PICKERING, CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H421 [13FE]

Appointments

President's Export Council, H3724 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Agriculture: prohibit packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter, prohibit excessive concentration among certain agricultural commodities dealers and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 3810), H688 [5MR]

Arlington National Cemetery: placement of a memorial honoring World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge (see H.R. 5055), H4932 [18JY]

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

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2020), H634 [27FE]

———index for inflation the amount of death gratuity paid upon death during active duty (see H.R. 3972), H1201 [10AP]

———modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (see H.R. 1962), H3037 [23MY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1154 [9AP]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H3825 [21JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2108 [6MY]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H1201 [10AP]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3669 [18JN]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7304 [8OC]

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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H6061 [4SE]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H7895 [10OC]

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), H655 [4MR]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H782 [7MR]

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), H2945 [22MY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H227 [7FE]

———prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. (see H.R. 3726), H3038 [23MY]

———provide mandatory restitution in certain cases (see H.R. 5580), H7303 [8OC]

———treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (see H.R. 4477), H3161 [4JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that agricultural producers and other persons appealing adverse agency decisions receive fair and equitable treatment (see H.R. 3827), H1003 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: 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), H9128 [22NO]

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), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3727), H284 [12FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H4931 [18JY]

———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H365 [13FE]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6419 [19SE]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H1155 [9AP]

———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), H3720 [19JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

Education: 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), H651 [28FE]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H2101 [2MY]

Employment: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H6129 [9SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H78 (see H.R. 3333), H79 [24JA]

Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H6559 [24SE]

FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]

———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), H2511 [15MY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H781 [7MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 4955), H3668 [18JN]

———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H142 [5FE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H562 [26FE]

Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]

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

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H7172 [7OC]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]

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), H2354 [9MY]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H4326 [27JN]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H1673 [25AP]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1674 [25AP]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H2511 [15MY]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 5612), H7893 [10OC]

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), H4873 [17JY]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1620 [24AP]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1338 [16AP]

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), H2235 [8MY]

Major Henry A. Commiskey, Sr. Post Office Building, Hattiesburg, MS: designate (see H.R. 5495), H6776 [26SE]

Medicaid: extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1770 [30AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H3859 [24JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 4741), H3860 [24JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3721 [19JN]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H6777 [26SE]

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

Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2470 [14MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1156 [9AP]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1003 [19MR]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H562 [26FE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

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), H5194 [23JY]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 12), H1289 [15AP]

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), H2356 [9MY]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]

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), H3160 [4JN]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1201 [10AP]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1770 [30AP]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1484 [18AP]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H2472 [14MY]

———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 5541), H7304 [8OC]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (see H.R. 5111), H5087 [22JY]

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), H1155 [9AP]

States: permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H4575 [12JY]

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), H5791 [25JY]

Tariff: flumetralin technical (see H.R. 4256), H3721 [19JN]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H3601 [17JN]

———prodiamine technical (see H.R. 4502), H3601 [17JN]

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), H5998 [26JY]

———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1339 [16AP]

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

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2471 [14MY]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1339 [16AP]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H4574 [12JY]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6374 [18SE]

———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), H6558 [24SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H8023 [16OC]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H36 [23JA]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6983 [2OC]

———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 5063), H4350 [8JY]

———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]

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]

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

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5587), H7737 [9OC]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H4574 [12JY]

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

———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H2164 [7MY]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H2944 [22MY]

West Point, MS: tribute to Bryan Packers American Legion baseball team (see H. Res. 542), H6419 [19SE]

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see H.R. 3498), H37 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H5790 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit the closure, or adverse realignment, of any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training (see H.R. 4923), H3513 [12JN]

Medicare: coverage of medication therapy management services, including disease specific management services, for certain high-risk patients (see H.R. 5539), H6982 [2OC]

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: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4068 [26JN]

Roads and highways: weight limit exemptions on Federal highway bridges (see H.R. 5538), H6982 [2OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5362 [24JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2041 [2MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), H3961 [26JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7377 [9OC]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (H.J. Res. 108), E1374 [25JY]

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), H6582 [25SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6732 [26SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), motion to recommit, H604 [27FE]

———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H604 [27FE]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4177 [27JN]

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 (H. Res. 540), H6670 [25SE], E1619 [19SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', E1169 [27JN]

———circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4129 [27JN]

———circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (H. Res. 463), H4123 [27JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H421, H424, H427 [13FE]

———exempt communications pertaining to civil rights and issues affecting minorities from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H427 [13FE]

———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H421, H424 [13FE]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), H4367 [9JY]

Votes: position on missed, H3748 [20JN], H5798 [26JY]

Tributes

Gaddis, Fred, Sr., E140 [12FE]

Hogan, Matthew J., E1357 [25JY]

King, Julius W. (Judy), E1362 [25JY]

Lee, Charles D., E1670 [26SE]