SANDLIN, MAX (a Representative from Texas)
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), H8041 [24OC]
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H5195 [23JY]
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3562 [13JN]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 408), H2019 [1MY]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H3038 [23MY]
———assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2101 [2MY]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H4326 [27JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H833 [12MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]
———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1770 [30AP]
———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]
———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (see H.R. 4758), H2607 [16MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H1091 [20MR]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 5098), H6229 [11SE]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1484 [18AP]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
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), H3562 [13JN]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2945 [22MY]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]
———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H201 [6FE]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2472 [14MY]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3454 [11JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H3859 [24JN]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H3859 [24JN]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6130 [9SE]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H6251 [12SE]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H634 [27FE]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H105 [29JA]
FDA: establish authority for the imposition of civil penalties for certain direct-to-consumer advertisements (see H.R. 4833), H3293 [6JN]
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), H1484 [18AP]
———clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H4326 [27JN]
———provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H7303 [8OC]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1577), H2946 [22MY]
Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H906 [13MR]
Foreign policy: negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H2662 [20MY]
———develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H5791 [25JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H737 [6MR]
———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 1683), H687 [5MR]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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]
House Rules: amend to require a three-fifths vote to pass any measure which would result in a budget deficit (see H. Res. 397), H1674 [25AP]
Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H6775 [26SE]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
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]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4326 [27JN]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H3669 [18JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1003 [19MR]
———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), H7019 [3OC]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H687 [5MR]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2471 [14MY]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H7172 [7OC]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7738 [9OC]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]
———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), H687 [5MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H3293 [6JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1202 [10AP]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6420 [19SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6230 [11SE]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3454 [11JN]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H6060 [4SE]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H7172 [7OC]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4873 [17JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H932 [14MR]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
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), H1201 [10AP]
States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 238), H3161 [4JN]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H3825 [21JN]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6303 [17SE]
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), H6229 [11SE]
———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), H1674 [25AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H2608 [16MY]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
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), H2019 [1MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H6229 [11SE]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H2943 [22MY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]
———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H3824 [21JN]
Taxation: repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 4229), H1289 [15AP]
Motions
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H884 [13MR]
House of Representatives: adjournment, H1019 [20MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, E587
Appropriations: legislative process, E1868
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 120), E1868
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), E1946
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3018 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7428 [9OC]
Aviation: impact of Executive order allowing privatization of certain air traffic controller functions, H3436, H3437 [11JN]
Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4167), H1303 [16AP]
Budget: deficit, H2147 [7MY], H6922 [1OC]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H944 [19MR]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4876 [18JY]
Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H3437 [11JN]
Consumers: make ownership cost limitations in New York, Ohio, and Nebraska law the minimum standard of protection for rental-purchase agreements, and establish a national standard on cash prices, H6327 [18SE]
———prohibit preemption of State laws that regulate rental-purchase agreements as a form of consumer credit, H6327 [18SE]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6327 [18SE]
Courts: disclosure of plaintiff attorney's fees in certain class action lawsuits, H864, H865 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H854, H864, H865, H875 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), consideration (H. Res. 367), H843, H845 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), motion to recommit, H884 [13MR]
———prohibit any knowing participant in a conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism from having a class action removed to Federal court, H884 [13MR]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H875 [13MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, E587
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5701 [25JY]
———establish Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force, H5701 [25JY]
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3741 [20JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3528
———make tax benefits permanent, H1449
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6729 [26SE]
Insurance: ensure jury awards exceeding certain limits are used to reduce medical liability premiums for physicians, H6729 [26SE]
———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (H.R. 4983), E1127
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports, H660 [5MR]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (H.R. 3960), H1294 [16AP]
Lamar County, TX: tribute to Commissioners Court for purchase of historic Paris, TX, Post Office, E1300
Public debt: ceiling, H889 [13MR]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2476 [15MY]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak, H3428 [11JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H944 [19MR], H1449
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), E2131
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), H2420 [14MY]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1449
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3261
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3741 [20JN]
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H961 [19MR]
Votes: position on missed, H641
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H648 [28FE]
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H3450 [11JN], H4870 [17JY]
Tributes
Pelosi, Representative, H130 [5FE]