KELLER, RIC (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H25 [31JA]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]

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

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

China, People's Republic of: condemn escalating levels of religious persecution (see H. Res. 608), H646 [7MR]

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), H869 [9MR]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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 Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1981 [2MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H3497 [7JN]

Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5107), H1562 [5AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H333 [15FE]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H26 [31JA]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2833 (see H.R. 5316), H2891 [18MY]

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H3497 [7JN]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4838), H1060 [15MR]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 4911), H866 [9MR]

House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3496 [7JN]

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), H160 [7FE]

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

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

Morris W. Milton Post Office, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5104), H1917 [27AP]

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 Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 660), H25 [31JA]

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

Power resources: limit Federal court jurisdiction over certain suits on the application of a price threshold in determining the volume for which suspension of royalties applies to certain offshore oil and gas leases (see H.R. 5231), H1915 [27AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

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

Taxation: establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4836), H508 [1MR]

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

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H4328 [20JN]

University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 761), H1452 [4AP]

Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr., Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5736), H4915 [29JN]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Higher Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 5603), H4008 [14JN]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 5500), H3307 (see H.R. 5500), H3359 [25MY]

National One-Stop Month: support goals (see H. Res. 808), H2338 [9MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2505 [11MY], H2600 [16MY]

Remarks

Afghanistan: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3912 [14JN]

al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab: killing of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) leader by U.S. forces in Iraq, H3500 [8JN], H4011, H4098 [15JN]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, H139 [1FE], H254 [14FE], H1064 [16MR]

———tribute to agents, H228 [14FE]

Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), H647, H678 [8MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., H139 [1FE], H254 [14FE], H1064 [16MR], H1135 [28MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 4894), H3806 [13JN]

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), H657 [8MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H4222 [20JN]

Economy: growth, H1400 [4AP]

———impact of tax cuts, H1400 [4AP]

Education: ensure students in certification programs are eligible to receive Pell grants, H1278 [29MR]

———Pell Grants and Perkins Loans funding, H1212 [29MR], H1329 [30MR]

FCC: preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3558 [8JN]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student financial aid programs are in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, H1278 [29MR]

GAO: evaluate and determine reasons for the decline in medical school graduates entering residency programs lasting more than five years, H1274 [29MR]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1203, H1212, H1274, H1278 [29MR], H1324, H1350 [30MR]

———amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 741), H1206 [29MR]

———amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 742), H1329 [30MR]

———extend programs (H.R. 4911), H880 [14MR]

———extend programs (H.R. 5603), H4338 [21JN]

———improve access to higher education through expansion of Pell grants, H477 [1MR]

Immigration: improve border security, H1748 [26AP]

———prevent commercial alien smuggling, H1874 [27AP]

———provide for true enforcement and border security, H3147 [24MY]

———reform, H139 [1FE], H2506 [11MY]

———reform (S. 2454), H1705 [25AP]

———reform (S. 2611), H4332 [21JN]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification, H139 [1FE], H254 [14FE], H1064 [16MR]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security, H254 [14FE], H2600 [16MY]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H336 [16FE], H457 [1MR], H878 [14MR], H1064 [16MR]

Iraq: report on congressional delegation trip, H3431 [7JN]

Jordan, I. King: tribute (H. Res. 680), H1145, H1146 [28MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, H678 [8MR]

Mexico: decriminalization of possession of small quantities of certain drugs, H1925 [2MY], H1984 [3MY], H2106 [4MY]

———immigration policy, H2342 [10MY], H2646 [17MY]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (H. Res. 677), H397, H398 [28FE]

National security: proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H793 [9MR]

Ocala National Forest: proposal to sell forest lands, H1170 [28MR], H1425 [4AP], H5050 [12JY]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5293), H4353 [21JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4837 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4810 [29JN]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (H. Con. Res. 355), H1415, H1416, H1417 [4AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H2185 [9MY]

Taxation: expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (H.R. 1518), H3019 [23MY]

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

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), H4098 [15JN]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (H. Res. 668), H400, H403 [28FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H576 [7MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H506 [1MR], H1193 [28MR], H1450 [4AP]

Tributes

Davis, Tom, H3019 [23MY]