CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H130 [8JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2417, intelligence services appropriations, H11440 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 257), H135 [8JA]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8217 [11SE]

———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), H9215 [2OC]

———express appreciation to members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and encourage communities to prepare appropriate homecoming ceremonies (see H. Con. Res. 152), H3975 [9MY]

———provide free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active duty abroad engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 2705), H7455 [23JY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H8382 [17SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

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

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9687 [17OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

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), H3355 [11AP]

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), H8083 [9SE]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1902 [13MR]

———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), H5175 [10JN]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H4204 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (see H. Res. 414), H9981 [28OC]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H4735 [22MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

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

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H1678 [6MR]

Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H4739 [22MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3684 [6MY]

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]

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]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H7950 [4SE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H5366 [12JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4788 [2JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H8906 [24SE]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H4206 [15MY]

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

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 780), H700 [13FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H10457 [5NO]

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]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), 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), H5267 [11JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5552 [18JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H5089 [9JN]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8491 [23SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7329 [22JY]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H9282 [7OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see H.R. 2079), H4740 [22MY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

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), H55 [7JA]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H392 [11FE]

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), H60 [7JA]

Health: 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]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H7020 [16JY]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H5267 [11JN]

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

———revocation of certain exclusions from safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 2877), H7616 [24JY]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7618 [24JY]

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

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

Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain areas (see H.R. 1676), H5175 [10JN]

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

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 2135), H4204 [15MY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H9982 [28OC]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3572 [30AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H3453 [29AP]

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

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H3682 [6MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H2515 [31MR]

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H1334 [25FE]

NASA: make certain workforce authorities available (see H.R. 1085), H6603 [10JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1747 [11MR]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 1764), H5664 [19JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H7086 [17JY]

Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see H.R. 1263), H1900 [13MR]

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), H4205 [15MY]

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

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

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

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), H7618 [24JY]

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), H4877 [3JN]

———promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H5467 [17JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

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), H3762 [7MY]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1902 [13MR]

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]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H2822 [3AP]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see H.R. 491), H244 [29JA]

———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: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1902 [13MR]

———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), H7618 [24JY]

———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), H1334 [25FE]

———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]

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

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H2402 [26MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H8175 [10SE]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H172 [27JA]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 199), H4787 [2JN]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H700 [13FE]

———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 beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H8017 [5SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H7225 [21JY]

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

———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), H1812 [12MR]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: update feasibility and suitability study and include new trail segments (see H.R. 3342), H9737 [20OC]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 2722), H7226 [21JY]

Turkey: condemn terrorist attacks in Istanbul (see H. Res. 453), H11703 [20NO]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN]

———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), H318 [5FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [27JA]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H5366 [12JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit to encourage employee volunteer services that aid science, mathematics, and engineering education in schools (see H.R. 3590), H12307 [21NO]

Remarks

Alabama: tribute to Korean War veterans, E2280 [7NO]

Analytical Services, Inc.: NASA Woman Owned Business of the Year award recipient, E1868 [23SE]

Arcata Associates, Inc.: NASA Minority Subcontractor of the Year award recipient, E1919 [30SE]

CAS Cares, Inc.: tribute, E1070 [23MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H305 [5FE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7859 [4SE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 522), H2610 [2AP]

Florence, AL: anniversary of Milner-Rushing Discount Drugs (business), E808 [30AP]

Harvest, AL: tribute to Sparkman High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E383 [6MR]

Huntsville, AL: opening of National Children's Advocacy Center facility, E1460 [11JY]

———tribute to Stone Middle School students that contributed to the book ``Reality Street'', E810 [30AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), H5875 [25JN]

Nichols, Roy: Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E2014 [8OC]

Taxation: provide a tax credit for the production of coal-based synthetic fuels, H7859 [4SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6345 [8JY]

Tributes

Adomatis, Dennis P., E2475 [8DE]

Christian, Michael D., E363 [4MR]

Jerauld, Gary D., E496 [18MR]

King, Pat Schrimsher, E103 [29JA]

Wallace, Donald and Ellen, E1155 [5JN]

Wells, Kathleen A., E1741 [9SE]