HOEKSTRA, PETER (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H35 [4JA]

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

———H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]

———H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H10090 [9NO]

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]

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

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see H. Res. 452), H8162 [20SE]

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), H2150 [19AP]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H1264 [9MR]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8809 [7OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H1265 [9MR]

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), H3197 [11MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11503 [13DE]

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: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 1575), H3331 [16MY]

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]

Coast Guard: tribute to response to Hurricane Katrina and provide temporary relief to certain persons affected by such hurricane relative to certain laws administered by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 4508), H11503 [13DE]

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

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

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

———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), H1025 [8MR]

Crime: 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]

Dept. of Education: establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students (see H.R. 4097), H9042 [20OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H3262 [12MY]

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: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4656 [16JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H10910 [17NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: 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), H2472 [21AP]

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

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), H2648 [27AP]

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

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H2648 [27AP]

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

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H12050 [16DE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see H.R. 856), H718 [16FE]

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), H4802 [20JN]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4143 [26MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2150 [19AP]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H2394 [20AP]

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

Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office, Gagetown, MI: designate (see H.R. 3368), H8514 [28SE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]

———prohibit issuance of Federal or State permit or lease for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling (see H.R. 2930), H5915 [14JY]

———recognize and affirm efforts of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers to standardize decisions on water withdrawal and urge that management authority remain vested with the Governors and Premiers (see H. Con. Res. 140), H2648 [27AP]

Higher Education Act: enhance international education programs (see H.R. 509), H347 [2FE]

———ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 510), H347 [2FE]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H4487 [14JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1779 [5AP]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 2353), H3261 [12MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]

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), H631 [15FE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H984 [3MR]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 940), H794 [17FE]

Mackinaw (vessel): convey Coast Guard cutter, upon decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, MI, for purposes of a museum (see H.R. 1448), H3199 [11MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 3437), H9103 [25OC]

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

National Archives and Records Administration: extend the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (see H.R. 842), H718 [16FE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 218), H2881 [3MY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

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

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 4386), H10909 [17NO]

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), H11880 [15DE]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H287 [1FE]

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

Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 2967), H4721 [17JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H2739 [28AP]

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

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 593), H352 [2FE]

———authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 2491), H4561 [15JN]

Southern California Association of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 247), H6329 [21JY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H7861 [13SE]

———unidirectional (cardioid) electret condenser microphone modules (see H.R. 1202), H8643 [29SE]

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), H9640 [3NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H8919 [18OC]

———allow full deduction of medical costs, not compensated by insurance or otherwise, for residents in Hurricane Katrina disaster area (see H.R. 4034), H9044 [20OC]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H7814 [8SE]

———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), H2978 [4MY]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H3113 [10MY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H2150 [19AP]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H848 [1MR]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H9276 [26OC]

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

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

———provide for the deductibility of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H3262 [12MY]

———provide incentives for alternative fuels and motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 1744), H3262 [12MY]

———provide incentives for the production of motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 626), H2150 [19AP]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H7861 [13SE]

———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 3061), H7950 [14SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5915 [14JY]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H1265 [9MR]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H354 [2FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H2103 [14AP]

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

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

University of Michigan: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 366), H6206 [20JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs (see H.R. 2686), H7565 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 138), H1024 [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]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2475), H3693 [19MY]

Tariff: 4-methoxy-2-methyldiphenylamine (see H.R. 2091), H2977 [4MY]

Taxation: extend tax treatment of soldiers who die while serving in, or as a result of serving in, a combat zone to employees of Federal contractors (see H.R. 3745), H7860 [13SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H1369 [10MR]

———require employer disclosure of their share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance and hospital insurance as well as the employee's share of such taxes on W-2 forms (see H.R. 3167), H5601 [30JN]

Letters

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations effect on intelligence capabilities: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H4847 [21JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H3690 [19MY]

House Rule X relative to jursidiction of several committees of the House during consideration of Dept. of State appropriations legislation: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H5983 [19JY]

National Archives and Records Administration Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group extension: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1403 [14MR]

Remarks

Corps of Engineers: revise guidelines used in determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H5815 [14JY]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, H4833 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12205 [18DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), motion to instruct conferees, H11860 [15DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H12205 [18DE]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, H11860 [15DE]

Dept. of Justice: require annual report on use or development of data-mining technology by Federal agencies, H6275, H6276 [21JY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6907 [27JY]

Dutch-American Heritage Day: observance, H10234 [16NO]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish, H4833, H4857 [21JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), H4114 [26MY], H4840, H4842, H4848, H4850, H4853, H4854 [21JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), consideration (H. Res. 331), H4833 [21JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), corrections in engrossment, H4858 [21JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), motion to recommit, H4857 [21JN]

National Counterterrorism Center: require report on implementation, H4853, H4854 [21JN]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H470 [9FE]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H8827 [17OC]

Queen Beatrix (Netherlands): anniversary of coronation, E886 [5MY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6240, H6275, H6276 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11527 [14DE]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), H5815 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H408 [8FE]

Reports filed

Executive Office of the President Transmittal of Documents Relative to Disclosure of Identity and Employment of Valerie Plame: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Res. 418) (H. Rept. 109-228), H8247 [21SE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 2475) (H. Rept. 109-101), H4185 [7JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 109-174), H5962 [18JY]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H375-H380 [8FE]

Tributes

Allen, Charles E., H4850 [21JN]

Bright, John, E826 [28AP]