FORTENBERRY, JEFF (a Representative from Nebraska)

Amendments

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4662 [17JN]

Appointments

House Democracy Assistance Commission, H3454 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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), H3769 [23MY]

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

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), H11328 [8DE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica (see H. Res. 199), H4074 [25MY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H11880 [15DE]

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

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1970 [13AP]

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), H8513 [28SE]

Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H10158 [10NO]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11034 [18NO]

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

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1372 [10MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H984 [3MR]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4985 [22JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1780 [5AP]

Dept. of Energy: 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]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H5176 [24JN]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7564 [28JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1896 [12AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H1897 [12AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6936 [27JY]

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: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H9696 [4NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H7814 [8SE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H1697 [17MR]

Jordan: condemn terrorist attacks in Amman (see H. Res. 546), H10156 [10NO]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: condemn abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights (see H. Con. Res. 168), H4803 [20JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H5915 [14JY]

Pakistan: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4073), H9426 [28OC]

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]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 472), H8810 [7OC]

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), H8919 [18OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H11110 [6DE]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H6652 [26JY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 399), H2394 [20AP]

———extend deduction for increased expensing for small business (see H.R. 1678), H7814 [8SE]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H6936 [27JY]

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

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

———provide increased expensing for certain property in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 4305), H10156 [10NO]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H8734 [6OC]

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), H8348 [26SE]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Agriculture: issue regulations to restore integrity to payment limitation requirements for commodity payments and benefits, and to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse related to receipt of commodity payments and benefits (see H.R. 4149), H9275 [26OC]

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]

Taxation: allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets (see H.R. 3872), H8341 [22SE]

———permit rollovers from retirement plans to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3873), H8341 [22SE]

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

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2107 [19AP], H4725 [20JN]

Remarks

Carson, Johnny: tribute (H. Res. 40), H220 [26JA]

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

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

Egypt: call for judicial supervision and international monitoring of parliamentary elections, divestiture of governmental holdings in the media, and allow peaceful political activities (H. Con. Res. 279), E2623 [19DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H9030 [20OC]

———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 (H.R. 2520), Senate amendment, H12070 [17DE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3835 [24MY]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: tribute, H12036 [16DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H11003 [18NO]

———elections, H12036 [16DE]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H144 [25JA]

Oncology Nursing Society: anniversary, E773 [26AP]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1812 [6AP]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1713 [20MR]

Taxation: provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricane Rita (H.R. 4155), H11076 [6DE]

———treatment of casinos affected by Hurricane Katrina, H11076 [6DE]

U.N.: hold member States accountable for acts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, or crimes against humanity, H4662 [17JN]

———reform (H.R. 2745), H4643 [16JN], H4662 [17JN]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (H. Res. 228), H2758, H2761 [3MY]

Votes: position on missed, H31 [4JA], H10959 [18NO], E1851 [14SE], E2419 [18NO], E2528 [14DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10223 [15NO], H11031 [18NO], H11101 [6DE], H11878 [15DE]

Tributes

Cahill, Joel, E2453 [6DE]

Howe, Darren, H10363 [16NO]

Van Gerpen, Ruth, E773 [26AP]