GILLMOR, PAUL E. (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5909 [15JY]

———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), H5909 [15JY]

———improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 2797), H5984 [19JY]

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

Army: establish a combat artillery badge (see H.R. 3950), H3605 [1JN]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H5151 [25JN]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Budget: reform procedures, provide budget discipline, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3925), H1010 [10MR]

Coins: improve circulation of the $1 coin and create a new bullion coin (see H.R. 3916), H1643 [29MR]

Commission for Assisting Democratic Parliaments: establish (see H. Res. 543), H1230 [17MR]

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 4358), H3781 [3JN]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 2053), H5908 [15JY]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H3720 [2JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H7443 [22SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5195 [6JY]

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

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H7443 [22SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H4580 [18JN]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H2019 [1AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H5984 [19JY]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H435 [10FE]

Federal employees: make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2997), H3016 [13MY]

Financial institutions: increase the aggregate asset size limitation of the small bank regulatory relief provision and provide for future adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3952), H2728 [6MY]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 4472), H5909 [15JY]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 527), H304 [3FE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1740 [30MR]

GAO: prepare statements for committee reports on congressional legislation on whether new entities, programs, or functions are redundant or could be performed more efficiently by existing entity, program, or function (see H.R. 2743), H830 [3MR]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H434 [10FE]

Health: provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H1370 [23MR]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H7138 [14SE]

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H245 [28JA]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2918 [12MY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2895), H6557 [21JY]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H1592 [25MR]

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

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 125), H7138 [14SE]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H2733 [10MY]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7945 [30SE]

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

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H7073 [13SE]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (see H. Res. 558), H1072 [11MR]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H1484 [24MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3605 [1JN]

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

Romania: provide equitable restitution to certain religious communities for property confiscated by the former Communist government (see H. Res. 632), H4171 [15JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H89 [21JA]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H700 [26FE]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H927 [9MR]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3781 [3JN]

———reduce risk of identity theft by limiting use of Social Security numbers on certain Government-issued identification cards and Government documents (see H.R. 4846), H5908 [15JY]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H5909 [15JY]

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

Tariff: nitrocellulose (see H.R. 4203), H3230 [18MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———allow increase in the minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see H.R. 3806), H514 [11FE]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (see H.R. 1820), H7864 [29SE]

———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), H36 [20JA]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H393 [4FE]

———expand work opportunity credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group (see H.R. 3678), H393 [4FE]

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

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 4091), H3720 [2JN]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3015 [13MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2816 [11MY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H5330 [7JY]

———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]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H575 [24FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H515 [11FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H6706 [22JY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H2549 [4MY]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4286 [16JN]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H88 [21JA]

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), H391 [4FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H9051 [8OC]

Voting: recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (see H. Res. 796), H8169 [5OC]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 3929), H1010 [10MR]

Investments: improve governance and regulation of mutual funds under the securities laws (see H.R. 4505), H3780 [3JN]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H392 [4FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and direct the EPA to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada on the importation of solid waste (see H.R. 4940), H6702 [22JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4175 [16JN]

Remarks

Ballreich Bros., Inc.: tribute to inclusion in Guiness Book of World Records for largest bag of potato chips, E2065 [18NO]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6003 [20JY]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 411), H2603 [5MY]

Financial institutions: place certain limits on newly chartered branches of certain industrial loan companies, H1264 [18MR]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1264 [18MR]

Holgate, OH: tribute to Holgate High School boys' basketball team, E818 [12MY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (H.R. 2771), H2600, H2602, H2603, H2604 [5MY]

Ottawa, OH: tribute to Ottawa-Glandorf High School boys' basketball team, E819 [12MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4176 [16JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize, H2602 [5MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2960 [13MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1028 [11MR]

Van Wert County Historical Society: anniversary, E1476 [22JY]

Wauseon, OH: anniversary, E1226 [24JN]

Tributes

Baer, Craig, E824 [12MY]

Bereuter, Representative, H5395 [8JY]

Bowman, Joshua, E826 [12MY]

Bryenton, Gary L., E357 [11MR]

Daubel, Jim, E71 [28JA]

Harman, Keith E., E1480 [22JY]

Klinksiek, Blake, E821 [12MY]

Larabee, Ruth, E1315 [8JY]

Laughlin, Richard W., E663 [27AP]

Martin, Robert, E822 [12MY]

McKee, John R., E1509 [22JY]

Phillips, Natalie, E823 [12MY]

Uetterling, David, E1474 [22JY]