SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2330 [9MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program (see H.R. 5125), H6130 [9SE]

Armed Forces: assess strengths needed to fight the war on terrorism (see H.R. 5132), H5087 [22JY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H907 [13MR]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]

Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2471 [14MY]

Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building, Fayetteville, AR: designate (see H.R. 4486), H1482 [18AP]

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), H6229 [11SE]

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), H2608 [16MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]

———proposed referendum on political reform (see H. Res. 453), H3774 [20JN]

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense: 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 HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H1674 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 3592), H1284 [11AP]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H781 [7MR]

———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H1156 [9AP]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H781 [7MR]

Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H3292 [6JN]

———promote engagement of young Americans in democratic process through civic education in classrooms, service learning programs, and student leadership activities (see H.R. 3234), H5998 [26JY]

FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H4425 [9JY]

Foreign countries: require the President to report on the effectiveness of the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions by the U.S. (see H.R. 1828), H141 [5FE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H6061 [4SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H4575 [12JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H367 [13FE]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H227 [7FE]

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]

Insurance: coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 4959), H3668 [18JN]

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), H2512 [15MY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1154 [9AP]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1283 [11AP]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H142 [5FE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H142 [5FE]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H4931 [18JY]

———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), H833 [12MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2735 [21MY]

Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3601 [17JN]

———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: condemn hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians and encourage peace initiatives (see H. Res. 394), H1484 [18AP]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H1155 [9AP]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H6060 [4SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4326 [27JN]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]

Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H2019 [1MY]

Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H1620 [24AP]

Richard S. Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Little Rock, AR: designate (see H.R. 4028), H1087 [20MR]

Robeson, Paul L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 114), H1339 [16AP]

Russia: establish a debt reduction for nonproliferation program (see H.R. 3836), H937 [18MR]

———normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3553), H1338 [16AP]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]

Social Security: permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H1003 [19MR]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 1470), H6374 [18SE]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1769 [30AP]

Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H562 [26FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H3161 [4JN]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (see H.R. 5566), H7171 [7OC]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H2019 [1MY]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H7303 [8OC]

———treatment of charitable remainder pet trusts (see H.R. 1796), H36 [23JA]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H634 [27FE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2235 [8MY]

Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 269), H4932 [18JY]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H833 [12MR]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H5194 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Russia: tribute to the Russian Federation and the citizens of Volgograd on the anniversary of the Russian victory at Stalingrad (see H. Res. 558), H6693 [25SE]

Remarks

Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (H.R. 4940), H5016 [22JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7269 [8OC], H7758 [10OC]

Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building, Fayetteville, AR: designate (H.R. 4486), H2116 [7MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H5294 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2267, H2372, H2379 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, H8538 [12NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4547), H5311 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5651 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5294 [23JY]

Health: establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources, H2379 [9MY]

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 (H. Res. 559), H6945 [2OC]

National Guard: authorize small arms competitions and athletic competitions, H2372 [9MY]

National security: war on terrorism and homeland security funding, H5311 [23JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H423 [13FE]

———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H423 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2487 [15MY]

Richard S. Arnold U.S. Courthouse, Little Rock, AR: designate (H.R. 4028), H2117 [7MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6125 [9SE]

Tributes

Jewell, Jerry D., H6109 [9SE]