LATHAM, TOM (a Representative from Iowa)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H4010 [12JY]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5126 [1AU]

Agriculture: 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]

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), H4014 [16JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1972), H3863 [10JY]

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]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H1411 [3AP]

———require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H3864 [10JY]

Education: reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H828 [8MR]

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H2142 [10MY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H8732 [29NO]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H7960 [8NO]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H1116 [22MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1191 [27MR]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see H.R. 1671), H3068 [12JN]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H1557 [24AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H4113 [17JY]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H3863 [10JY]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H6702 [11OC]

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

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3068 [12JN]

Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H3150 [13JN]

Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1861 [2MY]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1798), H3961 [11JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H1489 [4AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———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), H2148 [14MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3068 [12JN]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H3203 [14JN]

NTSB: require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (see H.R. 1942), H4353 [19JY]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H6422 [5OC]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

———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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H507 [28FE]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H4429 [23JY]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H6056 [25SE]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1861 [2MY]

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]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

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

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H2142 [10MY]

———allow businesses to expense qualified security devices (see H.R. 2970), H8248 [15NO]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H3863 [10JY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 1263), H3960 [11JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1295 [28MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H628 [5MR]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H1344 [29MR]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8732 [29NO]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H3863 [10JY]

———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 limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1190 [27MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H650 [6MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3068 [12JN]

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

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3069 [12JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H3260 [19JN]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H3260 [19JN]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H650 [6MR]

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), H3863 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (see H.R. 3030), H6379 [4OC]

Taxation: increase maximum annual contribution allowable to education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 676), H396 [14FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue eligibility of producers for loan deficiency payments when the producers produce a contract commodity, H3908 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3780 [28JN], H3908, H3910, H3917 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), consideration (H. Res. 183), H3741 [28JN]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, H5136 [1AU]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of ethnanol, H3039 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H3917 [11JY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments, H3910 [11JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3655 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, H7604 [1NO]

EPA: rejection of waiver request on oxygenate requirements for gasoline in California, H3039 [12JN]

FDA: antimicrobial resistance monitoring and prevention programs funding, H3780 [28JN]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1691 [1MY]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (H.R. 3030), H9189 [11DE]

Iowa: flood control projects funding, H7604 [1NO]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H3655 [27JN]

Point of order, H3909 [11JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5136 [1AU]

Taxation: reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1304 [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), H5576 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5576 [11SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1405 [3AP]