CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, H10930 [7DE]

———H.R. 4850, District of Columbia appropriations, H8043 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2406 [27AP]

Armed Forces: 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), H9184 [9OC]

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

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H4171 [15JN]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H1326 [22MR]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 4504), H3780 [3JN]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2683), H3781 [3JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (see H. Res. 507), H305 [3FE]

Computers: prohibit distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2885), H3016 [13MY]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2816 [11MY]

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

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing Federal contracts with private security contractors (see H.R. 4749), H5150 [25JN]

Courts: ensure Federal Tort Claims Act protections for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 4347), H3230 [18MY]

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

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H576 [24FE]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H396 [6FE]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H2483 [28AP]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H1072 [11MR]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6707 [22JY]

Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see H.R. 4104), H2018 [1AP]

Diseases: prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H1370 [23MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H3440 (see H.R. 2394), H3540 [20MY]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H1370 [23MR]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H245 [28JA]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2154 [2AP]

———make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2997), H830 [3MR]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H1484 [24MR]

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]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H2373 [22AP]

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

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H575 [24FE]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H7073 [13SE]

———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), H3720 [2JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H1116 [16MR]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

———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), H2374 [22AP]

Israel: condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2374 [22AP]

———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), H2374 [22AP]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H3094 [17MY]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 4636), H8168 [5OC]

———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 3092), H6899 [8SE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H37 [20JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3963 [14JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H6997 [9SE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H516 [11FE]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H9746 [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 Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H701 [26FE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H2491 [30AP]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H831 [3MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H434 [10FE]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3440 (see H.R. 2598), H3540 [20MY]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H3781 [3JN]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see H.R. 2513), H9745 [16NO]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H434 [10FE]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H6706 [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), H576 [24FE]

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), H2484 [28AP]

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]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H9963 [17NO]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H2200 [20AP]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 417), H2727 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Independent National Security Classification Board: establish (see H.R. 4855), H5982 [19JY]

President's Council of Advisors on Manufacturing: establish (see H.R. 4145), H2152 [2AP]

Weather: establish a comprehensive research program aimed at understanding and predicting the natural processes that lead to formation of tornadoes (see H.R. 4146), H2152 [2AP]

Remarks

All Points Logistics, Inc.: Boeing Co., Small Disadvantaged Business Supplier of the Year award recipient, E563 [20AP]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Alabama: anniversary, E1531 [8SE]

Boeing Co.: Self-Reacting Friction Stir Welding Cryogenic Tank Demonstration Team recipients of Boeing Silver Phantom Award, E240 [26FE]

Broyles, Franklyn G., Jr.: Huntsville, AL, Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E1763 [1OC]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 4504), H8099 [5OC]

Darden, Christopher: National Weather Service Issac M. Cline Award recipient, E533 [2AP]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary of Huntsville, AL, Alumnae Chapter, E459 [26MR]

Hallmark, Coy J.: Huntsville, AL, Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E1767 [1OC]

Harvest, AL: tribute to Sparkman High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E801 [11MY]

Huntsville, AL: anniversary of Huntsville High School, E1534 [8SE]

———Missile and Space Intelligence Center funding, H4829 [23JN]

———tribute to the Association of the U.S. Army Redstone-Huntsville chapter, E1989 [16NO]

Independent National Security Classification Board: establish (H.R. 4855), E1431 [20JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4829 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4774 [23JN]

———counterterrorism operations funding, H4774 [23JN]

NASA: support space exploration, H3766 [3JN]

Peacock, Jay C. (Clay): Bronze Star recipient, E1987 [16NO]

Schaub, William: National Weather Service Issac M. Cline Award recipient, E533 [2AP]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (H. Res. 723), H6071 [20JY]

Tunisia: independence anniversary, E413 [18MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H23 [20JA]

Tributes

Barker, Jane, E1095 [14JN]

Cole, Johnnetta, E461 [26MR]

Dunlap, Ericka, E561 [20AP]

Flinn, James L., III, E1327 [8JY]

Lumer, Mark J., E75 [28JA]

Marshall, Lee, E274 [2MR]

Matthews, William (Bo), E1185 [18JN]

Merrell, Eunice, E244 [26FE]

Smith, John B., E802 [11MY]

Tubell, Wallace, E1137 [16JN]

Turvey, Kenneth V., E1281 [25JN]