DEAL, NATHAN (a Representative from Georgia)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H6926 [1OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H2608 [16MY]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H3928 [25JN]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H738 [6MR]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H4498 [10JY]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2945 [22MY]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4981), H4326 [27JN]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H3721 [19JN]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4425 [9JY]
Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (see H.R. 3802), H3928 [25JN]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]
Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H4574 [12JY]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H4326 [27JN]
———improve regulation of small and mid-size telecommunications companies (see H.R. 4012), H2235 [8MY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H6693 [25SE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H2735 [21MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 4955), H3928 [25JN]
Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H36 [23JA]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2608 [16MY]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H9025 [14NO]
———respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H1091 [20MR]
———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H7738 [9OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4069 [26JN]
House Rules: apply layover requirements for conference reports at the end of a congressional session and require the inclusion of certain matter in joint explanatory statements accompanying conference reports (see H. Res. 376), H1090 [20MR]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H2608 [16MY]
Immigration: limit validity of driver's licenses and State identification cards issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expiration date of nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 5322), H6926 [1OC]
———moratorium (see H.R. 2712), H3514 [12JN]
———oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1091 [20MR]
———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to loss of nationality for treason or terrorism against the U.S. (see H.R. 5440), H6558 [24SE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H7172 [7OC]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H6229 [11SE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6256 [13SE]
Martha Berry Post Office, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 5609), H8023 [16OC]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H687 [5MR]
———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (see H.R. 1001), H6229 [11SE]
Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see H.R. 1375), H2945 [22MY]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2356 [9MY]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1002 [19MR]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H2662 [20MY]
Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (see H.R. 5574), H7303 [8OC]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H634 [27FE]
———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H524 [14FE]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6130 [9SE]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7738 [9OC]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H833 [12MR]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]
Taxation: exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2661 [20MY]
———provide a refundable credit for elementary and secondary school teachers and provide and expand deductions for unreimbursed expenses for continuing education (see H.R. 4884), H3291 [6JN]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H4574 [12JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H1532 [23AP]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 4099), H4767 [16JY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2235 [8MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6559 [24SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H2608 [16MY]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2735 [21MY]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committee on International Relations (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 349), H561 [26FE]
Medicare: exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 5508), H6925 [1OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7298 [8OC]
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: law enforcement funding, H4739, H4740 [16JY]
Committee on International Relations (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 349), H535 [26FE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4739, H4740 [16JY]
INS: reform, H4420 [9JY]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry, H2515 [16MY], H2647 [20MY]
Votes: position on missed, H3100
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3157 [4JN]
Special order: granted, H2659 [20MY]
Tributes
Meadows, Frances J., E1144
Skeen, Representative, H4739 [16JY]