FOLEY, MARK (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8880 [8OC]

Articles and editorials

Bush's ``Grand Strategy''—Overlooked by Liberal Historians, Bill Sammon, Washington (DC) Times, H1044 [11MR]

Saddam Team Skimmed Billions in Aid Project. Cash in Suitcases—UN Sanctions Violated, Susan Sachs, New York (NY) Times, H1043 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H6707 [22JY]

———ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3966), H1326 [22MR]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H89 [21JA]

———increase amount of basic educational assistance for veterans under Montgomery GI Bill and eliminate reduction of basic pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1212), H7945 [30SE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———present a ribbon to members who were exposed during active duty to ionizing radiation as a result of atomic weapons testing (see H.R. 1404), H244 [28JA]

———reform computation of retired pay for members with hazardous duty experience, study benefits for employers of National Guard or Reserve members, and assess military youth programs expansion (see H.R. 1325), H515 [11FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2816 [11MY]

Barber, Rex T.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during World War II (see H.R. 3739), H2816 [11MY]

Benwell, Dylan B.: condemn abduction by grandparents and call for return (see H. Res. 821), H8167 [5OC]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H4171 [15JN]

Cargo transportation: coordinate cargo theft crime data collection and make improvements relating to cargo theft prevention (see H.R. 3563), H4766 [22JN]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1593 [25MR]

Computers: increase protections for children from obscene material on the Internet (see H.R. 4305), H3720 [2JN]

Courts: ensure Federal Tort Claims Act protections for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 4347), H2917 [12MY]

———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

Crime: impose the death penalty for kingpins of child sex slave trafficking enterprises (see H.R. 3913), H1370 [23MR]

———protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2728 [6MY]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H632 [25FE]

Dept. of State: expand au pair exchange visitor programs to include the provision of in-home independent living services for adults with disabilities (see H.R. 3998), H1321 [18MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6557 [21JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H244 [28JA]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H89 [21JA]

Disasters: provide assistance for areas that experience a disaster that results in major damage to or destruction of homes (see H.R. 4506), H3780 [3JN]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 492), H35 [20JA]

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]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4090), H1790 [31MR]

Everglades National Park: exchange of certain land (see H.R. 3785), H3016 [13MY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H7575 [23SE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H575 [24FE]

———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 5276), H8858 [7OC]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1101), H1230 [17MR]

Greece: tribute to Government and people for successful completion of 2004 Summer Olympic games (see H. Res. 774), H8039 [4OC]

Haiti: expand certain preferential trade treatment (see H.R. 4889), H6556 [21JY]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H5195 [6JY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

———provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H2729 [6MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3035), H2728 [6MY]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H4647 [21JN]

Immigration: establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H6707 [22JY]

———modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents (see H.R. 4417), H3964 [14JN]

India: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4449), H3821 [8JN]

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), H5793 [14JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2154 [2AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 5193), H10233 [20NO]

———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), H2658 [5MY]

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), H1072 [11MR]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H2729 [6MY]

John Milton Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4924), H7138 [14SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7864 [29SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H434 [10FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H2373 [22AP]

Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building, Longboat Key, FL: designate (see H.R. 4847), H5908 [15JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H304 [3FE]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H245 [28JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3605 [1JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

Monuments and memorials: establish a national database to identify, locate, and catalogue memorials and permanent tributes to U.S. veterans (see H.R. 2201), H244 [28JA]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1484 [24MR]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3756), H3016 [13MY]

NOAA: commend for dedication and hard work during Hurricanes Charley and Frances (see H. Con. Res. 488), H6997 [9SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property Rights (see H.R. 5117), H7329 [21SE]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H. Res. 601), H2265 [21AP]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H1326 [22MR]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H3820 [8JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Refugees: international recognition of plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries, and the establishment of a U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East resettlement program (see H. Con. Res. 311), H576 [24FE]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2550 [4MY]

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building, Holiday, FL: designate (see H.R. 4380), H4287 [16JN]

Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H5654 [13JY]

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

Spain: express condolences to families and friends of individuals killed in terrorist bombing in Madrid and express sympathy to individuals injured in those attacks and to the people of Spain (see H. Res. 559), H1072 [11MR]

Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office, Mascotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 5027), H6898 [8SE]

Sudan: provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H8039 [4OC]

Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 668), H3964 [14JN]

Taxation: allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H753 [2MR]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 4109), H2266 [21AP]

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

———encourage the production of independent motion pictures (see H.R. 4736), H5331 [7JY]

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

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3042), H3720 [2JN]

———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]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 3776), H392 [4FE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H7443 [22SE]

Transportation: improve transportation and security of household goods (see H.R. 1070), H2657 [5MY]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H2657 [5MY]

———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: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H576 [24FE]

World War II: anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising (see H. Con. Res. 470), H5402 [8JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cemeteries and funerals: establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (see H.R. 4112), H2018 [1AP]

Children and youth: ensure that appropriate State social services officers have access to certain Federal databases to carry out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children (see H.R. 3972), H1116 [16MR]

Collier County, FL: authorize ecosystem restoration projects for the Indian River Lagoon and the Picayune Strand (see H.R. 5232), H8408 [6OC]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 4186), H2265 [21AP]

Florida: authorize water resources projects for Indian River Lagoon-South and Southern Golden Gates Estates, Collier County (see H.R. 4344), H2917 [12MY]

———commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (see H. Res. 784), H7442 [22SE]

Haiti: establish a program to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction assistance (see H.R. 4839), H5907 [15JY]

Taxation: allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 5206), H8038 [4OC]

———provide employers a double deduction of certain employee training expenses (see H.R. 5366), H9745 [16NO]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H2018 [1AP]

Forms

IRS income tax simple form 1040S for senior citizens, H3650 [2JN]

Lists

Articles about individuals accused of atrocities, H8882 [8OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H311 [4FE], H7331 [22SE]

Remarks

Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy): investigation of removal of classified documents from the National Archives, H6559 [22JY]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, H17 [20JA], H39 [21JA]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H3751 [3JN]

Clinton, William J.: administration support for certain policies relative to Iraq, H314 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), conference report, H9121 [9OC]

Disasters: impact of tropical storms and hurricanes on Florida, H7047, H7048, H7049 [13SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms, H9121 [9OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6728 [7SE], H7047, H7048, H7049 [13SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8293 [6OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H17 [20JA]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 492), H42 [21JA]

Florida: commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (H. Res. 784), H7703 [28SE]

———tribute to Diageo Spirit of America Fund for hurricane recovery efforts, E1920 [11OC]

Goss, Representative: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, H7449 [23SE]

Immigration: prevent admission, require removal, and authorize investigation of aliens who commit acts of torture or genocide abroad, H8880, H8882 [8OC]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1042 [11MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4776 [23JN]

Internet Safety Day: observance, E1469 [22JY]

Iraq: abduction and killing of civilians by enemy combatants, H4776 [23JN]

———alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H4776 [23JN]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2703 [6MY]

———relationship with al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), H4563 [18JN]

———U.N. Oil for Food Program, H2551 [5MY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: anniversary, H3942 [14JN]

Kerry, Senator: characterization of remarks made after Presidential campaign speech in Chicago, IL, H1013 [11MR]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, H2819 [12MY]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H2819 [12MY]

National Homecare and Hospice Month: observance, E2106 [20NO]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8880, H8882 [8OC]

Republican Party: anniversary of legislative majority in the House of Representatives, H7331 [22SE]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (H.R. 4109), H3648, H3649, H3652, H3653 [2JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2579 [5MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2436 [28AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H3942 [14JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4402 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4402 [17JN]

Transportation: exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from new hours of service regulations, H2029 [1AP]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2029 [1AP]

Votes: position on missed, H7351 [22SE], H9175, H9176, H9177 [9OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H87 [21JA], H823 [3MR], H1069 [11MR], H2725 [6MY], H4577 [18JN]

Tables

Individuals accused of atrocities, H8882 [8OC]

Tributes

Bartolotta, Louis P., Sr., E688 [28AP]

Brucia, Carlie, H402 [10FE]

Budnyk, Sam, E1615 [14SE]

Reagan, Ronald, H3823 [9JN]

Woodliff, Michael, H1231 [18MR]