CULBERSON, JOHN ABNEY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3367 [6JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3498 [7JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4731 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

Richard E. Smalley (1943-2005), W. Wade Adams and Ray H. Baughman, Science (publication), E1120 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 5470), H3226 [24MY]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3227 [24MY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]

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

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1197 [28MR]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 3907), H1130 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow border States to use a portion of certain grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal crossings (see H.R. 5484), H3643 [8JN]

———support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1853 [26AP]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H1742 [25AP]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3226 [24MY]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H791 [8MR]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]

House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H389 [16FE]

———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]

———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H25 [31JA]

Immigration: reform litigation procedures (see H.R. 5541), H3496 [7JN]

———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

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

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2503 [10MY]

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

NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1320 [29MR]

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

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H4424 [21JN]

Political campaigns: reform financing of campaigns for election for Federal office (see H.R. 4759), H1853 [26AP]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H4795 [28JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H450 [28FE]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1917 [27AP]

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]

———repeal increase in the age of minor children whose unearned income is taxed as if parent's income (see H.R. 5463), H3425 [6JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H1130 [16MR]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H3424 [6JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H569 [6MR], H1923 [2MY]

Eulogies

Smalley, Richard E.: by Deborah S. Smalley, E1120 [12JN]

———by Malcolm Gillis, E1121 [12JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H569 [6MR]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H3830 [13JN]

China, Republic of: oppose People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E419 [28MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a moratorium on new immigration applications until the backlog of existing applications have been processed, H3367 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3367 [6JN]

Dept. of Justice: Law Enforcement Tribute Act Program funding, H4756 [28JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3830 [13JN]

Education: restore State sovereignty over public elementary and secondary education (H.R. 3499), H2159, H2160 [4MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3687 [9JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H4731, H4732, H4733 [28JN]

Mexico: economic assistance funding, H3687 [9JN]

NASA: prohibit funding for a manned space mission to Mars, H4727 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4727, H4731, H4732, H4733, H4756, H4758 [28JN]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, H4758 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H970 [14MR], H1450 [4AP]

Special order: granted, H2171 [4MY]

Tributes

DeLay, Representative, E1107 [9JN]

Reagan, Curtis D. (Dan), E197 [17FE]

Smalley, Richard E., E1120 [12JN]