HULSHOF, KENNY C. (a Representative from Missouri)

Articles and editorials

Who Is Omar Bradley and Why Should I Care? Sam Richardson, Moberly (MO) Monitor-Index, E1157 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building, Brookfield, MO: designate (see H.R. 1609), H2820 [3AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3053 [9AP]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H4739 [22MY]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 54), H11651 [19NO]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H2473 [27MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H4876 [3JN]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H7086 [17JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H12312 [21NO]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H3641 [5MY]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H8382 [17SE]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H323 [5FE]

Louisiana Purchase: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 21), H3684 [6MY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9214 [2OC]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H5267 [11JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H5174 [10JN]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H5175 [10JN]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9282 [7OC]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H10130 [29OC]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 1136), H2402 [26MR]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8382 [17SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H4978 [4JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 743), H1396 [26FE]

Taxation: allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 64), H2515 [31MR]

———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. 284), H8284 [16SE]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 478), H243 [29JA]

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 714), H5664 [19JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H9131 [1OC]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H6869 [15JY]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 2228), H4735 [22MY]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 1671), H2938 [8AP]

———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2178), H9214 [2OC]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H3974 [9MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H3858 [8MY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H1681 [6MR]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H1467 [27FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H2514 [31MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H5268 [11JN]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 807), H2586 [1AP]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1890), H3975 [9MY]

Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 1596), H2819 [3AP]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act: exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain reporting requirements (see H.R. 1137), H4876 [3JN]

Walt Disney Post Office Building, Marceline, MO: designate (see H.R. 1610), H2820 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H1394 [26FE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 3119), H8381 [17SE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 578), H319 [5FE]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 1927), H3635 [1MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, H9573 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9573 [16OC]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): treatment of minority membership during markup of H.R. 1776, Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act (H. Res. 324), H7153, H7155 [18JY]

Culver-Stockton College: anniversary, E85 [28JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5505 [18JN]

Exercise Tiger Foundation: tribute to National Adopt a Serviceman Program honorees, E2375 [21NO]

Missouri: observance of Omar Bradley Day, E1157 [5JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1545 [5MR], H2646, H2647, H2665 [2AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H1546 [5MR], H2646, H2647, H2665 [2AP]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7445, H7446, H7448, H7449 [23JY]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H7445, H7446, H7448, H7449 [23JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3924 [9MY]