LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

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]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H12051 [16DE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11328 [8DE]

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), H4985 [22JN]

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]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H12050 [16DE]

Choctaw Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4299), H12051 [16DE]

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1417 [14MR]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4723 [17JN]

———eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2646), H4803 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, OK (see H.R. 1324), H1508 [15MR]

Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4054), H9556 [2NO]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H7673 [6SE]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H10039 [8NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H2739 [28AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

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), H2738 [28AP]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

FEMA: require reimbursement of any amounts borrowed for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4453), H11219 [7DE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1510 [15MR]

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), H2880 [3MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H2739 [28AP]

Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building, Vinita, OK: designate (see H.R. 1082), H1265 [9MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H4656 [16JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7743 [7SE]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H9277 [26OC]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4655 [16JN]

Jack C. Montgomery Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Muskogee, OK: designate (see H.R. 3829), H8644 [29SE]

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

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H3056 [5MY]

Medicare: preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H11036 [18NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2880 [3MY]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H1778 [5AP]

Oklahoma (U.S.S.): establish a memorial as part of the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, HI (see H.R. 2652), H4723 [17JN]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H4187 [7JN]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7566 [28JY]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 430), H235 [26JA]

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

Social Security: express concern relative to pending bankruptcy and call for reform (see H. Res. 168), H1695 [17MR]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [12AP]

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

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), H3262 [12MY]

———exclude certain truck tractors from Federal excise tax imposed on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail (see H.R. 1049), H3894 [24MY]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H798 [17FE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H1372 [10MR]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 597), H524 [9FE]

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

———provide incentives for investing in companies involved in space-related activities (see H.R. 1024), H846 [1MR]

———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 454), H283 [1FE]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H9695 [4NO]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: update feasibility and suitability study and include new trail segments (see H.R. 3085), H5361 [28JN]

Trails: designate the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail historic cattle-drive trails for study and for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 2964), H4721 [17JN]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 1930), H2647 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8732 [6OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (see H.R. 3849), H8247 [21SE]

Remarks

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (S. 643), H4361, H4362 [13JN]

China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E365 [3MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4473), H11559 [14DE]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (H. Res. 184), H2163 [20AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3552 [18MY]