WICKER, ROGER F. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4613, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5552 [13JY]

———H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9699 [16NO]

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), H7234 [15SE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H4287 [16JN]

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), H1594 [25MR]

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

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), H2484 [28AP]

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), H4647 [21JN]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5165), H7863 [29SE]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 1870), H4287 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H9999 [18NO]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2154 [2AP]

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), H2406 [27AP]

———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), H515 [11FE]

———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), H90 [21JA]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5188), H9746 [16NO]

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), H1740 [30MR]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7864 [29SE]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H4766 [22JN]

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]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H304 [3FE]

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

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H6128 [20JY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H6706 [22JY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H2657 [5MY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H4171 [15JN]

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), H3821 [8JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 4712), H5654 [13JY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H2374 [22AP]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 641), H3606 [1JN]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1631), H515 [11FE]

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

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H1322 [18MR]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H3391 [19MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1818), H3440 (see H.R. 1818), H3540 [20MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———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 incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H393 [4FE]

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), H576 [24FE]

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

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1643 [29MR]

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]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4530), H5654 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics (see H.R. 5360), H9744 [16NO]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior: implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), consideration (H. Res. 711), H5414 [9JY]

Remarks

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 (H. Res. 869), E2166 [6DE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1424 [24MR], H1504 [25MR]

Caribbean nations: allocation of foreign aid to Haiti and the Dominican Republic relative to flood disaster, H5816 [15JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6810 [8SE]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics (H.R. 5360), H10023 [19NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5815, H5816 [15JY]

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

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3811 [8JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1094 [16MR], H5348 [8JY], H7547 [23SE], H8047 [5OC], E415 [22MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1009 [10MR], H7326 [21SE], H7440 [22SE]

Special order: granted, H7572 [23SE]