GILLMOR, PAUL E. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

North Atlantic Assembly, H77 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1489 [4AP]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see H.R. 1084), H5927 [21SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H929 [14MR]

Armed Forces: expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program (see H.R. 2332), H6137 [2OC]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H5488 [10SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

Aviation: establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H5727 [17SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6458 [9OC]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 256), H412 [26FE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H2023 [8MY]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H4009 [12JY]

Census: include U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 1745), H5125 [1AU]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3619 [26JN]

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5592 [11SE]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 2739), H8421 [27NO]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2571 [22MY]

Communications Act: increase penalties for common carrier violations (see H.R. 1765), H2022 [8MY]

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), H2679 [23MY]

Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 2435), H4010 [12JY]

———establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H3203 [14JN]

———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 22), H624 [1MR]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9240 [11DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H4113 [17JY]

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), H4780 [27JY]

Credit unions: limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H3068 [12JN]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (see H.R. 3004), H6259 [3OC]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 3053), H6421 [5OC]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H1483 (see H.R. 1433), H1493 [4AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H3806 [28JN]

———instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 1688), H2023 [8MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2142 [10MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1718 [1MY]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H6056 [25SE]

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

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H2890 [5JN]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (see H.R. 819), H621 [1MR]

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

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H400 [14FE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act: designate Federal agencies responsible for implementation (see H.R. 1534), H1718 [1MY]

EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 64), H2571 [22MY]

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H5125 [1AU]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 2180), H3201 [14JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H26 [3JA]

Federal employees: make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2355), H5456 [6SE]

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: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1343 [29MR]

———permit privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank (see H.R. 2796), H5336 [2AU]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H2023 [8MY]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H1115 [22MR]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2999 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H8421 [27NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H6066 [28SE]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1988), H3619 [26JN]

———implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H8338 [16NO]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]

Health: sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3260 [19JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2712 [24MY]

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2849 [25MY]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H959 [19MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2184 [15MY]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H1489 [4AP]

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1410 [3AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H224 [7FE]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2889 [5JN]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H2280 [16MY]

———coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H6137 [2OC]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H929 [14MR]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5456 [6SE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H6260 [3OC]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1558 [24AP]

———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), H2890 [5JN]

———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), H877 [13MR]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H10965 [20DE]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2890 [5JN]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 716), H1861 [2MY]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H4863 [30JY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H2890 [5JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1664 [27AP]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H4216 [18JY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H2142 [10MY]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H7592 [31OC]

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]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2172), H3201 [14JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2172), H3466 [21JN]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H959 [19MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3260 [19JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H443 [27FE]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H4780 [27JY]

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

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (see H.R. 2378), H3803 [28JN]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 210), H224 [7FE] (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H4634 [25JY]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H2387 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H1410 [3AP]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1489 [4AP]

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

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H1925 [3MY]

———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), H1489 [4AP]

———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 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), H3203 [14JN]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H112 [30JA]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H8338 [16NO]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H507 [28FE]

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

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H1344 [29MR]

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

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———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), H1190 [27MR]

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

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1558 [24AP]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H5927 [21SE]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H3151 [13JN]

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

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]

———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), H6057 [25SE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H224 [7FE]

Turkey: express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H8843 [4DE]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H3204 [14JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1925 [3MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H400 [14FE]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H3466 [21JN]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H1489 [4AP]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3466 [21JN]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8843 [4DE]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H224 [7FE]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H1190 [27MR]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H4949 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Adenauer, Konrad: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 11), H64 [6JA]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (see H.R. 2869), H5487 [10SE]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 646), H395 [14FE]

Elections: protect the equal participation of eligible voters in Federal election campaigns (see H.R. 2226), H3259 [19JN]

FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 1899), H2333 [17MY]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals (see H.R. 2225), H3259 [19JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8845 [5DE]

Explanations

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (H.R. 3448): Assessment of Vulnerability of Water Supply Systems, E2410 [20DE]

Remarks

Central Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary, E626 [25AP]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 1831), H2348, H2349 [21MY], E797 [15MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10893, H10899, H10902 [19DE]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), unanimous-consent agreement, H10892 [19DE]

Gibsonburg, OH: tribute to Gibsonburg High School girls' softball team, E1052 [7JN]

Greer, Robert: Army Ranger Hall of Fame inductee, E1410 [24JY]

Huron, OH: anniversary of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, E290 [6MR]

Jackson, Alvin: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1202 [26JN]

Lead, SD: conveyance of certain real property for construction of a science laboratory (S. 1389), H10219 [18DE]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), H10904, H10905 [19DE]

National Teacher Day: observance, E756 [8MY]

Oak Harbor, OH: tribute to Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station employees for safety efforts, E1596 [6SE]

Point of order, H4832 [30JY]

Sandusky, OH: anniversary of Firelands Community Hospital, E623 [25AP]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H9216 [11DE], E2410 [20DE]

Tiffin, OH: anniversary of Knights of Columbus Council 608, E1806 [5OC]

World War II: tribute to 202nd Combat Engineers, Company B, E1168 [20JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2705 [24MY], H6699 [11OC]

Statements

Small Business Liability Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H2350 [21MY]

Tributes

Allman, Albert J., E1595 [6SE]

Baer, Wesley R., E869 [21MY]

Brandt, Robert L., E1595 [6SE]

Ceraldi, Arthur I., E684 [1MY]

Charlton, Mark W., E458 [27MR]

Duffy, Thomas M., E867 [21MY]

Fabrizio, Fred, E900 [23MY]

Galipeau, Jennifer L., E682 [1MY]

Grandillo, Michael A., E2357 [20DE]

Gross, Emily A., E683 [1MY]

Hefron, Ryan G., E868 [21MY]

Hooper, William D., E24 [6JA]

Kougeas, Paula E., E30 [20JA]

Kuhlman, Mary Lou, E756 [8MY]

Lenzer, Matthew J., E804 [15MY]

Linenkugel, Nancy, E1371 [19JY]

Quillen, Christina M., E902 [23MY]

Schiefer, Clarence, E372 [15MR]

Wellman, Elmer J. and Phyllis A., E1372 [19JY]

Williams, Emily C., E904 [23MY]