COOKSEY, JOHN (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4606 [15JY]

Afghanistan: ensure participation of women from all ethnic groups in the economic and political reconstruction (see H. Con. Res. 268), H1156 [9AP]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6927 [1OC]

Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]

Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (see H. Res. 595), H8051 [31OC]

Armed Forces: forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 5287), H6230 [11SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1620 [24AP]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2945 [22MY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2946 [22MY]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4553 [11JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H8024 [16OC]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H3161 [4JN]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]

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]

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 Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H5791 [25JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1410 [17AP]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1003 [19MR]

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), H6374 [18SE]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4575 [12JY]

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]

———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H1201 [10AP]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1484 [18AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H3454 [11JN]

Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4749), H3825 [21JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H1091 [20MR]

———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), H2354 [9MY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H6172 [10SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1155 [9AP]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 4010), H4931 [18JY]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1338 [16AP]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]

Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see H.R. 5446), H6693 [25SE]

Medicaid: extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H2165 [7MY]

Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H6251 [12SE]

National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (see H.R. 5316), H6304 [17SE]

National Marine Fisheries Service: establish a pelagic longline highly migratory species bycatch and mortality reduction research program (see H.R. 4895), H4425 [9JY]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H2101 [2MY]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

POW: provide special compensation for former prisoners of war (see H.R. 5235), H6172 [10SE]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H367 [13FE]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H2165 [7MY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3135), H1410 [17AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H1673 [25AP]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H367 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1338 [16AP]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H5087 [22JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H1155 [9AP]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H6085 [5SE]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H6060 [4SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4431 [10JY]

Remarks

James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (H.R. 2804), H965 [19MR]

NASA: Mars exploration funding, E338 [13MR]

National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve: anniversary, E743 [8MY]

Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H960 [19MR]

Texts of

H.R. 2804, James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA, H965 [19MR]

H.R. 3986, extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H960 [19MR]