TIAHRT, TODD (a Representative from Kansas)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2330 [9MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6138 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3826 [21JN]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H6419 [19SE]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2165 [7MY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7895 [10OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H3038 [23MY]
Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H284 [12FE]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6130 [9SE]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and commend President Bush for advancing such relations (see H. Con. Res. 365), H1090 [20MR]
Claims: liquidate blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations in order to reimburse the Treasury for the compensation of terrorism victims (see H.R. 3698), H937 [18MR]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H7738 [9OC]
Colmery, Harry W.: posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 461), H6059 [4SE]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2356 [9MY]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1484 [18AP]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H5453 [24JY]
Customs Service: tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (see H. Res. 385), H1200 [10AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that agricultural producers and other persons appealing adverse agency decisions receive fair and equitable treatment (see H.R. 3827), H2101 [2MY]
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), H7172 [7OC]
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), H367 [13FE]
———make matching grants available to States to encourage the establishment of license plate programs to fund breast cancer treatment, research, and education (see H.R. 1295), H6060 [4SE]
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), H6374 [18SE]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4425 [9JY]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H562 [26FE]
———adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 4026), H3721 [19JN]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H1201 [10AP]
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), H524 [14FE]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]
———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]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H2471 [14MY]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H5194 [23JY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3161 [4JN]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H2108 [6MY]
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), H6251 [12SE]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see H.R. 5462), H7895 [10OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6693 [25SE]
High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (see H.R. 5486), H6776 [26SE]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H3161 [4JN]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H2235 [8MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H781 [7MR]
Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H36 [23JA]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H524 [14FE]
Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H1155 [9AP]
———improve access to health care and extend solvency of trust fund by reforming the health care liability system (see H.R. 4942), H6172 [10SE]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H3230 [5JN]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H523 [14FE]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H367 [13FE]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see H.R. 3335), H2511 [15MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H36 [23JA]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5122), H4605 [15JY]
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]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
———constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6927 [1OC]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H651 [28FE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H1673 [25AP]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 384), H1200 [10AP]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2471 [14MY]
———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), H7018 [3OC]
Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H1154 [9AP]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H937 [18MR]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 4756), H6130 [9SE]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H6419 [19SE]
———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see H.R. 5227), H6130 [9SE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931), H2235 [8MY]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H6061 [4SE]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H5998 [26JY]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H2472 [14MY]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2472 [14MY]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H6250 [12SE]
———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H3037 [23MY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H2608 [16MY]
World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2235 [8MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 5090), H4497 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: reduce recurring reporting requirements imposed by law (see H.R. 4557), H1532 [23AP]
Dept. of the Interior: construction and maintenance of facilities in Wichita, KS, to recharge the Equus Beds Aquifer (see H.R. 5425), H6418 [19SE]
SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 5496), H6776 [26SE]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H143 [6FE], H739 [7MR], H1203 [11AP], H3163 [5JN]
Poems
``Final Score,'' Ted Miller, H3494 [12JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, E760
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2954, H2955, H2971, H3015 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7734
Burnham, Martin and Gracia: abduction by Abu Sayaff (terrorist organization) in the Philippines, H143 [6FE], H510 [14FE], H567 [27FE], H740 [7MR], H1007 [20MR], H1204 [11AP], H1343 [17AP], H2092
———wounding of Gracia and death of Martin in rescue from Abu Sayaff (terrorist organization) in the Philippines, H3493 [12JN]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5478
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), H796
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2331 [9MY]
———establish sunset provisions for certain reports, H2331 [9MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4115 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5876
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), E127
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), E1082
Fort Greely, AK: missile silo construction funding, H4115 [27JN]
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), H6583
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H589
Journal: question of approval, H1341 [17AP]
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 (H.R. 3351), E2065
National Public Radio: report linking the Traditional Values Coalition with the mailing of anthrax tainted letters to congressional offices, H637 [28FE]
National security: national missile defense system, H4115 [27JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), E557
Philippines: support for U.S. military presence and war against terrorism, H567 [27FE], H3278 [6JN]
———U.S. policy relative to hostage situations involving U.S. citizens, H1773 [1MY], H2092
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', E1187
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H344 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H2954, H2955, H2971, H3015 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4090), H1160 [10AP], H1415 [18AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2477 [15MY]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (H.R. 4608), E873
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3015 [23MY]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), E1050
———rates, H2954 [23MY]
Votes: position on missed, H97
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3512 [12JN], H4929 [18JY]
Tributes
Hirschmann, Susan, H5066