KENNEDY, MARK R. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3406 [20MY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7073 [13SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5794 [14JY], H5852 [15JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2066 [2AP]

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), H3821 [8JN]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4170 [15JN]

Armed Forces: ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3966), H1074 [12MR]

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

———provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H3606 [1JN]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H7575 [23SE]

———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]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1011 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 2999), H1116 [16MR]

Courts: provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H5471 [9JY]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H3094 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H9999 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5909 [15JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 3929), H8409 [6OC]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H4171 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5793 [14JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3781 [3JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H6706 [22JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2266 [21AP]

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]

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

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see H.R. 4151), H2152 [2AP]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 1227), H393 [4FE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1593 [25MR]

Health: provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H5150 [25JN]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H7329 [21SE]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H3872 [9JN]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3015 [13MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H7945 [30SE]

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]

International relations: improve workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions (see H.R. 4053), H4766 [22JN]

Iran: 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), H576 [24FE]

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), H699 [26FE]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H4392 (see H. Res. 615), H4507 [17JN]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H2491 [30AP]

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), H515 [11FE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H1484 [24MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H5195 [6JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H245 [28JA]

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

Supreme Court: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H. Res. 446), H128 [27JA]

Taxation: allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H2483 [28AP]

———allow carryforward of certain unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements for dependent care assistance (see H.R. 4372), H3093 [17MY]

———allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H872 [4MR]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 4502), H3780 [3JN]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H2200 [20AP]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H516 [11FE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H7575 [23SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H6706 [22JY]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H5195 [6JY]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]

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), H36 [20JA]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 630), H2728 [6MY]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H128 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

College of St. Benedict/St. John's University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 493), H36 [20JA]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 5170), H7863 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support (see H.R. 4859), H5983 [19JY]

———prohibit the giving or acceptance of payment for the placement of a child, or obtaining consent to adoption (see H.R. 5064), H7072 [13SE]

Guzman-Morales, Jose M.: relief (see H.R. 5002), H6706 [22JY]

Remarks

Albertville, MN: tribute to St. Michael-Albertville Senior High School wrestling team, E405 [18MR]

Anoka, MN: dedication of historical marker for Red River Ox Cart Trail, E1669 [21SE]

Business and industry: costs of providing employee benefits and employment taxes relative to the status of manufacturing jobs, H2893 [12MY]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector, H2893 [12MY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6008 [20JY]

Children and youth: provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4934 [24JN]

Circle Pines, MN: tribute to Centennial High School boys' hockey team, E404 [18MR]

College of St. Benedict/St. John's University: tribute to football team (H. Res. 493), H365 [4FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H648 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3406 [20MY]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3406 [20MY]

Drugs: reductions in prescription drug prices, H2895 [12MY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2893 [12MY]

Elk River, MN: tribute to Elk River Area High School girls' ice hockey team, E306 [4MR]

Foreign aid: Millennium Challenge Corp., and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in International Development Association funding, H5852, H5853 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5852, H5853 [15JY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H4634 [21JN]

Health: medical savings accounts, H2894 [12MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2893, H2894 [12MY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H4634 [21JN]

International relations: improve workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions (H.R. 4053), H4788 [23JN]

Jones, Melvin: tribute (H. Res. 399), H2386 [27AP]

Keating, Tom: Minnesota Teacher of the Year award recipient, E824 [12MY]

Knudsen, Norma: Spicer, MN, Sunrise Lions Club Helen Keller Award recipient, H578 [25FE]

Lions Clubs: tribute (H. Res. 399), H2386 [27AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H2895 [12MY]

Minnesota: Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Minnesota Dept. of Transportation recipients of the NOAA Mark Trail Award, E1008 [2JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3844 [9JN]

Roads and highways: allow States to build voluntary-use toll lanes and dedicate revenues to new highway capacity, H2067, H2069 [2AP]

Sauk Rapids, MN: tribute to Sauk Rapids-Rice High School boys' swimming and diving team, E403 [18MR]

Stearns County, MN, Soil and Water Conservation District: Minnesota Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District of the Year award recipient, E113 [4FE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (H.R. 583), H2897 [12MY]

———allow carryforward of certain unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements for dependent care assistance (H.R. 4372), H4664 [22JN]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2441 [28AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2067, H2069 [2AP]

Woodbury, MN: recognition as one of the nation's hottest towns by Money (publication), E8 [20JA]

Tributes

Horn, Charles L., E286 [3MR]

Schwartz, David, E11 [20JA]