WESTMORELAND, LYNN A. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11976 [16DE]

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. 356), H195 [25JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H7743 [7SE]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Armed Forces: improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 3401), H6327 [21JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1779 [5AP]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (see H. Res. 326), H5916 [14JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to avoidable preferences and venue for proceedings to avoid preferences (see H.R. 4296), H10156 [10NO]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11655 [14DE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H7862 [13SE]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1621 [16MR]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H3113 [10MY]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H1896 [12AP]

Committee on Agency Rule Review (Joint): establish (see H.R. 576), H8513 [28SE]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1897 [12AP]

———require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 11), H1897 [12AP]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2458), H5604 [30JN]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 97), H985 [3MR]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1369 [10MR]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H4073 [25MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 554), H2648 [27AP]

———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11504 [13DE]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H6329 [21JY]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H12049 [16DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize the Citizen Corps and establish the Border Corps (see H.R. 4099), H10146 [9NO]

———consolidate citizenship and immigration databases into a comprehensive database to improve customer service and enhance national security and public safety (see H.R. 4412), H11034 [18NO]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H9641 [3NO]

———prevent all unlawful entries into the U.S. (see H.R. 3693), H7862 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H2149 [19AP]

Dept. of State: make information on funding provided to non-governmental organizations available to the public (see H.R. 4306), H10156 [10NO]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H2103 [14AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 2208), H4297 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H1847 [6AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1416 [14MR]

Drugs: delay implementation of voluntary prescription drug benefit program, extend Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance programs, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1382), H8162 [20SE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8389 [27SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7743 [7SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H9426 [28OC]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4722 [17JN]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H6432 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H2100 [14AP]

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H11653 [14DE]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H9696 [4NO]

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H9426 [28OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H286 [1FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H5176 [24JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1692 [17MR]

Fish and fishing: ensure continuation of successful fish mitigation programs (see H.R. 537), H4722 [17JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to nations that consistently oppose U.S. initiatives before the U.N. (see H.R. 4558), H11879 [15DE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7744 [7SE]

Gulf Deregulation Commission: establish (see H.R. 4631), H12167 [17DE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

House of Representatives: display the Ten Commandments if the Supreme Court rules that their public display by State and local governments violates the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution (see H. Res. 214), H2102 [14AP]

Immigration: enforce numerical limits placed by Congress (see H.R. 4317), H10161 [14NO]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10146 [9NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

———prohibit loans by Federal agencies to aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4580), H12047 [16DE]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H10227 [15NO]

———repeal exemption from harboring sanctions for alien volunteers of certain religious organization (see H.R. 4321), H10503 [16NO]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7743 [7SE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H8643 [29SE]

Iraq: recognize importance and credibility of an independent Iraqi judiciary in the formation of a new and democratic Iraq (see H. Res. 534), H9695 [4NO]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H1264 [9MR]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 1073, 1074), H980 [3MR]

———provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 1075), H981 [3MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7565 [28JY] (see H.R. 3860), H8340 [22SE]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H1694 [17MR]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6205 [20JY]

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. 23), H11504 [13DE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7862 [13SE]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4486 [14JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H2648 [27AP]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H4896 [21JN]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H798 [17FE]

National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7860 [13SE]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H1851 [8AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12290 [18DE]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11655 [14DE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (see H.R. 2830), H5741 [12JY]

Petroleum: designate certain closed military installations as appropriate sites for construction of an oil refinery (see H.R. 3887), H8648 [3OC]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. (see H.R. 3836), H8162 [20SE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H3056 [5MY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2394 [20AP]

Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H11034 [18NO]

Railroads: provide for the competitive operation of the Northeast rail corridor using State and private sector initiatives (see H.R. 3851), H8247 [21SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Roads and highways: study the construction and designation of a new Interstate from Augusta, GA, to Natchez, MS (see H.R. 281), H5741 [12JY]

———study the construction and designation of a new interstate from Savannah, GA, to Knoxville, TN (see H.R. 301), H5741 [12JY]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H10039 [8NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H8809 [7OC]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 146), H2151 [19AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 682), H520 [9FE]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H848 [1MR]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (see H. Res. 22), H236 [26JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H5603 [30JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1264 [9MR]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H286 [1FE]

———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8388 [27SE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11220 [7DE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H7564 [28JY]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3095), H10502 [16NO]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H8089 [15SE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H4143 [26MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide increased expensing for certain property in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 4305), H10156 [10NO]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H2738 [28AP]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H2977 [4MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H196 [25JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H12050 [16DE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H72 [4JA]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8810 [7OC]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4121), H9426 [28OC]

Voting: require individuals to present a government-issued photo ID to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3910), H8386 [27SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3335 [17MY], H4405 [14JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9557 [3NO]

Remarks

Armed Forces: prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 458), E1405 [30JN]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5943 [18JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, E875 [4MY]

Brown, Frank: Boy Scouts, Chattahoochee Council, Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E1927 [22SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, E875 [4MY]

Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (H.R. 3825), H9980, H9981 [8NO]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): disband, H4301 [9JN]

———investigation of certain actions by Representative DeLay, H2943 [4MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, H2984 [5MY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), consideration (H. Res. 96), H650 [16FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), E814 [28AP]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, H4565 [16JN]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (H. Res. 69), H472, H476 [9FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3496 [18MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 202), H1913 [13AP]

Grant W. Green Post Office Building, Knox, IN: designate (H.R. 3770), H9979 [8NO]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1825 [13SE]

Immigration: reaffirm authority of State and local law enforcement to enforce certain immigration laws, H3496 [18MY]

———set caps on monetary penalties for hiring or employing illegal aliens, H11976, H11977 [16DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11976, H11977 [16DE]

Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (H.R. 4053), H9981, H9982 [8NO]

Medicaid: funding, E875 [4MY]

Milner, GA: anniversary of Rock Springs Church sanctuary, E1407 [30JN]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 178), H8483 [28SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 739), H5682 [12JY]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), consideration (H. Res. 481), H8748 [7OC]

Pike County, GA: tribute to Boy Scouts' response to motor vehicle accident, E1825 [13SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9559 [3NO]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (H. Res. 22), E872 [4MY]

Small Business Week: observance, E872 [4MY]

Votes: correction, E1135 [26MY]

———position on missed, E869, E875 [4MY], E1461 [12JY]

Voting Rights Act: allow the expiration of provisions requiring certain jurisdictions to obtain preclearance for any new voting practice or procedure, H9613 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2974 [4MY], H9471 [1NO], H9553 [2NO]

Tributes

Stacy, John, E1925 [22SE]

Yates, John, E614 [12AP]