SULLIVAN, JOHN (a Representative from Oklahoma)

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), H5151 [25JN]

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H9745 [16NO]

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

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), H2019 [1AP]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H5331 [7JY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H3441 (see H.R. 3602), H3540 [20MY]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H7329 [21SE]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2549 [4MY]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H3873 [9JN]

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]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H4171 [15JN]

———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]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2491 [30AP]

Dept. of State: establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions and reform U.S. laws governing intercountry adoptions (see H.R. 3896), H5331 [7JY]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H2154 [2AP]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1078), H6128 [20JY]

———expand opportunities for postsecondary education (see H.R. 3039), H393 [4FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H2199 [20AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H89 [21JA]

FDA: regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoesphedrine (see H.R. 4395), H3390 [19MY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H4171 [15JN]

Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building, Vinita, OK: designate (see H.R. 4782), H7329 [21SE]

Freedom of religion: safeguard religious liberties (see H.R. 3190), H245 [28JA]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 857), H6128 [20JY]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

———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), H435 [10FE]

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), H1323 [18MR]

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

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]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4580 [18JN]

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), H7735 [28SE]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 720), H5908 [15JY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6899 [8SE]

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), H927 [9MR]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H2728 [6MY]

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), H3094 [17MY]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1793), H2549 [4MY]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H37 [20JA]

———reaffirm inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government (see H.R. 2912), H2019 [1AP]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see H.R. 4413), H3437 (see H.R. 4413), H3537 [20MY]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2728 [6MY]

Russia: condemn series of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 760), H6899 [8SE]

Sitter, Inez: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 511), H8858 [7OC]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1072 [11MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7864 [29SE]

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: 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), H3440 (see H.R. 1160), H3540 [20MY]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H1322 [18MR]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H3230 [18MY]

———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), H1322 [18MR]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H36 [20JA]

———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 5090), H7233 [15SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H700 [26FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H2199 [20AP]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H4928 (see H.R. 4284), H5072 [24JN]

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]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4530), H5331 [7JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, OK (see H.R. 5240), H8408 [6OC]

Randall, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 650), H3391 [19MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), E1414 [19JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, E1049 [4JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1447 [24MR]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), consideration (H. Res. 734), H6566 [22JY]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7469 [23SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 803), H7745 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7921 [30SE]

FDA: prohibit funding to restrict prescription use of any contraceptive determined to be safe and effective, E1414 [19JY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H4743 [22JN]

Memorial Day: observance, E1049 [4JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H4115 [15JN]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (H.R. 4517), H4188 [16JN]

Power resources: energy savings performance contracts, H1447 [24MR]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4503), H4115 [15JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3857 [9JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2979 [13MY]

Tulsa, OK: anniversary of Greater Tulsa Area Hispanic Affairs Commission, E1824 [7OC]

———tribute to Oklahoma Expos youth baseball team, E1786 [4OC]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform (House), H222 [28JA]

Committee on Science (House), H222 [28JA]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H222 [28JA]