SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9595 [16OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2213 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration (H. Res. 151), H2145 [20MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

Articles and editorials

Joe Martin Tackles His Next Cause, David Perlmutt, Charlotte (NC) Observer, E1585 [24JY]

Latta Deserves Accolades, Rock Hill (SC) Herald, E43 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 196), H5713 [23JN]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H11652 [19NO]

American Association for the Advancement of Science: anniversary of Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship Program and support of use of science in governmental decisionmaking (see H. Con. Res. 279), H8222 [15SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

Armed Forces: establish an Iraq campaign medal to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H11516 [18NO]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H11392 [18NO]

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

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H138 [8JA]

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

Aviation: require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by Federal employees and allow Transportation Security Administration employees to engage in collective bargaining (see H. Con. Res. 275), H8950 [25SE]

Baltimore, MD: authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center (see H.R. 2424), H5665 [19JN]

Bankruptcy: establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers and sureties on behalf of a debtor (see H.R. 3003), H7948 [4SE]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

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

Children and youth: amend State grant eligibility for foster care agencies that have knowledge of missing foster children who are under the responsibility of the State (see H.R. 2582), H9130 [1OC]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 192), H6869 [15JY]

———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 1104), H1955 [18MR]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 3364), H9811 [21OC]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H2473 [27MR]

Clemson University: tribute to men's golf team (see H. Res. 266), H5174 [10JN]

Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 86), H1467 [27FE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H1640 [5MR]

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

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

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H2515 [31MR]

Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 1731), H8284 [16SE]

———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 the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H1334 [25FE]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H11652 [19NO]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 2871), H7616 [24JY]

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. 1311), H1952 [18MR]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H5815 [24JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H2472 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H9687 [17OC]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H4255 [19MY]

Dept. of State: establish position of Iraqi Reconstruction Coordinator (see H. Res. 404), H9614 [16OC]

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), H7225 [21JY]

———study certain sites in the historic district of Beaufort, SC, relative to the Reconstruction Era (see H.R. 332), H323 [5FE]

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

Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building, Florence, SC: designate (see H.R. 1055), H1514 [4MR]

Education: 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), H8905 [24SE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2291), H5714 [23JN]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H392 [11FE]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H9132 [1OC]

———provide a grant program for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1191), H2402 [26MR]

———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 1752), H6465 [9JY]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 3509), H11703 [20NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H2473 [27MR]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H5929 [25JN]

———require GAO report on whether amounts appropriated to carry out grant programs are adequate to permit recipients to meet the conditions imposed by receipt of the grant (see H.R. 3341), H9982 [28OC]

Emancipation Proclamation: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 36), H1335 [25FE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H9615 [16OC]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4132 [14MY]

———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H5929 [25JN]

Federal aid programs: simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H9812 [21OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H6707 [14JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 738), H1516 [4MR]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H6603 [10JY]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 527), H8082 [9SE]

Floyd Spence Post Office Building, Lexington, SC: designate (see H.R. 917), H1333 [25FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H11702 [20NO]

Foreign policy: use of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for projects and activities to address proliferation threats outside the states of the former Soviet Union (see H.R. 2063), H3973 [9MY]

———waive restrictions on use of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds to address proliferation threats in former Soviet states and for chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia (see H.R. 182), H58 [7JA]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1451), H2401 [26MR]

Head Start Program: provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation (see H.R. 2563), H6707 [14JY]

———tribute (see H. Res. 238), H6349 [8JY]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H3974 [9MY]

———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), H5714 [23JN]

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

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H9614 [16OC]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H11359 [17NO]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H9812 [21OC]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H4529 [21MY]

Intelligence services: establish a select committee to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence structure to meet global threats (see H. Res. 307), H6264 [26JN]

———improve administration and oversight of foreign intelligence surveillance (see H.R. 2429), H5714 [23JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H704 [13FE]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H5088 [9JN]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H392 [11FE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7840 [3SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H5174 [10JN]

———mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

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

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———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), H9129 [1OC]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12922 [8DE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H8083 [9SE]

Medicare: provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4368 [20MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H12922 [8DE]

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

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H2822 [3AP]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: require increased safety testing of 15-passenger vans and ensure compliance with applicable motor vehicle safety standards if vans are used as schoolbuses (see H.R. 1641), H3858 [8MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 265), H7785 [25JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H4205 [15MY]

National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency and disaster preparedness, coordination, and recovery plans (see H.R. 3274), H9375 [8OC]

———establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 36), H6265 [26JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 3049), H9131 [1OC]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 125), H323 [5FE]

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

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

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), H1394 [26FE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H5408 [16JN]

Roads and highways: establish a transportation and active living program, a safe routes to school program, and a nonmotorized transportation pilot program (see H.R. 2568), H8491 [23SE]

———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), H8284 [16SE]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see H.R. 565), H319 [5FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H5408 [16JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [11FE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H392 [11FE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H8906 [24SE]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H392 [11FE]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (see H. Res. 362), H8082 [9SE]

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: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———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), H1954 [18MR]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H6706 [14JY]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H2473 [27MR]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H3858 [8MY]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 798), H8175 [10SE]

———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3410), H12312 [21NO]

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

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H6264 [26JN]

Thurmond, Strom: tribute (see H. Res. 321), H7019 [16JY]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H172 [27JA]

———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]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H4788 [2JN]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H10130 [29OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: 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), H5045 [5JN]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4011 [13MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H7787 [25JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H7786 [25JY]

———establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1081), H2822 [3AP]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H2822 [3AP]

Wildlife: protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (see H.R. 2310), H5815 [24JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3074), H8175 [10SE]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see H.R. 744), H461 [12FE]

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see H.R. 1815), H3353 [11AP]

Gillespie, John B. (Dizzy): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 202), H3354 [11AP]

Taxation: 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. 2313), H4876 [3JN]

Letters

Imapct of budget proposals on veterans: by, Committee on the Budget (House), H2157 [20MR]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2542 [1AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H6904 [16JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9563, H9597, H9598, H9599 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2737 [3AP]

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 (H. Con. Res. 109), H2541 [1AP]

———increase pay and benefits for active and reserve military personnel in Iraq, H9597, H9598, H9599 [16OC]

———increase the rate of imminent danger special pay and the amount of the family separation allowance, H8169 [10SE]

———quality of life enhancements funding for members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9563 [16OC]

———tribute (H.J. Res. 27), H1600 [5MR]

Arms control: support nonproliferation programs, H4590 [22MY]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11486 [18NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H375, H376, H377, H378, H379, H380 [11FE], H1376 [26FE]

———balance, H375, H376, H377, H378, H379, H380 [11FE]

———deficit, H375, H376, H377, H378, H379, H380 [11FE], H1376 [26FE], H1942, H1943 [18MR], H2147 [20MR], H3282, H3287, H3296 [10AP], H3550, H3551 [30AP], H5073 [9JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1942, H1943 [18MR], H2147, H2151, H2152, H2161, H2162, H2170, H2171, H2197, H2198, H2201, H2218, H2220, H2222, H2251 [20MR], H2839, H2842 [7AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3292, H3293, H3294, H3296 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report—consideration (H. Res. 191), H3287 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration (H. Res. 151), H2142 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 191)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 190), H3280, H3282, H3284 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2542, H2544, H2546, H2547, H2549, H2551 [1AP]

Clemson University: tribute to men's golf team (H. Res. 266), H8103 [10SE]

Committee on the Budget (House): tribute to staff, H3298 [10AP]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11486 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4411 [21MY], H4590 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H10995 [7NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), consideration (H. Res. 245), H4394 [21MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), consideration (H. Res. 247), H4544 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 437), H10987 [7NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), motion to instruct conferees, H6904, H6905, H6906 [16JY], H8169 [10SE]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, H4394, H4411-H4413 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: high-level radioactive waste cleanup program funding, H9169 [2OC]

Economy: importance of job creation, H5069, H5070, H5071, H5072 [9JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1376 [26FE], H1942 [18MR], H5069, H5075 [9JN], H10324 [4NO]

Francis Marion University: tribute to men's golf team, E1314 [20JN]

Francis X. McCloskey Post Office Building, Bloomington, IN: designate (H.R. 3379), H10385 [5NO]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12268 [21NO]

Nuclear weapons: allow research while limiting development of low-yield nuclear weapons, H6904, H6905, H6906 [16JY], H10995 [7NO]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11486 [18NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9169 [2OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H498 [13FE]

Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 141), H354 [11FE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5075 [9JN]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit, H5071, H5074 [9JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 270), H5321 [12JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H5339 [12JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H5321, H5339 [12JN]

———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (H.R. 2313), E1114 [3JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H1376 [26FE], H2147, H2151, H2198 [20MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3550, H3551 [30AP], H3922 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4718 [22MY], H5069, H5070, H5071, H5072, H5073, H5074, H5075 [9JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 227), H3883 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4710 [22MY]

———rates, H1943 [18MR], H2142, H2251 [20MR]

Veterans: benefits funding, H2842 [7AP]

———impact of budget proposals, H2152 [20MR]

Statements

Nonproliferation and Cooperative Threat Reduction: Executive Office of the President, H4591 [22MY]

Tables

Budget outlook with conference tax cuts, H4711 [22MY]

Tributes

Davis, Albert J., H5162 [10JN], E1293 [18JN]

Gettys, Tom S., E1203 [11JN]

Latta, Ivory, E43 [8JA]

Martin, Joe, E1585 [24JY]

Moseley, T. Michael (Buzz), E2048 [15OC]