LUCAS, KEN (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H399 [14FE]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5340 [2AU]

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), H5126 [1AU]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7333 [25OC]

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H6780 [12OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6057 [25SE] (see H.R. 2955), H6260 [3OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a deficit (see H.J. Res. 53), H3357 [20JN]

———use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H412 [26FE]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H3150 [13JN]

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

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5488 [10SE]

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), H3864 [10JY]

Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 245), H10910 [19DE]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 2417), H4114 [17JY]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H10910 [19DE]

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), H8949 [5DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H4353 [19JY]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H5488 [10SE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H325 [13FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H325 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 779), H929 [14MR]

———field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H5339 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1925 [3MY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1660 [26AP]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H3358 [20JN]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H1346 [29MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1295 [28MR]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (see H.R. 2246), H3807 [28JN]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 448), H3805 [28JN]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H400 [14FE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H2712 [24MY]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H2388 [21MY]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H7960 [8NO]

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), H10910 [19DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H2889 [5JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H4541 [24JY]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H112 [30JA]

———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), H929 [14MR]

———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 trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H8338 [16NO]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 232), H112 [30JA]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H2387 [21MY]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H651 [6MR]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3619 [26JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H3068 [12JN]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

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

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

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H3068 [12JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H6380 [4OC]

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H4009 [12JY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1346 [29MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H10067 [13DE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H650 [6MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3203 [14JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1660 [26AP]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H6056 [25SE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H5406 [5SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5455 [6SE]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H5406 [5SE]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H9078 [6DE]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H8949 [5DE]

———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), H9240 [11DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4724 [26JY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1606 [25AP]

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

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

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

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

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

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H444 [27FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5340 [2AU]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H650 [6MR]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6379 [4OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3230), H8421 [27NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H8421 [27NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H1923 [3MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H650 [6MR]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H4429 [23JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

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

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H3519 [25JN]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H1717 [1MY]

———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), H4353 [19JY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H5456 [6SE]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H6137 [2OC]

———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), H1660 [26AP]

———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), H1296 [28MR]

———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]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3519 [25JN]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H6137 [2OC]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H167 [31JA]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA] (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H2712 [24MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H1717 [1MY]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H508 [28FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2998 [7JN]

———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), H2712 [24MY]

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

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

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching (see H.R. 1005), H876 [13MR]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10910 [19DE]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1605 [25AP]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

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

———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), H4353 [19JY]

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), H5488 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: encourage use of technology in the classroom (see H.R. 1188), H1113 [22MR]

Remarks

Butler, KY: Philip A. Sharp Middle School recipient of National Energy Education Development Project Middle School of the Year Award, E1273 [29JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (H.R. 808), E1272 [29JN]

Silver Grove, KY: tribute to Silver Grove High School, E108 [6FE]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2294 [17MY]

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), H5556 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1840 [10OC]

Tributes

Cooney, Lisa, E297 [7MR]

Fern, Thomas G., E289 [6MR]