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

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H229 [26JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 2862, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H9497 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

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. 772), H5603 [30JN]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength levels for active duty personnel and Special Operation Forces (see H.R. 1666), H2101 [14AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1969 [13AP]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3262 [12MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2473 [21AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H1780 [5AP]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 903), H1779 [5AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H8644 [29SE]

Children and youth: ensure that appropriate State social services officers have access to certain Federal databases to carry out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children (see H.R. 1223), H1368 [10MR]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 1142), H1023 [8MR]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H4144 [26MY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H3331 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H4722 [17JN]

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2011), H2737 [28AP]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H7949 [14SE]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1417 [14MR]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H6936 [27JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8514 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H8919 [18OC]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H6652 [26JY]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H9426 [28OC]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H7815 [8SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1416 [14MR]

Drugs: provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 313), H630 [15FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 314), H630 [15FE] (see H.R. 3889), H10227 [15NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity for certain retired airline pilots (see H.R. 2926), H12050 [16DE]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H983 [3MR]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H3556 [18MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3685), H8735 [6OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H74 [4JA]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1025 [8MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H2551 [26AP]

Foreign aid: ensure protection of beneficiaries of U.S. humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 912), H792 [17FE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H6652 [26JY]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H2550 [26AP]

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. 215), H1622 [16MR]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H5604 [30JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H1781 [5AP]

Hurricanes: express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 425), H7742 [7SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H6936 [27JY]

Intelligence services: establish a security clearance system to fully leverage the cultural and linguistic skills of subject matter experts and others proficient in foreign languages critical to national security (see H. Res. 173), H1695 [17MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3435 [17MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H980 [3MR]

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. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H5599 [30JN]

———provide for registration of sex offenders and for appropriate notification of their whereabouts (see H.R. 3133), H5599 [30JN]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H627 [15FE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]

Medicare: reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H12050 [16DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H5603 [30JN]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H10145 [9NO]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8644 [29SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H8387 [27SE]

National security: require approval of certain judges for issuance of national security letters and require Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters (see H.R. 4570), H12047 [16DE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H10039 [8NO]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3332 [16MY]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 275), H9275 [26OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (see H. Res. 22), H80 [4JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H798 [17FE]

———provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3050), H8388 [27SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1509 [15MR]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H5914 [14JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H196 [25JA]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11110 [6DE]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2151 [19AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H7564 [28JY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see H.R. 1624), H1969 [13AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H1847 [6AP]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 2594), H3893 [24MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H7743 [7SE]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: update feasibility and suitability study and include new trail segments (see H.R. 3085), H5361 [28JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H9276 [26OC]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1622 [16MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H348 [2FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H5252 [27JN]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H196 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

SBA: deem certain small business concerns qualified HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 4531), H11652 [14DE]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit to encourage employee volunteer services that aid science, mathematics, and engineering education in schools (see H.R. 4532), H11652 [14DE]

Remarks

Alabama A&M University: tribute to men's basketball team, E437 [14MR]

Association of the U.S. Army: tribute to Redstone-Huntsville, AL, chapter, E1657 [29JY]

Burks, Amy: Morgan County, AL, Democratic Party Newton B. Powell Award recipient, E2274 [3NO]

COLSA Corp.: anniversary, E2339 [10NO]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6124 [20JY]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 441), H8125 [20SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1926 [13AP]

Huntsville, AL: anniversary, E1659 [29JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), H4845 [21JN]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7891 [14SE]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (H.R. 798), H11466 [13DE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6346 [22JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4431 [14JN]

Space policy: pursue international treaty banning space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy orbiting objects in space, H6124 [20JY]

Sparta, Inc.: anniversary, E1682 [29JY]

Speakin' Out Weekly News (publication): anniversary, E1765 [7SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6638 [26JY]

Tributes

Anderson, Cathy, E741 [22AP]

Bevill, Tom, E742 [22AP]

Caddell, John, E740 [22AP]

Carter, Tommy, E2192 [27OC]

Collazo, Frank, E2339 [10NO]

Devanney, Thomas M., E1865 [15SE]

Devlin, Robert J., E1239 [15JN]

Evatt, James W., E104 [26JA]

Granone, Jess F., E1865 [15SE]

Heflin, Howell, E585 [7AP]

Holly, John W., E1867 [15SE]

James, Rosetta, E2144 [20OC]

Lowery, Joseph E., E2574 [17DE]

Nazaretian, Angeline, E551 [5AP]

Showers, Richard, E1658 [29JY]

Starkey, Nelson R., E1767 [7SE]

Van Rassen, Michael, E1045 [20MY]