SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Addresses

Reflections on Leadership in Defense and Professional Military Education Reform: Archie D. Barrett, E210 [24FE], E263 [1MR]

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H5006 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1535, H1547 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 648), H3250 [19MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H3747 [3JN]

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

———S. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009, H1661 [30MR]

Articles and editorials

Campus Honors Retirement of ``Spirit of Davidson`` in Laundry's New Name, Leslie Hempson, Davidsonian (publication), E871 [14MY]

WRHI Radio—Broadcast Pioneer Continues To Serve Rock Hill, Haney Howell, E2100 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 4826), H7575 [23SE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H5471 [9JY]

———express concern over the well-being of members and call on the Dept. of Defense to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment available (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1643 [29MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6755 [7SE]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H7329 [21SE]

Arms control: provide for counterproliferation measures (see H.R. 5161), H7735 [28SE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H7330 [21SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Bucher, Lloyd M. (Pete): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H927 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2265 [21AP]

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

Children and youth: improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H37 [20JA]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4171 [15JN]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H89 [21JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H576 [24FE]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H4893 [23JN]

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing Federal contracts with private security contractors (see H.R. 4749), H5150 [25JN]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting overseas missions (see H.R. 4390), H7443 [22SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see H.R. 4905), H6701 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H575 [24FE]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H3606 [1JN]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H1230 [17MR]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H36 [20JA]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H830 [3MR]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H4392 (see H.R. 3446), H4507 [17JN]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H8168 [5OC]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1370 [23MR]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H2373 [22AP]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H1323 [18MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H831 [3MR]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 4375), H6557 [21JY]

Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H2154 [2AP]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H5331 [7JY]

Iraq: negotiate a bilateral security agreement with the Iraqi Governing Council by a certain date (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2484 [28AP]

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

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H1592 [25MR]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H2406 [27AP]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H37 [20JA]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2483 [28AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2657 [5MY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H7073 [13SE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H435 [10FE]

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), H5536 [12JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

National Day of the Horse: establish (see H. Con. Res. 507), H7944 [30SE]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H2549 [4MY]

Nuclear energy: recognize essential role in national energy policy and support increased use of nuclear power and construction and development of new and improved nuclear power generating plants (see H. Con. Res. 441), H3780 [3JN]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing of nuclear weapons by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 3921), H2200 [20AP]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5536 [12JY]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H6756 [7SE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: preserve profile on the dime because of his innumerable contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 343), H37 [20JA]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H2200 [20AP]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1791 [31MR]

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

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H2728 [6MY]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2406 [27AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 508), H2658 [5MY]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2484 [28AP]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H576 [24FE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H575 [24FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H2918 [12MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]

Textile industry and fabrics: enforce textiles and apparel safeguard with respect to imports from the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 5026), H6898 [8SE]

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), H2484 [28AP]

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H515 [11FE]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H8408 [6OC]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1484 [24MR]

U.S. Geological Survey: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H6557 [21JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H2200 [20AP]

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]

Veterans: 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]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H304 [3FE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H7234 [15SE]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 417), H2727 [6MY]

Lists

Military benefits proposals, H2223 [21AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: allow the President to propose elimination of wasteful spending through recissions in appropriations bills, H5005 [24JN]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (H.R. 3104), H1692 [30MR]

———increase end strength, H5625 [13JY]

———increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing, H1428 [24MR], H6455 [21JY]

———provide targeted pay increase to enlisted personnel, H3253 [19MY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5625 [13JY]

———TRICARE military health benefits for Reservists and Guardsmen, H2223 [21AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1351, H1354, H1355, H1356 [23MR]

———consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4977, H4978 [24JN]

———convert current nonbinding resolution into joint budget resolution that if signed by the President would have the force of law, H4999, H5000, H5001 [24JN]

———deficit, H1354 [23MR], H2176, H2178, H2180, H2181 [20AP], H7307, H7308, H7309, H7311, H7313 [21SE]

———eliminate requirement of providing budget authority and outlays for all the functional categories in the budget resolution, H4979 [24JN]

———establish budget protection accounts allowing Congress to reduce spending and redirect it towards tax cuts or deficit reduction, H5002 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4962, H4965, H4975, H4977, H4978, H4979, H4985, H4987, H4993, H4997, H4999, H5000, H5001, H5002, H5005, H5007, H5009, H5041, H5043, H5060, H5061 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4900 [24JN]

———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4985 [24JN]

———improve forecasting for entitlement spending programs, H4997 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5041, H5043, H5060, H5061 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1355 [23MR], H1653, H1658 [30MR], H2176, H2178, H2180 [20AP], H3360 [19MY], H9711 [16NO], H9971 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2176, H2178, H2180, H2181 [20AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1351, H1354, H1355, H1356 [23MR], H1418, H1426, H1428, H1432, H1436, H1452, H1458 [24MR], H1533, H1542, H1543, H1545, H1547, H1548, H1553 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3360, H3365, H3367 [19MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 649), H3238, H3240 [19MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H1653, H1658 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4913 [24JN]

Committee on the Budget (House): tribute to staff, H1553 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3265 [19MY], H3417, H3425 [20MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), conference report, H8996, H8997 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 648), H3245, H3249 [19MY]

———funding, H1543 [25MR]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), consideration (H. Res. 732), H6455 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4679 [22JN]

———release of ferromanganese from the strategic stockpile, H8996 [8OC]

Dept. of Energy: facilitate cleanup of nuclear waste sites, H3425 [20MY]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H3365 [19MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H7309 [21SE]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies, H4975 [24JN]

Government: pay for cost of premiums for certain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage, H3253 [19MY]

———provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4987 [24JN]

Iraq: condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2686 [6MY]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3401 [20MY]

Medicaid: funding, H1533 [25MR]

Medicare: funding, H1533 [25MR]

Memorial Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 424), H3253 [19MY]

NASA: funding, H1428 [24MR]

National security: homeland security funding, H1432 [24MR]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8674 [7OC]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H3417 [20MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1661 [30MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H3240 [19MY], H4679 [22JN]

———ceiling (S. 2986), H9706, H9709, H9710, H9711 [16NO], H9977 [18NO]

———ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), H9971 [18NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7307, H7308 [21SE], H9711 [16NO]

———solvency, H1458 [24MR]

Taxation: rates, H1458 [24MR], H4913 [24JN]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (H.R. 1779), H2222, H2223 [21AP]

Veterans: health care funding, H1426 [24MR]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 417), H3551 [1JN]

WRHI-Radio (Rock Hill, SC): anniversary, E2099 [20NO]

WRHM-Radio (Rock Hill, SC): anniversary, E2099 [20NO]

York, SC: Jefferson High School reunion, E1886, E1956 [11OC]

Tributes

Barrett, Archie D., E210 [24FE], E263 [1MR]

Houston, Lula Bell, E871 [14MY]

Lorick, Paula S., E336 [9MR]

Shaw, R. Lewis, E156 [10FE]

Tention, Billy, E1227 [24JN]