STENHOLM, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]
———H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4326 [27JN]
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), H1410 [17AP]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2608 [16MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
———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), H1673 [25AP]
———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]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———infant crib safety (see H.R. 1086), H1532 [23AP]
———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 5422), H6927 [1OC]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2512 [15MY]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1484 [18AP]
Comanche Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3512), H285 [12FE]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1339 [16AP]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
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), H2356 [9MY]
———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), H2945 [22MY]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2662 [20MY]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
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]
———equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H1154 [9AP]
———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 Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1410 [17AP]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
Education: provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H3928 [25JN]
Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see H.R. 4104), H1153 [9AP]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H2608 [16MY]
FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H4425 [9JY]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H4498 [10JY]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H4425 [9JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H6419 [19SE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6374 [18SE]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1620 [24AP]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H651 [28FE]
Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]
Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H634 [27FE]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H6927 [1OC]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4975), H3774 [20JN]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4605 [15JY]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H2662 [20MY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H3775 [20JN]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H1673 [25AP]
Health care professionals: help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H3859 [24JN]
———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4858), H3160 [4JN]
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]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend to improve administrative structure for carrying out immigration laws (see H.R. 4108), H1533 [23AP]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1484 [18AP]
———improve security at U.S. borders (see H.R. 3229), H142 [5FE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H7303 [8OC]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H2945 [22MY]
Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H3562 [13JN]
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H2472 [14MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H8021 [16OC]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H3292 [6JN]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H688 [5MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2946 [22MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6085 [5SE]
New York, NY: establish procedures and sanctions to ensure payment of unpaid parking fines by foreign countries (see H.R. 4699), H3297 [10JN]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Pensions: prohibit knowing misrepresentations by fiduciaries of 401(k) plans which may induce participants to act contrary to their best interests and protect claims based on such misrepresentations (see H.R. 3623), H367 [13FE]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H7172 [7OC]
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), H142 [5FE]
Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 3561), H651 [28FE]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see H.R. 3305), H4553 [11JY]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1410 [17AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H2944 [22MY]
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), H201 [6FE]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H1090 [20MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (see H.R. 4910), H3453 [11JN]
Motions
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3274 [6JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2031, H2042 [2MY]
Appropriations: legislative process, H6999 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6762 [26SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6999 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 568), H6989, H6990 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H7828, H7832, H7833 [10OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2814 [21MY], H2962, H2971 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 428), H2898, H2900 [22MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), motion to recommit, H3062 [24MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7232 [8OC]
Budget: allocation of funds, H548 [26FE]
———deficit, H58 [24JA], H6288 [17SE], H6541 [24SE]
———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, H6288 [17SE], H6541 [24SE]
———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), H8786 [14NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H992, H996 [19MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), consideration (H. Res. 372), H1026 [20MR]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4140, H4141 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5877
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8713
———inclusion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, H5877
———transfer agricultural import and entry inspection activities from the Dept. of Agriculture, H8713
———transfer Plum Island Animal Disease Center from the Dept. of Agriculture, H8713
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (H.R. 4708), H6499
Dyess AFB, TX: tribute to 317th Airlift Group, E324
Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 471), H5034
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H150, H156, H157 [6FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3532, H3533 [13JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3787 [21JN]
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (H. Con. Res. 352), H5037 [22JY]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), H4376 [9JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2188 [8MY]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6740
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3869 [25JN]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 342), H150 [6FE]
Medicare: revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8761 [14NO]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, E1622
Parliamentary inquiry, H3275 [6JN], H3532 [13JN], H4159 [27JN]
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]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H3464, H3468 [12JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H680, H681, H682, H684 [5MR], H888, H893 [13MR], H992 [19MR], H2430, H2433, H2437 [14MY], H2812, H2814 [21MY], H2962, H2971 [23MY], H3062 [24MY], H3268 [6JN], H3813 [21JN]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4156 [27JN]
———ceiling (S. 2578), motion to commit, H4164 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2563
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2497
———State option to elect a food stamp block grant in lieu of a regular program, H2497
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H150 [6FE], H3464, H3468 [12JN]
———ensure solvency, H895, H896 [13MR]
Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, H3268 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3268 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), motion to recommit, H3274 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H3274 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3532, H3533 [13JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H548 [26FE]
———rates, H58 [24JA]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8761 [14NO]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6182 [11SE]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2847 [22MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H6301 [17SE]