OSBORNE, TOM (a Representative from Nebraska)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC] (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———provide for a new program of educational assistance for certain members of Reserve components who perform active service (see H.R. 5081), H7736 [28SE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5167), H8168 [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), H3873 [9JN]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H7138 [14SE]

———ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H1323 [18MR]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 2880), H3094 [17MY]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (see H. Res. 805), H7735 [28SE]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 4888), H6556 [21JY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H5470 [9JY]

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]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H2658 [5MY]

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska, and for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 5273), H8857 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7575 [23SE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to establish drug-free school demonstration programs (see H.R. 3720), H88 [21JA]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H6998 [9SE]

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]

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), H516 [11FE]

Drugs: increase penalties for anabolic steroid offenses near sports facilities (see H.R. 3866), H707 [1MR]

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

Ecology and environment: create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H2373 [22AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the Impact Aid program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 3795), H2816 [11MY]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H2816 [11MY]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H576 [24FE]

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

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H701 [26FE]

———provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

———vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H305 [3FE]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations relative to Cuba (see H.R. 2494), H3230 [18MY]

Health: increase public awareness of eating disorders and expand research for treatment and cures (see H. Res. 531), H574 [24FE]

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

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4156), H2153 [2AP]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3720 [2JN]

Iraq: provide education and health care for, and protect human rights of, women and children, and enhance political participation, economic empowerment, civil society, and personal security for women (see H.R. 4671), H4893 [23JN]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H576 [24FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H244 [28JA]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3873 [9JN]

———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]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H3392 [19MY]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 4687), H4926 (see H.R. 4687), H5070 [24JN]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H2728 [6MY]

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), H9963 [17NO]

Nebraska: authorize an additional district judgeship (see H.R. 4301), H2727 [6MY]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 1281), H2549 [4MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H2728 [6MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H304 [3FE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 4776), H6900 [8SE]

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

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2729 [6MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ military reservists (see H.R. 5079), H7575 [23SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H2918 [12MY]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H6128 [20JY]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5355), H9184 [9OC]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H10926 [6DE]

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), H128 [27JA]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (see H.R. 3914), H926 [9MR]

U.S. Boxing Administration: establish (see H.R. 1281), H2549 [4MY]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (see H.R. 5272), H8857 [7OC]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Agriculture: implement the U.S. Animal Identification Plan (see H.R. 3961), H1071 [11MR]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish (see H.R. 4703), H4927 (see H.R. 4703), H5071 [24JN]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 575), H1483 [24MR]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: extend water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division in Nebraska (see H.R. 5016), H6755 [7SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 4295), H2657 [5MY]

Letters

Honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors: Darryl A. Beehler, American Osteopathic Association, H45 [21JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H7186 [14SE], H8306 [6OC]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H3504 [20MY]

Child Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 759), H7802 [29SE]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (H.R. 3873), H1408 [24MR]

———honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors (H. Res. 491), H44, H46 [21JA]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4936 [24JN]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (H.R. 4799), H5515 [12JY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 2634), H6871, H6873 [8SE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H321 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H321, H353 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), consideration (H. Res. 513), H316 [4FE]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H5951 [19JY], H6594 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 648), H3244 [19MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5378 [8JY]

Disasters: include drought in definition of disaster, H2778 [11MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8306 [6OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), consideration (H. Res. 819), H8283 [6OC]

Drugs: increase penalties for anabolic steroid offenses near sports facilities (H.R. 3866), H3662 [2JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3935 [14JN], H6740 [7SE]

Education: recognize the importance of civic education, E1703 [24SE]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 66), H3923 [14JN]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (H.R. 3687), H533 [24FE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish (H.R. 4703), H5073 [25JN]

Festival of Children Foundation, Inc.: tribute (H. Res. 759), H7802 [29SE]

Floods: reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made (S. 2238), H4598 [21JN]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H805 [3MR], H6739 [7SE]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 4409), H3635 [2JN]

Housing: exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (H.R. 27), H2606 [5MY]

———facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (H.R. 4363), H4590 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), conference report, H10018 [19NO]

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), consideration (H. Res. 561), H1130 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2993 [13MY], H6739 [7SE], H7819 [29SE]

Memorial Day: observance, H3504 [20MY]

Morality and ethics: national objectives priority assignments, H6741-H6744 [7SE]

National Education Association: tribute, E212 [24FE]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (H. Res. 575), H1613 [29MR], H2520 [4MY]

Nebraska: authorize an additional district judgeship, H5378 [8JY]

Nebraska State Education Association: tribute, E212 [24FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, H3059 [17MY]

North Platte, NE: tribute to individuals and communities who volunteered or donated items to the North Platte Canteen during World War II (H. Con. Res. 161), H7367 [22SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3935 [14JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3806 [8JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2979 [13MY]

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (H.R. 3369), H7088 [14SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H3059 [17MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7539 [23SE]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H533 [24FE], H1026 [11MR]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (H.R. 871), H8131 [5OC]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H353 [4FE]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (H.R. 2379), H993 [10MR]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), H3730 [3JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H561 [24FE], H749 [2MR], H823 [3MR], H1590 [25MR], H2196 [20AP], H2367 [22AP], H2546 [4MY], H2655 [5MY], H2915 [12MY], H3602 [1JN], H3960 [14JN], H4890 [23JN], H5146 [25JN], H5534 [12JY], H5788 [14JY], H5905 [15JY], H7136 [14SE], H7732 [28SE], H8034 [4OC], H8163 [5OC]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5392, H5396 [8JY]

Dooley, Vince, H5169 [6JY]

Hale, Creighton J., E1869 [11OC]

Higgins, Andrew J., E776 [6MY]