MOORE, DENNIS (a Representative from Kansas)

Articles and editorials

Civil Rights Leader Corinthian Nutter Into Education Hall of Fame, Alan Hoskins, Kansas City Call (publication), E774 [6MY]

Civil-Rights Leader Nutter Dies at 97, Finn Bullers, Kansas City (MO) Star, E775 [6MY]

Former First Lady Docking Dies, Mike Belt, Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, E2004 [16NO]

Former Lenexa Mayor Dies, Eugene Scott, Kansas City (MO) Star, E400 [17MR]

Gerry Ann Getty, Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal, E303 [4MR]

Literature Festival Founder Dies, Andy Gassaway, Ottawa (KS) Herald, E303 [4MR]

Mary Ladesic, First Woman Elected to Countywide Office, Dies, Mary Rupert, Kansas City (KS) Kansan, E652 [27AP]

McKinley Burnett Is Forgotten but Played a Key Role in Brown Case, John Hanna, Associated Press (news service), E1178 [18JN]

McKinley Burnett—A Civil Rights Hero, Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal, E1178 [18JN]

Meredith Docking, Former First Lady of Kansas, Dies, Beccy Tanner, Wichita (KS) Eagle, E2004 [16NO]

Success in Business—And at Helping Others, Gene Meyer, Kansas City (MO) Star, E1525 [8SE]

Wimmer Retires After 40-Year Career, Kevin Selders, Olathe (KS) News, E2116 [20NO]

Wimmer's Retirement Surprises Many in Community, Kevin Selders, Olathe (KS) News, E2116 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (see H.R. 3482), H4171 [15JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H6707 [22JY]

———mitigate financial hardships experienced by Reserve members as a result of being called to active duty (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1484 [24MR]

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

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H127 [27JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H575 [24FE]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H5984 [19JY]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 4312), H3392 [19MY]

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

Barber, Rex T.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during World War II (see H.R. 3739), H1117 [16MR]

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), H3094 [17MY]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3909), H871 [4MR]

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), H516 [11FE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H11057 [7DE]

Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 449), H4647 [21JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H2199 [20AP]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 717), H5793 [14JY]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC (see H.R. 4863), H6998 [9SE]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1633), H7864 [29SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H8168 [5OC]

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska, and for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 5273), H8857 [7OC]

———establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H700 [26FE]

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

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H700 [26FE]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H8038 [4OC]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 3513), H2549 [4MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H9963 [17NO]

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

Dept. of Justice: make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H1071 [11MR]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5330 [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), H2484 [28AP]

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

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H5471 [9JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H3016 [13MY]

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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: ensure that the total amount of certain funds awarded to a State for fiscal year 2004 is not less than the total awarded in fiscal year 2003 (see H.R. 4314), H3606 [1JN]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1011 [10MR]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H90 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H89 [21JA]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 1227), H393 [4FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2154 [2AP]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 3281), H4171 [15JN]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H753 [2MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H3821 [8JN]

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 aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2952), H2373 [22AP]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H3230 [18MY]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

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

Government: pay for cost of premiums for certain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage (see H.R. 3436), H7073 [13SE]

Guam: anniversary of liberation (see H. Res. 737), H6998 [9SE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H9745 [16NO]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H9051 [8OC]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H5195 [6JY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9051 [8OC]

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

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H4926 (see H.R. 4682), H5070 [24JN]

———provide for emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5243), H8856 [7OC]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H5654 [13JY]

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

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3392 [19MY]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 2353), H7138 [14SE]

Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 2702), H1116 [16MR]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H3781 [3JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H2373 [22AP]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H7736 [28SE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), 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), H1072 [11MR]

Iraq: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction (see H.R. 4467), H3439 (see H.R. 4467), H3539 [20MY]

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), H2406 [27AP]

Kansas City, MO: recognize the Liberty Memorial Museum as ``America's National World War I Museum'' (see H. Con. Res. 421), H2918 [12MY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H245 [28JA]

Laos: address urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H576 [24FE]

Law enforcement officers: extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to officers serving units of State and local government (see H.R. 3523), H6899 [8SE]

Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: allow nonprofit organizations to be eligible (see H.R. 3389), H90 [21JA]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2549 [4MY]

Medicare: improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H10926 [6DE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H8859 [7OC]

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]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Myron V. George Post Office, Altamont, KS: designate (see H.R. 3733), H127 [27JA]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3887), H1117 [16MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

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), H6997 [9SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H4171 [15JN]

———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), H4580 [18JN]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see H.R. 1051), H752 [2MR]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H8859 [7OC]

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

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1791 [31MR]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H4647 [21JN]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H1229 [17MR]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing of nuclear weapons by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 3921), H1740 [30MR]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H5984 [19JY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H3606 [1JN]

Robert J. Dole Community Center, McConnell AFB, KS: designate (see H.R. 3746), H244 [28JA]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H393 [4FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H7864 [29SE]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3821 [8JN]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H5982 [19JY]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2406 [27AP]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1072 [11MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [4FE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]

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

States: streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see H.R. 4031), H9051 [8OC]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY] (see H. Res. 508), H2406 [27AP]

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

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H9963 [17NO]

———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]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 2747), H2919 [12MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H5150 [25JN]

Treaties and agreements: adhere to moral and ethical principles of economic justice and fairness in developing and advancing U.S. international trade treaties, agreements, and investment policies (see H. Res. 532), H9746 [16NO]

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), H2200 [20AP]

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), H391 [4FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H3016 [13MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 3730), H927 [9MR]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H36 [20JA]

Water: conservation of freshwater resources (see H. Con. Res. 468), H10233 [20NO]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H245 [28JA]

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), H4580 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H35 [20JA]

Newell George Post Office Building, Kansas City, KS: designate (see H.R. 4222), H2405 [27AP]

Social Security: ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 5235), H8408 [6OC]

Wojtanik, Andrew: National Geographic Bee winner (see H. Res. 804), H7735 [28SE] (see H. Res. 815), H8038 [4OC]

Letters

Impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens: Melinda K. Lewis, El Centro, Inc., E920 [19MY]

Lists

Volunteer Center of Johnson County, KS, Movers and Shakers honorees, E364 [11MR]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), H2519 [4MY], H2585 [5MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), H7293 [21SE], H7399 [22SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2499 [4MY]

Proclamations

Tribute to McKinley L. Burnett: Bill Graves, Governor of Kansas (1997), E1178 [18JN]

———Shawnee County, KS, Board of County Commissioners, E1177 [18JN]

Remarks

Agha-Jaffar, Tamara: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education Kansas Professor of the Year award recipient, E2064 [18NO]

Armed Forces: reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (S. 2057), H1689 [30MR]

Budget: deficit, H419 [10FE], H6863 [8SE]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H2585, H2586, H2590, H2591, H2592 [5MY], H7400, H7401, H7402, H7403, H7404 [22SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1437, H1438, H1440 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2585, H2586, H2590, H2591, H2592 [5MY]

Building Safety Week: observance, E530 [2AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: replanting of Representative Joseph Taggart memorial tree, E942 [21MY]

Constitution Week: observance, E1667 [21SE]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), E1521 [8SE]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), E1729 [29SE]

DAR: tribute to Kansas Society Prairie Rose Chapter's celebration of Constitution Week, E1667 [21SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), E1216 [23JN]

Harry S Truman National Historic Site: adjust boundaries (H.R. 4579), H7665 [28SE]

Haskell Indian Nations University: funding, E1216 [23JN]

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), E411 [18MR]

Johnson County, KS: tribute to Volunteer Center of Johnson County Movers and Shakers honorees, E364 [11MR]

Kansas City, KS: tribute to Joyce H. Williams Center domestic violence assistance facility, E2028 [18NO]

Lawrence, KS: anniversary of Lawrence Public Library, E301 [4MR]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), E920 [19MY]

Memorial Day: observance, H3500 [20MY]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2608), E1959 [11OC]

Newell George Post Office Building, Kansas City, KS: designate (H.R. 4222), H4603 [21JN], E654 [27AP]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (H.R. 3980), H5211 [7JY]

Paraguay: express condolences to the families of victims of the supermarket fire in Asuncion, E1667 [21SE]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, E1146 [16JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4503), E1146 [16JN]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (H. Res. 376), E1525 [8SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3834, H3853, H3855 [9JN]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3890), H5215 [7JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E1177 [18JN]

Taiwan Relations Act: anniversary, E613 [22AP]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H6863 [8SE], H7399, H7400, H7401, H7402, H7403, H7404 [22SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1366 [14JY]

Wojtanik, Andrew: National Geographic Bee winner (H. Res. 804), E1729 [29SE]

———National Geographic Bee winner (H. Res. 815), H8264 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H1228 [17MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Renaming of Topeka Public Schools' Administrative Center in Honor of McKinley L. Burnett: Topeka, KS, Board of Education, E1177 [18JN]

Statements

Importance of Teaching Women's Studies: Tamara Agha-Jaffar, E2064 [18NO]

Tables

Haskell Indian Nations University funding history, E1216 [23JN]

Tributes

Benson, David, E1010 [2JN]

Bereuter, Representative, H5395 [8JY]

Bloch, Richard A., E1524 [8SE]

Bowman, Joan, E400 [17MR]

Docking, Meredith Gear, E2004 [16NO]

Dooley, Representative, E2155 [6DE]

Getty, Gerry A., E303 [4MR]

Ladesic, Mary, E652 [27AP]

Neustrom, Edward, E1217 [23JN]

Nutter, Corinthian, E774 [6MY]

Pickel, A.W., III, E941 [21MY]

Watkins, Daniel J., E1523 [8SE]

Wimmer, Ron, E2116 [20NO]