SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488 [6OC]

———S. 454, Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act, H5549 [13MY]

———S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4656 [22AP]

Articles and editorials

Bucy Served Community, Rock Hill (SC) Herald, E2220 [9SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9443 [10SE]

African Americans: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients and contributions of Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H5485 [12MY]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H11298 [13OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (see H.R. 1), H525 [26JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H7740 [7JY]

Armed Forces: authorize taxpayers to designate a portion of tax payments to a National Military Family Relief Fund to assist families of members who are serving in, or have served in, Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 1175), H12364 [4NO]

———commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (see H. Con. Res. 206), H12044 [28OC]

———encourage military departments to maximize opportunities for space-available travel for members in a leave or pass status who are traveling between December 18, 2009, and January 3, 2010 (see H. Con. Res. 220), H14827 [11DE]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H4251 [31MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3749 [23MR]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H4688 [22AP]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H4129 [30MR]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (see H.R. 2990), H7144 [23JN]

———recognize significant contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program (see H. Res. 812), H14446 [9DE]

———recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (see H. Res. 408), H5668 [14MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 435), H5581 [13MY]

Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 1941), H10408 [30SE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 83), H2603 [23FE] (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Cates, Clifton B.: encourage the Navy to name an appropriate ship in honor (see H. Res. 330), H6077 [2JN]

Children and youth: help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 729), H4026 [25MR]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7023 [18JN]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9550 [15SE]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H11384 [14OC]

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2177), H4999 [29AP]

de Veuster, Damien: canonization (see H. Res. 786), H10408 [30SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce the interval for issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3587), H9670 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of military aviation (see H. Res. 445), H7251 [24JN]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see H.R. 1830), H4250 [31MR]

———promote reform and independence in the oversight of weapons system acquisition (see H.R. 2101), H4838 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H14743 [10DE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (see H.R. 2946), H12288 [3NO]

———establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 1490), H8873 [27JY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H3642 [18MR]

———establish the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center (see H.R. 1261), H4397 [1AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H9900 [23SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5062 [30AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs (see H.R. 32), H9962 [24SE]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H13069 [17NO]

Diseases: improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2109), H11516 [20OC]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H5667 [14MY]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7022 [18JN]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see H. Res. 701), H9443 [10SE]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H2981 [4MR]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H6904 [16JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11384 [14OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H3835 [24MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2378), H11167 [8OC]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 302), H4250 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H11298 [13OC]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 513), H8185 [15JY]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H2978 [4MR]

———apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H13466 [2DE]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5893 [20MY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H4580 [21AP]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Hugo (see H. Con. Res. 187), H9806 [22SE]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1339), H6619 [11JN]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H13629 (see H.R. 2194), H14372 [8DE]

Johnson, Jimmie: tribute (see H. Res. 957), H15504 [16DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates (see H. Res. 339), H4581 [21AP]

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H8873 [27JY]

———establish a State plan option to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children medically fragile or with one or more chronic conditions that impedes their ability to function (see H.R. 1117), H2601 [23FE]

Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see H.R. 1392), H8495 [21JY]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (see H.R. 1430), H6266 [4JN]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H7146 [23JN]

Men's World Cup: tribute to U.S. men's soccer team (see H. Res. 958), H14827 [11DE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H6076 [2JN]

Motor vehicles: recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H13355 [19NO]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7706 [26JN]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2632 [24FE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see H.R. 482), H6076 [2JN]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1044 [4FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H11166 [8OC]

National Facial Protection Month: support (see H. Res. 193), H6620 [11JN]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H10408 [30SE]

National Military Family Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 861), H11791 [26OC]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H9550 [15SE]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 105), H5401 [7MY]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H442 [21JA]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see H. Con. Res. 129), H9397 [9SE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army: recognize service, sacrifice, honor, and professionalism (see H.J. Res. 44), H4999 [29AP]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11791 [26OC]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see H.R. 2584), H6010 [21MY]

Pensacola, FL: anniversary (see H. Res. 166), H14446 [9DE]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6415 [9JN]

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: recognize anniversary of arrival in Hawaii and commend the education of youth in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4251 [31MR]

Social Security: increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H10070 [29SE]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 1352), H4525 [2AP]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H12457 [5NO]

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (see H. Res. 329), H4584 [21AP]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5893 [20MY]

Taiwan: tribute to accession to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (see H. Res. 887), H12288 [3NO]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H11167 [8OC]

———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. 1203), H6155 [3JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H11167 [8OC]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H11384 [14OC]

———modify requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property (see H.R. 4112), H14827 [11DE]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 2024), H6015 [21MY]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H15503 [16DE]

Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (see H. Res. 291), H4584 [21AP]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9738 [21SE]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 3012), H7248 [24JN]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6154 [3JN]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 348), H4841 [27AP]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6078 [2JN]

Washington (State): honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H9207 [30JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942 (see H.R. 2598), H6011 [21MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H603 [27JA]

———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (see H. Res. 494), H8185 [15JY]

Year of the Military Family: designate (see H. Con. Res. 64), H2874 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4127 [30MR]

Committee on the Budget (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 135), H1045 [4FE]

Dept. of Labor: certify certain groups of workers to apply for trade adjustment assistance if their firm sells articles which are related to articles that were previously the basis for such certification (see H.R. 494), H323 [14JA]

Dept. of the Interior: complete a special resource study of the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina (see H.R. 284), H70 [7JA]

Tariff: comforter shells (see H.R. 1971), H4523 [2AP]

———himic anhydride (see H.R. 3945), H11868 [27OC]

Conference reports

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 13), H4774-H4836 [27AP]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), H4631, H4637 [22AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H578 [27JA]

———revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H426 [21JA], H1016 [4FE], H7247 [24JN], H7694 [26JN], H12970 [7NO], H13328 [19NO], H14443 [9DE], H15478 [16DE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H2819 [25FE], H5640 [14MY], H6129 [3JN], H6783 [15JN], H6969 [17JN], H7731 [7JY], H8069 [14JY], H8687 [23JY], H8852 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9918 [24SE]

Armed Forces: provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H.R. 2990), H7163 [24JN]

Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H13294 [19NO]

———deficit, H1062, H1063, H1064 [9FE], H4897 [28AP]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending, H8539 [22JY]

———reconciliation process, H4646, H4651 [22AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), H8513, H8517, H8520, H8524, H8529, H8530, H8535, H8536, H8538 [22JY]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), motion to recommit, H8539 [22JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4370, H4381, H4383, H4385 [1AP], H4415, H4416, H4423, H4478, H4481, H4482, H4485 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), H4618 [22AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, H4891, H4892, H4894, H4897 [28AP], H4923 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to go to conference, H4637, H4639, H4642, H4644 [22AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to instruct conferees, H4646, H4651 [22AP]

———status report, H3684 [19MR], H7437 [25JN], H9418 [10SE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H1062, H1063, H1064 [9FE]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, H1064 [9FE]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H8536 [22JY]

Education: student loan programs, E2306 [17SE]

Federal employees: support pay parity within Federal workforce, H4383 [1AP]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), earmark declaration, H3749 [23MR]

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.: tribute, E2865 [2DE]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), E2306 [17SE]

Honor Flight South Carolina (organization): tribute, E2801 [18NO]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13294 [19NO]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, H1062 [9FE]

Taxation: rates, H4381 [1AP]

Unemployment: rates, H1063 [9FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H440 [21JA], H1038 [4FE], H2832 [25FE], H3701 [19MR], H5662 [14MY], H6153 [3JN], H6803 [15JN], H6969 [17JN], H7247 [24JN], H7443 [25JN], H7701 [26JN], H7738 [7JY], H8097 [14JY], H8705 [23JY], H8871 [27JY], H9203 [30JY], H9439 [10SE], H9960 [24SE], H12970 [7NO], H13340 [19NO], H14444 [9DE], H15494 [16DE]

Reports

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H3684-H3687 [19MR], H7438-H7441 [25JN], H9419-H9422 [10SE]

Reports filed

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2009-2014: Committee of Conference (House) (S. Con. Res. 13) (H. Rept. 111-89), H4838 [27AP]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 85) (H. Rept. 111-60), H4127 [30MR]

Rules

Committee on the Budget (House), H1015-H1016 [4FE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H426 [21JA], H1017 [4FE], H6783 [15JN], H7247 [24JN], H7695 [26JN], H8852 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9918 [24SE], H12970 [7NO], H13329 [19NO], H14443 [9DE], H15478 [16DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H2819 [25FE], H5640 [14MY], H6129 [3JN], H6783 [15JN], H6969 [17JN], H7731 [7JY], H8069 [14JY], H8687 [23JY], H8853 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9919 [24SE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Armed Services (House), Committee on Natural Resources (House), and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7247 [24JN]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H12970 [7NO]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1017 [4FE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H426 [21JA], H7695 [26JN]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H13329 [19NO], H14443 [9DE]

Tributes

Bucy, Harriet, E2219 [9SE]

Dickson, Nettie DuRant, E2867 [2DE]

Hefner, W.G. (Bill), H9314 [8SE]

Woodward, Thomas, E537 [3MR]