BERRY, MARION (a Representative from Arkansas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4170 [15JN]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC]
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), H2267 [21AP]
Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H6998 [9SE]
———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3441 (see H.R. 4346), H3541 [20MY]
———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5331 [7JY]
———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]
———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), H6899 [8SE]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]
———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H2816 [11MY]
Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H4926 (see H.R. 4685), H5070 [24JN]
———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), H3094 [17MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment on ensuring certain trust funds are outside the U.S. budget (see H.J. Res. 88), H244 [28JA]
———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), H927 [9MR]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]
China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H3230 [18MY]
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]
Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H1117 [16MR]
Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5909 [15JY]
Computers: prohibit distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2885), H3963 [14JN]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1428), H6756 [7SE]
———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]
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), H9051 [8OC]
———direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]
———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H2154 [2AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H3781 [3JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for Federal Air Marshal Service (see H.R. 3991), H1594 [25MR]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H434 [10FE]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1791 [31MR]
FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]
FDA: regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoesphedrine (see H.R. 4395), H7864 [29SE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 4843), H5908 [15JY]
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), H1011 [10MR]
———establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H700 [26FE]
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H1791 [31MR]
Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building, Springdale, AR: designate (see H.R. 4381), H3229 [18MY]
Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H8859 [7OC]
———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]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H7443 [22SE]
Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H8039 [4OC]
Iraq: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction (see H.R. 4467), H3439 (see H.R. 4467), H3539 [20MY]
Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H5471 [9JY]
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), H90 [21JA]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2154 [2AP]
Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H393 [4FE]
———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7945 [30SE]
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]
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), H2266 [21AP]
No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H393 [4FE]
Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5471 [9JY]
Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H8167 [5OC]
Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]
Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]
———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 882), H393 [4FE]
———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H7945 [30SE]
———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]
———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]
———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 3865), H831 [3MR]
———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 3155), H1791 [31MR]
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), H304 [3FE]
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]
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), H1643 [29MR]
Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3720 [2JN]
———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]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H8859 [7OC]
Women: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H434 [10FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]
Tariff: benzenesulfonic acid, [[chloracety1)amino]methy1] [4-[[4-(cyclohexylamino)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dio o-1 anthraceny 1]amino]phenoxy]meth y1-, monosodium salt (see H.R. 5088), H7233 [15SE]
———cobaltate(1-), bis[3-[[1-(3-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-(oxo-kO)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]azo-kN1]-4-(hydroxy-kO)benzenesulfonamidato(2-)]-, sodium (see H.R. 5085), H7233 [15SE]
———3-hydroxy-4-[(4-methyl-2-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenecarbo xylic acid, calcium salt (see H.R. 5087), H7233 [15SE]
———2,2'-[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)[bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] butanamide, 2,2'-[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxo- (see H.R. 5089), H7233 [15SE]
———2-[[3,3'-dichloro-4'-[[1-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)amino@carbony]-2-oxopropyl]azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-3-oxo-N-(o-tolyl) u tyramide (see H.R. 5086), H7233 [15SE]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3607 [2JN]
Remarks
Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, E2124
Budget: allocation of funds, H1207 [17MR]
———deficit, H418 [10FE], H899 [9MR], H1207 [17MR], H3234 [19MY], H6863 [8SE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1519 [25MR]
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4533 [18JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4525, H4533 [18JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4195 [16JN]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4195 [16JN], H4525 [18JN]
Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H5955 [19JY]
———national objectives priority assignments, H899 [9MR]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: expand eligibility to include non-Government employees at their own expense, H2818 [12MY]
Fort Polk, LA: tribute to Arkansas National Guardsmen training for deployment to Iraq, E229
Immigration: national policy, E1253
Lloyd L. Burke Post Office, Stuttgart, AR: designate (H.R. 3059), H1381 [24MR]
Medicare: increase in premiums, H6904 [9SE]
———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3608 [2JN]
———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H3608 [2JN]
Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7528 [23SE]
———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H6863 [8SE]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: tribute to community investment, E1430
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H925 [9MR], H1228 [17MR], H5979 [19JY]
Statements
Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program Implementation: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, E1105
Tributes
Brandon, Stacey C., E772
Brodell, Hubert, E1792
Cash, Claud, E508
Catlett, Tom, E516
Dunn, Donald, E519
Fowler, Wallace, E1284
Jessup, Stewart E., E155
Jones, Arthur P. (Phil), E1298
Konecny, Samuel, E153
Lawhon, Kay, E151
Mann, Lon, E151
McCool, Larry A., E521
McKinley, Georgea Black, E1698
Melton, Kenneth A., E770
Orton, Billy Joe, E767
Peterson, Merle F., E1240
Porter, Riley P., E1168
Ramsay, Louis L., Jr., E155
Rogers, Doyle and Raye, E508
Rooks, Wesley and Ella Mae, E1793
Scherer, Jack V., E1296
Stephens, Jackson T., E451
Wood, Forrest L., E753