BRADLEY, JEB (a Representative from New Hampshire)

Amendments

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2034 [1AP], H2080 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4928 (see H.R. 4576), H5072 [24JN]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 60), H2729 [6MY]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H393 [4FE]

———establish a combat artillery medal (see H.R. 1127), H515 [11FE]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H434 [10FE]

———mitigate financial hardships experienced by Reserve members as a result of being called to active duty (see H. Con. Res. 374), H872 [4MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H1593 [25MR]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred by or on behalf of such members before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H576 [24FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1323), H304 [3FE]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H1484 [24MR]

Army: establish a combat artillery badge (see H.R. 3950), H1071 [11MR]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2374 [22AP]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 854), H9745 [16NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H576 [24FE]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3543), H753 [2MR]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H6756 [7SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H872 [4MR]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H5654 [13JY]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (see H.R. 3936), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H2549 [4MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2266 [21AP]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2484 [28AP]

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), H8859 [7OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H7443 [22SE]

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), H1230 [17MR]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3947), H7735 [28SE]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H3720 [2JN]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4345), H3720 [2JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1726), H393 [4FE]

Diseases: enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 1002), H2199 [20AP]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H2266 [21AP]

Education: establish a vocational and technical education grant program (see H.R. 2762), H2728 [6MY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 416), H7330 [21SE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H3781 [3JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit use of identification issued by foreign governments, other than passports, for purposes of verifying identity of a person opening an account (see H.R. 3674), H6997 [9SE]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H2549 [4MY]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H1484 [24MR]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H3016 [13MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H1740 [30MR]

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), H434 [10FE]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H2373 [22AP]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

———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), H3440 (see H.R. 918), H3540 [20MY]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2816 [11MY]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H7329 [21SE]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H9051 [8OC]

Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2022), H1791 [31MR]

Immigration: bar admission and facilitate removal of alien terrorists and their supporters, drug traffickers, and other illegal or criminal aliens and reform the visa and legal immigration systems (see H.R. 3522), H7234 [15SE]

———discourage States from issuing an identification card or driver's license to an illegal alien (see H.R. 3052), H6756 [7SE]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 5111), H8409 [6OC]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H6756 [7SE]

———establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H6756 [7SE]

———increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4052), H2019 [1AP]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H1791 [31MR]

———waive numerical limitation on certain nonimmigrants if a petitioning employer employed such a nonimmigrant during a certain period (see H.R. 4041), H2155 [2AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H514 [11FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2549 [4MY]

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), H37 [20JA]

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), H872 [4MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H872 [4MR]

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

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H37 [20JA]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H9963 [17NO]

Medicare: clarify scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished and that chiropractors are the only health care professionals qualified to furnish those services (see H.R. 2560), H7945 [30SE]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H8168 [5OC]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H2658 [5MY]

———provide eligibility for coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (see H.R. 3090), H7234 [15SE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5151 [25JN]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 720), H8409 [6OC]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3756), H2019 [1AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H1594 [25MR]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H3017 [13MY]

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), H1740 [30MR]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 512), H303 [3FE]

Pensions: provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H2266 [21AP]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H3391 [19MY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H4171 [15JN]

Power resources: promote purchase of renewable energy systems (see H.R. 5302), H9047 [8OC]

Privacy: amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy (see H.R. 5126), H11057 [7DE]

Public welfare programs: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H6756 [7SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H2373 [22AP]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H6756 [7SE]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H3820 [8JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H245 [28JA]

Russia: condemn series of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 760), H6899 [8SE]

Safety: recognize need for consistent information, regulations, and guidelines regarding the safe disposal of used syringes outside medical facilities (see H. Res. 659), H3719 [2JN]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3964 [14JN]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H6128 [20JY]

Small Business Act: extend (see H.R. 4062), H1791 [31MR]

Small Business Investment Act: extend (see H.R. 4062), H1791 [31MR]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H2373 [22AP]

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

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 3369), H1740 [30MR]

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

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H2154 [2AP]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2484 [28AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1233), H2266 [21AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H516 [11FE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H6997 [9SE]

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), H576 [24FE]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1072 [11MR]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 4334), H6998 [9SE]

Tinnitus Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 381), H2816 [11MY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H3720 [2JN]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: require employers to post a notice of applicable rights and duties (see H.R. 4477), H3719 [2JN]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H2549 [4MY]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H304 [3FE]

———continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 36), H303 [3FE]

———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 2354), H7945 [30SE]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H2406 [27AP]

———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), H633 [25FE]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 4051), H2549 [4MY]

Water: establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H515 [11FE]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Antietam National Battlefield: establish memorial to officers and enlisted men of certain New Hampshire units (see H.R. 4722), H5149 [25JN] (see H.R. 5010), H6755 [7SE]

Drugs: protect the public from unsafe importation of prescription drugs and from counterfeit prescription drugs (see H.R. 4923), H6701 [22JY]

Taxation: treatment of student loan payments made by employers on behalf of employees (see H.R. 4723), H5149 [25JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5539 [13JY], H7193 [15SE]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Baker, Kyle, H5390 [8JY]

Remarks

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), H1688, H1690 [30MR]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (H. Res. 854), H9988 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3409 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), conference report, H6115, H6118 [20JY]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3409 [20MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6831 [8SE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H6115 [20JY]

Gamache, Ben: Greater Manchester, NH, Chamber of Commerce Small Businessperson of the Year award recipient, H8642 [7OC]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2458 [28AP], H6115, H6117, H6118 [20JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H6831 [8SE]

Medicare: medical savings accounts, H1101 [16MR]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (H. Res. 512), H366, H367 [4FE]

New Hampshire: Knights of Columbus student scholastic achievement award recipients, E1251 [25JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3861 [9JN]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2567, H2581 [5MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2034, H2035, H2036 [1AP]

Trucking industry: increase allowable weight of vehicles permitted to travel on certain interstate highways in New Hampshire, H2034, H2035, H2036 [1AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1115 [16MR], H2481 [28AP], H5400 [8JY]

Tributes

Baker, Kyle, H5390 [8JY]

Ford, Joseph, H1648 [30MR]

Granger, Rachel, H5390 [8JY]

Rioux, Ron, H2452 [28AP]