MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3947 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5363), H4220 [19JN]

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), H1681 [6AP]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H4009 [14JN]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H160 [7FE]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H226 [8FE]

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

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. 1594), H25 [31JA]

———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (see H.R. 4750), H273 [14FE]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3424 [6JN]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H646 [7MR]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5519), H3308 (see H.R. 5519), H3360 [25MY]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H2962 [19MY]

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

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

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H973 [14MR]

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

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H451 [28FE]

Governor John Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building, Olathe, KS: designate (see H.R. 4674), H24 [31JA]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H2339 [9MY]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H155 [1FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H272 [14FE]

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

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

Larry Winn, Jr., Post Office Building, Mission, KS: designate (see H.R. 5504), H3307 (see H.R. 5504), H3360 [25MY]

Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H2833 (see H.R. 1264), H2890 [18MY]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H565 [2MR]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H566 [2MR]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 4371), H1130 [16MR]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H1743 [25AP]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H26 [31JA]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H565 [2MR]

———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), H1741 [25AP]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H26 [31JA]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3643 [8JN]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4424 [21JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H509 [1MR]

Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H867 [9MR]

Power resources: support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3496 [7JN]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see H. Res. 578), H646 [7MR]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H2103 [3MY]

Taxation: limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1917 [27AP]

———limit the agri-biodiesel credit to oils produced from plants and animals (see H.R. 4756), H572 [6MR]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 5650), H4327 [20JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4917 [29JN]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H450 [28FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H3788 [12JN]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H646 [7MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H154 [1FE]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

Veterans: ensure appropriate payment for the cost of long-term care provided to veterans in State homes (see H.R. 5671), H4519 [22JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4843), H1197 [28MR]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: employ additional categories of mental health professionals (see H.R. 5396), H2641 [16MY]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: approve location of an honorary commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 78), H224 [8FE]

Families and domestic relations: 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]

Immigration: permanently authorize waivers of foreign country residence requirements for certain international medical graduates (see H.R. 4997), H1129 [16MR]

Medicare: improve implementation of prescription drug program (see H.R. 4796), H388 [16FE]

Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]

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), H1129 [16MR]

Power resources: establish a program to provide reimbursement for the installation of alternative energy refueling systems (see H.R. 5346), H2502 [10MY]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Hodges, Ted, E284 [7MR]

Letters

Commend the Patriot Guard Riders (organization) for shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals: David Wagler, H4229 [20JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3088 [23MY]

American Red Cross Month: observance, E473 [30MR]

Barnes, KS: tribute, E1304 [28JN]

Carlisle, Peggy: National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee, H1705 [25AP]

Cuba: clarify allowable payment terms for sales of agricultural commodities and products, H3948, H3949 [14JN]

Dept. of Justice: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4657 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3948, H3949 [14JN], E1150 [14JN]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: approve location of an honorary commemorative work in the District of Columbia (S.J. Res. 28), H1688 [25AP]

Federal Crop Insurance Act: program compliance integrity funding, H3088 [23MY]

Governor John Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building, Olathe, KS: designate (H.R. 4674), E688 [2MY]

Graff, Pat: National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee, H1706 [25AP]

Holt, Floyd: National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee, H1706 [25AP]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 372), H3811 [13JN]

Kansas: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforeseen production costs, H3777 [12JN]

Kredit, Harlan: National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee, H1706 [25AP]

Larry Winn, Jr., Post Office Building, Mission, KS: designate (H.R. 5504), E1241 [21JN]

Lindsborg, KS: anniversary of Messiah Festival, E510 [4AP]

Medicare: require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (H.R. 5182), H1953 [2MY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, E1150 [14JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4813 [29JN]

Palco, KS: tribute, E286 [7MR]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (H. Res. 731), H4229 [20JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4657 [27JN]

Votes: position on missed, E1210 [20JN]

White, Lynn K.: National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee, H1706 [25AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4218 [19JN]

Special order: granted, H1193 [28MR], H1737 [25AP], H1977 [2MY], H3722 [9JN]

Tributes

Haas, Ken, E1016 [6JN]

Hodges, Ted, E284 [7MR]

Kolb, Emma, E932 [23MY]