TIAHRT, TODD (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4268 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3397 [17MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3557 [18MY], H3669 [19MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4110 [26MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5436, H5480 [29JN], H5522 [30JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3874 [24MY]

Appointments

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

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

———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), H236 [26JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H350 [2FE]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5100 [23JN]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to avoidable preferences and venue for proceedings to avoid preferences (see H.R. 4296), H10156 [10NO]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 413), H234 [26JA]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H2880 [3MY]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 2211), H8248 [21SE]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H4895 [21JN]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 1804), H2471 [21AP]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4357), H10908 [17NO]

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 2182), H9047 [24OC]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2458), H3555 [18MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H7564 [28JY]

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

———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), H985 [3MR]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1847 [6AP]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H7741 [7SE]

Dept. of Education: establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students (see H.R. 4097), H9473 [1NO]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 216), H1371 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants for organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2103), H7814 [8SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H2394 [20AP]

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]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4985 [22JN]

Drugs: provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 313), H354 [2FE]

———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]

Ed Eilert Post Office Building, Overland Park, KS: designate (see H.R. 1524), H1845 [6AP]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H7860 [13SE]

———repeal or eliminate certain Federal education programs (see H.R. 4018), H8807 [7OC]

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), H3056 [5MY]

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

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

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4656 [16JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1622 [16MR]

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]

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

Hurricanes: ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 3975), H9556 [2NO]

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

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H9277 [26OC]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H5741 [12JY]

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

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H2472 [21AP]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 1073), H980 [3MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3860), H8644 [29SE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H3113 [10MY]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4723 [17JN]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 3613), H7561 [28JY]

National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H1897 [12AP]

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]

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

Peace Corps: remove as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program (see H.R. 3709), H8163 [20SE]

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]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]

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]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H8513 [28SE]

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

Small business: improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H4400 [13JN]

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]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

Taxation: expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H4356 [9JN]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3317), H6652 [26JY]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H5603 [30JN]

———permanently extend certain bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2320), H5362 [28JN]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 4400), H11033 [18NO]

———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]

———provide incentives for Hurricane Katrina recovery in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 3987), H8810 [7OC]

———repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 4129), H9102 [25OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5604 [30JN]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 26), H72 [4JA]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western Bohemia (see H. Res. 195), H2551 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H3556 [18MY]

Economy: remove barriers to competitiveness of the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 352), H5637 [11JY]

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund: authorize additional appropriations (see H.R. 1476), H1777 [5AP]

FAA: restore mission to promote civil aeronautics (see H.R. 2787), H4187 [7JN]

Kansas: provide for construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project (see H.R. 1327), H1508 [15MR]

National cemeteries: prohibit interment or memorialization in national cemeteries of persons convicted of committing State capital crimes regardless of whether their sentences included parole (see H.R. 3965), H8643 [29SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 977, 978), H795 (see H.R. 979, 980, 981), H796 [17FE] (see H.R. 1028), H846 [1MR]

Petroleum: streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (see H.R. 3923), H8387 [27SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines, and petroleum storage facilities (see H.R. 3924), H8387 [27SE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4268 [8JN]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H4268 [8JN]

Armed Forces: tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (H. Res. 302), E2331 [10NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), E737 [22AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), consideration (H. Res. 560), H10533 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), E2443 [6DE]

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, H10533 [17NO]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H3162 [11MY], H3698 [23MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, E1946 [26SE]

Cuba: anniversary of human rights crackdown (H. Con. Res. 81), E886 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), motion to instruct conferees, H11862 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4761 [20JN]

———reopen runway at Malmstrom AFB, MT, H7035 [28JY]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, H11862 [15DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3397 [17MY]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H3397 [17MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility in Nevada to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (H.R. 540), E1058 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3669 [19MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: consider effect of certain regulatory requirements on competitiveness of U.S. business, H4110 [26MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5522 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3058), conference report, H10940, H10941 [18NO]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H5522 [30JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): ratification, H3441 [18MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), E702 [19AP]

Economy: importance of job creation, H4708 [17JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H3698 [23MY], H5889, H5893 [14JY], H7797-H7801 [8SE]

———remove barriers to competitiveness of the U.S. economy (H. Res. 352), H5655, H5657, H5660 [12JY]

Education: national policy to improve system, H3899 [25MY]

Energy and water development: consider effect of certain regulatory requirements on competitiveness of U.S. business, H3874 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3874 [24MY]

EPA: require audits to verify use of science in promulgation of new regulations, H3669 [19MY]

Eximbank: prohibit funding to approve loan guarantees for nuclear powerplant construction in the People's Republic of China, H5337 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5337 [28JN]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H3162 [11MY], H3698 [23MY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: observance, E1927 [22SE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3833 [24MY]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), H2623 [27AP]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 563), H10963 [18NO]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), H4852 [21JN]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H10963 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H10963 [18NO]

IRS: prevent from setting up tax preparation services within the agency, H10940, H10941 [18NO]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), E1946 [26SE]

Medicaid: reform, E2443 [6DE]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (H. Res. 16), E396 [9MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 740), H5691, H5695 [12JY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 739), H5691, H5695 [12JY]

———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (H.R. 741), H5691, H5695 [12JY]

OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 742), H5691, H5695 [12JY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1809 [6AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), E796 [27AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, E1736 [29JY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9582 [3NO]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3512), H7035 [28JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4512 [15JN]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H4512 [15JN]

Social Security: allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (H.R. 3008), E2307 [9NO]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (H. Res. 340), H5585 [30JN]

U.S. Air Force Academy: ensure a positive climate of religious freedom and tolerance, H4761 [20JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6238 [21JY]

Votes: position on missed, H327 [2FE], H5513 [30JN], H6859 [27JY], H9395 [28OC], H9605 [3NO], H9672 [4NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9638 [3NO]

Special order: granted, H3195 [11MY]