MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H4606, H4607 [15JY], H4767 [16JY], H5299 [23JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]
Articles and editorials
On the Auction Block, Kathy Hanks, Garden City (KS) Telegram, H2023 [2MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4767 [16JY]
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), H5996 [26JY]
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4932 [18JY]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6777 [26SE]
Aviation: prohibit flights by foreign air carriers in the U.S. unless there is an international agreement and U.S. carriers have been given a chance to provide equivalent service (see H.R. 5720), H8731 [13NO]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H1484 [18AP]
Clean Air Act: ensure reasonable emissions standards for highway motorcycles (see H.R. 5433), H8546 [12NO]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7019 [3OC]
Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H7019 [3OC]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H634 [27FE]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H907 [13MR]
FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H2100 [2MY]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H562 [26FE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H7738 [9OC]
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), H3292 [6JN]
Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 5243), H5993 [26JY]
———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1201 [10AP]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3859 [24JN]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H3668 [18JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H1688 [29AP]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H2101 [2MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2472 [14MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6130 [9SE]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H1155 [9AP]
Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H937 [18MR]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 4615), H1674 [25AP]
Ships and vessels: require houseboats that have electric power generators on board to have a carbon monoxide venting system (see H.R. 3377), H3297 [10JN]
Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H3292 [6JN]
———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), H6419 [19SE]
———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), H1289 [15AP]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3293 [6JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
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), H226 [7FE]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H6085 [5SE]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds (see H.R. 5390), H6302 [17SE]
Conservation Reserve Program: eliminate authority to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in an emergency caused by a drought (see H.R. 5485), H6776 [26SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: codify and extend program to promote the use of agricultural commodities by bioenergy producers to produce ethanol and biodiesel fuels (see H.R. 4227), H1289 [15AP]
———ensure that agricultural producers and other persons appealing adverse agency decisions receive fair and equitable treatment (see H.R. 3827), H650 [28FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 4514), H1483 [18AP]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H6229 [11SE]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4858), H3160 [4JN]
High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (see H.R. 5486), H6776 [26SE]
Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H1673 [25AP]
Taxation: provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see H.R. 5227), H5790 [25JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1308 [16AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2051
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2023 [2MY]
———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (H.R. 5310), H6031 [4SE]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (H.R. 4940), H5013, H5015 [22JY]
———placement of a memorial honoring World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge (H.R. 5055), H5017 [22JY]
Armed Forces: protect health of members deployed in Afghanistan, H17 [23JA]
Aviation: restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3733 [20JN]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H5299, H5301 [23JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2379 [9MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5248
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3740 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 4514), H2615 [20MY], E591
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), H2613 [20MY]
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 526), H6277 [17SE]
———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (H.R. 3645), H5008, H5011 [22JY]
Drought: disaster assistance to Kansas, E1226
Fort Hays State University: anniversary, H3132 [4JN]
———tribute to debate and financial planning teams, E600
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E451
Health: establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources, H2379 [9MY]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3868 [25JN]
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H5248
National Teachers Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees, E734
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (H.R. 4608), H2628 [20MY]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3740 [20JN]
———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3733 [20JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H1000 [19MR], H1332 [16AP], H3157 [4JN], H3857 [24JN], H3926 [25JN], H6040 [4SE]
Tributes
Beach, Ross, H125 [5FE]
Dillon, Richard W., E844
Jeter, Norman W., E1183