KENNEDY, MARK R. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9482 [15OC]

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

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6708 [14JY], H6785 [15JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7885, H7950 [4SE]

Appointments

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, H7773 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Administration in Crisis Over Burgeoning Quagmire, Reuters (news service), H9450 [15OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H4131 [14MY]

Animals: coordinate and strengthen research and monitoring, and promote public outreach, education, and awareness of chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 2430), H5266 [11JN]

Armed Forces: ensure tax-exempt status for members, or their spouses, serving in Iraq during Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 1795), H3638 [1MY]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 693), H1642 [5MR]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H6869 [15JY]

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), H3355 [11AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H704 [13FE]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H12306 [21NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H169 [27JA]

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

———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 1104), H1955 [18MR]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H12921 [8DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H8084 [9SE]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 21), H392 [11FE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 2296), H4787 [2JN]

Courts: 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]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H5089 [9JN]

———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), H7454 [23JY]

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), H6604 [10JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 48), H3303 [10AP]

———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

———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), H53 [7JA]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2587 [1AP]

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. 195), H9131 [1OC]

Dept. of HUD: pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 729), H460 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H12921 [8DE]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 961), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 318), H323 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H1955 [18MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H1812 [12MR]

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

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9215 [2OC]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H6868 [15JY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 26), H172 [27JA]

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

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H9615 [16OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H5815 [24JN]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 1229), H3637 [1MY]

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]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 1474), H4205 [15MY]

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), H60 [7JA]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 2938), H9282 [7OC]

———establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H6465 [9JY]

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

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H6706 [14JY]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 165), H3762 [7MY] (see H. Con. Res. 175), H3974 [9MY]

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), H3355 [11AP]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1334 [25FE]

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

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 655), H327 [7FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 1350), H2940 [8AP]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H3303 [10AP]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 294), H5929 [25JN]

———recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 167), H323 [5FE]

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), H8382 [17SE]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

Louisiana Purchase: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1682 [6MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H11392 (see H.R. 2768), H11516 [18NO]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H706 [13FE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3638 [1MY]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see H.R. 941), H4876 [3JN]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H2515 [31MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H7839 [3SE]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1170), H2312 [25MR]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (see H.R. 1670), H2938 [8AP]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force: establish (see H.R. 2431), H5266 [11JN]

Petroleum: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 837), H1955 [18MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 132), H1681 [6MR]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

———tribute (see H. Res. 400), H9688 [17OC]

Postal Service: reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (see H.R. 735), H2402 [26MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4), H463 [12FE]

Roads and highways: establish a national commission to study the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3494), H12922 [8DE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 3088), H8283 [16SE]

———improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 906), H5552 [18JN]

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

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

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

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

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), H4205 [15MY]

Tariff: natural cork (see H.R. 1833), H3408 [12AP]

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), H2864 [7AP]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H1903 [13MR]

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

———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), H1682 [6MR]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 872), H1331 [25FE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

———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]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H6869 [15JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 804), H701 [13FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H319 [5FE]

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

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 1671), H6465 [9JY]

———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 3073), H8175 [10SE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H6264 [26JN]

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

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 3119), H9377 [8OC]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 262), H135 [8JA]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5268 [11JN]

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

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H7020 [16JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H4788 [2JN]

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

———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1754), H3684 [6MY]

———treatment of startup partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 3225), H12922 [8DE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 176), H57 [7JA]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H12922 [8DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H11700 [20NO]

U.N. Conference on Disarmament: election of Iraq as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 29), H324 [5FE]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 27), H274 [4FE]

University of Minnesota: tribute to men's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 217), H3636 [1MY]

University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (see H. Res. 171), H2703 [2AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H137 [8JA]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4011 [13MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H3351 [11AP]

Women: tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H4011 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for reimbursement of air fare costs incurred by members for domestic travel while on leave from deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3197), H9032 [30SE]

Financial institutions: provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 3681), H12919 [8DE]

Free Enterprise Education Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7617 [24JY]

Gagliardi, John: tribute (see H. Res. 438), H11146 [10NO]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 516), H268 [31JA]

Jones, Melvin: tribute (see H. Res. 399), H9477 [15OC]

Lions Clubs: tribute (see H. Res. 399), H9477 [15OC]

Mother Teresa: tribute (see H. Res. 413), H9819 [24OC]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H3351 [11AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H319 [5FE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), consideration (H. Res. 257), H4916 [4JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, H9110, H9111, H9112, H9113, H9114, H9115, H9116 [1OC], H9135 [2OC]

Amtrak: funding, H396 [12FE], H7885 [4SE]

Anoka, MN: tribute to Anoka High School boys' hockey team, H1714 [11MR]

———tribute to Halloween events, E2210 [4NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9449 [15OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2800, H2803, H2806 [3AP]

Budget: deficit, H6442, H6443, H6447 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding, H6516 [10JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6785 [15JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6516 [10JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7885 [4SE]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, H456 [12FE]

Ford Motor Co.: anniversary, H5388 [16JN]

Gagliardi, John: tribute (H. Res. 438), H11187 [17NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H8472, H8473, H8474, H8475, H8476, H8477, H8478 [23SE]

———prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France, Germany, Russia, or Syria, H2800, H2803, H2806 [3AP]

Lions Clubs: tribute to Liberty Day, H1447-H1451 [27FE]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: eligibility for assistance relative to private-sector expenditures on health care, H6785 [15JY]

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (organization): anniversary, E1244 [13JN]

Ogle, Tara: American Ambulance Association Stars of Life Award recipient, H3648 [6MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3242 [10AP]

———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3242 [10AP]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (H.R. 1767), H4184-H4188 [15MY]

Storm, Scot: Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner, E2295 [14NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H4107, H4108, H4109, H4110, H4111, H4112 [14MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 227), H3882 [9MY]

University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (H. Res. 171), H5419 [17JN]

Votes: position on missed, H8793 [24SE]

Woodbury, MN: tribute to Woodbury High School girls' basketball team, E625 [31MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H459 [12FE], H1950 [18MR], H4247 [19MY], H5405 [16JN], H9475 [15OC]

Tributes

Gaworski, Michael, E2295 [14NO]

Lindberg, Charles W., E2237 [5NO]

Tenvoorde, Stephen, H5388 [16JN]

Weaver, John, H4221 [19MY]