TANNER, JOHN S. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Taxation: permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2941 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2267 [21AP]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 4826), H5654 [13JY]

Armed Forces: entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H9184 [9OC]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2658 [5MY]

Ben Atchley Post Office Building, Knoxville, TN: designate (see H.R. 3769), H392 [4FE]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3995), H1321 [18MR]

Commission for Assisting Democratic Parliaments: establish (see H. Res. 543), H872 [4MR]

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

Dallas, TX: modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 5187), H7944 [30SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5331 [7JY]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H245 [28JA]

Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 400), H3230 [18MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H2728 [6MY]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 99), H3719 [2JN]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H8409 [6OC]

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), H8168 [5OC]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H2266 [21AP]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (see H. Res. 558), H1117 [16MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H2019 [1AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H3821 [8JN]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1370 [23MR]

Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]

Taxation: provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 3776), H392 [4FE]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H6128 [20JY]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H5908 [15JY]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H2154 [2AP]

———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]

Remarks

Budget: deficit, H2432 [28AP], H4904 [24JN], H5954 [19JY], H6447 [21JY], H8009, H8011, H8012, H8013, H8014, H8015 [4OC]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4904 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H5954 [19JY], H9975, H9979, H9980, H9981 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1439 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H3163, H3165 [18MY]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), E123 [6FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4680 [22JN]

Morocco: tribute to Forum for the Future conference on reform and development in the Middle East and North Africa, E2127 [20NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H3163, H3165 [18MY], H4680 [22JN], H8009, H8011, H8012, H8013, H8014, H8015 [4OC]

———ceiling (S. 2986), H9975, H9978, H9979, H9980, H9981 [18NO]

Taxation: permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2942, H2944, H2945, H2946 [13MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2432 [28AP]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), motion to recommit, H2447 [28AP]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (H.R. 1779), H2221 [21AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1590 [25MR], H2014 [1AP]

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H1228 [17MR], H5979 [19JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to George R. Harvell, Jr.: Tennessee Municipal League, E1854 [10OC]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5393 [8JY]

Carter, Catherine, E1860 [10OC]

Doyle, Bart, E1848 [10OC]

Elam, Kathleen Hyneman, E989 [2JN]

Harvell, George R., Jr., E1735 [29SE], E1854 [10OC]

Jessup, Edward L. (Shine), E815 [11MY]

Peel, Ike, Jr., E1861 [10OC]

Roseman, Philip, E1644 [15SE]