ETHERIDGE, BOB (a Representative from North Carolina)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6927 [1OC]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3928 [25JN]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Budget: provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (see H.R. 4758), H2607 [16MY]
Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H36 [23JA]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H655 [4MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H907 [13MR]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H6926 [1OC]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3826 [21JN]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H201 [6FE]
———make grants to States to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 4774), H8023 [16OC]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6560 [24SE]
Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see H.R. 4687), H2354 [9MY]
———reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 3592), H1284 [11AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H105 [29JA]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H7738 [9OC]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4766 [16JY]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H3514 [12JN]
———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 343), H781 [7MR]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H2945 [22MY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H3668 [18JN]
Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H79 [24JA]
———support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6778 [26SE]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H4575 [12JY]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H6061 [4SE]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H4766 [16JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3928 [25JN]
House of Representatives: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Representatives (see H. Res. 430), H3037 [23MY]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H561 [26FE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4326 [27JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1674 [25AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H562 [26FE]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6419 [19SE]
———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), H1003 [19MR]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1003 [19MR]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H7929 [15OC]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2735 [21MY]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H1155 [9AP]
Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 343), H781 [7MR]
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board: establish (see H.R. 5669), H9025 [14NO]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3721 [19JN]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3669 [18JN]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2735 [21MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4932 [18JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6172 [10SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H227 [7FE]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H3453 [11JN]
New York, NY: tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H367 [13FE]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H2019 [1MY]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1533 [23AP]
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), H4326 [27JN]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3230), H562 [26FE]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H5452 [24JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1201 [10AP]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H5998 [26JY]
Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H142 [5FE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H3721 [19JN]
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), H36 [23JA]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4574 [12JY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H4498 [10JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6061 [4SE]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H4069 [26JN]
Terrorism: designation of school nurses as ``first responders'' and removal of any barriers impeding them from responding to a biological or chemical attack (see H. Con. Res. 298), H562 [26FE]
———make grants to train school nurses as ``first responders'' to a biological or chemical attack (see H.R. 3615), H227 [7FE]
Tobacco products: replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 5035), H4425 [9JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H1155 [9AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
U.S. Weather Research Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4791), H2943 [22MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H8023 [16OC]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6420 [19SE]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see H.R. 3498), H1003 [19MR]
Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H5087 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Henry H. Shelton (see H. Con. Res. 469), H6303 [17SE]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6084 [5SE]
Railroads: resolve certain labor issues relative to merger of Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (see H.R. 5764), H9128 [22NO]
Tariff: glufosinate-ammonium (see H.R. 4041), H1088 [20MR]
Eulogies
Suitt, Everette, E8
Poems
``I Watched Them Tearing a Building Down'', H3214 [5JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2024 [2MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2959 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7226 [8OC]
Budget: allocation of funds, H6973 [2OC]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5474
Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute, H3612 [18JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: tobacco program reform, H2024 [2MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5877
Devlin, Patrick J., Sr., and Helen: tribute on birth of child, E910
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6027
———make tax benefits permanent, H1447
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6973 [2OC], H7177 [8OC]
Education: funding, H6973 [2OC]
———national policy to improve system, H3214, H3217 [5JN]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1247
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E387
Journal: question of approval, H3611 [18JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), E1220
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6893 [1OC]
National Bible Week: observance, E2061
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4509 [11JY]
North Carolina: tribute to Second Congressional District Latino Advisory Committee, E161
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3188 [5JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1247
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), E1217
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H348
Public debt: ceiling, H2959 [23MY]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (H.R. 5334), H6965 [2OC], E1518
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), E893
Smithfield, NC: anniversary, E546
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1447
———ensure solvency, H722 [6MR]
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H722 [6MR], H2516 [16MY]
———issue certificate to guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment, H722 [6MR]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3899 [25JN]
Tariff: glufosinate-ammonium (H.R. 4041), E435
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1447
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3261
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3261
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3261
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H766
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H766
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4495 [10JY], H6923 [1OC], H6981 [2OC], H8019 [16OC]
Remarks—Special Joint Meeting of Congress
New York, NY: commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1591
Tributes
Andrews, Don F., E1909
Andrews, Edwin (Bud), E1075
Fountain, L.H., E1882
Haigler, James H., E1758
Lightner, Clarence E., H4475, H4476 [10JY]
Ogilvie, Clark and Deb Chan, E681
Ogilvie, Ian Chan, E681
Suitt, Everette, E8
Tuck, Leonore D., E688