ROGERS, HAROLD (a Representative from Kentucky)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3338 [25MY], H3375 [6JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

Happy Birthday Lou Handy, Brian C. House, London (KY) Sentinel-Echo, E1301 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H645 [7MR]

American Council of Young Political Leaders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4008 [14JN]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

———require the phased recovery of overpayments made to members and delay the start of overpayment recovery from members who are wounded, injured, or incur illness in a combat operation or zone (see H.R. 4730), H1743 [25AP]

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund: resolve structural indebtedness (see H.R. 3915), H1981 [2MY]

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

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

Coal: facilitate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax imposed on coal exported from the U.S. (see H.R. 5097), H1561 [5AP]

Courts: limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H3308 (see H.R. 1229), H3361 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2584 [11MY]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H972 [14MR]

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), H5047 [11JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H868 [9MR]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H4134 [15JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3724 [9JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3138 [23MY]

FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 4931), H867 [9MR]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1453 [4AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H5128 [12JY]

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

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 5053), H2339 [9MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: prohibit importation from the People's Republic of China until tariffs imposed on U.S. vehicles imported into China are equal to duties applied to Chinese vehicles (see H.R. 4808), H2962 [19MY]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1454 [4AP]

Taxation: 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), H3226 [24MY]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property and rural housing (see H.R. 4854), H3016 [22MY]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 5660), H4681 [27JN]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H646 [7MR]

———promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale (see H.R. 5653), H4681 [27JN]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H274 [14FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 4560), H2833 (see H.R. 4560), H2890 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 5441), H3015 [22MY]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3384 [6JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H994, H1034, H1035 [15MR], H1077, H1079, H1080, H1083, H1107 [16MR]

———require hurricane relief and recovery funding be considered in separate legislation from supplemental defense appropriations, H1080 [16MR]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): include as recipient of report on unmanned aerial vehicle mishap, H3324 [25MY]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4724 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program funding, H3291 [25MY]

———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program funding through reduction in limousine and shuttle services funding, H3374 [6JN]

———cargo container security initiatives funding, H1077, H1079 [16MR]

———Citizen Corps funding, H3295 [25MY]

———conduct security reviews of U.S. trade agreements with Peru and Colombia, H3293 [25MY]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., H3288, H3294 [25MY]

———Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, H3288 [25MY]

———Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitors funding, H3332 [25MY]

———Domestic Nuclear Detection Office funding, H3296 [25MY]

———Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding, H3312 [25MY]

———High Density Urban Area Program funding, H3326 [25MY]

———Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center funding through reductions in the Office of the Sec., H3297 [25MY]

———improve Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, H3289 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3269, H3285, H3286, H3289, H3291, H3292, H3293, H3294, H3295, H3296, H3297, H3299, H3312, H3313, H3318, H3319, H3320, H3321, H3322, H3324, H3326, H3331, H3332, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339 [25MY], H3374, H3375, H3383 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), amendment process, H3329 [25MY]

———Metropolitan Medical Response System funding through reductions in the MAX HR performance management program funding, H3312 [25MY]

———mirror data center funding, H3318 [25MY]

———Office of Inspector General funding, H3319 [25MY]

———rescind extension of temporary protective status to certain Central American nationals, H3337 [25MY]

———Shadow Wolves border patrol program funding, H3322 [25MY]

———Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program allocation for New York, NY, H3375 [6JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H1035 [15MR]

———Community Development Block Grant Program funding through reduction in FEMA funding, H1034 [15MR]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), H3455 [7JN]

FEMA: global warming impact study funding, H3292 [25MY]

———make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, H1083 [16MR]

———National Response Plan upgrade funding, H3375 [6JN]

———prohibit funding to terminate housing assistance programs, H3337 [25MY]

———prohibit use of funds to terminate hotel and motel emergency sheltering program, H1107 [16MR]

Immigration: electronic employment verification system funding, H3320 [25MY]

———State and local law enforcement training funding, H3321 [25MY]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H3289 [25MY]

Point of order, H3297, H3301, H3319, H3323, H3325, H3339 [25MY], H3368, H3372, H3383 [6JN]

Prestonburg, KY: tribute to SSA office, E625 [26AP]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H3299 [25MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4724 [28JN]

Secret Service: funding, H3375 [6JN]

Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment, H3332 [25MY]

Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association: prohibit funding, H4724 [28JN]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding to hire nonscreening personnel other than aviation security inspectors, H3336 [25MY]

West, Allen and Emily: tribute to birth of child, E1294 [27JN]

Reports filed

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5441) (H. Rept. 109-476), H3015 [22MY]

Tables

Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3271-H3284 [25MY]

Tributes

Connor, Tara E., E1060 [8JN]

Handy, Lou, E1301 [28JN]

Mrdeza, Michelle, H3285 [25MY]

Sabo, Representative, H3270 [25MY]

Shumate, Wayne, E50 [1FE]