LATHAM, TOM (a Representative from Iowa)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3601 [17JN]

Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H6229 [11SE]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H1484 [18AP]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3037 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H3668 [18JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7172 [7OC]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4554 [11JY]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H634 [27FE]

FCC: 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), H5453 [24JY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H6060 [4SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 4955), H6983 [2OC]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H688 [5MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H5998 [26JY]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H4326 [27JN]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H2164 [7MY]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3230 [5JN]

History: support the celebration of the anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854 (see H. Con. Res. 455), H5997 [26JY]

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]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1338 [16AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2100 [2MY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5087 [22JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1604), H5087 [22JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H6256 [13SE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H2019 [1MY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3928 [25JN]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1484 [18AP]

———provide equity in payments (see H.R. 5045), H4324 [27JN]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H5791 [25JY]

———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), H688 [5MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H3038 [23MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H561 [26FE]

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), H3037 [23MY]

OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H834 [12MR]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H738 [6MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

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), H4425 [9JY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H5453 [24JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H5195 [23JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H6693 [25SE]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H562 [26FE]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 2200), H3928 [25JN]

———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), H6250 [12SE]

———decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 4001), H6060 [4SE]

———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H562 [26FE]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H5453 [24JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3161 [4JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1284 [11AP]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H1338 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (see H.R. 5247), H5993 [26JY]

Medal of Honor: designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients (see H.J. Res. 95), H3037 [23MY]

Medicare: reform payments to rural and other health care providers (see H.R. 5246), H5993 [26JY]

Sanderson, Cael: tribute (see H. Res. 399), H1674 [25AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2035 [2MY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7319 [9OC]

Medal of Honor: designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients (H.J. Res. 95), H3835 [24JN]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4176 [27JN]

Sanderson, Cael: tribute (H. Res. 399), H6833 [1OC]

Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6398 [19SE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (H.R. 2357), E1738 [3OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Cael Sanderson: Iowa State University Student Government, H6833 [1OC]