REYNOLDS, THOMAS M. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Ballet Theatre: tribute (see H. Res. 751), H1390 [30MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4134 [15JN]

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

Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H4424 [21JN]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H2339 [9MY]

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), H4134 [15JN]

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H3227 [24MY]

Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H274 [14FE]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Program (see H.R. 5595), H3907 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H3309 (see H.R. 4894), H3361 [25MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H3788 [12JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2174 [4MY]

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H3909 [13JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H3788 [12JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4975), H1128 [16MR]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H1562 [5AP]

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), H4917 [29JN]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]

Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H2339 [9MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H226 [8FE]

Mongolia: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 828), H3227 [24MY]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

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), H2501 [10MY]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: ensure that continuation of welfare reforms remains a priority (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4680 [27JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]

Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4918 [29JN]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4045), H2102 [3MY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H3227 [24MY]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (see H.R. 3127), H333 [15FE]

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

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

———provide a refundable credit for certain home energy costs (see H.R. 4729), H224 [8FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H1853 [26AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H4424 [21JN]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H2706 (see H.R. 3427), H2758 [17MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H155 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]

Taxation: provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]

Remarks

American Ballet Theatre: tribute (H. Res. 751), H2611 [16MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2460 [10MY]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), motion to instruct conferees, H1286 [29MR]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4716 [28JN]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H1286 [29MR]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1521, H1522 [5AP]

Rochester, NY: prohibit funding for Tooling and Machining Association workforce development program, H4716 [28JN]

———tribute to Grace Athena High School basketball team, H795 [9MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4716 [28JN]

Taxation: provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, H1286 [29MR], H2460 [10MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H1286 [29MR]

Townsend, Sharon S.: Interclub Council of Western New York Susan B. Anthony Award recipient, E75 [7FE]

Tributes

Eastlack, Karl D., H4683 [28JN]

Lepsch, William, E19 [31JA]

McElwain, Jason, E331 [9MR]

Rossetti, Mario J., E73 [7FE]

Vadala, Mike, E1330 [29JN]