BROWN, HENRY E., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3420 [20MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7575 [23SE]

African Americans: enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage (see H.R. 4683), H4926 (see H.R. 4683), H5070 [24JN]

Armed Forces: eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H6900 [8SE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H5195 [6JY]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3720 [2JN]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H1011 [10MR]

Celebrate Freedom Foundation: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 505), H7864 [29SE]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3543), H7329 [21SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H872 [4MR]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H5654 [13JY]

Dept. of Energy: improve funding mechanism for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program (see H.R. 3429), H1072 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appoint chiropractors in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 2414), H10000 [18NO]

———contract for a report on employment placement, retention, and advancement of recently separated servicemembers (see H.R. 4173), H2198 [20AP]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H7234 [15SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2549 [4MY]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

———constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H3821 [8JN]

Federal aid programs: ensure that the Direct Loan Program is a competitive alternative to the Federal Family Education Loan Program for schools and students (see H.R. 4370), H3781 [3JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H7073 [13SE]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H3720 [2JN]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1484 [24MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2549 [4MY]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1323 [18MR]

Iraq: recognize individuals working under U.S. contracts and express sympathy to those injured, taken captive, and to the families of those killed (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3229 [18MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H7443 [22SE]

Israel: support accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (see H. Res. 617), H2816 [11MY]

———support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H699 [26FE]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H2816 [11MY]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H10080 [19NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H6997 [9SE]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H4580 [18JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1072 [11MR]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 328), H1484 [24MR]

Navy Armed Guard: authorize special awards to World War I and World War II veterans (see H.J. Res. 38), H37 [20JA]

Nuclear Waste Fund: reclassify fees as offsetting collections (see H.R. 3981), H3017 [13MY]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H2374 [22AP]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 4492), H3719 [2JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H244 [28JA]

———permit States to carry out surface transportation program projects on local roads to improve safety concerns (see H.R. 3757), H303 [3FE]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 91), H1593 [25MR]

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), H5402 [8JY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2816 [11MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H830 [3MR]

———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H2919 [12MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2482 [28AP]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3015 [13MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2374 [22AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H3781 [3JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3964 [14JN]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4175), H2198 [20AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

———honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3094 [17MY]

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 521), H9745 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Disasters: make beach nourishment projects eligible for inclusion in mitigation plans, and for hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 3804), H514 [11FE]

Tariff: anisic aldehyde (see H.R. 4486), H3719 [2JN]

———methyl salicylate (see H.R. 4485), H3719 [2JN]

———1,2 hexanediol (see H.R. 4483), H3719 [2JN]

———1,2 octanediol (see H.R. 4484), H3719 [2JN]

———1,2 pentanediol (see H.R. 4487), H3719 [2JN]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: extend period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage (see H.R. 4659), H4893 [23JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2065 [2AP]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1445, H1456 [24MR]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (H. Con. Res. 257), E1355 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (H.R. 4345), H4818, H4821 [23JN]

———Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force report, E1466 [22JY]

H.L. Hunley (submarine): anniversary of final voyage, H757 [3MR]

Lincolnville, SC: anniversary, E176 [12FE]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3234 [19MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3841 [9JN]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary (H.J. Res. 91), H2767 [11MY]

Taxation: increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3462 [20MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2938 [13MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2435 [28AP]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: extend period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage (H.R. 4659), E1228 [24JN]

Veterans: addition of osteoporosis to list of presumed service-connected diseases for former POWs, H6079 [20JY]

———benefits funding, H1456 [24MR]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), H9767 [17NO]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4175), H6079 [20JY]

———recognize and honor the volunteers that participate in honor guards for veterans' funerals (H. Con. Res. 260), H3907, H3908 [14JN]

Statements

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force Recommendations: Dorcas R. Hardy, E1466 [22JY]

Tributes

Combs, Andrew J., H2065 [2AP]

Hardy, Dorcas R., E1324 [8JY]

Kay, Lay Khin, E1326 [8JY]

Parker, Daniel, H2924 [13MY]

Pringle, Marie, E2183 [7DE]

Strang, Charles, E1617 [14SE]

Stuart, Robert K., E1928 [11OC]

Surratt, Greg, H4291 [17JN]