KELLER, RIC (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1350, Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act, H9020 [8OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4917), H6701 [22JY]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H1594 [25MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H128 [27JA]

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), H3873 [9JN]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H2200 [20AP]

Children and youth: 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), H752 [2MR]

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

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]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2152 [2AP]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H4580 [18JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (see H.R. 4278), H3441 (see H.R. 4278), H3541 [20MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H89 [21JA]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars (see H.R. 3894), H871 [4MR]

———strengthen high school teaching of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of Western civilization (see H. Con. Res. 377), H752 [2MR]

Everglades National Park: exchange of certain land (see H.R. 3785), H3016 [13MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

FCC: ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H4170 [15JN]

Florida: commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (see H. Res. 784), H7442 [22SE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4280), H2816 [11MY]

———provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H4287 [16JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2549 [4MY]

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), H1594 [25MR]

John Milton Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4924), H7138 [14SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H575 [24FE]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 5107), H7328 [21SE]

———protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H7735 [28SE]

Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building, Longboat Key, FL: designate (see H.R. 4847), H5908 [15JY]

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

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), H2917 [12MY]

NOAA: commend for dedication and hard work during Hurricanes Charley and Frances (see H. Con. Res. 488), H6997 [9SE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3821 [8JN]

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building, Holiday, FL: designate (see H.R. 4380), H3873 [9JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2816 [11MY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H1484 [24MR]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3873 [9JN]

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

Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office, Mascotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 5027), H6998 [9SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 668), H3964 [14JN]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H6756 [7SE]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 5206), H10080 [19NO]

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

———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 shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 3953), H3781 [3JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H89 [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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Schools: expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3869), H752 [2MR]

Remarks

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), H46 [21JA]

———increase in childhood obesity, H938 [10MR]

———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]

Courts: allow actions to be brought by, or on behalf of, certain young children against sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that market specifically to such children, H972 [10MR]

———allow civil action against food manufacturers or sellers who negligently violate Federal or State statues causing injury relative to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition, H962 [10MR]

———exclude actions brought in State courts from prevention of frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H958 [10MR]

———exclude manufacturers or sellers of meat from downed animals from protection against frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H965, H966 [10MR]

———permit civil actions alleging that products claiming to assist in weight loss caused heart disease or other complications, H975 [10MR]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H948, H956, H958, H960, H962, H965, H966, H972, H973, H975, H979 [10MR]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), consideration (H. Res. 552), H938 [10MR]

———prohibit civil lawsuits by a food manufacturer, seller, or trade association against an individual, H973 [10MR]

———require proper labeling of genetically altered food to qualify for immunity from frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H960 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H5270 [7JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5270 [7JY]

Disasters: impact of tropical storms and hurricanes on Florida, H7047 [13SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6731 [7SE], H7047 [13SE]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7104, H7116 [14SE]

Food industry: exempt actions brought under State consumer protection laws from the prevention of frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H956 [10MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5856 [15JY]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H938 [10MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), conference report, H10015 [19NO]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), H4813 [23JN]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5856 [15JY]

National Franchisee Association: tribute, E470 [29MR]

Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act: retroactivity in application to pending court cases, H979 [10MR]

Schools: expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs, H1408 [24MR], H4936 [24JN]

———expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 3869), H712 [2MR]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2071 [2AP]

———include high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions, H2071 [2AP]

Tributes

Melendez-Perez, Jose, H251 [3FE]