HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Energy—Medium Term Outlook: John Browne, BP p.l.c., E1481 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Outside View—Big Progress in Kazakhstan, Gregory Fossedal, United Press International (news service), E1889 [11OC]

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), H3821 [8JN]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H1322 [18MR]

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

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H4171 [15JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H1117 [16MR]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H3017 [13MY]

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

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H7575 [23SE]

———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), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revise (see H. Res. 709), H5330 [7JY]

Bureau of Prisons: authorize personnel to carry firearms off duty (see H.R. 1064), H2199 [20AP]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 722, 722), H6756 [7SE]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H3821 [8JN]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H3606 [1JN]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H2154 [2AP]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H6707 [22JY]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 310), H250 [30JA]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3441 (see H.R. 4232), H3541 [20MY]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H2919 [12MY]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 3313), H2816 [11MY]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H2406 [27AP]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3605 [1JN]

———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), H575 [24FE]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H4766 [22JN]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4647 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 933), H5150 [25JN]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H2406 [27AP]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2918 [12MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H9963 [17NO]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H700 [26FE]

Education: improve college access and opportunity by reforming Pell Grants and student loan programs (see H.R. 4283), H9745 [16NO]

FAA: promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (see H.R. 3752), H303 [3FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H872 [4MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H1322 [18MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H1116 [16MR]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 648), H7234 [15SE]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H1592 [25MR]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1593 [25MR]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H7944 [30SE]

Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H3440 (see H.R. 1863), H3540 [20MY]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9051 [8OC]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see H.R. 2085), H2728 [6MY]

———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), H830 [3MR]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H872 [4MR]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H7735 [28SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H3094 [17MY]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 4636), H8168 [5OC]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H872 [4MR]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4894 [23JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3299), H128 [27JA]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H7245 [17SE]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H7574 [23SE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7575 [23SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H393 [4FE]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 3791), H434 [10FE]

———reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H3963 [14JN]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1740 [30MR]

National Day of the Horse: establish (see H. Con. Res. 507), H7944 [30SE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see H.R. 1051), H5150 [25JN]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 409), H2483 [28AP]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2374 [22AP]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H576 [24FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H1643 [29MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H304 [3FE]

Rio Grande American Canal, El Paso, TX: redesignate as the Travis C. Johnson Canal (see H.R. 4751), H5150 [25JN]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H700 [26FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5908 [15JY]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H6707 [22JY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and direct the EPA to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada on the importation of solid waste (see H.R. 4940), H6702 [22JY]

Space policy: congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC, and the pilots of SpaceShipOne for winning the Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement (see H. Res. 820), H8167 [5OC]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1230 [17MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H7864 [29SE]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H244 [28JA]

———allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H699 [26FE]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H872 [4MR]

———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 2824), H872 [4MR]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H5331 [7JY]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2264 [21AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H1370 [23MR]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H2373 [22AP]

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]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

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]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H7945 [30SE]

———recognize survivors of cervical cancer and the importance of good cervical health, preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 348), H393 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 653), H3440 (see H. Res. 653), H3539 [20MY]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]

Voting: recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (see H. Res. 796), H7574 [23SE]

Letters

Representative Hall's resignation from the House Democratic Caucus: Representative Menendez, House Democratic Caucus, H2 [20JA]

Representative Hall's vacation of membership on the Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Speaker Hastert, H2 [20JA]

Representative Hall's vacation of membership on the Committee on Science (House): Speaker Hastert, H2 [20JA]

Quotations

Indian Farewell: Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, E505 [2AP]

Remarks

Bush, George: tribute (H. Res. 653), H3906 [14JN]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1895 [11OC]

Coble, John: American Optometric Association Optometrist of the Year award recipient, E1909 [11OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4444 [17JN]

Forester, Paul: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1893 [11OC]

Gainesville, TX: tribute to Gainesville High School football team, E23 [21JA]

Kazakhstan: democracy efforts, E1889 [11OC]

McDaniel, Brandon J.: Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal recipient, E1473 [22JY]

NASA: support space exploration, H3766 [3JN]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 409), H2772 [11MY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H4114, H4120 [15JN]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (H.R. 4517), H4184 [16JN], H4444 [17JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4503), H4114, H4120 [15JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3804 [8JN]

Rockwall, TX: tribute to Rockwall County Library Reading for Adults program, E826 [12MY]

Sherman, TX: tribute to Sherman Independent School District Reading Recovery Program, E1892 [11OC]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (H. Res. 723), H6065, H6069 [20JY], E1424 [20JY]

Steger, William: Dallas Lawyers Auxiliary Justinian Award recipient, E1478 [22JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: oil purchase and inventory policies, H4444 [17JN]

Texas: tribute to Treasures of the Texas Coast Art Contest winners, E1325 [8JY]

Tyler, TX: observance of Law Day, E1478 [22JY]

Voting: recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (H. Res. 796), E1907 [11OC]

Tributes

Ballew, L.T. (Herby), E1140 [16JN]

Boone, Keith P., H4895 [24JN]

Gentry, Bonnie L., E1901 [11OC]

Haney, Bob, E1144 [16JN]

Harber, Lacy and Dorothy, E2124 [20NO]

Hayes, James E., E829 [12MY]

Head, Roy B., Jr., E1475 [22JY]

Hobkirk, Robert, E1905 [11OC]

Keahey, Florence F., E1633 [15SE]

Loftis, Harry, E19 [21JA]

Mayrell, Ralph, E1897 [11OC]

Moreno, Gerardo, E1143 [16JN], E1324 [8JY]

Osburn, Tom, E1629 [15SE]

Snell, Howard, E1479 [22JY]

Stewart, Roy L., E1146 [16JN]

Strong, Melinda M., E505 [2AP]

Thornton, Billie E., E832 [12MY]