HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H777 [7MR]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3720 [19JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6420 [19SE]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H367 [13FE]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6419 [19SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2735 [21MY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3161 [4JN]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H3038 [23MY]
———develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H2100 [2MY]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2512 [15MY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H833 [12MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3669 [18JN]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H4425 [9JY]
Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H79 [24JA]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6304 [17SE]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1410 [17AP]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6256 [13SE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H907 [13MR]
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), H2511 [15MY]
———prohibit pyramid promotional schemes (see H.R. 4881), H3291 [6JN]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2945 [22MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H6060 [4SE]
———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), H3721 [19JN]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H1201 [10AP]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H3454 [11JN]
Employment: minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 5520), H6982 [2OC]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2511 [15MY]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H4606 [15JY]
———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H5453 [24JY]
Federal employees: ensure that the right to display the U.S. flag not be abridged (see H.R. 5640), H7894 [10OC]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2945 [22MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H3514 [12JN]
Firefighters: 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), H6418 [19SE]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4975), H3774 [20JN]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H6060 [4SE]
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), H3860 [24JN]
———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H4351 [8JY]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see H.R. 5462), H7895 [10OC]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H79 [24JA]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H8023 [16OC]
Immigration: 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), H6777 [26SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1154 [9AP]
———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H7304 [8OC]
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]
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: exclude certain properties (see H.R. 5151), H6559 [24SE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6693 [25SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3563 [13JN]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
Medicaid: extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1619 [24AP]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H3668 [18JN]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H7303 [8OC]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6778 [26SE]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H3601 [17JN]
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), H6419 [19SE]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1533 [23AP]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1287), H1201 [10AP] (see H.R. 3741), H1155 [9AP]
NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5074), H4424 [9JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H6171 [10SE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
Social Security: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1619 [24AP]
———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1153 [9AP]
Space policy: institute a series of incremental goals that will facilitate the scientific exploration of the solar system and aid in the search for life elsewhere in the universe (see H.R. 4742), H2511 [15MY]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H284 [12FE]
———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H6558 [24SE]
———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H651 [28FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1555), H7018 [3OC]
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), H834 [12MR]
U.N.: tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H3038 [23MY]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6420 [19SE]
Water pollution: authorizing appropriations for water pollution control research, development, and technology demonstration (see H.R. 3996), H1002 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H832 [12MR]
Poems
``On September 11,'' Craig Halbrooks, E1057
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7231 [8OC]
Bonham, TX: anniversary of First Baptist Church, E1850
Burks, Larry J.: Garden Club of America Jane Righter Rose Medal recipient, E1616
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5653 [25JY]
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 (H.R. 4687), H4557, H4563 [12JY]
Douglass Distributing, Inc.: Experience Works (organization) Outstanding Employers of Older Workers award recipient, E1854
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, E2102
———increase the technically trained workforce, E2102
———increase the technically trained workforce (H.R. 3130), H4373 [9JY]
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, E1454
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2191 [8MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H6078 [5SE]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4508, H4513 [11JY]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), H4515, H4519 [11JY]
———ensure inclusion of businesses that are majority women or minority owned in electronic enterprise integration initiatives, H4519 [11JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), Senate amendment, E2102
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H1624 [25AP]
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities, H5284 [23JY]
———improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5284 [23JY]
Power resources: national energy policy, H1415 [18AP], E571
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2549 [16MY]
Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), H207 [7FE]
———computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), Senate amendment, H8078
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), H3483 [12JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1651
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H138 [5FE]
Tributes
Acers, Ebby Halliday, E1453
Anglin, M.L. (Mike), E574
Barnes, Tyson H., Sr., E1752
Brown, Mitchell H., E1852
Connally, Merrill L., E570
Dulaney, H.G., E1515
Engel, Herman A., E572
Halbrooks, Craig, E1057
Hall, Representative Tony P., E1454
Hawkins, Billy C., E1612
Jones, Donald W., E863
Jones, Jack V., E863
Madgwick, Kate, E1649
Magness, Royce G., E1750
McAlister, Aubrey L., E1057
Norton, Robert W. (Rusty), E1613
Saleh, Jameel J. (Snooky), E1848
Sparks, Sherman, E569
Wilson, Maxine Walker, E1753
Wisenbaker, Royce E., E575