THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Transforming the Defense Establishment: Stephen A. Cambone, Dept. of Defense, E291-E293 [26FE]

Appointments

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

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

Articles and editorials

Husband's Roots a Source of Pride—Amarillo Should Honor Its Own, Amarillo (TX) Globe News, H302 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———express appreciation to members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and recognize communities, businesses, and organizations for their support (see H. Con. Res. 177), H4011 [13MY]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 27), H1515 [4MR]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

Budget: require a balanced Federal budget, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, establish biennial budgets, and impose spending safeguards on the growth of entitlements and discretionary spending (see H.R. 3358), H9811 [21OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H138 [8JA]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 1870), H5089 [9JN]

Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 1707), H6465 [9JY]

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), H4132 [14MY]

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

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6707 [14JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H11133 [7NO]

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

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2232), H5468 [17JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H1746 [11MR]

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), H6464 [9JY]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H3053 [9AP]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1063), H4739 [22MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 1260), H6264 [26JN]

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

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]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H7949 [4SE]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1334 [25FE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H8017 [5SE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H7787 [25JY]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8382 [17SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H9687 [17OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: limit use of available funds for maintenance (see H.R. 1517), H2514 [31MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

Medicare: coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H4206 [15MY]

———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), H3683 [6MY]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H5175 [10JN]

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

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

———prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

NASA: establish an independent committee to oversee the space shuttle return-to-flight plans (see H.R. 3219), H9982 [28OC]

National security: commemorate anniversary and commitment to development of national missile defense system (see H. Con. Res. 82), H1681 [6MR]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H2131 [19MR]

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

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

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

Roads and highways: designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System (see H.R. 3240), H11149 [12NO]

———identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 523), H274 [4FE]

———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]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H4739 [22MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H6465 [9JY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H1746 [11MR]

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

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5045 [5JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 133), H4255 [19MY]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H7949 [4SE]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1746 [11MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: expand country of origin labeling requirements to additional agricultural commodities and implement requirements on certain covered commodities (see H.R. 2270), H4737 [22MY]

Dept. of State: establish an independent nonpartisan review panel to assess efforts to fulfill its mission in the future (see H.R. 3515), H11391 (see H.R. 3515), H11514 [18NO]

Taxation: allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H244 [29JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H130 [8JA], H1683 [10MR], H1815 [13MR], H3404 [12AP], H9217 [3OC], H9485 [16OC], H11151 [14NO], H12315 [25NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1683 [10MR], H9217 [3OC], H11152 [14NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6646 [14JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6646 [14JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2150 [20MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H302 [5FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4506 [21MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6784 [15JY]

———establish an independent nonpartisan review panel to assess efforts to fulfill its mission in the future (H.R. 3515), E2325 [19NO]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps, H6784 [15JY]

Homeland Security Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1416), H5731 [24JN]

Journal: question of approval, H11152 [14NO]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6114 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12272 [21NO]

National security: homeland security funding, H2150 [20MR]

———military readiness of U.S. forces, E291 [26FE]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H4506 [21MY]

Votes: position on missed, E638 [1AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H2808 [3AP]

Tributes

Combest, Representative, H4229 [19MY]