BLUNT, ROY (a Representative from Missouri)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [7JA]

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]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H7839 [3SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9819 [24OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2704 [2AP]

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

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H10129 [29OC]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 106), H5663 [19JN]

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]

———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), H392 [11FE]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H7020 [16JY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

———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), H3857 [8MY]

Cuba: condemn human rights violations, encourage release of political prisoners, and support free elections (see H. Res. 179), H2940 [8AP]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure availability of funds to provide technical assistance for certain conservation programs (see H.R. 1907), H5815 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H2515 [31MR]

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. 2986), H7785 [25JY]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H6349 [8JY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H10978 [6NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H9378 [8OC]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H9132 [1OC]

———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), H1516 [4MR]

———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), H7086 [17JY]

———recognize outstanding contributions of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Christian colleges and universities (see H. Res. 300), H8950 [25SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]

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), H4877 [3JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H9130 [1OC]

FCC: ensure expeditious access by consumers to terrestrial digital television services (see H.R. 2825), H7453 [23JY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H9214 [2OC]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H10977 [6NO]

Federal aid programs: simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H7783 [25JY]

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

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: 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), H1689 [10MR]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H5813 [24JN]

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: provide funding to protect integrity (see H. Res. 224), H3857 [8MY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1516 [4MR]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 277), H5408 [16JN]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 197), H6604 [10JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H10978 [6NO]

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

Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 59), H2272 [20MR]

Iraq: encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq (see H. Res. 198), H9132 [1OC]

———provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

———treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see H. Con. Res. 118), H2401 [26MR]

Israel: commend for conducting free and fair elections and reaffirm friendship with the U.S. (see H. Res. 61), H391 [11FE]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7020 [16JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H2402 [26MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H172 [27JA]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H172 [27JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11393 (see H.R. 3277), H11516 [18NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9282 [7OC]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H1679 [6MR]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H7226 [21JY]

National Commission on the Modernization of the U.N.: establish (see H.R. 3079), H8216 [11SE]

National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1793), H9131 [1OC]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 172), H3973 [9MY]

National Truck Safety Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 164), H4529 [21MY]

Native Americans: clarify the lands over which Indian tribes shall have jurisdiction or exercise governmental power (see H.R. 3394), H10129 [29OC]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H1902 [13MR]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1909), H6348 [8JY]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1467 [27FE]

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

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1776), H3351 [11AP]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H8017 [5SE]

———protect religious sites and freedom of access and worship in Israel and other regions (see H. Con. Res. 150), H3304 [10AP]

Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program: reauthorize and revise (see H.R. 671), H390 [11FE]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9813 [21OC]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H6465 [9JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H5173 [10JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

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), H10978 [6NO]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H5467 [17JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H5366 [12JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H4876 [3JN]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H323 [5FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4528 [21MY]

Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 107), H1396 [26FE]

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), H9282 [7OC]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

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. 791), H7020 [16JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 465), H242 [29JA]

———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), H4876 [3JN]

———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), H2311 [25MR]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1530), H3305 [10AP]

———exempt certain limousines from gas guzzler tax (see H.R. 2662), H6347 [8JY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H53 [7JA]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H700 [13FE]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H5664 [19JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H134 [8JA]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H10237 [30OC]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H2940 [8AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H463 [12FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H1681 [6MR] (see H.R. 459), H706 [13FE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H3305 [10AP]

———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. 483), H463 [12FE]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 44), H2939 [8AP]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H700 [13FE]

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

———treatment of capital gains, interest and dividends, and repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1780), H3351 [11AP]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H7787 [25JY]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see H.R. 870), H8382 [17SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H3453 [29AP]

———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2029), H3856 [8MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 808), H2271 [20MR]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Israel, urge strengthened anti-terrorism efforts, and encourage the Palestinian Authority to take effective action against terrorism (see H. Res. 250), H4738 [22MY]

———increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

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

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see H.R. 23), H3683 [6MY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H3304 [10AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3157), H8904 [24SE]

European Union: condemn moratorium on approval of new agricultural biotechnology products (see H. Res. 252), H4738 [22MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade benefits to certain imported tents (see H.R. 3496), H11359 [17NO]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (see H.R. 2304), H4875 [3JN]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9812 [21OC]

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

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H130 [8JA]

Remarks

Airlines: reimburse airline industry for homeland security costs, H2776 [3AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), consideration (H. Res. 401), H9644 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2754, H2776 [3AP]

Armed Forces Relief Trust: tribute to radio and television fundraising drive for military families, E2306 [17NO]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H280 [5FE]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), consideration (H. Res. 269), H5275 [12JN]

Cuba: condemn human rights violations, encourage release of political prisoners, and support free elections (H. Res. 179), H2892 [8AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (H.R. 3157), H11168 [17NO]

Drury University: tribute to Students In Free Enterprise World Cup Team, E2306 [17NO]

European Union: condemn moratorium on approval of new agricultural biotechnology products (H. Res. 252), H5108 [10JN]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, E1059 [22MY]

———release of triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, E1059 [22MY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1847 [13MR]

Homeland Security Act: repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability, E164 [6FE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3619 [1MY], H5344 [12JN]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 118), H2339 [26MR]

IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), H5514 [18JN]

KOLR-TV (Springfield, MO): anniversary, E413 [10MR]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (H.R. 2304), H11170 [17NO]

Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute, E200 [12FE]

———tribute (H. Res. 107), H3417 [29AP]

Taxation: provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8316, H8319, H8322, H8340, H8342, H8343, H8345 [17SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H8199 [11SE]

Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H2754 [3AP]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: acknowledgement as majority whip, H6 [7JA]

Special order: granted, H387 [11FE]

Tributes

Butler, Wayne, E1127 [4JN]

Combest, Representative, E1083 [23MY]

Sparkman, John, E1127 [4JN]