BACHUS, SPENCER (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H2163 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1917 [27AP]

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

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

Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H1854 [26AP]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H2833 (see H.R. 4341), H2890 [18MY]

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), H646 [7MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2641 [16MY]

Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H4795 [28JN]

Credit: provide clarification relating to credit monitoring services (see H.R. 5445), H3016 [22MY]

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

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H3497 [7JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (see H.R. 5575), H3723 [9JN]

———reopen filing of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 4398), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H225 [8FE]

———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a photovoltaic demonstration program (see H.R. 5594), 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), H3643 [8JN]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H274 [14FE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H160 [7FE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H2962 [19MY]

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

———provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals whose arrears in child support payments have reached a certain level (see H.R. 4956), H972 [14MR]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]

———prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H225 [8FE]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H26 [31JA]

———provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H2102 [3MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2658), H274 [14FE]

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

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]

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), H3909 [13JN]

———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]

Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H1854 [26AP]

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H389 [16FE]

Haiti: urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (see H. Res. 888), H4520 [22JN]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H451 [28FE]

House Rules: 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]

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), H3138 [23MY]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H26 [31JA]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: restrict off-reservation gaming (see H.R. 4893), H3309 (see H.R. 4893), H3361 [25MY]

Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H2339 [9MY]

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

Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3138 [23MY]

———independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]

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

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H2962 [19MY]

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

———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), H2706 (see H.R. 5182), H2758 [17MY]

———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), H1681 [6AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H2706 (see H.R. 2231), H2758 [17MY]

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]

———establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H644 [7MR]

———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]

———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), H1391 [30MR]

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), H3724 [9JN]

Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1453 [4AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H451 [28FE]

———terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H1130 [16MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: conform certain filing provisions (see H.R. 5120), H4521 [22JN]

Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H4134 [15JN]

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

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1681 [6AP]

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

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H4555 [26JN]

Supreme Court: decision on allowing military recruiting on campuses of colleges that receive Federal funding (see H. Con. Res. 354), H790 [8MR]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H1563 [5AP]

Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 5177), H3724 [9JN]

———allow use of flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements in combination with health savings accounts (see H.R. 4511), H155 [1FE]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1851 [26AP]

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

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3715), H5047 [11JY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H155 [1FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H25 [31JA]

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

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H155 [1FE]

Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2833 (see H.R. 5333), H2891 [18MY]

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

Women: provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 2727), H155 [1FE]

———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), H868 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: expand boundaries (see H.R. 4947), H972 [14MR]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

Remarks

Birmingham, AL: tribute to Vestavia Hills High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1170 [16JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H55, H59 [1FE]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4986 [11JY]

Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3172 [24MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3172 [24MY]

FCC: preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3562 [8JN]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 3505), H721 [8MR]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system, H55, H59 [1FE]

Foreign policy: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, the U.S. contribution to the first replenishment of the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund (H.R. 4916), H1699 [25AP]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (H.R. 5341), H4576, H4577, H4578, H4581, H4582 [27JN]

National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing and condemn disclosure and publication of classified information on this crucial method by which terrorists are traced (H. Res. 895), H4878 [29JN]

New York (NY) Times: publication of story detailing classified program to track terrorist financing, H4878 [29JN]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3562 [8JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1363 [30MR], E1132 [13JN], E1198 [19JN]

Studies

Disordered Gambling Among University-Based Medical and Dental Patients—A Focus on Internet Gambling: George T. Ladd and Nancy M. Petry, University of Connecticut, H4987-H4989 [11JY]

Testimonies

Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act: William J. Fox, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, H4581 [27JN]

Tributes

Crooks, Tommy, E1128 [13JN]