TERRY, LEE (a Representative from Nebraska)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3437 [17MY], H3638 [19MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4402 [13JN], H4441 [14JN]

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), H413 [8FE]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 523), H9426 [28OC]

Alcoholic beverages: prohibit sale of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket approval (see H.R. 613), H631 [15FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 2804), H4295 [8JN]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H11035 [18NO]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 71), H12168 [17DE]

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H2738 [28AP]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H584 [10FE] (see H.R. 377), H287 [1FE]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H3113 [10MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H8162 [20SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H524 [9FE]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H1025 [8MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H12051 [16DE]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H7565 [28JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8343 [22SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———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]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 336), H5604 [30JN]

Carson, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 40), H196 [25JA]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4896 [21JN]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H3113 [10MY]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H7814 [8SE]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H6432 [25JY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2648 [27AP]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 1575), H2551 [26AP]

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]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H10910 [17NO]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11328 [8DE]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H3695 [19MY]

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

———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), H630 [15FE]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H1372 [10MR]

———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), H2880 [3MY]

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

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H6651 [26JY]

Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H5604 [30JN]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico (see H.R. 3900), H8386 [27SE]

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

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H5603 [30JN]

Croatia: recommend integration into NATO (see H. Res. 529), H10227 [15NO]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, legalize political parties and free elections, urge European Union to reexamine policy, and support a U.N. resolution on ending human rights violations (see H. Res. 388), H7815 [8SE]

———express support to the organizers and participants of the historic meeting of the Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba (see H. Res. 193), H2395 [20AP]

———facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 719), H1371 [10MR]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4188 [7JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 6), H524 [9FE]

Dept. of Energy: study potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers plan travel and avoid delays (see H.R. 3986), H8733 [6OC]

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

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1697 [17MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide certain information relating to the reapportionment of airport screeners (see H. Res. 463), H8387 [27SE]

Dept. of HUD: exclude amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing programs (see H.R. 3186), H6107 [19JY]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey to Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska (see H.R. 3871), H8340 [22SE]

Dept. of Transportation: require installation of second cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder system in commercial passenger aircraft utilizing combination deployable recorder technology (see H.R. 3336), H6106 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H7861 [13SE]

———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), H628 [15FE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H2103 [14AP]

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]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1970 [13AP]

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

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8808 [7OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H4296 [8JN]

———promote awareness, prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 130), H8163 [20SE]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H5362 [28JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 1446), H1970 [13AP]

———encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H11221 [7DE]

———establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H5362 [28JN]

———prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 2802), H5362 [28JN]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H196 [25JA] (see H.R. 314), H287 [1FE] (see H.R. 3889), H8341 [22SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H6107 [19JY]

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

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H524 [9FE]

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

Endangered species: authorize species recovery agreements under which the Federal Government is obligated to make annual payments or provide other compensation for activities that improve recovery of one or more species (see H.R. 3300), H5913 [14JY]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H3436 [17MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H8389 [27SE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H5435 (see H.R. 65), H5479 [29JN]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H524 [9FE]

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

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H1691 [17MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H981 [3MR]

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

———require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5600 [30JN]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H11653 [14DE]

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H8985 [19OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1025 [8MR]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3894 [24MY]

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), H195 [25JA]

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), H7614 [29JY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2123), H3695 [19MY]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H5740 [12JY]

———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), H7673 [6SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H2103 [14AP]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H12050 [16DE]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]

Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H11327 [8DE]

Health care professionals: provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 215), H1846 [6AP]

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

Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 39), H196 [25JA]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H6107 [19JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H5435 (see H.R. 2793), H5480 [29JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1778 [5AP]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically (see H. Con. Res. 177), H5435 (see H. Con. Res. 177), H5480 [29JN]

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), H3769 [23MY]

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

———recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 588), H352 [2FE]

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

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H3435 [17MY]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6205 [20JY]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H8513 [28SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H1779 [5AP]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4896 [21JN]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 2531), H11880 [15DE]

Medicaid: expand State long-term care partnership programs (see H.R. 3511), H8735 [6OC]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H3056 [5MY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H7561 [28JY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H1895 [12AP]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H795 [17FE]

———establish a floor for physician payment rates (see H.R. 4078), H10503 [16NO]

———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H2103 [14AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H5362 [28JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H5362 [28JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2395 [20AP]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10910 [17NO]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H2472 [21AP]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7862 [13SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1896 [12AP]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H11653 [14DE]

———prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 223), H5801 [13JY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H2151 [19AP]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H1025 [8MR]

Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H5362 [28JN]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H410 [8FE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5638 [11JY]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 312), H4803 [20JN]

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), H3695 [19MY]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H2106 [18AP]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H2648 [27AP]

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 222), H10146 [9NO]

National School Lunch Act: provide automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose parents are enlisted active-duty military personnel (see H.R. 844), H718 [16FE]

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]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3263 [12MY]

Petroleum: streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (see H.R. 3923), H10146 [9NO]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 52), H523 [9FE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (see H.R. 1640), H2100 [14AP]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H1968 [13AP]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H11034 [18NO]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H3435 [17MY]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (see H. Res. 485), H8734 [6OC]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 2017), H2737 [28AP]

Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H8847 [17OC]

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H524 [9FE] (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

Russia: issue a clear and unambiguous statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940-1991 of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 128), H3263 [12MY]

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

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 275), H10227 [15NO]

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

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H410 [8FE]

Small business: 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), H7743 [7SE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1371 [10MR]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]

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

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H4985 [22JN]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H72 [4JA]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H8089 [15SE]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H6107 [19JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H3894 [24MY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H1696 [17MR]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H2472 [21AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 3984), H9277 [26OC]

———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [21SE]

———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 1010), H846 [1MR]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 1140), H1780 [5AP]

———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), H2738 [28AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H8089 [15SE]

———allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets (see H.R. 3872), H8389 [27SE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H7861 [13SE]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H3436 [17MY]

———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), H5362 [28JN]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H1372 [10MR]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 399), H234 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]

———expand and modernize agricultural bond programs to assist young farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 651), H2150 [19AP]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4561 [15JN]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3317), H7815 [8SE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H1025 [8MR]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H1025 [8MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1663), H2739 [28AP]

———permit rollovers from retirement plans to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3873), H8389 [27SE]

———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 a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1421), H1970 [13AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2395 [20AP]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H1264 [9MR]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

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

———provide for Small Business Protection Accounts (see H.R. 3586), H8388 [27SE]

———provide for tax-exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (see H.R. 3874), H8341 [22SE]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H3436 [17MY]

———provide that tax on distilled spirits, wine, and beer are collected quarterly from certain small taxpayers (see H.R. 1520), H4896 [21JN]

———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]

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

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 195), H4296 [8JN]

———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 estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H630 [15FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2646 [27AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H2103 [14AP]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H6652 [26JY]

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

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 2486), H3693 [19MY]

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

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: apply to charities only if the solicitation of such charities involves fraud or deception (see H.R. 4425), H11034 [18NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H1025 [8MR]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H5913 [14JY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H2738 [28AP]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 572), H524 [9FE]

———postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8810 [7OC]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

United Kingdom: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 217), H6381 [22JY]

Veterans: 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), H6432 [25JY]

———improve benefits for former POW (see H.R. 1598), H2649 [27AP]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2151 [19AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H7814 [8SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H8735 [6OC]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3436 [17MY]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western Bohemia (see H. Res. 195), H1846 [6AP]

———recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H6652 [26JY]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H413 [8FE]

Wyoming: extend contract for Glendo Unit of Missouri River Basin Project (see H.R. 4080), H8985 [19OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: enhance the Montgomery GI Bill benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 786), H584 [10FE]

CERCLA: provide additional funding for cleanup activities for facilities on the National Priority List (see H.R. 434), H283 [1FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish an Advanced Power System Technology Incentives Program (see H.R. 423), H235 [26JA]

———reauthorize the Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program and ensure that qualified facilities are not prioritized for eligibility or funds on the basis of energy source used (see H.R. 1127), H983 [3MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H1024 [8MR]

———amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H11653 [14DE]

Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H1371 [10MR]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see H.R. 359), H195 [25JA]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: provide assistance for residential properties designated as Superfund sites (see H.R. 433), H283 [1FE]

Tariff: azoxystrobin formulations (see H.R. 2602), H3893 [24MY]

———clodinafop-propargyl (see H.R. 2607), H3893 [24MY]

———cloquintocet technical (see H.R. 2609), H3893 [24MY]

———cypermethrin technical (see H.R. 2603), H3893 [24MY]

———cyproconazole technical (see H.R. 2611), H3893 [24MY]

———difenoconazole/mefenoxam formulations (see H.R. 2605), H3893 [24MY]

———emamectin benzoate technical (see H.R. 2608), H3893 [24MY]

———fludioxonil technical (see H.R. 2606), H3893 [24MY]

———mefenoxam technical (see H.R. 2610), H3893 [24MY]

———permethrin technical (see H.R. 2615), H3893 [24MY]

———pinoxaden technical (see H.R. 2612), H3893 [24MY]

———pinoxaden/cloquintocet-mexyl formulations (see H.R. 2604), H3893 [24MY]

———propiconazole technical-bulk (see H.R. 2614), H3893 [24MY]

———tralkoxydim formulations (see H.R. 2613), H3893 [24MY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 424), H235 [26JA]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H5252 [27JN]

———make permanent the deduction for corporate donations of scientific property and computer technology (see H.R. 3398), H6327 [21JY]

———make permanent the option of including combat pay when computing earned income (see H.R. 3400), H6327 [21JY]

———make permanent the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 3399), H6327 [21JY]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H2737 [28AP]

———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), H795 [17FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H11883 [16DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8515 [29SE], H9365 [28OC]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), H2074 [14AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), E2409 [18NO]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), H8049 [15SE]

Dept. of HUD: lead hazard control grants funding, H5398 [29JN]

Dept. of Justice: Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4384, H4386, H4387, H4389, H4390, H4391 [13JN], H4442 [14JN]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6047, H6048 [19JY]

———provide assistance to Mexico to prevent the production of methamphetamine and prevent diversion of methamphetamine precursors for illicit use, H6047, H6048 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3638, H3639 [19MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5398 [29JN]

Drugs: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program and Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H3762, H3763, H3764 [23MY]

———provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse, H4384, H4386, H4387, H4389, H4390, H4391 [13JN]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines, H3762, H3763, H3764 [23MY]

EPA: increase Superfund funding through reductions in science and technology programs funding, H3638, H3639 [19MY]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 420), H9318 [27OC]

Foreign countries: condemn counterfeit polling and call for free elections in Albania and Bulgaria, H5079 [23JN]

Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8271 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8271 [22SE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), E2644 [22DE]

Medicaid: reform, E2409 [18NO]

Natural gas: provide additional requirements for the siting, construction, or operation of liquefied natural gas import facilities, H2432 [21AP]

———require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals, H8049 [15SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2384 [20AP], H2432 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6967 [28JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2184 [20AP]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (H.R. 2017), E2503 [12DE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4384, H4386, H4387, H4389, H4390, H4391 [13JN], H4442 [14JN]

Taxation: increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (H.R. 3080), E1358 [27JN]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (H.R. 1065), H10348 [16NO]

Votes: position on missed, E377 [8MR]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), H424 [9FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4983 [22JN]

Tributes

Cahill, Joel, E2371 [16NO]

Dodd, Curt, H1899 [13AP]

Peter, Val J., H3897 [25MY]