ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H973 [14MR]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]

Armed Forces: revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H4795 [28JN]

———support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H869 [9MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2962 [19MY]

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

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1197 [28MR]

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

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H2962 [19MY]

———establish a grant program to provide follow-up treatment for children identified with a vision disorder (see H.R. 2328), H3016 [22MY]

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

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

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1744 [25AP]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2339 [9MY]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 182), H565 [2MR]

Ernest Childers Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4744), H273 [14FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H2339 [9MY]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H2339 [9MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H2339 [9MY]

Immigration: supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]

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

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

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2339 [9MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2339 [9MY]

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), H1197 [28MR]

———terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H1130 [16MR]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H2103 [3MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1742 [25AP]

Small business: reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns (see H.R. 5352), H2641 [16MY]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H274 [14FE]

———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), H1742 [25AP]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 5660), H4423 [21JN]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 4716), H509 [1MR]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H4795 [28JN]

Remarks

Education: tribute to parents who home school their children, E745 [5MY]

Tributes

Juengel, Braden, E745 [5MY]