LaTOURETTE, STEVEN C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3387 [17MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5363 [28JN], H5387 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H8645 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]

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

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2100 [14AP]

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), H2150 [19AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2103 [14AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H7743 [7SE]

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), H12051 [16DE]

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

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), H1897 [12AP]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H75 [4JA]

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

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

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H11880 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 710), H522 [9FE]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H12050 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H8248 [21SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 3264), H5800 [13JY]

———include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 113), H286 [1FE]

———report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11653 [14DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H1969 [13AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H6381 [22JY]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H9103 [25OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4187 [7JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H71 [4JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H942 [2MR]

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

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

Federal Credit Union Act: clarify definition of net worth under certain circumstances for purposes of corrective action authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1042), H940 [2MR]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H8735 [6OC]

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), H3259 [12MY]

———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), H74 [4JA]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H848 [1MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit issuance of Federal or State permit or lease for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling (see H.R. 2930), H4654 [16JN]

GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H1693 [17MR]

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. 534), H349 [2FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1399), H1692 [17MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H8089 [15SE]

Health care professionals: improve response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through training and education (see H.R. 4367), H10908 [17NO]

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), H2739 [28AP]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H11109 [6DE]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1510 [15MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H524 [9FE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4486 [14JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H2104 [14AP]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H2473 [21AP]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H848 [1MR]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H7743 [7SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H984 [3MR]

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 561), H351 [2FE]

Medicaid: extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 3800), H8087 [15SE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H4141 [26MY]

———provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States (see H.R. 4606), H12048 [16DE]

Medicare: coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see H.R. 2841), H4355 [9JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H7743 [7SE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H586 [14FE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H8810 [7OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1622 [16MR]

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

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H11327 [8DE]

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), H5801 [13JY]

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

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H7566 [28JY]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H8733 [6OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see H.R. 359), H195 [25JA]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H2978 [4MY]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H1847 [6AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1969 [13AP]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 582), H4073 [25MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H5362 [28JN]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2100 [14AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H848 [1MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H410 [8FE]

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), H3262 [12MY]

———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), H587 [14FE]

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), H8342 [22SE]

———establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H2103 [14AP]

Tariff: 4,4'-dithiodimorpholine (see H.R. 4553), H11878 [15DE]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H1851 [8AP]

———n-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 4552), H11878 [15DE]

———tetraethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4554), H11879 [15DE]

———tetramethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4555), H11879 [15DE]

Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1780 [5AP]

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

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H6652 [26JY]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H2472 [21AP]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H5362 [28JN]

Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 548), H350 [2FE]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1896 [12AP]

———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), H4187 [7JN]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H9696 [4NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H8342 [22SE] (see H.R. 3171), H8248 [21SE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H1897 [12AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]

Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H11111 [6DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Anderson, Erick J.: condemn murder charges resulting from the killing of Iraqi civilians (see H. Res. 502), H8985 [19OC]

Bush, President: transmit information on contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers (see H. Res. 488), H8809 [7OC]

Dept. of HUD: provide tenant-based rental housing vouchers for certain residents of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1567), H1894 [12AP]

District of Columbia: prohibit implementation of District of Columbia law prohibiting the shipment of certain hazardous materials near the Capitol building to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2057), H2879 [3MY]

Dvorkin, Michael: relief (see H.R. 991), H797 [17FE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see H.R. 3997), H8733 [6OC]

Foreign trade: permit entry of certain U.S. origin defense articles into bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones (see H.R. 1928), H2647 [27AP]

Lisak, Zdenko: relief (see H.R. 992), H797 [17FE]

Medicare: coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant without regard to when the transplant was received (see H.R. 3633), H7612 [29JY]

Privacy: strengthen data protection and safeguards, require data breach notification, and further prevent identity theft (see H.R. 3374), H6326 [21JY]

Tariff: exclude certain wire rods from any anti-dumping or countervailing duty order (see H.R. 1407), H1693 [17MR]

Taxation: allow deduction for purchase and installation of qualifying electronic premise security systems (see H.R. 3632), H7612 [29JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H945 [3MR], H7747 [8SE]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H5388, H5396 [29JN]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (H. Con. Res. 41), H2489, H2490 [26AP]

Carson, Johnny: tribute (H. Res. 40), H220 [26JA]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H107 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H107 [6JA]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), H9296 [27OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3387, H3388 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: Homeless Assistance Grants funding through reductions in Amtrak funding, H5409 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: make emergency airport improvement project grants-in-aid for repairs and costs related to damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 1786), H8655 [6OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5388, H5396, H5409, H5415 [29JN]

Ed Eilert Post Office Building, Overland Park, KS: designate (H.R. 1524), H2492 [26AP]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), H2621 [27AP]

Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office, Sparks, NV: designate (H.R. 1236), H2491 [26AP]

Point of order, H5415 [29JN]

SBA: 7(a) guaranteed loan program funding, H4450 [14JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4450 [14JN]

Transportation: trucking industry, intercity bus, and railroad security grants funding, H3387, H3388 [17MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3691 [19MY], H3765 [23MY], H4983 [22JN]

Tributes

Johns, Thomas, H8391 [28SE]

Shaner, David W., E858 [3MY]

Shepard, Louis C., E800 [27AP]