SODREL, MICHAEL E. (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9592 [3NO]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (H.R. 1065), H10355 [16NO]

Articles and editorials

Champion, Lars Anderson, Sports Illustrated (publication), H11603 [14DE]

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), H3556 [18MY]

Agriculture: provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2045), H9556 [2NO]

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

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserve to recognize their service and to encourage recruitment and retention of personnel (see H.R. 2484), H3693 [19MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1970 [13AP]

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

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]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 2513), H5741 [12JY]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11328 [8DE]

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

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

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6432 [25JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 3907), H10503 [16NO]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H6329 [21JY]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 72), H524 [9FE]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H3056 [5MY]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H9103 [25OC]

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), H3262 [12MY]

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]

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]

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

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), H8089 [15SE]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H6107 [19JY]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H9362 [27OC]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2103 [14AP]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H3060 [9MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H2881 [3MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H6652 [26JY]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (see H.R. 3283), H6652 [26JY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H8342 [22SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7744 [7SE]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]

Grant W. Green Post Office Building, Knox, IN: designate (see H.R. 3770), H7948 [14SE]

Health: 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]

Immigration: prohibit loans by Federal agencies to aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4580), H12047 [16DE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7743 [7SE]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3894 [24MY]

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

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H5101 [23JN]

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

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3860), H8810 [7OC]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H1025 [8MR]

Malcolm Melville (Mac) Lawrence Post Office, Francesville, IN: designate (see H.R. 4346), H11036 [18NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H3262 [12MY]

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

News media: condemn irresponsible and inaccurate journalism and express condolences to the families and victims of the riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3696 [19MY]

Pakistan: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4073), H9277 [26OC]

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

Political campaigns: terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H8810 [7OC]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H8846 [17OC]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H7743 [7SE]

Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 682), H1696 [17MR]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H524 [9FE]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 1286), H2395 [20AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H797 [17FE]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8249 [21SE]

Taxation: allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H9641 [3NO]

———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), H4143 [26MY]

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

———extend deduction for increased expensing for small business (see H.R. 1678), H2743 [2MY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H4143 [26MY]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H8089 [15SE]

———provide a tax credit for police officers and professional firefighters and exclude from income certain benefits received by public safety volunteers (see H.R. 2822), H8348 [26SE]

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

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H8846 [17OC]

———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), H5915 [14JY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H847 [1MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H7862 [13SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3841), H9103 [25OC]

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

Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8642 [29SE]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3436), H7744 [7SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

House of Representatives: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 39), H286 [1FE]

Stewart, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 587), H11109 [6DE]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4121), H9043 [20OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H9965 [8NO]

Remarks

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5945 [18JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6057 [19JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4910 [22JN]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 39), H251 [1FE]

Iraq: elections, H11226 [8DE]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (H.R. 798), H11464 [13DE]

Real estate: clarify that the burden is on the State or agency to show that an eminent domain taking is not for certain economic development, H9592 [3NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9592 [3NO]

Stewart, Tony: tribute (H. Res. 587), H11603 [14DE]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (H.R. 1017), H6057 [19JY]

U.S. Boxing Commission: ensure that funding is derived from licensing fees on boxing industry participants, H10355 [16NO]

———establish (H.R. 1065), H10355 [16NO]