THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H7587 [28SE]

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

———H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, H10930 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

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), H3873 [9JN]

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]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H1230 [17MR]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H3606 [1JN]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H7073 [13SE]

Courts: provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H4392 (see H.R. 4430), H4507 [17JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance (see H.R. 4702), H8168 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4852), H5982 [19JY]

———make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H100 [23JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H3016 [13MY]

Financial institutions: increase the aggregate asset size limitation of the small bank regulatory relief provision and provide for future adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3952), H7735 [28SE]

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

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), H1117 [16MR]

Health: limit liability of hospitals and emergency departments for noneconomic and punitive damages when providing uncompensated care (see H.R. 4993), H6704 [22JY]

———protect certain health care providers against legal liability for certain emergency and related care provided to uninsured individuals (see H.R. 4992), H6704 [22JY]

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

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

Members of Congress: nullify recent pay increases and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 31), H575 [24FE]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

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

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H2549 [4MY]

Taxation: make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1072 [11MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 757), H6998 [9SE]

Wetlands: expand pilot program for enrollment of certain wetlands in the conservation reserve program to include enrollment of certain playas and buffer acreage (see H.R. 3886), H2200 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7073 [13SE]

National security: enhance homeland security science and technology (see H.R. 5069), H7073 [13SE]

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

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H62 [21JA], H395 [6FE], H703 [1MR], H1073 [12MR], H2489 [30AP], H3475 [20MY], H3875 [14JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H395 [6FE], H1073 [12MR], H2489 [30AP]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1420 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3360 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3416 [20MY]

Iraq: condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2685 [6MY]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3401 [20MY]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8668, H8697 [7OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), technical corrections, H8978 [8OC]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H3416 [20MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3835 [9JN]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (H.R. 4836), H7017 [13SE], E1393 [16JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7060 [13SE]

Tributes

Austin, Aaron, E1025 [3JN]

Canepa, Julie, E1770 [1OC]

Das, Eric, E1022 [3JN]

Gilbert, Margie, E1770 [1OC]

Nugent, Sylvia, H7037 [13SE]

Price, Robert D., E1540 [8SE]