LAMPSON, NICK (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H5195 [23JY]
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H5791 [25JY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H5087 [22JY]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H3038 [23MY]
———assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
———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), H3292 [6JN]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H907 [13MR]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———promote personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 484), H6692 [25SE]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]
———protect from violence (see H.R. 5397), H6373 [18SE]
———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 556), H6693 [25SE]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H2945 [22MY]
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), H1410 [17AP]
Consumers: protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 1176), H2608 [16MY]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3453 [11JN]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3826 [21JN]
———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Crime: 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]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H3775 [20JN]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2662 [20MY]
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]
Dept. of Transportation: improve security at U.S. maritime borders (see H.R. 3013), H562 [26FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H5998 [26JY]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1003 [19MR]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3775 [20JN]
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), H3292 [6JN]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H3514 [12JN]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain communications from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 1543), H227 [7FE]
FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 1899), H781 [7MR]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H7738 [9OC]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H524 [14FE]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3826 [21JN]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1674 [25AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H3825 [21JN]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H141 [5FE]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H1484 [18AP]
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]
Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H3601 [17JN]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2945 [22MY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1091 [20MR]
Health care professionals: permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (see H.R. 4872), H3775 [20JN]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H1003 [19MR]
Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 454), H9025 [14NO]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H1003 [19MR]
Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H6559 [24SE]
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), H2235 [8MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
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]
Kosovo: independence (see H. Res. 467), H6374 [18SE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H3454 [11JN]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H4069 [26JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2735 [21MY]
Medicare: 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), H2735 [21MY]
———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 4729), H4326 [27JN]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H907 [13MR]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2735 [21MY]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3775 [20JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2164 [7MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H3721 [19JN]
National Child Protection Act: amend (see H.R. 5556), H7171 [7OC]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2235 [8MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H142 [5FE]
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), H524 [14FE]
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H1003 [19MR]
———improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H2101 [2MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H634 [27FE]
Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see H.R. 5475), H6776 [26SE]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H907 [13MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H4350 [8JY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H9025 [14NO]
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), H1003 [19MR]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4873 [17JY]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H1283 [11AP]
———provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (see H.R. 3339), H785 [11MR]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H105 [29JA]
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), H1770 [30AP]
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), H2511 [15MY]
———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H2735 [21MY]
———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), H2100 [2MY]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H1769 [30AP]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H4767 [16JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide protections for participants in cash or deferred arrangements under section 401(k) relative to the acquisition and holding of employer securities (see H.R. 3463), H524 [14FE]
———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H3037 [23MY]
———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see H.R. 1341), H1090 [20MR]
Terrorism: 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 (see H.R. 3375), H367 [13FE]
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), H2019 [1MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———prevent contributions to GI bill benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 745), H1410 [17AP]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H1769 [30AP]
Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H688 [5MR]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H366 [13FE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1533 [23AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H686 [5MR]
Law enforcement: provide forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children (see H.R. 5389), H6302 [17SE]
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]
Tariff: difluoroaniline (see H.R. 4347), H1335 [16AP]
———PTFMBA (see H.R. 4346), H1335 [16AP]
Taxation: application of State and local income tax withholding provisions to the Metro-North Railroad or its employees (see H.R. 5746), H9023 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H564 [27FE], H2393 [14MY], H3303 [11JN], H5459 [25JY], H6561 [25SE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H8557, H8558 [13NO]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7341 [9OC]
Beaumont, TX: tribute to Melody Maids (singing group), H7177 [8OC]
Boy Scouts: tribute to contributions to Afghan Youth Relief Fund, E1103
Business and industry: encourage retailers to adopt Code Adam child safety alert program, H3932 [26JN]
Children and youth: abduction of children by family members to foreign countries, H143 [6FE], H203 [7FE], H635 [28FE], H836 [13MR], H1078 [20MR], H1159 [10AP], H1203 [11AP], H1495 [23AP], H1622 [25AP], H1773 [1MY], H2168 [8MY], H2476 [15MY], H3303 [11JN], H3459 [12JN], H3613 [18JN], H3724 [20JN], H4073 [27JN], H4500 [11JY], H4876 [18JY]
———efforts to combat abduction of children, H3915 [25JN], H4681 [16JY], H4770 [17JY], H8548 [13NO]
———encourage parents to have a recent photograph, and physical description, prepared to assist law enforcement in abduction cases, H5460 [25JY]
———encourage parents to have a recent photograph and physical description prepared to assist law enforcement in abduction cases, H3165 [5JN]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (H.R. 5317), H6063 [5SE]
———prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), H7305 [9OC]
———promote personal safety programs for children (H. Con. Res. 484), H6835 [1OC]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (H.R. 4667), H2168 [8MY], H2393 [14MY]
———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (H. Res. 556), H6696 [26SE]
———tribute to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Beaumont, TX, Police Dept., and the Jefferson County, TX, Sheriff's Academy for hosting a seminar on missing and exploited chidren, H6306 [18SE]
Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus: encourage membership, H6133 [10SE]
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3738 [20JN]
Dickinson, TX: anniversary of Faith United Methodist Church, E1301
Germany: encourage timely resolution in child abduction or illegally retained child disputes, H565 [27FE]
Hispanic Americans: tribute to Henry B. Gonzalez Latino Leadership Award recipients, E1302
Italy: return of Ludwig Koons to U.S., H143 [6FE], H635 [28FE], H690 [6MR], H836 [13MR], H911 [14MR], H1078 [20MR], H1159 [10AP], H1203 [11AP], H1495 [23AP], H1622 [25AP], H1773 [1MY], H2168 [8MY], H2476 [15MY], H3303 [11JN], H3459 [12JN], H3613 [18JN], H3724 [20JN], H4073 [27JN], H4876 [18JY]
Journal: question of approval, H4769 [17JY]
Law enforcement: provide forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children (H.R. 5389), H6562 [25SE]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3718 [19JN]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: support ``Picture Them Home'' campaign by printing pictures of missing children on congressional envelopes, H2115 [7MY], H2667 [21MY], H2836 [22MY]
———tribute, H6478 [24SE]
National Family Week: observance, E2041
Social Security: ensure solvency, H4924 [18JY]
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 (H.R. 4742), H2476 [15MY], E813
Supreme Court: decision on computer generated child pornography, H1344 [17AP], H1414 [18AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6174 [11SE]
Texas: Men and Women of Heart Gala honorees, E286
———tribute to several college sailing teams, E280
Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team (organization): tribute, H5319 [24JY], E1427
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3738 [20JN]
Votes: position on missed, H4909
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1085 [20MR], H4929 [18JY]
Tributes
Adams, Lucian, E164
Ahn, Sarah, H5096 [23JY]
Dixon, Richard L., E209
Milam, Bonnie E. Rush, E1569
Roy, Levoris, E698
Sprott, Maxie C., E1057
Van Dam, Danielle, H635 [28FE]