STEARNS, CLIFF (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4427 [9JY]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
Another Telecom Fiasco, Wall Street Journal, H6089 [9SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3928 [25JN]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H4425 [9JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H2511 [15MY]
Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H4574 [12JY]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4873 [17JY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3514 [12JN]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H1154 [9AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
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]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H79 [24JA]
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), H688 [5MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5138), H4766 [16JY]
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), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 375), H7929 [15OC]
Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 376), H7929 [15OC]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H4931 [18JY]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H1154 [9AP]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]
———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H228 [7FE]
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), H285 [12FE]
Foreign policy: commend continued political, economic, cultural, and strategic partnerships and support of war on terrorism by Turkey and Israel (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5453 [24JY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2355 [9MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H2945 [22MY]
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]
Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H6374 [18SE]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1338 [16AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H3825 [21JN]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H524 [14FE]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: ensure public safety officers receive benefits (see H.R. 5375), H6250 [12SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN]
———constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5194 [23JY]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H6229 [11SE]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H2471 [14MY]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H5453 [24JY]
Taxation: 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), H7894 [10OC]
———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), H3453 [11JN]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3160 [4JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H6130 [9SE]
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), H367 [13FE]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 334), H561 [26FE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see H. Res. 482), H4606 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4964), H3720 [19JN]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4981), H3774 [20JN] (see H.R. 5059), H4325 [27JN]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H141 [5FE]
FCC: 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]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: preserve the integrity of the establishment of accounting standards (see H.R. 5058), H4325 [27JN]
Ocklawaha River: convey National Forest System lands underlying the George Kirkpatrick Dam near Palatka, FL (see H.R. 3888), H737 [6MR]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Schriever, Bernard A.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3037 [23MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4769 [17JY]
Lists
Tax cut bills passed by the House—107th Congress, H3300 [11JN]
Poems
``Our American Birthright,'' Roy S. Moore, E1254
Remarks
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4964), H3674 [19JN], H4355 [9JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7383 [9OC]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6064 [5SE]
Asthma Awareness Month: observance, H2110 [7MY]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4432 [10JY]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4432 [10JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H144 [6FE]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), H787 [12MR]
Congress: legislative priorities, H1344 [17AP]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (H.R. 5138), H5027
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4537 [11JY]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1362, H1363 [17AP]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (H.R. 3686), H112 [5FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (H.R. 1205), H2838 [22MY]
———improve veterans access to health care, H657 [5MR]
Families and domestic relations: reduce financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system, H567
FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H598 [27FE]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (H.R. 4738), H6088 [9SE]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: preserve the integrity of the establishment of accounting standards (H.R. 5058), H4537 [11JY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), E1677
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932, H7944, H7946 [16OC]
Immigration: improve procedures for the issuance of nonimmigrant student visas and enhance procedures for admission at U.S. ports of entry, H86 [29JA]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H598 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H573 [27FE]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders, H86 [29JA]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3300 [11JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3828 [24JN]
Ocala, FL: dedication of memorial honoring the historic contribution of slaves, H4355 [9JY]
Office of Strategic Services: anniversary, H3609 [18JN]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', E1254
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H238 [12FE], H419 [13FE]
———reduce cost of political advertising on television, H419 [13FE]
Public welfare programs: reform, H1491 [23AP]
Sudan: condemn human rights violations and support Vigil for Sudan held at Galvez Park in Washington, DC, E1619
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), H3300 [11JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3300 [11JN]
———rates, H1291 [16AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1682
———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6199
Votes: position on missed, H6240
World Asthma Day: observance, E744
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5314 [23JY]
Tributes
Baki, Fred, E1819
Plage, Henry L., E2027
Schriever, Bernard A., H6248 [12SE]
Williams, Ted, H4578 [15JY]