MISSISSIPPI

Amendments

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), H2698, H2703, H2704, H2705, H2708, H2711 [20MR], H2752, H2759, H2765, H2768 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions

Crime: prevent interference with Federal disaster relief efforts (see S. 607), S2022 [15FE]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 2403), H5531 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: continue to waive certain regulatory requirements relative to the use of aid funds for restarting school operations after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1262), H2118 [1MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish separate Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region (see H.R. 1925), H3560 [18AP]

Disasters: grant congressional consent to an agreement or compact between Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to establish an all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery plan (see H.R. 2704), H6403 [13JN]

———provide funds to certain State and local governments to pay for utility costs resulting from provision of temporary housing units to Hurricane Katrina evacuees (see S. 517), S1709 (see S. 523), S1710 [7FE] (see H.R. 730), H1054 [30JA] (see H.R. 858), H1271 [6FE]

Gulf Coast Recovery Authority: establish (see H.R. 4048), H12454 [1NO]

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 1227), H2037 [28FE]

———assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), consideration (see H. Res. 254), H2670 [19MR]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 551), H7852 [16JY]

———address ongoing small business and homeowner needs in Gulf Coast States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 537), S1781 [8FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2038 [28FE]

———assist in providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes (see S. 1668), S8061 [20JN]

———ensure environmental justice in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1602), H2743 [20MR]

———establish an independent, Presidentially-appointed commission to assess the circumstances related to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 265), H121 [5JA]

———make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery (see H.R. 2187), H4552 [7MY]

———provide emergency child care in the Gulf Coast States (see H.R. 1410), H2340 [8MR]

———provide for construction and rehabilitation of child care facilities in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1411), H2340 [8MR]

———provide for increased export assistance staff in areas in which the President declared a major disaster as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 745), S2488 [1MR]

———provide grants to recruit and retain teachers, principals, and other school leaders in public schools, and help higher education in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 808), S2898 [8MR] (see H.R. 1372), H2301 [7MR]

———reduce wage taxes for certain employers, provide a bonus business travel tax deduction, and extend certain expiring tax credits and benefits for businesses in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 538), S1781 [8FE]

———revive tourist travel to States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 539), S1781 [8FE]

Lott, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 409), S15911 [18DE]

Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2512), S15911 [18DE] (see H.R. 4457), H15412 [12DE]

Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2254), S13520 [29OC] (see H.R. 4457), H15412 [12DE]

SBA: designate areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as HUBZones (see H.R. 639), H886 [23JA]

———establish the Gulf Coast Disaster Loan Refinancing Program (see H.R. 1988), H3723 [20AP]

Small business: extend time for participating in the 8(a) business development program for a participating small business that was affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 1468), H2435 [12MR]

Taxation: clarify treatment of certain payments made to homeowners by the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Mississippi Development Authority (see S. 29), S37 [4JA] (see H.R. 641), H886 [23JA]

———extend and expand certain rules relative to housing in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 1562), H2670 [19MR]

———extend certain tax benefits applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 4312), H14492 (see H.R. 4312), H15207 [6DE]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit buildings in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 1180), S4809 [20AP]

———extend work opportunity tax credit for Hurricane Katrina employees (see H.R. 3312), H9653 [2AU]

Thad Cochran U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, MS: designate (see S. 782), S2694 [6MR]

TVA: increase membership of the Board of Directors and require each State in the service area to be represented (see S. 52), S37 [4JA]

Certificates of election

Senate: Trent Lott, S3 [4JA]

Cloture motions

Southwick, Leslie H.: nomination to be circuit judge, S13242 [23OC], S13299 [24OC]

Cost Estimates

Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act (H.R. 1562): CBO, E675 [28MR]

Court decisions

Bonnie Richmond, appellant v. Mississippi Dept. of Human Services, appellee: Leslie D. King, S9656 [20JY]

Letters

Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act, S8075 [20JN]

———Charles W. Gould, Volunteers of America, Inc., S8074 [20JN]

———Dee Walsh, Reach Community Development, Inc., S8077 [20JN]

———Doris W. Koo and Bart Harvey, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., S8073 [20JN]

———J. Ronald Terwilliger, Trammell Crow Residential, Inc., S8076 [20JN]

———National Low Income Housing Coalition, S8074 [20JN]

———several civil rights organizations, S8074 [20JN]

Nomination of Leslie H. Southwick to be circuit judge: A. La'Verne Edney, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes PLLC, S8658 [28JN], S9311 [17JY], S9563 [19JY]

———Abigale Bruce-Watson, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Inc., S13248 [23OC]

———Alan Reuther, UAW, S13277 [24OC]

———Alice A. Huffman, NAACP, California State Conference, S13291 [24OC]

———Allison Herwitt, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S13244 [23OC]

———Andrew Fischer, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, S13249 [23OC]

———Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union, S13296 [24OC]

———Carlton W. Reeves, Magnolia Bar Association, Inc., S13286 [24OC]

———Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families (organization), S13290 [24OC]

———Derrick Johnson, NAACP, Mississippi State Conference, S13245 [23OC]

———Enrique Chavez, Jr., West Texas Employment Lawyers Association, S13282 [24OC]

———Eric Clark, Mississippi Sec. of State, S13293 [24OC]

———Harold A. Cross, Mississippi National Guard, S9566 [19JY]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, Washington Bureau, S13292 [24OC]

———Jody M. Huckaby, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc., S13298 [24OC]

———Joe Solmonese, Human Rights Campaign (organization) and Ralph G. Neas, People for the American Way (organization), S13285 [24OC]

———John C. Henegan, S9564, S9566 [19JY]

———John R. Bradley, University of Mississippi, S9564 [19JY]

———Jose A. Cantu, S9565 [19JY]

———Kathleen L. Bogas, National Employment Lawyers Association, S13287 [24OC]

———Kathryn H. Hester, S9565 [19JY]

———Kay B. Cobb, Mississippi Supreme Court, S8659 [28JN], S9564 [19JY]

———Kim Gandy, National Organization for Women, S13248 [23OC]

———Lisalyn R. Jacobs, Legal Momentum (organization), S13249 [23OC]

———Matt Foreman, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, S13282 [24OC]

———Nan Aron, Alliance for Justice, S13298 [24OC]

———Nancy Duff Campbell and Marcia D. Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, S13297 [24OC]

———Norman G. Hortman, Jr., S9566 [19JY]

———Patrick E. Beasley, S9311 [17JY]

———Peter F. Langrock, Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, S13244 [23OC]

———Phillip L. McIntosh, Mississippi College, S8658 [28JN], S9564, S9566 [19JY]

———Phyllis Snyder, National Council of Jewish Women, S13282 [24OC]

———Ralph G. Neas, People for the American Way (organization), S13280 [24OC]

———Representatives Honda and Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, S13290 [24OC]

———Representatives Kilpatrick and Bennie G. Thompson, Congressional Black Caucus, S13245 [23OC], S13291 [24OC]

———Richard C. Roberts III, S8658 [28JN]

———Robert Bernstein, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, S13276 [24OC]

———several environmental organizations, S13276 [24OC]

———Shanna Smith, National Fair Housing Alliance, S13296 [24OC]

———Vicki D. Blanton, J.L. Turner Legal Association, S13277 [24OC]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (organization), S13244 [23OC]

———William F. Winter, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., S13252 [23OC]

Lists

Descriptions of court cases that Leslie H. Southwick ruled in favor of criminal defendents, S13247 [23OC]

Descriptions of court cases that Leslie H. Southwick ruled in favor of individual civil suit plaintiffs over businesses, S13247 [23OC]

Descriptions of court cases that Leslie H. Southwick ruled in favor of women and homosexuals, S13247 [23OC]

Organizations endorsing S. 1668, Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act, S8073 [20JN]

Motions

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), H2766 [21MR]

Oaths of office

Lott, Trent: Senate, S4 [4JA]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, H13944, H13945, H13946 [14NO]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H1833 [16FE]

Benoit, MS: tribute to Ray Brooks High School football team, E2594 [18DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for wood utilization research, H9637-H9639 [2AU]

Dept. of HUD: maintain temporary status of Disaster Voucher Program established to assist displaced victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H2752-H2759 [21MR]

———prevent use of Community Development Block Grant Program funds as a matching requirement, share, or contribution for other Federal programs in areas impacted by hurricanes, H2759, H2760, H2762, H2763 [21MR], H2954 [22MR], H3015 [23MR]

———provide mixed-income developments to foster a safe drug-free environment for returning Hurricane Katrina evacuees, H2766-H2768 [21MR]

———revise funding formula for section 8 housing, H2684 [20MR]

Disasters: grant congressional consent to an agreement or compact between Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to establish an all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery plan (H.R. 2704), H10615 [19SE]

EPA: Gulf of Mexico Program funding, H7129 [26JN]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: include Hurricane Rita victims from Texas in the allocation of Affordable Housing Fund grants, H5455-H5458 [17MY]

———include hurricane victims from Texas and Alabama in the allocation of Affordable Housing Fund grants, H5442 [17MY]

Greenville, MS: expansion of Masterfoods USA (business) Mississippi Delta facility, E613 [23MR]

Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act: enforce pay-as-you-go requirements, H2683 [20MR]

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), H2610 [15MR], H2689-H2718 [20MR], H2752-H2769 [21MR], H2954 [22MR], H3015 [23MR], H16797 [18DE], E643 [26MR], E719, E729 [30MR]

———assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), consideration (H. Res. 254), H2680-H2687 [20MR]

———assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), corrections in engrossment, H3000 [23MR]

———assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), motion to proceed in order, H2762 [21MR]

———assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), motion to recommit, H2766-H2768 [21MR]

———extend FEMA housing assistance for evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma and provide tenant-based rental assistance upon termination of FEMA housing assistance, H2712-H2716 [20MR], E719 [30MR]

———extend the deadline for public housing residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina to indicate their intent to return and require Dept. of HUD to assist residents with negotiating early termination of leases, H2704, H2705 [20MR]

———provide housing assistance to areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and for disabled homeless veterans, H5447, H5448 [17MY]

———provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by including the cost of utilities in rental vouchers, H2703, H2704 [20MR]

———replace only public housing units that were occupied prior to Hurricane Katrina, H2708-H2710, H2714 [20MR]

———require victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma who receive rental assistance complete a work-related requirement as a condition for relief, H2706-H2708 [20MR]

Hurricane: acknowledge relief efforts for Mississippi Gulf Coast impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7422 [28JN]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (H. Res. 551), H8839, H8840 [30JY]

———congressional oversight of assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina, H2562 [14MR]

———denial of claims by insurance companies for homeowners affected by Hurricane Katrina, H2390 [9MR]

———provide additional funding to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, E1865 [11SE]

Indianola, MS: tribute to Gentry High School girls' basketball team, E947 [4MY]

Martin, Jobie L.: Experience Works Inc., Mississippi Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, E2535 [11DE]

Medicaid: permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided at Regional Medical Center at Memphis, TN, H10810 [25SE]

National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency, H496 [12JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas, H15444 [13DE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to the Bux-Mont Katrina Relief Project, E1068 [16MY]

Rosedale, MS: tribute to West Bolivar High School football team, E2536 [11DE]

SBA: establish Gulf Coast Disaster Loan Refinancing Program, H3522, H3523 [18AP]

Small business: extend time for participating in the 8(a) business development program for a participating small business that was affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1468), H3029-H3031 [26MR]

Southwick, Leslie H.: nomination to be circuit judge, H11825-H11830 [22OC], E2197 [22OC]

Taxation: extend and expand certain rules relative to housing in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (H.R. 1562), H3150-H3153 [27MR], H11829 [22OC], E797 [19AP]

Remarks in Senate

Aycock, Sharion: nomination to be district judge, S12755-S12757, S12760, S12762 [4OC]

Catonsville, MD: tribute to ``Catonsville Goes Coastal'' volunteers for efforts to provide relief for Kiln, MS, residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9466 [17JY]

Cochran, Senator: appreciation for tributes, S1749 [8FE]

———tribute for casting 10,000th vote, S1743-S1746, S1759, S1763 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: require the Child Trauma Stress Network Initiative to give priority to programs providing mental health services to children affected by Hurricane Katrina and Rita, S13066 [18OC]

Dept. of Justice: waive certain matching requirements for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program in counties and parishes deemed disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita, S12741, S12742 [4OC]

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), S8076 [20JN]

Hurricanes: address ongoing small business and homeowner needs in Gulf Coast States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 537), S1790-S1792 [8FE]

———assist in providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes (S. 1668), S8064-S8077 [20JN]

———provide additional funding to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S11032 [4SE]

———provide for increased export assistance staff in areas in which the President declared a major disaster as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 745), S2514 [1MR]

———provide grants to recruit and retain teachers, principals, and other school leaders in public schools, and help higher education in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 808), S2900 [8MR]

———reduce wage taxes for certain employers, provide a bonus business travel tax deduction, and extend certain expiring tax credits and benefits for businesses in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (S. 538), S1790-S1792 [8FE]

———revive tourist travel to States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 539), S1790-S1792 [8FE]

Lott, Senator: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S15816-S15818 [18DE]

———authorize printing of tributes, S15935 [18DE]

Ozerden, Halil S.: nomination of to be district judge, S4877-S4880 [24AP]

———nomination of to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S4861 [23AP]

Southwick, Leslie H.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8657 [28JN], S9310-S9312 [17JY], S9562-S9567 [19JY], S9656-S9658 [20JY], S9863, S9867-S9869, S9882-S9886 [25JY], S10066, S10132 [26JY], S10304-S10306 [30JY], S10532, S10544-S10551 [1AU], S11946 [21SE], S13242-S13254 [23OC], S13273-S13300 [24OC]

Taxation: clarify treatment of certain payments made to homeowners by the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Mississippi Development Authority (S. 29), S70 [4JA]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit buildings in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (S. 1180), S4813 [20AP]

Wetlands: protection, conservation, and restoration funding, S11974, S11987 [24SE]

Weyerhaeuser Co.: tribute to efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10600 [1AU]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 254) (H. Rept. 110-53), H2670 [19MR]

Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1227) (H. Rept. 110-51), H2624 [16MR]

Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1562) (H. Rept. 110-66), H3016 [23MR]

Nomination of Halil S. Ozerden To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4437 [12AP]

Nomination of Sharion Aycock To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S11213 [6SE]

Resignations

Senate: Trent Lott, S15943 [18DE]

Statements

Support for Leslie Southwick, S9311 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 254, consideration of H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act, H2680 [20MR]

H. Res. 551, acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H8839 [30JY]

H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act, H2698-H2703 [20MR]

H.R. 1468, Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act, H3029 [26MR]

H.R. 1562, Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act, H3150 [27MR]

S. 537, Gulf Coast Back to Business Act, S1792 [8FE]

S. 538, Work, Hope, and Opportunity for the Disaster Area Today Act, S1793-S1795 [8FE]

S. 539, Helping Our States Through Tourism (HOST) Act, S1795 [8FE]

S. 745, Gulf Coast Export Recovery Act, S2515 [1MR]

S. 808, Revitalizing New Orleans by Attracting America's Leaders (RENEWAAL) Act, S2901-S2903 [8MR]

S. 1180, Workforce Housing Construction for the GO Zone Act, S4814 [20AP]

S. 1668, Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act, S8065-S8073 [20JN]

S. Res. 409, tribute to Senator Lott, S15795, S15921 [18DE]

Tributes

Lott, Senator, S14685 [3DE], S14709, S14710 [4DE], S15794-S15816, S15818 [18DE]

Lott, Trent, S15974, S15975, S15988, S15989 [19DE], H16841 [19DE]

Thompson, Representative Bennie, H11826 [22OC]