HAYES, ROBIN (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 5200), H1851 [26AP]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]

———tribute to military medical professionals serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 416), H4424 [21JN]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2102 [3MY]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H1059 [15MR]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4328 [20JN]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H2705 (see H.R. 698), H2758 [17MY]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H4521 [22JN]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H2833 (see H.R. 4542), H2890 [18MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1743 [25AP]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Dahab and Northern Sinai (see H. Res. 795), H2340 [9MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H572 [6MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H868 [9MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H3425 [6JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H572 [6MR]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H3788 [12JN]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H389 [16FE]

Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H4796 [28JN]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H2706 (see H.R. 4751), H2758 [17MY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H4521 [22JN]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H5047 [11JY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]

Motor vehicles: prohibit importation from the People's Republic of China until tariffs imposed on U.S. vehicles imported into China are equal to duties applied to Chinese vehicles (see H.R. 4808), H1743 [25AP]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4917 [29JN]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H2706 (see H.R. 5252), H2758 [17MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for the inclusion of certain special and incentive pays in the computation of military retired pay for members who have special operations forces designation (see H.R. 5584), H3787 [12JN]

Crime: increase the maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 4987), H1128 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H972 [14MR]

Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (see H.R. 4688), H153 [1FE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income mileage reimbursements to volunteer emergency medical responders and firefighters and increase the mileage allowance for contributions to volunteer fire departments (see H.R. 5693), H4794 [28JN]

———increase incentives for E-85 fuel vehicle refueling property (see H.R. 5317), H2338 [9MY]

Trade Act: amend relative to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 5718), H4914 [29JN]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2379 [10MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (H. Res. 811), H2513 [11MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2664 [17MY]

Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (H.R. 4688), H1485 [5AP]

North Carolina: tribute to businesses from the 8th Congressional District, H4565 [27JN]

Parker, Samuel I.: Medal of Honor recipient, E1335 [29JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3249 [25MY]

Taxation: increase incentives for E-85 fuel vehicle refueling property (H.R. 5317), H3249 [25MY]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4089, H4108 [15JN]

Volunteer workers: reimburse first responders for mileage incurred when responding to an emergency, H4688 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, H4830 [29JN]

Tributes

Covington, Bucky, H941 [14MR], H2080 [3MY]

McMenamin, Joseph J., E1345 [29JN]

Owenby, Stephen A., H511 [2MR]

Pickler, Kellie, H941 [14MR], H1987 [3MY]