CULBERSON, JOHN (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2328 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4767 [16JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2101 [2MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H141 [5FE]
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]
District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4554 [11JY]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1410 [17AP]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]
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), H6777 [26SE]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H1338 [16AP]
———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), H3927 [25JN]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H4350 [8JY]
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H2018 [1MY]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H937 [18MR]
Major League Baseball: implement a mandatory steroid testing program (see H. Res. 496), H5086 [22JY]
Medicare: specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H367 [13FE]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H2512 [15MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4766 [16JY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 2683), H2019 [1MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1284 [11AP]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3160 [4JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
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), H226 [7FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2019 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Taxation: exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active duty as a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4974), H3774 [20JN]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H81 [25JA], H337 [13FE], H657 [5MR], H939 [19MR], H1287 [15AP], H1291 [16AP], H1677 [29AP], H3565 [17JN], H4577 [15JY], H4987 [22JY], H6001 [4SE], H6475 [24SE], H7173 [8OC], H8061 [12NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H81 [25JA], H1287 [15AP], H7899 [15OC], H8063 [12NO]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), E1867
Education: apply guidelines for determination of per-pupil expenditure requirements for heavily impacted local educational agencies (H.R. 5599), H7900 [15OC]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3479 [12JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4348 [8JY]