McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]

———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Air Force: anniversary of B-52 Stratofortress bomber (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1483 [18AP]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H8041 [24OC]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4553 [11JY]

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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H3825 [21JN]

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

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see H.R. 2029), H1769 [30AP]

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), H4069 [26JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H833 [12MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H1533 [23AP]

Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2101 [2MY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2101 [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]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1769 [30AP]

Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2471 [14MY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H4069 [26JN]

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

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP]

Social Security: provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]

Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H79 [24JA]

———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), H7018 [3OC]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]

———improve and simplify compliance with internal revenue laws (see H.R. 5095), H4552 [11JY]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 2280), H1284 [11AP]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H7172 [7OC]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H562 [26FE]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H367 [13FE]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal aid programs: reform administrative funding of unemployment and employment service programs and improve State administration and flexibility of such programs (see H.R. 5418), H6417 [19SE]

So Hyun Jun: relief (see H.R. 3758), H366 [13FE]

Tariff: dimethyldicykan (see H.R. 4200), H1282 [11AP]

———poly (hexamethylene adipamide) (see H.R. 4204), H1282 [11AP]

———polycaprolactam (see H.R. 4203), H1282 [11AP]

———polycaprolactam-pigment concentrate (see H.R. 4202), H1282 [11AP]

———triacetone diamine (see H.R. 4201), H1282 [11AP]

Taxation: treatment of income derived from certain wagers on horse races made by nonresident alien individuals (see H.R. 4474), H1410 [17AP]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7440 [9OC]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): funding relative to release of report on corporations avoiding U.S. income tax by reincorporating in foreign countries, H4907 [18JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3802 [21JN]

———make tax benefits permanent, H1436 [18AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), H4907 [18JY]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4271 [27JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2538 [16MY]

So Hyun Jun: relief (H.R. 3758), H8736 [14NO]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1436 [18AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H500 [14FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H763 [7MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H500 [14FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H500 [14FE], H763 [7MR]