AKIN, TODD (a Representative from Missouri)

Articles and editorials

Bankruptcy and Abortion—II, Wall Street Journal, H8748 [14NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H3454 [11JN]

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

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3514 [12JN]

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

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

———reform procedures to restrain congressional spending, foster greater oversight, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 5259), H5994 [26JY]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]

Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2472 [14MY]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H2356 [9MY]

Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H2945 [22MY]

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), H6060 [4SE]

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

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4425 [9JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3230 [5JN]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H3161 [4JN]

———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H2355 [9MY]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H6693 [25SE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3038 [23MY]

Health: 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), H3860 [24JN]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]

Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1202 [10AP]

Labor unions: encourage mediation to resolve dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (see H. Con. Res. 500), H7304 [8OC]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H4872 [17JY]

Medicare: 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), H36 [23JA]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H1484 [18AP]

———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), H367 [13FE]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H1484 [18AP]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H737 [6MR]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1769 [30AP]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6983 [2OC]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H907 [13MR]

———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN] (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]

Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4932 [18JY]

———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5194 [23JY]

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H2512 [15MY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4498 [10JY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3292 [6JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 238), H4069 [26JN]

Tariff: industrial coatings formulation chemicals (see H.R. 4395, 4396, 4397, 4398, 4399, 4400), H1336 [16AP]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H4326 [27JN]

———allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for indivduals (see H.R. 5413), H6417 [19SE]

———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), H284 [12FE]

———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1484 [18AP]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H4574 [12JY]

———increase amount of capital losses that may offset ordinary income (see H.R. 5380), H6778 [26SE]

———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), H3514 [12JN]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H3720 [19JN]

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

———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2608 [16MY]

———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1274), H6229 [11SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]

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

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), H2608 [16MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H4350 [8JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, H6997 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6997 [3OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 606), H8748 [14NO]

———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H8748 [14NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4735 [16JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3537 [13JN]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6569 [25SE]

Taxation: prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3537 [13JN]