MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)

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), H7138 [14SE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC] (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3230 [18MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H10080 [19NO]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H127 [27JA]

Aviation: clarify importance of utilizing biometric technology to improve aviation and airport security (see H.R. 4914), H6701 [22JY]

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), H435 [10FE]

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]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3909), H871 [4MR]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H2266 [21AP]

Children and youth: recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

Conner, Garlin M.: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 327), H434 [10FE]

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), H3016 [13MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3963 [14JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2491 [30AP]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2406 [27AP]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H927 [9MR]

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 5278), H8858 [7OC]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H304 [3FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H6756 [7SE]

Laos: address urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H872 [4MR]

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

Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 5197), H10080 [19NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H7443 [22SE]

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H4647 [21JN]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H1011 [10MR]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9745 [16NO]

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), H2549 [4MY]

Myron V. George Post Office, Altamont, KS: designate (see H.R. 3733), H127 [27JA]

Newell George Post Office Building, Kansas City, KS: designate (see H.R. 4222), H2405 [27AP]

Robert J. Dole Community Center, McConnell AFB, KS: designate (see H.R. 3746), H244 [28JA]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H8167 [5OC]

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

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H707 [1MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H2200 [20AP]

———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2037), H1011 [10MR]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 4295), H2816 [11MY]

———limit deduction for charitable contributions of patents and similar property (see H.R. 3837), H632 [25FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H2918 [12MY]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H5195 [6JY]

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

Transportation: improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods transportation industry (see H.R. 2928), H872 [4MR]

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), H2658 [5MY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2657 [5MY]

Wetlands: expand pilot program for enrollment of certain wetlands in the conservation reserve program to include enrollment of certain playas and buffer acreage (see H.R. 3886), H4580 [18JN]

Wojtanik, Andrew: National Geographic Bee winner (see H. Res. 804), H7735 [28SE] (see H. Res. 815), H8038 [4OC]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4156), H2153 [2AP] (see H.R. 4453), H3439 (see H.R. 4453), H3538 [20MY]

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]

Taxation: treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see H.R. 4073), H1739 [30MR]

Proclamations

Kansas-Armenia Partnership Day: Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, E1633 [15SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H7404 [22SE], H8306 [6OC]

Armed Forces: health benefits funding, H4725 [22JN]

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4533 [18JN]

Children and youth: recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (S. Con. Res. 114), E1407 [16JY]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (H. Con. Res. 257), H5164 [6JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4725 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4533 [18JN]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8306 [6OC]

Drought: impact on Kansas, H7404 [22SE]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4453), H8238 [6OC]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2302), H9859 [17NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2396 [27AP]

Kansas-Armenia Partnership Day: observance, E1633 [15SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, E1629 [15SE]

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), H2770 [11MY]

North Platte, NE: tribute to individuals and communities who volunteered or donated items to the North Platte Canteen during World War II (H. Con. Res. 161), H7368 [22SE]

Otis, KS: tribute to citizens ambulance service, E2068 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3862 [9JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (H. Con. Res. 414), E879 [17MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1809 [1AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2261 [21AP], H2367 [22AP], H2812 [11MY], H3602 [1JN], H5328 [7JY], H5534 [12JY], H7326 [21SE], H7572 [23SE]

Tributes

Clark, Stan W., H3691 [2JN]

Dreiling, Norbert, H5950 [19JY]

Hauck, Chris, E861 [14MY]

Kotoyantz, Alex, E1633 [15SE]