MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H1458 [4AP]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H7155 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1346 [29MR]

Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H2571 [22MY]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———provide assistance for aircraft manufacturing industry employees who are separated from employment due to terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 3045), H6781 [12OC]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H10355 [18DE]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6381 [4OC]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2133), H3066 [12JN]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H6422 [5OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3203 [14JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H878 [13MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H5340 [2AU]

———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. 626), H2998 [7JN]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H2846 [25MY]

———establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H8421 [27NO]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H1861 [2MY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1557 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H621 [1MR]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H4216 [18JY]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (see H.R. 3447), H9239 [11DE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

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

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1661 [26AP]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H650 [6MR]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H2148 [14MY]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H2849 [25MY]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H4009 [12JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2680 [23MY]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

Health: sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H4949 [31JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H8732 [29NO]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see H.R. 3020), H8732 [29NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H651 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

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

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see H.R. 1375), H1925 [3MY]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6056 [25SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H4113 [17JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H2082 [9MY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H7910 [7NO]

———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), H1717 [1MY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H2334 [17MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8732 [29NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5406 [5SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H5927 [21SE]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2998 [7JN]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1718 [1MY]

Native Americans: require State approval of new gambling facilities, develop minimum Federal standards for Indian gaming, and establish commission to report on living standards on Indian lands (see H.R. 2244), H4010 [12JY]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H6781 [12OC]

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

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H624 [1MR]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H443 [27FE]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3961 [11JY]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H3961 [11JY]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 35), H254 [8FE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H6505 [10OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H4009 [12JY]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H1116 [22MR]

Sports: encourage more revenue sharing among Major League Baseball teams as an alternative to team eliminations (see H. Res. 326), H10966 [20DE]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H2571 [22MY]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1346 [29MR]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H4353 [19JY]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 2200), H5456 [6SE]

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

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H1659 [26AP]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H2889 [5JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H1410 [3AP]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H1859 [2MY]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1661 [26AP]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H507 [28FE]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 794), H506 [28FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H3465 [21JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H400 [14FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 2322), H5456 [6SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H877 [13MR]

———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), H1717 [1MY]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H3203 [14JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H828 [8MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1557 [24AP]

Terrorism: tribute 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. Con. Res. 232), H6781 [12OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H2890 [5JN]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H3203 [14JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1013 [20MR]

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), H4863 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see H.R. 2027), H2847 [25MY]

Agriculture: issue guidelines on mergers by wholesale purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural commodities (see H.R. 3383), H8731 [29NO]

———promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see H.R. 3121), H6780 [12OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: carry out a cost-share program with States for control of noxious weeds (see H.R. 3260), H7959 [8NO]

———extend and expand conservation programs (see H.R. 1938), H2570 [22MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (see H.R. 2792), H5336 [2AU]

Medicare: make permanent hold harmless treatment for small rural hospitals under the prospective payment system and provide a transitional adjustment for certain hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under that system (see H.R. 2942), H5927 [21SE]

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]

Taxation: exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 3081), H6504 [10OC]

Veterans: revise the rules under the Survivor Benefit Plan for the termination of an annuity paid to a surviving spouse upon remarriage (see H.R. 1813), H2141 [10MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6315 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6179 [3OC], H6315 [4OC], H7784 [6NO]

———Federal farm policies, H2929 [6JN], H3508 [25JN]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3538 [26JN]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), H3638 [27JN]

Cloud County Community College: tribute to women's basketball team, E503 [30MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H4601 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices, E831 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2531 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4601 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration (H. Res. 206), E1435 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1140 [27MR]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (H.R. 3447), E2312 [14DE]

———make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (H.R. 2792), H7146, H7147 [23OC], E1532 [3AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), E1373 [19JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4695 [26JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2531 [22MY]

Hays, KS: tribute to Hays High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E628 [25AP]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), H6822 [16OC]

Hutchinson, KS: natural gas explosions disaster assistance funding, H4695 [26JY]

Members of Congress: cost-of-living adjustments, E1435 [25JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H7561 [31OC]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (S. 657), H3481 [25JN]

National Teachers Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees, E758 [8MY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H2929 [6JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), E1313 [11JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2929 [6JN], E831 [17MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), H10491 [19DE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, H204 [7FE]

Rural Health Care Coalition: tribute, H204 [7FE]

SBA: funding, E1373 [19JY]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), H2691 [24MY]

Votes: correction, E1435 [25JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H874 [13MR], H1009 [20MR], H2885 [5JN], H2953 [6JN], H3463 [21JN], H4109 [17JY], H7527 [30OC], H7850 [6NO]

Tributes

DeVore, Maisie, H4100 [17JY]

Finney, Joan, H988 [20MR]

Heil, Richard, E628 [25AP]

Stiles, Jackie, H632 [6MR]