EMERSON, JO ANN (a Representative from Missouri)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H3963 [14JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

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

———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), H2155 [2AP]

Children and youth: recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

———support and evaluate before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage establishment of, and increase participation in school breakfast programs (see H.R. 3904), H871 [4MR]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see H.R. 4785), H5401 [8JY]

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska, and for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 5273), H9051 [8OC]

Cuba: require congressional renewal of trade and travel restrictions (see H.R. 4457), H3606 [1JN]

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), H9051 [8OC]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5536 [12JY]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2484 [28AP]

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), H2658 [5MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H2483 [28AP]

Drugs: improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 4161), H5151 [25JN]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

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), H7864 [29SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H3785 [4JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H3016 [13MY]

General John J. Pershing Post Office, Laclede, MO: designate (see H.R. 3855), H699 [26FE]

Harry S Truman National Historic Site: adjust boundaries (see H.R. 4579), H5536 [12JY]

Health care professionals: implement an education loan repayment program for pharmacists (see H.R. 3591), H2019 [1AP]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H304 [3FE]

Iran: 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), H1011 [10MR]

Kansas City, MO: recognize the Liberty Memorial Museum as ``America's National World War I Museum'' (see H. Con. Res. 421), H2918 [12MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H8168 [5OC]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H37 [20JA]

Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H393 [4FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2483 [28AP]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H3392 [19MY]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H6700 [22JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H35 [20JA]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5909 [15JY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, to be illuminated by pink lights in commemoration (see H.R. 5307), H9048 [8OC]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3756), H3016 [13MY]

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]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H3230 [18MY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H244 [28JA]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H8167 [5OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2728 [6MY]

Social Security: waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of a terminally ill, disabled individual (see H.R. 3382), H5984 [19JY]

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

Tariff: wool products (see H.R. 4287), H2657 [5MY]

Taxation: provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H7575 [23SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H7443 [22SE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H2199 [20AP]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see H.R. 870), H7945 [30SE]

Treaties and agreements: oppose inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would negatively impact the implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs (see H. Res. 758), H7575 [23SE]

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), H927 [9MR]

Vitilas `Veto' Reid Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 4327), H2815 [11MY]

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield: expand boundaries (see H.R. 4481), H3719 [2JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3720 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility, Cape Girardeau, MO: designate (see H.R. 4037), H1592 [25MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5553, H5596 [13JY]

Children and youth: recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (S. Con. Res. 114), H5756 [14JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), E257 [26FE]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances, H5310 [7JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq, H5596 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: high threat grants funding for urban areas security initiative, H4495 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4475, H4495 [17JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5310 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6838 [8SE]

Maroth, Mike and Brooke: Rock and Wrap It Up! Inc., Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award recipients, E1299 [7JY]

Medicare: provide research funding on outcomes of health care items and services including the comparative clinical effectiveness of prescription drugs, H6838 [8SE]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), E1795 [4OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3834 [9JN]

Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility, Cape Girardeau, MO: designate (H.R. 4037), H2160 [20AP]

St. Francois County, MO: tribute to student project to donate personal supplies to U.S. troops overseas, E286 [3MR]

Votes: position on missed, E165 [12FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3717 [2JN]

Tributes

Anthony, Susan B., E257 [26FE]

Bennett, Teddy, E2085 [20NO]

Bereuter, Representative, H5553 [13JY]

Cloninger, Kathy, E54 [27JA]

Ogonowski, John, H5553 [13JY]

Owsley, Edward A., E1219 [23JN]