MAJETTE, DENISE L. (a Representative from Georgia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: establish special day to recognize the significant achievements and contributions of African-American scientists, mathematicians, and inventors (see H. Con. Res. 59), H1465 [27FE]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H12921 [8DE]

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

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1323), H3453 [29AP]

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H. Res. 389), H10458 [5NO]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H4739 [22MY]

Boykin, William G.: condemn religiously intolerant remarks (see H. Res. 419), H11159 [14NO]

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

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 2574), H5813 [24JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H5663 [19JN]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington (see H. Res. 352), H7839 [3SE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H7618 [24JY]

Colleges and universities: improve access through experiential education (see H.R. 3408), H10235 [30OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H463 [12FE]

Commission on Medical Malpractice Insurance: establish (see H.R. 1044), H3762 [7MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H3638 [1MY]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H10236 [30OC]

Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H10340 [4NO]

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 Education: provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 3588), H12307 [21NO]

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]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4529 [21MY]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H11149 [12NO]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H4368 [20MY]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H3354 [11AP]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 684), H3858 [8MY]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1435), H12921 [8DE]

Education: condition the implementation of assessment procedures relative to the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (see H.R. 2945), H7783 [25JY]

———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), H5664 [19JN]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H3354 [11AP]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H3452 [29AP]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H6349 [8JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY]

———prohibit federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational services (see H.R. 3582), H12307 [21NO]

Emancipation Proclamation: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 36), H462 [12FE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4740 [22MY]

Federal aid programs: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H10340 [4NO]

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), H4528 [21MY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H11651 [19NO]

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), H6348 [8JY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

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

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H3355 [11AP]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H10340 [4NO]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H8284 [16SE]

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

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3180), H8949 [25SE]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H3453 [29AP]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H4787 [2JN]

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7617 [24JY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 603), H5664 [19JN]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 832), H3453 [29AP]

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), H9687 [17OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H12921 [8DE]

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), H11702 [20NO]

John Lewis Civil Rights Institute, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 3366), H9811 [21OC]

Johnson, Shoshana N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5045 [5JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: 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), H6464 [9JY]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H7618 [24JY]

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), H3355 [11AP]

———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]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 256), H8084 [9SE]

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), H3684 [6MY]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H6465 [9JY]

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

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H7329 [22JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H7839 [3SE]

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

Mendez, Gonzalo and Felicitas: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4738 [22MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1812 [12MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H11360 [17NO]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 82), H705 [13FE]

National security: 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]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3305 [10AP]

———clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H3053 [9AP]

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

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), H4131 [14MY]

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), H3571 [30AP]

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

Schools: provide a model for school districts based on experience of the District of Columbia in establishing fully accountable public alternatives to traditional public schools (see H.R. 2669), H6604 [10JY]

Sisulu, Walter: tribute (see H. Res. 237), H6265 [26JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H5175 [10JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H7949 [4SE]

Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2866), H10340 [4NO]

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), H4739 [22MY]

Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H7329 [22JY]

———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), H10978 [6NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain designated beneficiaries of employee's (see H.R. 935), H3355 [11AP]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 3107), H8380 [17SE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H3453 [29AP]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1304), H1952 [18MR]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H7455 [23JY]

———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), H5664 [19JN]

Transportation: promote intermodal transportation of passengers (see H.R. 1394), H5714 [23JN]

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), H4131 [14MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9130 [1OC]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H8954 [29SE]

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

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 38), H12923 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9453 [15OC]

Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area: establish, H11519 [19NO]

———establish (H.R. 1618), H11458 [18NO]

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2569), H10453 [5NO]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to Lakeside High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1004 [21MY]

Budget: deficit, H3751 [7MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2259 [20MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs (H.R. 3232), H9825 [28OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5501 [18JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10476, H10479 [6NO]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7559, H7582 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7520 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5619 [19JN]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 1910), E2200 [31OC]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (H. Res. 294), H5860 [25JN]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 303), H6883 [16JY]

John H. Harland Co.: anniversary, E1263 [16JN]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5956 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12237 [21NO]

———treatment of women, H5956 [26JN]

National Aviation Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 280), H11458 [18NO], H11519 [19NO]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E2200 [31OC]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4071 [14MY]

S. Truett Cathy Post Office Building, Jonesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3029), H10245 [4NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1417 [27FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5619 [19JN]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7931 [4SE]

———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, H7931 [4SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3751 [7MY]

Veterans Day: observance, H10453 [5NO]

Votes: position on missed, H2910 [8AP], H4810 [3JN], H11443 [18NO], E49 [8JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H10973 [6NO]