BOEHNER, JOHN A. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2516 [22MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4353 [19JY]

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), H2184 [15MY]

Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see H.R. 3216), H8421 [27NO]

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H4378 [20JY]

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), H3150 [13JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H111 [30JA]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3619 [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), H8843 [4DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H1923 [3MY]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H1345 [29MR]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2734), H5334 [2AU] (see H.R. 2929), H5926 [21SE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H929 [14MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

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 Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

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

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 785), H506 [28FE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H2281 [16MY]

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

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H2142 [10MY]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H3069 [12JN]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3261 [19JN]

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), H828 [8MR]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H2888 [5JN]

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

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H2710 [24MY]

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

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2387 [21MY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Medicare: 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), H1717 [1MY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1558 [24AP]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

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

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

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]

Taxation: 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), H3806 [28JN]

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

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H508 [28FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H224 [7FE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H6458 [9OC]

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

———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), H224 [7FE]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H2184 [15MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H828 [8MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

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

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

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2185 [15MY]

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

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H9082 [10DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H394 [14FE]

Committee on Education and the Workforce (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 61), H442 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 626), H394 [14FE]

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

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 289), H10066 [13DE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H3464 [21JN]

Workforce Investment Act: establish national emergency grant program to respond to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3112), H6780 [12OC]

Conference reports

No Child Left Behind Act (H.R. 1), H9773-H10052 [12DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H5782 [20SE]

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: by, S8406 [31JY]

Lists

Veterans honored by Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, OH, E771 [10MY]

Motions

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H4121, H4129 [18JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3538 [26JN]

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), H5641 [14SE]

———exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (H.R. 3216), H9089 [11DE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1202 [28MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2606, H2607 [23MY]

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), H4228 [19JY]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (S. 360), H4031 [17JY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2525, H2530 [22MY]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2540 [22MY]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (H.R. 3086), H7133, H7135 [23OC]

———Star Schools Program funding, H2409 [22MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H684, H695, H698 [7MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6631 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10435 [19DE]

Education: adjust Osborne Mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to participate as mentors, H2580 [23MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2577 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2311, H2313 [17MY], H2408, H2409, H2412, H2417, H2518, H2519, H2520, H2521, H2523, H2525, H2530, H2533, H2534, H2535, H2540 [22MY], H2577, H2580, H2581, H2582, H2585, H2589, H2599, H2600, H2605, H2606, H2607, H2614, H2615, H2617, H2620, H2622, H2623, H2635 [23MY], E437 [22MR]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10092, H10101, H10103 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2300, H2301 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), H10113 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289)—concur with Senate amendment, H10430 [19DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4121, H4124, H4126, H4128 [18JY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H2633 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H2396 [22MY]

———effect of student transiency on academic performance, H2412 [22MY]

———encourage education savings accounts in States that have qualified tuition programs, H2582 [23MY]

———encourage school personnel to participate in technology education, H2623 [23MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests, H2605 [23MY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H2408 [22MY]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2599, H2600 [23MY]

———establish mentoring programs for teachers working in low performing schools, H2615 [23MY]

———funding, H1202 [28MR], H10435 [19DE]

———improve character education programs, H2617 [23MY]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, H2581 [23MY]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, H2523 [22MY]

———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies, H2525 [22MY]

———promote emotional and social development of pre-school age children, H2534 [22MY]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2614 [23MY]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2533, H2535 [22MY]

———school choice for students in rural areas, H2408 [22MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2633 [23MY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H2520, H2521 [22MY]

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

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2589 [23MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Impact Aid Program funding, H2622 [23MY]

———treatment of local educational agencies that include multiple counties relative to calculation of Title I grants, H10101 [13DE]

Federal aid programs: ease the ability of disadvantaged communities to apply for grants under the 21st Century Learning Centers Program, H2620 [23MY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5259 [2AU]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5271 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5208, H5211, H5213, H5259, H5271 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5192 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), motion to recommit, H5313 [2AU]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10887, H10888, H10889, H10890 [19DE]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6469, H6470, H6485 [10OC]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2136 [10MY], H10431 [19DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2585 [23MY]

———funding, H4124 [18JY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5758, H5763 [20SE]

Liberty Township, OH: Lakota East High School ceremony to honor veterans, E771 [10MY]

National Alcohol Awareness Month: observance, E684 [1MY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 95), H1687 [1MY]

Native Americans: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions funding, H2534 [22MY]

NLRB: decision relative to allowing cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, E1448 [26JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8202 [15NO]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans, H1825 [2MY]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8190, H8193, H8198, H8204, H8209, H8213 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1780, H1784 [2MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H1825 [2MY]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (H. Con. Res. 248), H6791 [16OC]

———mental health services grants, H2519 [22MY]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools, H2519 [22MY]

———set aside sufficient period of time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, the Nation during this time of struggle against international terrorism (H. Con. Res. 239), H8118 [13NO]

Taxation: treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H5259 [2AU]

Terrorism: characterization of causes of terrorist attacks by teachers, E2271 [13DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H619 [1MR], H10053 [12DE]

Reports filed

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 107-51), H1714 [1MY]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1992) (H. Rept. 107-225), H6135 [2OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Accountability Programs Funding: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1900) (H. Rept. 107-203), H5487 [10SE]

No Child Left Behind Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-334), H10054 [12DE]

———Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-63), H2147 [14MY]

Retirement Security Advice Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2269) (H. Rept. 107-262), H7591 [31OC]

Rules

Committee on Education and the Workplace (House), H608-H612 [1MR]

Tributes

Franklin, Nellie I.R., E683 [1MY]

Harris, J. Richard, E685 [1MY]

Kuhn, Thomas A., H1937 [8MY]

Law, Mary C., E1578 [5SE]

Oxley, Representative, H4714 [26JY]

Rice, Joelle, H1650 [26AP]