HENSARLING, JEB (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4980, H4986, H5015 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1522 [25MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4260 [16JN]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8307 [6OC]

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), H4287 [16JN]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 3984, 3985, 3986), H1229 [17MR]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3853), H699 [26FE]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 653), H3440 (see H. Res. 653), H3539 [20MY]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H2154 [2AP]

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

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

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3720 [2JN]

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]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 3313), H89 [21JA]

———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]

Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 1731), H575 [24FE]

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

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 4773), H5793 [14JY]

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

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: minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 2263), H89 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1230 [17MR]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H3017 [13MY]

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

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), H89 [21JA]

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

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]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H9963 [17NO]

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

Medicare: contain costs of prescription drug program (see H.R. 3854), H699 [26FE]

National Labor Relations Act: prevent Government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 2293), H575 [24FE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H1740 [30MR]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H3094 [17MY]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H4287 [16JN]

———redesign the ten dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4528), H4287 [16JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H245 [28JA]

Roads and highways: provide increased flexibility to certain States in complying with certain regulations (see H.R. 2864), H830 [3MR]

Social Security: prohibit approval of certain waivers to provide coverage of childless adults under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4142), H2152 [2AP]

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

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H872 [4MR]

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

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

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———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 for refunds to taxpayers of the budget surplus for each year of surplus (see H.R. 3784), H516 [11FE]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H4171 [15JN]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H2200 [20AP]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H5908 [15JY]

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

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3113), H1791 [31MR]

Truth in Lending Act: limit liability of any assignee of a creditor (see H.R. 4719), H5149 [25JN]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

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), H1071 [11MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H7247 [21SE]

Lists

Texas Fifth Congressional District Eagle Scout Award recipients, E89 [3FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: provide on-budget offsets for certain emergency supplemental appropriations, H8307, H8308, H8309 [6OC]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H998 [10MR], H1205 [17MR], H2624 [5MY], H2882 [12MY], H3693 [2JN]

———consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4977 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4977, H4984, H4986, H4987, H4988, H5040, H5042, H5044 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4903 [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, H4984 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5040, H5042, H5044 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1437 [24MR], H1529, H1531, H1532, H1533 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4913 [24JN]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6010 [20JY]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Lake Highlands High School, E340 [11MR]

———anniversary of St. Patrick's School, E1133 [15JN]

———tribute to Civilian Conservation Corps development efforts at White Rock Lake, E546 [20AP]

———tribute to White Rock Lake's ``For the Love of the Lake'' (organization), E1333 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior: website management and maintenance funding, H4260, H4261 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4260, H4261 [16JN]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8307, H8308, H8309 [6OC]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H1716 [30MR]

Flatt, Clint: Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award recipient, E1437 [21JY]

Garland, TX: tribute to First Baptist Church, H7078 [14SE]

Government: provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4986, H4987, H4988 [24JN]

Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (H.R. 2432), H3235 [19MY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: anniversary, H3938, H3940, H3942, H3944 [14JN], H4768 [23JN]

Medicaid: funding, H1532 [25MR]

Nucor Steel Bar Mill Group (business): tribute, E90 [3FE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3810 [8JN]

School Board Recognition Month: observance, E92 [3FE], E140, E141 [10FE]

Taxation: permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2440 [28AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H3938, H3940, H3942, H3944 [14JN]

———rates, H4913 [24JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), E1187 [18JN]

Texas: tribute to Eagle Scout Award recipients, E89 [3FE]

Trinity Valley Community College: tribute to women's basketball team, E688 [28AP]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5705 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H561 [24FE], H823 [3MR], H925 [9MR], H1115 [16MR], H1368 [23MR], H1641 [29MR], H1737 [30MR], H2196 [20AP], H2404 [27AP], H2546 [4MY], H2812 [11MY], H3079 [17MY], H3602 [1JN], H3960 [14JN], H5534 [12JY], H5979 [19JY], H6895 [8SE], H7850 [29SE]

Tributes

Casper, James A., E987 [2JN]

Minter, Lynda, E963 [21MY]

Pittman, Wesley E., E1171 [18JN]