WILSON, JOE (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H932 [14MR]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6927 [1OC]

Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4351 [8JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

———encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H1089 [20MR]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2020), H2662 [20MY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H201 [6FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H4350 [8JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H36 [23JA]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2662 [20MY]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H367 [13FE]

Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H2662 [20MY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H6419 [19SE]

———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3161 [4JN]

———require background checks for pilot and flight service training applicants (see H.R. 2957), H36 [23JA]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1811), H6060 [4SE]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H79 [24JA]

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]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H2662 [20MY]

———urge maintenance of flags placed on the grave sites of U.S. veterans on Memorial Day (see H. Res. 120), H105 [29JA]

Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H9036 [19NO]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H5195 [23JY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H2511 [15MY]

———recognize the benefits of mentoring (see H. Res. 330), H36 [23JA]

———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 556), H6693 [25SE]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H655 [4MR]

Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 523), H6304 [17SE]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H105 [29JA]

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: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2472 [14MY]

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), H3453 [11JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 4854), H3293 [6JN]

Corps of Engineers: lease land at the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project to the South Carolina Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 649), H79 [24JA]

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), H4554 [11JY]

Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3562 [13JN]

———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), H3721 [19JN]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H79 [24JA]

———supervised release of life for offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4679), H2472 [14MY]

Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H5087 [22JY]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5034), H4324 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H2235 [8MY]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1155 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H3229 [5JN]

———establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H4326 [27JN]

———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H105 [29JA]

———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]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2662 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H7018 [3OC]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see H.R. 4830), H3036 [23MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H4766 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H105 [29JA]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7172 [7OC]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H6060 [4SE]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H8023 [16OC]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 3592), H7738 [9OC]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H141 [5FE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H105 [29JA]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H781 [7MR]

District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H3928 [25JN]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4873 [17JY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4069 [26JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H651 [28FE]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H366 [13FE]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H5453 [24JY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H79 [24JA]

———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H3668 [18JN]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H4872 [17JY]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H79 [24JA]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H9128 [22NO]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H78 [24JA] (see H.R. 3333), H2945 [22MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H3562 [13JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2662 [20MY]

———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]

———recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H228 [7FE]

———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), H201 [6FE]

FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H737 [6MR]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H6129 [9SE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H2019 [1MY]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H6693 [25SE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H105 [29JA]

Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H79 [24JA]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H4069 [26JN]

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H37 [23JA]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H2471 [14MY]

Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6778 [26SE]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H79 [24JA]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H79 [24JA]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H79 [24JA]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H5087 [22JY]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H105 [29JA]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H79 [24JA]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H4069 [26JN]

———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]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2471 [14MY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H2735 [21MY]

Health care professionals: permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (see H.R. 4872), H5087 [22JY]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

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]

House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H142 [5FE]

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), H9036 [19NO]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to loss of nationality for treason or terrorism against the U.S. (see H.R. 5440), H6558 [24SE]

Indian American Friendship Council: tribute (see H. Res. 512), H6230 [11SE]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1003 [19MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H3601 [17JN]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H105 [29JA]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H6060 [4SE]

Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H6374 [18SE]

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]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2662 [20MY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H524 [14FE]

Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H8035 [21OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H105 [29JA]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H79 [24JA]

Law enforcement: provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H3825 [21JN]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H7172 [7OC]

———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), H6374 [18SE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2471 [14MY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H524 [14FE]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H3928 [25JN]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H141 [5FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H6171 [10SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H6060 [4SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H3928 [25JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H201 [6FE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H201 [6FE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H36 [23JA]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H79 [24JA]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H4605 [15JY]

———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), H3038 [23MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H2471 [14MY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H79 [24JA]

———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), H2511 [15MY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H105 [29JA]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H3825 [21JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H2735 [21MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H6060 [4SE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H105 [29JA]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3161 [4JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H2735 [21MY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H7894 [10OC]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H687 [5MR]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H4873 [17JY]

National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6061 [4SE]

National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5195 [23JY]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H634 [27FE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H142 [5FE]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H37 [23JA]

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

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6983 [2OC]

Patriot Day: support by writing to men and women serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 450), H6560 [24SE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]

———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. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H79 [24JA]

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), H6304 [17SE]

POW: provide special compensation for former prisoners of war (see H.R. 5235), H8733 [13NO]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6560 [24SE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1338 [16AP]

———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]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H2512 [15MY]

———eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H367 [13FE]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H2662 [20MY]

Service academies: increase service obligation for military service academies, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (see H.R. 5195), H5452 [24JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H105 [29JA]

———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H6085 [5SE]

———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), H1201 [10AP]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3135), H1410 [17AP]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), 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), H5195 [23JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H105 [29JA]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H2101 [2MY]

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), H3230 [5JN]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H2471 [14MY]

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]

Tariff: high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 4197), H1282 [11AP]

———high-performance loudspeakers manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4198), H1282 [11AP]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H79 [24JA]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H4498 [10JY]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H105 [29JA]

———allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax (see H.R. 3062), H367 [13FE]

———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), H284 [12FE]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]

———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), H141 [5FE]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 368), H105 [29JA]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see H.R. 2189), H79 [24JA]

———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), H141 [5FE]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 3139), H3514 [12JN]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H3721 [19JN]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1289 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1202 [10AP]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6059 [4SE]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H2661 [20MY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H6085 [5SE]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H141 [5FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H201 [6FE]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H4069 [26JN]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H8733 [13NO]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H141 [5FE]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H79 [24JA]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H4069 [26JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H3514 [12JN]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6229 [11SE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H201 [6FE]

———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (see H.R. 4121), H1153 [9AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H105 [29JA]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 5052), H6061 [4SE]

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H105 [29JA]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H9025 [14NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H79 [24JA]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H8546 [12NO]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3826 [21JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H79 [24JA]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry (see H.R. 3550), H37 [23JA]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H3720 [19JN]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H4766 [16JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H79 [24JA]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H366 [13FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H105 [29JA]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H367 [13FE]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H79 [24JA]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H141 [5FE]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H105 [29JA]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H79 [24JA]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2735 [21MY]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6693 [25SE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H141 [5FE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H6229 [11SE]

———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1274), H2735 [21MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6061 [4SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H284 [12FE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]

United Kingdom: express appreciation for loyal support and leadership of Great Britain Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in war on terrorism and reaffirm relationship with Great Britain (see H. Res. 549), H6927 [1OC]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H4872 [17JY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H3160 [4JN]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H3720 [19JN]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1769 [30AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3825 [21JN] (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H37 [23JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H36 [23JA]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

———request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H201 [6FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H105 [29JA]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H2164 [7MY]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H141 [5FE]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H36 [23JA]

World War II: provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (see H.R. 2835), H562 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H2164 [7MY]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 5581), H7303 [8OC]

Dept. of the Interior: study certain sites in the historic district of Beaufort, SC, relative to the Reconstruction Era (see H.R. 4747), H2511 [15MY]

Diseases: encourage people in the U.S. to take an active role in the fight against Huntington's disease (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2734 [21MY]

Floyd Spence Post Office Building, Lexington, SC: designate (see H.R. 5361), H6171 [10SE]

Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H1152 [9AP]

NLRB: expand statutory authority relative to employees and labor organizations engaged in or encouraging violent and other potentially injurious conduct (see H.R. 5641), H7894 [10OC]

Patriotism: reaffirm principles on which the Nation was founded on anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 463), H6171 [10SE]

Tariff: fluorobenzene (see H.R. 4455), H1337 [16AP]

———4-bromo-2-fluoroacetanilide (see H.R. 4458), H1337 [16AP]

———meta-chlorobenzaldehyde (see H.R. 4457), H1337 [16AP]

———propiophenone (see H.R. 4456), H1337 [16AP]

———reduced vat blue 43 (see H.R. 4454), H1337 [16AP]

———sulfur black 1 (see H.R. 4453), H1337 [16AP]

———2,6, dichlorotoluene (see H.R. 4459), H1337 [16AP]

Tolani, Hitesh Gulab: relief (see H.R. 5582), H7303 [8OC]

Tolani, Jaya Gulab: relief (see H.R. 5582), H7303 [8OC]

Lists

American's Creed for Victory (My Future): William G. Farrow, H1384 [17AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1093 [9AP], H3865 [25JN], H5317 [24JY]

Remarks

American Red Cross: tribute to blood drive in memory of Floyd Spence, H5460 [25JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7271 [8OC]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6003 [4SE]

Army: anniversary, H3542 [13JN]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4359 [9JY]

———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 472), H4439 [10JY]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4439 [10JY]

BI-LO LLC: tribute, H1204 [11AP]

Budget: spending priorities, H6306 [18SE]

Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4434 [10JY]

Columbia, SC: anniversary of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, H6789 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5654 [25JY]

Diseases: Alzheimer's disease research funding, H3866 [25JN]

———amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research funding, H5097 [23JY]

———encourage awareness, research, and treatment of Huntington's disease (H. Con. Res. 407), H3076 [4JN], H3543 [13JN]

Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (H. Con. Res. 476), E1741 [3OC]

FN Manufacturing, Inc.: tribute, H1095 [9AP]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, H3304 [11JN]

Heritage Golf Classic Foundation: tribute to sponsorship of Worldcom Classic Golf Tournament, H637 [28FE]

India: civil liberties violations in Kashmir, H4771 [17JY]

———independence anniversary, H5320 [24JY]

———U.S. policy, H944 [19MR], E2073 [15NO]

Iraq: U.S. policy, H661 [5MR]

Journal: question of approval, H1417 [18AP], H7931 [16OC]

Lexington County, SC: Peach Festival celebration, H4502 [11JY]

———tribute to Lexington County Monument Fund for dedication of monument to World War II, Korean War, and Vietnamese Conflict veterans, H7932 [16OC]

Mancor Carolina, Inc.: anniversary, H4076 [27JN]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3613 [18JN]

National Guard: tribute, H2394 [14MY]

NATO: integration of Bulgaria, H912 [14MR]

———recommend integration of Bulgaria, H1496 [23AP]

———recommend integration of Romania, H1691 [30AP]

New Brookland, SC: anniversary of Brookland Baptist Church, H1293 [16AP]

Nucor Corp.: tribute, H2837 [22MY]

Pakistan: treatment of domestic terrorism, H2516 [16MY]

Parvanov, Georgi: visit to U.S. by Bulgarian President, H6242 [12SE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H3676 [19JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H3676 [19JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4090), H1161 [10AP], H1389, H1392, H1395 [17AP], H1757 [30AP]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2478 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6391 [19SE]

———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (H.R. 4092), H2114 [7MY]

———reform, H742 [7MR]

Social Security: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs, H1757 [30AP]

South Carolina Policy Council: tribute, H2170 [8MY]

Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3209 [5JN]

Terrorism: U.S. policy, H661 [5MR]

Varnville, SC: anniversary of Hampton County Watermelon Festival Parade, H3779 [21JN]

Veterans Day: observance, H8063 [12NO]

Votes: position on missed, H173 [6FE], E1230 [10JY]

Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (H.R. 392), H2113 [7MY]

World War II: reunion and anniversary of Doolittle's Raiders, H1383 [17AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2732 [21MY], H2940 [22MY], H3157 [4JN], H3227 [5JN], H3289 [6JN], H3450 [11JN]

Tributes

Abramson, Ruth, H3076 [4JN]

Bush, President, E2073 [15NO]

Farrow, William G., H1383 [17AP]

Higgins, Elliott, H8063 [12NO]

Higgins, Harold, H8063 [12NO]

Higgins, John, H8063 [12NO]

Higgins, Patrick, H8063 [12NO]

Higgins, Ross, H8063 [12NO]

Perrin, K. Eric, H6695 [26SE]

Phillips, Emily Canaday, H4682 [16JY]

Richardson, Holladay Johnston, H7007 [3OC]