McKEON, HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' (a Representative from California)

Appointments

National Council on the Arts, H5355 [28JN]

Robert T. Matsui funeral attendees, H129 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H9962 [7NO]

———support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 36), H285 [1FE]

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), H4486 [14JN]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H2879 [3MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H983 [3MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H11035 [18NO]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H8388 [27SE]

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), H8986 [19OC]

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

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H1372 [10MR]

Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H3330 [16MY]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico (see H.R. 3900), H8386 [27SE]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H412 [8FE]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 120), H286 [1FE]

Dept. of Education: extend waiver authority relative to student financial assistance during war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 2132), H3052 [5MY]

———permit waiver of consecutive service requirements of loan forgiveness program for teachers whose employment is interrupted by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3788), H8087 [15SE]

———provide authority to waive reallocation rules in Campus-Based Aid programs and extend reallocation deadline for institutions of higher education affected by a natural disaster (see H.R. 3863), H8340 [22SE]

———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]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H412 [8FE]

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), H9554 [2NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4722 [17JN]

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

Education: improve college access and opportunity by reforming Pell Grants and student loan programs (see H.R. 507), H347 [2FE]

———provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars (see H.R. 511), H347 [2FE]

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), H8388 [27SE]

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

Financial institutions: 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), H286 [1FE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2550 [26AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8163 [20SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2123), H3052 [5MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 609), H409 [8FE]

———enhance international education programs (see H.R. 509), H347 [2FE]

———ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 510), H347 [2FE]

———extend programs (see H.R. 3784), H8087 [15SE] (see H.R. 4525), H11652 [14DE]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H7565 [28JY]

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]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H11109 [6DE]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H9641 [3NO]

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

Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 3667), H7862 [13SE]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 1073, 1074), H1372 [10MR]

———provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 1075), H1372 [10MR]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2151 [19AP]

Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (see H.R. 4053), H8809 [7OC]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 438), H2550 [26AP]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H3331 [16MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 3613), H7561 [28JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H791 [17FE]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H3436 [17MY]

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]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 740), H581 [10FE]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 739), H581 [10FE]

———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (see H.R. 741), H581 [10FE]

OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 742), H581 [10FE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (see H.R. 2830), H4354 [9JN]

Political campaigns: terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H8919 [18OC]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2550 [26AP]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H9362 [27OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 504), H1896 [12AP]

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), H6380 [22JY]

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (see H.R. 787), H1969 [13AP]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8343 [22SE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7673 [6SE]

Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 289), H287 [1FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H5914 [14JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Taxation: allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H9276 [26OC]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H2738 [28AP]

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

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H4656 [16JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H8388 [27SE]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H3894 [24MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H2150 [19AP]

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H8513 [28SE]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H11035 [18NO]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H2472 [21AP]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see H.R. 366), H233 [26JA]

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

———provide special rules for disaster relief employment for individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3761), H7947 [14SE]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

———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), H1026 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: discourage frivolous, vexatious, or objectively baseless lawsuits (see H.R. 773), H583 [10FE]

Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 508), H347 [2FE]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 853), H718 [16FE]

Moncayo-Gigax, Ana Maria: relief (see H.R. 1211), H1264 [9MR]

Native Americans: hold certain lands in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe (see H.R. 854), H718 [16FE]

Santa Clarita, CA: remediate groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates (see H.R. 3053), H5100 [23JN]

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

Tariff: mechanics' gloves (see H.R. 1115), H983 [3MR]

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]

Proclamations

Tribute to Capitol PurSuit Drive: by, E2002 [29SE]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3919 [25MY]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (H.R. 3668), E1824 [13SE]

———provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants and are adversely affected by a natural disaster (H.R. 3169), E1824 [13SE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), E2185 [27OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8286 [22SE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), E1200 [9JN]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (H.R. 853), H11443 [13DE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11755 [15DE]

University of California, Los Angeles: tribute to the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, E2572 [17DE]

Workforce Investment Act: allow unemployed workers to use Personal Reemployment Account funds to cover borrower guarantee costs of certain SBA loans, H905 [2MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H869, H905 [2MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5251 [27JN]

Tributes

Clegg, Kerry, E2029 [6OC]

Gladbach, E.G. (Jerry), E2388 [17NO]