CRENSHAW, ANDER (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 4837, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H8851 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2816 [11MY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H434 [10FE]

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]

Children and youth: honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors (see H. Res. 491), H35 [20JA]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H632 [25FE]

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

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H4392 (see H.R. 3193), H4507 [17JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H5331 [7JY]

Education: 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]

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]

Florida: commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (see H. Res. 784), H7442 [22SE]

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review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H872 [4MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2406 [27AP]

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), H4580 [18JN]

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), H699 [26FE]

John Milton Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4924), H6701 [22JY]

Judge Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4382), H3229 [18MY]

Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building, Longboat Key, FL: designate (see H.R. 4847), H5908 [15JY]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9051 [8OC]

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building, Holiday, FL: designate (see H.R. 4380), H3781 [3JN]

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

Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office, Mascotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 5027), H6898 [8SE]

Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 668), H3964 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H575 [24FE]

———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]

———permit a special amortization deduction for intangible assets acquired from eligible small businesses and encourage growth in industries for which intangible assets are an important source of revenue (see H.R. 1222), H1740 [30MR]

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), H753 [2MR]

Voting: recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (see H. Res. 796), H7574 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Commission on the Quincentennial of the Discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon: establish (see H.R. 5310), H9048 [8OC]

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve: expand (see H.R. 3768), H392 [4FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing, H6463 [21JY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: revise and extend Federal charter (S. 2363), E1755 [30SE]

Children and youth: honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors (H. Res. 491), H47 [21JA]

Daniel Memorial, Inc.: tribute, E747 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), H6463 [21JY]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6730 [7SE]

Doctors for Designated Driving (organization): tribute, E1700 [24SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5818 [15JY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H6915 [9SE]

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 (H.R. 3213), E328 [9MR]

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), E406 [18MR]

Memorial Day: observance, E989 [2JN]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5818 [15JY]

National Commission on the Quincentennial of the Discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon: establish (H.R. 5310), E1891 [11OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3857 [9JN]

Taxation: permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2437 [28AP]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, E1909 [11OC]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 757), H6915 [9SE]

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve: expand (H.R. 3768), H3025 [17MY], E109 [4FE]

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, E1909 [11OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2394 [27AP], E1430 [20JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2404 [27AP]

Tributes

Carter, Susan, E2084 [20NO]

Hartman, Jonathan N., E572 [20AP]

Henderson, Ronald H., Jr., E674 [27AP]