ALEXANDER, RODNEY (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9011 [20OC]

———H.R. 2862, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H9497 [2NO]

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]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H6206 [20JY]

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H9696 [4NO]

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]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H5741 [12JY]

———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H7673 [6SE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H1372 [10MR]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H413 [8FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H2550 [26AP]

———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 522), H348 [2FE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H2646 [27AP]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2738 [28AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H6381 [22JY]

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]

———tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (see H. Res. 261), H3263 [12MY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3894 [24MY]

———establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H5604 [30JN]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1621 [16MR] (see H.R. 2423), H3894 [24MY]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H4656 [16JN]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H3894 [24MY]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance and encourage efforts of prospective citizens to become citizens (see H.R. 4168), H10039 [8NO]

———constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based on citizenship or legal permanent resident status of parents (see H.J. Res. 46), H2737 [28AP]

———restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H5603 [30JN]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H1970 [13AP]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 687), H521 [9FE]

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]

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), H7862 [13SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H4561 [15JN]

———require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H8735 [6OC]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 2049), H3894 [24MY]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to regulation of ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1083), H6651 [26JY]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H4144 [26MY]

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

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H1779 [5AP]

———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), H2880 [3MY]

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (see H.R. 1751), H3894 [24MY]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1847 [6AP]

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), H5603 [30JN]

Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H3894 [24MY]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico (see H.R. 3900), H8735 [6OC]

———prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H3894 [24MY]

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

———reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (see H.R. 1279), H1416 [14MR]

———strengthen sentencing for sex offenders (see H.R. 2942), H5638 [11JY]

Cuba: anniversary of human rights crackdown (see H. Con. Res. 81), H984 [3MR]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H4401 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H4297 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: make a grant to the National D-Day Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National World War II Museum (see H.R. 2725), H4141 [26MY]

———require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1970 [13AP]

Dept. of Education: permit waiver of consecutive service requirements of loan forgiveness program for teachers whose employment is interrupted by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3788), H8087 [15SE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7673 [6SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a database of small businesses for purposes of Federal consultation prior to awarding contracts related to declared emergencies (see H.R. 4427), H11034 [18NO]

Dept. of HUD: temporarily suspend certain requirements under the Community Development Block Grant Program for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3896), H8348 [26SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 95), H8643 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H7743 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H2394 [20AP]

———conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H2103 [14AP]

———improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H8513 [28SE]

———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), H1969 [13AP]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H5913 [14JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: expedite payments of certain Federal emergency assistance and direct the Dept. of Homeland Security to exercise certain authority (see H.R. 4163), H9426 [28OC]

———permit cancellation of certain loans (see H.R. 4117), H9043 [20OC]

———provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H7862 [13SE]

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), H9554 [2NO]

———provide temporary emergency assistance for primary residences damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4266), H10144 [9NO]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H7861 [13SE]

Diseases: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 1719), H2393 [20AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H943 [2MR]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 72), H353 [2FE]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H2550 [26AP]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 314), H6328 [21JY] (see H.R. 3889), H8644 [29SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1729 (see H.R. 8), H1735 [20MR]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H9556 [2NO]

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]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 39), H1694 [17MR]

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

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1693 [17MR]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H12050 [16DE]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H5915 [14JY]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3894 [24MY]

———facilitate recovery from Hurricane Katrina by providing greater flexibility for, and temporary waivers of certain rules and fees imposed on depository institutions and Federal regulatory agencies (see H.R. 3945), H8642 [29SE]

———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), H11109 [6DE]

———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. 815), H848 [1MR]

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), H848 [1MR]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H988 [7MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H287 [1FE]

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), H8089 [15SE]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H1968 [13AP]

Hainkel, John J.: tribute (see H. Res. 221), H2150 [19AP]

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), H8644 [29SE]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to all federally qualified community health centers (see H.R. 1633), H2100 [14AP]

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]

Housing Act: provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3895), H8348 [26SE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H5915 [14JY]

Hurricanes: accelerate reemployment and employment of individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by establishing grants to eligible entities to provide worker recovery accounts to eligible individuals (see H.R. 3976), H8732 [6OC]

———ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 3975), H8732 [6OC]

———express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 425), H7742 [7SE]

———give priority in Federal contracting to businesses in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and treat such small businesses as falling under the HUBZone program (see H.R. 3988), H8733 [6OC]

———issue a special postage stamp to afford a means by which the public may contribute to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (see H.R. 3740), H8514 [28SE]

———modify highway emergency relief program requirements relative to projects for repair or reconstruction in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3786), H8087 [15SE]

———provide Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program assistance for States providing assistance to Katrina survivors (see H.R. 3845), H8247 [21SE]

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]

———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. 688), H3056 [5MY]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H2648 [27AP]

———enforce numerical limits placed by Congress (see H.R. 4317), H11328 [8DE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H8163 [20SE]

———make inadmissable individuals who law enforcement knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, seek entry to the U.S. to participate in illegal activities with criminal gangs (see H.R. 2933), H8513 [28SE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1510 [15MR]

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

———reform (see H.R. 3938), H8736 [6OC]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H9641 [3NO]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 19), H6936 [27JY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1417 [14MR]

———simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (see H.R. 3857), H8340 [22SE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H.R. 4437), H11328 [8DE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1622 [16MR]

John J. Hainkel Post Office Building, Hammond, LA: designate (see H.R. 2346), H3436 [17MY]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H1622 [16MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6936 [27JY] (see H.R. 3860), H8810 [7OC]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2151 [19AP]

———provide additional protections (see H.R. 2194), H5435 (see H.R. 2194), H5480 [29JN]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5915 [14JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]

Louisiana: provide agreements between Federal agencies to partner or transfer funds to accomplish erosion goals (see H.R. 1675), H2106 [18AP]

———provide protection, conservation, and restoration of wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land in the coastal areas (see H.R. 2903), H4560 [15JN]

Louisiana Recovery Corp.: establish (see H.R. 4100), H11328 [8DE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H8735 [6OC]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3262 [12MY]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H10502 [16NO]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H71 [4JA]

Missing Children's Assistance Act: extend applicability to individuals determined to have a mental capacity less than 18 years of age (see H.R. 528), H3894 [24MY]

Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H4356 [9JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H11504 [13DE]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H5742 [12JY]

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

National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2738 [28AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H8736 [6OC]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H1896 [12AP]

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]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H2104 [14AP]

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]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: establish a domestic offshore energy reinvestment program (see H.R. 1551), H1893 [12AP]

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]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 453), H8644 [29SE]

Power resources: provide disaster assistance for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a privately-owned power transmission facility damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4391), H11328 [8DE]

Public buildings: expressing that display of the Ten Commandments does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5604 [30JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1697 [17MR]

Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3672), H7815 [8SE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1897 [12AP]

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), H7862 [13SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3083), H6107 [19JY] (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H4356 [9JN]

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), H1510 [15MR]

Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8810 [7OC]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3304), H5913 [14JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H587 [14FE]

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), H7950 [14SE]

Submerged Lands Act: make seaward boundaries of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi equivalent to seaward boundaries of Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida (see H.R. 2634), H4073 [25MY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5604 [30JN]

———enable review of decisions in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces denied relief (see H.R. 1364), H2978 [4MY]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8343 [22SE]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H2879 [3MY]

Taxation: allow credit for expenditures incurred to restore or protect wetlands from coastal erosion (see H.R. 2102), H2977 [4MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H2103 [14AP]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H9103 [25OC]

———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), H5914 [14JY]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1765), H2470 [21AP]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 387), H233 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H8388 [27SE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H2103 [14AP]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 3111), H6936 [27JY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H3262 [12MY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP]

———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]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H848 [1MR]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 1954), H3894 [24MY]

———provide a credit to individuals for certain long-term care expenses (see H.R. 1150), H8342 [22SE]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit to law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 2823), H8163 [20SE]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H8919 [18OC]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3056 [5MY]

———provide for Gulf tax credit bonds and advance refundings of certain tax-exempt bonds, and provide a Federal guarantee of certain State bonds (see H.R. 4337), H10501 [16NO]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricane Rita (see H.R. 4155), H9361 [27OC]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (see H.R. 3768), H7948 [14SE]

———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 454), H283 [1FE]

———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), H3556 [18MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H11327 [8DE]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H942 [2MR]

Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H8342 [22SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H1779 [5AP]

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

Transportation: provide temporary waiver of certain transportation conformity rules and metropolitan transportation planning rules under the Clean Air Act and other laws for certain areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3946), H8642 [29SE]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3436), H7614 [29JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H5741 [12JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H5603 [30JN]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H1697 [17MR]

Workforce Investment Act: provide special rules for disaster relief employment for individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3761), H7947 [14SE]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H3054 [5MY]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 389), H7744 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: provide waivers under certain housing assistance programs to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in obtaining housing (see H.R. 3894), H8348 [26SE]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: promote alternative energy-related uses on Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1596), H1968 [13AP]

Remarks

Dept. of HUD: provide waivers under certain housing assistance programs to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in obtaining housing (H.R. 3894), H8665 [6OC]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), H7778 [8SE]

Tributes

Peoples, Thomas, H7822 [13SE]

Thompson, Margaret Volz, E1498 [15JY]