RILEY, BOB (a Representative from Alabama)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4606 [15JY]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H1620 [24AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5173), H6230 [11SE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6693 [25SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H4425 [9JY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6304 [17SE]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H6693 [25SE]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 523), H6304 [17SE]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1484 [18AP]
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), H4932 [18JY]
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), H2945 [22MY]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H6060 [4SE]
Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5575), H7895 [10OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6983 [2OC]
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]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 3333), H7018 [3OC]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H5194 [23JY]
Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 5414), H6693 [25SE]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H283 [12FE]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H3562 [13JN]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1091 [20MR]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6251 [12SE]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
Immigration: 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), H5791 [25JY]
ITC: conduct an expedited review of temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 507), H8024 [16OC]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
Medicare: increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1484 [18AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H5791 [25JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6304 [17SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6304 [17SE]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2472 [14MY]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]
Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H1338 [16AP]
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), H2512 [15MY]
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), H8023 [16OC]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H1484 [18AP]
———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]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H3293 [6JN]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H634 [27FE]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H5998 [26JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Hyundai Motor Co.: establishment of automotive manufacturing facility in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 377), H1337 [16AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, E716
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7246 [8OC]
Clothing industry: tribute to machine embroidery, E1372
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 523), H6313
Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H916
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), E1324
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), E718
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, E1324
Perryman, Darryl D.: National Organization of Black County Officials, Inc., Outstanding County Official award recipient, E726
Senior citizens: tribute to adult day care programs, E1810
Votes: position on missed, H17
Tributes
Holmes, Alfred P., Jr., E318
Lancaster, Isabella R., E552
Swart, Brent, E1199
Wood, William A., E888