TAYLOR, GENE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Unity Can Restore War-Torn Country, Stephen E. Ambrose, Biloxi (MS) Sun Herald, E102 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Armed Forces: index for inflation the amount of death gratuity paid upon death during active duty (see H.R. 3972), H1484 [18AP]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H1484 [18AP]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3669 [18JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H5998 [26JY]

———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]

Business and industry: express support for U.S. forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encourage protection from unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 557), H6927 [1OC]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H524 [14FE]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]

———prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]

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]

———repeal authority of the President to commence further rounds of military base closures and realignments (see H.R. 4897), H3291 [6JN]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5082), H4424 [9JY]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]

———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4644), H3775 [20JN]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4766 [16JY]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H2101 [2MY]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]

Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]

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]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H6085 [5SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4498 [10JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H1155 [9AP]

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

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2511 [15MY]

———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H3669 [18JN]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 1626), H687 [5MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H781 [7MR]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H6693 [25SE]

Medicare: specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H834 [12MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 438), H6303 [17SE]

Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3454 [11JN]

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

National Archives and Records Administration: maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 1081), H1769 [30AP]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2661 [20MY]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H5452 [24JY]

Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7738 [9OC]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: withdraw certain benefits from auditors that perform non-audit functions (see H.R. 3617), H5195 [23JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H7894 [10OC]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2472 [14MY]

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), H367 [13FE]

Taxation: extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H7738 [9OC]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3859 [24JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H3562 [13JN]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]

Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]

Veterans: 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]

West Point, MS: tribute to Bryan Packers American Legion baseball team (see H. Res. 542), H6419 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Major Henry A. Commiskey, Sr. Post Office Building, Hattiesburg, MS: designate (see H.R. 5495), H6776 [26SE]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2334, H2337, H2342, H2344, H2348, H2350, H2352, H2360, H2362, H2364, H2367, H2373 [9MY], H5602 [25JY], H7306 [9OC], H7854 [10OC]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H2248, H2264 [9MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6766 [26SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2961, H3007 [23MY], H3070 [24MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 428), H2899 [22MY]

Armed Forces: U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6287 [17SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H135 [5FE]

———balance, H6412 [19SE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H4568 [12JY], H4658 [15JY], H4750 [16JY], H4863 [17JY], H4913 [18JY], H5073 [22JY], H5461 [25JY]

———deficit, H6287 [17SE], H6397, H6412 [19SE]

———treatment of public debt, H135 [5FE]

Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H2255 [9MY], H3007 [23MY]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4913 [18JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2269, H2372 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, H8538, H8539 [12NO], E2139 [22NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2255 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H5602, H5603, H5604, H5605, H5606 [25JY], H7306 [9OC], H7854 [10OC]

———eligibility and qualifications for service-connected disability benefits, H8539 [12NO]

———establish a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State, H5602, H5603, H5604, H5605, H5606 [25JY]

———terminate additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, H2255, H2372 [9MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4750 [16JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4913 [18JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1443 [18AP]

National Guard: tribute, E102 [6FE]

Parker, Mike: resignation as Assistant Sec. of the Army for Civil Works relative to congressional testimony on Corps of Engineers funding, H777 [7MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2896, H2897, H2901 [22MY], H3062 [24MY]

Point of order, H2896 [22MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H892 [13MR], H2432 [14MY], H2899 [22MY], H2961 [23MY], H3070 [24MY], H3266 [6JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H135 [5FE], H2961 [23MY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3478 [12JN]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1443 [18AP]

———increase unified estate tax credit, H3266 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3266 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6397 [19SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H500 [14FE]

———rates, H2961 [23MY], H6397 [19SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H500 [14FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H500 [14FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7854 [10OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H778 [7MR], H3071 [24MY], H4572 [12JY], H4601 [15JY], H4870 [17JY], H5084 [22JY], H5315 [23JY], H6301 [17SE], H6416 [19SE], H7016 [3OC]

Statements

Simple Truths About the Budget and the Debt, H1443 [18AP]

Tables

Debt owed to Federal trust funds, H1443 [18AP]

Tributes

McGee, John M., E873 [22MY]

Withers, George O., E2139 [22NO]