KERNS, BRIAN (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4019 [16JY], H4114 [17JY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4950 [31JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: increase basic pay (see H.R. 298), H2082 [9MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H5405 [5SE]
———tribute to National Guard and Reserve units activated in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Res. 275) (see H. Res. 287), H8339 [16NO]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H325 [13FE]
Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H8133 [13NO]
Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2998 [7JN]
———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H4634 [25JY]
———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3204 [14JN]
Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8732 [29NO]
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]
Correctional institutions: prohibit cable television and other luxuries for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 458), H5405 [5SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H4541 [24JY]
———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H3465 [21JN]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H8949 [5DE]
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), H4217 [18JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212, 2316), H3807 [28JN]
Elwood Haynes `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building, Kokomo, IN: designate (see H.R. 2043), H2848 [25MY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H8421 [27NO]
———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H7529 [30OC]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H10173 [17DE]
FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H9240 [11DE]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H4541 [24JY]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H1557 [24AP]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H3806 [28JN]
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), H3713 [27JN]
———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H5406 [5SE]
———prohibit Federal agencies from issuing or enforcing certain rules that restrict the transportation or possession of a firearm on a public Federal road (see H.R. 2391), H5406 [5SE]
———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H3150 [13JN]
———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H3203 [14JN]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]
———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H3961 [11JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]
———prohibit any U.S. department or agency from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 3201), H8421 [27NO]
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), H3261 [19JN]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]
Immigration: improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6504 [10OC]
International Criminal Court Treaty: intentions relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 23), H5456 [6SE]
Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9240 [11DE]
Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1660 [26AP]
Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see H.R. 3229), H8843 [4DE]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H5405 [5SE]
Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (see H.R. 1583), H1604 [25AP]
Medal of Honor: increase rate of special pension for recipients, authorize recipients to be furnished an additional medal for display purposes, and increase criminal penalties associated with misuse or fraud (see H.R. 2561), H5971 [24SE]
Medicare: coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1759), H3806 [28JN]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2281 [16MY]
———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), H1925 [3MY]
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), H5340 [2AU]
National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5928 [21SE]
National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2571 [22MY]
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), H4634 [25JY]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H8732 [29NO]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1664 [27AP]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H959 [19MR]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 12), H2185 [15MY]
Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H5456 [6SE]
Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H6702 [11OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1346 [29MR]
———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H6781 [12OC]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H7910 [7NO]
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), H5406 [5SE]
Safety: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (see H.R. 3429), H10967 [20DE]
Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H1926 [3MY] (see H.R. 2505), H4013 [16JY]
Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10967 [20DE]
Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H5455 [6SE]
———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3863 [10JY]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]
Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4008 [12JY]
States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H4863 [30JY]
Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 3571), H10964 [20DE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H3806 [28JN]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H5455 [6SE]
———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H10055 [12DE]
———clarify that certain small businesses are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 656), H3713 [27JN]
———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H3805 [28JN]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H5339 [2AU]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3714 [27JN]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4949 [31JY]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H3203 [14JN]
———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 2147), H3149 [13JN]
———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8732 [29NO]
———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 and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H650 [6MR]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]
———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H3960 [11JY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H4009 [12JY]
U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H5407 [5SE]
———transfer of evidence to the Israeli Government concerning the abduction of Israeli Defense Force soldiers by Hezbollah forces (see H. Res. 191), H4541 [24JY]
U.S. Congress-Russian Federation Parliament Joint Taskforce on Antiterrorism: establish (see H. Con. Res. 246), H6458 [9OC]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2571 [22MY]
Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8843 [4DE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H3805 [28JN]
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), H5488 [10SE]
———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), H5405 [5SE]
———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), H6056 [25SE]
World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H1925 [3MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1260), H1294 [28MR]
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), H5643 [14SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4174 [18JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H6008 [25SE]
———prohibit use of Federal funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality, H6008 [25SE]
FBI: prohibit destruction of records from the national instant criminal background check system, H4174 [18JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4063
Foreign policy: congressional delegation trip to Russia, Italy, and Turkey, E1779
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H.J. Res. 7), H175
Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4914 [31JY]
———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4921 [31JY]
———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (H. Res. 214), H4914 [31JY]
Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1421 [4AP]
———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 104), H1301 [29MR]
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), H5587
Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (H. Res. 298), E2207
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4377 [20JY], H5968 [24SE]
Tributes
Hanley, Marsha, E2369
Starnes, Daniel, H4370 [20JY]