McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3769 [23MY]

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

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]

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

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H3060 [9MY]

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

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

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]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (see H.R. 3668), H7741 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish a homesteading initiative that offers low-income families displaced from their residences due to Hurricane Katrina the opportunity to purchase a home (see H.R. 4514), H11503 [13DE]

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

———temporarily suspend certain requirements under the Community Development Block Grant Program for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3896), H8644 [29SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

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), H9361 [27OC]

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]

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

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4187 [7JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H3434 [17MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

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), H2880 [3MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11655 [14DE]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3436 [17MY]

Financial institutions: 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]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4487 [14JN]

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

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

Housing Act: provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3895), H8644 [29SE]

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]

———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]

———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 assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3971), H8732 [6OC]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H8986 [19OC]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1847 [6AP]

Insurance: recognize the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system (see H. Res. 215), H3557 [18MY]

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

Iron and steel industry: urge the Dept. of Commerce and ITC to consider the impact of steel antidumping or countervailing duties on steel-consuming manufacturers and the economy when conducting sunset reviews (see H. Res. 84), H1848 [6AP]

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: adjust boundary of Barataria Preserve Unit (see H.R. 1515), H1845 [6AP]

John J. Hainkel Post Office Building, Hammond, LA: designate (see H.R. 2346), H3695 [19MY]

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: provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 4207), H9555 [2NO]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H412 [8FE]

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]

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]

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

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 892), H792 [17FE]

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

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]

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

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]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H10910 [17NO]

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

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see H.R. 1387), H1692 [17MR]

———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), H3196 [11MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1511), H1845 [6AP]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 3111), H5434 (see H.R. 3111), H5479 [29JN]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H628 [15FE]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H848 [1MR]

———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H6327 [21JY]

———modify depreciation of property used in the transmission of electricity (see H.R. 1379), H1691 [17MR]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

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

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3769 [23MY]

———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 that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 454), H413 [8FE]

———reform charitable contribution deduction rules on contributions of certain easements on buildings in registered historic districts (see H.R. 4534), H12051 [16DE]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H1263 [9MR]

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

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1468), H4143 [26MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5914 [14JY]

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]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hurricanes: provide assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3971), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 501), H8985 [19OC]

National High School Seniors Voter Registration Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 73), H796 [17FE]

Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3672), H7741 [7SE]

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

Tariff: benzoic acid, o- and ((3-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl)-ureido)sulfonyl)-, methylester (sulfometuron methyl) (see H.R. 2505), H3694 [19MY]

———benzoic acid, 2-(((((4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino)- carbonyl)amino)sulfonyl)-, methyl ester (see H.R. 2507), H3694 [19MY]

———cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-imethyl-,(2-meth yl(1,1'-biphenyl) -3-yl)methyl ester, (z)- (see H.R. 2501), H3694 [19MY]

———cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-, 3-phenoxybenzyl ester, (+-)-,(cis,trans)- (see H.R. 2506), H3694 [19MY]

———iprodione (see H.R. 2503), H3694 [19MY]

———phosphonic acid (2-chloroethyl) (ethephon) (see H.R. 2502), H3694 [19MY]

———roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes (see H.R. 2896), H4485 [14JN]

———2-cyclohexen-1-one, and 2-(1-(((3-chloro-2- propenyl)oxy)imino) propyl)-5-(2-(ethylthio) propyl)-3-hydroxy (clethodim) (see H.R. 2504), H3694 [19MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H194 [25JA]

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

———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 1114), H982 [3MR]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1693 [17MR]

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

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (see H.R. 4440), H11109 [6DE]

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

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 454), H8247 [21SE]

———treat natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property for depreciation purposes (see H.R. 1113), H982 [3MR]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1998), H2736 [28AP]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11259 [8DE]

Hurricanes: provide assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3971), H8678, H8679, H8680 [6OC]

———provide assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3971), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 501), H8946, H8947, H8948, H8949, H8950 [19OC]

Medicaid: extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries, H8949 [19OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2362 [20AP]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (H.R. 3304), E1499 [15JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), H11150 [7DE]

———provide for Gulf tax credit bonds and advance refundings of certain tax-exempt bonds, and provide a Federal guarantee of certain State bonds (H.R. 4337), H10363 [16NO]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (H.R. 4440), H11152, H11159, H11162 [7DE], H11923, H11940 [16DE]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), H8014, H8017, H8021, H8022 [15SE]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), consideration (H. Res. 454), H8189, H8192, H8194, H8195 [21SE]

Tributes

Jenkins, Harry, E1522 [19JY]

Tiller, de Teel P. (Pat), E1154 [7JN]