BISHOP, ROB (a Representative from Utah)

Articles and editorials

Vrooming Into Yellowstone, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York (NY) Times, H4453 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7138 [14SE]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (see H.R. 3862), H699 [26FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2549 [4MY]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H3017 [13MY]

BLM: transfer jurisdiction over certain public lands to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4242), H2658 [5MY]

Brigham Young University: tribute to men's volleyball team (see H. Res. 643), H3093 [17MY]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H1117 [16MR]

Colleges and universities: adoption of an Academic Bill of Rights to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and to protect the principle of intellectual diversity (see H. Con. Res. 318), H1740 [30MR]

———allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 2999), H1116 [16MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (see H. Res. 507), H305 [3FE]

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

Computers: prohibit distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2885), H3720 [2JN]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 3313), H700 [26FE]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H2406 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7575 [23SE]

———continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H9999 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5984 [19JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4882), H6556 [21JY]

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

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 4640), H4765 [22JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2815 [11MY]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1078), H10080 [19NO]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H250 [30JA]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 1229), H2918 [12MY]

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H100 [23JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7945 [30SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 4843), H5908 [15JY]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H7945 [30SE]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H3017 [13MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H927 [9MR]

Health: 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), H7575 [23SE]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H8168 [5OC]

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Investment Program (see H.R. 4895), H8039 [4OC]

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), H753 [2MR]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H1592 [25MR]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H304 [3FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H89 [21JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H1593 [25MR]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H9963 [17NO]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H2728 [6MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 328), H1484 [24MR]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H2733 [10MY]

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

———redesign the ten dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4528), H6128 [20JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 1236), H9745 [16NO]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H830 [3MR]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2406 [27AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H2406 [27AP]

———provide for refunds to taxpayers of the budget surplus for each year of surplus (see H.R. 3784), H6706 [22JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H2483 [28AP]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3596), H2154 [2AP]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 176), H700 [26FE]

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), H1230 [17MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3095 [18MY], H5985 [20JY], H9747 [17NO]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Robison, Brooke, E1697 [24SE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H7316 [21SE]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding through reductions in Smithsonian Institution and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4262 [16JN]

———phase out of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H4452 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4262 [16JN], H4452 [17JN]

Guliuzza, Frank, III: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education Utah Professor of the Year award recipient, E111 [4FE]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H5904 [15JY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1468 [24MR], H7316 [21SE]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (H.R. 3147), H2214 [21AP]

Medicare: reform, H899 [9MR]

National Forensic League: tribute, E1196 [21JN]

Stockton, John: tribute (H. Res. 274), H273 [3FE]

Taxation: provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, H1044 [11MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H925 [9MR], H1482 [24MR]

Tributes

Holton, Paul, H7317 [21SE]

Johnson, Jeremiah K., H2923 [13MY]

Kimber, Jared, H7317 [21SE]