JENKINS, WILLIAM L. (a Representative from Tennessee)

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: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H2019 [1AP]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5226), H8859 [7OC]

Alcoholic beverages: prohibit sale of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket approval (see H.R. 5173), H9963 [17NO]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2549 [4MY]

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

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H752 [2MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 722, 722), H6756 [7SE]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H1322 [18MR]

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]

Colleges and universities: require investigations of violent felonies occurring on campus (see H.R. 4340), H5402 [8JY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H2919 [12MY]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 3313), H4894 [23JN]

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

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

Dept. of HHS: give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H1370 [23MR]

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]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1791 [31MR]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3125), H1011 [10MR]

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), H3230 [18MY]

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), H872 [4MR]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

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), H1791 [31MR]

Immigration: establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H4928 (see H.R. 4440), H5072 [24JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H244 [28JA]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H435 [10FE]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 5107), H7328 [21SE]

———protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H7735 [28SE]

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

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3605 [1JN]

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H1011 [10MR]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H3016 [13MY]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5471 [9JY]

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]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2374 [22AP]

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

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]

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), H2548 [4MY]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H516 [11FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H434 [10FE]

———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H1791 [31MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H5402 [8JY]

———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]

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

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

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H6707 [22JY]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H2918 [12MY]

Trademarks: clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges as trademarks (see H.R. 5194), H7944 [30SE]

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]

Women: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H576 [24FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H2018 [1AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H89 [21JA]

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]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5591 [13JY]

Blountville, TN: anniversary of B'Nai Sholom Congregation, E690 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit Federal funding for buyout of tobacco producers or quota holders, H5591 [13JY]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 775), E1492 [22JY]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4399 [17JN]

National Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases Awareness Week: observance, E614 [22AP]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3862 [9JN]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4399 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4399 [17JN]