MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

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

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

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), H630 [15FE]

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 1930), H2647 [27AP]

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 1351), H3056 [5MY]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA]

———limit premium increases on reinstated health insurance on servicemembers who are released from active military service (see H.R. 2046), H3262 [12MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H3556 [18MY]

———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), H3055 [5MY]

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), H7744 [7SE]

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

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H4296 [8JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H8342 [22SE]

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), H9103 [25OC]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H12290 [18DE]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H8388 [27SE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H1696 [17MR]

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

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H4296 [8JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H631 [15FE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H2548 [26AP]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H10502 [16NO]

Dept. of HHS: provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H11220 [7DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement standards for the operation of air charter and general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 911), H1265 [9MR]

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), H7815 [8SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H412 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H8847 [17OC]

———improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H8388 [27SE]

———provide Chief Information Officer authority over resources, budget, and personnel related to the support function of information technology (see H.R. 4061), H8846 [17OC]

———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]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H9362 [27OC]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H10039 [8NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H6936 [27JY]

Drugs: provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 313), H1025 [8MR]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H1371 [10MR] (see H.R. 314), H1025 [8MR]

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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H4802 [20JN]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H10909 [17NO]

———repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H983 [3MR]

———return general aviation to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 1496), H3060 [9MY]

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

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546, 4548), H11653 [14DE]

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), H8919 [18OC]

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

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4188 [7JN]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 867), H1696 [17MR]

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

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), H8248 [21SE]

———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), H2102 [14AP]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H11109 [6DE]

Health care professionals: ensure integrity in the operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1669), H2102 [14AP]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H12290 [18DE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4723 [17JN]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

———establish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3003), H6206 [20JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H5600 [30JN]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H8847 [17OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H4722 [17JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H8162 [20SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H7564 [28JY]

———delay implementation of prescription drug benefit for individuals who are not lowest-income subsidy eligible individuals (see H.R. 3870), H8514 [28SE]

———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H798 [17FE]

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 2961), H7862 [13SE]

———make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas (see H.R. 2525), H3768 [23MY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H9696 [4NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H8089 [15SE]

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

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H1025 [8MR]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H12051 [16DE]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H848 [1MR]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H8644 [29SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9103 [25OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H984 [3MR]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. (see H.R. 3836), H8342 [22SE]

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

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H1968 [13AP] (see H.R. 3081), H5361 [28JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H2106 [18AP]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H4561 [15JN]

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), H6652 [26JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H6936 [27JY]

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

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (see H.R. 3200), H6107 [19JY]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 1039), H940 [2MR]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H412 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1778 [5AP]

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

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H2648 [27AP]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H847 [1MR]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H1509 [15MR]

———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), H2880 [3MY]

———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), H1847 [6AP]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H3556 [18MY]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H4072 [25MY]

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

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H4486 [14JN]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H4896 [21JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4144 [26MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3056 [5MY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H4356 [9JN]

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

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

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), H5638 [11JY]

VA: anniversary (see H. Res. 361), H5964 [18JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H2472 [21AP]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H7743 [7SE]

———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), H1896 [12AP]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H12050 [16DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H5741 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 719), H522 [9FE]

Dept. of the Interior: revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick, Kansas Bostwick, Frenchman-Cambridge, and Webster Irrigation Districts (see H.R. 4000), H8733 [6OC]

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

Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3261 [12MY]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 572), H351 [2FE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize and facilitate official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected (see H.R. 3421), H6431 [25JY]

Remarks

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

Alma Creamery, Inc.: tribute to revitalization, E1760 [6SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4473), H11559 [14DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service noxious weed control and eradication funding, H4237 [8JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), E1394 [28JN]

Ed Eilert Post Office Building, Overland Park, KS: designate (H.R. 1524), H2493 [26AP]

Health: expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas, H5222 [27JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (H. Res. 137), H8954 [19OC]

Kensington, KS: tribute to Kensington Community Store, E746 [22AP]

Longford, KS: tribute to Longford Water Co., LLC, E774 [26AP]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, E1394 [28JN]

Motor vehicles: amend exemption for maximum driving and on duty time for drivers transporting agricultural commodities, H1187, H1188 [9MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 209), H8820 [17OC]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices and overall energy costs on farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, H9246 [26OC]

Ramona, KS: tribute, E2270 [3NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1187, H1188 [9MR]

Zutavern, John: League of Kansas Municipalities Excellence in Local Government award recipient, E2182 [27OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H842 [1MR], H1021 [8MR], H5175 [24JN], H5251 [27JN], H5634 [11JY], H6202 [20JY], H8842 [17OC], H8983 [19OC], H9099 [25OC], H10223 [15NO]

Tributes

Akers, James T., H851 [2MR]

Beggs, Carol, E223 [10FE]

Fossett, Steve, E420 [10MR]

Graham, Billy, H5469 [29JN]

Hollomon, Fred S., H2553 [27AP]

McAtee, Charles, E940 [11MY]

Samuels, Matt, E256 [16FE]

Selfridge, Ina Mae, H6409 [25JY]

Snyder, Bill, H10193 [15NO]