TAYLOR, CHARLES H. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7094 [17JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 2, continuing appropriations, H229 [29JA]

———H.R. 1559, war in Iraq and homeland security supplemental appropriations, H2877 [8AP]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9073 [1OC]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, H1305 [25FE]

Articles and editorials

Future Farmers Raise Crops for Those in Need, Barbara Blake, Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, E195 [12FE]

Roberson's FFA Good Sign of Bright Future for WNC Citizenship, Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, E195 [12FE]

T.C. Roberson High School Future Farmers of America, New Horizons (publication), E196 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H3684 [6MY]

———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]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8083 [9SE]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H.R. 3208), H9032 [30SE]

———increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (see H.R. 3365), H9982 [28OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

Arms control: support nonproliferation programs (see H.R. 1719), H3301 [10AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2514 [31MR]

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]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8174 [10SE]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9213 [2OC]

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), H3856 [8MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5266 [11JN]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H11393 (see H. Con. Res. 247), H11516 [18NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H1746 [11MR]

———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), H5089 [9JN]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 1229), H7839 [3SE]

Fayetteville, NC: tribute to Festival of Flight celebration of the centennial of the first controlled, powered flight (see H. Con. Res. 58), H1465 [27FE]

FCC: end requirements that providers of telecommunications and information services provide such services for schools and libraries at a discounted rate (see H.R. 1252), H2271 [20MR]

———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H2471 [27MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H8950 [25SE]

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), H172 [27JA]

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), H2864 [7AP]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12311 [21NO]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 46), H3052 [9AP]

General Charles Gabriel Post Office, Iron Station, NC: designate (see H.R. 1465), H2470 [27MR]

George Henry White Post Office Building, Tarboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 3353), H9982 [28OC]

Granville County, NC: allow State use of Oxford Research Station lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials (see H.R. 2119), H4255 [19MY]

International Religious Freedom Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 423), H10458 [5NO]

Iraq: establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H11651 [19NO]

Jim Richardson Post Office, Charlotte, NC: designate (see H.R. 1505), H2472 [27MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H4528 [21MY]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1812 [12MR]

Medicare: protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5174 [10JN]

Morocco: express condolences to the families of the victims of terrorist suicide bombing attacks (see H. Res. 242), H5046 [5JN]

NAFTA: require President notify Congress of withdrawal (see H. Con. Res. 224), H5663 [19JN]

Orville Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

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

Pensions: provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H10237 [30OC]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (see H. Res. 353), H7839 [3SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H1746 [11MR]

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

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H5173 [10JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H4131 [14MY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H7786 [25JY]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see H.R. 491), H1467 [27FE]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H11133 [7NO]

Taxation: 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), H4738 [22MY]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 872), H8382 [17SE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H3354 [11AP]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H4255 [19MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H8222 [15SE]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1518), H2514 [31MR]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 489), H2271 [20MR]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H4205 [15MY]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H12311 [21NO]

TVA: ensure that promoting recreation is treated as a primary purpose in the operation of dams and reservoirs (see H.R. 1181), H1744 [11MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7839 [3SE]

Wilbur Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

World War II: condemn war crimes committed by Japan and establish liability of Japanese companies to former POW used by such companies as slave labor (see H. Res. 382), H9033 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1759), H3303 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2691), H6602 [10JY]

Flag—U.S.: ensure a flag is furnished to drape the casket of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2710), H6603 [10JY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 1408), H2269 [20MR]

———provide a Federal land exchange for the environmental, educational, and cultural benefit of the general public and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (see H.R. 1409), H2269 [20MR]

Remarks

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, H7050 [17JY]

Apache County, AZ: water rights acquisition and development assistance funding for the Zuni Indian Tribe, H7026 [17JY]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H6976 [16JY]

Asheville, NC: tribute to T.C. Roberson High School Future Farmers of America (organization) chapter, E195 [12FE]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify responsibilities of BLM in providing normal access to private inholdings in Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area, H6962 [16JY]

———nutria control and eradication project funding, H6961 [16JY]

———phaseout of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H7070 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison in Yellowstone National Park, H7052 [17JY]

———prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7037 [17JY]

———settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, H10201 [30OC]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H7027 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7041 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6950, H6959, H6960, H6961, H6962, H6976 [16JY], H7026, H7027, H7033, H7034, H7037, H7040, H7041, H7042, H7043, H7046, H7049, H7050, H7052, H7063, H7065, H7066, H7068, H7070, H7082, H7091, H7093, H7095, H7097 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10190, H10201 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), motion to instruct conferees, H9061 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent agreement, H7047 [17JY]

Fire prevention: wildfire prevention and management funding, H9061 [1OC]

Florida: make Everglades restoration funding contingent upon report on water quality standards compliance in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park, H6976 [16JY]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, H7040 [17JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in Dept. of Agriculture land acquisition program funding, H7049 [17JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H7042 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7063, H7065, H7066, H7068 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations, H7082, H7091 [17JY]

Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfalfa or row crops, H7043, H7046 [17JY]

Louisville, KY: designate as port of entry for international trade, H6960 [16JY]

National Park Service: Midwest Archaeological Center and Southeast Archaeological Center competitive sourcing study funding, H7093 [17JY]

National security: coordination and integration of Indian tribes in homeland security strategy funding, H6960 [16JY]

Point of order, H6963 [16JY], H7081, H7097 [17JY]

Public lands: limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H7033, H7034 [17JY]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way, H7095, H7097 [17JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: development of voluntary guidelines to protect migratory birds from being killed by power lines, H7026 [17JY]

———Hackensack, NJ, Meadowlands project funding, H6959 [16JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: Minerals Assessment Team funding, H6959 [16JY]

University of North Carolina at Asheville: tribute to men's basketball team, E515 [19MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4246 [19MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2691) (H. Rept. 108-330), H9980 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2691) (H. Rept. 108-195), H6602 [10JY]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6951-H6955 [16JY]

———conference report, H10191-H10195 [30OC]

Tributes

Bradley, Gary, E75 [28JA]

Justus, Larry, E79 [28JA]

Kaminer, Joel, E77 [28JA]

Waddell, Dan, E80 [28JA]