DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H7894 [10OC]
———reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H4932 [18JY]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H3668 [18JN]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H6060 [4SE]
Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H8023 [16OC]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H524 [14FE]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
———prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H4767 [16JY]
Dept. of the Interior: 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: 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), H3720 [19JN]
Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H4350 [8JY]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H1155 [9AP]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H7929 [15OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
———provide for timely notification of plan participants and beneficiaries whose individual accounts hold employer securities of insider trading in employer securities (see H.R. 3840), H686 [5MR]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4975), H3774 [20JN]
Government: support use of fair trade certified coffee (see H. Res. 491), H4872 [17JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6230 [11SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6777 [26SE]
———modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see H.R. 5057), H4325 [27JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2735 [21MY]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H4326 [27JN]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H562 [26FE]
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), H2735 [21MY]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H4766 [16JY]
———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), H3928 [25JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3038 [23MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H8021 [16OC]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H5087 [22JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4326 [27JN]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 5037), H4324 [27JN]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H2472 [14MY]
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: withdraw certain benefits from auditors that perform non-audit functions (see H.R. 3617), H562 [26FE]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H78 [24JA]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H633 [27FE]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H4350 [8JY]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H738 [6MR]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H6060 [4SE]
Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see H.R. 5023), H4932 [18JY]
Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H2608 [16MY]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 4810), H6304 [17SE]
———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H201 [6FE]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H4497 [10JY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5596), H7892 [10OC]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H2471 [14MY]
———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3161 [4JN]
———prevent the continued use of renouncing U.S. citizenship as a device for avoiding U.S. taxes (see H.R. 4880), H3775 [20JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H4872 [17JY]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
Tobacco products: require warning labels on tobacco products (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H5995 [26JY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H3037 [23MY]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H4767 [16JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2355 [9MY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H688 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: participation in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility service area (see H.R. 4739), H2511 [15MY]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Remarks
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), H3959 [26JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2971, H2975 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 431), H3043 [24MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7328 [9OC], H7772 [10OC]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq, H5312 [23JY]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6002 [4SE], H6410 [19SE], H6563 [25SE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H146 [6FE]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1551 [24AP]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5461, H5471 [25JY]
Committee on Taxation (Joint): funding relative to release of report on corporations avoiding U.S. income tax by reincorporating in foreign countries, H4882 [18JY]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4502 [11JY]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4913, H4914 [18JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H876 [13MR]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H876 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2345 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4547), H5311, H5312 [23JY]
———funding of certain components relative to Inspector General financial audits, H4109 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4107, H4109, H4116 [27JN]
———space based kinetic energy boost interceptors program funding, H4107 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify Freedom of Information Act exemptions relative to sharing of critical infrastructure information with other agencies, H5852 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), H5461 [25JY], H5834, H5849, H5852 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to recommit, H5885 [26JY]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H5885 [26JY]
———remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers, H5849 [26JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4913, H4914 [18JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H148 [6FE]
———make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6025 [4SE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3521, H3522 [13JN]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6937 [2OC]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3795, H3805 [21JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3788 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1441 [18AP]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H20 [23JA], H1237 [11AP], H1551 [24AP]
Federal Water Project Recreation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 5460), H6869 [1OC]
Fort Greely, AK: missile silo construction funding, H4116 [27JN]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2187 [8MY]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 342), H148 [6FE]
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 3991), H1131 [9AP], H1160 [10AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2068
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), consideration (H. Res. 489), H4882 [18JY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4075, H4276 [27JN]
National security: national missile defense system, H2345 [9MY], H4116 [27JN]
———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, H5311, H5312 [23JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1237 [11AP]
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5286 [23JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H20 [23JA], H58 [24JA], H345, H442 [13FE]
———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to House candidates, H442 [13FE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H3469 [12JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H2971, H2975 [23MY]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4160 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2534 [16MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H146, H148 [6FE], H3255 [6JN], H3469 [12JN]
Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 4626), H2689 [21MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3474 [12JN]
———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (H.R. 2520), H20 [23JA]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1441 [18AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, H1131 [9AP], H1160 [10AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (H.R. 5596), H8010 [16OC]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3255 [6JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H2689 [21MY], H3725 [20JN]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (H.R. 4993), H3606 [18JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H473, H475, H499 [14FE]
———rates, H58 [24JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H499 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 347), H473, H475 [14FE]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5834 [26JY]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (H.R. 5264), H5091 [23JY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H3959 [26JN]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H473, H475, H499 [14FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H28 [23JA], H6371 [18SE], H6416 [19SE]