SCOTT, ROBERT C. (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H305 [3FE], H344, H345 [4FE]
Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H955 [10MR]
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]
Articles and editorials
Doctors Can't Prove Thinning Ranks, John M.R. Bull, Allentown (PA) Morning Call, H2862 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Arlington, VA: support construction of the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial (see H.R. 5046), H6996 [9SE]
Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3230 [18MY]
———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2406 [27AP]
Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]
Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H1791 [31MR]
Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H4287 [16JN]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]
Chesapeake Bay Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 4688), H4926 (see H.R. 4688), H5070 [24JN]
Children and youth: reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H1370 [23MR]
Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4171 [15JN]
———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]
Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4171 [15JN]
Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5793 [14JY]
Correctional institutions: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (see H.R. 5075), H7137 [14SE]
Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H2483 [28AP]
———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H7575 [23SE]
Dept. of Defense: direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]
———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2019 [1AP]
Dept. of Education: strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H3392 [19MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]
Dept. of Justice: make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H1071 [11MR]
———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H7329 [21SE]
———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2155 [2AP]
Diseases: establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H5470 [9JY]
Drugs: increase penalties for anabolic steroid offenses near sports facilities (see H.R. 3866), H831 [3MR]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H2919 [12MY]
———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2484 [28AP]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H9051 [8OC]
Federal employees: require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 5276), H8858 [7OC]
Financial institutions: commemorate anniversary of Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co., and honor the contributions of minority-owned banks (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2919 [12MY]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 381), H393 [4FE]
Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 400), H3230 [18MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H6128 [20JY]
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H3016 [13MY]
Greece: tribute to Government and people for successful completion of 2004 Summer Olympic games (see H. Res. 774), H7235 [15SE]
Haiti: U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis (see H. Con. Res. 370), H632 [25FE]
Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H2919 [12MY]
———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]
———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H8039 [4OC]
———provide for emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5243), H8856 [7OC]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H5908 [15JY]
Immigration: modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents (see H.R. 4417), H3964 [14JN]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H9745 [16NO]
Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H2266 [21AP]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H1484 [24MR]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]
———protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 5107), H7328 [21SE]
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H4765 [22JN]
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]
Lyon, Matthew: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1072 [11MR]
Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2199 [20AP]
Martha Pennino Post Office Building, Reston, VA: designate (see H.R. 5133), H7574 [23SE]
Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H2549 [4MY]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H393 [4FE]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 4445), H3438 (see H.R. 4445), H3538 [20MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H3094 [17MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3229 [18MY]
National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H1484 [24MR]
POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H6128 [20JY]
Prince Edward County, VA: make tuition grants available to eligible former students denied an education when the public schools closed rather than comply with Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 451), H4286 [16JN]
Richmond, VA: tribute to firefighters, police, and others who responded to fire that started in an under-construction apartment building (see H. Res. 612), H2488 [29AP]
Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2153 [2AP]
Schools: review determinations on whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate yearly progress taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to those determinations (see H.R. 4605), H5151 [25JN]
Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3440 (see H.R. 2598), H3540 [20MY]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]
———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]
South Africa: anniversary of first democratic elections (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4581 [18JN]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]
Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5071 [24JN]
———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7575 [23SE]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY] (see H. Res. 508), H2406 [27AP]
———clarify inconsistencies in Blakely v. Washington decision dealing with sentencing guidelines (see H. Con. Res. 478), H6705 [22JY]
Terrorism: mint coins to commemorate events related to the attack at the Pentagon (see H.R. 5046), H6996 [9SE]
U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H2406 [27AP]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H1740 [30MR]
Virginia: designate additional National Forest System lands as wilderness, establish the Seng Mountain and Crawfish Valley Scenic Areas, and develop trail plans for wilderness and scenic areas (see H.R. 4202), H4647 [21JN]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H2919 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (see H.R. 3862), H699 [26FE]
Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H5150 [25JN]
Letters
California Missions Preservation Act: Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), H9832 [17NO]
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act: Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., H7102 [14SE]
Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act: Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H7086 [14SE]
Pledge Protection Act: Kathryn A. Monroe, Constitution Project (organization), H7455 [23SE]
———Mel Lipman, American Humanist Association, H7455 [23SE]
———Robert C. Keithan, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, H7456 [23SE]
———several religious, civil rights, and civil liberties organizations, H7456 [23SE]
Proclamations
Tribute to James Monroe: Mark R. Warner, Governor of Virginia, E690
Remarks
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), Senate amendment, H3659 [2JN]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, E2197
Armed Forces: provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (H.R. 3862), E256
Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (H.R. 1084), H7093, H7095 [14SE]
Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 1920), H153, H154 [28JA]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1352, H1355 [23MR]
———deficit, H230, H231, H232, H233 [28JA], H1046, H1048, H1049, H1050 [11MR], H7308, H7309, H7310, H7311 [21SE]
———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4969, H4985 [24JN]
———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H1046, H1048, H1049, H1050 [11MR]
———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4985 [24JN]
———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1355 [23MR], H3361 [19MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1352, H1355 [23MR], H1428 [24MR], H1501, H1506 [25MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3361 [19MY]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (H.R. 1446), Senate amendment, H9832 [17NO]
Civil Rights Act: anniversary (H. Res. 676), H4803, H4806 [23JN]
Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H318, H319, H337, H345 [4FE]
———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H337, H344, H345 [4FE]
———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), consideration (H. Res. 513), H318, H319 [4FE]
———require that organizations offering religious services or activities do so separately from block grant program services, H344 [4FE]
Congress: access to IRS facilities and tax returns by certain Members or their designees, E2197
Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (H.R. 4752), E1283
Courts: clarify jurisdiction of the local courts of the District of Columbia over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance, H7471 [23SE]
———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H6586 [22JY]
———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7454, H7471 [23SE]
———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H949, H955, H957, H979 [10MR]
Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (H.R. 1731), H4809, H4811 [23JN]
———strengthen and enhance the prevention and prosecution of crimes using weapons of mass destruction, H8869 [8OC]
DEA: anniversary (H. Res. 412), H773 [3MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4521 [18JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5359
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H773 [3MR]
Drugs: increase penalties for anabolic steroid offenses near sports facilities (H.R. 3866), H3661 [2JN]
Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H9709 [16NO]
———importance of job creation, H1046, H1048, H1049, H1050 [11MR]
———national objectives priority assignments, H230, H231, H232, H233 [28JA], H1046, H1048, H1049, H1050 [11MR], H7309, H7310 [21SE]
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7100, H7102, H7108, H7115 [14SE]
Food industry: exempt actions brought under State consumer protection laws from the prevention of frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H955, H957 [10MR]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, E2197
Hampton, VA: tribute to Hampton High School football team, E1965
Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4280), H2860, H2862, H2863 [12MY]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), H4813 [23JN]
Motor vehicles: limit the liability of renting and leasing companies for negligence caused by operators of rented or leased vehicles, H1993 [1AP]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H1428 [24MR]
———homeland security funding, H1428 [24MR]
———Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in Disaster Relief Program, H4521 [18JN]
———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8869, H8873, H8875, H8877, H8883 [8OC]
———require pretrial detention of suspected terrorists and post-trial supervision of convicted terrorists, H8883 [8OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, H7176 [14SE]
Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act: retroactivity in application to pending court cases, H979 [10MR]
Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9709 [16NO]
Richmond, VA: tribute to firefighters, police, and others who responded to fire that started in an under-construction apartment building (H. Res. 612), E1075
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7308, H7311 [21SE]
Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (H.R. 3369), H7085, H7086, H7089 [14SE]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (H. Con. Res. 414), H2932
Taxation: rates, H1046, H1048, H1049, H1050 [11MR], H1352 [23MR]
Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists, H8875 [8OC]
Transportation: combat terrorism against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air, H8873 [8OC]
———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1993 [1AP]
United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (H. Res. 792), H7810
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, H5359
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies, H8877 [8OC]
———remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (H.R. 1787), H7091 [14SE]
Tributes
Monroe, James, E689