SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 32), H814 [7FE]

Alaska: tribute to Army National Guard 3d Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (see H. Res. 961), H621 [6FE]

AMA: recognize contributions of African-American doctors on the occasion of apology to the National Medical Association for racial prejudices and wrongdoings (see H. Con. Res. 403), H7787 [31JY]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H390 [22JA]

American Pharmacists Month: designate (see H. Res. 1437), H8478 [18SE]

Amtrak: reauthorize (see H.R. 6003), H5045 [5JN]

Armed Forces: anniversary of integration (see H. Con. Res. 297), H994 [14FE]

———commend military support groups for efforts to support servicemen and their families (see H. Res. 1200), H6473 [14JY]

———ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2948 [30AP]

———honor service and achievements of women members and female veterans (see H. Res. 1054), H1771 [14MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H6825 [22JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H2487 [17AP]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H1772 [14MR]

———tribute to the 28th Infantry Division (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7308 [29JY]

Army: tribute to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles (see H. Res. 1080), H2011 [3AP]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H1446 [10MR]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Business and industry: require disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources and allow shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks (see H.R. 6066), H7854 [8SE]

Children and youth: promote adoption of children with special needs (see H.R. 4091), H5215 [10JN]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1042), H8276 [16SE]

Civil War—U.S.: tribute to Edward D. Cohota and Joseph L. Pierce and other veterans of Asian descent (see H. Res. 415), H4833 [22MY]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see H. Res. 1159), H2852 [29AP]

Cuba: facilitate provision of humanitarian relief (see H.R. 6962), H9975 [25SE]

Daniel, Margaret Truman: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1032 [25FE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production (see H.R. 5875), H3778 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3021), H3109 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H3109 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1039), H8477 [18SE]

———designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 5504), H1154 [27FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 6532), H6825 [22JY]

Destination ImagiNation Week: designate (see H. Res. 1210), H4878 [3JN]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H1221 [4MR]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2552 [22AP]

El Dorado, AR: tribute to El Dorado High School recipients of the Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado Promise scholarship (see H. Res. 1155), H3021 [1MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H3885 [14MY]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 5469), H994 [14FE]

FDA: reverse policy eliminating access to medication containing estriol (see H. Con. Res. 342), H5045 [5JN]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (see H.R. 4000), H1973 [2AP]

Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H7790 [31JY]

4-H National Youth Science Day: designate (see H. Res. 1390), H8277 [16SE]

Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building, Rancho Mirage, CA: designate (see H.R. 6085), H4320 [20MY]

GSA: reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for 2008 general elections and for costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting results (see H.R. 5036), H1822 [31MR]

Health: address the costly obesity epidemic by identifying opportunities to increase access to and promotion of nutrition, physical activity, and health care in legislation (see H. Res. 1244), H6010 [24JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 6444), H6341 [9JY]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H5045 [5JN]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship (see H.R. 4344), H5580 [18JN]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

Hispanic Americans: recognize service, courage, and patriotism of those who served and continue to serve in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 253), H295 [16JA]

Honore, Russell L.: tribute (see H. Res. 944), H815 [7FE]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5927), H10867 [9DE]

International Year of Sanitation: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2443 [16AP]

Joint Action Plan Between Brazil and the U.S. To Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality: support values and goals (see H. Res. 1254), H6230 [8JY]

Julia M. Carson Post Office Building, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 5472), H1188 [3MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 1237), H4974 [4JN]

Keith, Toby: tribute to commitment to Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 1255), H6178 [26JN]

Korea, Republic of: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 5443), H1772 [14MR]

Malaria Awareness Day: observance (see H. Res. 389), H2760 [24AP]

Marshall, Thurgood: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 381), H6090 [25JN]

Medicaid: establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended allotments to increase allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for certain health access networks (see H.R. 5721), H3404 [8MY]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2267 [14AP]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H8276 [16SE]

Medicare: continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 5174), H3020 [1MY]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H8128 [15SE]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3932), H871 [12FE]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H3777 [13MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 154), H5044 [5JN]

———provide coverage of kidney disease education services (see H.R. 1245), H4832 [22MY]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 3968), H6407 [10JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 5604), H3404 [8MY]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5854), H4975 [4JN]

Minnesota: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 923), H2488 [17AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H6342 [9JY]

Motor vehicles: determine the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on certain gasoline price level projections (see H.R. 6643), H9974 [25SE]

———encourage increased production of natural gas vehicles and provide tax incentives for natural gas vehicle infrastructure (see H.R. 6570), H7809 [1AU]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H6407 [10JY]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 994), H1031 [25FE]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2444 [16AP]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H942 [13FE]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1260), H5581 [18JN]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 908), H25 [15JA]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2554 [22AP]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 369), H3187 [7MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 671), H6473 [14JY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H390 [22JA]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 331), H2486 [17AP]

New York Giants (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 960), H815 [7FE]

Ozark National Forest: anniversary (see H. Res. 1158), H2852 [29AP]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 5535), H7629 [30JY]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 1073), H2152 [9AP]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H5111 [9JN]

Ships and vessels: recognize role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LST) in conflicts since World War II and the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on such ships (see H. Res. 1316), H6176 [26JN]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 6485), H8050 [11SE]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1524), H3108 [6MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of bombing of Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 1421), H8050 [11SE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 5689), H2010 [3AP]

Tornadoes: express condolences to victims in Southeastern States and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting search and rescue operations (see H. Res. 971), H870 [12FE]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: include new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds (see H.R. 5335), H818 [8FE]

Veterans: honor sacrifices and contributions made by disabled American veterans (see H. Con. Res. 336), H4833 [22MY]

Vietnam Veterans Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1231), H5730 [19JN]

Waipio, HI: tribute to Waipio Little League Baseball team (see H. Res. 1436), H8478 [18SE]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H1222 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Jordan, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 1242), H5043 [5JN]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4426 [21MY]

Foreign policy: build operational readiness in civilian agencies to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activities in countries or regions in transition from conflict or civil strife, H4426 [21MY]

———build operational readiness in civilian agencies to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activities in countries or regions in transition from conflict or civil strife (H.R. 1084), H1230 [5MR]

Jordan, Louis: tribute (H. Res. 1242), H5832 [23JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6224 [8JY], H6339 [9JY]

Tribute, H10877 [10DE]