MARSHALL, JIM (a Representative from Georgia)

Articles and editorials

Don't Play Politics on Iraq, by, Washington (DC) Post, S12249 [1OC], H9099 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 257), H172 [27JA]

Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1618), H2820 [3AP]

Arizona: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3337), H9687 [17OC]

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2312 [25MR]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8176 [10SE]

———expedite granting of posthumous citizenship to members (see H.R. 1691), H3051 [9AP]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H5813 [24JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H. Con. Res. 37), H8906 [24SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H706 [13FE] (see H.R. 3474), H12922 [8DE]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 693), H9214 [2OC]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 27), H1515 [4MR]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H704 [13FE]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H11392 (see H.R. 3191), H11516 [18NO]

Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 86), H3053 [9AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H1682 [6MR]

Davis, Raymond G., Sr.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 215), H3636 [1MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: provide permanent authority for certain chaplain-led family support programs (see H.R. 1193), H3053 [9AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 1130), H6271 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H11652 [19NO]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H11652 [19NO]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 94), H7788 [25JY]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H6348 [8JY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H3858 [8MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H9982 [28OC]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 2837), H7950 [4SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H10130 [29OC]

Education: provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H5367 [12JN]

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. 111), H5663 [19JN]

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

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2961), H11652 [19NO]

Fish and fishing: protect the public's ability to fish for sport (see H.R. 2890), H8176 [10SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H172 [27JA]

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

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H12920 [8DE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H5089 [9JN]

J.C. Lewis, Jr. Post Office Building, Savannah, GA: designate (see H.R. 2533), H8017 [5SE]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 303), H6263 [26JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H5664 [19JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H3355 [11AP]

———mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H3641 [5MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H8083 [9SE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H12921 [8DE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H7085 [17JY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: exchange certain lands with Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 1616), H5175 [10JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H4977 [4JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3305 [10AP]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5367 [12JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4205 [15MY]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H7787 [25JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

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

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.R. 645), H11133 [7NO]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 2852), H9131 [1OC]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National Librarians Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 155), H4132 [14MY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H6264 [26JN]

Navy Armed Guard: authorize special awards to World War I and World War II veterans (see H.J. Res. 38), H7618 [24JY]

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. 2801), H7788 [25JY]

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), H10458 [5NO]

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. 919), H4255 [19MY]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H6465 [9JY]

S. Truett Cathy Post Office Building, Jonesboro, GA: designate (see H.R. 3029), H8016 [5SE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 3099), H8382 [17SE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H5046 [5JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 743), H1396 [26FE]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H7839 [3SE]

Sports: recognize evolution and importance of motorsports (see H. Con. Res. 320), H11393 (see H. Con. Res. 320), H11516 [18NO]

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), H6465 [9JY]

Tariff: natural cork (see H.R. 1833), H3408 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H9215 [2OC]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 791), H9214 [2OC]

———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), H4876 [3JN]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see H.R. 662), H1396 [26FE]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H8382 [17SE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H12921 [8DE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H6603 [10JY]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H10340 [4NO]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 2372), H5367 [12JN]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

———prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11652 [19NO]

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H11146 [10NO]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H7787 [25JY]

Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H2472 [27MR]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1418), H4255 [19MY]

———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), H1812 [12MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2703 [2AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H3355 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), consideration (see H. Res. 251), H4738 [22MY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H11007 [7NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9101, H9102 [1OC]

Armed Forces: tribute (H.J. Res. 27), H1596 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H10999 [7NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 4), H4828 [3JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9101, H9102 [1OC]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 303), H6880 [16JY], E1393 [27JN]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas, H232 [29JA]

———reform, H232 [29JA]

Milledgeville, GA: anniversary, E723 [10AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H10999 [7NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H9095 [1OC], E1256 [13JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), consideration (H. Res. 251), H5271 [12JN]

Votes: position on missed, H362 [11FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9475 [15OC], H9611 [16OC], H9686 [17OC], H9737 [20OC]

Special order: granted, H216 [28JA], H240 [29JA], H5925 [25JN]