GEKAS, GEORGE W. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H1458 [4AP]

Conferee: H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H4954 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7718 [1NO]

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]

Armed Forces: revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H4724 [26JY]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2362), H3802 [28JN]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H1296 [28MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H825 [8MR]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H6056 [25SE]

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), H4863 [30JY]

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), H6260 [3OC]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3259 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H8248 [15NO]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Security located in York County, PA, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3038), H6379 [4OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H163 [31JA]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Valley Forge National Historic Park (see H.R. 1237), H1188 [27MR]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H6702 [11OC]

Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H7960 [8NO]

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

Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 558), H444 [27FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 2639), H4634 [25JY]

FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H10910 [19DE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6919 [16OC]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 783), H8248 [15NO]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H4541 [24JY]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H4009 [12JY]

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

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H4863 [30JY]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (see H. Con. Res. 273), H8949 [5DE]

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]

History: celebrate anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, the Liberty Bell, and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence (see H. Con. Res. 254), H7592 [31OC]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H7851 [6NO]

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

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

Iron and steel industry: encourage use of domestic steel in rebuilding and military efforts following attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6920 [16OC]

———provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1346 [29MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H7852 [6NO]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H4009 [12JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H2185 [15MY]

———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), H6702 [11OC]

———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), H1660 [26AP]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H8338 [16NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H6056 [25SE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice (see H. Con. Res. 109), H1718 [1MY]

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

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), H3519 [25JN]

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]

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

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 695), H397 [14FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

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

Paterno, Joe: tribute (see H. Res. 276), H7591 [31OC]

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: reform (see H.R. 10), H1410 [3AP]

Peru: tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H3260 [19JN]

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]

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2899), H6066 [28SE]

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

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

Steel Industry National Historic Park: establish (see H.R. 635), H2022 [8MY]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 3218), H7717 [1NO]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———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), H6780 [12OC]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 424), H7960 [8NO]

———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), H1925 [3MY]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H1557 [24AP]

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

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

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

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H4541 [24JY]

———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]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H3260 [19JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 52), H399 [14FE]

———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), H8249 [15NO]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9077 [6DE]

———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2442), H4780 [27JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H224 [7FE]

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

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]

World War I: honor commitment to U.S. aviators who lost their lives flying for France by appropriating sufficient funds to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4725 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Courts: technical amendments to U.S. Code relative to vacation of arbitration awards (see H.R. 861), H647 [6MR]

Diseases: establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (see H.R. 2593), H4428 [23JY]

Employment: provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees and reduce the time they must be continuously employed before applying for admission to the U.S. (see H.R. 2278), H3464 [21JN]

———provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors (see H.R. 2277), H3464 [21JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process (see H.R. 29), H25 [3JA]

Immigration: continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (see H.R. 1209), H1121 [26MR]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1885), H2333 [17MY]

———extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric indentifier (see H.R. 2276), H3464 [21JN]

Medicare: extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see H.R. 3540), H10909 [19DE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (see H.R. 1965), H2678 [23MY]

National Energy Self-Sufficiency Commission: establish (see H.R. 30), H25 [3JA]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 72), H507 [28FE]

Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (see H. Con. Res. 267), H8132 [13NO]

Letters

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H522 [1MR]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: by, E1566 [3AU]

Lists

Pennsylvania volunteers participating in relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1849 [11OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H10057 [13DE]

Poems

``Isles of Greece,'' George G. Byron (Lord), H985 [20MR]

Remarks

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), H5657 [14SE]

———tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, E1194 [25JN]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1520 [24AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H133-H135 [31JA], H522, H593 [1MR]

Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary, E1726 [25SE]

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 (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 196), H4224 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3555 [26JN], E1214 [26JN]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 227), H5691 [14SE]

Diseases: establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (H.R. 2593), E1398 [23JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4061 [17JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H985 [20MR]

Hershey, PA: Hershey Intermodal Center funding, E1214 [26JN]

———tribute to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Life Lion airmedical service, H10059 [13DE]

History: celebrate anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, the Liberty Bell, and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence (H. Con. Res. 254), H8046 [13NO]

Immigration: continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), H2902 [6JN]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), H2355 [21MY]

———provide permanent authority for the admission of certain aliens as nonimmigrants (S. 1424), H5698 [14SE]

Medicare: extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (H.R. 3540), E2342 [20DE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (H.R. 1965), E900 [23MY]

National Public Lands Day: observance, E1726 [25SE]

NIH: funding, E707 [2MY]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (H.R. 2983), H8365 [27NO]

———improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (H. Con. Res. 267), H8365 [27NO], E2069 [13NO]

Pennsylvania: CORRIDORone Project funding, H3555 [26JN], E1213 [26JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5011 [1AU], E1566 [3AU]

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), H5537 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H6682 [11OC], E1849 [11OC]

Votes: position on missed, H4651 [26JY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9257, H9262 [12DE]

World War II: tribute to television mini-series ``Band of Brothers'', E1733 [25SE]

———tribute to the 101st Airborne Division Company E, E1733 [25SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H102 [30JA], H6699 [11OC], H8840 [4DE]

Reports

Motor Voter Reform Task Force, H9257-H9259, H9262 [12DE]

Testimonies

Biomedical Research: Marc Kirschner, Harvard University Medical School, E708 [2MY]

Tributes

Nancarrow, Hope, E1162 [20JN]

Shuster, Representative, H2284 [17MY]

Wright, Jessica L., E1326 [12JY]