HULSHOF, KENNY C. (a Representative from Missouri)
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H284 [2FE]
Conferee: S. 1467, Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, H7459 [5AU]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 31), H716 [23FE]
Agriculture: improve financial situation of farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2743), H7882 [5AU]
———multilateral trade negotiations objectives (see H. Res. 224), H7887 [5AU]
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
Clean Air Act: prohibit listing of liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1301), H3296 [18MY]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 2088), H5572 [14JY]
Courts: allow media coverage of court proceedings (see H.R. 1281), H1799 [25MR]
Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 2436), H8665 [24SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1402), H2053 [14AP]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit taking of land into trust for Indian tribes for gaming purposes under certain conditions (see H.R. 2638), H6598 [29JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit issuance of regulations dealing with hybrid transactions (see H.R. 672), H2133 [15AP]
Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H7882 [5AU]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund AIDS research and education programs (see H.R. 597), H645 [11FE]
Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see H.R. 995), H1012 [4MR]
———increase funding for Pell Grant awards and existing campus-based aid programs (see H. Con. Res. 88), H2202 [20AP]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 2), H1407 [17MR] (see H.R. 1494), H2202 [20AP]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1441), H2999 [11MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide for enhanced implementation of Food Quality Protection Act amendments (see H.R. 1334), H6599 [29JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food industry: collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement of certain livestock and meat products (see H.R. 693), H1697 [24MR]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H3171 [13MY]
Foreign countries: require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (see H.R. 3140), H10769 [25OC]
Foreign trade: promote agricultural commodities, livestock, and value-added products, and prepare for future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations (see H.R. 817), H3861 [8JN]
———require the President to report to Congress on any selective embargo on agricultural commodities (see H.R. 17), H3860 [8JN]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 66), H8665 [24SE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H4472 [16JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (see H. Con. Res. 84), H2374 [27AP]
Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 21), H8665 [24SE]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2133 [15AP]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
Medicare: exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1837), H4616 [17JN]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2241), H6599 [29JY]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 1579), H6843 [2AU]
———reform (see H.R. 3075), H10119 [14OC]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H6599 [29JY]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H2922 [6MY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize and modify conditions (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H714 [23FE]
Panama Canal: negotiate renewed presence of U.S. Armed Forces and review contract bidding process for lease of port facilities by People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 186), H11145 [28OC]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1972 [13AP]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H4024 [9JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1867), H3391 [19MY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H1697 [24MR]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H2133 [15AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1259), H1695 [24MR]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H6353 [22JY]
———allow medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing expenses attributable to academic medical centers and other hospital research organizations (see H.R. 1039), H1069 [9MR]
———allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 2826), H8098 [9SE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 37), H1258 [11MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H5571 [14JY]
———designate renewal communities (see H.R. 815), H793 [24FE]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H583 [10FE]
———extend certain tax benefits to Armed Forces members performing services in Serbia and Montenegro (see H.R. 1376), H1970 [13AP]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 225), H1013 (see H.R. 980), H1011 [4MR]
———increase gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 927), H2133 [15AP]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H1014 [4MR]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H461 [4FE]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H794 [24FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H957 [3MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H3606 [25MY]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H268 [19JA]
———reduce the maximum rate on certain unrecaptured gains (see H.R. 2054), H5367 [12JY]
———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 1337), H2374 [27AP]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 86), H234 [7JA]
———repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 796), H715 [23FE]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1633), H2544 [29AP]
———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 2141), H4127 [10JN]
———repeal taxes on American Values (see H.R. 2350), H4911 [24JN]
———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 681), H585 [10FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2054 [14AP]
———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1317), H5367 [12JY]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H5367 [12JY]
———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H5336 [1JY]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H6353 [22JY]
———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1616), H2469 [28AP]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H5687 [15JY]
Veterans: provide technical, financial, and procurement assistance to veteran owned small businesses (see H.R. 1568), H5093 [29JN]
Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of silicone breast implants (see H.R. 1323), H1800 [25MR]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H11196 [1NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (see H.R. 3173), H11143 [28OC]
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (see H.R. 1091), H1257 [11MR]
———provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries (see H.R. 3070), H10032 [13OC]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H955 [3MR]
———partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and interest received by individuals (see H.R. 1891), H3460 [20MY]
———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), H1012 [4MR]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H824 [1MR]
Remarks
Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State, territory, or possession laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor (H.R. 2031), H6866 [3AU]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for military operations, refugee relief, and humanitarian assistance relative to Kosovo conflict, and for military operations in Southwest Asia (H.R. 1664), H2835
Ashland, MO: tribute to Optimist Club, H648 [12FE]
Children and youth: protect from exposure to explicit sexual or violent material and prevent youth violence, H4408 [16JN]
Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H4408 [16JN]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H4125 [10JN]
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Atlantic Coast States, H8449 [21SE]
KWRE-Radio (Warrenton, MO): tribute, H1386 [17MR]
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H2835
National Teacher Day: observance, H2780
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H8273 [14SE]
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), H10258, H10263 [19OC]
Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, H2780
Votes: position on missed, H679
World War II: tribute to Exercise Tiger veterans, H2302
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H11192 [1NO], H11478 [3NO]
Special order: granted, H640 [11FE], H1332 [16MR], H2200 [20AP], H2268 [21AP], H2302 [26AP], H2551 [3MY], H2807 [5MY], H8287 [14SE], H8663 [24SE]
Tributes
Taylor, Karen, H2780