SCHMIDT, JEAN (a Representative from Ohio)

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), H8089 [15SE]

Armed Forces: provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8648 [3OC]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H9696 [4NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12290 [18DE]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H11880 [15DE]

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), H8986 [19OC]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H8089 [15SE]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H10227 [15NO]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 216), H9962 [7NO]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H9044 [20OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H11036 [18NO]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2668), H8163 [20SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H8248 [21SE]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H11504 [13DE]

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), H10910 [17NO]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11880 [15DE]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H9962 [7NO]

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

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H9277 [26OC]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8249 [21SE]

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

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H.R. 4437), H11221 [7DE]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3860), H8644 [29SE]

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), H12050 [16DE]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 596), H8986 [19OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H9103 [25OC]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H9962 [7NO]

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

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 453), H8162 [20SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H10038 [8NO]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H9555 [2NO]

Taxation: allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8342 [22SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8919 [18OC]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H10227 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Gulf Coast States: encourage the adoption of comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9362 [27OC]

Political campaigns: require prerecorded telephone calls to meet disclosure and disclaimer requirements applicable to radio campaign communications (see H.R. 4180), H9425 [28OC]

Certificates of election

House of Representatives, H7658 [6SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8806 [7OC]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H7658, H7671 [6SE]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H10123 [9NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10123 [9NO]

Cincinnati, OH: Mariemont High School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, H10360 [16NO]

———tribute to Flying Pig Marathon, E2596 [17DE]

Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (H.R. 3256), H9061, H9062 [25OC]

Courts: role in interpretation and application of Constitution, H9456 [1NO]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to female crew members and other women working with NASA (H. Res. 450), H8121 [20SE]

Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office, Gagetown, MI: designate (H.R. 3368), H9062 [25OC]

Gulf Coast States: encourage the adoption of comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama (H. Con. Res. 285), H9332 [27OC]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), Senate amendment, H12069 [17DE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H7658 [6SE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 563), H10969 [18NO]

Hurricanes: establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8485 [28SE]

———provide Federal oversight of distribution of disaster assistance funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina, H8950 [19OC]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H10969 [18NO]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7891 [14SE]

Medicaid: reform, H10123 [9NO]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9456 [1NO], H9582 [3NO]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H9456 [1NO]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 269), H9059, H9060, H9061 [25OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H9273 [26OC], H9358 [27OC]

Tribute, H7658 [6SE]

Tributes

Pummill, Richard T., H9249 [26OC]

Swisher, Tyler, H9334 [27OC]