CARTER, JOHN R. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8874 [8OC]

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), H5195 [6JY]

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4917), H6701 [22JY]

Armed Forces: prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 5011), H6998 [9SE]

———rectify deficiencies in military postal system to ensure that members overseas can receive and send mail in a timely manner, including election ballots, in time for 2004 elections (see H. Res. 608), H2550 [4MY]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H6997 [9SE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1084), H1791 [31MR]

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), H2266 [21AP]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 653), H3440 (see H. Res. 653), H3539 [20MY]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H393 [4FE]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H752 [2MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 1567), H244 [28JA]

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

Congress: allow vote to reverse Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress (see H.R. 3920), H2484 [28AP]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3720 [2JN]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H5908 [15JY]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 3762), H303 [3FE]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2152 [2AP]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

Education: provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars (see H.R. 3894), H871 [4MR]

———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]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

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

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1230 [17MR]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H4170 [15JN]

Freedom of religion: safeguard religious liberties (see H.R. 3190), H37 [20JA]

GAO: prepare statements for committee reports on congressional legislation on whether new entities, programs, or functions are redundant or could be performed more efficiently by existing entity, program, or function (see H.R. 2743), H1230 [17MR]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H7944 [30SE]

Health: provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H3720 [2JN]

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]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain H-1B and L nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4166), H2153 [2AP]

———improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H5151 [25JN]

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

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

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

Law enforcement: protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H5331 [7JY]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H1116 [16MR]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2658 [5MY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure that certain prevailing parties receive attorneys' fees (see H.R. 4499), H3780 [3JN]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2374 [22AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1776), H9963 [17NO]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H1484 [24MR]

Portugal: tribute to friendship, leadership, and support of the U.S. in the effort to combat international terrorism (see H. Res. 688), H5151 [25JN]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H2917 [12MY]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 3761), H303 [3FE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3964 [14JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H244 [28JA]

Social Security: prohibit approval of certain waivers to provide coverage of childless adults under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4142), H2152 [2AP]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3441 (see H.R. 4391), H3541 [20MY]

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

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 3369), H6128 [20JY]

States: improve security for driver licenses and State identity documents (see H.R. 5148), H7579 [24SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2729 [6MY]

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

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H2657 [5MY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H11057 [7DE]

———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 the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2406 [27AP]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H4171 [15JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2657 [5MY]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (see H.R. 1779), H2199 [20AP]

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]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to market exclusivity for cancer drugs and extend the patent term on such drugs equal to the regulatory review period (see H.R. 5306), H9048 [8OC]

Ramon, Asaf: relief (see H.R. 4274), H2548 [4MY]

Ramon, Noah: relief (see H.R. 4274), H2548 [4MY]

Ramon, Rona: relief (see H.R. 4274), H2548 [4MY]

Ramon, Tal: relief (see H.R. 4274), H2548 [4MY]

Ramon, Yiftach: relief (see H.R. 4274), H2548 [4MY]

Taxation: prevent discriminatory treatment of natural gas pipeline property by States (see H.R. 4726), H5149 [25JN]

Lists

Armed Forces members from Texas killed in military action in Iraq, E1057 [4JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1597 [29MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 5011), H8108 [5OC]

Bush, George: tribute (H. Res. 653), H3905, H3906 [14JN]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (H.R. 3873), H1407 [24MR], H3695 [2JN]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4936 [24JN]

Congress: tribute to Republican House Members-elect, H9702 [16NO]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (H.R. 4232), H8275 [6OC]

Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (H.R. 1731), H4810 [23JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: require WIC program to purchase baby formula only from certified vendors, H3695 [2JN]

———require WIC to purchase baby formula from certified vendors, H4936 [24JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7763 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7902, H7903 [30SE]

IBM Corp.: investment in employee training and education, H3724 [3JN]

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (H.R. 3917), H1601, H1602 [29MR]

Memorial Day: observance, E1057 [4JN]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8874 [8OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3839 [9JN]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists, H8874 [8OC]

Vaughn Gross Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (H.R. 3723), H1600, H1601 [29MR]

Votes: position on missed, H933 [10MR], H2335 [22AP], H3411 [20MY], E66 [28JA], E850 [14MY], E1082 [9JN], E1617 [14SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1641 [29MR], H3602 [1JN]

Tributes

Babin, Alan, H1618 [29MR]