BRADY, KEVIN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2225 [16MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4087 [17JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2611 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H2184 [15MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 3009), H8181 [14NO]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1958), H3466 [21JN]

———tribute to National Guard and Reserve units activated in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 287), H8249 [15NO]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4541 [24JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2281 [16MY]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1715), H2680 [23MY]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H8339 [16NO]

Children and youth: give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5704 [14SE]

———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H323 [13FE]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H3618 [26JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H5488 [10SE]

Crime: amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (see H.R. 3209), H8421 [27NO]

———create an offense of solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity (see H.R. 1775), H4113 [17JY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H2679 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1489 [4AP]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H3807 [28JN]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, TX: designate (see H.R. 1801), H2281 [16MY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 1474), H1486 (see H.R. 1474), H1495 [4AP]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H25 [3JA]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3151 [13JN]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460, 1460), H3207 [18JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H956 [15MR]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 1949), H2570 [22MY]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H4352 [19JY]

———require the President to report on the effectiveness of the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions by the U.S. (see H.R. 1828), H3068 [12JN]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3713 [27JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H650 [6MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 526), H1014 [20MR]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H828 [8MR]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (see H. Res. 166), H3202 [14JN]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3863 [10JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2281 [16MY]

———honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (see H. Res. 116), H2148 [14MY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H4541 [24JY]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H4014 [16JY]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H4724 [26JY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H2281 [16MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5456 [6SE]

National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (see H.R. 2486), H4008 [12JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1150), H1059 [21MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H3864 [10JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H2184 [15MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 186), H3805 [28JN]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H1116 [22MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H3713 [27JN]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1190 [27MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H5736 [19SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 2683), H4948 [31JY]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 2206), H3202 [14JN]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H4541 [24JY]

———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H6380 [4OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H7592 [31OC]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H3806 [28JN]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H505 [28FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1190 [27MR]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H444 [27FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H3713 [27JN]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H4216 [18JY]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 538), H955 [15MR]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H400 [14FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 1427), H1483 (see H.R. 1427), H1493 [4AP]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H1012 [20MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4949 [31JY]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H1925 [3MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———rates (see H.R. 3), H650 [6MR]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H5125 [1AU]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 437), H5125 [1AU]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1660 [26AP]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 2717), H5332 [2AU]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H508 [28FE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H2712 [24MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (see H.R. 275), H877 [13MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H4353 [19JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H5339 [2AU]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 1308), H1411 [3AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H505 [28FE]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H828 [8MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H6137 [2OC]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H1925 [3MY]

World War I: honor commitment to U.S. aviators who lost their lives flying for France by appropriating sufficient funds to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3714 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: provide safer schools and a better educational environment (see H.R. 1103), H1010 [20MR]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]

Foreign aid: restrict assistance to countries with which the U.S. has an extradition treaty or is in negotiations to conclude an extradition treaty (see H.R. 2877), H5592 [11SE]

Health: provide limits on contingency fees in health care liability actions (see H.R. 2463), H3959 [11JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1297), H1344 [29MR]

Pharmaceuticals: expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (see H.R. 1298), H1344 [29MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1930), H2569 [22MY]

Tariff: modify drawback claims provisions (see H.R. 1838), H2183 [15MY]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1544), H1554 [24AP]

———treatment of contributions to candidates for Federal office (see H.R. 2464), H3959 [11JY]

Letters

Unborn Victims of Violence Act: Douglas Johnson and Patricia Coll, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H1637 [26AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3621 [27JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3899 [11JY]

Alvis, John M.: investigation of murder in Azerbaijan, H2235 [16MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8292 [16NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 171), H3287, H3288 [20JN]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to recommit, H3347 [20JN]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5889 [21SE]

Beckendorf, Elmer: Association of Community College Trustees Regional Trustee Leadership Award recipient, E1109 [14JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3869 [11JY]

———deficit, H3869 [11JY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2041 [9MY]

Corning, CA: tribute to Maywood Middle School students visiting Washington, DC, E1094 [13JN]

Crime: amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (H.R. 3209), H9191 [11DE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1637 [26AP]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2235 [16MY]

———negotiate new or updated extradition treaties, H2235 [16MY]

———new or updated extradition treaties negotiation funding, H4087 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, E2229 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4087 [17JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2612, H2613, H2614 [23MY]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2612, H2613, H2614 [23MY]

FDA: delay approval of transgenic or genetically engineered fish, H3899 [11JY]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H3287, H3288, H3347 [20JN]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (H. Res. 166), H3530 [26JN]

Magnolia, TX: tribute to Magnolia Junior High School students visiting Washington, DC, E1094 [13JN]

NASA: funding, H3810 [10JY]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (H. Con. Res. 154), H3221 [19JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (H.R. 1297), E485 [29MR]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1817 [2MY]

Pharmaceuticals: expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (H.R. 1298), E488 [29MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3624 [27JN]

Social Security: honor commitments (H. Con. Res. 282), H9177 [11DE]

South America: impact of free trade on drug interdiction efforts, H8292 [16NO]

Tariff: modify drawback claims provisions (H.R. 1838), E806 [15MY]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1447 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7276 [24OC]

———rates, H3869 [11JY]

———rates (H.R. 3), H774 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2213 [16MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2650 [23MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5559 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5889 [21SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5559 [11SE]

Texas A&M University: anniversary, E1813 [5OC]

———Texas Transportation Institute work zone safety proposals, E2229 [7DE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H4868 [31JY]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8901, H8903, H8904, H8905, H8906, H8907 [5DE]

Votes: position on missed, H8814 [4DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6376 [4OC], H10053 [12DE]

Resignations

Committee on Resources (House), H232 [8FE]

Tributes

White, Thomas E., E1028 [6JN]