WELLER, JERRY (a Representative from Illinois)

Articles and editorials

If You Don't Have Two Motors, You Can't Have Your Money, Cliff Harvison, INCONGRESS (Internet website), E2285 [9NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H7008 [8SE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H8320 [2OC]

Aviation: prohibit smoking on domestic and foreign airline flights (see H.R. 552), H725 [4MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]

Bridges: Bridge Discretionary Program reform (see H.R. 1664), H3069 [20MY]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6799 [3SE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H10768 [12NO]

China, People's Republic of: increase monitoring of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 2195), H8300 [1OC]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 7), H66 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 2453), H7261 [11SE]

Computers: examination and disclosure of certain source codes, programs and software (see H.R. 2657), H8832 [9OC]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2446 [8MY]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H1542 [15AP]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H4836 [26JN]

———death penalty sentencing for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances (see H.R. 41), H285 [4FE]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 474), H243 [21JA]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H1611 [16AP]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2773), H9866 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407, 1585), H1794 [23AP], H5570 [22JY]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H7730 [23SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (see H.R. 2535), H8834 [9OC]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H9615 [28OC]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H285 [4FE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H1542 [15AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H6798 [3SE]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 589), H2156 [1MY]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see H.R. 867), H1892 [24AP]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1262 [20MR]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7199 [10SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

———designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H949 [12MR]

Foreign aid: deny assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Broadcasting Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8300 [1OC]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H9559 [24OC]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H890 [11MR]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1187 [19MR]

———nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H2590 [13MY]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H4132 [20JN]

Health: revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H7263 [11SE]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see H.R. 741), H7263 [11SE]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: extend (see H.R. 1042), H1112 [18MR]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H6026 [29JY]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H1340 [8AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9501 [23OC]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H1338 [8AP]

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1338 [8AP]

———restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8054 [26SE]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3661 [10JN]

———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 145, 146), H6917 [4SE], H6962 [5SE]

———terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market (see H. Con. Res. 133), H6406 [30JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H725 [4MR]

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see H. Res. 281), H9558 [24OC]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (see H.R. 1138), H10768 [12NO]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H6798 [3SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H3924 [18JN]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H286 [4FE]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1892 [24AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

Middle East: condemn Palestinian Authority death penalty policy relative to sale of land to Jews (see H. Con. Res. 93), H3567 [5JN]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H768 [5MR]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8054 [26SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2785 [15MY]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H4086 [19JN]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1262 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H768 [5MR]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1707 [17AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H9865 [31OC]

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1438 [10AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1542 [15AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H3797 [12JN]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7263 [11SE]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H699 [27FE]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H9801 [30OC]

———application of retail tax relative to certain heavy duty trucks and trailers (see H.R. 160), H669 [26FE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14, 1033), H1019 [13MR], H1112 [18MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H2446 [8MY]

———double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 495), H453 [11FE]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1729), H3202 [22MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H1340 [8AP]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H286 [4FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H725 [4MR]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1443), H1890 [24AP]

———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 209), H9502 [23OC]

———reduce rates on gains relative to depreciable real estate (see H.R. 2403), H6917 [4SE]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1068), H2680 [14MY]

———repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 1037), H2680 [14MY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H2445 [8MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H9865 [31OC]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1391), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 1338), H1541 [15AP]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1968), H5570 [22JY]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H1261 [20MR]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1205), H3274 [3JN]

———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10171 [6NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H7730 [23SE]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H628 [25FE]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H7119 [9SE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1810), H3567 [5JN]

———treatment of motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used by highway vehicle motors to operate certain power takeoff equipment (see H.R. 1056), H1017 [13MR]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1150), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H521 [12FE]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H3274 [3JN]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2156 [1MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

Unemployment: clarify that State base periods for unemployment compensation are not subject to certain Social Security Act provisions (see H.R. 125), H1339 [8AP]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H7263 [11SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2255 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery: designate (see H.R. 740), H523 [12FE]

Lincoln National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (see H.R. 1513), H2155 [1MY]

Mar Y Paz (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2008), H4132 [20JN]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1652), H2874 [16MY]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

———treatment of capital gains relative to transactions that are equivalent to sales of financial instruments (see H.R. 1651), H2874 [16MY]

Letters

Marriage tax penalty elimination: Barbara J. Ledeen, Independent Women's Forum, H7608 [23SE]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H7609 [23SE]

Press releases

Marriage Tax Penalty Elimination: Christian Coalition, H7608 [23SE]

Remarks

Aviation: bilateral aviation agreement with Japan relative to market and airline access restrictions, H7501 [17SE]

Baird, Bobbie: New Lenox, IL, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award, E2058 [23OC]

Baum, Jim and Carol: Illinois Retail Merchants of the Year award recipients, E1794 [18SE]

Bimba Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, E1567 [31JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4677 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6632 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4563 [25JN]

Calumet City, IL: anniversary of Chamber of Commerce, E2277 [9NO]

Chicago Heights, IL: anniversary, E2027 [21OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5733 [24JY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1609), H7453 [17SE]

IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), E2285 [9NO]

Joliet, IL: anniversary of Joliet Federation of Musicians, E632 [10AP]

———tribute to Joliet American Legion Band for participation in American Legion Senior Band Contest, E1835 [24SE]

Medicare: reform, H4563 [25JN]

New Lenox, MO: anniversary of VFW Post 9545, E1565 [31JY]

Patterson, Tricia: Italian American Commercial Club scholarship award recipient, E228 [12FE]

Rest Haven Christian Services (organization): anniversary, E2255 [8NO]

Restoration Ministries (organization): anniversary, E771 [29AP]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 997), E412 [6MR]

———allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (H.R. 2462), H7533 [18SE]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (H.R. 2456), H7608 [23SE], H8059 [29SE], H8169 [30SE], H8839 [21OC]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 996), E412 [6MR]

———rates, H6632 [31JY]

———treatment of motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used by highway vehicle motors to operate certain power takeoff equipment (H.R. 1056), E2285 [9NO]

Taxpayer Relief Act: restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), H10405 [8NO]

Trucker Buddy International (organization): tribute, E405 [6MR]

United Parcel Service: tribute to North Central Region employment programs, E1244 [18JN]

Tributes

Brattstrom, Sandor, E1949 [7OC]

Dolezal, Wilbur F., E533 [20MR]

Fitzgerald, Ruth C., E2373 [13NO]

Goeken, John D. (Jack), E883 [8MY]

Harwood, Tom: International Association of Chiefs of Police U.S. Police Officer of the Year Award Recipient, E2207 [7NO]

Kovacs, Michael J., E800 [30AP]

LaMotte, Jim, E2235 [8NO]

Murphy, Paul J., E528 [20MR]

Tallman, John, E1222 [17JN]

Wennlund, Larry, E512 [19MR]