DeMINT, JIM (a Representative from South Carolina)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H1089 [20MR]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1769 [30AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1155 [9AP]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7930 [15OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1484 [18AP]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
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), H4554 [11JY]
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H5087 [22JY]
De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5034), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H141 [5FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see H.R. 4830), H3036 [23MY]
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]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H906 [13MR]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H7304 [8OC]
———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]
———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H228 [7FE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H6693 [25SE]
Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H687 [5MR]
Floyd Spence Post Office Building, Lexington, SC: designate (see H.R. 5361), H6171 [10SE]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H6777 [26SE]
Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]
General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H7172 [7OC]
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), H6559 [24SE]
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]
House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
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]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1289 [15AP]
Medicare: 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), H1154 [9AP]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1201 [10AP]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H227 [7FE]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H8733 [13NO]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H688 [5MR]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7738 [9OC]
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]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Ships and vessels: permit the transportation of passengers between U.S. ports by certain foreign-flag vessels and encourage U.S.-flag vessels to participate in such transportation (see H.R. 5509), H7738 [9OC]
States: provide for cooperative governing of health insurance policies and provide assistance to promote establishment of qualified high risk pools and incentives to encourage health coverage for employees and individuals (see H.R. 4170), H6419 [19SE]
Tariff: textile machinery (see H.R. 4216, 4219, 4220, 4221), H6419 [19SE]
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), H1154 [9AP]
———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H2100 [2MY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6560 [24SE]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 4087), H1410 [17AP]
———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (see H.R. 4121), H1153 [9AP]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1490 [22AP]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1155 [9AP]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H5452 [24JY]
Tariff: aluminum etched foil (see H.R. 4280), H1334 [16AP]
———barium titanate (see H.R. 4296), H1334 [16AP]
———chemical NR ethanol-based (iron toluene sulfanate) (see H.R. 4282), H1334 [16AP]
———chemical RH water-based (iron toluene sulfanate) (see H.R. 4281), H1334 [16AP]
———cultured crystals (see H.R. 4285), H1334 [16AP]
———formulated silver paints and pastes (see H.R. 4298), H1334 [16AP]
———manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4286, 4287, 4289, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4293, 4294, 4295), H1334 (see H.R. 4461), H1338 [16AP]
———nickel powder (see H.R. 4288), H1334 [16AP]
———polymer masking material for aluminum capacitors (UPICOAT) (see H.R. 4299), H1334 [16AP]
———tantalum capacitor ink (see H.R. 4284), H1334 [16AP]
———tantalum inner shields, pans, crucibles, rods and wires (see H.R. 4283), H1334 [16AP]
———tantalum powder (see H.R. 4460), H1337 [16AP]
———thermal release plastic film (see H.R. 4297), H1334 [16AP]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H2943 [22MY]
Proclamations
Tribute to Greenville, SC, YMCA: by, E656
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7731
BLM: funding, H4731 [16JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H4748 [16JY]
———deficit, H4731 [16JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4731, H4748 [16JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), H3094 [4JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4748 [16JY]
———create individual accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, give Americans ownership of their retirement, and restore long-term solvency, H725 [6MR]
———ensure solvency, H725, H727, H728 [6MR]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 2714), H537 [26FE]
3M (company): anniversary, E1010
Votes: position on missed, H216