LEWIS, RON (a Representative from Kentucky)

Appointments

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1944 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H5335 [2AU]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4114 [17JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H827 [8MR]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2680 [23MY]

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

Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8337 [16NO]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3519 [25JN]

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]

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), H2184 [15MY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

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

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]

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), H5488 [10SE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H955 [15MR]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

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

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1351 [30MR]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 435), H741 [7MR]

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), H3961 [11JY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H2022 [8MY]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H3465 [21JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4217 [18JY]

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

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H221 [7FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1605 [25AP]

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

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

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H1489 [4AP]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H828 [8MR]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H2849 [25MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5125 [1AU]

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), H10967 [20DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H3465 [21JN]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1012 [20MR]

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

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H4949 [31JY]

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

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

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), H7717 [1NO]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 105), H741 [7MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

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

International Criminal Court Treaty: intentions relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 23), H742 [7MR]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1190 [27MR]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see H.R. 570), H3465 [21JN]

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

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

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H5455 [6SE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H6422 [5OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H2889 [5JN]

———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), H2849 [25MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

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

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 241), H827 [8MR]

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]

National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification: establish (see H.R. 335), H507 [28FE]

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

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]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

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

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

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

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), H3357 [20JN]

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

———increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H1191 [27MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H224 [7FE]

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), H3864 [10JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1346 [29MR]

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

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2083 [9MY]

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), H5928 [21SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2849 [25MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H444 [27FE]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 3497), H10066 [13DE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H6137 [2OC]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2847 [25MY]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

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

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 931), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 2052), H2888 [5JN]

Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

———allow certain small businesses to defer tax payments (see H.R. 3062), H6458 [9OC]

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

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H3466 [21JN]

———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), H5704 [14SE]

———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H10055 [12DE]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H444 [27FE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2334 [17MY]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H624 [1MR]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H4113 [17JY]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H1718 [1MY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1556 [24AP]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H650 [6MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4725 [26JY]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H739 [7MR]

———prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 27), H650 [6MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H1717 [1MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H1410 [3AP]

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

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2023 [8MY]

———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. 3), H650 [6MR]

———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 alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 437), H2184 [15MY]

———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), H1410 [3AP]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H1410 [3AP]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H1605 [25AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1717 [1MY]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H6137 [2OC]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H6505 [10OC]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H3519 [25JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H1497 [4AP]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H4353 [19JY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H827 [8MR]

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

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6380 [4OC]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H1657 [26AP]

Terrorism: 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), H8843 [4DE]

Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1610), H1718 [1MY]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3863 [10JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H741 [7MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H828 [8MR]

Voting: 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), H2184 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Kentucky: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 754), H441 [27FE]

Tariff: 3,3-Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride (see H.R. 3031), H6379 [4OC]

Taxation: change certain threshold and other tests to decrease the amount of farm labor wages subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (see H.R. 1079), H954 [15MR]

———clarify the small issuer exception from the tax-exempt bond arbitrage rebate requirement (see H.R. 3586), H10965 [20DE]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H323 [13FE]

———provide incentives to increase the sale and use of certain ethanol and biodiesel fuels (see H.R. 2303), H3518 [25JN]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 921), H740 [7MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H2847 [25MY]

Remarks

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2971 [7JN]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), E839 [17MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2592 [23MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2592 [23MY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7276 [24OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E839 [17MY]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding, H3871 [11JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2260, H2261, H2262, H2263, H2264, H2265 [16MY]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H2166, H2167 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7276 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10860 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H770 [8MR]

Votes: position on missed, H2975 [7JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2994 [7JN]