BOEHNER, JOHN A. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4122 [8JN], H4281 [13JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, H1621 [30MR]

———H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Articles and editorials

That Others May Live, John L. Frisbee, Valor (Air Force Association publication), H9664 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AAA Ohio Motorists Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 388), H7210 [27JY]

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Arnold C. D'Amico Station, South Euclid, OH: designate (see H.R. 4853), H6051 [13JY]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2341 [13AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H4122 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H3309 [17MY]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H3474 [19MY]

———distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H3926 [6JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H4121 [8JN]

———improve Federal education research, evaluation, information, and dissemination (see H.R. 4875), H6469 [18JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H165 [1FE]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3869 [25MY]

Health care professionals: provide for the availability to the public of information reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 5122), H7997 [22SE]

Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H1163 [21MR]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]

———improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H3869 [25MY]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H2013 [10AP]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1285 [22MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 792), H4035 [7JN]

Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H2512 [3MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2340 [13AP]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (see H.R. 5410), H9504 [6OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7211 [27JY]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H1413 [27MR]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H9505 [6OC]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7002 [25JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1406 [23MR]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7723 [18SE]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1747), H632 [1MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3172 [16MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2239 [12AP]

Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3795), H630 [1MR]

Taxation: clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1593), H10809 [24OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H4121 [8JN]

———encourage the granting of employee stock options (see H.R. 4972), H7652 [14SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7129 [26JY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H10473 [19OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1120 [16MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H922 [9MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2340 [13AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1119 [16MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H4336 [13JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H2239 [12AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 3910), H996 [14MR]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 4963), H7127 [26JY]

Pensions: harmonize employer-sponsored retirement plan services requirements with other Federal and State laws (see H.R. 4749), H5168 [26JN]

———increase the availability of employer-sponsored retirement plan services to participants, beneficiaries, and plan fiduciaries (see H.R. 4748), H5168 [26JN]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 4747), H5168 [26JN]

Charters

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., and OSHA Partnership To Ensure a Safe and Healthy Work Environment in the Construction Industry, E448 [30MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5457 [29JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 244), H54 [31JA]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10446 [19OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (H.R. 3910), E301 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9664 [11OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4282, H4283 [13JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: prohibit funding to the Native Hawaiian Education Program, H4282, H4283 [13JN]

ERISA: preempt State law in certain cases relative to certain church plans (S. 1309), H5100 [26JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), H2446 [3MY]

Food stamps: provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability for electronic benefit transfer systems (S. 1733), H64 [31JA]

Government: authorize printing of ``How Our Laws Are Made'', ``Our American Government'', and the pocket version and document-sized annotated version of the U.S. Constitution (H. Con. Res. 221), H53, H54 [31JA]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5630 [29JN]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5622 [29JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H135 [1FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H135 [1FE]

House of Representatives: authorize the taking of an official photograph in the House Chamber (H. Res. 407), H55 [31JA]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the democratic rights of union members (H.R. 4963), E1333 [27JY]

Occupational safety and health: partnership between OSHA and the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., E448 [30MR]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 4747), E1110 [26JN]

———reform, H11247 [26OC]

———reform (H.R. 1102), H6518 [19JY]

Pitsenbarger, William H.: award Medal of Honor, H9664 [11OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11247 [26OC]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2789 [10MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), H12099 [15DE]

Vosler, Kent: Ohio State University Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, E1463 [13SE]

Wardrop, Richard M., Jr.: National Safety Council Green Cross for Safety Medallion recipient, E1465 [13SE]

Tributes

Balfour, Jackie, E569 [13AP]

Goodling, Representative, H8623 [3OC]

Murphy, Bob, E2150 [7DE]