LEWIS, RON (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H8174 [10SE]

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H4877 [3JN]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H10458 [5NO]

American Dental Association: tribute to Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 136), H2587 [1AP]

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), H2132 [19MR]

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H6348 [8JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9687 [17OC]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

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

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8174 [10SE]

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

Coal: facilitate the production and generation of coal-based power (see H.R. 1213), H1745 [11MR]

Colleges and universities: adoption of an Academic Bill of Rights to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and to protect the principle of intellectual diversity (see H. Con. Res. 318), H10236 [30OC]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 50), H2277 [24MR]

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), H1642 [5MR]

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), H4206 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: repeal certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 1638), H5046 [5JN]

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), H58 [7JA]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 1606), 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: 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), H11392 (see H.R. 2986), H11516 [18NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H3571 [30AP]

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

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

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]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 942), H7839 [3SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H6869 [15JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H7840 [3SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H5929 [25JN]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 486), H12310 [21NO]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H12312 [21NO]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H5468 [17JN]

Financial institutions: 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), H55 [7JA]

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), H4131 [14MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H1462 [27FE]

———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), H2271 [20MR]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3125), H11652 [19NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H3572 [30AP]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 46), H3052 [9AP]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 110), H5814 [24JN]

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

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H1681 [6MR]

Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 2628), H6262 [26JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H8906 [24SE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H3453 [29AP]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H6264 [26JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H12310 [21NO]

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), H11392 (see H.R. 1914), H11515 [18NO]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H1954 [18MR]

Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain areas (see H.R. 1676), H8905 [24SE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H59 [7JA]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 2327), H7949 [4SE]

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

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H323 [5FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H5366 [12JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H2271 [20MR]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H4978 [4JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H7787 [25JY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 830), H702 [13FE]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see H.R. 941), H4205 [15MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 2980), H11359 [17NO]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see H.R. 754), H3571 [30AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H3858 [8MY]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H4978 [4JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2361), H5929 [25JN]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1170), H2271 [20MR]

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

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 2852), H7950 [4SE]

National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency and disaster preparedness, coordination, and recovery plans (see H.R. 3274), H9375 [8OC]

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 9), H138 [8JA]

Pensions: provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H8017 [5SE]

———reform (see H.R. 1776), H3975 [9MY]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 3432), H10339 [4NO]

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), H8083 [9SE]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H3973 [9MY]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

———permit voluntary compliance with certain laws relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects (see H.R. 2672), H6463 [9JY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

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]

Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 75), H54 [7JA]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7784 [25JY]

———improve patient safety (see H.R. 877), H1331 [25FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 743), H461 [12FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4876 [3JN]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 1179), H3453 [29AP]

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]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1903 [13MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H5468 [17JN]

———allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H1902 [13MR]

———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), H6464 [9JY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H3637 [1MY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 465), H6264 [26JN]

———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), H1903 [13MR]

———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), H1516 [4MR]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 1725), H3355 [11AP]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1054), H2822 [3AP]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H1812 [12MR]

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

———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 179), H58 [7JA]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H4204 [15MY]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H4012 [13MY]

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

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3571 [30AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H1903 [13MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H2821 [3AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H1746 [11MR]

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

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

———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 450), H3762 [7MY]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 199), H58 [7JA]

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

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 798), H8016 [5SE]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5043 [5JN]

———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1056), H1514 [4MR]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 973), H9214 [2OC]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H3763 [7MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H4737 [22MY]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H10130 [29OC]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see H.R. 870), H1331 [25FE]

———treatment of certain tax attributes for taxpayers who file consolidated returns (see H.R. 2706), H7618 [24JY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H8017 [5SE]

———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 1270), H1900 [13MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7840 [3SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H1952 [18MR]

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

———treatment of overnight travel expenses of National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 1369), H2132 [19MR]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1890), H5815 [24JN]

———treatment of roof systems (see H.R. 3310), H9613 [16OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 878), H1331 [25FE]

———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 1912), H4788 [2JN]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H1516 [4MR]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

———make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1091), H1640 [5MR]

———replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 986), H1462 [27FE]

———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 245), H134 [8JA]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H3571 [30AP]

U.N.: limit U.S. share of assessments for the regular budget (see H.R. 2303), H5815 [24JN]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5929 [25JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1516 [4MR]

Women: tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H7950 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (see H.R. 134), H56 [7JA]

Medicare: conduct demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services (see H.R. 1195), H1744 [11MR]

Taxation: apply excise tax to hepatitis A vaccines (see H.R. 1674), H2938 [8AP]

———change certain threshold and other tests to decrease the amount of farm labor wages subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (see H.R. 2097), H4130 [14MY]

———provide incentives to increase the sale and use of certain ethanol and biodiesel fuels (see H.R. 1447), H2401 [26MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H7783 [25JY]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 2747), H6868 [15JY]

Western Kentucky University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 17), H60 [7JA]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), E1178 [9JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 383), H9137 [2OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9464 [15OC]

Ashland, KY: tribute to water department employees rescue efforts during flood, E2149 [28OC]

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), H7155 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2555), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 374), H8497 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7872 [4SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7872 [4SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7964 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7964 [5SE]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 118), H2344 [26MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3100 [10AP]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1549 [5MR]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7624, H7625, H7626, H7627, H7629 [25JY]

———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, H7624, H7625, H7626, H7627, H7629 [25JY]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation, H3100 [10AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1178 [9JN]

Western Kentucky University: tribute to football team (H. Res. 17), H106 [8JA], E24 [8JA]

———tribute to William E. Biven Forensic Society, E904 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4975 [4JN]

Tributes

Williams, Don, E947 [14MY]