BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1308 [10MR]

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4667 [17JN]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

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

———S. 1932, Deficit Reduction Act, H12031 [16DE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4273 [8JN]

Articles and editorials

California Helped Pay for 137 Sex Offenders' Viagra—State Agencies Directed To Stop Providing Such Drugs to Ex-Convicts, Associated Press (news service), H5037 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7566 [28JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2394 [20AP]

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

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4296 [8JN]

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: express that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control of critical U.S. energy infrastructure and production capacity could be a national security threat (see H. Res. 344), H5434 (see H. Res. 344), H5479 [29JN]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H7741 [7SE]

Dept. of Transportation: develop and implement an environmental review process for safety emergency highway projects (see H.R. 1086), H981 [3MR]

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]

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

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4985 [22JN]

Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4246), H11110 [6DE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

Ewa Beach, HI: tribute to West Oahu Little League Baseball team (see H. Res. 429), H7950 [14SE]

Financial institutions: 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), H286 [1FE]

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), H4487 [14JN]

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

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 1201), H1264 [9MR]

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]

International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 225), H2472 [21AP] (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H847 [1MR]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4252), H10038 [8NO]

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 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]

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]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1372 [10MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H1779 [5AP]

Smith, Emmitt: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H412 [8FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6205 [20JY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

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), H193 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 88), H587 [14FE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H2879 [3MY]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (see H.R. 3893), H8348 [26SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (see H.R. 6), H2106 [18AP] (see H.R. 1640), H2100 [14AP]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

Conference reports

Energy Policy Act (H.R. 6), H6691-H6836 [27JY]

Letters

Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3212 [12MY]

Gasoline for America's Security Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8778 [7OC]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H8778 [7OC]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9586 [3NO]

REAL ID Act: by, H454 [9FE]

Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: by, H1054 [9MR]

Tribute to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E2115 [18OC]

———by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E2115 [18OC]

U.S. Boxing Commission Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10350 [16NO]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2336 [20AP], H10628 [17NO]

Barton, Jack K.: tribute to birth of child, H8127 [20SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10628, H10629, H10630, H10631 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), E2447 [6DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2705 [28AP]

CFTC: jurisdiction over sensitive and proprietary information used to determine energy prices, H2427 [21AP]

China, People's Republic of: express that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control of critical U.S. energy infrastructure and production capacity could be a national security threat (H. Res. 344), H5571 [30JN]

Communications Satellite Act: strike privatization criteria for International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) separated entities and remove certain restrictions on separated and successor entities (S. 1282), H5372 [29JN]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (H.R. 29), H3705, H3708, H3711 [23MY], E1147 [7JN]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: politicization of public broadcasting programs, H5129 [24JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish renewable fuels reserve, H2371 [20AP]

———evaluate and report on the availability of skilled workers to meet energy security requirements, H2372 [20AP]

———increase number of State or local governments participating in alternative fuel vehicles pilot program, H2402, H2403 [21AP]

———prohibit establishment of refinery revitalization zones, H2373, H2374 [20AP]

———Sugar Cane Ethanol Pilot Program funding, H2369, H2370 [20AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3480, H3481 [18MY]

———coordinate activities relative to protection of critical infrastructure with other relevant Federal agencies, H3480, H3481 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: reduce royalty payments for wind energy generated on BLM lands, H2428 [21AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5037 [23JN], H5128, H5129 [24JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6900 [27JY]

Drugs: prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction, H5128 [24JN]

———prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed to sex offenders for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction, H5037 [23JN]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office, H2429, H2431 [21AP]

EPA: encourage domestic production and sales of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles, H2402 [21AP]

———improve Leaking Underground Storage Tank program, E1781 [7SE]

———revise fuel economy test procedures and provide consumers with more accurate information about fuel economy, H2344 [20AP]

Executive departments: propose voluntary regulatory programs to help reduce U.S. oil consumption, H2367 [20AP]

FCC: conduct proceeding on unlicensed operation of wireless broadband devices in vacant broadcast bands, E2447 [6DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to medical device user fees (H.R. 3423), E1687 [29JY]

FTC: protect privacy of electric consumers, H2427 [21AP]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking, E1781 [7SE]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H2363 [20AP]

GSA: procurement and installation of photovoltaic solar electric system at Dept. of Energy headquarters, H2366 [20AP]

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 (H.R. 2520), H3795, H3797, H3807 [24MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3807, H3809, H3839 [24MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of well wishes relative to medical condition, H12243 [18DE]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (H.R. 3204), H6669 [27JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H8790 [7OC]

Medicaid: reform, H10628, H10629, H10630 [17NO]

Mining and mineral resources: uranium mining and reclamation technologies research and development funding, H2399, H2401 [21AP]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H2340 [20AP]

Natural gas: provide additional requirements for the siting, construction, or operation of liquefied natural gas import facilities, H2431, H2434 [21AP]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2344, H2345, H2366 [20AP], H2399 [21AP]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8750, H8762, H8766, H8785, H8786, H8790 [7OC]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), consideration (H. Res. 481), H8742, H8745, H8748 [7OC]

———protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H2175 [20AP], H2419, H2421 [21AP], H5773, H5775 [13JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2193, H2198, H2325, H2333, H2334, H2336, H2340, H2344, H2361, H2363, H2364, H2365, H2366, H2367, H2368, H2369, H2370, H2371, H2372, H2373, H2374 [20AP], H2399, H2401, H2402, H2403, H2419, H2421, H2427, H2428, H2429, H2431, H2434 [21AP], H5772 [13JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6654 [27JY], H6949, H6950, H6954, H6958, H6960, H6969 [28JY], E1781 [7SE]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2175, H2191 [20AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 394), H6945, H6947 [28JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H5773, H5775 [13JY]

———increase penalties for violations of the Federal Power Act and authorize FERC to refund electricity overcharges, H2333, H2334 [20AP]

Public buildings: require new escalators installed in Federal buildings be intermittent, H2365 [20AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3021), H5373 [29JN]

Safety: provide grants and other support to State and local officials to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment, H10631 [17NO]

Science: require certain risk assessments to human health or the environment by transportation projects adhere to sound and objective scientific practices, H1308, H1309 [10MR]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H5371 [29JN]

———reform, H5371 [29JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (H.R. 310), H655 [16FE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur, H10628, H10630 [17NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1308, H1309 [10MR]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7582 [29JY]

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4667 [17JN]

———require Independent Oversight Board review of Independent Inquiry Committee investigation of Oil-for-Food Program, H4667 [17JN]

Votes: position on missed, H4606 [16JN], E2617 [19DE]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 269), H9060 [25OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7945 [14SE], H8245 [21SE]

Medical report, H11923 [16DE]

Special order: granted, H626 [15FE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 108th Congress: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Rept. 108-803), H71 [4JA]

Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 310) (H. Rept. 109-5), H586 [14FE]

Controlled Substances Export Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 184) (H. Rept. 109-115), H4354 [9JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1817) (H. Rept. 109-71), H3330 [16MY]

Drug Free Sports Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3084) (H. Rept. 109-210), H7556 [28JY]

Energy Policy Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 109-190), H6932 [27JY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1640) (H. Rept. 109-215), H7645 [2SE]

Gasoline for America's Security Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3893) (H. Rept. 109-244), H8732 [6OC]

International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2491) (H. Rept. 109-235), H8386 [27SE]

Lift the Patient Limitation on Prescribing Drug Addiction Treatments by Medical Practitioners in Group Practices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 869) (H. Rept. 109-116), H4354 [9JN]

Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3889) (H. Rept. 109-299), H10908 [17NO]

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1132) (H. Rept. 109-191), H6932 [27JY]

Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1812) (H. Rept. 109-104), H4185 [7JN]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3205) (H. Rept. 109-197), H6932 [27JY]

Recognize Importance of Sun Safety: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 169) (H. Rept. 109-103), H4185 [7JN]

Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 29) (H. Rept. 109-32), H1893 [12AP]

State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3204) (H. Rept. 109-192), H6932 [27JY]

U.S. Boxing Commission Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1065) (H. Rept. 109-209), H7556 [28JY]

Rules

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H607, H609 [15FE]

Statements

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: Executive Office of the President, H3799 [24MY]

———National Marrow Donor Program (organization), H3798 [24MY]

Transcripts

Energy Policy Act Conference Committee Meeting Excerpts Relative to Protection From Liability of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Producers for Groundwater Contamination: by, S9259 [28JY]

Tributes

Colvin, Joe F., E186 [8FE]