KLINE, JOHN (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7575 [23SE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H7575 [23SE]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4928 (see H.R. 4576), H5072 [24JN]

Amtrak: anniversary of Empire Builder rail line (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4581 [18JN]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1370 [23MR]

———mitigate financial hardships experienced by Reserve members as a result of being called to active duty (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1117 [16MR]

———recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6755 [7SE]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2019 [1AP]

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]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H5908 [15JY]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1011 [10MR]

College of St. Benedict/St. John's University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 493), H36 [20JA]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H2728 [6MY]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see H.R. 4785), H9051 [8OC]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H3821 [8JN]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H1740 [30MR]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H2373 [22AP]

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]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 4773), H5793 [14JY]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2484 [28AP]

Employment: prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (see H.R. 2154), H2658 [5MY]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H2728 [6MY]

FCC: ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H4171 [15JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H5909 [15JY]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H4928 (see H.R. 3684), H5071 [24JN]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H1740 [30MR]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———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), H5793 [14JY]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2484 [28AP]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H7575 [23SE]

———establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H8168 [5OC]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H2406 [27AP]

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), H516 [11FE]

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]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H2373 [22AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H36 [20JA]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H6706 [22JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1793), H3391 [19MY]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H4894 [23JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H245 [28JA]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1631), H515 [11FE]

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]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———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), H4894 [23JN]

———clarify treatment of differential wage payments made to employees called to active military duty (see H.R. 5154), H7735 [28SE]

———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]

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

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3392 [19MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2484 [28AP]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H7138 [14SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2657 [5MY]

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), H872 [4MR]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 630), H2728 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see H.R. 4151), H2152 [2AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H10898 [6DE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (H. Con. Res. 486), H7368, H7369, H7370 [22SE]

Dept. of Education: combat waste, fraud, and abuse in Pell Grants, H3696 [2JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2457 [28AP]

Kerry, Senator: characterization relative to service in Vietnamese Conflict, H2298 [22AP]

McAuliffe, Terry: remarks relative to President Bush's personal military history, H900 [9MR]

National security: require all young persons to perform a period of military or civilian service (H.R. 163), E1843 [8OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, H3499 [20MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3837 [9JN]

———tribute (H.J. Res. 84), H272 [3FE]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (H. Res. 630), H4653, H4654 [22JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H925 [9MR], H3434 [20MY], H3717 [2JN]

Tributes

Chandler, Christopher, H2457 [28AP]

Erickson, Bob, E913 [19MY]

Hergott, Jim, E983 [2JN]

Olsen, Jeff, H10898 [6DE]