THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2608 [16MY]
Copyrights: reform laws to facilitate the efficient delivery of music over the Internet (see H.R. 2724), H4574 [12JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN] (see H.R. 5710), H8545 [12NO]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 5503), H6983 [2OC]
Endangered Species Act: improve protection of habitats (see H.R. 3707), H932 [14MR]
———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H932 [14MR]
———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), H1620 [24AP]
———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H932 [14MR]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H1533 [23AP]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H141 [5FE]
Foreign aid: provide development assistance only to foreign countries that work toward economic and political freedom to improve living standards of all its citizens (see H. Res. 573), H7018 [3OC]
Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6172 [10SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H284 [12FE]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6061 [4SE]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1090 [20MR]
Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H2735 [21MY]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H634 [27FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H2019 [1MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 4615), H1674 [25AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see H.R. 3522), H37 [23JA]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2100 [2MY]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2100 [2MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H6770 [26SE], H7006 [3OC], H8037 [24OC], H9027 [19NO], H9037 [22NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3039 [24MY], H8037 [24OC]
Questions and answers
Homeland Security Act (H.R. 5005), H5635-H5637 [25JY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7285 [8OC]
Arms control: U.S.-Russian nuclear weapons reduction agreement, H2336 [9MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1041, H1047 [20MR]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), vacate ordering of yeas and nays, H816 [12MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2268, H2336, H2341 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2252 [9MY]
———nuclear weapons programs funding, H2268 [9MY]
Dept. of Energy: prohibit research and development of nuclear earth penetrator weapons, H2341 [9MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5634, H5685, H5695 [25JY], H5807, H5846 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), consideration (H. Res. 502), H5624 [25JY]
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8700 [13NO]
———inclusion of Customs Service, H5695 [25JY]
———inclusion of FEMA, H5685 [25JY]
———remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers, H5846 [26JY]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, H5807 [26JY]
National security: war on terrorism and homeland security funding, H1041, H1047 [20MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1332 [16AP]
Tribute, H9115 [22NO]