59. H.R. 802, to authorize the president to award a Medal of Valor annually to up to five public safety officers who perform acts above and beyond the call of duty. Yes. Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 3/22/01.

88. H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Substitute amendment to make assault on a pregnant woman a federal crime and provide that a perpetrator could be subject to up to 20 years’ imprisonment for an assault causing prenatal injury and up to life imprisonment for an assault causing termination of the pregnancy. No. Failed 196-229. 4/26/01.

89. H.R. 503. On passage of the bill to make it a criminal offense to injure or kill a fetus during the commission of a violent federal crime; establish criminal penalties, equal to those that would apply if the injury or death occurred to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus, regardless of the perpetrator’s knowledge of the pregnancy or intent to harm the fetus; and provide that the bill’s provisions should not be interpreted to apply to consensual abortion or to a woman’s actions with respect to her pregnancy, and that the death penalty could not be imposed under this bill. Yes. Passed 252-172. 4/26/01.

127. H.R. 1885, to extend for four months a law allowing some immigrants to remain in the country while pursuing legal residency. Yes. Passed 336-43, under suspension of rules. 5/21/01.

152. H.R. 1209, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative, and provide that the age of an alien applying for permanent residency status would be based on the application’s filing date rather than its processing date. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 6/6/01.

198. H.R. 2133, to establish a commission and authorize $250,000 for FYs 2003-04 to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, regarding school desegregation. Yes. Passed 414-2, under suspension of rules. 6/27/01.

231. H.J.Res. 36, U.S. flag desecration Constitutional amendment. Substitute amendment to declare that Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag, but only in a manner consistent with the First Amendment of the Constitution. No. Failed 100-324. 7/17/01.

232. H.J.Res. 36. On passage of the joint resolution to propose a Constitutional amendment stating that Congress shall have the power to prohibit physical desecration of the U.S. flag. Yes. Passed 298-125. 7/17/01. [Note: a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.]

233. H.R. 2500, FY 2002 Commerce-Justice-State appropriations. Amendment to increase by $11.7 million the Community Oriented Policing Services’ methamphetamine lab seizures program and offset the increase by a cut in funding for international broadcasting operations. No. Failed 187-227. 7/17/01.

234. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase funds for the Economic Development Administration by $73 million and reduce prison construction funding by the same amount. No. Failed 172-244. 7/17/01.

235. H.R. 2500. Amendment to strike language prohibiting the use of funds for abortion services in federal prisons. No. Failed 169-253. 7/17/01.

239. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase by $500,000 the Census Bureau’s data content and products account and reduce by the same amount funding to pay for collecting and publishing statistics for other periodic censuses. No. Failed 209-217. 7/18/01.

240. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase by $2 million the Census Bureau’s automated data processing and telecommunications support account and reduce by the same amount funding to pay for collecting and published statistics for other periodic censuses. No. Failed 215-215. 7/18/01.

241. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to negotiate or pay any request or claim by China for reimbursement of costs associated with the detention of the crew of the U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance airplane or with the return of the aircraft to the U.S. Yes. Passed 424-6. 7/18/01.

242. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to deport aliens for conviction of a crime if they entered into a plea agreement before April 1997 or if they requested discretionary relief after June 25, 2001. No. Failed 189-242. 7/18/01.

243. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the Justice or State departments to use funds in the bill for filing a court motion opposing a civil action against a Japanese individual or company for compensation where the plaintiff alleges slavery or forced labor while an American prisoner of war during World War II. Yes. Passed 395-33. 7/18/01.

244. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to destroy FBI national instant criminal background check system records within 90 days of their creation. No. Failed 161-268. 7/18/01.

245. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any of its affiliates. No. Failed 62-364. 7/18/01.

246. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping efforts. No. Failed 71-359. 7/18/01.

247. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to start a World Trade Organization actions challenging a law of a country not belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. No. Failed 123-306. 7/18/01.

248. H.R. 2500. On passage of the bill to provide $41.5 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State and the federal judiciary and related agencies. Yes. Passed 408-19. 7/18/01.

252. H.R. 7, faith-based initiatives act. Substitute amendment to forbid federally funded religious social service providers from employment discrimination based on religion; disallow the preemption of any state or local civil rights law by any provision in the legislation; prohibit religious groups from conducting sectarian activities at the same time and place that they carry out federally funded social programs; strike a provision in the bill allowing indirect aid to be used for religious purposes, and offset the bill’s tax break by reducing by 0.2 percent the rate reduction given to individuals in the top bracket in the recently enacted tax package. No. Failed 168-261. 7/19/01.

253. H.R. 7. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to add language stating that federally funded religious service providers cannot discriminate based on religion and that no provision supercede state or local civil rights laws. No. Failed 195-234. 7/19/01.

254. H.R. 7. On passage of the faith-based initiatives bill to allow religious organizations to compete with other non-governmental groups for federal funds to provide an expanded list of social services without abandoning their religious character, and provide $13.3 billion in tax incentives for charitable giving over 10 years. Yes. Passed 233-198. 7/19/01.

257. H.R. 2137, to make over 60 technical changes to various crime and criminal procedure statutes. Yes. Passed 374-0, under suspension of rules. 7/23/01.

258. H.R. 1892, to authorize close family members of a sponsor of a permanent residency application to sign an affidavit of financial support if the sponsor dies and if the attorney general decides the application should not be revoked. Yes. Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 7/23/01.

333. H.R. 2291, to extend for five years the authorization for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program of grants to support and encourage local communities that demonstrate a comprehensive, long-term commitment to reducing substance abuse among youth, and authorize a National Community Anti-drug Coalition Institute. Yes. Passed 402-1, under suspension of rules. 9/5/01.

339. H.R. 2882, to require public safety officer benefit payments to be made to the beneficiaries of officers killed or suffering a catastrophic injury within 30 days that a public agency certifies such injuries occurred in the line of duty while responding to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States. Yes. Passed 413-0. 9/13/01.

361. H.J.Res. 42, to require that American flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-staff one day each year in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emittsburg, Maryland. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 10/2/01.

385. H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to add language to restrict the scope of the bill’s surveillance provisions to domestic or international terrorism-related investigations. No. Failed 73-345. 10/12/01.

386. H.R. 2975. On passage of the Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act to expand law enforcement investigation of suspected terrorists including provisions on enhanced powers for surveillance and suspect detention. Yes. Passed 337-79. 10/12/01.

396. H.R. 3160, Bioterrorism Prevention Act to amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 to impose new criminal penalties on persons who illegally possess, use or transfer certain controlled biological agents and toxins and require the secretary of health and human services to establish new reporting, registration and handling requirements. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 10/23/01.

398. H.R. 3162, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act to expand law enforcement and intelligence-gathering power to investigate suspected terrorists. Yes. Passed 357-66, under suspension of rules. 10/24/01.

426. H.R. 768, to agree to the Senate amendments to the bill to extend anti-trust exemptions for seven years allowing financial aid officers at private institutions of higher learning to discuss need-based grants and student award formulas and direct the General Accounting Office to review the exemption. Yes. Passed 400-0, under suspension of rules. 11/6/01.

427. H.R. 1408, to safeguard the public from fraud in the financial services industry and streamline and facilitate the anti-fraud information-sharing efforts of federal and state regulators. Yes. Passed 392-4, under suspension of rules. 11/6/01.

438. H.R. 2500, to agree to the conference report to provide $41.6 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State and the federal judiciary and related agencies. Yes. Passed 411-15. 11/14/01.

491. H.R. 3209, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act to make it a federal crime to convey false or misleading information that may reasonably be believed involving biological, chemical or nuclear materials and weapons of mass destruction and set penalties for engaging in such conduct which triggers any emergency or investigative response. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 12/12/01.

492. H.R. 1022, Community Recognition Act to authorize chief elected local officials to order that the U.S. flag may be flown at half staff to honor the death of a present or former local official. Yes. Passed 420-0. 12/12/01.

501. H.R. 3275, to implement two international treaties: the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and provide for the establishment of a sentence of life in prison or death for those who are convicted of participating in bombings in public places, government facilities, public transportation systems or infrastructure facilities, and minimum prison sentences and criminal fines for those who provide or collect funds used to carry out terrorism. Yes. Passed 381-36, under suspension of rules. 12/19/01.