VITTER, DAVID (a Representative from Louisiana)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4326 [27JN]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H6061 [4SE]
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), H3928 [25JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H6693 [25SE]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H3562 [13JN]
Coast Guard: require that the Sea Marshal Program be carried out in U.S. ports considered to be most vulnerable to terrorist attack and authorize additional personnel and funds for such program (see H.R. 3432), H37 [23JA]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
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), H1284 [11AP]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H2165 [7MY]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2945 [22MY]
Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H2356 [9MY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 91), H2165 [7MY]
———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]
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 Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H4575 [12JY]
Drugs: prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see H.R. 5519), H8023 [16OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1156 [9AP]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H105 [29JA]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2608 [16MY]
———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H907 [13MR]
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), H5998 [26JY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H6172 [10SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1338 [16AP]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6060 [4SE]
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]
Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H2165 [7MY]
Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H1090 [20MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H834 [12MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see H.R. 5446), H7304 [8OC]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2100 [2MY]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H36 [23JA]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3928 [25JN]
———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H4069 [26JN]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H2164 [7MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1674 [25AP]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 501), H7172 [7OC]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2100 [2MY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1533 [23AP]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H4872 [17JY]
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]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Safety: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (see H.R. 3429), H651 [28FE]
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: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H141 [5FE]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H201 [6FE]
———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H284 [12FE] (see H.R. 3135), H1410 [17AP]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H36 [23JA]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H1769 [30AP]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H2165 [7MY]
Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H2235 [8MY]
———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H907 [13MR]
———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), H6777 [26SE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5596), H7892 [10OC]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 4099), H8023 [16OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H634 [27FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 334), H738 [6MR]
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), H3562 [13JN]
———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), H4767 [16JY]
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H105 [29JA]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Air Force: anniversary of B-52 Stratofortress bomber (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1483 [18AP]
Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (see H. Res. 595), H8041 [24OC]
Armed Forces: require institutions of higher education to preserve the educational status and financial resources of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 3755), H366 [13FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4553 [11JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7172 [7OC]
Louisiana: anniversary of oil and gas industry (see H. Con. Res. 330), H366 [13FE]
National security: improve the security of seaports and the marine environment to promote public safety and commerce (see H.R. 3621), H36 [23JA]
Taxation: treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 3756), H366 [13FE]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5368
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7332 [9OC]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 439), H5028 [22JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 502), H7976
Bush, President: disapproving the action taken under the Trade Act in response to the surge of steel imports (H.J. Res. 84), disposition (H. Res. 414), H2175 [8MY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E353
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), H6576 [25SE]
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 (H. Res. 559), H6945 [2OC]
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 3991), H1130 [9AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2074
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4277 [27JN]
Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, H1130 [9AP]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (H.R. 2357), E1746
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1706
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7853
Tributes
Driesler, Marty, E1958