SAWYER, TOM (a Representative from Ohio)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 314), H2662 [20MY]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H1769 [30AP]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1533 [23AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7738 [9OC]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 730), H1674 [25AP]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Clarence Miller Post Office Building, Lancaster, OH: designate (see H.R. 4755), H2607 [16MY]
Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 471), H1688 [29AP]
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), H2101 [2MY]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
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), H7303 [8OC]
Delbert L. Latta Federal Building, Bowling Green, OH: designate (see H.R. 5201), H5452 [24JY] (see H.R. 5439), H6927 [1OC]
Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H4069 [26JN]
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 Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H634 [27FE]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4069 [26JN]
Education: 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]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Europe: recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
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), H5453 [24JY]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H36 [23JA]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H4605 [15JY]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: improve the setting of accounting standards (see H.R. 3970), H1091 [20MR]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H688 [5MR]
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), H4498 [10JY]
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]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Government: ensure confidentiality of statistical information and permit limited sharing of records among designated agencies for statistical purposes (see H.R. 5215), H5789 [25JY]
Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 3066), H1410 [17AP]
Great Lakes: restore and protect (see H. Res. 560), H9025 [14NO]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3514 [12JN]
Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see H.R. 1255), H1154 [9AP]
———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H688 [5MR]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H2662 [20MY]
Insurance: 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]
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]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3563 [13JN]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H932 [14MR]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H2471 [14MY]
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]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H1155 [9AP]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H2943 [22MY]
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), H105 [29JA]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H687 [5MR]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H36 [23JA]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H105 [29JA]
Tariff: N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 3883), H737 [6MR]
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), H284 [12FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6693 [25SE]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H4326 [27JN]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1154 [9AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 5335), H6084 [5SE]
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), H285 [12FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
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), H6061 [4SE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H1533 [23AP]
Remarks
Afghanistan: develop a strategy for meeting security needs to allow safe and effective delivery of humanitarian assistance, H2765 [21MY]
Akron (OH) Beacon Journal: tribute to Coming Together Project, E550
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7436 [9OC]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2765 [21MY]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (H.R. 2458), H8981
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, H5617 [25JY]
Hartman-Stein, Paula: National Academies of Practice inductee, E552
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H580 [27FE]
OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (H.R. 2458), H8981
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H9018 [14NO]
Special order: granted, H6923 [1OC]
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