NORTHUP, ANNE M. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9992 [8NO], H11183 [7DE]

———H.R. 3058, Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies appropriations, H9988 [8NO]

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]

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building, Hodgenville, KY: designate (see H.R. 2894), H4485 [14JN]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H11881 [15DE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H8920 [18OC]

Association of University Teachers: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa (see H. Res. 279), H3557 [18MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H1265 [9MR]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H4562 [15JN]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H5604 [30JN]

———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), H3055 [5MY]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H8089 [15SE]

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

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H2880 [3MY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H8809 [7OC]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H7815 [8SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H3056 [5MY]

Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H3436 [17MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1969 [13AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H3435 [17MY]

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

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H11504 [13DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H8734 [6OC]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H5604 [30JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2658), H4138 [26MY]

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), H3436 [17MY]

———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), H74 [4JA]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2880 [3MY]

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

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2123), H4074 [25MY]

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. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5915 [14JY]

Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]

Housing: assist low-income families in obtaining decent, safe, and affordable housing by converting section 8 housing choice voucher program into a flexible voucher program (see H.R. 1999), H2736 [28AP]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H5638 [11JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2472 [21AP]

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), H2551 [26AP]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3436 [17MY]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 354), H798 [17FE]

Medicare: provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7673 [6SE]

———provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission (see H.R. 1381), H1780 [5AP]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H2880 [3MY]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 144), H2977 [4MY]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H849 [1MR]

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]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 3403), H7744 [7SE]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H6108 [19JY]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H194 [25JA] (see H.R. 700), H521 [9FE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2738 [28AP]

POW: issue a POW medal to civilian Federal employees who are forcibly detained by enemy forces under wartime conditions (see H.R. 3329), H8342 [22SE]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see H. Res. 578), H11035 [18NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]

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

———express concern relative to pending bankruptcy and call for reform (see H. Res. 168), H2881 [3MY]

———reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program and provide new limitations on the budget (see H.R. 1776), H2470 [21AP]

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

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 a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H7814 [8SE]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H3113 [10MY]

———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), H11220 [7DE]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H3894 [24MY]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H9044 [20OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H7743 [7SE]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: rename certain buildings in honor of Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa (see H.R. 4500), H11502 [13DE]

Treaties and agreements: avoid inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would restrict access of U.S. consumers to imported prescription drugs (see H.R. 3583), H7559 [28JY]

Remarks

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: rename certain buildings in honor of Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa (H.R. 4500), H11460, H11462 [13DE]

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc.: anniversary, E12 [4JA]

Louisville, KY: anniversary of Louisville Board of Independent Insurance Agents, E66 [25JA]

———tribute to Kentucky Country Day School, E934 [11MY]

———tribute to Louisville Youth and Children's Choir, E1544 [20JY]

———tribute to Louisville Zoological Gardens for American Association of Museums accreditation, E319 [1MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2634 [27AP]

———dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (H.R. 3304), H6190, H6191, H6192, H6193, H6194, H6195, H6196 [20JY]

———privatization proposals, H1612, H1613 [16MR], H2633, H2636, H2637 [27AP]

———reform, H1610, H1612, H1613 [16MR], H2632, H2633, H2634, H2636, H2637, H2638 [27AP], H3171, H3172, H3173, H3174, H3175, H3176, H3177 [11MY]

Votes: correction, H4262 [8JN]

———position on missed, H3 [4JA], H252 [1FE], H327 [2FE], H11025 [18NO], E1259 [17JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H280 [1FE]

Tributes

Rowlette, Robert A., Jr., E1468 [12JY]

Stiglitz, William G. III, E1779 [7SE]