BRADY, KEVIN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4972 [24JN]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

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), H3437 (see H.R. 4420), H3537 [20MY]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend and modify certain trade benefits (see H.R. 4103), H2018 [1AP]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H6997 [9SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

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

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Res. 853), H10000 [18NO]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H1011 [10MR]

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

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 722), H5908 [15JY]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H1593 [25MR]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H90 [21JA]

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

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5165), H7863 [29SE]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H2728 [6MY]

Courts: provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H4928 (see H.R. 4430), H5072 [24JN]

Crime: protect victims' rights (see H.R. 4342), H2917 [12MY]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H5330 [7JY]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5188), H8409 [6OC]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

———constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

FCC: ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H5151 [25JN]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H701 [26FE]

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

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

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

Higher Education Act: ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 4411), H3720 [2JN]

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

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7735 [28SE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H393 [4FE]

Medicare: contain costs of prescription drug program (see H.R. 3854), H699 [26FE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure that certain prevailing parties receive attorneys' fees (see H.R. 4499), H3873 [9JN]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H3873 [9JN]

———prevent Government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 2293), H575 [24FE]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H9051 [8OC]

Railroads: prohibit use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials (see H.R. 5119), H8168 [5OC]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H4287 [16JN]

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

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

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

———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), H3720 [2JN]

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

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H3440 (see H.R. 2133), H3540 [20MY]

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

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3094 [17MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———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]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2657 [5MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H7735 [28SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4279), H2728 [6MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H2482 [28AP]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3390 [19MY]

Taxation: 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]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3231 [19MY]

Press releases

Washington—Treat All States Equal: by, H2832 [12MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: increase agricultural exports, H6625 [22JY]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4974, H4975 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H7400, H7401, H7402, H7403 [22SE], H9985 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4913 [24JN]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H351 [4FE]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (H.R. 4232), H8274 [6OC]

Conroe, TX: annivesary, E2067 [18NO]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H660 [26FE]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy, H660 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4476 [17JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 1057), H7377 [22SE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4402 [17JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7903 [30SE]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies, H4974, H4975 [24JN]

Iraq: abduction and killing of civilians by enemy combatants, H2800 [11MY]

———alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H3232 [19MY]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (H.R. 4829), H8277 [6OC]

National Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases Awareness Week: observance, E567 [20AP]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), E1960 [11OC]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9975, H9976, H9978, H9980, H9982 [18NO]

———ceiling (S. 2986), motion to commit, H9985 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3855 [9JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), Senate amendment, H459, H461 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H459, H461 [11FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H8717 [7OC]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7400, H7401, H7402, H7403 [22SE]

———rates, H4913 [24JN]

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

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8717 [7OC], E1921 [11OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to instruct conferees, H7753 [29SE]

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

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H2800, H2801 [11MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 4168), H7377 [22SE]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5702 [14JY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6625 [22JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H351 [4FE]

Votes: position on missed, E1559 [8SE]

Tributes

Canfield, Colenia, E1379 [15JY]

Collins, Gary, E452 [26MR]

Flowers, Charles, Sr., E1761 [1OC]

Maguire, Delores A., E1765 [1OC]

Staley, Gary L. (Deuce), E1769 [1OC]