DAVIS, LINCOLN (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), consideration (H. Res. 593), H1826 [1AP]

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), H7329 [21SE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3392 [19MY]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H8859 [7OC]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H575 [24FE]

Ben Atchley Post Office Building, Knoxville, TN: designate (see H.R. 3769), H392 [4FE]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment on ensuring certain trust funds are outside the U.S. budget (see H.J. Res. 88), H244 [28JA]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H1643 [29MR]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3800), H4894 [23JN]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H516 [11FE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H6128 [20JY]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (see H. Res. 507), H244 [28JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H37 [20JA]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

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

Dallas, TX: modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 5187), H7944 [30SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected under the system, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 3787), H433 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H2918 [12MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing (see H.R. 4516), H3784 [4JN]

———improve efficiency of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (see H.R. 4298), H2657 [5MY]

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), H2728 [6MY]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H8409 [6OC]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2019 [1AP]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5188), H9051 [8OC]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2406 [27AP]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

———establish programs using public, private, and faith-based organizations to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support services to foster families (see H.R. 4431), H3438 (see H.R. 4431), H3538 [20MY]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H927 [9MR]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

———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), H576 [24FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1740 [30MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H128 [27JA]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H3017 [13MY]

———reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4107), H4894 [23JN]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H1592 [25MR]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 381), H1230 [17MR]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H2550 [4MY]

Health: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H927 [9MR]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H4392 (see H.R. 4316), H4507 [17JN]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (see H.R. 4218), H2405 [27AP]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H90 [21JA]

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), H435 [10FE]

Iraq: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction (see H.R. 4467), H3439 (see H.R. 4467), H3539 [20MY]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 4276), H3017 [13MY]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 4636), H4928 (see H.R. 4636), H5072 [24JN]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 2967), H575 [24FE]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7234 [15SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H128 [27JA]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H2154 [2AP]

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), H6706 [22JY]

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 School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H3440 (see H.R. 3441), H3540 [20MY]

National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency and disaster preparedness, coordination, and recovery plans (see H.R. 3274), H516 [11FE]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2549 [4MY]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H37 [20JA]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H4171 [15JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H8168 [5OC]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H872 [4MR]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1741 [30MR]

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), H1011 [10MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H1072 [11MR]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

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

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see H.R. 3796), H2200 [20AP]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H89 [21JA]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 3776), H392 [4FE]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H1116 [16MR]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4928 (see H.R. 4600), H5072 [24JN]

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]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

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]

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]

VFW: tribute (see H.J. Res. 108), H7735 [28SE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H8859 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 400), H1643 [29MR]

Motions

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2083, H2101 [2AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3095 [18MY]

Poems

``One Soldier's Wife,'' Don Flanagan, E917 [19MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5593 [13JY]

Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H9980 [18NO]

Clarkrange, TN: tribute to Clarkrange High School girls' basketball team, E475 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit Federal funding for buyout of tobacco producers or quota holders, H5593 [13JY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing (H.R. 4516), H5209 [7JY]

———carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing (H.R. 4516), Senate amendment, H9869 [17NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7773 [29SE]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (H.R. 4218), H5205, H5207 [7JY]

Jack Daniel's Distillery (business): anniversary of winning Gold Medal at the St. Louis World's Fair, H1795 [1AP]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, E1673 [22SE]

Memorial Day: observance, H3514 [20MY]

National Transportation Week: observance, E884 [17MY]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9749 [17NO], H9980 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3833 [9JN]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 5183), consideration (H. Res. 811), H7873 [30SE]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), consideration (H. Res. 619), H2558 [5MY]

Tennessee: tribute to National Guard 1175th Transportation Co., E1675 [22SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), E884 [17MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), consideration (H. Res. 593), H1823 [1AP]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), motion to recommit, H2101, H2119, H2120 [2AP]

Votes: position on missed, E476 [30MR], E833 [12MY], E1415 [19JY]

Wright, Katie: American Automobile Association National Safety Patroller of the Year award recipient, E1087 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2915 [12MY]

Tables

Total highway/transit investment increases and new jobs created under Davis of Tennessee motion to recommit H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H2119 [2AP]

Tributes

Calabrese, Betty, E917 [19MY]

Hatmaker, Fred, E1673 [22SE]

Hicks, Gregory, E393 [17MR]

Matthews, Jimmy, E1566 [8SE]