BOYD, ALLEN (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP]

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

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1917 [27AP]

Colleges and universities: provide with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities (see H.R. 5289), H2173 [4MY]

Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H387 [16FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H2706 (see H.R. 2730), H2758 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H4190 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H3497 [7JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2502 [10MY]

Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5107), H1562 [5AP]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 4423), H646 [7MR]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1681 [6AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H790 [8MR]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H4220 [19JN]

FEMA: provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (see H.R. 4874), H1131 [16MR]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: authorize conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land (see H.R. 5294), H2173 [4MY] (see H.R. 5725), H4915 [29JN]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H3226 [24MY]

Immigration: exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources (see H.R. 5292), H2173 [4MY]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

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), H225 [8FE]

Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H451 [28FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3643 [8JN]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H389 [16FE]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

———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), H4795 [28JN]

Miami Heat (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 887), H4520 [22JN]

Morris W. Milton Post Office, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5104), H1917 [27AP]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H4424 [21JN]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]

National Entrepreneurship Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 699), H1454 [4AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H3724 [9JN]

Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1564 [5AP]

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), H1059 [15MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit offshore drilling off of Florida (see H.R. 4783), H388 [16FE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H2705 (see H.R. 311), H2758 [17MY]

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

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H2834 (see H. Res. 498), H2891 [18MY]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H4220 [19JN]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H4328 [20JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H3909 [13JN]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H226 [8FE]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H2339 [9MY]

University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 761), H1452 [4AP]

Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr., Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5736), H4915 [29JN]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H1390 [30MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H250, H251 [14FE]

———balance, H1963 [2MY]

———deficit, H1966, H1969 [2MY], H5019, H5023 [11JY]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5021, H5023 [11JY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1967 [2MY], H5019 [11JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H1968 [2MY]

———evaluation of competence and ethics of political appointees, H1964 [2MY]

———evaluation of economic policies, H250, H252 [14FE]

Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3171 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: effect of oil and gas leasing activities in Outer Continental Shelf on military training operations, H2863 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2863 [18MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3171 [24MY]

FCC: preserve authority to require VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees, H3582 [8JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H534 [2MR]

FEMA: reform, H1964 [2MY]

Foreign trade: impose limits on U.S. foreign debt, H1968 [2MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2863 [18MY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4874 [29JN]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3582 [8JN]

Tributes

Odom, Albert H., H4333 [21JN]