REGULA, RALPH (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

D-Day 60th Anniversary: Speaker Hastert, E1118 [15JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9699 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H100 [23JA]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Broad, Eli: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 99), H5195 [6JY]

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

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4647 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 5170), H7863 [29SE]

Disabled: provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (see H.R. 5131), H7574 [23SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H6706 [22JY]

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]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1230 [17MR]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H3094 [17MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1323 [18MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H100 [23JA]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Kenyon College: tribute to men's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 635), H2733 [10MY]

———tribute to women's swimming and diving team (see H. Res. 634), H2733 [10MY]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7945 [30SE]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 3778), H1594 [25MR]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4647 [21JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 3860), H699 [26FE]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 409), H2483 [28AP]

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

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H1643 [29MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H304 [3FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H2918 [12MY]

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

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

U.S. Geological Survey: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H1011 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5006), H6755 [7SE]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 4492), H3719 [2JN]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (see H.R. 4509), H3780 [3JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 866), H10091 [20NO]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4994 [24JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: withhold implementation of 75 percent rule relative to hospital inpatient rehabilitation care pending independent assessment by medical experts, H6837 [8SE]

Dept. of Education: educational reform and improvement block grants funding through reductions in the Even Start Program, H6850 [8SE]

———require States providing in-State tuition discounts to illegal aliens to provide such discounts to out-of-State students, H6964 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6823 [8SE]

———information technology funding, H6820 [8SE]

———Office of the Sec. funding, H6941 [9SE]

———prohibit funds for National Institute of Mental Health study of college students dorm rooms, web pages, and what makes a meaningful day, H6950 [9SE]

Dept. of Labor: National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute funding to educate employers about National Guard and Reserves employment and reemployment rights, H6821 [8SE]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6931 [9SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5240 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6772, H6812, H6814, H6820, H6821, H6823, H6824, H6827, H6830, H6831, H6833, H6836, H6837, H6839, H6850, H6854, H6855, H6856 [8SE], H6931, H6933, H6934, H6940, H6941, H6943, H6946, H6950, H6964, H6965, H6976 [9SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5006), consideration (H. Res. 754), H6768 [8SE]

Diseases: hepatitis C research funding, H6827 [8SE]

———lupus research and outreach funding, H6824 [8SE]

Education: funding, H6814 [8SE], H10091 [20NO]

Federal employees: limit number of attendees to conferences outside the U.S., H6946 [9SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 866), H10091 [20NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H10091 [20NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), conference report, H10019 [19NO]

J.M. Smucker Co.: recognition by Fortune (publication) as one of the Top 100 Companies To Work for in America, E33 [21JA]

LIHEAP: funding, H6830, H6831 [8SE]

Medicare: assess cost of antiobesity treatment programs before extending coverage to beneficiaries, H6856 [8SE]

———prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H6940 [9SE]

———provide research funding on outcomes of health care items and services including the comparative clinical effectiveness of prescription drugs, H6839 [8SE]

Mental health: prohibit funds to create or implement a new screening program, H6943 [9SE]

Morton Salt Co.: tribute to Rittman, OH, plant employees, H1795 [1AP]

Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act: funding, H6965 [9SE]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act, H6934 [9SE]

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

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: prohibit funding enforcing ERISA provisions that avoid disclosing to workers and retirees the status of their pension plan, H6854, H6855 [8SE]

Point of order, H6840, H6850 [8SE], H6941, H6944, H6945, H6946 [9SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), E1116 [15JN]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5240 [7JY]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, E1118 [15JN]

Reports filed

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5006) (H. Rept. 108-636), H6754 [7SE]

Tables

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6775-H6800 [8SE]

Tributes

Barkey, Michael, E1397 [16JY]

Bereuter, Representative, H5394 [8JY]

Buryj, Jesse, E908 [19MY]

Feldman, Sandra, E1429 [20JY]

Fillmore, Abigail Powers, E483 [30MR]

Grella, Devin, E1694 [24SE]

Martin, Ryan A., E1692 [24SE]

Ramey, Richard P., E229 [25FE]