GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]

Choctaw Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3439), H1284 [11AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2512 [15MY]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H6374 [18SE]

Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H1283 [11AP]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 5412), H6417 [19SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6060 [4SE]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H655 [4MR]

Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H6419 [19SE]

Medicare: reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1155 [9AP]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H4574 [12JY]

National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2512 [15MY]

OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]

PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3293 [6JN]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]

Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H2471 [14MY]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H2735 [21MY]

Tariff: hand held scanners (see H.R. 4175), H1675 [25AP]

———mobile based scanners of a certain value (see H.R. 4177), H1675 [25AP]

———provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H3928 [25JN]

———scanners not combined with a clock (see H.R. 4176), H1675 [25AP]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H79 [24JA]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1484 [18AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 437), H4425 [9JY]

———express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]

———membership in European Union (see H. Res. 594), H9025 [14NO]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H1673 [25AP]

Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 334), H561 [26FE]

Remarks

Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5654 [25JY], H5839 [26JY]

Children and youth: tribute to Heart of a Champion character development program, E284 [6MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5654 [25JY], H5839 [26JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6735 [26SE]

Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3616 [18JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2535 [16MY]

Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), H3616 [18JN]