WAMP, ZACH (a Representative from Tennessee)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5089 [22JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H296 [12FE], H441 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3230 [5JN]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H7172 [7OC]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1533 [23AP]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H5790 [25JY]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H1156 [9AP]
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), H4767 [16JY]
Crime: 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), H2101 [2MY]
———treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (see H.R. 4477), H3860 [24JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: treatment of overtime, night, and holiday inspection and quarantine services performed by employees (see H.R. 3390), H37 [23JA]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
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]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4425 [9JY]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H1003 [19MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H1201 [10AP]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H6304 [17SE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H6693 [25SE]
Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (see H.R. 5542), H7018 [3OC]
Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H2019 [1MY]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H201 [6FE]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H202 [6FE]
Flag—U.S.: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 3107), H6419 [19SE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]
Health: encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 474), H8042 [24OC]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H1770 [30AP]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3454 [11JN]
Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H7895 [10OC]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2100 [2MY]
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 officers: provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H6250 [12SE]
Los Angeles Sparks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 532), H7738 [9OC]
Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H3562 [13JN]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2100 [2MY]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H3160 [4JN]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1769 [30AP]
———exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 5508), H7895 [10OC]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H230 [8FE]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1154 [9AP]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1155 [9AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1769 [30AP]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2470 [14MY]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2164 [7MY]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H4326 [27JN]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H1155 [9AP]
National Child Protection Act: amend (see H.R. 5556), H8733 [13NO]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6061 [4SE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H6419 [19SE]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against recent escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination directed against ethnic and religious minorities (see H. Res. 469), H4325 [27JN]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H7895 [10OC]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pharmaceuticals: expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (see H.R. 1298), H367 [13FE]
———importation of certain prescription drugs (see H.R. 5186), H5194 [23JY]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H3292 [6JN]
Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H36 [23JA]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1620 [24AP]
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), H1770 [30AP]
Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H1533 [23AP]
———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 2683), H1620 [24AP]
———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), H36 [23JA]
———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), H1154 [9AP]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H3514 [12JN]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H3230 [5JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 3105), H105 [29JA]
Tennessee: authorize construction of replacement lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam (see H.R. 5546), H7018 [3OC]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 5035), 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), H1281 [11AP]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2969, H3019 [23MY]
BLM: funding, H4730 [16JY]
Budget: deficit, H4730 [16JY]
California: prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling, H4830, H4833 [17JY]
Committee on Taxation (Joint): funding relative to release of report on corporations avoiding U.S. income tax by reincorporating in foreign countries, H4883 [18JY]
Compact of Free Association: compensation to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for increased migration, H4818, H4819 [17JY]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2674 [21MY]
Crime: 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 (H.R. 4623), H3883 [25JN]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H5294 [23JY]
Dept. of Energy: Energy Star Program funding, H4826 [17JY]
———residential micro cogeneration of energy program funding, H4745 [16JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4730, H4737, H4744, H4745 [16JY], H4817, H4818, H4819, H4821, H4826, H4830, H4833, H4834, H4836 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5294 [23JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: GAO study of a pilot project with the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN, to provide medical care to veterans, H4881 [18JY]
Forest Service: grazing management funding, H4819 [17JY]
———wildfire prevention funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4821 [17JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2198 [8MY]
Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfafa or row crops, H4834 [17JY]
Kyrgyzstan: human rights violations, E430
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), consideration (H. Res. 489), H4881, H4883 [18JY]
Oak Ridge, TN: tribute to Oak Ridge High School efforts to memorialize victims of terrorist attacks, E1075
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H343, H405, H438, H441, H442, H463 [13FE]
———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to House candidates, H441, H442 [13FE]
———regulation of political action committees' funding of candidate advertisements, H438 [13FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1659
———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6180 [11SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6125 [9SE]
Tributes
Boone, Charles E. (Pat), E435
Coker, Harold, E96