LaHOOD, RAY (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, H7004 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4606 [15JY]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 2763), H2356 [9MY]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6560 [24SE]

———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H6778 [26SE]

Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]

Armed Forces: forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 5287), H6783 [30SE]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H2512 [15MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1490 [22AP]

Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]

Clean Air Act: ensure reasonable emissions standards for highway motorcycles (see H.R. 5433), H6983 [2OC]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H6256 [13SE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H2471 [14MY]

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

Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2472 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H4326 [27JN]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6419 [19SE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H4425 [9JY]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H7738 [9OC]

Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H1003 [19MR]

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), H562 [26FE]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H651 [28FE]

Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H4425 [9JY]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3161 [4JN]

Harold, Erika: tribute (see H. Res. 575), H7303 [8OC]

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

———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), H6251 [12SE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H4574 [12JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1003 [19MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4605 [15JY]

House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3454 [11JN]

Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4326 [27JN]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1090 [20MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H4574 [12JY]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H1620 [24AP]

Iron and steel industry: facilitate consolidation and rationalization of the steel industry (see H.R. 4574), H2101 [2MY]

———remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6778 [26SE]

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), H7019 [3OC]

Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H4498 [10JY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H4326 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H4326 [27JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1759), H1201 [10AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H4605 [15JY]

———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H231 [8FE]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H2471 [14MY]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H4326 [27JN]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6304 [17SE]

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), H2511 [15MY]

National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2472 [14MY]

National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H650 [28FE]

Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: support goals and ideas (see H. Res. 356), H687 [5MR]

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

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]

Power resources: eliminate certain restrictions on the availability of credits for the use of biodiesel fuel (see H.R. 4160), H1200 [10AP]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H36 [23JA]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1405), H1620 [24AP]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H907 [13MR]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H633 [27FE]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1769 [30AP]

Taxation: allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H6983 [2OC]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H1154 [9AP]

———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), H367 [13FE]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H2735 [21MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H4605 [15JY]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3721 [19JN]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see H.R. 2347), H1484 [18AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3562 [13JN]

———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 986), H2945 [22MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]

———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3694), H738 [6MR]

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), H2662 [20MY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2442), H6419 [19SE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H2356 [9MY]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H4326 [27JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 460), H6059 [4SE]

Tariff: carbamic acid (U-9069) (see H.R. 3650), H104 [29JA]

———compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (see H.R. 4342), H1335 [16AP]

———DPX-E6758 (see H.R. 3649), H104 [29JA]

———DPX-E9260 (see H.R. 3648), H103 [29JA]

———engine parts (see H.R. 4340, 4341), H1335 [16AP]

———fuel-injection pumps for compression-ignition engines (see H.R. 4339), H1335 [16AP]

———fuel-injection pumps parts for compression-ignition engines (see H.R. 4337), H1335 [16AP]

———gearing parts, gear boxes, and other speed changers (see H.R. 4336), H1335 [16AP]

———lubricating pumps (see H.R. 4338), H1335 [16AP]

———machinery parts (see H.R. 4335), H1335 [16AP]

———marine propulsion engines (see H.R. 4343), H1335 [16AP]

———methyl 3-[[[[(4-methoxy-6- methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-ly) amino]carbonyl] amino]sulfonyl]- 2-thiophenecarboxylate and application adjuvants (see H.R. 3653), H104 [29JA]

———methyl 3-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3,5-triazin-2-ly)amino[carbonyl] mino]sulfonly]-2-thiophenecarboxylate, methyl 2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3,5-triazin-2-yl)methylamino]car onyl]amino]sulfonyl ]benzoate, and adjuvants (see H.R. 3652), H104 [29JA]

———methyl 2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl- 1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) methylamino] carbonyl ]amino]sulfonyl]benzoate and application adjuvants (see H.R. 3654), H104 [29JA]

———N-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl) aminocarbonyl]-3- (ethylsulfo l)-2-pyridine-sulfonamide, 2-(((((4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin- 2-yl)aminocarbonyl))aminosulfo yl))- N,N-dimethyl- 3-pyridinecarboxamide, and application adjuvants (see H.R. 3651), H104 [29JA]

———N-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl) aminocarbonyl]-3-(ethylsulfo yl) -2-pyridine-sulfonamide, methyl 3-[[[[(4methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-ly)amino]carbonyl]a ino]sulfonyl]-2- thiophenecarboxylate, and application adjuvants (see H.R. 3655), H104 [29JA]

———nicosulfuron formulated product (Accent) (see H.R. 3647), H103 [29JA]

———reduce temporarily the duty on a certain chemical (see H.R. 4056), H1088 [20MR]

———tubes, pipes, and hoses (see H.R. 4344, 4345), H1335 [16AP]

———visual signaling equipment (see H.R. 4334), H1335 [16AP]

———wheel rims (see H.R. 4333), H1335 [16AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3075 [4JN], H3231 [6JN], H5317 [24JY], H6561 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2167 [8MY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7311 [9OC]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 545), H6651 [25SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5422, H5431 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), conference report, H8818 [14NO]

Jacksonville, IL: tribute to Jacksonville High School students retracing steps of the Lewis & Clark expedition, E1038 [13JN]

Journal: question of approval, H563 [27FE], H1111 [9AP]

Lebanon: allocation of foreign aid, H6651 [25SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5431 [24JY]

Peoria, IL: anniversary of St. Francis Medical Center, E1264 [16JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3771 [20JN]