in space (see H.R. 3616), H1155 [9AP]
Taxation: 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]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1284 [11AP]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H781 [7MR]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3297 [10JN]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H5791 [25JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H651 [28FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Veterans: increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 3719), H3669 [18JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
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), H781 [7MR]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1425), H4498 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]
Tariff: m-hydroxy benzaldehyde (see H.R. 4132), H1199 [10AP]
———N ethyl N benzyl aniline sulfonic acid (see H.R. 4133), H1199 [10AP]
———p-cresidine sulfonic acid (see H.R. 4130), H1199 [10AP]
———2,4 disulfo benzaldehyde (see H.R. 4131), H1199 [10AP]
Poems
``Since This Nation Was Founded Under God,'' John F. (Jack) Buck, H4027 [26JN]
Remarks
African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H199
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7421 [9OC]
Black History Month: observance, H619
Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (H. Res. 455), H4027 [26JN]
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 339), H814, H815 [12MR]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H219 [7FE]
Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 471), H5033 [22JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E296
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2069
New York, NY: tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center and the Fresh Kills Landfill (H. Res. 492), H5035 [22JY]
Postal Rate Commission: proposal to provide discounts to large, pre-sorted mailers, E409
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H145 [6FE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), E857
St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation: tribute, E1832
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team, E459
Votes: position on missed, H4564
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (H.R. 5145), H5036 [22JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H225 [7FE]
Tributes
Burrus, William, E701
Davis, Hester R.W., E486
DuFaux, Hilda, E1490
Wilson, Earl, Jr., E1832