TAYLOR, CHARLES H. (a Representative from North Carolina)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2815 [18MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1917 [27AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H973 [14MR]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]
Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4328 [20JN]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H2502 [10MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H2339 [9MY]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H1917 [27AP]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H4918 [29JN]
FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H1563 [5AP]
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), H1130 [16MR]
FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 1950), H1130 [16MR]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H4917 [29JN]
Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H1744 [25AP]
Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (see H.R. 4688), H153 [1FE]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]
———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), H3497 [7JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under the prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (see H.R. 4937), H1197 [28MR]
NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]
Taxation: 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), H1196 [28MR]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]
Veterans: 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), H333 [15FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5386), H2596 [15MY]
Eulogies
Mitchell Carver: by, E95
Remarks
Air pollution: monitor and control fine particulate matter emissions, H2800 [18MY]
Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros, H2839 [18MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1086 [16MR]
BLM: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H2809 [18MY]
Chesley, Tim: Forest Service National Managerial Engineer of the Year award recipient, E415
Dept. of the Interior: Minerals Management Service State and tribal auditing funding, H2805 [18MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H2869 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2774, H2784, H2788, H2794, H2797, H2798, H2799, H2800, H2803, H2804, H2805, H2807, H2808, H2809, H2810, H2811, H2812, H2815, H2817, H2819, H2824, H2837, H2839, H2842, H2847, H2848, H2849, H2850, H2851, H2853, H2854, H2855, H2866, H2867, H2869 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), unanimous-consent agreement, H2817 [18MY]
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge: acquire additional adjacent lands, H2784 [18MY]
Endangered Species Act: exclude Preble's meadow jumping mouse from lists of endangered species and threatened species, H2803 [18MY]
EPA: Energy Star Program funding, H2810 [18MY]
———exempt small public water systems from enforcement of arsenic and radionuclide standards for drinking water, H2855 [18MY]
———National Clean Diesel Initiative funding, H2815 [18MY]
———prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2851, H2853, H2854 [18MY]
———Toxics Release Inventory Program proposed rule implementation funding, H2817 [18MY]
Federal employees: limit attendance at foreign conferences, H2849 [18MY]
Fish and fishing: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and develop a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon, H2807 [18MY]
Florida: State and Tribal Wildlife grants for alligator control programs funding, H2797 [18MY]
Forest Service: encourage programs with local communities to encourage greater cooperation in prevention of forest fires on and near National Forest System lands, H2804 [18MY]
———wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H2819 [18MY]
Great Lakes Legacy Act: funding, H2798 [18MY]
National Park Service: exclude certain cities from study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, H2850 [18MY]
———Historic Preservation Fund funding, H1086 [16MR]
———make necessary safety improvements to the Statue of Liberty and fully reopen the Statue to the public, H2799 [18MY]
———require competitive bidding for contract to provide ferry service to the Statue of Liberty, H2847, H2848 [18MY]
National parks and recereation areas: protect from damage caused by illegal immigration, H2800 [18MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments, H2837 [18MY]
———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2811 [18MY]
Point of order, H2869 [18MY]
Public buildings: enforce energy conservation performance and reporting requirements, H2839 [18MY]
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), H4165
Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H2842 [18MY]
Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (H. Res. 703), E561
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes (H.R. 4588), H2805 [18MY]
Reports filed
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5386) (H. Rept. 109-465), H2596 [15MY]
Tables
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2776-H2781 [18MY]