EHLERS, VERNON J. (a Representative from Michigan)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bankruptcy: debts relative to death or injury caused by debtor's operation of watercraft or aircraft while intoxicated (see H.R. 4471), H3887 [23MY]

Taxation: requirements on the percentage of completion accounting method for the manufacture of property (see H.R. 4340), H3055 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H4166 [26MY]

———reauthorize the conservation reserve program (see H.R. 4416), H10007 [28SE]

Air pollution: designation of rural transport areas for nonattainment requirements of air pollution standards (see H.R. 3902), H865 [24FE]

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1156 [9MR]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9601 [23SE]

Bipartisan Health Care Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 5037), H11001 [5OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H680 [23FE]

———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H680 [23FE]

———establish a reserve account for expenditures relative to emergencies (see H.R. 4189), H2839 [26AP]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 3620), H996 [2MR]

Children and youth: immunization initiatives (see H.R. 1840), H2398 [18AP]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (see H. Res. 238), H681 [23FE]

Congress: application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 3458), H3887 [23MY]

Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H3887 [23MY]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H8053 [12AU]

Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H44 [25JA]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third conviction of individuals for certain felonies (see H.R. 93), H204 [2FE]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H544 [11FE]

———treatment of false identification documents (see H.R. 2681), H3522 [17MY]

Dept. of Energy: high energy and nuclear physics research (see H.R. 4684), H5461 [30JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of U.S. Mint (see H.R. 654), H8053 [12AU]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H4553 [15JN]

Education: participation of proprietary institutions of higher education in student financial aid programs (see H.R. 4468), H4722 [17JN]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Employment: establish workforce preparation and development system (see H.R. 4407), H4654 [16JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H6156 [22JY]

EPA: infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4475), H5463 [30JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H6698 [2AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: establish trust fund to carry out restoration and recovery (see H.R. 1801), H4958 [23JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2582 [20AP]

Fish and fishing: long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4404), H4553 [15JN]

Foreign trade: promote U.S. industry and technology in competition with Japan (see H.R. 4458), H3754 [19MY]

Government: establish commission for disposal of property, closure and consolidation of Federal agencies and procurement of Federal agency functions (see H.R. 4433), H4780 [21JN]

Government regulations: judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H7195 [8AU]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9224 [19SE]

Hazardous substances: use of mercury in disposable batteries (see H.R. 4528), H4165 [26MY]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]

———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H3056 [4MY]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H5350 [29JN]

———ensure preservation of group health insurance packages and prevent discriminatory practices in health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 256), H5872 [19JY]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4166 [26MY]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H996 [2MR]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (see H.R. 4377), H3522 [17MY]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 3897), H4721 [17JN]

House Rules: consideration of health care reform legislation under an open rule (see H. Res. 270), H1957 [23MR]

———point of order against consideration of any provision relative to a retroactive tax increase (see H. Res. 247), H1781 [21MR]

Information services: require availability of LEGIS and TLS on the Internet (see H. Res. 463), H4958 [23JN]

Lobbyists: regulations relative to grassroots organizations (see H. Res. 569), H11000 [5OC]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H5951 [20JY]

Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H4166 [26MY]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11001 [5OC]

Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance and regulation of mass mailings and franking privilege (see H.R. 3787), H559 [22FE]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H2838 [26AP]

Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations for vehicles on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 4496), H5951 [20JY]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9441 [21SE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10446 [30SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2937 [2MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H6104 [21JY]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H3888 [23MY]

Public Health Service: rural hospital services (see H.R. 4378), H3522 [17MY]

Public welfare programs: creation of one-stop centers for access to certain services (see H.R. 4964), H8052 [12AU]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H2368 [14AP]

Radioactive substances: clarify Federal obligation to take title and possession of high-level radioactive waste and establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility (see H.R. 5061), H9350 [20SE]

Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H11200 [6OC]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H10727 [4OC]

Taxation: availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H8505 [16AU]

———credit against estate tax for transfers of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 3373), H996 [2MR]

———credit to employers for providing English language training (see H.R. 124), H3887 [23MY]

———gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H680 [23FE]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H2219 [12AP]

———treatment of certain bargain sales (see H.R. 3374), H996 [2MR]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 3722), H5871 [19JY]

———treatment of crop insurance and disaster payments and the luxury automobile excise tax (see H.R. 4634), H5350 [29JN]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see H.R. 3757), H996 [2MR]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1440 [16MR]

———treatment of education savings account (see H.R. 3449), H1541 [17MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]

———treatment of health risk pools (see H.R. 3507), H4343 [10JN]

———treatment of water conservation subsidies (see H.R. 4548), H4883 [22JN]

Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S Courthouse, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 4967), H8755 [19AU]

U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H3682 [18MY]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4343 [10JN]

Veterans: effective date for discontinuance of benefits relative to the death of the recipient (see H.R. 1986), H995 [2MR]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H3156 [5MY]

Certificates of election

House of Representatives, H2 [25JA]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H2 [25JA], H108 [1FE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), H8019 [12AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7997 [12AU], H8703 [19AU], H8759 [20AU], H8953 [21AU]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities account funding, H4426 [14JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H841 [24FE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10400 [30SE]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H841 [24FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4426 [14JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7208 [9AU], H7303 [10AU], H7966 [11AU], H8602, H8670 [18AU]

Hopson, Preston, III: Amateur Athletic Union\Mars Milky Way High School Award recipient, E437 [15MR]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H2 [25JA]

———partisan voting history, H7966 [11AU], E1702 [10AU]

Kapolka, David: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching recipient, E809 [28AP]

Kentwood, MI: tribute to East Kentwood High School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E893 [11MY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H10361 [29SE]

News media: honoraria received for speaking to groups, H10361 [29SE]

Ottawa County, MI: tribute to Ottawa Hills High School solar car race team, E1022 [23MY]

Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10317 [29SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10317 [29SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H10694 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1344 [15MR], H2912 [28AP], H3277 [11MY], H3886 [23MY], H4552 [15JN], H7505 [10AU]

Special order: granted, H7990 [11AU], H8594 [17AU], H9222 [19SE], H9761 [26SE], H10444 [30SE], H10535 [3OC]

Tribute, H2 [25JA]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D765 [29JN]

Tables

House of Representative rollcall votes by political party of recent legislation, E1702 [10AU]

Tributes

Ball, John, E2290 [29NO]

Ford, Representative William D., E2098 [6OC]

Platte, Richard J., E1222 [15JN]