RUSH, BOBBY L. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5702 [25JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6560 [24SE]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H3668 [18JN]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H2108 [6MY]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H6374 [18SE]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3613), H6777 [26SE]

Children and youth: provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H833 [12MR]

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), H4931 [18JY]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H1155 [9AP]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H2100 [2MY]

Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H8546 [12NO]

Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]

Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]

Davis, Sammy, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3628), H834 [12MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H5994 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H562 [26FE]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]

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]

———establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H634 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1484 [18AP]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]

———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H227 [7FE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H2945 [22MY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4425 [9JY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3860 [24JN]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H6778 [26SE]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H5195 [23JY]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]

———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), H3775 [20JN]

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), H1675 [25AP]

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), H2511 [15MY]

FDIC: make certain temporary Federal service performed creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1586), H227 [7FE]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]

Federal contracts: require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1859), H3562 [13JN]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H738 [6MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H907 [13MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1087 [20MR]

———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H1003 [19MR]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain unearned fees in connection with settlement services involved in residential mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 4627), H2018 [1MY]

Firearms: expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see H.R. 671), H1201 [10AP]

———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]

———prohibit possession or transfer of certain handguns (see H.R. 3679), H1003 [19MR]

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H6085 [5SE]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H79 [24JA]

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), H3038 [23MY]

Government: give preference in awarding of construction project contracts to qualified apprenticeship programs participants (see H.R. 5492), H7172 [7OC]

Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 592), H8023 [16OC]

Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]

Harold, Erika: tribute (see H. Res. 575), H7303 [8OC]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H651 [28FE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3721 [19JN]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1490 [22AP]

Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H2019 [1MY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

Immigration: facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]

Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]

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]

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), H561 [26FE]

Lenora Stewart Federal Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3700), H227 [7FE]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H367 [13FE]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H1090 [20MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H3229 [5JN]

———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 voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see H.R. 3027), H1003 [19MR]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H2101 [2MY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H1201 [10AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]

Middle East: end violence between Israelis and Palestinians and resume Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives (see H. Res. 405), H2165 [7MY]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1533 [23AP]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3073 [24MY]

National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1087 [20MR]

Pensions: improve pension plan security (see H.R. 5110), H5195 [23JY]

Power resources: prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 5614), H7893 [10OC]

Public Health Service Act: establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2164 [7MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H285 [12FE]

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), H3292 [6JN]

Robeson, Paul L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 114), H4606 [15JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H562 [26FE]

———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. 3675), H737 [6MR] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]

———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]

———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H6172 [10SE] (see H.R. 5541), H7304 [8OC]

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), H1154 [9AP]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H2945 [22MY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]

———provide credits for hiring workers retrained in trade adjustment assistance programs (see H.R. 3768), H907 [13MR]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H5791 [25JY]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2254), H687 [5MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3825 [21JN]

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]

U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6693 [25SE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H2735 [21MY]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see H.R. 491), H2100 [2MY]

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), H1003 [19MR]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 5510), H6926 [1OC]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H6060 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H2607 [16MY]

FHA: reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 4067), H1089 [20MR]

Remarks

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, E1393 [25JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7439 [9OC]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (H.R. 3479), H4652 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 4764), E847 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5702, H5703 [25JY]

———establish Office for State and Local Government Coordination, H5702, H5703 [25JY]

FHA: reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (H.R. 4067), E422 [21MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H585 [27FE]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits, E425 [21MR]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3135), E584 [18AP]

Telecommunications: require Bell Operating Cos., to offer high-speed internet to low-income urban areas, H585 [27FE]

Votes: correction, H393 [13FE]

Williams, Serena: tribute (H. Res. 94), H6021 [4SE]

Williams, Venus: tribute (H. Res. 94), H6021 [4SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H557 [26FE], H930 [14MR]

Special order: granted, H2098 [2MY], H4762 [16JY]

Tributes

Cousins, William, Jr., E2069 [15NO]

Rawis, Louis, E712 [3MY]