NORWOOD, CHARLIE (a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H1201 [10AP]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H5453 [24JY]
Armed Forces: require additional special pay received by medical, dental, or veterinary officers be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 5353), H6129 [9SE]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H104 [29JA]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H5790 [25JY]
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]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H2019 [1MY]
Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H3668 [18JN]
———provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 4054), H1088 [20MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H4872 [17JY]
———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 3695), H1091 [20MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6693 [25SE]
Education: increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H906 [13MR]
———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 give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H2608 [16MY]
———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H2471 [14MY]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H782 [7MR]
———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H562 [26FE]
———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H5087 [22JY]
Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (see H.R. 5542), H7018 [3OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 4955), H3668 [18JN]
———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H2164 [7MY]
Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H2100 [2MY]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H3775 [20JN]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]
———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]
———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
———provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (see H.R. 5657), H8021 [16OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4498 [10JY]
House Rules: apply layover requirements for conference reports at the end of a congressional session and require the inclusion of certain matter in joint explanatory statements accompanying conference reports (see H. Res. 376), H1090 [20MR]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 5612), H7893 [10OC]
Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 4010), H3601 [17JN]
———oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1091 [20MR]
———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H937 [18MR]
———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H6172 [10SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Labor unions: assure more equitable results in union elections (see H.R. 4053), H1088 [20MR]
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 4055), H1088 [20MR] (see H.R. 5373, 5374), H6250 [12SE]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6061 [4SE]
Martha Berry Post Office, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5609), H8023 [16OC]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1289 [15AP]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H1091 [20MR]
Medicare: clarify right of beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for services not payable under Medicare (see H.R. 4702), H2355 [9MY]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6060 [4SE]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H36 [23JA]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1156 [9AP]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H562 [26FE]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H2471 [14MY]
———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2802), H1289 [15AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2356 [9MY]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H3601 [17JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1089 [20MR]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2805), H562 [26FE]
Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5574), H7303 [8OC]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H6303 [17SE]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H688 [5MR]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3859 [24JN]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H1283 [11AP]
National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 388), H1674 [25AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]
National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H907 [13MR]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1287), H110 [4FE] (see H.R. 3741), H1003 [19MR]
OPM: require all Federal agencies to collect and report data on use of official time by employees for union activities (see H.R. 4907), H3453 [11JN]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H7172 [7OC]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1533 [23AP]
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]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H6060 [4SE]
Public welfare programs: 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]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H4326 [27JN]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]
———suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 3605), H1484 [18AP]
Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 3497), H8546 [12NO]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H201 [6FE]
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), H1675 [25AP]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H2235 [8MY]
———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), H833 [12MR]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H8041 [24OC]
———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H4326 [27JN]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2235 [8MY]
———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4767 [16JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———provide a refundable credit for elementary and secondary school teachers and provide and expand deductions for unreimbursed expenses for continuing education (see H.R. 4884), H3291 [6JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H5998 [26JY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2019 [1MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6559 [24SE]
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), H1155 [9AP]
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), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1281 [11AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2355 [9MY]
World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2608 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H2018 [1MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H5793 [26JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1670 [25AP]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5973 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7219 [8OC]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful, H1670 [25AP]
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: law enforcement funding, H4740 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7856 [10OC], E1860
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4740 [16JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2190 [8MY]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7945 [16OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6731 [26SE]
Journal: question of approval, H3578 [17JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4282 [27JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1258 [11AP]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2846 [22MY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5973 [26JY]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7856 [10OC], E1860
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1671 [25AP]
Special order: granted, H2732 [21MY]