ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7134, H7149 [14SE], H7207 [15SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4850, District of Columbia appropriations, H8043 [5OC]

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: grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H4287 [16JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H4580 [18JN]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

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]

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

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 847), H9050 [8OC]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

Education: provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 942), H1791 [31MR]

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]

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

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H89 [21JA]

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), H245 [28JA]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 110), H1484 [24MR]

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), H753 [2MR]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H2550 [4MY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [4FE]

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

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

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H700 [26FE]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H4646 [21JN]

———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]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H5471 [9JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H7575 [23SE]

———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 5090), H7233 [15SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H4647 [21JN]

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

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5025), H6898 [8SE]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4193), H2371 [22AP]

Letters

Pay raise parity between members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees: Joshua B. Bolten, OMB, H1755 [31MR]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H7146 [14SE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10905 [6DE]

Coast Guard: land sale to Nahant, MA, H7277 [21SE]

Congress: access to IRS facilities and tax returns by certain Members or their designees, H10905 [6DE]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit use of funds to produce the President's economic report that includes employment at a retail fast food restaurant in the definition of manufacturing employment, H7208 [15SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H7203 [15SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H7154, H7181 [14SE]

———financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7163 [14SE]

———prevent use of retirement trust funds in order to circumvent the statutory debt limit, H7280, H7282 [21SE]

———prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, H7270, H7272, H7273 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to extend phase-in period for regulations requiring foreign commercial vehicles to comply with U.S. safety standards, H7344 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6833 [8SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7199 [15SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7126, H7131, H7134, H7135, H7136, H7144, H7146, H7149, H7150, H7153, H7163, H7178, H7179, H7181, H7184 [14SE], H7196, H7198, H7199, H7200, H7202, H7203, H7206, H7207, H7208, H7209, H7211 [15SE], H7270, H7272, H7273, H7275, H7276, H7277, H7279, H7280, H7282 [21SE], H7344, H7345, H7346 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), motion to recommit, H7350 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), unanimous-consent agreement, H7183 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), unanimous-consent request, H7154 [14SE]

———points of order against inclusion of unauthorized projects and programs in appropriations legislation, H7131 [14SE]

———prohibit corporations incorporated in certain foreign countries from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7178, H7179 [14SE]

———prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H7275, H7276 [21SE]

FAA: Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative Program funding, H7135 [14SE]

———airport and airway trust fund funding, H7134 [14SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7915 [30SE]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (H. Res. 581), H1752, H1755, H1757, H1758, H1759 [31MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 528)—Senate amendment, H10905 [6DE]

Help America Vote Act: funding, H7131 [14SE]

IRS: prohibit use of funds to enter contracts with private collection companies to collect IRS debt, H7200, H7202 [15SE]

New Orleans, LA: prohibit certain engineering funding relative to additional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, H7135, H7136 [14SE]

NIH: public availability of scientific journal articles supported by NIH funding, H6833 [8SE]

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: prohibit funding to implement, litigate or defend the legality of, or enforce certain regulations relative to applicability of State consumer protection laws to national banks, H7196 [15SE]

OPM: prohibit use of funds to allow Federal employees to enroll in any high-deductible health plan that does not require at least 3 consecutive years of enrollment, H7277, H7279 [21SE]

———prohibit use of funds to allow the offering or administering health savings accounts or health reimbursement accounts as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7206 [15SE]

Point of order, H7133, H7134, H7144, H7149 [14SE]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H7209 [15SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3857 [9JN]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (H.R. 4193), H3032 [17MY]

———prevent fraudulent avoidance of fuel taxes, H7346 [22SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2078 [2AP]

———program funding relative to minimum rate of return for donor States, H2078 [2AP]

Votes: position on missed, H7540 [23SE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5025) (H. Rept. 108-671), H6898 [8SE]

Tributes

Brandt, Edward N., Jr., E1777 [1OC]