LaHOOD, RAY (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

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

Articles and editorials

Militia Defector Claims Baghdad Trained al-Qaeda Fighters in Chemical Warfare, Gwynne Roberts, London (England) Sunday Times, H4862 [23JN]

Salman Pak—Iraq Special Weapons Facilities, GlobalSecurity.org (Internet site), H4863 [23JN]

Wrong Again, Richard Miniter, Townhall.com (Internet site), H4864 [23JN]

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), H7735 [28SE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H37 [20JA]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H5909 [15JY]

Armed Forces: forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 2944), H1484 [24MR]

———provide dislocation allowance to retired members and those on temporary disability retired list moving from their last duty station to designated home (see H.R. 995), H1484 [24MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H1230 [17MR]

———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see H.R. 2413), H7735 [28SE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5167), H7863 [29SE]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5195), H8039 [4OC]

Benwell, Dylan B.: condemn abduction by grandparents and call for return (see H. Res. 821), H8167 [5OC]

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), H5654 [13JY]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Children and youth: honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors (see H. Res. 491), H35 [20JA]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H2728 [6MY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4557), H5471 [9JY] (see H.R. 4799), H6707 [22JY]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H8409 [6OC]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see H.R. 4785), H5401 [8JY]

C-SPAN: anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H1117 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5331 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide additional responsibilities for the Chief Information Officer relative to geospatial information (see H.R. 3367), H3016 [13MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5331 [7JY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see H.R. 197), H3541 [20MY]

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]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H245 [28JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1593 [25MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H128 [27JA]

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

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H128 [27JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H7138 [14SE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H2019 [1AP]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H2154 [2AP]

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

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 197), H3441 [20MY]

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

———provide for enhanced language education and training for members of the intelligence community (see H.R. 4573), H4170 [15JN]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H7735 [28SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H89 [21JA]

———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]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H2657 [5MY]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H1370 [23MR]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1655), H2658 [5MY]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H6707 [22JY]

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), H8168 [5OC]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (see H.R. 5308), H9048 [8OC]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H2484 [28AP]

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), H1370 [23MR]

National Security Education Program: revise funding mechanism for scholarships, fellowships, and grants to institutions (see H.R. 4574), H4170 [15JN]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H3964 [14JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 623), H3719 [2JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H36 [20JA]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H2549 [4MY]

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

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H2549 [4MY]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H2374 [22AP]

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

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 4904), H8168 [5OC]

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), H1323 [18MR]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H89 [21JA]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H89 [21JA]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H1322 [18MR]

———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), H830 [3MR]

———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 2824), H700 [26FE]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H1791 [31MR]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 1313), H2657 [5MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H7945 [30SE]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H5331 [7JY]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H5471 [9JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H1740 [30MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H1740 [30MR]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H1322 [18MR]

———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), H7864 [29SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Coins: redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (see H.R. 5012), H6755 [7SE]

Dept. of Commerce: make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects (see H.R. 4310), H2727 [6MY] (see H.R. 4371), H3093 [17MY]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4014), H1369 [23MR]

Court documents

U.S. v. Osama Bin Laden, H4861 [23JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H577 [25FE], H1373 [24MR], H1743 [31MR], H2817 [12MY]

Press conferences

Relationship between the regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda (terrorist organization): Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. (excerpt), H4865 [23JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5556, H5559, H5601, H5602 [13JY]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (H.R. 4608), H6074 [20JY]

CIA: Inspector General report on evidence of relationship existing between the regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), H4861 [23JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and rural development funding through reductions in Common Computing Environment funding, H5556 [13JY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1168 [17MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4830, H4848, H4850, H4861 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4773 [23JN]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870), H10997 [7DE]

———support for employees, H4850 [23JN]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1168 [17MR]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3403 [20MY]

Journal: question of approval, H577 [25FE]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (H.R. 5107), H8189 [6OC]

———protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (H.R. 5107), consideration (H. Res. 823), H8176 [6OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4755), H5491 [12JY]

Mihm, Michael M.: AID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award recipient, E1454 [21JY]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8668, H8839 [7OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 827), H8660 [7OC]

———role of apprehension, detention, and interrogation of terrorists in the successful prosecution of the global war on terror, H4848 [23JN]

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center: anniversary of Life Flight program, E1029 [4JN]

Senator Paul Simon Federal Building, Carbondale, IL: designate (S. 2022), H2212 [21AP]

Simon, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 489), H53 [21JA]

Votes: correction, H4922 [24JN]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (H.J. Res. 110), E2045 [18NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5328 [7JY]

Tributes

Goss, Representative, H4773 [23JN]