ROSS, MIKE (a Representative from Arkansas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1060 [15MR]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H155 [1FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H333 [15FE]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1603), H1390 [30MR]

———modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4795 [28JN]

Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H1391 [30MR]

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), H2102 [3MY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 901), H5047 [11JY]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H23 [31JA] (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

———provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (see H.R. 5542), H4680 [27JN]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H1197 [28MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H3424 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H4009 [14JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1390 [30MR]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H4009 [14JN]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H1060 [15MR]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H1917 [27AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4009 [14JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H1390 [30MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4424 [21JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H4917 [29JN]

———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H868 [9MR]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1563 [5AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H26 [31JA]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H4220 [19JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3909 [13JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H451 [28FE]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4521 [22JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H4424 [21JN]

FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 4982), H2175 [4MY]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H4220 [19JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H565 [2MR]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H2503 [10MY]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H3909 [13JN]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H2706 (see H.R. 5121), H2758 [17MY]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H2102 [3MY]

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

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H3909 [13JN]

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

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

———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), H1741 [25AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 4660), H23 [31JA]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H1917 [27AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H566 [2MR]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H4796 [28JN]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H5047 [11JY]

National security: improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H449 [28FE]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

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

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 1955), H1921 [1MY]

Ouachita National Forest: adjust boundaries in Oklahoma and Arkansas (see H.R. 5690), H4679 [27JN]

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), H226 [8FE]

Petroleum: lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (see H. Res. 299), H1744 [25AP]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2597 [15MY]

———provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 3059), H26 [31JA]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 4127), H1681 [6AP]

Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H1391 [30MR]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (see H.R. 5365), H2962 [19MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H155 [1FE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 4672), H509 [1MR]

———allow the amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles that are acquired from a small business (see H.R. 4960), H4189 [16JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1255), H25 [31JA]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H1743 [25AP]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1130 [16MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H2586 [11MY]

———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), H1059 [15MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H450 [28FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2076), H1742 [25AP]

———reduce incidence of suicide (see H.R. 5771), H5127 [12JY]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H509 [1MR]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H225 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FEMA: provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (see H.R. 4874), H565 [2MR]

Medicare: provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for covered drugs (see H.R. 4928), H867 [9MR]

Letters

Designation of President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System: Mack McLarty, H655 [8MR]

———Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, H655 [8MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (H.R. 3702), H3894 [13JN]

Amateur Radio Relay League: tribute, E105 [8FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H616, H618 [7MR], H2333 [9MY]

———balance, H5021 [11JY]

———deficit, H432, H433, H434, H435, H436, H437, H438 [28FE], H1172, H1174, H1175, H1176, H1177 [28MR], H1429, H1430, H1431, H1432, H1433, H1434, H1435 [4AP], H1725, H1726, H1727, H1728, H1729 [25AP], H2330, H2332, H2333 [9MY], H3417 [6JN], H4674 [27JN], H4899, H4905 [29JN], H5017, H5020, H5023 [11JY]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H963, H965, H966, H967, H969 [14MR], H3417 [6JN], H5021, H5022, H5023 [11JY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H436 [28FE], H1429 [4AP], H4901 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1429, H1430, H1431, H1432, H1433, H1434, H1435 [4AP]

Crime: provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (H.R. 5542), H4676 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4192), H654 [8MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: release of Government financial report relative to calculation of budget deficits and national debt, H612, H613, H614, H615, H616, H617, H618 [7MR], H4901 [29JN]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H2330, H2332, H2333, H2334, H2335 [9MY]

Education: funding, H1433 [4AP]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (H.R. 5315), H4905 [29JN]

FEMA: promote accountability and prevent fraud relative to reconstruction efforts in the Gulf Coast Region, H1175 [28MR]

———provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains, H615 [7MR], H1728 [25AP], H4902 [29JN]

———provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (H.R. 4874), H963, H966 [14MR]

Foreign trade: impose limits on U.S. foreign debt, H617 [7MR]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, H1723 [25AP]

Government: improve congressional oversight of programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H4322 [20JN], H4901 [29JN]

House Rules: require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (H. Res. 841), H4675 [27JN], H4902, H4904, H4905 [29JN], H5021, H5023 [11JY]

———strengthen budget process, H614 [7MR]

Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H432 [28FE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security, H2334 [9MY]

Medicare: reform the prescription drug program, H436 [28FE]

Nashville, AR: tribute to Nashville High School football team, E123 [8FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H657 [8MR]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1723, H1725 [25AP]

Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, H1723, H1725 [25AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H1727 [25AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1174 [28MR]

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), H4126 [15JN]

Todd, Charre: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E1071 [8JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3785 [12JN], H3906 [13JN], H4005 [14JN], H4132 [15JN], H4187 [16JN], H4326 [20JN]

Tributes

Cook, William J. (Billy Joe), E109 [8FE]

Early, Roosevelt, E463 [30MR]

Hyman, Carl E., E117 [8FE]

Jackson, Brisco J. (B.J.), E1070 [8JN]

Lippard, C. Richard, E1069 [8JN]

Odom, George, E466 [30MR]

Pierson, Sam, E1067 [8JN]

Purcell, Joe, E1260 [23JN]

Reynolds, Hugh C., E1065 [8JN]

Steel, George E. (Jetty), E538 [6AP]

Womack, Jacob A. (Dooley), E468 [30MR]