GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1643 [29MR]

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]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 653), H3440 (see H. Res. 653), H3539 [20MY]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H5331 [7JY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H6899 [8SE]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation settlement plan (see H. Con. Res. 412), H2550 [4MY]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6128 [20JY]

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

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H3605 [1JN]

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

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

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 353), H244 [28JA]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H6899 [8SE]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H9051 [8OC]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H3964 [14JN]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7945 [30SE]

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

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3720 [2JN]

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

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3441 (see H.R. 4391), H3541 [20MY]

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

Tariff: nitrocellulose (see H.R. 4203), H3720 [2JN]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H1322 [18MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H6998 [9SE]

———exclude from gross income amounts received as damages, attorney fees, and costs under Federal whistleblower protection laws and allow income averaging for amounts received as lost income (see H.R. 4732), H10000 [18NO]

———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]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H4287 [16JN]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3596), H3391 [19MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H1370 [23MR]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H701 [26FE]

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

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), H2658 [5MY]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health: encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see H.R. 4941), H6702 [22JY]

Social Security: reduce risk of identity theft by limiting use of Social Security numbers on certain Government-issued identification cards and Government documents (see H.R. 4846), H5908 [15JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 4209), H2371 [22AP]

Letters

Deployment to Iraq: Kelly L. Hornbeck, E101 [3FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (H.R. 3104), H1691 [30MR]

———increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing, H6463 [21JY]

Aviation: improve air cargo security, H4547 [18JN]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (H.R. 3873), H1409 [24MR]

Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H949 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3263 [19MY]

———Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-22 Raptor aircraft development funding, H1097 [16MR]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4676 [22JN]

Dept. of HHS: VERB program funding to increase childhood activity in order to reduce obesity, H6813 [8SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4547 [18JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6813 [8SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5819 [15JY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H6989 [9SE]

Fort Worth, TX: anniversary of Calvary Cathedral International church, E621 [22AP]

———tribute to Wayside Church of God in Christ, Inc., E225 [25FE]

Hall, William E.: Bronze Star recipient, E979 [2JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3813 [8JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6989 [9SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1304 [7JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1009 [10MR]

Tributes

Chappell, Jason, E132 [10FE]

Dervishi, Ervin, E133 [10FE]

DeTar, Dean E., E908 [19MY]

Hornbeck, Kelly L., E101 [3FE]

Nichols, Bob and Joy, E621 [22AP]

Ranger, R.E. and Blanch M., E225 [25FE]