NEUGEBAUER, RANDY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

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), H975 [14MR], H1079 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 443), H4916 [29JN]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3227 [24MY]

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

Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H451 [28FE]

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

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3227 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow border States to use a portion of certain grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal crossings (see H.R. 5484), H3643 [8JN]

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), H1853 [26AP]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H156 [1FE]

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

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

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1454 [4AP]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H566 [2MR]

Government: establish Federal Review Commissions to review and make recommendations on improving operations, effectiveness, and efficiency of Federal programs and agencies, and require a schedule for such reviews (see H.R. 5766), H5127 [12JY]

Health care facilities: extend exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals (see H.R. 4912), H866 [9MR]

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]

———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]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H2706 (see H.R. 5121), H2758 [17MY]

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), H3497 [7JN]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]

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

Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H3309 (see H.R. 3795), H3361 [25MY]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H3497 [7JN]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1197 [28MR]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H3496 [7JN]

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

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

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), H2833 (see H.R. 3255), H2890 [18MY]

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), H1681 [6AP]

Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H4134 [15JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H160 [7FE]

Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and enact legislation allowing for investment of the Trust Fund in non-Federal obligations (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H2102 [3MY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H2585 [11MY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H2586 [11MY]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H3643 [8JN]

———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]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2102 [3MY]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 4421), H1981 [2MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H224 [8FE]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H1320 [29MR]

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), H3643 [8JN]

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

———exempt from certain requirements (see H.R. 5682), H5128 [12JY]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H3226 [24MY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H3641 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H1916 [27AP]

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), H1079, H1081 [16MR]

———require hurricane relief and recovery funding be considered in separate legislation from supplemental defense appropriations, H1079, H1081 [16MR]

Bureau of Prisons: renew agreements with local governments to house Federal criminal aliens, H4779 [28JN]

Dyess AFB, TX: tribute, E309 [8MR]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 3505), H698 [8MR]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (H.R. 5121), H4586 [27JN]

Howard Junior College: tribute to men's basketball team, E419 [28MR]

Hurricanes: provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1777), H515 [2MR]

Lubbock, TX: anniversary of Maedgen Elementary School, E184 [17FE]

———tribute to African-American Chamber of Commerce Educators Hall of Fame, E177 [17FE]

National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Res. 854), H4586 [27JN]

Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.: anniversary, E545 [6AP]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4779 [28JN]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (H.R. 5540), H4193 [19JN]

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), H4090 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H2702 [17MY], E852 [17MY], E891 [19MY], E1209 [20JN]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (H.R. 5558), H4586 [27JN]

Tributes

Beane, Paul R., E181 [17FE]

Harencak, Garrett, E1321 [29JN]

Harris, Thomas J., E320 [8MR]

Myrick, Matthew, E58 [1FE]