CHOCOLA, CHRIS (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

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

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1993 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4170 [15JN]

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]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H3821 [8JN]

Aviation: clarify importance of utilizing biometric technology to improve aviation and airport security (see H.R. 4914), H6701 [22JY]

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), H2155 [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), H514 [11FE]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H633 [25FE]

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]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H3781 [3JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H2019 [1AP]

Dept. of State: require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4214), H5331 [7JY]

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), H2406 [27AP]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 4773), H5793 [14JY]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H1072 [11MR]

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

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1593 [25MR]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H6899 [8SE]

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]

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]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H2154 [2AP]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3606 [1JN]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H5984 [19JY]

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), H1011 [10MR]

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), H927 [9MR]

Members of Congress: render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 1098), H3963 [14JN]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 600), H2550 [4MY]

Reagan, Ronald: support an artistic tribute to commemorate speech given at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany on June 12, 1987, to be placed within the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 448), H3964 [14JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H6899 [8SE]

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

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H2154 [2AP]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H1011 [10MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H7735 [28SE]

———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3392 [19MY]

———make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains (see H.R. 4809), H5984 [19JY]

———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 certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———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]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H250 [30JA]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (see H.R. 1779), H2199 [20AP]

Transportation: improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods transportation industry (see H.R. 2928), H830 [3MR]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

Tidmarsh, David S.: E.W. Scripps Co., National Spelling Bee champion (see H. Res. 684), H4647 [21JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1077 [16MR], H1645 [30MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: provide on-budget offsets for certain emergency supplemental appropriations, H8308 [6OC]

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, H3266 [19MY]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H1208 [17MR]

———consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4977, H4978 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4977, H4978, H5042 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5042 [24JN]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H339 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H339 [4FE]

Congress: tribute to Republican House Members-elect, H9701, H9702, H9705 [16NO]

Credit unions: allow access to the Federal Home Loan Bank, H1250 [18MR]

———expand access of Federal credit union members to money order and check cashing services, H1250 [18MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3266 [19MY]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H3266 [19MY]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8308 [6OC]

Federal employes: eliminate Federal payments for college degrees from unaccredited institutions, H3698 [2JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), consideration (H. Res. 766), H7082 [14SE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1250 [18MR]

Holderman, Alexandra: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Indiana, E484 [30MR]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1121 [17MR]

———status of U.S. request for documents relative to the U.N. Oil for Food Program, H5619 [13JY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: anniversary, H3943 [14JN]

Libya: Muammar Qadhafi's decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction and improve U.S. relations, H1121 [17MR]

Medicare: health savings accounts, H1487 [25MR]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H1745 [31MR]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H918 [9MR]

Michigan City, IN: tribute to Marquette High School girls' volleyball team, E2082 [20NO]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H918 [9MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4270 [16JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3809 [8JN]

Rochester, IN: tribute to Rochester Community High School girls' basketball team, E351 [11MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H3943 [14JN]

Tidmarsh, David S.: E.W. Scripps Co., National Spelling Bee champion (H. Res. 684), H5481 [12JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1994, H1995 [1AP], H2072 [2AP]

———include high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions, H2072 [2AP]

Trucking industry: increase allowable weight for vehicles equipped with idling reduction technology, H1994, H1995 [1AP]

Vaidyanathan, Karva: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Indiana, E484 [30MR]

Votes: position on missed, E350 [11MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H749 [2MR]

Special order: granted, H925 [9MR], H1228 [17MR], H4764 [22JN], H5652 [13JY]

Tributes

Adams, Kent, E440 [24MR]

Mangus, Richard W., E443 [24MR]