DAVIS, JIM (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5363 [28JN], H5491 [30JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8986 [19OC]

———provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severly damaged by hurricanes (see H.R. 4330), H10503 [16NO]

Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see H.R. 1873), H2646 [27AP]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1265 [9MR]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H3436 [17MY]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H4802 [20JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H4486 [14JN]

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H1696 [17MR]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3114 [10MY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill educational benefits (see H.R. 2248), H3196 [11MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H5963 [18JY]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H3331 [16MY]

Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building, Altamonte Springs, FL: designate (see H.R. 324), H194 [25JA]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

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

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12168 [17DE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H2551 [26AP]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H7564 [28JY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3695 [19MY]

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

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H7814 [8SE]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

Collier County, FL: authorize ecosystem restoration projects for the Indian River Lagoon and the Picayune Strand (see H.R. 847), H718 [16FE]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 974), H795 [17FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H12050 [16DE]

Cuba: anniversary of human rights crackdown (see H. Con. Res. 81), H984 [3MR]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4985 [22JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8389 [27SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H12050 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H8644 [29SE]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1697 [17MR]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1780 [5AP]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H2880 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1585), H4401 [13JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3894 [24MY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H7813 [8SE]

Disasters: improve Federal response (see H.R. 1137), H988 [7MR]

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 355), H5637 [11JY]

Drugs: prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed to sex offenders for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction (see H.R. 2814), H4295 [8JN]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2473 [21AP]

Education: provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7742 [7SE]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H9696 [4NO]

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H849 [1MR]

Federal employees: provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H5601 [30JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to medical device user fees (see H.R. 3423), H6431 [25JY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7672 [6SE]

———provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, FL, with financial assistance and direct services under the Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (see H.R. 3723), H7814 [8SE]

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]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

Haiti: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2592), H4401 [13JN]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend to benefit individuals who were children when enacted (see H.R. 1737), H4356 [9JN]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H4143 [26MY]

———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

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), H3769 [23MY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H942 [2MR]

Hinduism: issue postage stamp in commemoration of the Diwali festival (see H. Res. 223), H9642 [3NO]

———recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 548), H10157 [10NO]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10910 [17NO]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5915 [14JY]

Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]

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

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H8847 [17OC]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H10145 [9NO]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H5435 (see H.R. 884), H5479 [29JN]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 846), H718 [16FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H7743 [7SE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3113 [10MY]

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), H3199 [11MY]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H1371 [10MR]

Law enforcement: provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H7743 [7SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H848 [1MR]

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]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 940), H3436 [17MY]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H7862 [13SE]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H3060 [9MY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H8388 [27SE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H233 [26JA]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10227 [15NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3331 [16MY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H1848 [6AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7564 [28JY]

Middle East: support findings of U.N. commission investigating assassination of Rafik Hariri, condemn Syria for apparent involvement, and demand Syrian compliance with certain U.N. resolutions (see H. Res. 510), H9427 [28OC]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9277 [26OC]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response: establish (see H.R. 3706), H7813 [8SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1622 [16MR]

Navy: require naval forces to include a certain number of operational aircraft carriers (see H.R. 304), H630 [15FE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 581), H5914 [14JY] (see H.R. 3323), H6432 [25JY]

NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 2325), H3260 [12MY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H5801 [13JY]

Pharmaceuticals: standardize certification of Internet pharmacies and prohibit certain advertising by, and use of certain bank instruments for purchases from, illegal Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 1808), H2471 [21AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2978 [4MY]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 973), H795 [17FE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2551 [26AP]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 878), H1372 [10MR]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 2017), H2737 [28AP]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8847 [17OC]

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

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H7814 [8SE]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3954), H8642 [29SE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H524 [9FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building, Spring Hill, FL: designate (see H.R. 3703), H7813 [8SE]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H7862 [13SE]

Taxation: 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), H7814 [8SE]

———allow victims of Presidentially-declared disasters to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3742), H7860 [13SE]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H2149 [19AP]

———disclose certain prisoner tax return information to prison officials (see H.R. 4549), H11878 [15DE]

———maintain current mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 272), H9473 [1NO]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H7613 [29JY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H7814 [8SE]

———provide emergency tax relief for victims of Hurricane Wilma (see H.R. 4334), H10226 [15NO]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H413 [8FE]

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (see H.R. 3830), H8161 [20SE]

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), H1025 [8MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H413 [8FE]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H8342 [22SE] (see H.R. 3171), H8248 [21SE]

Walt Disney Co.: anniversary of Disneyland (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2743 [2MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H5603 [30JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H4072 [25MY]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 1071), H980 [3MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend pilot program for alternative water source projects (see H.R. 1359), H1690 [17MR]

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

Taxation: allow employers a credit for costs of providing technical training for employees (see H.R. 2801), H4295 [8JN]

Remarks

Armed Forces: prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 458), E1433 [1JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend, H2189 [20AP]

Courts: remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1332), E512 [17MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H5491, H5492, H5493 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3629 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3629, H3636 [19MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5491, H5492, H5493 [30JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow oil and gas exploration if crude oil imports account for more than two-thirds of U.S. consumption, H3636 [19MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2189 [20AP]

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (H. Con. Res. 275), H12187 [18DE]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1709 [20MR]

Smith, Paul R.: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor, E552 [5AP]

Taxation: provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (H.R. 1134), H1392 [14MR]

Votes: position on missed, E556 [6AP], E568 [7AP]

Yunis, Edmond J.: Museum of Science and Industry National Hispanic Scientist of the Year award recipient, E2141 [20OC]

Tributes

Boggs, Wade, E1592 [25JY]

Fowler, Tillie K., H1013 [8MR]

Henderson, Caddell (Cal), Jr., E21 [4JA]

Lennard, Earl J., E1426 [1JY]

Long, John, E2308 [9NO]

Lopez, Al, E2305 [9NO]

Murphey, Ann Lowry, E1159 [8JN]

Ott, Truett, E1156 [8JN]

Rampello, Sam, E898 [5MY]

Wilson, Jack, E2548 [15DE]