GOHMERT, LOUIE (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2529 [11MY]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2036 [3MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1336 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5363), H3497 [7JN]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H791 [8MR]

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4924), H1321 [29MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]

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

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2503 [10MY]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (see H.R. 5405), H4958 [10JY]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see H.R. 5014), H2641 [16MY]

———jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1853 [26AP]

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

———make restitution mandatory for Federal crimes and simplify and streamline restitution procedures (see H.R. 5673), H4520 [22JN]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4009 [14JN]

Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H1853 [26AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3909 [13JN]

FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]

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

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4009 [14JN]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H791 [8MR]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]

House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H389 [16FE]

———prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]

———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H5129 [12JY]

———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]

Hugo, Chavez: condemn anti-democratic actions and support aspirations of the democratic forces in Venezuela (see H. Con. Res. 328), H1854 [26AP]

Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H4796 [28JN]

Immigration: reform litigation procedures (see H.R. 5541), H3496 [7JN]

———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3909 [13JN]

Intellectual property: protect globally (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2339 [9MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H450 [28FE]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H3909 [13JN]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H5047 [11JY]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

———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]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H973 [14MR]

National security: 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), H1197 [28MR]

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), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H869 [9MR]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1682 [6AP]

Political campaigns: terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H4917 [29JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: grant power to reduce budget authority (see H.R. 4889), H791 [8MR]

Public Health Service Act: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see H.R. 5009), H1321 [29MR]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H450 [28FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H450 [28FE]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H4328 [20JN]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H4328 [20JN]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H4520 [22JN]

———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]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H4328 [20JN]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H451 [28FE]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4424 [21JN]

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

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4328 [20JN]

U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]

U.N. Human Rights Council: withhold U.S. contributions (see H.R. 5476), H4328 [20JN]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H3424 [6JN]

William M. Steger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Tyler, TX: designate (see H.R. 5606), H4008 [14JN]

Women's Museum—An Institute for the Future: tribute (see H. Res. 730), H1454 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 5470), H3226 [24MY]

Capital punishment: modify Federal law (see H.R. 5040), H1319 [29MR]

Courts: expand Federal judicial immunity to cover all acts undertaken by judges pursuant to legal authority (see H.R. 5343), H2502 [10MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 91), H5047 [11JY]

Social Security: require trust funds be held in trust for beneficiaries, ensure assets are not diverted, and authorize investment in securities that are not limited to those guaranteed by the U.S. (see H.R. 4965), H1059 [15MR]

States: penalize States that prohibit oil and gas exploration within their borders by denying them the use of any oil or natural gas produced domestically elsewhere (see H.R. 5663), H4423 [21JN]

Texas: establish four memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see H.R. 5692), H4680 [27JN]

Remarks

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (H.R. 5470), H3148 [24MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H369 [16FE]

Bush, President: evaluation of adminstration, H491 [1MR]

C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant, Byron, CA: designate (H.R. 2383), H651 [8MR]

Colleges and universities: eliminate certain reporting requirements and eliminate ability for States to become recognized accreditors, H1327, H1336, H1337 [30MR]

———Federal intervention in tuition increases at State institutions, H1327 [30MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2529 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie system to improve the water supply reliability and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs (H.R. 1190), H651, H652 [8MR]

———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), H653, H654, H657 [8MR]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2656 [17MY]

Education: strengthen teaching of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of American History, H439 [28FE]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (S. 1578), H652 [8MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to nations that consistently oppose U.S. initiatives before the U.N. (H.R. 4558), H492 [1MR]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H369 [16FE]

Gladewater, TX: anniversary, H1541 [5AP]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2036 [3MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1336, H1337 [30MR]

———amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 742), H1327 [30MR]

Immigration: reform, H1449 [4AP]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H491 [1MR]

Lobbyists: increase civil penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements, H2036 [3MY]

Malloch Brown, Mark: criticism of U.S. policy towards the U.N. by the Deputy Secretary-General, H4014 [15JN]

Marshall, TX: convey U.S. Army Reserve Center to Marshall-Harrison County Veterans Association for construction of veterans memorial, park, and museum, H2529 [11MY]

National security: proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H491, H492, H493 [1MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H495 [1MR]

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), H4102, H4103, H4129, H4131, H4132 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H561 [2MR]

Special order: granted, H385 [16FE], H1387 [30MR], H2099 [3MY], H2639 [16MY], H3420 [6JN], H3722 [9JN], H4552 [26JN]

Tributes

Cavender, James, H2085 [3MY]

Geddie, Dale, H3707 [9JN]

McDonald, Judy, H336 [16FE]

Steger, William M., H3416 [6JN]

Taylor, Michael, H1376 [30MR]