DeLAY, TOM (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H3699 [19JN]
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
F.B.I. Aide Testifies to Espionage Confession, New York (NY) Times, H1457 [18AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5601), H7892 [10OC]
Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4606 [15JY]
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] (see H.R. 5710), H8545 [12NO]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H5087 [22JY]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 303), H78 [24JA] (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
Health: 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), H6419 [19SE]
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]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H2018 [1MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6927 [1OC]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H1769 [30AP]
Taxation: allow a minimum deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 5220), H5790 [25JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6374 [18SE]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1410 [17AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]
Tariff: methyl thioglycolate (see H.R. 4168), H1281 [11AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1456 [18AP]
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5843 [26JY]
Appropriations: legislative process, H6999 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6760 [26SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6999 [3OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2994, H3013 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7777 [10OC]
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: effective date of soft money ban, H402, H403 [13FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1045 [20MR]
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1513
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1356 [17AP]
Cuba: allow the financing of agricultural sales, H1456 [18AP]
———condition lifting of travel restrictions on certification that Cuba is not developing or providing technology to terrorists for biological weapons and is not providing support or sanctuary to terrorists, H5273 [23JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5831, H5843, H5867 [26JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5273 [23JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3535 [13JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1442 [18AP]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6734
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8804 [14NO]
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, H3013 [23MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2088 [2MY]
National Public Radio: report linking the Traditional Values Coalition with the mailing of anthrax tainted letters to congressional offices, H635 [28FE]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (H. Res. 540), H6671 [25SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4126 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H342, H402, H403 [13FE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6387 [19SE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1045 [20MR]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1442 [18AP]
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3266 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3266 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3535 [13JN]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5831 [26JY]
———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6198
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4870 [17JY]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H2388 [10MY], H2926 [22MY]
Tributes
Chestnut, Jacob J., H5318 [24JY]
Gekas, Representative, H8877 [14NO]
Gibson, John M., H5318 [24JY]
Hirschmann, Susan, H5065