TIAHRT, TODD (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2586 [23MY]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6383 [5OC]

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9318 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decisionmaking, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2974), H6135 [2OC]

Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain a nonavailability-of-health-care statement relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for a pregnancy (see H.R. 1511), H1498 [4AP]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H10067 [13DE]

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

———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), H9078 [6DE]

———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]

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2184 [15MY]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H3863 [10JY]

———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1190 [27MR]

Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H9078 [6DE]

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), H1556 [24AP]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H2889 [5JN]

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), H7529 [30OC]

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

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H1557 [24AP]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H1061 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H1191 [27MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H2022 [8MY]

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

———prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H2082 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H929 [14MR]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H4541 [24JY]

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

District of Columbia: prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality (see H.R. 2390), H3803 [28JN]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H2281 [16MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: change due date for corporate estimated taxes (see H.R. 2825), H5338 [2AU]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H1489 [4AP]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1488 [4AP]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H8949 [5DE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

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]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H1557 [24AP]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 382), H1190 [27MR]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H2281 [16MY]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H3203 [14JN]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (see H. Con. Res. 273), H10356 [18DE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H1605 [25AP]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H1490 [4AP]

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H6458 [9OC]

———ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H1717 [1MY]

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3466 [21JN]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2185 [15MY]

Karekin II: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 139), H2571 [22MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5927 [21SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H1191 [27MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3806 [28JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H1925 [3MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3465 [21JN]

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

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H4113 [17JY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3519 [25JN]

———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]

———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), H10966 [20DE]

Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H3002 [8JN]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants to repair veterans memorials (see H.R. 1469), H2571 [22MY]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5340 [2AU]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H3864 [10JY]

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), H2996 [7JN]

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), H3259 [19JN]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1190 [27MR]

Petroleum: require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3619 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1190 [27MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1556 [24AP]

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]

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]

Schools: recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H8843 [4DE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H1926 [3MY]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1190 [27MR]

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

Taxation: allow credits for dependents within a household (see H.R. 1126), H2890 [5JN]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H3806 [28JN]

———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), H1489 [4AP]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1029), H1557 [24AP]

———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), H2022 [8MY]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H3619 [26JN]

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

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H1557 [24AP]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H2334 [17MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2410), H3804 [28JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H2890 [5JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H3863 [10JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3466 [21JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H6919 [16OC]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H1190 [27MR]

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H3712 [27JN]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H2998 [7JN]

———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 credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H5927 [21SE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 2411), H3804 [28JN]

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1488 [4AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

———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), H1490 [4AP]

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

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1116 [22MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H8564 [28NO]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H10910 [19DE]

———encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]

———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), H7529 [30OC]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H2142 [10MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1295 [28MR]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8731 [29NO]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H4009 [12JY]

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

———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), H2890 [5JN]

———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), H1190 [27MR]

———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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: provide assistance for aircraft manufacturing industry employees who are separated from employment due to terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 3045), H6379 [4OC]

Congress: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 146), H2848 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: oppose retirement of B-1 Lancer aircraft (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4634 [25JY]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children (see H.R. 1854), H2183 [15MY]

———provide funding flexibility to States and local educational agencies for programs to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities (see H.R. 1527), H1498 [4AP]

Taxation: allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 2968), H6056 [25SE]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry (see H.R. 3550), H10909 [19DE]

———treatment of certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel (see H.R. 3601), H10965 [20DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3263 [20JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), E1855 [12OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3306 [20JN]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7636 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7636 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5901 [21SE]

———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, H5901 [21SE]

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

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 146), H2844 [25MY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1634 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: Air Force airborne laser program funding, H3306 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8501 [28NO]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2193 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (H. Res. 178), H3541 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6655 [11OC]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children, H2587, H2588 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2587, H2588 [23MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H2193 [16MY]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (H. Con. Res. 273), H10222 [18DE]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H2845 [25MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6655 [11OC]

National Guard: Air National Guard B-1 bomber program funding, H4410 [23JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4994 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H3264 [20JN]

Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4927 [31JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4927 [31JY]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 2052), H3104 [13JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7223 [24OC], H9246 [12DE]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5578 [11SE], E1627 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5901 [21SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8501 [28NO]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9017 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, H755 [8MR], H1748 [2MY], E411 [21MR], E2272 [13DE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: redesignate National Airport Station as the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station, H3541 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4426 [23JY], H10053 [12DE]

Tributes

Armey, Representative, H9322 [12DE]

Kapaun, Emil, H2574 [23MY]

Limbaugh, Rush, H6891 [16OC]