MEEK, CARRIE P. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2946 [22MY]
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1188 [10AP]
Articles and editorials
Analysts Discount Attack by Iraq—Counterattack Is Called Possible, Dana Priest, Washington (DC) Post, H7315 [9OC]
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), H4350 [8JY]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 110), H6693 [25SE]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H1154 [9AP]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3038 [23MY]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H4326 [27JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4873 [17JY]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H1155 [9AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7738 [9OC]
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), H2471 [14MY]
Children and youth: 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]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H231 [8FE]
———recognize the benefits of mentoring (see H. Res. 330), 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), H5453 [24JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1338 [16AP]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
Customs Service: tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (see H. Res. 385), H1200 [10AP]
Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H1155 [9AP]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H4553 [11JY]
Dept. of Transportation: improve security at U.S. maritime borders (see H.R. 3013), H688 [5MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1205), H2662 [20MY]
———require the geographic allocation of funds for medical care better reflect the veterans populations in different regions of the country (see H.R. 4852), H3563 [13JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
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), H5998 [26JY]
———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H1003 [19MR]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H1154 [9AP]
Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 3912), H5087 [22JY]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6560 [24SE]
———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), H781 [7MR]
Employment: exclude all employment contracts from certain arbitration provisions (see H.R. 2282), H2945 [22MY]
Families and domestic relations: 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), H6060 [4SE]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H3669 [18JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6693 [25SE]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1003 [19MR]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H6559 [24SE]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H4350 [8JY]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H105 [29JA]
Foreign policy: ensure that the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative substantially increases resources available for human development and poverty reduction in countries eligible for assistance (see H.R. 4524), H1770 [30AP]
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]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H6061 [4SE]
Garvey, Marcus: recognize human rights accomplishments and clear name relative to politically motivated criminal charges (see H. Res. 50), H4606 [15JY]
Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 5650), H8042 [24OC]
———end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Health: treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1490 [22AP]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H562 [26FE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1284 [11AP]
Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3230 [5JN]
———facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H6085 [5SE]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 5076), H4424 [9JY]
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]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H1090 [20MR]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1091 [20MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2735 [21MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H7172 [7OC]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2607 [16MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4767 [16JY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H285 [12FE]
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), H285 [12FE]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H2019 [1MY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H833 [12MR]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H6061 [4SE]
Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2662 [20MY]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3826 [21JN]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H3721 [19JN]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H5998 [26JY]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 384), H1200 [10AP]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H6171 [10SE]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H1201 [10AP]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H6060 [4SE]
States: address domestic and sexual violence in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4655), H3161 [4JN]
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), H4326 [27JN]
———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), H2356 [9MY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H1283 [11AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H5995 [26JY]
Veterans: establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans (see H.R. 3374), H781 [7MR]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3859 [24JN]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H651 [28FE]
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
———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
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H1282 [11AP]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (see H.R. 3630), H78 [24JA]
Haiti: provide for the same treatment of immigrants as that of Cuban immigrants (see H.R. 5751), H9024 [14NO]
Immigration: provide judicial review of detention and release determinations and grant the right to a bond hearing to aliens in removal proceedings (see H.R. 5750), H9024 [14NO]
Letters
U.S. treatment of Haitian asylum seekers, E1117
Motions
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H6948 [2OC]
Poems
``Miami Hurricane Wonder,'' Representative Owens, E1926 [17OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7314 [9OC]
Black History Month: observance, H615 [27FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1068
Children and youth: recognize the benefits of mentoring (H. Res. 330), H14
Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities (H.R. 1606), H6525 [24SE]
———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 523), H6314
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4912 [18JY]
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2866 [22MY]
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2866 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5836
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the inclusion of Virginia Key Beach, FL, in the National Park System (H.R. 2109), H1700 [30AP]
———conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (S. 1894), H6508 [24SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5244 [23JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4912 [18JY]
Haiti: provide for the same treatment of immigrants as that of Cuban immigrants (H.R. 5751), E2038
———U.S. policy, H514, H515, H516 [14FE]
Help America Vote Act: compliance deadlines, H3680 [19JN]
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H4394 [9JY]
Immigration: provide judicial review of detention and release determinations and grant the right to a bond hearing to aliens in removal proceedings (H.R. 5750), E2036
———treatment of Haitian refugees, E1117
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2087 [2MY]
LEASA Industries Co., Inc.: tribute to groundbreaking of production facility in Poinciana Industrial Park, E22
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4286 [27JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4170 [27JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6890 [1OC]
Minorities: increase homeownership, H3769
Murray, Willis (Snake): Florida Foundation on Active Aging C. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award recipient, E1629
National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 415), H3769
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H146 [6FE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2495 [15MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1068
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5836
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H6885 [1OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7848 [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, H3680 [19JN], H6348 [18SE], H6684 [25SE], H6949, H6951 [2OC]
Williams, Serena: tribute (H. Res. 94), H6020 [4SE]
Williams, Venus: tribute (H. Res. 94), H6020 [4SE]
World Refugee Day: observance, E1117
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H778 [7MR]
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H3450 [11JN], H4495 [10JY]
Tribute, H4395-H4397 [9JY], E1926 [17OC], E2060, E2064, E2068 [15NO]
Statements
U.S. Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers, E1117
Tributes
Coats, Joseph, E380
Curry, Victor T., H4474 [10JY]
Dansby, William N., E1040
Golatt, Paul, Jr., E1745
Winters, Johnny, E1085