EHLERS, VERNON J. (a Representative from Michigan)

Articles and editorials

Close the 527 Loophole—Congress Should Beach the Swift Boats and George Soros, Too, Washington (DC) Post, H1526 [5AP]

Soft Money Boomerang, New York (NY) Times, H1525 [5AP]

Soros's Deep Pockets vs. Bush; Financier Contributes $5 Million More in Effort To Oust President, Laura Blumenfeld, Washington (DC) Post, H1526 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 698), H566 [2MR]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1391 [30MR]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 350), H565 [2MR]

Colleges and universities: authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies (see H.R. 5644), H4327 [20JN]

Congressional Teacher Award Task Force: establish (see H.R. 5140), H2962 [19MY]

Conservation of energy: establish a program of demonstration and commercial application of advanced energy efficiency technologies and systems for buildings (see H.R. 5633), H4189 [16JN]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H2962 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a photovoltaic demonstration program (see H.R. 5594), H3907 [13JN]

———establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H4220 [19JN]

———establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 5143), H1678 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3425 [6JN]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 1290), H333 [15FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H3138 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: impose moratorium on approval of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (see H.R. 4677), H24 [31JA]

———make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]

Education: authorize programs relative to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science (see H.R. 5358), H2584 [11MY]

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

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 5280), H3138 [23MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2641 [16MY]

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

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1388 [30MR]

Foreign aid: require recipients of U.S. foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks (see H.R. 5249), H4555 [26JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4975), H1128 [16MR]

Great Lakes: implement recommendations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (see H.R. 4953), H1131 [16MR]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H4189 [16JN]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 5171), H1741 [25AP]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H2102 [3MY]

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]

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

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1197 [28MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H973 [14MR]

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

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H509 [1MR]

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

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

Math and Science Teaching Corps: establish (see H.R. 4705), H3788 [12JN]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H1453 [4AP]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 5400), H3425 [6JN]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H1563 [5AP]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H1742 [25AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1917 [27AP]

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]

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

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H1197 [28MR]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H1917 [27AP]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H3643 [8JN]

OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H451 [28FE]

Power resources: authorize energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 5656), H4423 [21JN]

———authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities for advanced energy technologies (see H.R. 5634), H4189 [16JN]

———improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 4384), H3424 [6JN]

———reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies (see H.R. 5538), H3643 [8JN]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

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

Research: authorize the NSF and certain Dept. of Energy programs to provide grants to early career researchers to conduct high-risk, high-return research in areas relevant to industry (see H.R. 5357), H2584 [11MY]

———authorize the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science to provide grants to early career researchers to establish innovative research programs and integrate education and research (see H.R. 5356), H2584 [11MY]

Ships and vessels: require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4771), H387 [16FE]

Tariff: DEPCT (see H.R. 3228), H3309 (see H.R. 3228), H3361 [25MY]

Taxation: allow a business tax credit for contributions to education scholarship organizations (see H.R. 4834), H1131 [16MR]

———allow a credit to qualified small employers who create new jobs (see H.R. 5146), H4134 [15JN]

———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), H1680 [6AP]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H3308 (see H.R. 1518), H3361 [25MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H155 [1FE]

———extend deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and expand such deduction for certain science, technology, engineering, and math professionals who become certified teachers (see H.R. 4622), H3724 [9JN]

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

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

———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H1321 [29MR]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H389 [16FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H225 [8FE]

Veterans: provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H4220 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 5442), H3015 [22MY]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H1562 [5AP]

NOAA: reorganize (see H.R. 5450), H3016 [22MY]

Letters

527 Reform Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H1527 [5AP]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on House Administration (House), H1527 [5AP]

———several political organizations, H1526 [5AP]

Reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children: by, Committee on House Administration (House), H4533 [26JN]

Remarks

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H. Con. Res. 427), H4926 [10JY]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 350), H890, H891 [14MR]

Dept. of Education: establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education, H1267 [29MR]

———increase number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement courses and establish adjunct teaching corps in math, science, and critical foreign languages, H1271 [29MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2797 [18MY]

Economy: growth, H4398 [21JN]

Education: support Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs (H. Con. Res. 421), H3448 [7JN]

———tribute to U.S. Physics Olympiad Team, E965 [26MY]

Frost, Phillip: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 81), H1401 [4AP]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2021, H2041 [3MY]

Great Lakes Legacy Act: funding, H2797 [18MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1215, H1267, H1271 [29MR]

House of Representatives: tribute to Office of the Chief Adminstrative Officer Achieving CAO Excellence (ACE) Award recipients, E83 [8FE]

Kentwood, MI: tribute to East Kentwood High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E921 [22MY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for physics and Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for chemistry (H. Res. 541), H1533, H1534, H1535 [5AP]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5293), H4334, H4356 [21JN]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1514, H1518, H1525 [5AP]

———extend the prohibition on converting campaign dollars for personal use currently applicable to campaign committees to leadership political action committees, H2041 [3MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4634 [27JN]

Senate: authorize printing and binding of a supplement to, and revised edition of, Senate Procedure (S.J. Res. 40), H5010 [11JY]

Spoon, Alan G.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 82), H1402 [4AP]

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), consideration (H. Res. 868), H4018 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H4199 [19JN], E967 [26MY]

Reports filed

Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 4975) (H. Rept. 109-439), H1740 [25AP]

Online Freedom of Speech Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1606) (H. Rept. 109-389), H874 [13MR]

Tributes

Allen, William, E986 [26MY]

Brown, Helga, E89 [8FE]

Chen, Rosa, E135 [14FE]

Conkling, Juanita, E264 [2MR]

Cook, Charles C., Sr., E129 [14FE]

Denick, Gary, E93 [8FE]

DeVos, Richard M., Sr., E243 [1MR]

Hornak, Dan, E86 [8FE]

Jones, Estelle, E776 [10MY]

Murphy, James S., E774 [10MY]

Peters, Marybeth, E131 [14FE]

Vans, Gerasimos C., E463 [30MR]

Weeks, George, E111 [8FE]