PORTMAN, ROB (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1417 [14MR]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H75 [4JA]

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

Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]

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), H1025 [8MR]

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. 534), H349 [2FE]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H413 [8FE]

Taxation: make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H720 [16FE]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1729 (see H.R. 1417), H1735 [20MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]

———provide for retirement savings accounts (see H.R. 1162), H1024 [8MR]

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

Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 548), H350 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Taxation: modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H411 [8FE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 1960), H2735 [28AP]

Cloture motions

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4431 [27AP]

Letters

Nomination of Representative Portman to be U.S. Trade Representative: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S4533 [28AP]

Remarks

Armed Forces: recognize the historic commitment of the U.S. to the recovery and full accounting of POW or MIA (H.J. Res. 18), H668 [16FE]

Batavia, OH: tribute to Tri-State Warbird Museum, E469 [17MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1556 [16MR], H1665 [17MR]

Cody, Tom and Mary Ellen: Cincinnati, OH, Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Cincinnatians of the Year award recipients, E376 [8MR]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H119 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H119 [6JA]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H2732 [28AP]

Motor vehicles: improve safety and enforcement relative to operation while under the influence of, or having used, drugs, H1048 [9MR]

Portman, William C., II: Greater Cincinnati, OH, Chamber of Commerce Great Living Cincinnatian honoree, E53 [25JA]

Ruthven, John A.: National Endowment for the Arts National Medal of Arts recipient, E536 [5AP]

Spencer, Donald A., Sr.: Greater Cincinnati, OH, Chamber of Commerce Great Living Cincinnatian honoree, E56 [25JA]

Swigert, J. Mack: Greater Cincinnati, OH, Chamber of Commerce Great Living Cincinnatian honoree, E59 [25JA]

Taxation: provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (H.R. 1134), H1390 [14MR]

Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (H.R. 548), E219 [10FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1048 [9MR]

Vilter, Richard W.: Greater Cincinnati, OH, Chamber of Commerce Great Living Cincinnatian honoree, E62 [25JA]

Votes: position on missed, H215 [26JA], H1518 [16MR], H2579 [27AP], E511 [17MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2547 [26AP]

Tribute, H1625, H1665 [17MR], H2719 [28AP], E807 [28AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4529-S4533 [28AP]

———nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, unanimous-consent agreement, S4431 [27AP], S4526 [28AP]

Tribute, S2970 [17MR]

Reports filed

Nomination To Be U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4257 [26AP]

Tributes

King, Jim, E9 [4JA]