KELLER, RIC (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

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), H3713 [27JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H2571 [22MY]

———require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H6505 [10OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H5616 [13SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H741 [7MR]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H7960 [8NO]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3261 [19JN]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see H.R. 7), H3260 [19JN]

Computers: prohibit unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1017), H1717 [1MY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H4352 [19JY]

Courts: appointment of an additional Federal district judge for the middle district of Florida (see H.R. 3245), H8339 [16NO]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H4780 [27JY]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2734), H5334 [2AU] (see H.R. 2929), H5926 [21SE]

———amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (see H.R. 3209), H7960 [8NO]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (see H.R. 863), H647 [6MR]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H877 [13MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H4217 [18JY]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H1497 [4AP]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see H.R. 2582), H4377 [20JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212, 2316), H4217 [18JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H4428 [23JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H4724 [26JY]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2713 [24MY]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1659 [26AP]

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

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H5705 [14SE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8249 [15NO]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H2888 [5JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H4010 [12JY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5406 [5SE]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H5592 [11SE]

House Rules: prohibit the inclusion in any legislation of any provision which makes a decrease in Federal income taxes contingent upon another event or circumstance (see H. Res. 123), H2023 [8MY]

Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H5488 [10SE]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2890 [5JN]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3619 [26JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H5339 [2AU]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2387 [21MY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H5455 [6SE]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H650 [6MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10055 [12DE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H6056 [25SE]

———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), H4428 [23JY]

———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), H9240 [11DE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1558 [24AP]

National 4-H Council: centennial of 4-H Youth Development Program (see H. Res. 112), H1409 [3AP]

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), H5406 [5SE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H6056 [25SE]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see H.R. 802), H507 [28FE]

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), H4863 [30JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

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

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 1805), H2890 [5JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H3806 [28JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H258 [12FE]

Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4008 [12JY]

Taxation: 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), H5406 [5SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1490 [4AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty relative to income limits for Individual Retirement Account deductions (see H.R. 1611), H5927 [21SE]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H828 [8MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H5704 [14SE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H3619 [26JN]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H444 [27FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H827 [8MR]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 379), H1488 [4AP]

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 1329), H4216 [18JY]

———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), H5928 [21SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H4428 [23JY]

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

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3041), H7718 [1NO]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H3358 [20JN]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H3260 [19JN]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3805 [28JN]

———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H4113 [17JY]

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

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931, 1931), H3207 [18JN]

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

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H5971 [24SE]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H4113 [17JY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6056 [25SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H5704 [14SE]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H4724 [26JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H741 [7MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Weihenmayer, Erik: tribute for being first blind person to climb Mount Everest and recognition of abilities and potential of disabled individuals (see H. Con. Res. 150), H2888 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: study feasibility of giving airlines computer access to suspected terrorists lists (see H.R. 3120), H6780 [12OC]

Correctional institutions: prohibit cable television and other luxuries for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 458), H220 [7FE]

Crime: improve measures for the prevention and punishment of alien smuggling (see H.R. 957), H826 [8MR]

———increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (see H.R. 993), H875 [13MR]

Education: Pell Grant Program funding (see H.R. 124), H59 [6JA] (see H. Res. 13), H28 [3JA]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (see H.R. 919), H740 [7MR]

Immigration: grant U.S. citizenship to certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who complete 3 years of honorable service on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1616), H1658 [26AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6331 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6331 [4OC]

Apopka, FL: tribute to the U.S. Little League champions, H5413 [6SE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H1945 [8MY]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (H. Res. 124), H3270 [20JN]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 50), H4305 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program (H.R. 1501), H1462 [4AP]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2539 [22MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H688 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3423 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration, H4070 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6632 [11OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H1178 [27MR], H2188 [16MY], H2401, H2539 [22MY], H2592, H2614 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10084 [13DE]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H6632 [11OC]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (H.R. 919), H711 [7MR]

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

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2592 [23MY]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1688 [1MY]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3423 [21JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5184 [2AU]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 131), H1945 [8MY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, H4070 [17JY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 95), H1685 [1MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 188), H3983 [12JY]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1421 [4AP]

———rates, H352 [14FE]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H751 [8MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 104), H1300 [29MR]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6705, H6762 [12OC]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), consideration (H. Res. 306), H8976 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, H3828 [10JY], E432 [22MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H874 [13MR], H1058 [21MR], H4777 [27JY], H7527 [30OC]

Special order: granted, H389 [14FE], H646 [6MR], H1186 [27MR], H1405 [3AP]

Tributes

Kremonas, Joseph N., E150 [12FE]