HAYES, ROBIN (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

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

President's Export Council, H8646 [3OC]

Articles and editorials

CNN Anchor Gets Iraq and al Qaeda Wrong. But Will the Network Issue a Correction? Stephen F. Hayes, Weekly Standard (publication), H5521 [30JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H195 [25JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H7743 [7SE]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5100 [23JN]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H984 [3MR]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]

———improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserve to recognize their service and to encourage recruitment and retention of personnel (see H.R. 2484), H3693 [19MY]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H4486 [14JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H4187 [7JN]

———support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 36), H285 [1FE]

———tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (see H. Res. 256), H2880 [3MY]

Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (see H.R. 3439), H6650 [26JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 1494), H4985 [22JN]

———promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11504 [13DE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business (see H.R. 1363), H2978 [4MY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H4895 [21JN]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H6381 [22JY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H2551 [26AP]

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), H2395 [20AP]

———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]

———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. 3004), H4895 [21JN]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H10910 [17NO]

Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H354 [2FE]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H10910 [17NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H10227 [15NO]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H4561 [15JN]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H3060 [9MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8732 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement standards for the operation of air charter and general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 911), H792 [17FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2472 [21AP]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: provide an increased penalty for endangering a child while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance (see H.R. 1616), H2151 [19AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H942 [2MR]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H2648 [27AP]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H7860 [13SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H845 [1MR]

Ewa Beach, HI: tribute to West Oahu Little League Baseball team (see H. Res. 429), H7950 [14SE]

FAA: return general aviation to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 1496), H2551 [26AP]

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

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H4486 [14JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H5176 [24JN]

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), H524 [9FE]

Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (see H.R. 2326), H3695 [19MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

High Point, NC: express support for the International Home Furnishings Market (see H. Res. 203), H1895 [12AP]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6328 [21JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H5604 [30JN]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H10227 [15NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2150 [19AP]

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

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H2472 [21AP]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H630 [15FE]

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

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3113 [10MY]

Medicare: reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5915 [14JY]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H1895 [12AP]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H631 [15FE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H2978 [4MY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H791 [17FE]

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

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H354 [2FE]

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

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H72 [4JA]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H2648 [27AP]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7744 [7SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

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

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), H942 [2MR]

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

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 20), H72 [4JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H413 [8FE]

Supreme Court: encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8514 [28SE]

Tariff: glyoxylic acid (see H.R. 1959), H4985 [22JN]

———natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H2647 [27AP]

Tariff Act: marking of imported home furniture (see H.R. 445), H9362 [27OC]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H583 [10FE]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H3695 [19MY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H10157 [10NO]

———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), H5914 [14JY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H3262 [12MY]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H1265 [9MR]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

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

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H8644 [29SE]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H848 [1MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H413 [8FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1847 [6AP]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

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]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 198), H1846 [6AP]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1779 [5AP]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H3056 [5MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H630 [15FE]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H1897 [12AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3262 [12MY]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H1690 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1369 [10MR]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay (see H.R. 4113), H9043 [20OC]

Tariff: chloroacetic acid, ethyl ester (see H.R. 2494), H3693 [19MY]

———chloroacetic acid, sodium salt (see H.R. 2495), H3693 [19MY]

———crotonic acid (see H.R. 2492), H3693 [19MY]

———glyoxylic acid 50% (see H.R. 2493), H3693 [19MY]

———3,6,9-trioxaundecanedioic acid (see H.R. 2496), H3693 [19MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: repeal delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for meat and meat products, H4242 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4242 [8JN]

Appalachian State University: tribute to football team, H12149, H12150 [17DE]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5359 [28JN]

China, People's Republic of: express that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control of critical U.S. energy infrastructure and production capacity could be a national security threat (H. Res. 344), H5572 [30JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), consideration (H. Res. 293), H3903 [25MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6154 [20JY]

Foreign policy: support the capture, detention, and interrogation of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6154 [20JY]

Immigration: require U.S. Border Patrol uniforms be manufactured in the U.S., H11843 [15DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11843 [15DE]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 268), H10335 [16NO]

Iraq: elections, H11870 [15DE], H12055 [17DE]

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR): tribute, H3587 [19MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1046 [9MR]

Votes: position on missed, E1410 [30JN], E2309 [9NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5360 [28JN], H9273 [26OC], H11878 [15DE], H12165 [17DE]

Tributes

Eaves, Mike, E497 [17MR]

Garrison, John T., Sr. (Tom), H9538 [2NO]