TAYLOR, GENE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 843), H8991 [8OC]

Appointments

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

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), H3964 [14JN]

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), H2658 [5MY]

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

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1230 [17MR]

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

———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see H.R. 4188), H2484 [28AP]

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

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

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), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3995), H1321 [18MR]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

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]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H1116 [16MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7575 [23SE]

———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), H1483 [24MR]

———provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting overseas missions (see H.R. 4390), H5402 [8JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H575 [24FE]

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

Farm Credit Act: extend support to the commercial fishing industry (see H.R. 4210), H2728 [6MY]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H6706 [22JY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H1791 [31MR]

Health: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

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

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]

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

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 4687), H6707 [22JY]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H516 [11FE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

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), H1011 [10MR]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1791 [31MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H393 [4FE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H1230 [17MR]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H516 [11FE]

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

Taxation: disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H3016 [13MY]

———eliminate inflation adjustment of the phaseout of the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source and repeal extension of credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal (see H.R. 4365), H3015 [13MY]

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

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), H435 [10FE]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 3728), H100 [23JA]

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

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), H2374 [22AP]

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), H5471 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Bulgaria: condition U.S. military cooperation on certification that U.S. citizens and corporations are afforded due process of law and that certain U.S. legal decisions have been satisfied (see H.R. 4572), H4170 [15JN]

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

Letters

Constitutional amendment on ensuring certain trust funds are outside the U.S. budget: George A. Smith, TREA Senior Citizens League, E477 [30MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, H3266 [19MY]

———budget treatment of military retirement trust fund, H903 [9MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment on ensuring certain trust funds are outside the U.S. budget (H.J. Res. 88), E477 [30MR]

———deficit, H903 [9MR], H8012, H8013, H8014, H8015 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3266 [19MY], H3410 [20MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 843), H8990, H8991 [8OC]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H3266 [19MY]

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

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations, H8990, H8991 [8OC]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3410 [20MY]

Eximbank: prohibit funding to approve loan guarantees to businesses reincorporating overseas, H5876 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5876 [15JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H4679 [22JN], H8012, H8013, H8014, H8015 [4OC]

———ceiling (S. 2986), H9978 [18NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H903 [9MR]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7527 [23SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4398 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4398 [17JN]

Votes: position on missed, E478 [30MR], E1615 [14SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H925 [9MR]