JENKINS, WILLIAM L. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H10090 [9NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H11328 [8DE]

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

Bayh-Dole Act: anniversary of amendments to patent and trademark laws (see H. Con. Res. 319), H12049 [16DE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1780 [5AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

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]

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), H9696 [4NO]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H5362 [28JN]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H5741 [12JY]

———promote improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 3582), H7559 [28JY]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H4985 [22JN]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H11035 [18NO]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H1778 [5AP]

Computers: discourage spyware (see H.R. 744), H581 [10FE]

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

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H4296 [8JN]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1510 [15MR]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1510 [15MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (see H.R. 1332, 1334), H1620 [16MR]

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H412 [8FE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dallas, TX: modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2932), H10502 [16NO]

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), H8513 [28SE]

———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 Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H8163 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H5801 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H4561 [15JN]

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), H628 [15FE]

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), H11036 [18NO]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H1696 [17MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H9473 [1NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4722 [17JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1729 (see H.R. 8), H1735 [20MR]

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

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]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11655 [14DE]

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), H3695 [19MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H3056 [5MY]

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

———technical correction to Federal preemption law, relative to State or local laws, concerning the markings and identification of imitation or toy firearms (see H.R. 1566), H5638 [11JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H1780 [5AP]

Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (see H.R. 2326), H3332 [16MY]

Forest Service: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4984 [22JN]

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

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]

Higher Education Act: prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 132), H75 [4JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1265 [9MR]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H11504 [13DE]

Intellectual property: strengthen laws and rights (see H.R. 357), H195 [25JA]

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

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6107 [19JY]

———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), H1264 [9MR]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H8919 [18OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H4143 [26MY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H9103 [25OC]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H6652 [26JY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10503 [16NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H8342 [22SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H6107 [19JY]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4561 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H848 [1MR]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9696 [4NO]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H2151 [19AP]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H4656 [16JN]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]

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), H413 [8FE]

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

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), H3055 [5MY] (see H.R. 3323), H6432 [25JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (see H.R. 2791), H4295 [8JN]

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. 927), H793 [17FE]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H7743 [7SE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3556 [18MY]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 504), H1896 [12AP]

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), H7815 [8SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7673 [6SE]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8389 [27SE]

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), H11327 [8DE]

Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8810 [7OC]

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), H5603 [30JN]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H630 [15FE]

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

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H524 [9FE]

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

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5435 (see H.R. 2794), H5480 [29JN]

———allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H984 [3MR]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H8644 [29SE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11036 [18NO]

———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), H3262 [12MY]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4561 [15JN]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H3695 [19MY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2378), H11655 [14DE]

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

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H286 [1FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5963 [18JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H6381 [22JY]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H5913 [14JY]

Trademarks: clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges as trademarks (see H.R. 784), H584 [10FE]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H2150 [19AP]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H7814 [8SE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1417 [14MR]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H9641 [3NO]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 74), H11654 [14DE]

Tariff: anisidine (see H.R. 1783), H2471 [21AP]

———crotonaldehyde (see H.R. 1786), H2471 [21AP]

———1-fluoro-2-nitro benzene (see H.R. 2095), H2977 [4MY]

———palmitic acid (see H.R. 1782), H2471 [21AP]

———para-benzoquinone (see H.R. 1781), H2471 [21AP]

———propyl gallate (see H.R. 1788), H2471 [21AP]

———t-butyl acrylate (see H.R. 1787), H2471 [21AP]

———tetrakis (see H.R. 1784), H2471 [21AP]

———thionyl chloride (see H.R. 2094), H2977 [4MY]

———2,4-xylidine (see H.R. 1785), H2471 [21AP]

———2-methylhydroquinone (see H.R. 2093), H2977 [4MY]

Excerpts

``Grocer and His Dream—The Story of Jack Smith and KVAT Foods,'', E2112 [18OC]

Remarks

K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.: anniversary, E2112 [18OC]

Point of order, H5331 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5274 [28JN], H6859 [27JY]

Tributes

Worsham, Margit, E465 [17MR]