THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Addresses

Anniversary of Murder of Civil Rights Organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS: Dick Molpus, E1271 [25JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: Joyia Smith, E283 [3MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2443, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H2716 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H1072 [11MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H1230 [17MR]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H1740 [30MR]

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), H5793 [14JY]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2374 [22AP]

———permit each State to provide a statue of an individual representing that State for display in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 5038), H6996 [9SE]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (see H. Con. Res. 496), H8039 [4OC]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H1791 [31MR]

Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H4287 [16JN]

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]

———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4171 [15JN]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H6128 [20JY]

Congressional Accountability Act: extend to legislative branch employees certain protections available to Federal employees under certain laws (see H.R. 3963), H2154 [2AP]

Contracts: require certain prospective government contractors to employ a certain percentage of their employees in the U.S. (see H.R. 3134), H1484 [24MR]

Correctional institutions: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 3575), H4766 [22JN]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H1643 [29MR]

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

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 3974), H5331 [7JY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H2019 [1AP]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H2550 [4MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 4261), H4647 [21JN]

———strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H2549 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement a program to enhance private sector preparedness for emergencies and disasters (see H.R. 4830), H5792 [14JY]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for Federal Air Marshal Service (see H.R. 3991), H2154 [2AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 3929), H3441 (see H.R. 3929), H3540 [20MY]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H1071 [11MR]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2155 [2AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the release of loans approved for Haiti (see H.R. 3989), H5150 [25JN]

Diseases: establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H5470 [9JY]

Douglass, Frederick: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H. Res. 101), H1230 [17MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1593 [25MR]

Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H1074 [12MR]

Employment: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see H.R. 3820), H1117 [16MR]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H2484 [28AP]

EPA: authorize use of funds for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relative to development and implementation of phase II of storm water program (see H.R. 3528), H700 [26FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H4894 [23JN]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H2199 [20AP]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H633 [25FE]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 381), H1230 [17MR]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1370 [23MR]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

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

GAO: conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks (see H.R. 3567), H2373 [22AP]

Haiti: U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis (see H. Con. Res. 370), H632 [25FE]

Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 1268), H3873 [9JN]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H2199 [20AP]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H6756 [7SE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2402), H1593 [25MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4928 (see H.R. 4610), H5072 [24JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H1740 [30MR]

Help America Vote Act: prohibit States from denying certain veterans who have been convicted of a felony and completed their sentence from registering to vote (see H.R. 4479), H3719 [2JN]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H4894 [23JN]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3392 [19MY]

Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 427), H3093 [17MY]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H926 [9MR]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H6706 [22JY]

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), H3391 [19MY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]

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

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2728 [6MY]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H2733 [10MY]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 4445), H6756 [7SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 4147), H2152 [2AP]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3756), H5654 [13JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3229 [18MY]

National security: enhance homeland security science and technology (see H.R. 5069), H10080 [19NO]

———improve homeland security by providing for national resilience in preparation for, and in the event of, a terrorist attack (see H.R. 3774), H392 [4FE]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 757), H2728 [6MY]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H1072 [11MR]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H5331 [7JY]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2153 [2AP]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5471 [9JY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H2155 [2AP]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H10080 [19NO]

Ships and vessels: accelerate requirement that tankers carrying oil in bulk as cargo must be equipped with a double hull (see H.R. 880), H3719 [2JN]

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

States: streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see H.R. 4031), H9051 [8OC]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5071 [24JN]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7575 [23SE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H36 [20JA]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2549 [4MY]

———provide a uniform definition of a qualifying child (see H.R. 2718), H2549 [4MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H434 [10FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H5150 [25JN]

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

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H752 [2MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 4036), H5151 [25JN]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3720 [2JN]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H2549 [4MY]

———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]

Voting: amend criminal code relative to voter intimidation (see H.R. 5246), H9051 [8OC]

———condemn all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the U.S. and reaffirm that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible citizens (see H. Res. 793), H7442 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 457), H4580 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify mission and responsibilities relative to protection of civil rights and civil liberties (see H.R. 5182), H7863 [29SE]

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6556 [21JY]

Excerpts

``Eyes on the Prize—America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,'' Juan Williams, E284 [3MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5556 [13JY]

Chen, C.J., E712 [29AP]

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), H1409 [24MR]

———establish programs to promote increased consumption of milk in schools and to improve the nutrition and health of children, H1409 [24MR]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (H. Con. Res. 450), E1271 [25JN]

———tribute to Freedom Riders for protesting noncompliance with Supreme Court ruling prohibiting segregation on interstate public transportation, E284 [3MR]

Clinton, MS: tribute to Clinton High School choir, E835 [12MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and rural development funding through reductions in Common Computing Environment funding, H5556 [13JY]

Harris, Otis, Jr.: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1754 [30SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7572 [23SE]

Tributes

Allen, Louis, E141 [10FE]

Bakeman, C. Vincent, E1274 [25JN]

Gray, Hunter, E140 [10FE]

Mack, Thelma, E1328 [8JY]

McQuirter, Wroten, Sr., E1999 [16NO]

Moore, Arnold D. (Gatemouth), E719 [30AP]

Richards, Beulah (Beah), E252 [26FE]

Smith, Joyia, E283 [3MR]