BONILLA, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4223, H4237 [8JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5252 [27JN], H5344 [28JN]

Appointments

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select), H8233 [21SE]

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9011 [20OC]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H11586 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H3894 [24MY]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7566 [28JY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: assess extent of invasion of salt cedar and Russian olive plants in the Western U.S. and carry out demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of such plants (see H.R. 489), H984 [3MR] (see H.R. 2720), H4141 [26MY]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1459), H1777 [5AP] (see H.R. 1493), H1844 [6AP]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H2473 [21AP]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H4723 [17JN]

———ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 97), H5915 [14JY]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H4073 [25MY]

———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), H2550 [26AP]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H1372 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H9695 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3894 [24MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H2739 [28AP]

Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4246), H10910 [17NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1846 [6AP]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8342 [22SE]

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

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]

Federal employees: provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H9103 [25OC]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H6652 [26JY]

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

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 79), H523 [9FE]

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

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 609), H1847 [6AP]

Hispanic Americans: tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 323), H12049 [16DE]

Immigration: assist certain sheriffs' offices to provide a second line of defense in border areas, conduct law enforcement operations along the southern U.S. border, and prevent lawlessness in border areas (see H.R. 4360), H10908 [17NO]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10158 [10NO]

———improve security clearance process and increase number of detention beds along the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 1196), H1263 [9MR]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H630 [15FE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H8343 [22SE]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H9044 [20OC]

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H847 [1MR]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3057 [5MY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H848 [1MR]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 386), H233 [26JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: prohibit coverage of sex-enhancing drugs for individuals convicted of a sex offense (see H.R. 2626), H4072 [25MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6381 [22JY]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3694 [19MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H8735 [6OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H2648 [27AP]

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), H413 [8FE]

News media: condemn irresponsible and inaccurate journalism and express condolences to the families and victims of the riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3696 [19MY]

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]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1508 [15MR]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H11220 [7DE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9102 [25OC]

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

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 339), H5176 [24JN]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1026 [8MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H587 [14FE]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H2976 [4MY]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H8342 [22SE]

———establish a commission on tax reform (see H.R. 41), H72 [4JA]

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

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H2648 [27AP]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———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 collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H7814 [8SE]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H940 [2MR]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5362 [28JN]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H412 [8FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2880 [3MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H7565 [28JY]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H8342 [22SE]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H3769 [23MY]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3769 [23MY]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2744), H4185 [7JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: continue mission of Kerrville, TX, medical center, including maintenance of acute care beds (see H.R. 2392), H3434 [17MY]

Pledge of Allegiance: support recitation in public schools and urge the Supreme Court to uphold constitutionality (see H. Con. Res. 253), H8387 [27SE]

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), H6380 [22JY]

Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3525), H7557 [28JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H6653 [27JY]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H8940 [19OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: impact of rising natural gas costs on the agricultural economy, H4257 [8JN]

———repeal delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for meat and meat products, H4239 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H4265 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4208, H4219, H4222, H4223, H4224, H4225, H4227, H4237, H4238, H4239, H4244, H4248, H4257, H4258, H4259, H4265, H4266, H4270, H4273 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), amendment process, H4251 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), conference report, H9381 [28OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), motion to instruct conferees, H8942 [19OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H4225 [8JN]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service noxious weed control and eradication funding, H4238 [8JN]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plum pox disease eradication funding, H4227 [8JN]

———Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding, H4237 [8JN]

———establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, H4259 [8JN]

———Hispanic Serving Institutions National Program funding, H4224 [8JN]

———Market Access Program funding, H4258 [8JN]

———Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program funding, H4224 [8JN]

———prevent the use of private contractors on certain elements of the Food Stamp Program unless authorized by Congress, H8942 [19OC]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law, H8942 [19OC]

———prohibit food stamps funding from being expended in contravention of the Immigration and Nationality Act, H4266 [8JN]

———prohibit funding to inspect horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, H4248 [8JN]

———require testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) at the request of any livestock producer or processor, H4270 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS: community health centers funding, H5060 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3375 [17MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5060 [23JN]

Eximbank: limit funding relative to confirmation of an Inspector General, H5344 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5344 [28JN]

Insects: emerald ash borer eradication funding, H4244 [8JN]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders, H3375 [17MY]

Phoenix, AZ: convey Western Cotton Research Laboratory to the nonprofit organizations that originally provided the real property for the laboratory, H4237 [8JN]

Point of order, H4244, H4264, H4267, H4270, H4271 [8JN]

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, H9579 [3NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9579 [3NO]

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (H. Res. 339), H5595 [30JN]

Susquehanna River: watershed cleanup funding, H4222 [8JN]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2744) (H. Rept. 109-255), H9275 [26OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2744) (H. Rept. 109-102), H4185 [7JN]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4209-H4217 [8JN]

———conference report, H9382-H9389 [28OC]

Tributes

Attaway, Travis W., E999 [17MY]

Walpole, Taryn Fritz, E2460 [6DE]