THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

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

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H229 [26JA]

Articles and editorials

Misguided Morality, Andrew C. McCarthy and Clifford D. May, USA Today, H12212 [18DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H4985 [22JN]

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]

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), H9044 [20OC]

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

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

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4723 [17JN]

———eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2646), H4803 [20JN]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1375), H1691 [17MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance (see H.R. 721), H1371 [10MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H1371 [10MR]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H9362 [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), H10503 [16NO]

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

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 314), H630 [15FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H797 [17FE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H5912 [14JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3556 [18MY]

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), H3436 [17MY]

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H4985 [22JN]

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]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H286 [1FE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H9044 [20OC]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H.R. 4437), H11221 [7DE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H8986 [19OC]

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

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H1851 [8AP]

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), H195 [25JA]

Medicare: modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H11655 [14DE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4297 [8JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9044 [20OC]

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), H354 [2FE]

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]

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]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H6107 [19JY]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 430), H235 [26JA]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1372 [10MR]

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

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

Taxation: 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]

———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 incentives for the production of motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 626), H1851 [8AP]

———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), H848 [1MR]

———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 454), H283 [1FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1846 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 285), H137 [6JA]

Dept. of State: require a quadrennial review of the diplomatic strategy and structure and determine the best means to fulfill its mission in the future (see H.R. 1746), H2394 [20AP]

Government: improve conduct of strategic communication (see H.R. 1869), H2646 [27AP]

Health: provide grants to States for health care tribunals (see H.R. 1546), H1893 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a credit for carbon dioxide captured from anthropogenic industrial sources and used as a tertiary injectant in enhanced oil and natural gas recovery (see H.R. 1128), H983 [3MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H585 [14FE], H1849 [8AP], H4136 [26MY], H7643 [2SE], H8062 [15SE], H8627 [29SE], H9429 [31OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H585 [14FE], H1849 [8AP], H9429 [31OC]

Remarks

Churchill, Winston S.: anniversary of death, E62 [25JA]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, H4836 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12211 [18DE]

Dept. of Justice: require annual report on use or development of data-mining technology by Federal agencies, H6275 [21JY]

Government: improve conduct of strategic communication (H.R. 1869), E781 [27AP]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish, H4836 [21JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), H4845 [21JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), consideration (H. Res. 331), H4836 [21JN]

Mann, W.C. (Jiggs): Cowboy Roundup, USA (organization) Rancher of the Year award recipient, E1272 [17JN]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1725 [20MR]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6275 [21JY]

Statements

Remembering a Great Man 40 Years On: Churchill Centre, E63 [25JA]

Tributes

Cebrowski, Arthur K., E2364 [15NO]