GALLEGLY, ELTON (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4840 [23JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, H10930 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H6707 [22JY]

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4917), H6701 [22JY]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2373 [22AP]

Armed Forces: eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5536 [12JY]

———rectify deficiencies in military postal system to ensure that members overseas can receive and send mail in a timely manner, including election ballots, in time for 2004 elections (see H. Res. 608), H2550 [4MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H3821 [8JN]

Belarus: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H. Res. 652), H4171 [15JN]

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), H4287 [16JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 95), H2658 [5MY] (see H.J. Res. 97), H3964 [14JN]

Cambodia: encourage and support the ratification, establishment, and financing of a tribunal for the prosecution of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2266 [21AP]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 568), H1484 [24MR]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2658 [5MY]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H128 [27JA]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H1739 [30MR]

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), H2658 [5MY]

Crime: amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (see H.R. 1678), H1643 [29MR]

———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 1731), H2549 [4MY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H2548 [4MY]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H9962 [17NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (see H.R. 4569), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H11057 [7DE]

———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H2918 [12MY]

———specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see H.R. 4246), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H4580 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior: arrange for the carving of the figure of Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore National Memorial (see H.R. 4980), H6704 [22JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H4766 [22JN]

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 1822), H1230 [17MR]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5364), H9745 [16NO]

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]

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 4668), H4893 [23JN]

European Union: recognize importance of relations with the U.S. (see H. Res. 577), H2374 [22AP]

Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building, West Hills, CA: designate (see H.R. 5147), H7736 [28SE]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H4170 [15JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit use of identification issued by foreign governments, other than passports, for purposes of verifying identity of a person opening an account (see H.R. 3674), H393 [4FE]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for wildland firefighters (see H.R. 2963), H5331 [7JY]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H1072 [11MR] (see H.R. 4110), H4580 [18JN]

Intelligence services: improve the organization and operation of the intelligence community (see H.R. 4584), H4286 [16JN]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 319), H4392 (see H. Con. Res. 319), H4507 [17JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: promote human rights and freedom (see H.R. 4011), H1484 [24MR]

Law enforcement: protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H5331 [7JY]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H393 [4FE]

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

National Endowment for Democracy: express support for work in Venezuela (see H. Res. 867), H10232 [20NO]

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), H3821 [8JN]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (see H. Res. 558), H1643 [29MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA] (see H. Res. 664), H3821 [8JN]

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

San Luis Obispo County, CA: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and tribute to aid efforts (see H. Res. 519), H392 [4FE]

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

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]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 565), H1229 [17MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2484 [28AP]

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

Syria: human rights and civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 363), H2816 [11MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H434 [10FE]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H4928 (see H.R. 715), H5071 [24JN]

———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), H2483 [28AP]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1072 [11MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H. Con. Res. 415), H5151 [25JN]

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), H4580 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Burma: urge the U.N. Security Council to take appropriate action to respond to the threat that the ruling State Peace and Development Council poses to Southeast Asia (see H. Res. 768), H7073 [13SE]

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), H3438 (see H.R. 4440), H3538 [20MY]

Terrorism: modify designation of foreign terrorist organizations and include information on groups seeking weapons of mass destruction or designated as terrorist organizations in Dept. of State country reports (see H.R. 3978), H1116 [16MR]

Venezuela: encourage citizens to participate in a constitutional, peaceful, democratic, and electoral solution relative to referendum to recall President Hugo Chavez (see H. Res. 716), H5793 [14JY]

Remarks

Borchard, John W., Jr.: St. John's Regional Medical Center and St. Johns Pleasant Valley Hospital Catherine McAuley Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E823 [12MY]

Broome, Jack: St. John's Regional Medical Center and St. Johns Pleasant Valley Hospital Catherine McAuley Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E823 [12MY]

Burma: human rights violations, E573 [21AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7163 [14SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7163 [14SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4841 [23JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement border security recommendations, E1917 [11OC]

———implement terrorist travel and screening recommendations, E1917 [11OC]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), E1917 [11OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3796 [8JN]

Simi Valley, CA: tribute to local officials for efforts in conjunction with funeral and related services for Ronald Reagan, E1171 [18JN]

Terrorism: modify designation of foreign terrorist organizations and include information on groups seeking weapons of mass destruction or designated as terrorist organizations in Dept. of State country reports, H4841 [23JN]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to Conejo Valley Little League baseball team, E1550 [8SE]

Votes: position on missed, E7 [20JA], E105 [3FE], E478 [30MR], E577 [21AP], E677 [27AP], E851 [14MY], E988 [2JN], E1547 [8SE], E1685 [22SE], E1804 [6OC], E1978 [16NO]

Tributes

Dornan, Franca P., E1136 [16JN]

Gulbranson, Helen, E1394 [16JY]

Havens, Neil, E1510 [22JY]

Laubacher, Thomas, Sr., E1927 [11OC]

Pollock, David, E1677 [22SE]

Shrader, Alvin (Sam), E531 [2AP]

Tracy, Mike, E2062 [18NO]