CARTER, JOHN R. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11837 [15DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6285 [21JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8406 [28SE]

———H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 3057, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9330 [27OC]

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]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: increase authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers (see H.R. 1406), H2648 [27AP]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 458), H1025 [8MR]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H2648 [27AP]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H6650 [26JY]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1970 [13AP]

Budget: 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]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H3113 [10MY]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11505 [13DE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H10145 [9NO]

Congress: allow vote to reverse Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress (see H.R. 3073), H5362 [28JN]

Construction industries: provide contractors with qualified immunity from liability for negligence when providing services or equipment on a volunteer basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 3717), H10227 [15NO]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———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), H630 [15FE]

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

———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), H350 [2FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H2734 [28AP]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1372 [10MR]

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H1622 [16MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H8248 [21SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H5915 [14JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize the Citizen Corps and establish the Border Corps (see H.R. 4099), H10157 [10NO]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H8985 [19OC]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H1368 [10MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (see H.R. 3418), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11653 [14DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award a percentage of procurement contracts to small business concerns owned by veterans (see H.R. 3082), H8810 [7OC]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H10503 [16NO]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4073 [25MY]

Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4246), H10910 [17NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1417 [14MR]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H5912 [14JY]

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 Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H10502 [16NO]

———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), H5362 [28JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H4296 [8JN]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H3114 [10MY]

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), H7673 [6SE]

Immigration: assist certain sheriffs' offices to provide a second line of defense in border areas, conduct law enforcement operations along the southern U.S. border, and prevent lawlessness in border areas (see H.R. 4360), H10908 [17NO]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10158 [10NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H9103 [25OC]

———reform (see H.R. 3938), H8642 [29SE]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H9044 [20OC]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]

———recognize the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system (see H. Res. 215), H3263 [12MY]

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Social Security Investment Program (see H.R. 530), H349 [2FE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1696 [17MR]

Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H10146 [9NO]

———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), H2104 [14AP]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Karzai, Hamid: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 153), H3436 [17MY]

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

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H1851 [8AP]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 354), H989 [7MR]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2257), H9435 [31OC]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (see H.R. 4050), H9426 [28OC]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H7814 [8SE]

Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H7565 [28JY]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H5915 [14JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H1025 [8MR]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

News media: condemn irresponsible and inaccurate journalism and express condolences to the families and victims of the riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3696 [19MY]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to procurement, enforcement, and validity of patents (see H.R. 2795), H7565 [28JY]

Pledge of Allegiance: support recitation in public schools and urge the Supreme Court to uphold constitutionality (see H. Con. Res. 253), H8387 [27SE]

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), H4656 [16JN]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3769 [23MY]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H6652 [26JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8090 [15SE]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1026 [8MR]

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

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H236 [26JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

———replace certain employment requirements for Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last applied prior to enactment of the Social Security Protection Act (see H.R. 3661), H9556 [2NO]

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]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H8089 [15SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H3894 [24MY]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H2648 [27AP]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11328 [8DE]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2551 [26AP]

———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), H2738 [28AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H10910 [17NO]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H6205 [20JY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H2739 [28AP]

———increase and expand expensing for property in hurricane disaster areas (see H.R. 3868), H10039 [8NO]

———increase base and adjusted base amounts used for purposes of determining the amount of Social Security benefits excluded from gross income (see H.R. 2202), H4143 [26MY]

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

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H12050 [16DE]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H9426 [28OC]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

———prevent discriminatory treatment of natural gas pipeline property (see H.R. 1369), H1691 [17MR]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1956), H3199 [11MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H413 [8FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H9641 [3NO]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H8919 [18OC]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (see H.R. 621), H1779 [5AP]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H8388 [27SE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3198 [11MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H8809 [7OC]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capital punishment: provide the death penalty for certain terrorism related crimes and make other modifications of law relating to the penalty of death (see H.R. 3060), H5176 [24JN]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 1763), H2470 [21AP]

Remarks

Capital punishment: provide the death penalty for certain terrorism related crimes and make other modifications of law relating to the penalty of death, H6286, H6287 [21JY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), H2541, H2544 [26AP]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits and reform class action lawsuit procedures, H2544 [26AP]

———role in interpretation and application of Constitution, H8136, H8141 [20SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: include satellite communications in border protection policy, H11837 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8698 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H8690 [6OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6419, H6420 [25JY]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 420), H9109 [26OC]

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, H2541, H2544, H2546 [26AP]

———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 (H.R. 5), H8714, H8718, H8719, H8720 [6OC]

———set caps on noneconomic damages in medical liability lawsuits, H8719 [6OC]

Immigration: improve border security, H8690 [6OC]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11837 [15DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9617 [3NO]

Medicare: prescription drug benefit coverage, H10166, H10209, H10213 [15NO], H10232 [16NO]

Nigeria: withdrawal of military forces from Cameroon, E1033 [20MY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H3587 [19MY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., H8136, H8140, H8141 [20SE]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, H2546 [26AP], H3587 [19MY]

Social Security: reform, H10507 [17NO]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H9441 [1NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6081, H6083, H6084, H6085, H6086 [19JY], H6114 [20JY], H6286, H6287, H6317, H6318 [21JY]

Votes: position on missed, H566 [10FE], H1868 [12AP], H4860 [21JN], E1328 [24JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4894 [21JN]

Tributes

Rehnquist, William H., H7720, H7722, H7723, H7725, H7726 [7SE]