PICKERING, CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3339 [25MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4603 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H868 [9MR]

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

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1744 [25AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1197 [28MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4917 [29JN]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 239), H3723 [9JN]

Commission on Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance: establish (see H.R. 5587), H4555 [26JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H3909 [13JN]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2706 (see H.R. 5013), H2758 [17MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 4927), H4680 [27JN]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H5047 [11JY]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4328 [20JN]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H1453 [4AP]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4680 [27JN]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]

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), H4917 [29JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H4917 [29JN]

Foreign policy: establish an international education policy to foster understanding among nations, promote a terror-free world, further U.S. foreign policy and national security, and enhance U.S. world leadership (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1453 [4AP]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4554 [26JN]

Health: improve access to oral health services and prevent oral health diseases (see H. Res. 722), H1391 [30MR]

———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), H4958 [10JY]

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]

Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H4521 [22JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: enhance educational services for persons with autism spectrum disorders and expand loan forgiveness for teachers of autistic children (see H.R. 4059), H5128 [12JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H2641 [16MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H2585 [11MY]

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

Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H225 [8FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H3308 (see H.R. 910), H3361 [25MY]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1744 [25AP]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]

———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), H2175 [4MY]

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

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H4328 [20JN]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1197 [28MR]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 681), H510 [1MR]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H973 [14MR]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H3497 [7JN]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H874 [13MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

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), H2961 [19MY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]

Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3643 [8JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H390 [16FE]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1059 [15MR]

Taxation: allow a business tax credit for contributions to education scholarship organizations (see H.R. 4834), H508 [1MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H4009 [14JN]

———encourage investment in affordable housing (see H.R. 4873), H869 [9MR]

———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H3309 (see H.R. 5453), H3362 [25MY]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H4328 [20JN]

———promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale (see H.R. 5653), H4796 [28JN]

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H1390 [30MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H1921 [1MY]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]

Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3225 [24MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H5128 [12JY]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H225 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: clarify preference for local firms in the award of certain contracts for disaster relief activities (see H.R. 4979), H1128 [16MR]

Medicare: provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 4824), H508 [1MR]

Obituaries

Kent (Doc) Sills, Starkville (MS) Daily News, E787 [10MY]

Remarks

ALS Awareness Month: observance, E915 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), motion to recommit, H2550 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3339 [25MY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: clarify preference for local firms in the award of certain contracts for disaster relief activities, H3339 [25MY]

———clarify preference for local firms in the award of certain contracts for disaster relief activities (H.R. 4979), H1156 [28MR]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (H.R. 4033), E915 [19MY]

Insurance: allow all flood insurance coverage to become effective immediately upon purchase or transfer of real property, H4603 [27JN]

Medicare: provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (H.R. 4824), E240 [1MR]

National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4603 [27JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3471 [7JN]

Telecommunications: prevent companies from deleting certain areas out of existing franchises, H3558 [8JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3558 [8JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1118 [16MR]

World War II: tribute to Naval airmen killed during Kiska Blitz, E1151 [14JN]

Tributes

Brackeen, Denver, E1153 [14JN]

Crudup, James W., E785 [10MY]

Henderson, Janet, E784 [10MY]

Huggins, Robert G. (Bunky), E800 [11MY]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny), H2550 [11MY]

Sills, Kent (Doc), E787 [10MY]

Teel, Cerese, E210 [28FE]

Torgerson, Stan, E1322 [29JN]

Young, Charles L., Sr., E915 [19MY]