BOYD, ALLEN (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H3514 [12JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3038 [23MY]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2662 [20MY]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H1154 [9AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H907 [13MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1673 [25AP]

Business and industry: express support for U.S. forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encourage protection from unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 557), H6927 [1OC]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6059 [4SE]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H3928 [25JN]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H2101 [2MY]

Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6061 [4SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H1201 [10AP]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H1620 [24AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (see H.R. 3630), H3721 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H2472 [14MY]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H1154 [9AP]

Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H655 [4MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3774 [20JN]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H562 [26FE]

Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H1674 [25AP]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1674 [25AP]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]

Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H4873 [17JY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H5453 [24JY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5997 [26JY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5791 [25JY]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H7303 [8OC]

Memorial Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Con. Res. 86), H8023 [16OC]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2101 [2MY]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3928 [25JN]

National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4932 [18JY]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6374 [18SE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6172 [10SE]

OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H3229 [5JN]

Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H6085 [5SE]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]

Social Security: improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H2356 [9MY]

Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H1155 [9AP]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1620 [24AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H79 [24JA]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1284 [11AP]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H367 [13FE]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H1283 [11AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6419 [19SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2608 [16MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1484 [18AP]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Con. Res. 86), H8023 [16OC]

Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H366 [13FE]

William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Rivers: modify certain resources projects for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers (see H.R. 5129), H4765 [16JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7377 [9OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H136 [5FE]

———balance, H1757, H1759, H1760, H1761 [30AP]

———deficit, H6288 [17SE]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, H6288 [17SE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, H1757, H1759, H1760, H1761 [30AP]

———treatment of public debt, H136 [5FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H270 [12FE]

Public debt: ceiling, H889, H894 [13MR], H1757, H1759, H1760, H1761 [30AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H136 [5FE], H1757, H1759, H1760, H1761 [30AP]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3375), H2683 [21MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2948 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9018 [14NO]

Special order: granted, H6301 [17SE]

Tributes

Blaschum, Christopher M., H911 [14MR]