PAUL, RON (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H4986 [22JN], H5145 [24JN]

Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), H9184 [26OC]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4401, H4402 [13JN], H4518 [15JN], H4580 [16JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6295 [21JY]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H972 [3MR]

Articles and editorials

Ayn Rand Centenary Celebration, Don Ernsberger, E142 [2FE]

Taxing Justice, Lee Jackson, E1228-E1230 [14JN]

Your Dietary Supplements—Under Attack Again, Henry Lamb, WorldNetDaily (Internet site), E1455 [11JY]

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]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 2804), H4295 [8JN]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Armed Forces: ensure equal treatment for members of Reserve components who perform inactive-duty training in determining entitlement for certain special pay categories (see H.R. 1371), H8162 [20SE]

———ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 771), H1696 [17MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H1896 [12AP]

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

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H2743 [2MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H2472 [21AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H848 [1MR]

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

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1603), H9362 [27OC]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1368 [10MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H798 [17FE]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H5177 [24JN]

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), H6326 [21JY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H1781 [5AP]

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

Council of Representatives of Iraq: encourage debate and vote on continued presence of U.S. military in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 321), H12049 [16DE]

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

———ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 97), H1265 [9MR]

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

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1510 [15MR]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 2393), H3434 [17MY]

Credit unions: expand access of Federal credit union members to money order and check cashing services (see H.R. 749), H582 [10FE]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H4072 [25MY]

———clarify allowable payment terms for sales of agricultural commodities and products (see H.R. 1339), H1780 [5AP]

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

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H6381 [22JY]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4188 [7JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H9277 [26OC]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: consider homeland security contributions and value when reviewing list of military installations recommended for realignment or closure (see H.R. 2641), H4073 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 6), H142 [20JA]

———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 (see H.R. 3985), H8986 [19OC]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2427), H3696 [19MY]

Dept. of Education: provide authority to waive reallocation rules in Campus-Based Aid programs and extend reallocation deadline for institutions of higher education affected by a natural disaster (see H.R. 3863), H8340 [22SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 154), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of State: make information on funding provided to non-governmental organizations available to the public (see H.R. 4306), H10156 [10NO]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see H.R. 2878), H5435 (see H.R. 2878), H5480 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H2394 [20AP]

———provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical facilities (see H.R. 3579), H7744 [7SE]

———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), H1969 [13AP]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H8388 [27SE]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2668), H4139 [26MY]

———expedite payments of certain Federal emergency assistance and direct the Sec. of Homeland Security to exercise certain authority (see H.R. 1870), H2646 [27AP]

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

Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4246), H11220 [7DE]

Drugs: allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2087), H2976 [4MY]

———delay implementation of voluntary prescription drug benefit program, extend Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance programs, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1382), H1692 [17MR]

———provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in Federal criminal trials occuring in States with medical marijuana use laws (see H.R. 4272), H10227 [15NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H5435 (see H.R. 2386), H5480 [29JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H942 [2MR]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H524 [9FE]

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

———increase teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1156), H2394 [20AP]

———restore State sovereignty over public elementary and secondary education, H7556 [28JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 4408), H11034 [18NO]

———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), H845 [1MR]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4144 [26MY]

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

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H797 [17FE]

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

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (see H.R. 1025), H846 [1MR]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H7673 [6SE]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H353 [2FE]

FCC: prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (see H.R. 2354), H3696 [19MY]

———prohibit imposing penalties for indecent broadcasts by cable television providers, satellite carriers, Internet, or non-broadcast providers (see H.R. 1440), H1694 [17MR]

Federal agencies and departments: require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5741 [12JY]

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 Credit Union Act: clarify definition of net worth under certain circumstances for purposes of corrective action authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1042), H1026 [8MR]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (see H.R. 1606), H2395 [20AP]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 1317), H1508 [15MR]

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

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H9277 [26OC]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H10502 [16NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H8162 [20SE]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 420), H235 [26JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H3894 [24MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3685), H7742 [7SE]

Financial institutions: clarify applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations (see H.R. 3426), H7566 [28JY]

———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H3259 [12MY]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3894 [24MY]

———facilitate recovery from hurricanes by providing greater flexibility for, and temporary waivers of certain rules and fees imposed on depository institutions and Federal regulatory agencies (see H.R. 4146), H9426 [28OC]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H8163 [20SE]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H286 [1FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 867), H1779 [5AP]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1449), H2739 [28AP]

———prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space until January 1, 2007 (see H.R. 3797), H8342 [22SE]

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]

Health: 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), H3060 [9MY]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see H.R. 2792), H4561 [15JN]

Help America Vote Act: delay deadlines by which States must comply with election administration requirements (see H.R. 3163), H8089 [15SE]

———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 278), H142 [20JA]

Higher Education Act: expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance (see H.R. 3203), H8248 [21SE]

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), H5741 [12JY]

———require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (see H.R. 841), H717 [16FE]

Housing: exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 3422), H7566 [28JY]

Hurricanes: provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita (see H.R. 3864), H8389 [27SE]

———temporarily suspend laws that deny certain Federal benefits, grants, and licenses to victims of Hurricanse Katrina or Rita due to convictions for certain drug crimes (see H.R. 4169), H9362 [27OC] (see H.R. 4213), H9555 [2NO]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1510 [15MR]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H984 [3MR]

Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 402), H7561 [28JY]

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

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H1845 [6AP]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H.R. 3142), H6381 [22JY] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5964 [18JY]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H4655 [16JN]

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), H849 [1MR]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H587 [14FE]

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

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4401 [13JN]

Kika de la Garza Federal Building, McAllen, TX: designate (see H.R. 2322), H3259 [12MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H236 [26JA]

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

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

Medicaid: expand State long-term care partnership programs (see H.R. 3511), H8735 [6OC]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide for health opportunity accounts (see H.R. 3757), H8163 [20SE]

———require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4188 [7JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H846 [1MR]

———contain costs of prescription drug program (see H.R. 918), H793 [17FE]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H8162 [20SE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H2103 [14AP]

———delay implementation of prescription drug benefit for individuals who are not lowest-income subsidy eligible individuals (see H.R. 3870), H9044 [20OC]

———establish a floor for physician payment rates (see H.R. 4078), H10503 [16NO]

———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H522 [9FE]

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

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H2648 [27AP]

———permit waiver of waiting period for Medicare coverage of terminally ill disabled individuals (see H.R. 2680), H4723 [17JN]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H1509 [15MR]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4297 [8JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3331 [16MY]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H9962 [7NO]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4524), H11880 [15DE] (see H.R. 4535), H11653 [14DE]

———reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H8808 [7OC]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1790), H2471 [21AP]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H523 [9FE]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H410 [8FE]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H. Con. Res. 186), H5604 [30JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H2548 [26AP]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 2715), H5435 (see H.R. 2715), H5480 [29JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1297), H1507 [15MR]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 16), H71 [4JA]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 3403), H6380 [22JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 977, 978), H2472 (see H.R. 979, 980, 981, 1028), H2473 [21AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 739), H581 [10FE]

———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (see H.R. 741), H581 [10FE]

OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 742), H581 [10FE]

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]

Petroleum: streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (see H.R. 3923), H10146 [9NO]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H1970 [13AP]

———terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H8919 [18OC]

Public Health Service Act: increase affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals (see H.R. 3547), H10145 [9NO]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H5801 [13JY]

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), H8847 [17OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H6432 [25JY]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H1622 [16MR]

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H631 [15FE]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1265 [9MR]

Small business: improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H410 [8FE]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2799), H7613 [29JY]

———express concern relative to pending bankruptcy and call for reform (see H. Res. 168), H1695 [17MR]

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

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H847 [1MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 1690), H2148 [19AP]

Tariff: natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H2647 [27AP]

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), H11220 [7DE]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 2291), H7861 [13SE]

———allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H848 [1MR]

———allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H3435 [17MY]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H72 [4JA]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H7565 [28JY]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H6936 [27JY]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care services in computing adjusted gross income (see H.R. 4104), H10227 [15NO]

———allow a first time homebuyer credit for the purchase of principal residences in rural areas (see H.R. 883), H791 [17FE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]

———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 1010), H1026 [8MR]

———allow employers a credit for costs of providing technical training for employees (see H.R. 2801), H4295 [8JN]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 1140), H1970 [13AP]

———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), H1417 [14MR]

———allow full deductibility of health insurance costs of individuals (see H.R. 2176), H3054 [5MY]

———allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8735 [6OC]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 196), H2978 [4MY] (see H.R. 2121), H8089 [15SE]

———apply child tax credit to a child born within 9 months after the close of the taxable year and to a child who is stillborn or dies in utero during the taxable year (see H.R. 3441), H6650 [26JY]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 442), H2150 [19AP]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H1780 [5AP]

———encourage private philanthropy (see H.R. 2534), H6432 [25JY]

———enhance tax incentives for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 3360), H7862 [13SE]

———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 a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H629 [15FE]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H233 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts (see H.R. 3585), H7559 [28JY]

———exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 658), H848 [1MR]

———exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active duty as a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 756), H582 [10FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 775), H583 [10FE]

———expand and modernize agricultural bond programs to assist young farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 651), H720 [16FE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H5915 [14JY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]

———extend deduction for increased expensing for small business (see H.R. 1678), H5252 [27JN]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 877), H2103 [14AP]

———increase and expand expensing for property in hurricane disaster areas (see H.R. 3868), H8735 [6OC]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H6107 [19JY]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3317), H6652 [26JY]

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

———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]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 2564), H6328 [21JY]

———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 448), H1264 [9MR]

———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H6327 [21JY]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 703), H9696 [4NO]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2378), H11504 [13DE]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H8388 [27SE]

———permit one-time, tax-free distributions from retirement plans to fund health savings accounts (see H.R. 2063), H3894 [24MY]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 727), H522 [9FE]

———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 a credit for health insurance costs of eligible disaster relief recipients (see H.R. 4086), H10146 [9NO]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H796 [17FE]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 1954), H4297 [8JN]

———provide a credit to individuals for certain long-term care expenses (see H.R. 1150), H2394 [20AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4143 [26MY]

———provide a religious exemption from providing identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions on a tax return (see H.R. 3410), H6380 [22JY]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H351 [2FE]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H2737 [28AP]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3715), H8810 [7OC]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H8089 [15SE]

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

———provide for Small Business Protection Accounts (see H.R. 3586), H8388 [27SE]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H1026 [8MR]

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

———provide incentives for oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines, and petroleum storage facilities (see H.R. 3924), H10146 [9NO]

———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), H795 [17FE]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 195), H3894 [24MY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H1263 [9MR]

———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), H2646 [27AP]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3428), H11880 [15DE]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 3409), H7950 [14SE]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7741 [7SE]

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H2151 [19AP]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see H.R. 1772), H2470 [21AP]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H2394 [20AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1897 [12AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5604 [30JN]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 2486), H3693 [19MY]

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

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H795 [17FE]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H1417 [14MR]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H4896 [21JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H630 [15FE] (see H.R. 2076), H11110 [6DE]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 917), H1372 [10MR]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2101 [14AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H6107 [19JY]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9047 [24OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.J. Res. 27), H941 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: repeal Federal laws that hold corporate chief executive officers criminally liable for the content and quality of their companies' financial report in certain cases (see H.R. 1657), H2101 [14AP]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based on citizenship or legal permanent resident status of parents (see H.J. Res. 46), H2737 [28AP]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 3037), H4984 [22JN]

Courts: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H.R. 1658), H2101 [14AP]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 4379), H10909 [17NO]

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 776), H583 [10FE]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 579), H351 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2511), H3694 [19MY]

Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1703), H2149 [19AP]

Foreign countries: remove all embargoes on food, medicine, and medical supplies (see H.R. 1527), H1845 [6AP]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3074), H5251 [27JN]

———ensure that health claims for foods and dietary supplements include accurate statements of the curative, mitigation, treatment, and prevention effects of nutrients on disease or health-related conditions (see H.R. 2352), H3261 [12MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3075), H5251 [27JN]

———require the FDA to disclose benefits of foods and dietary supplements and ensure the FTC bears the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements (see H.R. 4282), H10145 [9NO]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (see H.R. 4002), H8733 [6OC]

———provide relief payments to private and public hospitals that temporarily ceased to operate because of a mandatory evacuation order issued in anticipation of Hurricane Rita (see H.R. 4143), H9102 [25OC]

Iran Nonproliferation Act: make amendments relative to International Space Station payments (see H.R. 4003), H8733 [6OC]

Marroquin, Milton De Jesus: relief (see H.R. 3822), H8088 [15SE]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H77 [4JA]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 2455), H3555 [18MY]

National American Waters Heritage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 147), H3055 [5MY]

Petroleum: reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (see H.R. 4004), H8733 [6OC]

Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 578), H351 [2FE]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (see H.R. 777), H583 [10FE]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H78 [4JA]

Safety: provide grants and other support to State and local officials to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 4119), H9043 [20OC]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 4118), H9043 [20OC]

Senior citizens: provide greater health care freedom (see H.R. 580), H351 [2FE]

Social Security: invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H78 [4JA]

———replace certain employment requirements for Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last applied prior to enactment of the Social Security Protection Act (see H.R. 3661), H7673 [6SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified attorney fees in computing minimum tax (see H.R. 3180), H5601 [30JN]

———allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (see H.R. 3076), H5252 [27JN]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 3077), H5252 [27JN]

———allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (see H.R. 4066), H8846 [17OC]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 404), H234 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 14), H235 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 3079), H5252 [27JN]

———exclude from gross income qualified attorney fees (see H.R. 3181), H5601 [30JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 403), H234 [26JA]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit to law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 2823), H4296 [8JN]

———provide a tax credit for individuals who make contributions to finance the non-Federal share of Corp of Engineers projects (see H.R. 1470), H1777 [5AP]

———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), H4296 [8JN]

———provide credits for qualified stem cell research, storage of qualified stem cells, and donation of umbilical cord blood (see H.R. 3444), H6650 [26JY]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 401), H234 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 406), H234 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 405), H234 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 402), H234 [26JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 179), H77 [4JA]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 858), H718 [16FE]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H77 [4JA]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 3078), H5252 [27JN]

Texas: condition receipt of direct or counter-cyclical payments to rice producers that agree to retain rice cropland in production for the next crop year (see H.R. 3660), H7672 [6SE]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1017), H846 [1MR]

———terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H1023 [8MR]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification (see H. Con. Res. 56), H584 [10FE]

UNESCO: withdraw U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H2102 [14AP]

Papers

U.N. Charter: Herbert W. Titus (excerpt), E381-E383 [8MR]

Remarks

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (H. Res. 523), H9379 [28OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1523 [16MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H10644 [17NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, H1580 [16MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10644 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1580 [16MR]

Business and industry: repeal Federal laws that hold corporate chief executive officers criminally liable for the content and quality of their companies' financial report in certain cases (H.R. 1657), E657 [15AP]

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), H5576 [30JN]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based on citizenship or legal permanent resident status of parents (H.J. Res. 46), E816 [28AP]

Civil liberties: prohibit Federal investigation of citizens for alleged criminal conduct based solely on membership in nonviolent political organizations or participation in other lawful political activities, H6295, H6296 [21JY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (H.R. 3037), E1313 [22JN]

Courts: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (H.R. 1658), E653 [14AP]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 4379), E2402 [18NO]

———preserve State jurisdiction over lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, H8929 [19OC]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 554), H8929 [19OC]

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (H.R. 776), E214 [10FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2605 [27AP]

———reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3143 [11MY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (H.R. 579), E137 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4030 [25MY]

———overseas bases military construction funding, H4094 [26MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations, H4030 [25MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (H.R. 2511), E1051 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit use of funding to implement a universal mental health screening program, H5145, H5146 [24JN]

Dept. of State: Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H5311 [28JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6169 [20JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4094 [26MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5145, H5146 [24JN]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, E1809 [8SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6904 [27JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8062 [15SE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1185), H2924 [4MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H9006 [20OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4911 [22JN]

Foreign countries: remove all embargoes on food, medicine, and medical supplies (H.R. 1527), E575 [7AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H4537 [15JN], H6296 [21JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5311 [28JN]

Foreign policy: impact of foreign interventionism, H226 [26JA], H1837 [6AP], H4478, H4483 [14JN], H8893 [18OC], H11187 [7DE]

———reform, H12157-H12159 [17DE]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6452 [26JY]

Fort Bend, TX: tribute to Fort Bend Indpendent School District mock student election program, E799 [27AP]

Hariri, Rafik: tribute (H. Res. 91), E295 [18FE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 3074), E1367 [27JN]

———ensure that health claims for foods and dietary supplements include accurate statements of the curative, mitigation, treatment, and prevention effects of nutrients on disease or health-related conditions (H.R. 2352), E968 [13MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3075), E1361 [27JN]

———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), H3808 [24MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3808 [24MY]

———require the FDA to disclose benefits of foods and dietary supplements and ensure the FTC bears the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements (H.R. 4282), E2313 [9NO]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (H.R. 4002), E2033 [6OC]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (H. Res. 135), E449 [16MR]

House of Representatives: require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 841), H958 [3MR]

Housing: eliminate the ability of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises to borrow from the Treasury, H9184 [26OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), H9140, H9184 [26OC]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1809 [8SE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), E2596 [17DE]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H7805 [8SE]

———results of investigation of alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, H9450 [1NO]

Iran Nonproliferation Act: make amendments relative to International Space Station payments (H.R. 4003), E2035 [6OC]

———make amendments relative to International Space Station payments (S. 1713), H9241, H9243 [26OC]

———make amendments relative to Iran and Syria, H9241 [26OC]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H227 [26JA], H1837 [6AP], H4478, H4483 [14JN], H7805-H7809 [8SE], H8801 [7OC], H12157-H12159 [17DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H8801 [7OC], H8893 [18OC], H11187 [7DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 55), H4865 [21JN]

———history of U.S. relations, H7805 [8SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 160), H4820 [21JN]

Law enforcement: limit authority to delay notice of search warrants, H4526 [15JN]

———make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), E1873 [15SE]

Medicaid: reform, H10644 [17NO]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (H.R. 181), E1 [4JA]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (H.R. 2455), E1020 [19MY]

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, H1523 [16MR]

———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), H563 [10FE]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 75), H529 [10FE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11769 [15DE]

Petroleum: reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (H.R. 4004), E2031 [6OC]

Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 578), E144 [2FE]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1810 [6AP]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (H.R. 777), E214 [10FE]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E3 [4JA]

Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (S. 1285), H9491 [2NO]

Safety: provide grants and other support to State and local officials to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (H.R. 4119), E2140 [20OC]

Schiavo, Terri: legal dispute over removal of feeding tubes, H1835-H1837 [6AP]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4519, H4526, H4537 [15JN], H4580 [16JN]

Senior citizens: provide greater health care freedom (H.R. 580), E133 [2FE]

Social Security: invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), E6 [4JA]

———replace certain employment requirements for Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last applied prior to enactment of the Social Security Protection Act (H.R. 3661), E1760 [6SE]

Syria: end occupation of Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 32), H1533, H1535 [16MR]

Taxation: allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (H.R. 3076), E1365 [27JN]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 3077), E1370 [27JN]

———allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (H.R. 4066), E2099 [17OC]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 404), E95 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (H.J. Res. 14), E86 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (H.R. 3079), E1363 [27JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 403), E94 [26JA]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit to law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests (H.R. 2823), E1172 [8JN]

———provide a tax credit for police officers and professional firefighters and exclude from income certain benefits received by public safety volunteers (H.R. 2822), E1170 [8JN]

———provide credits for qualified stem cell research, storage of qualified stem cells, and donation of umbilical cord blood (H.R. 3444), E1617 [27JY]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (H.R. 401), E90 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 406), E82 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (H.R. 405), E94 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 402), E94 [26JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 179), E5 [4JA]

———treatment of attorneys fees in lawsuits as income to the attorneys, not as part of the plaintiffs awards, E1228 [14JN]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (H.R. 858), E255 [16FE]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 180), E5 [4JA]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (H.R. 3078), E1368 [27JN]

Taylor, Charles: call on Nigeria to transfer custody to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law (H. Con. Res. 127), E863 [4MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (H.R. 310), H661 [16FE]

Terrorism: link between suicide bombings and foreign interventionism, H5884 [14JY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (S. 467), H11140 [7DE]

Texas: condition receipt of direct or counter-cyclical payments to rice producers that agree to retain rice cropland in production for the next crop year (H.R. 3660), E1758 [6SE]

U.N.: Codex Alimentarius Commission recommendation on dietary supplements standards, E1455 [11JY]

———prohibit funding for payment of U.S. contributions to U.N. or any affiliated agency, H4580 [16JN]

———prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens, H4519 [15JN]

———prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (H.R. 1017), E313 [1MR]

———terminate U.S. membership (H.R. 1146), E381 [8MR]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification (H. Con. Res. 56), E211 [10FE]

UNESCO: withdraw U.S. membership (H. Con. Res. 132), E650 [14AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: modify sunsets on wiretap authority, library and bookseller records, and lone wolf provisions, H10360 [16NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6295, H6296 [21JY], H10360 [16NO]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4304 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4894 [21JN], H5910 [14JY], H6638 [26JY], H7945 [14SE], H8245 [21SE], H8730 [6OC], H8842 [17OC], H9099 [25OC], H9471 [1NO], H10499 [16NO], H11101 [6DE], H11217 [7DE]

Tributes

Butler, John D., E1347 [24JN]

Jordan, Orene Schweinle, E2363 [15NO]

Messenger, Andrew L., E565 [7AP]

Rand, Ayn, E142 [2FE]

Reixach, A.J. (Pete), E1495 [15JY]