LEWIS, RON (a Representative from Kentucky)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H1338 [16AP]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H5998 [26JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: 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]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1202 [10AP]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H3775 [20JN]
Dept. of HHS: 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), H6129 [9SE]
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]
Education: provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H4766 [16JY]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 4840), H6926 [1OC]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H7929 [15OC]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H2355 [9MY]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2945 [22MY]
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H1154 [9AP]
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), H2354 [9MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4605 [15JY]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H2019 [1MY]
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]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H2735 [21MY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H142 [5FE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H2608 [16MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3928 [25JN]
———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1484 [18AP]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H284 [12FE]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H737 [6MR]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4872 [17JY]
National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency preparedness and coordination plans (see H.R. 5461), H6692 [25SE] (see H.R. 5483), H6776 [26SE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H201 [6FE]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H2356 [9MY]
Social Security: improve patient safety (see H.R. 4889), H4069 [26JN]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1338 [16AP]
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), H284 [12FE]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H3037 [23MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 4470), H1409 [17AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6374 [18SE]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (see H.R. 4706), H2355 [9MY]
———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 4946), H3600 [17JN]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3036 [23MY]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H2608 [16MY]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H4931 [18JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3312), H3161 [4JN]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 4099), H1153 [9AP]
Tobacco products: replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 4753), H3928 [25JN]
———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 5035), H4324 [27JN]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (see H.R. 3852), H687 [5MR]
Medicare: conduct demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services (see H.R. 4153), H1200 [10AP]
Taxation: apply excise tax to hepatitis A vaccines (see H.R. 4553), H1532 [23AP]
Remarks
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (S. 1206), E230
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7382 [9OC]
Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H47
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H5321 [24JY]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: observance, E561
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2563
Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3896 [25JN]