NETHERCUTT, GEORGE R., JR. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2706 [2AP], H2798 [3AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3527 [30AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2658, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8228 [16SE]

———H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H11379 [18NO]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9073 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln (U.S.S.): tribute to Navy and Marine Corps crew (see H. Res. 211), H3571 [30AP]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity (see H.R. 3312), H9613 [16OC]

———remove requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears (see H.R. 2984), H7785 [25JY]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 307), H245 [29JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H3453 [29AP]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H3408 [12AP]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8083 [9SE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 2776), H7085 [17JY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H12921 [8DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1955 [18MR]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H4131 [14MY]

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

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 290), H5663 [19JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H2864 [7AP]

Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H12312 [21NO]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H6707 [14JY] (see H.R. 2515), H6604 [10JY]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 384), H3637 [1MY]

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

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 1033), H1464 [27FE]

———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1955 [18MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H5268 [11JN]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H8950 [25SE]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 54), H5045 [5JN]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11133 [7NO]

Cuba: condemn human rights violations and call for removal from U.N. Commission on Human Rights (see H. Res. 208), H3571 [30AP]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H4010 [13MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H11652 [19NO]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Energy: cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment or develop a domestic experiment to accelerate understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1282), H1901 [13MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 1238), H1811 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 119), H1516 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H11393 (see H.R. 3344), H11516 [18NO]

———authorize veterans to select the appraiser when applying for guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 1500), H8382 [17SE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H1955 [18MR]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners when Dept. of Veterans Affairs physicians are unavailable (see H.R. 240), H392 [11FE]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7618 [24JY]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6707 [14JY]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 94), H9215 [2OC]

Diseases: enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 1002), H3305 [10AP]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H7950 [4SE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2472 [27MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 107), H2270 [20MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9983 [28OC]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H8949 [25SE]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H8382 [17SE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H703 [13FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

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), H5267 [11JN]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H392 [11FE]

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. 1662), H2937 [8AP]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

FERC: provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses (see H.R. 1013), H1746 [11MR]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 2341), H4977 [4JN]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3571 [30AP]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H392 [11FE]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H2703 [2AP]

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

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 648), H2586 [1AP]

Fish and fishing: protect the public's ability to fish for sport (see H.R. 2890), H10457 [5NO]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations relative to Cuba (see H.R. 2494), H9478 [15OC]

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

Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 242), H134 [8JA]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H3975 [9MY]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H3571 [30AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 142), H1956 [18MR]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H8284 [16SE]

———recognize health risks associated with childhood obesity and encouraging parents to promote healthy weight and increased physical activity to their children (see H. Con. Res. 76), H8017 [5SE]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to encourage physicians to practice in rural settings (see H.R. 3512), H11391 (see H.R. 3512), H11514 [18NO]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H5367 [12JN]

Immigration: simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (see H.R. 3604), H12307 [21NO]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H12311 [21NO]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4528 [21MY]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 125), H1641 [5MR]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H3762 [7MY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H5366 [12JN]

Medicare: coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H3681 [6MY]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see H.R. 2236), H4735 [22MY]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant without regard to when the transplant was received (see H.R. 588), H1334 [25FE]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H1903 [13MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H2473 [27MR]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1377), H4255 [19MY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H52 [7JA]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H1642 [5MR]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H1955 [18MR]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H5268 [11JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3305 [10AP]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5174 [10JN]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H5664 [19JN]

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

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H3858 [8MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H2474 [27MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H3304 [10AP]

National School Lunch Act: fruit and vegetable pilot program funding (see H.R. 2832), H7454 [23JY]

National security: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology (see H.R. 1096), H4739 [22MY]

National Truck Safety Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 164), H5665 [19JN]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H7329 [22JY]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H10130 [29OC]

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

Pesticides: provide for the enhanced review of covered products, authorize fees for certain products, and extend and improve collection of maintenance fees (see H.R. 3188), H9982 [28OC]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H9032 [30SE]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4255 [19MY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H7839 [3SE]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H6264 [26JN]

———improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 906), H6464 [9JY]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H7086 [17JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H3683 [6MY]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 449), H242 [29JA]

Stockton, John: tribute (see H. Res. 274), H5366 [12JN]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 1828), H6465 [9JY]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9813 [21OC]

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty (see H.R. 759), H2822 [3AP]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H460 [12FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2312 [25MR]

———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. 1231), H2402 [26MR]

———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), H2586 [1AP]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 50), H53 [7JA]

———eliminate marriage penalty in the computation of the income tax on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2072), H4010 [13MY]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 457), H242 [29JA]

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H3354 [11AP]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H1517 [4MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4528 [21MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H3572 [30AP]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H9614 [16OC]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H3637 [1MY]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 2034), H8491 [23SE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H3858 [8MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H392 [11FE]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5552 [18JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 52), H4528 [21MY] (see H.R. 1305), H4739 [22MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7170 [18JY]

———treatment of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 310), H137 [8JA]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H7020 [16JY]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H11702 [20NO]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H7086 [17JY]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act: exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain reporting requirements (see H.R. 1137), H3683 [6MY]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H3053 [9AP]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7455 [23JY]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H8905 [24SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H392 [11FE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 444), H242 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer (see H.R. 699), H391 [11FE]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H1515 [4MR]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 151), H57 [7JA]

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: extend grace period for personal watercraft use (see H.R. 3621), H12308 [21NO]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H7784 [25JY]

National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health: funding and implementation (see H. Con. Res. 186), H4368 [20MY]

Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 1753), H3303 [10AP]

Taxation: exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1522), H2514 [31MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1011), H1463 [27FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3685 [7MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5177 [11JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2798, H2799, H2804 [3AP]

Bonneville Power Administration: accounting practices, H11402 [18NO]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H290 [5FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: administration of Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, H2577 [1AP]

———impact of monetization of commodities on farmers and commodity markets, H2577 [1AP]

Dept. of HHS: diabetes research, treatment, and prevention funding, H6514 [10JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: first responders funding, H8800 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2555), conference report, H8800 [24SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6514, H6561 [10JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7961 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7961 [5SE]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs, H6561 [10JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11402 [18NO]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (H.R. 1068), E352 [4MR]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H5370 [16JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow parents to determine appropriate educational facilities for each child in consultation with the Individualized Family Service Plan team, H3527, H3528 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3527, H3528 [30AP]

Iraq: prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France, Germany, Russia, or Syria, H2798, H2799, H2804 [3AP]

Journal: question of approval, H3685 [7MY]

Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (H.R. 1753), E759-E761 [11AP]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (H.R. 1828), E1418 [8JY]

Votes: position on missed, H120 [8JA], E1296 [18JN], E2174 [30OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H44 [7JA]

Tributes

Erickson, Thomas A., H5177 [11JN]