SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1654 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4002, H4003 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4740 [20JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3770 [23MY], H3868 [24MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9962 [7NO]

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H5435 (see H. Res. 220), H5480 [29JN]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H2738 [28AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

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), H848 [1MR]

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

———improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 3401), H6327 [21JY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA]

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

———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H1970 [13AP]

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

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H1851 [8AP]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]

Arms control: provide for counterproliferation measures (see H.R. 422), H235 [26JA]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H4896 [21JN]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H10227 [15NO]

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), H8735 [6OC]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H3113 [10MY]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H984 [3MR]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 1575), H1894 [12AP]

———clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H1897 [12AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H1968 [13AP]

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

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]

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

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: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H6205 [20JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10503 [16NO]

———require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1970 [13AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H412 [8FE]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H3436 [17MY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H8810 [7OC]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3262 [12MY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

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

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 1281), H1847 [6AP]

FCC: oppose rules authorizing Broadband Over Power Line Systems without more comprehensive evaluation of interference potential to public safety services and other licensed radio services (see H. Res. 230), H10146 [9NO]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (see H.R. 4194), H10910 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H7564 [28JY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H1023 [8MR]

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

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]

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), H7948 [14SE]

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H285 [1FE]

Iran: provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H7566 [28JY]

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

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H5435 (see H.R. 115), H5479 [29JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H236 [26JA]

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

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H3331 [16MY]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H11655 [14DE]

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

———assure equitable payment for physicians services (see H.R. 4520), H11503 [13DE]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H4656 [16JN]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10910 [17NO]

———remove cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 4585), H12048 [16DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8734 [6OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 801), H628 [15FE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]

Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8348 [26SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8735 [6OC]

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

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H412 [8FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 212), H1969 [13AP]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H849 [1MR]

National Tartan Day: support establishment (see H. Res. 41), H413 [8FE]

Navy: anniversary of disappearance of Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19 (see H. Res. 500), H9696 [4NO]

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), H413 [8FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H236 [26JA]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Mohamed ElBaradei for peace (see H. Res. 573), H11035 [18NO]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 1194), H1263 [9MR]

OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H6381 [22JY]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11505 [13DE]

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), H10227 [15NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]

Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H7949 [14SE]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 1006), H846 [1MR]

———reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

POW: transmit to congressional committees certain reports on international human rights law or related laws in connection with military detainees (see H.R. 2901), H4485 [14JN]

Power resources: promote fusion energy development (see H.R. 1793), H4656 [16JN]

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]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1897 [12AP]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H348 [2FE]

South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary (see H. Res. 300), H4142 [26MY]

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

Stockdale, James B.: tribute (see H. Res. 404), H8847 [17OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6205 [20JY]

———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), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H8342 [22SE]

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

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3056 [5MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H4722 [17JN]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H1779 [5AP]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 3270), H5800 [13JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H10502 [16NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see H.R. 4506), H11655 [14DE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H9472 [1NO]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

Veterans: improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H4721 [17JN]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H3056 [5MY]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H8102 [19SE]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 369), H1896 [12AP]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H7814 [8SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H5604 [30JN]

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), H3696 [19MY]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3436 [17MY]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 389), H7744 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: establish an allowance to cover the cost of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for members serving in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 666), H411 [8FE]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3493), H6934 [27JY]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see H.R. 1289), H1416 [14MR]

Haefelin, Gerald R.C.: relief (see H.R. 3328), H5963 [18JY]

Insurance: allow certain beneficiaries covered by TRICARE for Life to be reimbursed for travel expenses for certain medical care (see H.R. 3327), H5963 [18JY]

Tariff: fluorobenzene (see H.R. 4335), H10226 [15NO]

———4-chloro-3-[[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-dioxopropyl-]amino]-do decyl ester (see H.R. 2825), H4296 [8JN]

———glyoxylic acid 50% (see H.R. 2244), H3113 [10MY]

———para-chlorophenol (see H.R. 2245), H3113 [10MY]

———2,6 dichlorotoluene (see H.R. 2243), H3113 [10MY]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: policy concerning supportive actions on the occasion of the Seventh NPT Review Conference (see H. Con. Res. 133), H2102 [14AP]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), H11959 [16DE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4249 [8JN]

Armed Forces: express support for members and their families, H2107 [19AP]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, H2514, H2516 [26AP]

Bowater, Inc.: tribute to Catawba, SC, plant, E2065 [7OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H691, H692, H693, H694, H695, H696, H697 [16FE], H2638, H2642 [27AP]

———deficit, H691, H692, H693, H694, H695, H696 [16FE], H1665 [17MR], H2639, H2640, H2641, H2644, H2645 [27AP], H2697, H2698 [28AP], H3093 [10MY], H4868, H4870, H4871, H4873, H4874 [21JN], H8967 [19OC], H9079, H9082 [25OC], H11963 [16DE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending, H693, H694 [16FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H9997 [8NO], H10618, H10624, H10626 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, H12269, H12270, H12271 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, H11959, H11963, H11964, H11965, H11966 [16DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11257 [8DE]

———reconciliation process, H9079, H9080, H9081, H9082, H9083 [25OC]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1558, H1597 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1549, H1558, H1562, H1564, H1567, H1568, H1571, H1576, H1582, H1597 [16MR], H1660, H1662, H1663, H1665 [17MR], H2638, H2640, H2641, H2642, H2644, H2645 [27AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2704, H2708, H2712 [28AP], H3093 [10MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 248), H2697, H2698 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 248)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H2655 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2514, H2516 [26AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding to inspect horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, H4249 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4004, H4041 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12205 [18DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), consideration (H. Res. 293), H3905 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), motion to instruct conferees, H11867 [15DE]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4740, H4741, H4742 [20JN]

———establish reporting requirements for the war-related costs of reconstitution of equipment and military construction, H4004 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4740, H4741, H4742 [20JN], H12150, H12151, H12152 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration (H. Res. 315), H4573 [16JN]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, H11867 [15DE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H1571 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, H7020 [28JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5568 [30JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6918 [27JY]

Ecology and environment: environmental protection and natural resource conservation funding, H1567 [16MR]

Education: funding, H1568 [16MR], H3098 [10MY], H8968 [19OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3862, H3867 [24MY]

Federal Transit Administration: grant debt forgiveness to the Pee Dee Regional Transit Authority of South Carolina, H1315 [10MR]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6450 [26JY]

———U.S. deficit, H3098 [10MY]

Fort Mill, SC: tribute to Rotary Club honorees, E1412 [30JN]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H3862, H3867 [24MY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H1325 [10MR]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 345), H5568 [30JN]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 563), H10964 [18NO]

Hurricanes: establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8966, H8967, H8968, H8972 [19OC], H9079 [25OC]

Immigration: require the automatic deportation of illegal aliens convicted of driving while intoxicated, H11973 [16DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11973 [16DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H10964 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H4573 [16JN], H10964 [18NO]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), H53 [4JA]

Medicaid: funding, H2514, H2516 [26AP]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage Risk Program and physician payments funding, H11965 [16DE]

National security: call for cooperation with Russia on missile defense, H4041 [25MY]

Navy: anniversary of disappearance of Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19 (H. Res. 500), H10330 [16NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H1582 [16MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H692 [16FE], H2644 [27AP]

———privatization proposals, H695, H696 [16FE], H3095, H3096, H3097 [10MY]

———reform, H1582 [16MR], H2640 [27AP], H2697 [28AP], H3095, H3096, H3097 [10MY]

South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary (H. Res. 300), H8880 [18OC], E2098 [17OC]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax, H2642 [27AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11257 [8DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), H11151 [7DE]

———rates, H2642 [27AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1315 [10MR]

Veterans: benefits funding, H12150, H12152 [17DE]

———health care funding, H7020 [28JY]

Tributes

Campbell, Carroll A., Jr., H11148 [7DE]