HILLIARD, EARL F. (a Representative from Alabama)
Articles and editorials
Two Paths Toward Democracy, Washington (DC) Times, E495
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: appropriate State and tribal shares (see H. Con. Res. 425), H3927 [25JN]
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H3775 [20JN]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3562 [13JN]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 110), H7304 [8OC]
Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 5348), H6129 [9SE]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2735 [21MY]
Children and youth: provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H655 [4MR]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H5453 [24JY]
Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 2230), H36 [23JA]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H1156 [9AP]
Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 2847), H79 [24JA]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3807), H1155 [9AP]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H2608 [16MY]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H1532 [23AP]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H3562 [13JN]
Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H3562 [13JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 2422), H1674 [25AP]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
Diseases: increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4069 [26JN]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H2945 [22MY]
Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 5534), H7738 [9OC]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H1410 [17AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H3293 [6JN]
———provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H4326 [27JN]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6230 [11SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5350), H6983 [2OC]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6419 [19SE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H367 [13FE]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H1201 [10AP]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H79 [24JA]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Garvey, Marcus: recognize human rights accomplishments and clear name relative to politically motivated criminal charges (see H. Res. 50), H4606 [15JY]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4324 [27JN]
Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 29), H1410 [17AP]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 438), H5998 [26JY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6230 [11SE]
Hyundai Motor Co.: establishment of automotive manufacturing facility in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 377), H1337 [16AP]
Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H6775 [26SE]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1201 [10AP]
———conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H3668 [18JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H781 [7MR]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H781 [7MR]
Medicaid: establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1903), H6983 [2OC]
———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H6419 [19SE]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 3899), H1003 [19MR]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1338 [16AP]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H2164 [7MY]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H1289 [15AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2735 [21MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2945 [22MY]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1533 [23AP]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3161 [4JN]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6130 [9SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 4709), H3038 [23MY]
National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3252), H202 [6FE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4069 [26JN]
NATO: affirm importance, support continued U.S. participation, and ensure that enlargement proceeds in a manner consistent with U.S. interests (see H. Res. 468), H6085 [5SE]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend relative to transportation of nuclear waste (see H.R. 4605), H3038 [23MY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Pensions: improve pension plan security (see H.R. 5110), H5195 [23JY]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H2356 [9MY]
Postage and stamps: moratorium on postage rate increases for nonprofit organizations and certain other mailers (see H.J. Res. 98), H3601 [17JN]
Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4210), H3454 [11JN]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H4069 [26JN]
Safety: promote safe and ethical clinical trials of drugs, and other test articles, on people overseas (see H.R. 5249), H5993 [26JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]
Social Security: protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H1201 [10AP]
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), H36 [23JA]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H4326 [27JN]
Taxation: allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 3218), H2735 [21MY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1201 [10AP]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H5087 [22JY]
———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 4194), H4553 [11JY]
———provide for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in lieu of the various individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4482), H6777 [26SE]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H6419 [19SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 5510), H6926 [1OC]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: support participation of women throughout the world in a week of workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace (see H. Con. Res. 290), H1091 [20MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H687 [5MR]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H687 [5MR]
SBA: increase the maximum amount for which a loan can be made under the Microloan Program (see H.R. 3646), H103 [29JA]
Remarks
African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H194 [6FE]
Black History Month: observance, H619 [27FE]
China, People's Republic of: impact of military buildup on Republic of China, E2015
China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1786
Congo, Republic of the: democracy efforts, E494
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, E110
———expand assistance to African Americans seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, E110
Elders, Christopher: Oxford University Rhodes Scholarship recipient, E154
Flowers, Vonetta: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E189
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E2013
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H582 [27FE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), E110
Radio: tribute to ``Tom Joyner Morning Show'' (radio program) for efforts on African American issues, E500
Rural areas: national objectives priority assignments, E54
Zimbabwe: democracy efforts, E494
Tributes
Billingsley, Orzell, E37
Chen Shui-Bian, E1213
Cooke, Sam, E2029
Greene, Matt, E38
Nice, Charles, Jr., E40
Parker, Michael W., Sr., E1872
Reese, Carlton, E1250