GILLMOR, PAUL E. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3644 [19MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]
———H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]
House Democracy Assistance Commission, H3454 [18MY]
North Atlantic Assembly, H575 [10FE]
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), H630 [15FE]
Agriculture: provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2045), H3114 [10MY]
Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]
Armed Forces: grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 1478), H4722 [17JN]
———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 458), H584 [10FE]
———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H7613 [29JY]
———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H9963 [7NO]
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), H521 [9FE]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1896 [12AP]
BLS: adopt statistical measures that accurately reflect the modern U.S. workforce (see H. Res. 14), H1970 [13AP]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (see H. Res. 590), H11505 [13DE]
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H4896 [21JN]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5435 (see H.R. 2872), H5480 [29JN]
Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 250), H3060 [9MY]
———establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business (see H.R. 1363), H3060 [9MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12290 [18DE]
China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H4297 [8JN]
———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3004), H4895 [21JN]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H75 [4JA]
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H8388 [27SE]
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11034 [18NO]
———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H8162 [20SE]
Courts: 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), H3113 [10MY]
———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11504 [13DE]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H3556 [18MY]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]
Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (see H.R. 2990), H8735 [6OC]
Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]
———punish the placing of sexually explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the persons photographed (see H.R. 1189), H1372 [10MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H4561 [15JN]
Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 6), H413 [8FE]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9426 [28OC]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H7949 [14SE]
Dept. of HUD: exclude amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing programs (see H.R. 3186), H6328 [21JY]
Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H1696 [17MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H3331 [16MY]
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see H.R. 2512), H3694 [19MY]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]
Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H11328 [8DE]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H8919 [18OC]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H5176 [24JN]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H412 [8FE] (see H.R. 314), H630 [15FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1371 [10MR]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H524 [9FE]
Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H3260 [12MY]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 23), H80 [4JA]
Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H9962 [7NO]
European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H849 [1MR]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see H.R. 3997), H9277 [26OC]
Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H8162 [20SE]
———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H524 [9FE]
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]
Federal Credit Union Act: amend provisions relative to any conversion of a credit union charter to a mutual savings bank or savings association charter (see H.R. 3206), H5739 [12JY]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3436 [17MY]
Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3894 [24MY]
———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H8163 [20SE]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]
———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 1224), H2473 [21AP]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H4187 [7JN]
FTC: revise telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 4072), H10157 [10NO]
Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]
Gulf Coast States: encourage the adoption of comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9696 [4NO]
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]
———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), H2881 [3MY]
Higher Education Act: prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 132), H797 [17FE]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1777 [5AP]
House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (see H. Res. 135), H984 [3MR]
Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, strengthen civil remedies, promote uniform lending and appraisal standards, and establish licensing standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 1295), H1506 [15MR]
———modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H8089 [15SE]
———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1461), H2739 [28AP]
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]
Israel: 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), H3057 [5MY]
Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H5599 [30JN]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H6205 [20JY]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H11655 [14DE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H7814 [8SE]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H8809 [7OC]
———coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see H.R. 827), H2472 [21AP]
———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H7815 [8SE]
———establish a floor for physician payment rates (see H.R. 4078), H11036 [18NO]
———make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas (see H.R. 2525), H3768 [23MY]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H8810 [7OC]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H9103 [25OC]
Miller, Arthur: tribute (see H. Res. 216), H2474 [21AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]
National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H791 [17FE]
National Medal of Honor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 297), H5362 [28JN]
National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 46), H414 [8FE]
National parks and recreation areas: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H3113 [10MY]
National Safe Boating Week: recognize the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the National Safe Boating Council for promotion efforts (see H. Res. 243), H3557 [18MY]
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]
Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H8342 [22SE]
Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 4127), H9556 [2NO]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H8089 [15SE]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H8513 [28SE]
———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H9696 [4NO]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H287 [1FE]
Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H414 [8FE] (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H11504 [13DE]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]
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]
———include a ``Community Bank Option'' in reform legislation (see H. Res. 209), H3057 [5MY]
———reform proposals relative to coverage of State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 43), H8249 [21SE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H797 [17FE]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]
Stang, Dorothy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1264 [9MR]
Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H11035 [18NO]
Taxation: 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), H287 [1FE]
———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H4487 [14JN]
———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H233 [26JA] (see H.R. 387), H798 [17FE]
———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), H9103 [25OC]
———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H5604 [30JN]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H5176 [24JN]
———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1421), H1970 [13AP]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H7814 [8SE]
———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]
———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 incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]
———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), H3056 [5MY]
———treat regional income tax collection agencies as States for purposes of confidentiality and disclosure requirements relating to tax returns and return information (see H.R. 3452), H8342 [22SE]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]
———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]
Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H354 [2FE]
Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 548), H350 [2FE]
Turkey: commend for assuming the leadership of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and its contribution to the war on terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1622 [16MR]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8348 [26SE]
Veterans: 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), H5603 [30JN]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]
White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 543), H349 [2FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 95), H74 [4JA]
Education: increase teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1156), H1023 [8MR]
Energy Policy Act: technical corrections in amendments (see H.R. 4637), H12289 [18DE]
EPA: reduce underground storage tank releases by strengthening inspections, operator training, program enforcement, oxygenated fuel cleanup, and providing States greater Federal resources (see H.R. 3062), H5176 [24JN]
FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 544), H349 [2FE]
Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 94), H74 [4JA]
Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4591), H12048 [16DE]
Health care facilities: allow qualifying children's hospitals to participate in the 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4036), H8808 [7OC]
Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 17), H79 [4JA]
National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 16), H79 [4JA]
Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 927), H793 [17FE]
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 2491), H3693 [19MY]
States: clarify congressional approval of certain State energy production tax practices (see H.R. 381), H233 [26JA]
Tariff: palm fatty acid distillate (see H.R. 2056), H2879 [3MY]
Remarks
Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), consideration (H. Res. 451), H8186 [21SE]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 280), H11457 [13DE]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database, H7893
Dept. of the Interior: clarify language authorizing State and tribal assistance grants for water infrastructure improvement programs, H3644 [19MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3641, H3642, H3644 [19MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), conference report, H10061 [9NO]
EPA: improve Leaking Underground Storage Tank program, H2197 [20AP], H6964
FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits, H2920 [4MY]
Federal Housing Finance Agency: require housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises to disclose charitable contributions, H9115 [26OC]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1185), H2920 [4MY]
Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H10061 [9NO]
Health: authorize a demonstration grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers and improve health care outcomes (H.R. 1812), H4358, H4359 [13JN]
Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), consideration (H. Res. 509), H9115 [26OC]
Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7893
Old Fort, OH: anniversary of Lions Club, E97
Point of order, H3641, H3642 [19MY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2197 [20AP]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6955, H6964
Roppe Corp.: anniversary, E9
Sandusky, OH: anniversary of Cedar Point Amusement Park's Hotel Breakers, E1471
Swanton, OH: anniversary of Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing, E584
Taxation: extend Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate (H.R. 1270), H1527
Van Wert, OH: tribute to Montcalm School for Girls, E2039
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H842 [1MR], H1891 [12AP], H4653 [16JN]
Tributes
Borcherdt, Daniel R., E1081
Burner, Brandon W., E937
Fabrizio, Fred and Kathy, E2459
Gallagher, Daniel P., H3115 [11MY]
Guzowski, Mary B., E940
Kauffman, John, E380
Keith, J. Russell, E919
Keller, Jeffrey C., E1116
Marzec, Bradley J., E1030
Moonshower, John D., E892
Nedolast, Dustin A., E1029
Persiani, Michael H., E942
Schaffer, Denny, E2569
Wise, Quinten S., E1071