TOOMEY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

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), H3437 (see H.R. 4420), H3537 [20MY]

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

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), H5793 [14JY]

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]

———require the President to include estimated unfunded liabilities of all Federal programs in annual budget submissions (see H.R. 4074), H1739 [30MR]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 492), H90 [21JA]

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

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H4893 [23JN]

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Investment Program (see H.R. 4895), H6700 [22JY]

Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 140), H576 [24FE]

———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), H1117 [16MR]

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

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 3778), H1643 [29MR]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 703), H5195 [6JY]

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]

Portugal: tribute to friendship, leadership, and support of the U.S. in the effort to combat international terrorism (see H. Res. 688), H5196 [6JY]

Public welfare programs: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H89 [21JA]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

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

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 565), H1229 [17MR]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H516 [11FE]

Taxation: create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H393 [4FE]

———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]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1011 [10MR]

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]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

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), H1323 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dee, Gabriella: relief (see H.R. 5241), H8408 [6OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: allow the President to propose elimination of wasteful spending through recissions in appropriations bills, H5005 [24JN]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4219 [16JN]

Budget: establish budget protection accounts allowing Congress to reduce spending and redirect it towards tax cuts or deficit reduction, H5003 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4965, H4985, H4987, H5003, H5005, H5008 [24JN]

———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4985 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2591, H2592 [5MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1531 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2591, H2592 [5MY]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6013, H6014 [20JY]

———requirements relative to assumption of zero volatility in calculating stock option values for certain top executives, H6013, H6014 [20JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4219 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7911 [30SE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1270 [18MR]

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits, H1270 [18MR]

Government: provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4987 [24JN]