TURNER, JIM (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4288 [16JN], H4480 [17JN], H4544 [18JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7082, H7111 [14SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

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]

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

———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), H4580 [18JN]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1230 [17MR]

———express concern over the well-being of members and call on the Dept. of Defense to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment available (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1322 [18MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7575 [23SE]

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H2549 [4MY]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H6997 [9SE]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 4312), H2727 [6MY]

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

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

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H1791 [31MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a temporary memorial honoring members of the Armed Forces killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 506), H7944 [30SE]

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

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H89 [21JA]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (see H. Res. 507), H305 [3FE]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H6707 [22JY]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7329 [21SE]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3441 (see H.R. 4232), H3541 [20MY]

Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 4875), H6900 [8SE]

———ensure Federal Tort Claims Act protections for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 4347), H2917 [12MY]

———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

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

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6998 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2266 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3605 [1JN]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify mission and responsibilities relative to protection of civil rights and civil liberties (see H.R. 5182), H7863 [29SE]

———establish the Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications (see H.R. 4400), H3391 [19MY]

———improve financial accountability requirements (see H.R. 4259), H2547 [4MY]

———make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H3781 [3JN]

Dept. of Justice: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2919 [12MY]

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), H2266 [21AP]

Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see H.R. 4104), H2728 [6MY]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H1484 [24MR]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H434 [10FE]

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

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H1230 [17MR]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2406 [27AP]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 4122), H2019 [1AP]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H3016 [13MY]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H2018 [1AP]

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]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1011 [10MR]

———review in Court of International Trade certain determinations of binational panels and committees under NAFTA (see H.R. 3688), H37 [20JA]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H1791 [31MR]

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

Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

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

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

Health care professionals: implement an education loan repayment program for pharmacists (see H.R. 3591), H2019 [1AP]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4453), H7945 [30SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H36 [20JA]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 3856), H699 [26FE]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H830 [3MR]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H576 [24FE]

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

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H1072 [11MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7329 [21SE]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3016 [13MY]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H1116 [16MR]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Texas (see H.R. 3861), H699 [26FE]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H128 [27JA]

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]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H244 [28JA]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 435), H6707 [22JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: extend date for submittal of final report and provide additional funding (see H.R. 3771), H396 [6FE]

———implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

National Computer Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7864 [29SE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 621), H2919 [12MY]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H2919 [12MY]

National security: enhance homeland security science and technology (see H.R. 5069), H7329 [21SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H2917 [12MY]

———improve homeland security by providing for national resilience in preparation for, and in the event of, a terrorist attack (see H.R. 3774), H392 [4FE]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (see H. Res. 558), H1741 [30MR]

Nuclear weapons: promote national security by facilitating the removal of potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites around the world (see H.R. 4212), H2549 [4MY]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: support ongoing work in combating anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, discrimination, intolerance, and related violence (see H. Con. Res. 425), H4647 [21JN]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H36 [20JA]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3017 [13MY]

Rio Grande American Canal, El Paso, TX: redesignate as the Travis C. Johnson Canal (see H.R. 4751), H5150 [25JN]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H700 [26FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5908 [15JY]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3440 (see H.R. 2598), H3540 [20MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H515 [11FE]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H8039 [4OC]

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

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

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H4287 [16JN]

———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 2824), H872 [4MR]

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

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H3720 [2JN]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H830 [3MR]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]

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

Transportation: provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H3015 [13MY]

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), H1791 [31MR]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H515 [11FE]

———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]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H6997 [9SE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement a program to enhance private sector preparedness for emergencies and disasters (see H.R. 4830), H5792 [14JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: secure the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4550), H3963 [14JN]

National security: combat terrorism (see H.R. 5291), H9047 [8OC]

———expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H2547 [4MY]

———secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5130), H7574 [23SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), consideration (see H. Res. 523), H515 [11FE]

Texas: establish four memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see H.R. 4551), H3963 [14JN]

U.S.-Israel Homeland Security Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3871), H752 [2MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8641 [7OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: military education exchanges between senior officers and officials of the U.S. and the Republic of China, H3431 [20MY]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4975 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1657, H1658 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1429 [24MR], H1517, H1518 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H1657, H1658 [30MR]

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4534 [18JN]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: funding, H4480 [17JN]

———radiation portal monitoring technology funding, H4544 [18JN]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4418), H5688 [14JY]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (H.R. 4317), H3556 [1JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (H. Res. 507), H261 [3FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3264 [19MY], H3431 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4681 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish an Under Sec. for the Private Sector and Tourism, H8905 [8OC]

———high threat grants funding for urban areas security initiative, H4501 [17JN]

———increase detention bed space for illegal immigrants, H8870 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4475, H4480, H4486, H4501 [17JN], H4534 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), conference report, H9170 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4202 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), motion to instruct conferees, H8648 [7OC]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies, H4975 [24JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7111, H7113, H7114, H7117 [14SE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H3404 [20MY]

Health: provide compensation for injuries resulting from smallpox countermeasures, provide protection against chemical or radiological agents, increase distribution of vaccines, and improve vaccine injury compensation (S. 15), H5732, H5738 [14JY]

Intelligence services: integrate security screening systems and enhance information sharing, H8848, H8849 [7OC]

National security: homeland security funding, H1429 [24MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H674 [26FE]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8642, H8696, H8837, H8848, H8849 [7OC], H8870, H8905, H8906 [8OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 827), H8661 [7OC]

———secure borders of the U.S. (H.R. 5130), H7831, H7833, H7834, H7835, H7836, H7838 [29SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5688 [14JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H4681 [22JN]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H1825 [1AP]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), Senate amendment, H462 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H462 [11FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), consideration (H. Res. 593), H1825 [1AP]

Transportation Security Administration: address efficiency of airport screeners and baggage handlers, H4486 [17JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Center for National Policy: tribute to forum on the war on terrorism with members of the Arab and Muslim diplomatic communities and Representative Jim Turner, E1903 [11OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H3818 [8JN], H10230 [20NO]

Members of Congress: tribute to departing Members of Texas delegation, H10059, H10064-H10071 [19NO], E2121, E2127 [20NO]

Special order: granted, H925 [9MR], H1228 [17MR], H8163 [5OC], H9183 [9OC]

Summaries

Center for National Policy Forum on the War on Terrorism With Members of the Arab and Muslim Diplomatic Communities and Representative Jim Turner, E1903-E1905 [11OC]

Tributes

Shands, H.J., Jr. (Bubba), E1494 [22JY]