TIBERI, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Memorial Day: Scott Hurff, E1673 [20SE]

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2536 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 1668), H3466 [21JN]

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7217 [23OC]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3961 [11JY]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see H.R. 2989), H7718 [1NO]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H4352 [19JY]

———require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]

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), H3260 [19JN]

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

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5407 [5SE]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H4216 [18JY]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3203 [14JN]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), 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), H6919 [16OC]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H2023 [8MY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H5928 [21SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5456 [6SE]

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

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 1743), H1928 [7MY]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2849 [25MY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 28), H221 [7FE]

Employment: exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 64), H7529 [30OC]

Financial institutions: 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), H1482 (see H.R. 1408), H1492 [4AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1411 [3AP]

Great Lakes Basin: affirm authority (see H. Con. Res. 148), H2848 [25MY]

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

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

Israel: elections (see H. Res. 31), H223 [7FE]

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

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1109), H4429 [23JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4352 [19JY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5927 [21SE]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3806 [28JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3806 [28JN]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7960 [8NO]

———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), H8843 [4DE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority until certification that no excavation of the Temple Mount in Israel is being conducted (see H.R. 2566), H4352 [19JY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H3960 [11JY]

Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 64), H955 [15MR]

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

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H3069 [12JN]

New York, NY: tribute to Rudolph Giuliani, rescue workers, and residents for efforts in responding to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 243), H6138 [2OC]

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]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4429 [23JY]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H1061 [21MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1558 [24AP]

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

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1861 [2MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1346 [29MR]

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

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE]

———reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 120), H2185 [15MY]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H3960 [11JY]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H2889 [5JN]

———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), H4724 [26JY]

———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), H3806 [28JN]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H3150 [13JN]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H10355 [18DE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H741 [7MR]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H6702 [11OC]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H2184 [15MY]

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

———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. 1018), H1557 [24AP]

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H2889 [5JN]

———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 certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H2335 [17MY]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6380 [4OC]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3806 [28JN]

Terrorism: issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [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), H6138 [2OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2131), H3066 [12JN]

Ukraine: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5126 [1AU]

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), H1717 [1MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H1660 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212), H3258 [19JN]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H2955 [6JN]

Remarks

Dept. of Education: pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2537, H2541 [22MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2537, H2541 [22MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4127 [18JY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H180 [6FE]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (H.R. 2070), E1036 [6JN]

Engelhaupt, Steven: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Ohio, E757 [8MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2315), H4546 [25JY]

National Ground Water Awareness Week: observance, E721 [3MY]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H750 [8MR]

Votes: position on missed, E897 [22MY], E1775 [2OC]

Tributes

Hurff, Scott, E1673 [20SE]