HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), H7619 [24JY], H7688 [25JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H7954 [5SE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H4131 [14MY]

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (see H. Res. 393), H10238 [30OC]

Agriculture: establish a Federal interagency task force to promote benefits, safety, and potential uses of biotechnology (see H.R. 2447), H5365 [12JN]

———establish a task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology (see H.R. 3472), H10977 [6NO]

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]

Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1086), H1640 [5MR]

Armed Forces: 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. Res. 387), H9479 [15OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H6271 [7JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1642 [5MR]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H7839 [3SE]

Attlesey, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 207), H4206 [15MY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 586), H4739 [22MY]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3355 [11AP]

Bob Hope Post Office Building, Burbank, CA: designate (see H.R. 3011), H8285 [16SE]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H324 [5FE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1334 [25FE]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H9479 [15OC]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H9215 [2OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H11651 [19NO]

Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 673), H7329 [22JY]

———modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H11393 (see H.R. 3403), H11516 [18NO]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2311 [25MR]

———award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to crew (see H. Res. 49), H392 [11FE]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H12311 [21NO]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H6707 [14JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H4739 [22MY]

Courts: increase annual salaries of justices and judges (see H.R. 2118), H7840 [3SE]

Crime: prohibit pyramid promotional schemes (see H.R. 1220), H1810 [12MR]

———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H4368 [20MY]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H12311 [21NO]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2868), H7616 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment or develop a domestic experiment to accelerate understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1282), H1901 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H6348 [8JY]

———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]

———modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H7787 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H8382 [17SE]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H700 [13FE]

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]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H9478 [15OC]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 2020), H4788 [2JN]

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

Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1740), H3302 [10AP]

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]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

Education: recognize outstanding contributions of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Christian colleges and universities (see H. Res. 300), H8383 [17SE]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

English language: 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), H5408 [16JN]

FAA: promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (see H.R. 3245), H9213 [2OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H4528 [21MY]

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

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H8176 [10SE]

Firearms: clarify that federally licensed dealers may transfer firearms to other federally licensed dealers at places other than business premises specified on license (see H.R. 2906), H7781 [25JY]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H1462 [27FE]

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

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 193), H706 [13FE] (see H.R. 3125), H11359 [17NO]

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

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

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H11652 [19NO]

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]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 142), H1956 [18MR]

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

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H4368 [20MY]

Hope, Bob: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H8016 [5SE]

Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H1955 [18MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H9377 [8OC]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H1678 [6MR]

International Space Station: tribute to Expedition 6 crew (see H. Res. 220), H3683 [6MY]

Iran Nonproliferation Act: make certain payments to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency for the safety and maintenance of the International Space Station (see H.R. 1001), H1462 [27FE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: exclude certain properties (see H.R. 154), H57 [7JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H4368 [20MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H171 [27JA]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H137 [8JA]

Laos: address urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H9614 [16OC]

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), H2473 [27MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H2939 [8AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H59 [7JA]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9982 [28OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H323 [5FE]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H9478 [15OC]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 1388), H3975 [9MY]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see H.R. 2236), H4735 [22MY]

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

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H9378 [8OC]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H4877 [3JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H4739 [22MY]

———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), H4739 [22MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4788 [2JN]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H5408 [16JN]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H138 [8JA]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H3454 [29AP]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H4877 [3JN]

Members of Congress: nullify recent pay increases and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 31), H52 [7JA]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 91), H4738 [22MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H706 [13FE]

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

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 766), H699 [13FE]

National security: enhance research, development, procurement, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public health threats (see H.R. 2122), H4255 [19MY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H4528 [21MY]

Palmeiro, Rafael: tribute (see H. Res. 315), H7170 [18JY]

Power resources: authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 238), H134 [8JA]

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

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), H4528 [21MY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (see H.R. 2535), H7455 [23JY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H11133 [7NO]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H7840 [3SE]

———protect religious sites and freedom of access and worship in Israel and other regions (see H. Con. Res. 150), H3304 [10AP]

Rice University: tribute to baseball team (see H. Res. 379), H8950 [25SE]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H5468 [17JN]

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

———permit voluntary compliance with certain laws relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects (see H.R. 2672), H6463 [9JY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H11702 [20NO]

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

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H7839 [3SE]

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]

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

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2311), H6465 [9JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H1467 [27FE]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 515), H268 [31JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H320 [5FE]

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), H8176 [10SE]

Space policy: establish a commission to investigate incidents in the human space flight program that result in loss of crew (see H.R. 2450), H5365 [12JN]

———restore a vision for the human space flight program by instituting a series of incremental goals to facilitate scientific exploration of the universe (see H.R. 3057), H8174 [10SE]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H460 [12FE]

———allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H324 [5FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2312 [25MR]

———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), H1903 [13MR]

———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), H7618 [24JY]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (see H.R. 2368), H5044 [5JN]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 1725), H5468 [17JN]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 2509), H9377 [8OC]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 872), H3053 [9AP]

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

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H7949 [4SE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H6869 [15JY]

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

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3042), H9982 [28OC]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 882), H4739 [22MY]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H134 [8JA]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H11359 [17NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4528 [21MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H3304 [10AP]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 44), H53 [7JA]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1334 [25FE]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see H.R. 1783), H3351 [11AP] (see H.R. 3060), H8174 [10SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H5552 [18JN]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and reduce rate of estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains rates (see H.R. 2610), H6261 [26JN]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5408 [16JN]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H5468 [17JN]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H6348 [8JY]

———treatment of commercial aviation fuel during hostilities with Iraq (see H.R. 1380), H2268 [20MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7840 [3SE]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H3053 [9AP]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H1466 [27FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H9131 [1OC] (see H.R. 2511), H8950 [25SE]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H8906 [24SE]

———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), H3453 [29AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1902 [13MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to debris collection efforts (see H. Res. 222), H3762 [7MY]

NASA: establish an independent committee to oversee the space shuttle return-to-flight plans (see H.R. 3219), H9129 [1OC]

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), H55 [7JA]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 96), H55 [7JA]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, E985 [15MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H289 [5FE]

———tribute to debris collection efforts (H. Res. 222), H3991, H3993 [13MY]

Dept. of Energy: research and development projects funding, H6961 [16JY]

———Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Onshore Natural Gas Supply Research and Development Program funding, H11383 [18NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6961 [16JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), H7689 [25JY]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, E916 [9MY]

———release of triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, E916 [9MY]

Linder, Brittany: Longview, TX, Partners in Prevention (organization) Red Ribbon Week drug free essay contest winner, E299 [27FE]

———Longview Partners in Prevention (organization) essay contest winner, E147 [6FE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6098 [26JN]

NASA: establish an independent committee to oversee the space shuttle return-to-flight plans (H.R. 3219), E1940 [1OC]

———space shuttle crew escape system development funding, H7689 [25JY]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: ensure that environmental and toxicological impacts are studied during developmental process of nanotechnology, H3725 [7MY]

———establish Center for Societal, Ethical, Educational, Legal, and Workforce Issues Related to Nanotechnology, H3731, H3732 [7MY]

———establish (H.R. 766), H3715, H3725, H3726, H3729, H3731, H3732 [7MY]

———include citizens advisory panels, H3729 [7MY]

———include research on potential of nanotechnology to produce or facilitate the production of clean, inexpensive energy, H3726 [7MY]

Plano, TX: provide for Federal court proceedings (S. 1720), H11588, H11589 [19NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3095 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 443), H11383 [18NO]

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (S. 189), H11683 [20NO]

Veterans: benefits funding, E985 [15MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (H. Res. 62), H401 [12FE]

Tributes

Allen, E.T. (Mike), E1079 [23MY], E1893 [25SE]

Brookshire, Billie L.P. (Peaches), E1897 [25SE]

Deibel, Dolly, E2529 [8DE]

Hannah, John H., Jr., E2482 [8DE]

Hartley, Bill G., E2170 [30OC]

Johnson, Representative Sam, H401 [12FE]

McIntyre, Bryce W., E1890 [25SE]

Reese, McPhelan, E2097 [20OC]

Riter, A.W. (Dub), E2057 [16OC]

Shibley, David, H8493 [24SE]

Smoot, Oliver R., E301 [27FE]

Wyatt, Stephen E., E2077 [17OC]