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

Appointments

President's Export Council, H1306 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 257), H135 [8JA]

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2270 [20MR]

———ensure married personnel having minor dependents are eligible for military family housing containing more than two bedrooms (see H.R. 1947), H3636 [1MY]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 331), H1334 [25FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H3974 [9MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H706 [13FE]

Baltimore, MD: authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center (see H.R. 2424), H7455 [23JY]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2823 [3AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H5714 [23JN]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H169 [27JA]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

China, People's Republic of: urge fair resolution of claims of U.S. citizens who hold defaulted Chinese Government bonds (see H. Con. Res. 60), H5367 [12JN]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 21), H52 [7JA]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H11392 (see H.R. 2929), H11516 [18NO]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]

———study the business practices, procedures, accountability, and administration of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and of the Internet domain name system (see H.R. 2521), H7618 [24JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H3053 [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. 2028), H4206 [15MY]

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. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 678), H1467 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (see H.R. 3320), H9613 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: repeal certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 1638), H2821 [3AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H4529 [21MY]

———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. 195), H58 [7JA]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H7225 [21JY]

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see H.R. 948), H1395 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H391 [11FE]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6707 [14JY]

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. 2986), H7950 [4SE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H5713 [23JN]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H7618 [24JY]

———provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (see H.R. 1413), H2310 [25MR] (see H.R. 1463), H2470 [27MR]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H9215 [2OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H2473 [27MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H9384 [14OC]

———establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H5267 [11JN]

———provide a grant program for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1191), H4788 [2JN]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 942), H1395 [26FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H4205 [15MY]

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. 1662), H3638 [1MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H5408 [16JN]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H7225 [21JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H5089 [9JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H6869 [15JY]

———support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 66), H4788 [2JN]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 486), H6869 [15JY]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H10977 [6NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 1260), H2402 [26MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 2531), H5662 [19JN]

FERC: provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses (see H.R. 1013), H1746 [11MR]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H4132 [14MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3161), H8950 [25SE]

———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H170 [27JA]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1451), H3355 [11AP]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 516), H268 [31JA]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H7840 [3SE]

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. 3664), H12918 [8DE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H1682 [6MR]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H3637 [1MY]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H392 [11FE]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H12918 [8DE]

Health care facilities: provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see H.R. 1386), H2823 [3AP]

Health care professionals: implement an education loan repayment program for pharmacists (see H.R. 3591), H12307 [21NO]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H4205 [15MY]

Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2022), H11146 [10NO]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H12921 [8DE]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 1552), H4205 [15MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H11146 [10NO]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11392 (see H.R. 1914), H11515 [18NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H2822 [3AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7170 [18JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H5089 [9JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H7020 [16JY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1466 [27FE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H463 [12FE]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 2135), H6869 [15JY]

Major Henry A. Commiskey, Sr. Post Office Building, Hattiesburg, MS: designate (see H.R. 2438), H5266 [11JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9282 [7OC]

Medgar Evers National Week of Remembrance: support (see H. Con. Res. 220), H5366 [12JN]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H5929 [25JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H5175 [10JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H5814 [24JN]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see H.R. 817), H2586 [1AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H138 [8JA]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H1461 [27FE]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 967), H1903 [13MR]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H1395 [26FE]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H5089 [9JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H2823 [3AP]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H4205 [15MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H11392 (see H.R. 1622), H11515 [18NO]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 2980), H11359 [17NO]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see H.R. 754), H3857 [8MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H1679 [6MR]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H5552 [18JN]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H9213 [2OC]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H3052 [9AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H2864 [7AP]

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 2689), H6464 [9JY]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H4739 [22MY]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5367 [12JN]

National Funeral Service Education Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 183), H4204 [15MY]

National security: improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (see H.R. 2898), H7781 [25JY]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9131 [1OC]

National wildlife refuges: establish Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge and Holt Collier Wildlife Interpretation and Education Center (see H.R. 2894), H10237 [30OC]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H2822 [3AP]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 2183), H5929 [25JN]

Palmeiro, Rafael: tribute (see H. Res. 315), H8084 [9SE]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H9376 [8OC]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12321 [25NO]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H4206 [15MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

Schools: establish an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see H.R. 389), H171 [27JA]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

Ships and vessels: expand use of Capital Construction Fund to expand U.S. maritime industry and promote construction by domestic shipbuilders (see H.R. 2190), H7086 [17JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H2822 [3AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H4877 [3JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H7020 [16JY]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H3571 [30AP]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 56), H3454 [29AP]

Supreme Court: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H. Res. 446), H11703 [20NO]

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. 1828), H5664 [19JN]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1680 [6MR]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 2092), H4130 [14MY]

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. 1231), H7169 [18JY]

———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. 284), H1812 [12MR]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H2132 [19MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H700 [13FE]

———permit a special amortization deduction for intangible assets acquired from eligible small businesses and encourage growth in industries for which intangible assets are an important source of revenue (see H.R. 1222), H3453 [29AP]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H4012 [13MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4205 [15MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H3637 [1MY]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H1902 [13MR]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H7454 [23JY]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 578), H2822 [3AP]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H3763 [7MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H5714 [23JN]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 1320), H2132 [19MR]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H4978 [4JN]

Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 3372), H9811 [21OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

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. 1292), H1901 [13MR]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7618 [24JY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H318 [5FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2472 [27MR]

Water: modify maximum hours of service for operators of ground water well drilling rigs (see H.R. 1008), H5174 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 40), H1954 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (see H.R. 1367), H2131 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit the closure, or adverse realignment, of any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training (see H.R. 1198), H1744 [11MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see H.R. 2079), H4011 [13MY]

Foreign trade: review in Court of International Trade certain determinations of binational panels and committees under NAFTA (see H.R. 3688), H12919 [8DE]

Freedom of religion: safeguard religious liberties (see H.R. 3190), H8949 [25SE]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1628), H2821 [3AP]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1627), H2821 [3AP]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see H.R. 491), H244 [29JA]

Remarks

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (H.J. Res. 40), E504 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), H11165 [17NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (H.R. 2079), E940 [13MY]

Medgar Evers National Week of Remembrance: support (H. Con. Res. 220), H5374, H5376 [16JN]

Meridian, MS: shootings at Lockheed Martin Corp., plant, E1453 [11JY]

Palmeiro, Rafael: tribute (H. Res. 315), E1906 [25SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3241 [10AP]

———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3241 [10AP]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (H.R. 1627), E664 [3AP]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (H.R. 491), E108 [29JA]

Votes: correction, E1535 [18JY]

———position on missed, H3433 [29AP], H5022 [5JN], H9155 [2OC], E1453 [11JY]

Tributes

Chance, James A., III, E2303 [17NO]

Chappell, Mike, E2478 [8DE]

Croom, Sylvester, E2479 [8DE]

DiGiovanni, Jeremy, E2447 [23NO]

Gray, Walter, E2096 [20OC]

Guyton, Arthur C., E747 [11AP]

Heidelberg, Damien L., E2450 [23NO]

Presley, Aaron, E1933 [30SE]

Roberts, Michael L., E1298 [18JN]

Rosenblatt, James H., E1555 [22JY]

Terrell, Wilson, Jr., E269 [13FE]