COBLE, HOWARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6282, H6283 [21JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

———H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]

———H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H10090 [9NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 378), H6431 [25JY]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]

Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (see H.R. 3439), H6650 [26JY]

Aviation: provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes (see H.R. 1400), H2739 [28AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

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

Bayh-Dole Act: anniversary of amendments to patent and trademark laws (see H. Con. Res. 319), H12049 [16DE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2473 [21AP]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business (see H.R. 1363), H2880 [3MY] (see H.R. 3509), H7556 [28JY]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (see H. Res. 261), H6937 [27JY]

China, People's Republic of: withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]

Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]

Coast Guard: tribute to response to Hurricane Katrina and provide temporary relief to certain persons affected by such hurricane relative to certain laws administered by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 4508), H11503 [13DE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H8733 [6OC]

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]

———appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see H.R. 4093), H9363 [27OC]

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

———clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H718 [16FE]

———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), H3435 [17MY]

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]

Dept. of Defense: require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H2395 [20AP]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3402), H6380 [22JY]

———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 the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

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]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H5741 [12JY]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8341 [22SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1025 [8MR]

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), H845 [1MR]

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

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H12051 [16DE]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3769 [23MY]

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: 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), H7861 [13SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2550 [26AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H3436 [17MY]

Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (see H.R. 2326), H3260 [12MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]

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

Garner, NC: anniversary (see H. Res. 206), H1895 [12AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H5435 (see H.R. 1671), H5480 [29JN]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H3894 [24MY]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H4655 [16JN]

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

———match willing U.S. workers with employers, increase and fairly apportion H-2B visas, and ensure H-2B visas serve their intended purpose (see H.R. 1587), H1967 [13AP]

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

———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H11036 [18NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1851 [8AP]

———provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H7815 [8SE]

Justin W. Williams U.S. Attorney's Building, Alexandria, VA: designate (see H.R. 1463), H1777 [5AP]

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

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

———provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (see H.R. 4170), H11504 [13DE]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H3262 [12MY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 17), H6206 [20JY]

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3894 [24MY]

Medicare: reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6936 [27JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H9103 [25OC]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4494), H11880 [15DE]

———reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H8808 [7OC]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4896 [21JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H791 [17FE]

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]

———reduce crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports (see H.R. 2651), H4138 [26MY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H7744 [7SE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9473 [1NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (see H.R. 2791), H4295 [8JN]

———amend certain laws relative to procurement, enforcement, and validity of patents (see H.R. 2795), H4295 [8JN]

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), H7815 [8SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7673 [6SE]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8343 [22SE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H797 [17FE]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 235), H10503 [16NO]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]

Tariff Act: marking of imported home furniture (see H.R. 445), H5741 [12JY]

Taxation: 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), H3436 [17MY]

———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), H845 [1MR]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 2594), H3893 [24MY]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H11035 [18NO]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H8342 [22SE]

Terrorism: tribute to flight crew members lost during attacks against the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4656 [16JN]

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), H8986 [19OC]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 198), H1846 [6AP]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to permit collective development and implementation of a standard contract form for playwrights for the licensing of plays (see H.R. 532), H349 [2FE]

High Point, NC: express support for the International Home Furnishings Market (see H. Res. 203), H1895 [12AP]

Tariff: acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow (see H.R. 1535), H1850 [8AP]

———azoxystrobin technical (see H.R. 2085), H2976 [4MY]

———butanedioic acid, dimethyl ester, polymer with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-1-piperidineethanol (see H.R. 1829), H2549 [26AP]

———certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 1536), H1850 [8AP]

———certain synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 1534), H1850 [8AP]

———chemical mixtures (see H.R. 1833), H2549 [26AP]

———cyprodinil (see H.R. 2083), H2976 [4MY]

———difenoconazole (see H.R. 2081), H2976 [4MY]

———5-amino-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-xylenesulfonamide (see H.R. 1832), H2549 [26AP]

———lambda-cyhalothrin (see H.R. 2082), H2976 [4MY]

———methidathion technical (see H.R. 2080), H2976 [4MY]

———MUB 738 INT (see H.R. 1831), H2549 [26AP]

———mucochloric acid (see H.R. 2086), H2976 [4MY]

———nitrocellulose (see H.R. 1537), H1850 [8AP]

———prosulfuron (see H.R. 2213), H3112 [10MY]

———3-amino-2'-(sulfato-ethyl sulfonyl) ethyl benzamide (see H.R. 1830), H2549 [26AP]

———triasulfuron and dicamba (see H.R. 2214), H3112 [10MY]

———triasulfuron formulations (see H.R. 2215), H3112 [10MY]

———trinexapac-ethyl (see H.R. 2212), H3112 [10MY]

———Wakil XL (see H.R. 2084), H2976 [4MY]

Remarks

Appalachian State University: tribute to football team, H12054 [17DE]

Coast Guard: Integrated Deepwater System Program funding, H8234 [21SE]

———role in disaster relief and security efforts, H8233, H8234, H8236 [21SE]

Diseases: increase awareness and education about Kawasaki Disease, E883 [5MY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6899 [27JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), E662 [15AP]

FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.: tribute to Active for Life program, E1418 [1JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H4537 [15JN]

Graham, NC: tribute to Southern Alamance High School baseball team, E1391 [28JN]

Guilford College: tribute to men's basketball team, H356 [8FE]

———tribute to men's golf team, E1422 [1JY]

House of Representatives: history and rules of the Private Calendar, H5359 [28JN]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 308), H6400 [25JY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H11518 [14DE]

———reduce crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports, H6281 [21JY]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (H. Res. 423), H7680 [7SE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4537 [15JN]

Thomasville, NC: tribute to Thomasville High School boys' soccer team, E2622 [19DE]

———tribute to Thomasville High School football team, E303 [18FE], E2597 [17DE]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking to eliminate financial support that traffickers provide to terrorist organizations, H6284 [21JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1047 [9MR]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6223, H6281, H6284 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration (H. Res. 369), H6213 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 595), H11518 [14DE]

Votes: position on missed, E598 [8AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1688 [17MR]

Special order: granted, H5360 [28JN]