REICHERT, DAVID G. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4020 [25MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4402 [13JN], H4456 [14JN]

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]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9962 [7NO]

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserve to recognize their service and to encourage recruitment and retention of personnel (see H.R. 2484), H3693 [19MY]

Army: conduct thorough review of cases of individuals convicted of court-martial arising from a disturbance at Fort Lawton, WA, on August 14, 1944 (see H.R. 3174), H6107 [19JY]

———extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 3765), H7948 [14SE]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H4073 [25MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

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), H9696 [4NO]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H3113 [10MY] (see H.R. 2423), H4144 [26MY]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H3113 [10MY]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H3260 [12MY]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H3436 [17MY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H2551 [26AP]

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), H7564 [28JY]

Crime: combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, prohibit operation of sex tours, and protect children and assist State and local law enforcement relative to such activities (see H.R. 2012), H6652 [26JY]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H6652 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10157 [10NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 4312), H11036 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 4228), H11328 [8DE]

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

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), H790 [17FE]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H2103 [14AP]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H4187 [7JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11504 [13DE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H9962 [7NO]

———deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H11653 [14DE]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H5638 [11JY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H3695 [19MY]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 188), H1848 [6AP]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 94), H7564 [28JY]

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

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see H.R. 1215), H3331 [16MY]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to address shortages in rural areas (see H.R. 1654), H2101 [14AP]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H6652 [26JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H11220 [7DE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2880 [3MY]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 487), H9642 [3NO]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6432 [25JY]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H1025 [8MR]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H6432 [25JY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H3113 [10MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H3114 [10MY]

Medicaid: provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H10226 [15NO]

Medicare: coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H8388 [27SE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H8388 [27SE]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H11653 [14DE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9696 [4NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H7566 [28JY]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (see H.R. 1544), H1893 [12AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]

Native Americans: tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 189), H5100 [23JN]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (see H.R. 1674), H3060 [9MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3332 [16MY]

Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H11110 [6DE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H11220 [7DE]

Seattle Storm (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 52), H4487 [14JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H798 [17FE]

Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 851), H7564 [28JY]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 4150), H9275 [26OC]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H5914 [14JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 53), H4487 [14JN]

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), H3262 [12MY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8341 [22SE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H4656 [16JN]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H6651 [26JY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H4656 [16JN]

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

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

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

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H3436 [17MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

Transportation Security Administration: establish an Airport Screening Organization (see H.R. 4439), H11109 [6DE]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4121), H9426 [28OC]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H9473 [1NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4485 [14JN]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7564 [28JY]

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

Aviation: ensure passenger safety at airports (see H.R. 4607), H12049 [16DE]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H9641 [3NO]

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), H7813 [8SE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to methamphetamine (see H.R. 3756), H7861 [13SE]

———provide increased penalties for methamphetamine traffickers (see H.R. 3755), H7860 [13SE]

Crime: conduct study evaluating correlations between methamphetamine crimes and identity theft crimes (see H.R. 3325), H5963 [18JY]

Drugs: provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 3324), H5963 [18JY]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H8733 [6OC]

Tariff: modified steel leaf spring leaves (see H.R. 2596), H3893 [24MY]

———steel leaf spring leaves (see H.R. 2598), H3893 [24MY]

———suspension system stabilizer bars (see H.R. 2597), H3893 [24MY]

Taxation: exempt certain transportation provided by seaplanes from the excise tax imposed on the transportation of persons by air (see H.R. 2013), H2737 [28AP]

Remarks

Armed Forces: require GAO study on difficulties faced by members of the National Guard and Reserves in gaining re-employment after return from duty, H4024 [25MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, H2985 [5MY]

Courts: application of mandatory minimum sentences to certain gang crime, H3156 [11MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), E817 [28AP]

———reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3156 [11MY]

———reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), consideration (H. Res. 268), H3125 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4024 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in FBI and DEA funding, H4456, H4457 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4444 [14JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6113 [20JY]

King County, WA: history of the Green River killer, H975-H977 [3MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 209), H8373 [27SE]

National security: combat terrorism, H1686 [17MR]

———improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H526 [10FE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5236 [27JN]

———provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3219 [12MY], H5236 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4444, H4456, H4457 [14JN]

Taxation: provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (H.R. 1134), H1391 [14MR]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (H. Res. 228), H3339 [17MY]

Votes: position on missed, H756 [17FE], E305 [18FE]

Washington: tribute to Army National Guard 81st Brigade Combat Team, H1675 [17MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H705 [16FE]

Tributes

Mitchell, Lonnie, Sr., H9557 [3NO]