HOBSON, DAVID L. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2904, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6102 [2OC]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H10067 [13DE]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H2184 [15MY]

Air Force: enhance science and technology planning and budgeting (see H.R. 2659), H4724 [26JY]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H10910 [19DE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H1605 [25AP]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H3203 [14JN]

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), H1013 [20MR]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10967 [20DE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3149 [13JN]

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

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), H5339 [2AU]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H4541 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1490 [4AP]

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

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H6056 [25SE]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 810), H621 [1MR]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (see H.R. 819), H621 [1MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212), H3807 [28JN]

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

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H443 [27FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1489 [4AP]

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), H9076 [6DE]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H1925 [3MY]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3358 [20JN]

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

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Foreign aid: provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 2272), H3464 [21JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H5339 [2AU]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 2103), H3260 [19JN]

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

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H. Res. 16), H28 [3JA]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H1557 [24AP]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5406 [5SE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1659 [26AP]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H6505 [10OC]

———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), H3465 [21JN]

———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), H10055 [12DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H1861 [2MY]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H2082 [9MY]

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

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H7127 [17OC]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H3618 [26JN]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H741 [7MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H3713 [27JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3519 [25JN]

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), H2710 [24MY]

———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), H1489 [4AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H443 [27FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1121 [26MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H5406 [5SE]

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

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

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H2022 [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]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H3713 [27JN]

———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), H1488 [4AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3805 [28JN]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1557 [24AP]

Trade Act: amend (see H.R. 518), H2334 [17MY]

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

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1717 [1MY]

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

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see H.R. 2904), H5925 [21SE]

Medicare: increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1351 [30MR]

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

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 2904), H6831-H6872 [16OC]

Proclamations

Tribute to Anthony F. Carozza: by, E1348 [17JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to go to conference, H3969 [12JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H5871 [21SE]

Corpus Christi, TX: Naval Air Station hospital veterans health care demonstration project, H4672 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3969 [12JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2904), H5867, H5868, H5871 [21SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2904), conference report, H6789 [16OC], H7108, H7109 [17OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2904), motion to instruct conferees, H6099 [2OC]

———Pentagon reconstruction funding, H5868 [21SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4672, H4679 [26JY]

Fort Stewart, GA: buildings and facilities construction funding, H7108, H7109 [17OC]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1692 [1MY]

Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), H8775, H8777 [4DE], E2525 [3JA]

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), H5586 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H1694 [1MY], E904 [23MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2904) (H. Rept. 107-246), H6918 [16OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2904) (H. Rept. 107-207), H5863 [20SE]

Tables

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2904), H5869 [21SE]

Tributes

Carozza, Mary Beth, E850 [17MY]

Goldin, Daniel S., E2090 [15NO]

Sayers Family, E1269 [29JN]

Stader, James F., E925 [24MY]