McMORRIS, CATHY (a Representative from Washington)

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), H413 [8FE]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H4074 [25MY]

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), H5964 [18JY]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 3765), H7948 [14SE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H2646 [27AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H798 [17FE]

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

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), H7820 [12SE]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H4723 [17JN]

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

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dept. of Education: establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students (see H.R. 4097), H9042 [20OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 4228), H9641 [3NO]

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]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H11880 [15DE]

Drugs: provide an increased penalty for endangering a child while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance (see H.R. 1616), H1969 [13AP]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8341 [22SE]

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), H942 [2MR]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8102 [19SE]

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), H4722 [17JN]

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]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4356 [9JN]

———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), H3262 [12MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1622 [16MR]

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

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), H6936 [27JY]

———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), H3436 [17MY]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see H.R. 383), H233 [26JA]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H4074 [25MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2472 [21AP]

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

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6107 [19JY]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H6205 [20JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H8734 [6OC]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H1895 [12AP]

Native Americans: tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 189), H5100 [23JN]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5916 [14JY]

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), H11504 [13DE]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11505 [13DE]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H2150 [19AP]

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]

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: extend authority for drought assistance (see H.R. 2925), H8248 [21SE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H8809 [7OC]

Seattle Storm (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 52), H236 [26JA]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H348 [2FE]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 4150), H9275 [26OC]

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

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 53), H236 [26JA]

Taxation: 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), H3262 [12MY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8648 [3OC]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H3199 [11MY]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4723 [17JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1511), H2648 [27AP]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H12289 [18DE]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———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), H2393 [20AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H3695 [19MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5435 (see H.R. 1898), H5480 [29JN]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see H.R. 1772), H4486 [14JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H9362 [27OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H7564 [28JY]

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), H8810 [7OC]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4121), H9426 [28OC]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7564 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colville National Forest: convey a small parcel of Federal land (see H.R. 1138), H988 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: extend authorization to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the U.S. to Eastern Washington University (see H.R. 2100), H2977 [4MY]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to address shortages in rural areas (see H.R. 1654), H2101 [14AP]

Medicaid: provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H10226 [15NO]

Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 1797), H2471 [21AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3265 [16MY], H4805 [21JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5965 [19JY]

Remarks

Dept. of HHS: rural health care and dentistry programs funding, H5055 [23JN], H11547 [14DE]

Dept. of the Interior: extend authorization to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the U.S. to Eastern Washington University (H.R. 2100), E874 [4MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5055 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H11547 [14DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1939 [13AP]

FarmHouse Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (H. Res. 207), H4808, H4809 [21JN]

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 (H.R. 5), H6989 [28JY]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11993 [16DE]

Kobes, Gerrit: Army Silver Star award recipient, E535 [5AP]

Memorial Day: observance, E1220 [14JN]

Native Americans: settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (H.R. 1797), H6398, H6399 [25JY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9583 [3NO]

Votes: position on missed, H6137 [20JY], H8263 [22SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9638 [3NO], H9693 [4NO]

Tributes

Anderson, Michael P., E1219 [14JN]

Prather, Clint J., E714 [21AP]