KUHL, JOHN R. ``RANDY'', JR. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1187, H1190 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H2551 [26AP]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2739 [28AP]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H4655 [16JN]

Armed Forces: entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H5603 [30JN]

———improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 3401), H10227 [15NO]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H587 [14FE]

———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H7673 [6SE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H9276 [26OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H10226 [15NO]

———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 (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H8163 [20SE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H2646 [27AP]

———provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes (see H.R. 1400), H1897 [12AP]

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

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

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), H11504 [13DE]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H4896 [21JN]

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

———simplify annual concurrent resolutions on the budget and budget for emergencies (see H.R. 845), H942 [2MR]

Business and industry: preserve mathematics- and science-based industries (see H.R. 1547), H2476 [25AP]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H2473 [21AP]

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), H8342 [22SE]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1851 [8AP] (see H.R. 2423), H4188 [7JN]

———promote improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 3582), H7559 [28JY]

———recognize importance of Knowing My 8 Rules for Safety in addressing the problem of missing children (see H. Res. 403), H7561 [28JY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2151 [19AP]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H3199 [11MY]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1372 [10MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H4656 [16JN]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11110 [6DE]

Colleges and universities: require investigations of violent felonies occurring on campus (see H.R. 225), H1778 [5AP]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H2472 [21AP]

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

Construction industries: provide contractors with qualified immunity from liability for negligence when providing services or equipment on a volunteer basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 3717), H8644 [29SE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to regulation of ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1083), H7814 [8SE]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H4356 [9JN]

———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]

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

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H4297 [8JN]

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (see H.R. 1751), H3114 [10MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3969), H9556 [2NO]

———prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H4896 [21JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership (see H.R. 1491), H1844 [6AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent all unlawful entries into the U.S. (see H.R. 3693), H8089 [15SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect (see H.R. 764), H1896 [12AP]

———provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H10227 [15NO]

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), H2738 [28AP]

Disasters: commend efforts of the Armed Forces and Dept. of State and AID employees for their response to the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H. Res. 120), H849 [1MR]

———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), H11328 [8DE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H9641 [3NO]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4985 [22JN]

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

Drugs: provide civil liability for illegal manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances for the harm caused by the use of those controlled substances (see H.R. 2348), H3261 [12MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H5435 (see H.R. 2386), H5480 [29JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H984 [3MR]

Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H8644 [29SE]

———extend deadline by which State and local educational agencies are required to ensure that an educator is highly qualified in order to account for the educator's applicable period of military service (see H.R. 4470), H11220 [7DE]

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H6107 [19JY]

———increase teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1156), H9641 [3NO]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H8342 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H11504 [13DE]

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 323), H6936 [27JY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 1281), H1510 [15MR]

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), H1265 [9MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 39), H1847 [6AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H1372 (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]

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

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

Federal employees: require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H10039 [8NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prohibit sale or trade of prescription drugs that were knowingly adulterated or misbranded (see H.R. 2600), H4144 [26MY]

———reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7743 [7SE]

Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services: establish (see H.R. 1240), H2739 [28AP]

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

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see H.R. 856), H7564 [28JY]

FHA: remove limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured (see H.R. 2892), H11110 [6DE]

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), H3259 [12MY]

———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), H847 [1MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H4143 [26MY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H848 [1MR]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H3769 [23MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1970 [13AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H989 [7MR]

———ensure that the right of an individual to display the U.S. flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 42), H4722 [17JN]

Foreign aid: ensure protection of beneficiaries of U.S. humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 912), H848 [1MR]

Foreign policy: advance democracy, individual freedom, religious freedom, and human rights globally, strengthen alliances, and increase funding for groups and individuals promoting democracy (see H.R. 1133), H1970 [13AP]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H2880 [3MY]

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

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 3934), H8513 [28SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8089 [15SE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H2472 [21AP]

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

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H3695 [19MY]

———call for further study of the neurological disorder dystonia (see H. Con. Res. 122), H4297 [8JN]

———ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H4144 [26MY]

———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), H1025 [8MR]

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H12050 [16DE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1779 [5AP]

Health care facilities: implement computerized order entry systems in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to reduce medication errors and increase efficiency (see H.R. 3607), H9641 [3NO]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (see H.R. 3548), H8248 [21SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H5176 [24JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H8342 [22SE]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (see H. Res. 135), H1372 [10MR]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 1273), H2395 [20AP]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6205 [20JY]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4516), H11503 [13DE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4356 [9JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H1696 [17MR]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10146 [9NO]

———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H10161 [14NO]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H9103 [25OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H9696 [4NO]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H7861 [13SE]

Iran: address ongoing nuclear efforts relative to threat to U.S. national security and to international peace and security (see H. Con. Res. 162), H4144 [26MY]

———hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1622 [16MR]

Irish American Cultural Institute: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3638), H9044 [20OC]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3339), H6106 [19JY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H1372 [10MR]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 487), H10227 [15NO]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

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

———provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (see H.R. 4170), H9362 [27OC]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H4356 [9JN]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1780 [5AP]

———provide additional protections (see H.R. 2194), H5435 (see H.R. 2194), H5480 [29JN]

Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building, Patchogue, NY: designate (see H.R. 4101), H9042 [20OC]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H10910 [17NO]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H10146 [9NO]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]

Medicaid: require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4138 [26MY]

Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3769 [23MY]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H11655 [14DE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H7814 [8SE]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H6205 [20JY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H7742 [7SE]

Motor vehicles: establish a working group to identify and advance the development and use of alternative sources for motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 3941), H12050 [16DE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8342 [22SE]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H6329 [21JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H8348 [26SE]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 335), H8920 [18OC]

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 Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 312), H4896 [21JN]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H8389 [27SE]

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), H5252 [27JN]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H2739 [28AP]

New York, NY: anniversary of Staten Island Fire Dept. (see H. Res. 604), H12051 [16DE]

———recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H1695 [17MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 977, 978), H2472 (see H.R. 979, 980, 981), H2473 [21AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 740), H2106 [18AP]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 739), H2106 [18AP]

———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (see H.R. 741), H2106 [18AP]

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

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 (see H.R. 742), H2106 [18AP]

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]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H4074 [25MY]

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

Power resources: increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil (see H. Res. 507), H9047 [24OC]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 582), H7814 [8SE]

Public Health Service Act: increase affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals (see H.R. 3547), H10145 [9NO]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1847 [6AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1370 [10MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3894 [24MY]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2739 [28AP]

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), H7744 [7SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3083), H6652 [26JY] (see H.R. 3135), H7815 [8SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H1025 [8MR]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H2151 [19AP]

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

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H9963 [7NO]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 146), H2151 [19AP]

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H631 [15FE]

Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H9962 [7NO]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2799), H7613 [29JY]

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

———dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3304), H9696 [4NO]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H3056 [5MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H4356 [9JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H984 [3MR]

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 1176), H4561 [15JN]

Supreme Court: encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8343 [22SE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

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), H11110 [6DE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H1847 [6AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H1847 [6AP]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H2648 [27AP]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H1897 [12AP]

———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 a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8342 [22SE]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1581), H1895 [12AP]

———application of installment sales treatment to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 3522), H7557 [28JY]

———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 certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 387), H798 [17FE]

———exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 658), H1696 [17MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]

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

———extend deduction for increased expensing for small business (see H.R. 1678), H5252 [27JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4896 [21JN]

———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1597), H2649 [27AP]

———increase base and adjusted base amounts used for purposes of determining the amount of Social Security benefits excluded from gross income (see H.R. 2202), H3055 [5MY]

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

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H848 [1MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H3199 [11MY]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1663), H3056 [5MY]

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

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2378), H12050 [16DE]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H9556 [2NO]

———permit one-time, tax-free distributions from retirement plans to fund health savings accounts (see H.R. 2063), H3894 [24MY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H8734 [6OC]

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

———provide a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs (see H.R. 2474), H4802 [20JN]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H2550 [26AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H4356 [9JN]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———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]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H5914 [14JY]

———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), H11036 [18NO]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H196 [25JA]

———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]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 1063), H1372 [10MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2103 [14AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H4801 [20JN]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H4073 [25MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H6328 [21JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H5362 [28JN]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H10227 [15NO]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4188 [7JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

Truth in Regulating Act: make permanent the pilot project for the report on rules (see H.R. 1167), H3262 [12MY]

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H8644 [29SE]

———withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H1780 [5AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: change manner of allocation of first responder grant funds (see H.R. 1093), H2103 [14AP]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8735 [6OC]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H9641 [3NO]

———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), H10038 [8NO]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4121), H9426 [28OC]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H9472 [1NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2076), H6432 [25JY]

Vincent Palladino Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2183), H3054 [5MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H8342 [22SE]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see H.R. 366), H1696 [17MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]

Voting: require individuals to present a government-issued photo ID to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3910), H8810 [7OC]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H2978 [4MY]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (H.R. 3765), return enrollment to the House to allow for reenrollment (see H. Con. Res. 276), H9275 [26OC]

Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office, Scio, NY: designate (see H.R. 4515), H11503 [13DE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dept. of Energy: remediation and disposal of nuclear waste at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, Ashford, NY (see H.R. 3101), H5434 (see H.R. 3101), H5478 [29JN]

Health: provide a drug discount program for individuals without prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 3956), H8643 [29SE]

Law enforcement officers: provide public safety officer disability benefits to officers disabled before the enactment of the Federal public safety officer disability benefits law (see H.R. 2970), H4721 [17JN]

Social Security: provide for investment and protection of surpluses (see H.R. 3913), H8387 [27SE]

States: revise laws and regulations to enable individuals and small businesses to obtain health insurance through the combination of a health savings account and a high-deductible health plan (see H. Res. 371), H6205 [20JY]

Tariff: low expansion laboratory glass (see H.R. 2542), H3768 [23MY]

———stoppers, lids and other closures (see H.R. 2543), H3768 [23MY]

Taxation: reduce Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels when the weekly U.S. retail gasoline price, regular grade, is over a certain dollar amount per gallon (see H.R. 3842), H8247 [21SE]

Memorandums

Resignation of Steven A. McNamara as House of Representatives Inspector General: Steven A. McNamara, H4119 [26MY]

Remarks

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY, H1190 [9MR]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (H.R. 3765), return enrollment to the House to allow for reenrollment (H. Con. Res. 276), H9198 [26OC]

Aviation: tribute to U.S. commercial pilots who volunteer to participate in the Federal flight deck officer program (H. Con. Res. 196), H11119 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funding, H1320 [10MR]

Elmira College: anniversary, H8710 [6OC]

Motor vehicles: amend exemption for maximum driving and on duty time for drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies at planting or harvest time, H1187 [9MR]

Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (H.R. 2967), H9198, H9202 [26OC]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (H. Con. Res. 45), H805 [1MR]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1187, H1190 [9MR], H1320 [10MR]

Votes: position on missed, H971 [3MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H8730 [6OC]