MILLER, JEFF (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select), H8346 [26SE]

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), H195 [25JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H984 [3MR]

Agriculture: provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severly damaged by hurricanes (see H.R. 4330), H10226 [15NO]

———provide assistance to nursery crop and tropical fruit producers whose agricultural operations were severely damaged by Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, or Rita (see H.R. 4031), H8807 [7OC]

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H2739 [28AP]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

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), H798 [17FE]

———establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews (see H.R. 1308), H3056 [5MY]

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

———improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 3401), H6327 [21JY]

———increase authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers (see H.R. 1406), H2551 [26AP]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA]

———limit premium increases on reinstated health insurance on servicemembers who are released from active military service (see H.R. 2046), H3262 [12MY]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8986 [19OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H353 [2FE]

———tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (see H. Res. 256), H2880 [3MY]

Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building, Altamonte Springs, FL: designate (see H.R. 324), H194 [25JA]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H8644 [29SE]

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]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see H.R. 2842), H4355 [9JN]

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), H1621 [16MR] (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2473 [21AP]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11505 [13DE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H10145 [9NO]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11036 [18NO]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 687), H984 [3MR]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1493), H2395 [20AP]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4723 [17JN]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H4655 [16JN]

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

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2521), H7565 [28JY]

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

Construction industries: provide contractors with qualified immunity from liability for negligence when providing services or equipment on a volunteer basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 3717), H8089 [15SE]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]

———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), H8514 [28SE]

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

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H3331 [16MY]

———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), H413 [8FE]

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

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

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 776), H1896 [12AP]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H798 [17FE]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, legalize political parties and free elections, urge European Union to reexamine policy, and support a U.N. resolution on ending human rights violations (see H. Res. 388), H7566 [28JY]

———express support to the organizers and participants of the historic meeting of the Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba (see H. Res. 193), H2551 [26AP]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4297 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3969), H9277 [26OC]

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

———require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1970 [13AP]

Dept. of Education: establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students (see H.R. 4097), H9473 [1NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H4141 [26MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidate citizenship and immigration databases into a comprehensive database to improve customer service and enhance national security and public safety (see H.R. 4412), H11328 [8DE]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H9641 [3NO]

———expand authority to transport and remove aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4253), H10503 [16NO]

———prevent all unlawful entries into the U.S. (see H.R. 3693), H8388 [27SE]

Dept. of Labor: reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (see H.R. 3279), H5912 [14JY]

Dept. of State: require a quadrennial review of the diplomatic strategy and structure and determine the best means to fulfill its mission in the future (see H.R. 1746), H2881 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3251), H5740 [12JY]

———provide technical and financial assistance to private landowners to restore, enhance, and manage private land to improve fish and wildlife habitats through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (see H.R. 2018), H3332 [16MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H584 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events (see H.R. 4339), H10501 [16NO]

———improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H8986 [19OC]

———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), H628 [15FE]

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

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H3113 [10MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H798 [17FE]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H6206 [20JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: 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]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7565 [28JY]

———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), 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]

Endangered species: authorize species recovery agreements under which the Federal Government is obligated to make annual payments or provide other compensation for activities that improve recovery of one or more species (see H.R. 3300), H6652 [26JY]

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), H845 [1MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H9362 [27OC]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H524 [9FE]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11328 [8DE]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H981 [3MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H2100 [14AP]

———require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5600 [30JN]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H12051 [16DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1372 [10MR]

———regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H2150 [19AP]

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

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

———provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, FL, with financial assistance and direct services under the Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (see H.R. 3723), H7814 [8SE]

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), H4297 [8JN]

———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]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H8248 [21SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1417 [14MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

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

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1692 [17MR]

Fish and fishing: establish ocean bottom trawl areas to protect deep sea corals and sponges (see H.R. 3778), H9044 [20OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H7673 [6SE]

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), H1897 [12AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8089 [15SE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H1968 [13AP]

Head Start Program: provide greater accountability for Head Start agencies (see H.R. 778), H942 [2MR]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donate Life Month (see H. Con. Res. 124), H1845 [6AP]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———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), H9962 [7NO]

———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]

Higher Education Act: prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 132), H75 [4JA]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 762), H1025 [8MR]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H5362 [28JN]

Hurricanes: ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 3975), H9556 [2NO]

———require contracts relative to recovery efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita be awarded only after an open and fair bidding process (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8986 [19OC]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H2648 [27AP]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H8388 [27SE]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3776), H8342 [22SE]

———make inadmissable individuals who law enforcement knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, seek entry to the U.S. to participate in illegal activities with criminal gangs (see H.R. 2933), H9276 [26OC]

———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H10503 [16NO]

———reduce number of visa overstays and ensure that illegal aliens are apprehended, detained, and removed as rapidly as possible (see H.R. 4079), H9426 [28OC]

———reform (see H.R. 3938), H8642 [29SE]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H9426 [28OC]

———repeal exemption from harboring sanctions for alien volunteers of certain religious organization (see H.R. 4321), H11328 [8DE]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 19), H8919 [18OC]

Insurance: establish minimum standards relating to a factor for life insurance eligibility and rates (see H.R. 3639), H7612 [29JY]

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

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Social Security Investment Program (see H.R. 530), H942 [2MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3894 [24MY]

Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H9436 [31OC]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3436 [17MY]

———support accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (see H. Res. 38), H413 [8FE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H9556 [2NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Local government: prohibit municipal governments from offering telecommunications, information, or cable services except to remedy market failures by private enterprise to provide such services (see H.R. 2726), H4723 [17JN]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8513 [28SE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H7564 [28JY]

———provide for health opportunity accounts (see H.R. 3757), H8342 [22SE]

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

———delay implementation of prescription drug benefit for individuals who are not lowest-income subsidy eligible individuals (see H.R. 3870), H8514 [28SE]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H12290 [18DE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H3894 [24MY]

———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), H1372 [10MR]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H353 [2FE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H8342 [22SE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H197 [25JA]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 20), H524 [9FE]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9427 [28OC]

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

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H10227 [15NO]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4656 [16JN]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 332), H5177 [24JN]

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 Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H1896 [12AP]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H7566 [28JY]

National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]

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]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 16), H196 [25JA]

Navy: require naval forces to include a certain number of operational aircraft carriers (see H.R. 304), H236 [26JA]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 145), H1623 [16MR]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H8644 [29SE]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11505 [13DE]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 892), H1265 [9MR]

Pantano, Ilario: call for investigation of murder charges resulting from the killing of Iraqi insurgents (see H. Res. 167), H2474 [21AP]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 453), H8644 [29SE]

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), H9696 [4NO]

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), H1896 [12AP]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 52), H523 [9FE]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the fifty dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 766), H1622 [16MR]

Real estate: constitutional amendment on the permissible uses for which private property may be taken (see H.J. Res. 60), H8919 [18OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H4073 [25MY]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8249 [21SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: allow Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to designate the projects for which certain highway and transit funds may be obligated (see H.R. 3869), H8340 [22SE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H5915 [14JY]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research and encourage equivalent restrictions by other countries (see H.R. 222), H1622 [16MR]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 913), H1970 [13AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

———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), H798 [17FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]

———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]

———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), H1509 [15MR]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H630 [15FE]

———reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program and provide new limitations on the budget (see H.R. 1776), H3331 [16MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H236 [26JA]

———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), H9047 [24OC]

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

Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building, Spring Hill, FL: designate (see H.R. 3703), H7813 [8SE]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]

———revise laws and regulations to enable individuals and small businesses to obtain health insurance through the combination of a health savings account and a high-deductible health plan (see H. Res. 371), H6937 [27JY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8514 [28SE]

Syria: strengthen sanctions, establish a program to support a transition to a democratically elected Government, and restore sovereignty and democratic rule in Lebanon (see H.R. 1141), H9472 [1NO]

Tariff: natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H3331 [16MY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5252 [27JN]

———allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H1896 [12AP]

———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), H8644 [29SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H1696 [17MR]

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

———allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (see H.R. 3076), H8348 [26SE]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H3262 [12MY]

———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), H2738 [28AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 196), H236 [26JA]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 404), H413 [8FE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H4561 [15JN]

———allow victims of Presidentially-declared disasters to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3742), H7860 [13SE]

———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), H7566 [28JY]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H1847 [6AP]

———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), H2551 [26AP]

———eliminate capital gains tax on investments in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area to reduce estate taxes for victims (see H.R. 4035), H9044 [20OC]

———establish a commission on tax reform (see H.R. 41), H196 [25JA]

———establish the Supportive Communities Helping Offer Opportunities for Learning Program and allow tax credit for contributions to qualified scholarship granting organizations (see H.R. 2426), H3554 [18MY]

———exclude from gross income amounts received as damages, attorney fees, and costs under Federal whistleblower protection laws and allow income averaging for amounts received as lost income (see H.R. 1985), H2881 [3MY]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H6936 [27JY]

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

———expand incentives for saving (see H.R. 3574), H7559 [28JY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 403), H413 [8FE]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———extend deduction for increased expensing for small business (see H.R. 1678), H6107 [19JY]

———increase and expand expensing for property in hurricane disaster areas (see H.R. 3868), H8514 [28SE]

———increase base and adjusted base amounts used for purposes of determining the amount of Social Security benefits excluded from gross income (see H.R. 2202), H3055 [5MY]

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

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H984 [3MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H1510 [15MR]

———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 reduction in individual capital gains tax rates permanent and further reduce and simplify such rates and reduce corporate capital gains rate (see H.R. 1500), H1970 [13AP]

———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), H11035 [18NO]

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

———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), H4143 [26MY]

———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 to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2395 [20AP]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 947), H4656 [16JN]

———provide a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs (see H.R. 2474), H3693 [19MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space (see H.R. 1062), H6328 [21JY]

———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), H9362 [27OC]

———provide credits for qualified stem cell research, storage of qualified stem cells, and donation of umbilical cord blood (see H.R. 3444), H8089 [15SE]

———provide emergency tax relief for victims of Hurricane Wilma (see H.R. 4334), H10226 [15NO]

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

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 401), H413 [8FE]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

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

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 406), H413 [8FE]

———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]

———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), H4143 [26MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2646 [27AP]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H196 [25JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 179), H413 [8FE] (see H.R. 1517), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H6205 [20JY]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 1063), H1372 [10MR]

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

———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), H3695 [19MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H4356 [9JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2880 [3MY]

———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), H1896 [12AP]

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

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H413 [8FE]

———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]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H4400 [13JN]

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), H413 [8FE]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 1139), H988 [7MR]

Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8986 [19OC]

Truth in Regulating Act: make permanent the pilot project for the report on rules (see H.R. 1167), H4296 [8JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H4296 [8JN]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 54), H414 [8FE] (see H. Res. 282), H4188 [7JN]

———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), H3199 [11MY]

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

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

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (see H.R. 3830), H8161 [20SE]

UNESCO: withdraw U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H3199 [11MY]

VA: anniversary (see H. Res. 361), H5964 [18JY]

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

———expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H11655 [14DE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2978 [4MY]

———expand scope of educational programs for which accelerated payments of assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used (see H.R. 717), H522 [9FE]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H4896 [21JN]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H4721 [17JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 1220), H1368 [10MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4401 [13JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2076), H2976 [4MY]

———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 30), H1896 [12AP]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H11036 [18NO]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H8809 [7OC]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H983 [3MR]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

———recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H7566 [28JY]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H287 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5100 [23JN]

Barrott, Christine L.: relief (see H.R. 506), H286 [1FE]

China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law and reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 76), H796 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: inclusion of certain excess property on Santa Rosa Island and Okaloosa Island, FL, in the Gulf Islands National Seashore (see H.R. 4064), H8846 [17OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H7813 [8SE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: replace a map dealing with Grayton Beach in Walton County, FL (see H.R. 479), H284 [1FE]

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

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (see H.R. 3200), H5637 [11JY]

United Service Organizations: recognize contribution to morale and welfare of our servicemen and women and their families (see H. Con. Res. 322), H12049 [16DE]

Veterans: modify circumstances under which a person who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors (see H.R. 4352), H10502 [16NO]

Letters

Marine killed in Iraq letter to his family: Daniel Clay, E2544 [15DE]

Support for military efforts in Iraq relative to death of son: Bud Clay, E2544 [15DE]

Remarks

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (H. Con. Res. 188), H5208 [27JN]

Armed Forces: support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (H. Con. Res. 36), H319 [2FE]

———tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (H. Res. 256), H4811 [21JN]

Congressional Award Council: tribute, E1351 [24JN]

Crestview, FL: tribute to Crestview High School marching band, E2441 [6DE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, E1850 [14SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4767 [20JN]

———submit report assessing level of cooperation and interaction between POW/Missing Personnel Office and several POW advocacy groups, H4767 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3629 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3629, H3667 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, E1620 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: national cemeteries repair and maintenance funding, H4090 [26MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4090 [26MY]

EPA: prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3667 [19MY]

Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants: anniversary, E718 [21AP]

Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Foundation and Unilever, Inc., grant recipient, E779 [27AP]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), E1850 [14SE]

Nelson, Jimmy W., and family: Santa Rosa County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1564, E1573 [21JY]

Pace, FL: anniversary of Wallace Baptist Church, E1985 [29SE]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1709 [20MR]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (H.R. 3200), H6457 [26JY], E1454 [11JY]

———enhance program (H.R. 3200), Senate amendment, H8413, H8414, H8415 [28SE]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (H.R. 3304), H6190 [20JY]

———privatization proposals, H4193 [8JN], H4300 [9JN], H4490 [15JN]

———reform, H4193 [8JN], H4300 [9JN], H4490 [15JN]

Veterans: health care funding, E1620 [27JY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 1234), H10359 [16NO]

Votes: position on missed, H3403 [17MY], H4527 [15JN], H6266 [21JY], H8014 [15SE], E242 [15FE], E1525 [19JY], E2052 [7OC], E2264 [3NO]

WSRE-TV (Pensacola, FL): dedication of Paul and Jean Amos performance studio, E411 [10MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H626 [15FE]

Statements

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act Senate Amendments, H8415 [28SE]

Tributes

Barnhart, Clifford W., E1460 [12JY]

Clay, Daniel, E2544 [15DE]

Conley, Amanda, E95 [26JA]

Fitch, Cherry, E2148 [20OC]

Fowler, Tillie K., H1014 [8MR]

McGiven, Richard (Slug), E667 [15AP]

Miller, Kevin P., E434 [14MR]

Nyland, William L. (Spider), E1637 [27JY], E1750 [6SE]

Poole, George, E922 [10MY]

Spears, Jonathan R., E2257 [3NO]

Williams, Hollice T., E2275 [4NO]

Yates, Bernard, E1613 [27JY]