STRICKLAND, TED (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4724 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H2266 [21AP]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3392 [19MY]

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

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1924), H1740 [30MR]

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H10233 [20NO]

———provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (see H.R. 3862), H699 [26FE]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H434 [10FE]

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H3781 [3JN]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H7138 [14SE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H752 [2MR]

Aviation: allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced (see H.R. 5028), H6898 [8SE]

———provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H4287 [16JN]

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), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]

———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 3063), H393 [4FE]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H5909 [15JY]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 655), H3605 [1JN]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 717), H6557 [21JY]

Coal: clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated (see H.R. 5383), H9999 [18NO]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H1643 [29MR]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5909 [15JY]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (see H.R. 3936), H2200 [20AP]

———clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 4875), H7138 [14SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H1072 [11MR]

———provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting overseas missions (see H.R. 4390), H5402 [8JY]

———request transmission to the House of Representatives any documentation produced in conjuction with investigations of abuse of Iraqi POW by U.S. military personnel or contractors (see H. Res. 640), H2918 [12MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H2658 [5MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (see H.R. 3864), H699 [26FE]

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: extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (see H.R. 4616), H6756 [7SE]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H3963 [14JN]

———provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H1592 [25MR]

———provide service-connected disability benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by the Dept., and for survivors of persons dying from such treatment (see H.R. 843), H2199 [20AP]

———provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities due to loss, or loss of use of both upper extremities that precludes use of the arms at and below the elbows (see H.R. 2612), H2199 [20AP]

———treat injury or death sustained from participation in a medical research program in same manner as an injury incurred from military service (see H.R. 4621), H4580 [18JN]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H4391 (see H.R. 290), H4507 [17JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H4647 [21JN]

Education: increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H. Res. 144), H9746 [16NO]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1740 [30MR]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H1230 [17MR]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H9745 [16NO]

Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 577), H830 [3MR]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H2658 [5MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1101), H1230 [17MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H4391 (see H.R. 2491), H4507 [17JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H10926 [6DE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1484 [24MR]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H5471 [9JY]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H2373 [22AP]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

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

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7864 [29SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 4335), H3964 [14JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5909 [15JY]

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

Health care professionals: provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 4016), H1369 [23MR]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H6707 [22JY]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H4171 [15JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H3016 [13MY]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H5331 [7JY]

Kenyon College: tribute to men's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 635), H3606 [1JN]

———tribute to women's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 634), H3606 [1JN]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H90 [21JA]

Lyon, Matthew: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1323 [18MR]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H6557 [21JY]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H6128 [20JY]

———modernize by ensuring that appropriate preventive services are covered (see H.R. 4898), H6700 [22JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H1230 [17MR]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H7736 [28SE]

———provide automatic enrollment and eligibility for certain low-income beneficiaries for subsidies under the Medicare transitional and permanent prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4437), H3438 (see H.R. 4437), H3538 [20MY]

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

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H2918 [12MY]

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), H7735 [28SE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H7329 [21SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H3016 [13MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 621), H2548 [4MY]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 506), H244 [28JA]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1741 [30MR]

Rural areas: improve safety of rural roads (see H.R. 3743), H576 [24FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H6706 [22JY]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: improve and make technical corrections (see H.R. 4658), H6128 [20JY]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

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]

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

States: establish prescription drug monitoring programs, impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of certain drugs (see H.R. 3870), H752 [2MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 508), H2658 [5MY]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]

———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2037), H3781 [3JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H9050 [8OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H830 [3MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H1370 [23MR]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4894 [23JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H434 [10FE]

Treaties and agreements: oppose inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would negatively impact the implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs (see H. Res. 758), H8409 [6OC]

U.S. Olympic Committee: require companies that enter into licensing agreements observe certain labor standards (see H.R. 4988), H6704 [22JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H753 [2MR]

Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: require employers to post a notice of applicable rights and duties (see H.R. 4477), H6557 [21JY]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: extend period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage (see H.R. 4659), H6557 [21JY]

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H2199 [20AP]

———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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H515 [11FE]

Mental health: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (see H.R. 3924), H926 [9MR]

POW: payment of claims from the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 4998), H6704 [22JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, H1480 [24MR], H1619 [29MR], H2188, H2189 [20AP], H2452 [28AP], H2524 [4MY], H2650 [5MY], H2912 [12MY], H4763 [22JN], H7054 [13SE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 1920), motion to recommit, H217 [28JA]

———protect financially distressed military families and veterans from the means test, H217 [28JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1478, H1480 [24MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H5638, H5640 [13JY]

Chalabi, Ahmad: relationship with U.S. Government, H3702, H3703 [2JN], H3758 [3JN]

Cheney, Vice President: content of Presidential campaign speeches, H6760 [8SE]

———relationship with Halliburton Co., H5200 [7JY], H5638, H5640 [13JY]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), H8244 [6OC]

Cuba: lift investment restrictions, H6111 [20JY]

———lift travel restrictions, H6111 [20JY], H6626 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3428 [20MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 843)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 831), H8987 [8OC]

———Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compenstion Program Act improvements, H3428 [20MY]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H1619 [29MR], H2188 [20AP], H2524 [4MY], H2650 [5MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4724 [22JN]

———ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and war on terrorism funding, H1480 [24MR]

Dept. of HHS: investigation into allegation of firing threats relative to disclosure of cost of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H3588 [1JN], H5658 [14JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: inquiry regarding authority to postpone the Presidential election, H5641 [13JY]

———security alert relative to upcoming Presidential election, H5620 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prescription drug discounts for veterans, H3586, H3587 [1JN]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims made by troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, H8003 [4OC]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (H.R. 3015), H8072 [5OC]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H9894 [17NO]

———importance of job creation, H924 [9MR], H1042 [11MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H546, H547, H548, H549 [24FE], H3947, H3948, H3949, H3950, H3951 [14JN]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H546, H548 [24FE], H1042 [11MR], H3948 [14JN], H6107, H6108, H6109, H6110 [20JY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: improve, H8987 [8OC]

Feldman, Marvin H.: Million Dollar Round Table (organization) Circle of Life Award recipient, E430 [23MR]

Floods: disaster assistance to Ohio, H7052 [13SE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H7407, H7426 [22SE], H7718 [28SE]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H549 [24FE]

Halliburton Co.: business practices relative to awarding of contracts dealing with reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H7428 [22SE]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H293 [3FE], H921, H922 [9MR], H2192 [20AP], H3702 [2JN], H4759, H4760, H4761, H4762, H4763 [22JN], H5638 [13JY], H7053, H7054, H7055, H7056, H7057 [13SE], H9890, H9891 [17NO]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2652 [5MY], H2912 [12MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H293 [3FE], H508, H509, H510, H511, H512 [11FE], H2188, H2189, H2190, H2192 [20AP], H2650, H2652, H2653 [5MY], H2912 [12MY], H3702, H3703 [2JN], H3951 [14JN], H5182, H5184 [6JY], H6890, H6891, H6892, H6893, H6894, H6895 [8SE], H7054 [13SE], H7407, H7426, H7427, H7428, H7429, H7430 [22SE], H7845, H7846, H7847, H7849, H7850 [29SE], H9890, H9891, H9892, H9894 [17NO]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel and compensate abused prisoners, H3170, H3172 [18MY]

———include certain U.S. POW held by the regime of Saddam Hussein in any plan to compensate enemy POW abused by U.S. military personnel, H4177 [16JN], H4724, H4736, H4763 [22JN]

———investigation into awarding of reconstruction contracts, H289, H290 [3FE]

———possession of weapons of mass destruction, H508, H509, H510, H511, H512 [11FE], H921, H922 [9MR]

———relationship with al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), H4759, H4760, H4761, H4762, H4763 [22JN], H8158 [5OC]

Kerry, Senator: characterization relative to service in Vietnamese Conflict, H2338 [22AP]

Medicare: advertising campaign designed to build public support for the new Medicare drug law, H3587 [1JN]

———increase in premiums, H7719, H7720, H7721, H7722, H7723 [28SE]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H2637, H2638, H2639, H2641 [5MY], H3577, H3585, H3586, H3587, H3588, H3589 [1JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H289, H290 [3FE], H923, H924 [9MR], H2637, H2638, H2639, H2641 [5MY], H7719, H7720, H7721, H7722, H7723 [28SE]

Ohio: economic impact of Bush administration policies, H6106, H6107, H6108, H6109, H6110, H6111 [20JY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H6107 [20JY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H2191 [20AP], H3586, H3587, H3588 [1JN], H5704 [14JY]

Saudi Arabia: alleged plan to manipulate oil prices in order to affect U.S. Presidential election, H2190 [20AP]

Taxation: bonus depreciation program on purchasing of private planes, H3949 [14JN]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (H.R. 1779), H2220 [21AP]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5704 [14JY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6626 [22JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H2135 [2AP], H3172 [18MY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H3173, H3174, H3175 [18MY], H3951 [14JN], H4883, H4884, H4885, H4886 [23JN], H8172 [6OC]

———health care funding, H1000 [10MR], H1478 [24MR], H3173, H3174, H3175 [18MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H4885 [23JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1344 [23MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H512 [11FE], H561 [24FE], H630 [25FE], H749 [2MR], H1009 [10MR], H1069 [11MR], H1641 [29MR], H1737 [30MR], H1787 [31MR], H2149 [2AP], H2546 [4MY], H3228 [18MY], H3602 [1JN], H3777 [3JN], H4165 [15JN], H4577 [18JN], H4764 [22JN], H5469 [9JY], H5534 [12JY], H5652 [13JY], H6751 [7SE], H6895 [8SE], H7326 [21SE], H7440 [22SE], H7572 [23SE], H7732 [28SE], H7850 [29SE], H8034 [4OC], H8163 [5OC]