CALLAHAN, SONNY (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7549 [31OC]

———H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2506, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7859 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 1016), H927 [14MR]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H2890 [5JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H959 [19MR]

———establish 2-year cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 981), H7719 [1NO]

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H3151 [13JN]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 190), H167 [31JA]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 1102), H2334 [17MY] (see H.R. 1623), H2142 [10MY]

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]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H4429 [23JY]

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), H1346 [29MR]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H7127 [17OC]

Education: provide for digital education partnerships by improving and expanding access to educational television programming and interactive computer services (see H.R. 1365), H1408 [3AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1861 [2MY]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H10356 [18DE]

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]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 2964), H6505 [10OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 11), H508 [28FE]

———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]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8133 [13NO]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Israel: end violence in West Bank and Gaza and endorse recommendations of the Mitchell Committee Report (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7333 [25OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3260 [19JN]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1109), H5929 [21SE]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H5125 [1AU]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H.R. 2181), H3201 [14JN] (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5455 [6SE]

———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]

———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]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1718 [1MY]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1696), H1923 [3MY]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6057 [25SE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Junior College for Deaf and Blind: establish (see H.R. 3252), H7958 [8NO]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H1115 [22MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1114 [22MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2849 [25MY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

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 Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6781 [12OC]

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), H5928 [21SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H5927 [21SE]

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]

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

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H8842 [4DE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H2388 [21MY]

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

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H5456 [6SE]

———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), H508 [28FE]

———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), H2998 [7JN]

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

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H5340 [2AU]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H4352 [19JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H3203 [14JN]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 1754), H2998 [7JN]

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

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

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2281 [16MY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5339 [2AU]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see H.R. 1341), H3619 [26JN]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5926 [21SE]

U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H4541 [24JY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

World Trade Organization: preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7852 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 2311), H3617 [26JN]

Tariff: calcium bis[monoethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) phosphonate] (see H.R. 2652), H4723 [26JY]

———4-[[4,6-bis(octylthio)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-2,6-bis(1,1 dimethylethyl)phenol (see H.R. 2651), H4723 [26JY]

———2-methyl-4,6-bis[(octylthio) methyl]phenol (see H.R. 2650), H4723 [26JY]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 2311), H7418-H7512 [30OC]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3684 [27JN]

Remarks

Alabama: regional reservoir partnership funding, H3655 [27JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3312, H3316 [20JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5642 [14SE]

Bolivia: drug interdiction operations funding, H4478 [24JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3724 [28JN]

California: San Joaquin River Banta-Carbona Irrigation District project funding, H3659 [27JN]

Corps of Engineers: Kill Van Kull dredging project funding, H3654 [27JN]

———shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding, H3663, H3666 [27JN]

Cortland, OH: prohibit oil and gas drilling in Mosquito Creek Lake, H3724 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8502 [28NO]

Dept. of Energy: nuclear nonproliferation programs funding, H7597 [1NO], H8502 [28NO]

———provide loans and loan guarantees to improve existing electric power transmission systems, H3316 [20JN]

———Renewable Energy Research Program funding through reductions in Corps of Engineers' General Investigation Account, H3658 [27JN]

———treatment of certain ethnic groups by security personnel, H3651 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H695 [7MR]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4581 [25JY]

Dindo, Charlene: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E577 [5AP]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4478 [24JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3646, H3651, H3652, H3653, H3654, H3655, H3658, H3659, H3660, H3661, H3662, H3663, H3666, H3679, H3684 [27JN], H3721, H3724, H3725, H3727, H3728, H3729, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3735 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, H7599, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7606, H7607 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H7597 [1NO]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H3312 [20JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4478 [24JY]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3679 [27JN]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3727, H3728, H3729, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3735 [28JN]

Harris County, TX: Hunting Bayou flood control project funding, H7606 [1NO]

Houston, TX: Sims Bayou project funding, H3660, H3661, H3662 [27JN]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H3655 [27JN]

Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2920 [6JN]

Mobile, AL: tribute to Mobile Sports Hall of Fame inductees, E575 [5AP]

Natural gas: Gulfstream Natural Gas Project funding, H3727, H3728, H3729, H3730, H3731, H3733, H3735 [28JN]

NRC: Inspector General funding, H3727 [28JN]

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: evaluate technical issues relative to transporting nuclear waste to Nevada disposal site, H3725 [28JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1418 [4AP]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4581 [25JY]

Reeves, Judy: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E577 [5AP]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1418 [4AP]

Terrorism: making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8502 [28NO]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4581 [25JY]

Vietnam: impact of fish imports on American producers, H5433, H5434 [6SE]

———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), H5433, H5434 [6SE]

Votes: position on missed, H5875 [21SE]

Western Environmental Technology Office: funding, H3653 [27JN]

Reports filed

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2311) (H. Rept. 107-258), H7526, H7528 [30OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2311) (H. Rept. 107-112), H3617 [26JN]

Tables

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3648 [27JN]

———conference report, H7601 [1NO]

Tributes

Harmon, James A., E922 [24MY]

Hearin, William J., E565 [5AP]