SANDLIN, MAX (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H1594 [25MR]

Argentina: anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 469), H5536 [12JY]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H3439 (see H.R. 4468), H3539 [20MY]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H4287 [16JN]

———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5331 [7JY]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H4894 [23JN]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H244 [28JA]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7945 [30SE]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force (see H.R. 3696), H2266 [21AP]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H1230 [17MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H128 [27JA]

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

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2658 [5MY]

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), H3094 [17MY]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4391 (see H.R. 4608), H4506 [17JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H7329 [21SE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3995), H1321 [18MR]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H1740 [30MR]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H1593 [25MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]

Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see H. Res. 510), H1791 [31MR]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H2484 [28AP]

China, People's Republic of: improve protection of intellectual property rights (see H. Res. 576), H1643 [29MR]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4171 [15JN]

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

Colleges and universities: address the rising cost of tuition by strengthening the compact between the States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3519), H5331 [7JY]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 837), H8859 [7OC]

Committee on Intelligence (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 837), H8859 [7OC]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7234 [15SE]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H8168 [5OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

Crime: impose the death penalty for kingpins of child sex slave trafficking enterprises (see H.R. 3913), H876 [8MR]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H2550 [4MY]

———carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7443 [22SE]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H1483 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2284), H3016 [13MY]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement a program to enhance private sector preparedness for emergencies and disasters (see H.R. 4830), H8039 [4OC]

———establish the Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications (see H.R. 4400), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of State: establish an Office To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4230), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5072 [24JN]

———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H4928 [24JN] (see H.R. 4772), H5330 [7JY]

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), H392 [4FE]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3947), H1071 [11MR]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H4894 [23JN]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H2919 [12MY]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2549 [4MY]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H1230 [17MR]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2550 [4MY]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 4122), H2019 [1AP]

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]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H6706 [22JY]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H4170 [15JN]

EPA: require motor carriers to comply with vehicle emission performance standards (see H.R. 5314), H9048 [8OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H753 [2MR] (see H.J. Res. 106), H7945 [30SE]

———establish programs using public, private, and faith-based organizations to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support services to foster families (see H.R. 4431), H5984 [19JY]

FDA: regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoesphedrine (see H.R. 4395), H7329 [21SE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H1643 [29MR]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H753 [2MR]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H3605 [1JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H3016 [13MY]

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

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

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1247), H6997 [9SE]

———clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 1120), H6997 [9SE]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1072 [11MR]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2807), H6997 [9SE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7736 [28SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H5908 [15JY]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3180), H5150 [25JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 3856), H699 [26FE]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H2548 [4MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: secure the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4550), H4580 [18JN]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H7864 [29SE]

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]

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), H1370 [23MR]

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

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H7443 [22SE]

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]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H1791 [31MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H4765 [22JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H37 [20JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H4580 [18JN]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 3363), H5793 [14JY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H5793 [14JY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 2787), H5908 [15JY]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H6700 [22JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H831 [3MR]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H7574 [23SE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Texas (see H.R. 3861), H699 [26FE]

———provide automatic enrollment and eligibility for certain low-income beneficiaries for subsidies under the Medicare transitional and permanent prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4437), H3438 (see H.R. 4437), H3538 [20MY]

———provide coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see H.R. 4626), H4894 [23JN]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H6756 [7SE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]

Members of Congress: nullify recent pay increases and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 31), H1011 [10MR]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H4171 [15JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 452), H4286 [16JN]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H831 [3MR]

National security: enhance homeland security science and technology (see H.R. 5069), H7329 [21SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H4171 [15JN]

———expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H4580 [18JN]

———provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see H.R. 4333), H2815 [11MY]

———secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5130), H7574 [23SE]

Natural resources: provide fellowships for graduate and postgraduate students in natural resource- or wildlife-related advanced degree programs to provide expertise to Federal agencies and Congress (see H.R. 5145), H7574 [23SE]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H4392 (see H.R. 4026), H4507 [17JN]

Railroads: require information on tank cars containing hazardous materials be available to first reponders (see H.R. 4802), H6707 [22JY]

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

Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 4694), H5909 [15JY]

Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3483), H3873 [9JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H2373 [22AP]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), consideration (see H. Res. 523), H515 [11FE]

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

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5984 [19JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ military reservists (see H.R. 5079), H7233 [15SE]

———allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (see H.R. 5080), H7233 [15SE]

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

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4655), H4928 (see H.R. 4655), H5072 [24JN]

———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]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H7575 [23SE]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 2034), H5908 [15JY]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3610), H633 [25FE]

———simplify the taxation of businesses (see H.R. 4840), H5984 [19JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H3391 [19MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H4171 [15JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H435 [10FE]

Texas: establish four memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see H.R. 4551), H5909 [15JY]

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

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H100 [23JA]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1117 [16MR]

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

———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]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Voting: amend criminal code relative to voter intimidation (see H.R. 5246), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Depts. of Energy, HHS, and Homeland Security: making appropriations for homeland security programs (see H.R. 4462), H3439 (see H.R. 4462), H3539 [20MY]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2921 [13MY]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1518, H1557 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4681 [22JN]

Dept. of HHS: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H1557 [25MR]

Depts. of Energy, HHS, and Homeland Security: making appropriations for homeland security programs (H.R. 4462), E957 [21MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, E325 [9MR]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4280), H2868 [12MY]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (H.R. 4357), E843 [14MY]

Holocaust: remembrance, E642 [22AP]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3725 [3JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H3725 [3JN]

Public debt: ceiling, H4681 [22JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3831 [9JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2975 [13MY]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (H.R. 4350), E843 [14MY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 520), H439 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H439 [11FE]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (H.R. 4124), E513 [2AP]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H4405 [17JN]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (H.R. 4356), H2975 [13MY], E843 [14MY]

———rates, H6548 [21JY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4405 [17JN]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 4168), H7449 [23SE]

———simplify certain tax rules for individuals (H.R. 4841), H6485, H6489 [21JY]

———simplify the taxation of businesses (H.R. 4840), H6478, H6480, H6483 [21JY]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (H.R. 1779), H2220 [21AP]

Veterans: benefits funding, H1557 [25MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Members of Congress: tribute to departing Members of Texas delegation, H10059, H10064-H10071 [19NO], E2121, E2127 [20NO]