LaTOURETTE, STEVEN C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (H.R. 4116), H11040 [7DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6900 [8SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2025, H2026 [1AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H3747 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H89 [21JA]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

Aviation: allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced (see H.R. 5028), H6898 [8SE]

———provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2484 [28AP]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5167), H8168 [5OC]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5195), H8039 [4OC]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2266 [21AP]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H1322 [18MR]

CCC: support development of a domestic casein and milk protein concentrate industry (see H.R. 4223), H2405 [27AP]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2683), H1593 [25MR]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H1643 [29MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 4858), H6900 [8SE]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H6899 [8SE]

Dept. of Commerce: make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects (see H.R. 4310), H2727 [6MY] (see H.R. 4371), H3093 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H7443 [22SE]

Dept. of Labor: conveyance of certain real property in Ravenna, OH (see H.R. 3908), H2549 [4MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 5170), H7863 [29SE]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2549 [4MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3781 [3JN]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H6128 [20JY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1593 [25MR]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Res. 581), H1643 [29MR]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1593 [25MR]

Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee: establish (see H.R. 4416), H4766 [22JN]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H3964 [14JN]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H90 [21JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H1072 [11MR]

International Court of Justice: condemn misuse by the U.N. General Assembly and the Court's opinion on the Israeli security fence (see H. Res. 713), H5909 [15JY]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1484 [24MR]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1484 [24MR]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5294), H9047 [8OC]

Kenyon College: tribute to men's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 635), H2733 [10MY]

———tribute to women's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 634), H2733 [10MY]

Kosovo: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians (see H. Res. 596), H4894 [23JN]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H633 [25FE]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 2967), H575 [24FE]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H4765 [22JN]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H4287 [16JN]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H7138 [14SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety and enforcement relative to operation while under the influence of, or having used, drugs (see H.R. 3922), H926 [9MR]

———research and prevent drug impaired driving (see H.R. 4159), H2153 [2AP]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H701 [26FE]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H516 [11FE]

Portugal: tribute to friendship, leadership, and support of the U.S. in the effort to combat international terrorism (see H. Res. 688), H5151 [25JN]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H2917 [12MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H752 [2MR]

———extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 4492), H3719 [2JN]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H575 [24FE]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 4631), H4646 [21JN]

Railroads: require information on tank cars containing hazardous materials be available to first reponders (see H.R. 4802), H6900 [8SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H2491 [30AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H700 [26FE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———treat contracted firefighters with local governments as employees of such governments for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 1884), H3016 [13MY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H244 [28JA]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H576 [24FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H5150 [25JN]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1072 [11MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

U.S. Life-Saving Service: anniversary of life-saving stations on the Great Lakes (see H. Res. 750), H8169 [5OC]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1230 [17MR]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: importance of revitalizing family farming (see H. Con. Res. 510), H8408 [6OC]

Aviation: allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced (see H.R. 5029), H6898 [8SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (see H. Con. Res. 388), H1229 [17MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (see H. Con. Res. 389), H1229 [17MR]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 359), H392 [4FE]

Dept. of HUD: provide tenant-based rental housing vouchers for certain residents of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 4353), H2917 [12MY]

Iraq: recognize individuals working under U.S. contracts and express sympathy to those injured, taken captive, and to the families of those killed (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3229 [18MY]

Museums: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 5164), H7863 [29SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5403 [9JY]

Letters

Research and Special Programs Improvement Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8342 [6OC]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H8342 [6OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4509 [18JN]

Remarks

Arlington National Cemetery: dedication of Pyramid of Remembrance, E827 [12MY]

Aviation: improve air cargo security, H4548 [18JN]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (H.R. 4116), H11039 [7DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 376), H2420, H2421 [28AP]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 388), H2422 [28AP]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 389), H2743 [11MY]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 359), H404 [10FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: high threat grants funding for urban areas security initiative, H4499 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4499 [17JN], H4513, H4548 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify certain Buy American Act provisions, H2025, H2026 [1AP]

———provide a more focused research organization with an emphasis on innovative technology (H.R. 5163), H8340, H8342 [6OC]

E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, Washington, DC: designate Judge William B. Bryant Annex (H.R. 4294), H6502 [21JY]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), H8344, H8348, H8349 [6OC]

F.H. Newell Building, Boise, ID: designate (H.R. 3124), H7813 [29SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (H.R. 4470), H8337 [6OC]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1245 [18MR]

Garza-Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (H.R. 1402), H7814, H7818 [29SE]

Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 3884), H6500 [21JY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (H.R. 3147), H2213 [21AP]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3402 [20MY]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5294), H9026 [8OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 1368), H9024 [8OC]

Luis A. Ferre U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building, Ponce, PR: designate (S. 2017), H4660 [22JN]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 647), H6498, H6499, H6500 [21JY]

Point of order, H4513 [18JN]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3783), H470 [11FE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 4219), H2417 [28AP]

Ronald Reagan Federal Building, Harrisburg, PA: designate (S. 2043), H2422 [28AP]

Securities: permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts (H.R. 1533), H9024 [8OC]

Senator Paul Simon Federal Building, Carbondale, IL: designate (S. 2022), H2211 [21AP]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), H7812 [29SE]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (H. Con. Res. 56), H4659, H4660 [22JN]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4794), H8338 [6OC]

Tomochichi U.S. Courthouse, Savannah, GA: designate (H.R. 2523), H2741 [11MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1799, H2025, H2026 [1AP], H2071 [2AP]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), motion to instruct conferees, H3744 [3JN]

———include high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions, H2071 [2AP]

———Safe Routes to School Program funding, H3744 [3JN]

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Miami, FL: designate (S. 1904), H2419, H2420 [28AP]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, E1074 [8JN]

Tributes

Alvey, William G., H7865 [30SE]

Donovan, William, E830 [12MY]

Dunlap, Glen, E1074 [8JN]

Garza, Reynaldo G., H7814 [29SE]

O'Brian, Donald A., E1157 [18JN]