PORTER, JON C. (a Representative from Nevada)

Amendments

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7864 [13SE], H7905 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H8807 [7OC]

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

Armed Forces: provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8734 [6OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1509 [15MR]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H8090 [15SE]

BLM: coveyance of certain public land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway (see H.R. 1467), H1777 [5AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 63), H630 [15FE]

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]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (see H.R. 849), H718 [16FE]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1493), H3199 [11MY]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H3894 [24MY]

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), H9472 [1NO]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H7673 [6SE]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H4401 [13JN]

———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11504 [13DE]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H3056 [5MY]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (see H.R. 3668), H7741 [7SE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7566 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide interagency planning for preparing for, defending against, and responding to, the consequences of terrorist attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project (see H.R. 895), H942 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 95), H524 [9FE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to Henderson, NV (see H.R. 2425), H3554 [18MY]

———convey certain land in Washoe County, NV, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (see H.R. 542), H2738 [28AP]

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

———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), H2472 [21AP]

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

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H2879 [3MY]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H2395 [20AP]

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (see H.R. 4577), H12047 [16DE]

Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H2394 [20AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H4723 [17JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1895 [12AP]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H5912 [14JY]

———establish a sunset commission to review and maximize the performance of Federal agencies and programs (see H.R. 3277), H5912 [14JY]

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

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see H.R. 856), H6205 [20JY]

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), H4985 [22JN]

———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), H4561 [15JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1372 [10MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H942 [2MR]

Foreign aid: ensure protection of beneficiaries of U.S. humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 912), H792 [17FE]

Health: 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. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H8513 [28SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

Hurricanes: accelerate reemployment and employment of individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by establishing grants to eligible entities to provide worker recovery accounts to eligible individuals (see H.R. 3976), H8732 [6OC]

———ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 3975), H8732 [6OC]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4802 [20JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H137 [6JA]

Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 588), H352 [2FE]

Klebnikov, Paul: condemn murder of U.S. journalist in Russia and the murder of other members of the media (see H. Res. 499), H9963 [7NO]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 105), H1695 [17MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6107 [19JY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H413 [8FE]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4722 [17JN]

Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office, Sparks, NV: designate (see H.R. 1236), H1369 [10MR]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4187 [7JN]

Medicare: eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H2473 [21AP]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H8919 [18OC]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6936 [27JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H4187 [7JN]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H1371 [10MR]

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

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (see H.R. 4538), H11653 [14DE]

Nuclear Waste Fund: redirect into research, development, and utilization of risk-decreasing technologies for onsite storage and reduction of radiation levels of nuclear waste (see H.R. 526), H413 [8FE]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9275 [26OC]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

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

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H2395 [20AP]

Radioactive substances: expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat radiation resulting from a nuclear or radiological attack (see H.R. 1291), H2978 [4MY]

———procure and stockpile safe and effective radioprotectant drugs (see H. Con. Res. 97), H2979 [4MY]

Reno, NV: validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Co., of lands that were originally conveyed by the U.S. to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads (see H.R. 4627), H12290 [18DE]

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

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H798 [17FE]

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), H942 [2MR]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1371 [10MR]

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

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H1622 [16MR]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3114 [10MY]

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see H.R. 731), H1896 [12AP]

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

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H1896 [12AP]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2473 [21AP]

———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), H845 [1MR]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1765), H2470 [21AP]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H4296 [8JN]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H6651 [26JY]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H1779 [5AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H7814 [8SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H4985 [22JN]

———provide incentives for the conservation of water (see H.R. 524), H942 [2MR]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H4356 [9JN]

———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), H2103 [14AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H3056 [5MY]

———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), H8735 [6OC]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H2472 [21AP]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H11109 [6DE]

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

———improve intermodal transportation (see H.R. 1637), H3056 [5MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H11504 [13DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: convey administrative site to Las Vegas, NV (see H.R. 4345), H10502 [16NO]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H4985 [22JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H8986 [19OC]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H1025 [8MR]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H4985 [22JN]

Winnemucca, Sarah: dedication of statue provided by Nevada for display in National Statuary Hall (see H. Con. Res. 5), H79 [4JA]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (see H.R. 27), H72 [4JA]

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]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H413 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: allow sale and adoption of excess wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 2993), H4802 [20JN]

Children and youth: promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (see H. Res. 484), H8734 [6OC]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use by the Nevada National Guard (see H.R. 4382), H10909 [17NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide Federal attorneys compensatory time off for travel (see H.R. 4057), H8845 [17OC]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 3445), H6650 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (see H.R. 4294), H10156 [10NO]

Executive departments: establish results commissions (see H.R. 3276), H5912 [14JY]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H1894 [12AP]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 218), H2150 [19AP]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: repeal perimeter rule on flight distances (see H.R. 4419), H11034 [18NO]

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

———modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 2249), H3196 [11MY]

———provide for Small Business Protection Accounts (see H.R. 3586), H7560 [28JY]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 26), H72 [4JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1423 [15MR]

Eulogies

Picini, John J., Jr.: by Terry Murphy, H8708 [6OC]

Letters

Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program establishment to assist Americans in returning to work: Steven J. Law, Dept. of Labor, H875 [2MR]

Remarks

American Jewish History Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 315), H11600, H11601, H11602 [14DE]

BLM: prohibit funding for sale or slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros, H3662 [19MY]

Children and youth: promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (H. Res. 484), H9063, H9064 [25OC]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (H. Res. 579), H11596, H11599, H11600 [14DE]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (H.R. 849), H3717 [23MY]

———convey certain public land for use by the Nevada National Guard (H.R. 4382), E2397 [18NO]

Crime: permit State and local educational agencies to access the national crime information database for employment background checks, H7905 [14SE]

DAR: tribute to Nevada State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, E324 [1MR]

Dept. of Energy: create two additional Senate-confirmed Assistant Secs., H2408 [21AP]

———increase energy efficiency research funding through reductions in Spent Fuel Recycling Initiative funding, H3861 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8424 [28SE]

———provide greater flexibility to State and local governments in spending law enforcement grant money, H8424 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land in Washoe County, NV, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (S. 252), H7828 [13SE]

———enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (H.R. 4294), E2327 [10NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3662 [19MY]

District of Columbia: authorize government operations improvements (H.R. 3508), H11588, H11595, H11596 [14DE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6112 [20JY]

Easter Seals, Inc.: tribute to Southern Nevada chapter, E2536 [14DE]

El Mundo (publication): anniversary, H4565 [16JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3861 [24MY]

Hurricanes: protect volunteers assisting the victims of Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3736), H7887 [14SE]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (H. Res. 124), H808, H810 [1MR]

KVBC-TV (Las Vegas, NV): anniversary, E115 [1FE]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary, E999 [17MY]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7905 [14SE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 218), H2751 [3MY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), E226 [14FE]

Nevada Commission on Tourism: tribute, E2505 [13DE]

Point of order, H4514 [15JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2408 [21AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, H3031 [5MY]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: repeal perimeter rule on flight distances (H.R. 4419), E2416 [18NO]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (H. Con. Res. 45), H806 [1MR]

Stephenitch, Willie: BLM Making a Difference award recipient, E910 [9MY]

Stewart, Tony: tribute (H. Res. 587), H11602, H11604 [14DE]

Taxation: provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (H.R. 4440), H11161 [7DE]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (H. Res. 282), H4156 [7JN]

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (H.R. 3830), H8876 [18OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6242 [21JY]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (H.R. 3549), H8874 [18OC]

Willie Vaughn Post Office, Parkdale, AR: designate (H.R. 3853), H8877, H8878 [18OC]

Winnemucca, Sarah: dedication of statue provided by Nevada for display in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 5), H802 [1MR]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work, H875 [2MR]

———establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 26), E10 [4JA]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H875 [2MR]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), H428 [9FE]

Year of Languages: designate (H. Res. 122), H997, H998 [8MR]

Tributes

Abbey, Robert V., E1469 [12JY]

Aguirre, Alvaro, E917 [10MY]

Burdette, Richard, E833 [28AP]

Cashman, James, Jr., E2495 [8DE]

Celento, Ralph J., III, E2566 [17DE]

Dunlap, Glynn, E1123 [26MY]

Freemyer, Windsor, E2498 [8DE]

Gonzalez, Polly A., E676 [18AP]

Greene, Lois, E331 [2MR]

Mayberry, Michael, E435 [14MR]

McLay, Deidre, E1953 [27SE]

Monette, Deborah, H3031 [5MY]

Perez, Joseph, E319 [1MR]

Pettyjohn, Jimmy, Jr., E1123 [26MY]

Picini, John J., Jr., H8708 [6OC]

Rinaldi, Bonnie, E1614 [27JY]

Roberts, Wilbur, Jr. (Bill), E2230 [1NO]

Robinson, Brian, E318 [1MR]

Salter, Lucille, E1363 [27JN]

Scow, Mary Beth, E177 [8FE]

Segal, Susan, E64 [25JA]

Smith, Hal and Tina, E1131 [26MY]

Snyder, Don, E434 [14MR]