COBLE, HOWARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H869 [9MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H3138 [23MY]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H4918 [29JN]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4328 [20JN]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1563 [5AP]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

Cheek, Joey: honor Olympic team member and recognize need to work with international partners to help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in Darfur region of Sudan and the suffering of children in Chad (see H. Con. Res. 397), H1980 [2MY]

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), H333 [15FE]

Computers: better assure cyber-security (see H.R. 5318), H2338 [9MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1678 [6AP]

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 5055), H1389 [30MR]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H3016 [22MY]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H2962 [19MY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2174 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H972 [14MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H1853 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs (see H.R. 4264), H3309 (see H.R. 4264), H3361 [25MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: clarify congressional intent on Federal preemption relative to energy conservation for consumer products (see H.R. 5478), H4521 [22JN]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H26 [31JA]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H3724 [9JN]

Foreign trade: require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (see H.R. 4405), H26 [31JA]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1000), H4520 [22JN]

Intellectual property: protect globally (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2503 [10MY]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H1918 [27AP]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]

Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (see H.R. 4688), H153 [1FE]

Mecham, Leonidas R.: tribute (see H. Res. 724), H973 [14MR]

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H1917 [27AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1390 [30MR]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 800), H3643 [8JN]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H3497 [7JN]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1060 [15MR]

Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3643 [8JN]

Power resources: require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

———self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H2102 [3MY]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H274 [14FE]

———clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H155 [1FE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H2174 [4MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2962 [19MY]

Technology: require certain analog conversion devices to preserve digital content security measures (see H.R. 4569), H1060 [15MR]

Venezuela: actively support strategies for ensuring secure airport facilities that meet international certifications to prevent trafficking of controlled substances, narcotics, and laundered money (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2585 [11MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2102 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H1561 [5AP]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: anniversary of Federal charter (see H. Con. Res. 367), H1320 [29MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4524 [26JN]

Remarks

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute, H4223 [20JN]

———tribute (H. Res. 881), H4784 [28JN]

Cheek, Joey: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E154 [14FE]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H585 [7MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 103), H4525 [26JN]

Iraq: proposal to grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, H4100 [15JN]

Jamestown, NC: tribute to Ragsdale High School girls' tennis team, E1138 [13JN]

———tribute to Ragsdale High School girls' track and field team, E1138 [13JN]

Southern Pines, NC: tribute to O'Neal School girls' soccer team, E1137 [13JN]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4097, H4100 [15JN]

Thomasville, NC: tribute to Ledford High School boys' golf team, E1140 [13JN]

Tributes

Daughtry, Chris, E987 [26MY]

Milne, William J., E1367 [11JY]

Williams, Megan, E1140 [13JN]