HOSTETTLER, JOHN N. (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4021 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4562 [15JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3332 [16MY], H3368 [17MY]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4403 [13JN], H4532 [15JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H350 [2FE]
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]
Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H798 [17FE]
———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H587 [14FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H720 [16FE]
———tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (see H. Res. 256), H2880 [3MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]
———amend laws relative to avoidable preferences and venue for proceedings to avoid preferences (see H.R. 4296), H10156 [10NO]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11110 [6DE]
Budget: 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]
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), H10157 [10NO]
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]
China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1697 [17MR]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]
China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1265 [9MR]
Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11221 [7DE]
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H10910 [17NO]
Computers: discourage spyware (see H.R. 744), H581 [10FE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H4297 [8JN]
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]
———clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H718 [16FE]
———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), H630 [15FE]
———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]
———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H3556 [18MY]
———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), H2734 [28AP]
———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]
———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (see H.R. 1332, 1334), H1620 [16MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]
———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H584 [10FE]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H3262 [12MY]
Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H5963 [18JY]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 3907), H8648 [3OC]
Dept. of Defense: require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1970 [13AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H8985 [19OC]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize Western States to select public lands within their borders in lieu of receiving payment for the sale of public lands lying within said States (see H.R. 3463), H9426 [28OC]
———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H2103 [14AP]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H286 [1FE]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H4296 [8JN]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H286 [1FE]
District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 72), H353 [2FE]
———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1416 [14MR]
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), H1417 [14MR]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H287 [1FE]
Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H7860 [13SE]
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), H2473 [21AP]
European Union: urge continuance of embargo on arms sales to the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 57), H354 [2FE]
FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H2395 [20AP]
———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H797 [17FE]
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: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H1372 [10MR]
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 aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H3113 [10MY]
———deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H11653 [14DE]
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 Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]
Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3556 [18MY]
———prohibit use of identification issued by foreign governments, other than passports, for purposes of verifying identity of a person opening an account (see H.R. 815), H629 [15FE]
———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 2387), H4356 [9JN]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1696 [17MR]
———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H1417 [14MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H354 [2FE]
Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to nations that consistently oppose U.S. initiatives before the U.N. (see H.R. 4558), H11879 [15DE]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7744 [7SE]
Government: prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space until January 1, 2007 (see H.R. 3797), H8087 [15SE]
Grant W. Green Post Office Building, Knox, IN: designate (see H.R. 3770), H7948 [14SE]
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), H6651 [26JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]
———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (see H.R. 1353), H1621 [16MR]
House of Representatives: display the Ten Commandments if the Supreme Court rules that their public display by State and local governments violates the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution (see H. Res. 214), H2102 [14AP]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]
———preserve certain benefits for victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3827), H8161 [20SE]
———repeal exemption from harboring sanctions for alien volunteers of certain religious organization (see H.R. 4321), H10503 [16NO]
Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]
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), H2551 [26AP]
Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H413 [8FE]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]
Malcolm Melville (Mac) Lawrence Post Office, Francesville, IN: designate (see H.R. 4346), H11036 [18NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]
Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H1025 [8MR]
———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1790), H2471 [21AP]
Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H523 (see H. Res. 20), H524 [9FE]
National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H10157 [10NO]
National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H3199 [11MY]
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 Labor Relations Act: prevent government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 1248), H5362 [28JN]
———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H3114 [10MY]
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: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]
Navy: require naval forces to include a certain number of operational aircraft carriers (see H.R. 304), H630 [15FE]
———require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H848 [1MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]
Peace Corps: remove as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program (see H.R. 3709), H8735 [6OC]
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]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 52), H523 [9FE]
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]
Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7673 [6SE]
Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 146), H3114 [10MY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H524 [9FE]
———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]
Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 1286), H2395 [20AP]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]
Stewart, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 587), H11109 [6DE]
Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]
———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8514 [28SE]
Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H11110 [6DE]
Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H9277 [26OC]
———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 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), H2648 [27AP]
———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), H11035 [18NO]
———allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8342 [22SE]
———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 404), H848 [1MR]
———apply child tax credit to a child born within 9 months after the close of the taxable year and to a child who is stillborn or dies in utero during the taxable year (see H.R. 3441), H6650 [26JY]
———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3095), H5361 [28JN]
———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H1897 [12AP]
———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 certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 387), H798 [17FE]
———exclude from gross income employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts (see H.R. 3585), H7559 [28JY]
———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 775), H583 [10FE]
———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H3113 [10MY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 403), H848 [1MR]
———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]
———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H11504 [13DE]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H1970 [13AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]
———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), H720 [16FE]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP]
———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 collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3056 [5MY]
———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]
———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), H848 [1MR]
———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), H848 [1MR]
———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H4143 [26MY]
———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), H4985 [22JN]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 179), H142 [20JA] (see H.R. 1517), H2103 [14AP]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]
———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H142 [20JA]
Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8810 [7OC]
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.J. Res. 27), H1897 [12AP]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]
Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]
Immigration: provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2293), H3197 [11MY]
———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 4240), H9962 [7NO]
Taxation: provide a religious exemption from providing identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions on a tax return (see H.R. 3410), H6380 [22JY]
———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 3409), H6380 [22JY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 31), H3120 [11MY]
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: characterization of Democratic amendments contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report (H. Res. 253), H2775 [3MY]
Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (H. Con. Res. 6), H421 [9FE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4763, H4764 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), unanimous-consent agreement, H4764 [20JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3368 [17MY]
Dept. of State: make available unused EB-3 visas to help bring nurses into the U.S., H3120 [11MY]
European Union: urge continuance of embargo on arms sales to the People's Republic of China (H. Res. 57), H302 [2FE]
Immigration: maintain existing asylum procedures, H551 [10FE]
National security: immigration and customs enforcement and border protection funding, H3368 [17MY]
———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), H456 [9FE], H551 [10FE]
Religion: prohibit funding to enforce the Southern District Court of Indiana ruling in case on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property, H4532, H4533 [15JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4533 [15JN]
U.S. Air Force Academy: ensure a positive climate of religious freedom and tolerance, H4763, H4764 [20JN]
Votes: position on missed, E519
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3765 [23MY]