JACKSON LEE, SHEILA (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2946 [22MY], H3038 [23MY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H874 [13MR]
Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H921, H923, H933 [14MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H4768 [16JY], H5332 [24JY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2662 [20MY], H2770, H2772 [21MY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1653 [25AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3690 [19JN]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3945 [26JN]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4498 [10JY], H4512 [11JY]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), H4351 [8JY], H4518, H4519 [11JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Articles and editorials
Don't Blame Immigrants for Terrorism, Daniel T. Griswold, Knight Ridder (news service), H2141 [7MY]
Officials—Boy Swallows 87 Heroin Condoms, H1653 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4964), H3775 [20JN]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H8546 [12NO]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3514 [12JN]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H4326 [27JN]
Business and industry: require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 3745), H781 [7MR]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H907 [13MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 5679), H8022 [16OC]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H6061 [4SE]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H8733 [13NO]
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), H5791 [25JY]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2100 [2MY]
———provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H834 [12MR]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3807), H1155 [9AP]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2608 [16MY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H201 [6FE]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3826 [21JN]
———prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 4943), H9025 [14NO]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H103 [29JA]
———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), H4326 [27JN]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H2165 [7MY]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H3668 [18JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H1154 [9AP]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Dept. of Transportation: improve security at U.S. maritime borders (see H.R. 3013), H562 [26FE]
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), H4069 [26JN]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H7895 [10OC]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H3293 [6JN]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3162 [4JN]
———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1410 [17AP]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2356 [9MY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H37 [23JA]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H105 [29JA]
Foreign policy: negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H1620 [24AP]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4975), H3774 [20JN]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2356 [9MY]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H4498 [10JY]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H142 [5FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1003 [19MR]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4858), H3860 [24JN]
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]
Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 438), H6061 [4SE]
Immigration: facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H932 [14MR]
Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 375), H2235 [8MY]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
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), H3775 [20JN]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
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]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4425 [9JY]
Law enforcement: provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2356 [9MY]
Medicare: coverage of pharmacist services (see H.R. 2799), H227 [7FE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H9025 [14NO]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H367 [13FE]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board: establish (see H.R. 5669), H9025 [14NO]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2735 [21MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4069 [26JN]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H6129 [9SE]
Peace Corps: funding (see H. Con. Res. 341), H3928 [25JN]
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H1003 [19MR]
Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H3514 [12JN]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H141 [5FE]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see H.R. 5216), H5789 [25JY]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H5998 [26JY]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]
SBA: establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see H.R. 5314), H5996 [26JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 515), H5997 [26JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2356 [9MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H8733 [13NO]
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: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H6250 [12SE]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H3775 [20JN]
———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), H1003 [19MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 4194), H4553 [11JY]
———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H1484 [18AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
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]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
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), H1533 [23AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Treaties and agreements: continue applicability of the requirements of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty to the U.S. (see H.R. 4920), H3669 [18JN]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 437), H4873 [17JY]
———express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H937 [18MR]
U.N.: support efforts and urge the President to continue working with interested members to formulate a comprehensive international terrorism convention (see H. Con. Res. 321), H1091 [20MR]
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), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
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]
Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H9025 [14NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: prevent accountants from providing non-audit services to audit clients (see H.R. 3693), H226 [7FE]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse (see H. Con. Res. 300), H36 [23JA]
Kesbeh, Alaa: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Asmaa Sharif: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Batool: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Hadeel: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Mohanned: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Noor Sharif: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Sharif: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Kesbeh, Sondos: relief (see H.R. 4662), H2100 [2MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H8021 [16OC]
Pensions: ensure that individual account retirement plans protect workers by limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets (see H.R. 3692), H226 [7FE]
———improve pension plan security (see H.R. 5110), H4574 [12JY]
Letters
Agency for Immigration Affairs employees' exemption from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and elimination from certain protections in disciplinary actions: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, H1657 [25AP]
———T.J. Bonner, American Federation of Government Employees, H1657 [25AP]
Provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program: by, H9114 [22NO]
———several Members of Congress, H9115 [22NO]
Motions
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369 [17AP]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, H5372 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5359 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), consideration (H. Res. 498), H5349 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), motion to recommit, H5372 [24JY]
Afghanistan: prohibit children from being used as soldiers, H2771, H2773 [21MY]
———provide educational and health care assistance to children, H2770, H2771 [21MY]
———U.S. policy, H675 [5MR]
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4964), H3677 [19JN]
Agency for Immigration Affairs: Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services establishment of pilot initiatives to eliminate the backlog in benefit application processing, H1655
———Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services fee structures and functions, H1653, H1654 [25AP]
———make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1656 [25AP]
———require study on independent legal counsel for unaccompanied alien children, H1652 [25AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1344 [17AP], H1415 [18AP], H1512 [23AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1466 [18AP]
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5844
American Legion: clarify eligibility requirements (H.R. 3988), H4585, H4586, H4587 [15JY]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5978
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 509), H5967 [26JY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), E1173
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 568), H6990 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H8557 [13NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2838 [22MY], H2952, H2968, H3005, H3021 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 431), H3043 [24MY]
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H2366 [9MY]
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7193 [8OC], H7395 [9OC], H7744, H7776, H7794
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 574), H7185 [8OC]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq, H5313 [23JY]
———tribute to servicemen killed in Afghanistan, H675 [5MR]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6030 [4SE], H6078 [5SE], H6362 [18SE], H6413 [19SE], H6550, H6551, H6552 [24SE]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (H. Con. Res. 364), H3638, H3639
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4859 [17JY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 606), H8748 [14NO]
Birds: modify hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves in the Pacific Flyway Region (H. Con. Res. 275), consideration (H. Res. 353), H696 [6MR]
Black History Month: observance, H617 [27FE], H637 [28FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 439), H5032
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1011, H1064 [20MR]
Bush, President: response to media reports alleging prior knowledge of intelligence relative to terrorist attacks, H2668 [21MY]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4688 [16JY]
———enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, H3934 [26JN]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1566
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5462, H5472, H5478
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), H6793
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), H7052
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1512 [23AP]
———recognize the benefits of mentoring (H. Res. 330), H14
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (H. Con. Res. 188), H5061 [22JY], E1322
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (H.R. 3297), H3395
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 523), H6315
Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H3005 [23MY]
Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 449), H3698 [19JN], H3751 [20JN]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2675
———provide greater cybersecurity (H.R. 3482), H4583, H4584 [15JY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, H9116 [22NO]
Consumers: prohibit preemption of State laws that regulate rental-purchase agreements as a form of consumer credit, H6328
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6328
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4400 [9JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H850, H851, H870, H874, H875, H876, H880, H882 [13MR]
———make certain modifications in the judicial discipline procedures (H.R. 3892), H4997 [22JY]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H874, H875, H876 [13MR]
———treatment of foreign corporations that acquire domestic corporations in corporate repatriation transactions relative to State jurisdiction in class action lawsuits, H870 [13MR]
Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 1877), H2679 [21MY]
———exempt adult siblings, grandparents, and religious persons from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H1370 [17AP]
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H917
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), consideration (H. Res. 366), H913 [14MR]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1356, H1363 [17AP]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1347 [17AP]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), motion to recommit, H1370 [17AP]
———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), H3401
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H217 [7FE]
———supervised release of life for offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 4679), H3873 [25JN]
Cuba: lift trade embargo, H5303 [23JY]
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2865, H2887, H2888 [22MY]
———expand authority to search outgoing international mail, H2865, H2887, H2888 [22MY]
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2865, H2887, H2888 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2275
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), unanimous-consent agreement, H5602 [25JY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4547), H5313 [23JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 578), H7812 [10OC]
———PAC-3 missiles and Israeli Arrow Ballistic Missile System programs funding through reductions in Missile Defense Agency funding, H2352 [9MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (H.R. 1784), H6265 [17SE]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (H. Con. Res. 385), H5052
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5654 [25JY], H5812, H5835, H5844
———establish (H.R. 5005), consideration (H. Res. 502), H5628 [25JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), Senate amendment, H9111, H9112 [22NO]
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8706 [13NO]
———inclusion of Dept. of State Bureau of Consular Affairs visa office, H5864, H5865
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, H5812 [26JY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), E967
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 552), H6701 [26SE]
———establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (H.R. 5262), H5072 [22JY], H5320 [24JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4859 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5303 [23JY], H5332 [24JY]
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3746 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 4514), H2616
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), H2614
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5320), H6990 [3OC]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073), E966
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), Senate amendment, H6283
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H4525 [11JY]
———blood cancer research, information, and education funding (S. 1094), H1724 [30AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), E123
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3529
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3785 [21JN]
———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), E970
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), E968
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6966 [2OC]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 335), H95
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1239 [11AP]
———economic collapse (H. Con. Res. 300), H5, H19 [23JA]
———relief of employees relative to economic collapse, H87 [29JA], H3421 [11JN]
EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (H.R. 64), H1704 [30AP]
Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1778, H1780 [1MY]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 433), H3170, H3171 [5JN]
Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 442), H3491 [12JN]
FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H583, H585, H600
———study on Internet deregulation and high speed data services feasibility, H572, H585 [27FE]
Federal Bureau of Audits: establish to conduct audits of financial statements submitted by reporting issuers, H1571 [24AP]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (H.R. 4757), H7914 [15OC]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (H.R. 3992), H6966 [2OC]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2753, H2770, H2771, H2773 [21MY]
Foreign policy: emphasize peaceful resolution to international situations, H7899 [15OC]
Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), H1693, H1695, H1696 [30AP]
———authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (H.R. 3924), consideration (H. Res. 373), H1011 [20MR]
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, H5618 [25JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2189 [8MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6583
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H2136 [7MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6729 [26SE]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3867, H3868, H3870 [25JN]
Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), E71
House of Representatives: division of time during debate on resolution authorizing use of Armed Forces against Iraq, H7193 [8OC]
Houston, TX: tribute to women activists from the 18th Congressional District, H1009 [20MR]
Houston Texans (football team): tribute, H6107 [9SE]
Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), concur with Senate amendment, H527, H528 [26FE]
———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), H4991 [22JY]
———establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (H.R. 4967), H7908, H7910 [15OC]
———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 365), H809 [12MR]
———national policy, H1493 [23AP]
———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (S. 1339), H7902 [15OC]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H583, H585, H600
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H572 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), motion to recommit, H607
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H583, H607
INS: investigation of approval and issuance of student visas for suspected terrorists, H912 [14MR]
———reform, H912 [14MR]
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1637, H1652, H1653, H1654, H1655
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), consideration (H. Res. 396), H1629 [25AP]
Insurance: ensure jury awards exceeding certain limits are used to reduce medical liability premiums for physicians, H6729 [26SE]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8808
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5438 [24JY]
Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (H.J. Res. 75), H3586 [17JN]
———U.S. policy, H3586 [17JN]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2094 [2MY]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2066 [2MY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (H.R. 4717), H3622
Judicial Conference of the U.S.: require report on class action settlements in Federal courts be submitted to Congress, H880, H882 [13MR]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, H3677, H3703
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (H. Con. Res. 213), H3418
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (S.J. Res. 13), H4993, H4994 [22JY]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), concur with Senate amendments, H2139, H2140 [7MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3505, H3506, H3507 [12JN], H3587, H3588 [17JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3779 [21JN], H3845, H3846 [24JN], H4043 [26JN], H4073, H4292
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4173, H4181 [27JN]
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8801
Meningitis Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 340), H3578
Meucci, Antonio: tribute (H. Res. 269), H3311
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, H1135 [9AP], H1344 [17AP]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6892 [1OC]
Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (H.R. 2155), H7903, H7906, H7907 [15OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5438 [24JY]
National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 415), H3576
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 271), H2135, H2136 [7MY]
National Institute of Justice: conduct a study on effectiveness of treatment programs for child sex offenders and analyze the use of probation in reducing recidivism rates, H921 [14MR]
National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 388), H1721 [30AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students, H3690, H3691 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3690, H3691 [19JN]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, H8812
———improve port and maritime security (H.R. 3983), E965
———national missile defense system, E818
———provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3942, H3946, H3947 [26JN]
———provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), consideration (H. Res. 458), H3936 [26JN]
———require the President to prescribe procedures which determine whether, how, and to what extent, information provided by whistleblowers should be disseminated, H3946, H3947 [26JN]
———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, H5313 [23JY]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4510, H4512, H4513 [11JY]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), H4518, H4519, H4520 [11JY]
———ensure inclusion of businesses that are majority women or minority owned in electronic enterprise integration initiatives, H4518, H4519, H4520 [11JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3193
———Biosafety Research Program funding, H3200 [5JN]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4466), E973
Parliamentary inquiry, H876 [13MR], H922 [14MR], H8876 [14NO], H9114 [22NO]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (H. Res. 406), H3313
Pearl, Daniel: capture of terrorists who kidnapped and murdered journalist in Pakistan, H526 [26FE]
Pensions: improve pension plan security, H4477 [10JY]
———improve pension plan security (H.R. 5110), H4566, H4570 [12JY], H4688 [16JY], H5472, H5478
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1239 [11AP]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 386), H1213 [11AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4126, H4127 [27JN]
———circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (H. Res. 463), H4124 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H392, H428, H445 [13FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H263 [12FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to civil rights and issues affecting minorities from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H428 [13FE]
———prohibit soft money expenditures by State, district, or local political party committees, H445 [13FE]
Postal Service: urban and rural post office renovation and repair funding, H5332 [24JY]
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]
Privilege of the House, H3236 [6JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H2952, H2968 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1344 [17AP], H1415, H1466 [18AP], H1512 [23AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2500 [15MY], H2515, H2550, H2600 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2487 [15MY]
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park: expand boundaries (H.R. 1906), H3572
Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (H.R. 2998), H251 [12FE]
SEC: require the net capital of an accountant be equal to one-half of the annual audit revenue received from registered issuers, H1566
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), Senate amendments, H3631
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1064 [20MR], H2952, H3021 [23MY], H3257
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H1388
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), E1196
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), H3485
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3477 [12JN]
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3269 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3257
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3529
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H472, H501 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H9111, H9114 [22NO]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H501 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 347), H472 [14FE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), concur with Senate amendments with an amendment, H8801
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5835 [26JY]
———anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6149 [10SE]
———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6181 [11SE]
———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3375), H2683 [21MY]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2853 [22MY]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H639 [28FE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, E1173
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3746 [20JN]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5967, H5978
———require congressional approval for U.S. withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H3236 [6JN]
Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act: nullify provisions if more than five convicted child sex offenders reside in any given ZIP Code, H923, H924 [14MR]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H472, H501 [14FE], H696 [6MR], H8801
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 2426), H6906
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), E869
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), E870
VFW: amend charter to make members of the Armed Forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership (H.R. 3838), H4588 [15JY]
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5104 [23JY], E1401
Votes: position on missed, H886 [13MR], H2386 [9MY], H4395 [9JY], H6140 [10SE]
Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns, H7849 [10OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7849 [10OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to instruct conferees, H2598 [16MY], H6347 [18SE], H6684 [25SE]
———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems, H2598 [16MY]
War Powers Resolution: compliance, H3751 [20JN]
World Cup: tribute to U.S. men's soccer team, H3580 [17JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H778 [7MR], H831 [12MR], H2386 [9MY], H4348 [8JY]
Special order: granted, H28 [23JA], H225 [7FE], H685 [5MR], H1000 [19MR], H1147 [9AP], H1481 [18AP], H2098 [2MY], H2605 [16MY], H3450 [11JN], H3597 [17JN], H3719 [19JN], H3771 [20JN], H4065 [26JN], H4422 [9JY], H4495 [10JY], H4550 [11JY], H4572 [12JY], H5084 [22JY], H5315 [23JY], H6040 [4SE], H6083 [5SE], H6416 [19SE], H6923 [1OC], H6981 [2OC]
Tribute, H9121 [22NO]
Texts of
H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, H6329-H6332 [18SE]
Tributes
Bonior, Representative, H9116, H9121 [22NO]
Hall, Representative Tony P., H5618 [25JY]
Meek, Representative, H4396 [9JY]
Walker, Carl, Jr., E1461