PICKERING, CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

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

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), H6707 [22JY]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H2199 [20AP]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H8038 [4OC]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H6706 [22JY]

———ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3966), H1074 [12MR]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H4928 (see H.R. 2176), H5071 [24JN]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7945 [30SE]

———rectify deficiencies in military postal system to ensure that members overseas can receive and send mail in a timely manner, including election ballots, in time for 2004 elections (see H. Res. 608), H2550 [4MY]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H1594 [25MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H37 [20JA]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H4926 (see H.R. 4685), H5070 [24JN]

———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), H2155 [2AP]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H4766 [22JN]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 530), H574 [24FE]

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]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2728 [6MY]

Computers: prohibit distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2885), H3720 [2JN]

———prohibit misappropriation of databases while ensuring consumer access to factual information (see H.R. 3872), H752 [2MR]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorize the acceptance of donated frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for use by deployed members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H.R. 4130), H2484 [28AP]

———continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H10080 [19NO]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H1740 [30MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H3094 [17MY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see H.R. 4905), H6701 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1726), H6756 [7SE]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H700 [26FE]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H3094 [17MY]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2550 [4MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H2019 [1AP]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Res. 581), H1791 [31MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H5984 [19JY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H6557 [21JY]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H10079 [19NO]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H7945 [30SE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9051 [8OC]

Health care professionals: provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 4016), H1594 [25MR]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H1739 [30MR]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 296), H4894 [23JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 857), H3781 [3JN]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2658 [5MY]

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]

Israel: 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), H1594 [25MR]

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), H4766 [22JN]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H8168 [5OC]

———provide payments to ambulance suppliers for the full cost of furnishing such services and to rural ambulance providers and suppliers for cost of serving areas with low population density (see H.R. 5415), H10079 [19NO]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H6756 [7SE]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1660), H9745 [16NO]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H1594 [25MR]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H3017 [13MY]

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), H3964 [14JN]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H8038 [4OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4906), H8039 [4OC]

Natural resources: provide fellowships for graduate and postgraduate students in natural resource- or wildlife-related advanced degree programs to provide expertise to Federal agencies and Congress (see H.R. 5145), H7574 [23SE]

Nuclear Waste Fund: reclassify fees as offsetting collections (see H.R. 3981), H1594 [25MR]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H927 [9MR]

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

Roads and highways: study the construction and designation of a new Interstate from Augusta, GA, to Natchez, MS (see H.R. 4925), H6702 [22JY]

———study the construction and designation of a new Interstate from Savannah, GA, to Knoxville, TN (see H.R. 4926), H6702 [22JY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and direct the EPA to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada on the importation of solid waste (see H.R. 4940), H6702 [22JY]

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

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ military reservists (see H.R. 5079), H8039 [4OC]

———allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (see H.R. 5080), H8039 [4OC]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H8168 [5OC]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1859), H8168 [5OC]

———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), H2264 [21AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H1370 [23MR]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H4766 [22JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H6706 [22JY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3016 [13MY]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4286 [16JN]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H753 [2MR]

Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 5248), H8857 [7OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H7138 [14SE]

———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 Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see H.J. Res. 93), H3230 [18MY]

———anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H89 [21JA]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4391 (see H.R. 4610), H4506 [17JN]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H1483 [24MR]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H8167 [5OC]

Telecommunications: provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (see H.R. 4129), H2151 [2AP]

Letters

Anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS: Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, E1181 [18JN]

Lists

Mississippi State University notable basketball teams, E590 [21AP]

Remarks

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS, E1180 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3409 [20MY]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3409 [20MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (S. 741), H6093, H6099, H6100 [20JY]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 4610), E1156 [18JN]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 3658), H3894 [14JN]

Mississippi: tribute to military contributions during hurricanes, E2105 [20NO]

Mississippi State University: tribute to men's basketball team, E590 [21AP]

Mitchell, Brian: Bronze Star recipient, E592 [21AP]

Mitchell, David: Bronze Star recipient, E5921 [21AP]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8879 [8OC]

Science: technology research and development funding, E1347 [9JY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), H10028 [19NO]

Telecommunications: ensure availability of certain spectrum for public safety entities by establishing a certain date by which the transition to digital television shall be completed, H8879 [8OC]

———facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users, enhance 911 and E-911 services, and support construction and operation of a citizen activiated emergency response system (H.R. 5419), H10219 [20NO]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1027 [11MR]

———provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (H.R. 4129), E526 [2AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS: Community Development Partnership (organization), E1180 [18JN]

———Neshoba County, MS, Board of Supervisors, E1180 [18JN]

———Philadelphia Coalition, E1180 [18JN]

———Philadelphia, MS, City Council, E1180 [18JN]

Tributes

Dedwylder, Jason, E586 [21AP]

Huff, James, E207 [24FE]

Ray, Don, E250 [26FE]

Roberts, Lawrence, E588 [21AP]

Rounsaville, John, E55 [27JA]

Sherrill, Jackie, E422 [23MR]

Sykes, Harry N., E15 [20JA]