LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]
———H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3928 [25JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H5996 [26JY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2735 [21MY]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Comanche Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3512), H1484 [18AP]
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), H5791 [25JY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H8733 [13NO]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1675 [25AP]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1577), H4606 [15JY]
Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H5086 [22JY]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H6085 [5SE]
Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1674 [25AP]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1338 [16AP]
Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H367 [13FE]
———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), H1620 [24AP]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1620 [24AP]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H5998 [26JY]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H1674 [25AP]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H2101 [2MY]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 4615), H1674 [25AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Robert Wayne Jenkins Station, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4851), H3563 [13JN]
Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 3496), H3230 [5JN]
Taxation: 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), H2945 [22MY]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H6926 [1OC]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1154 [9AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Coins: clarify the sources of silver for bullion coins (see H.R. 4846), H3036 [23MY]
Pledge of Allegiance: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 104), H4325 [27JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2033 [2MY]
Coins: clarify the sources of silver for bullion coins (H.R. 4846), H3912 [25JN]
Myers, Jim: Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame inductee, E621
Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3613, H3615, H3617 [18JN]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), H3613, H3615, H3617 [18JN]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2854 [22MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H138 [5FE]
Tributes
Watkins, Representative, E1557