GINGREY, PHIL (a Representative from Georgia)

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), H1060 [15MR], H1086 [16MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2040 [3MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4556 [26JN], H4755 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H869 [9MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1563 [5AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H451 [28FE]

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

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

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1563 [5AP]

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

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]

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]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1917 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H1917 [27AP]

———support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

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), H3309 (see H.R. 5129), H3361 [25MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2102 [3MY]

Drugs: impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H973 [14MR]

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), H4917 [29JN]

———prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H333 [15FE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H4134 [15JN]

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), H451 [28FE]

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: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H1742 [25AP]

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: 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), H4916 [29JN]

———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]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H4958 [10JY]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: revise certain boundaries (see H.R. 138), H1563 [5AP]

Medicaid: recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H4958 [10JY]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H4958 [10JY]

———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5336), H2597 [15MY]

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

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H4134 [15JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H450 [28FE]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

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

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), H1130 [16MR]

———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]

Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H2340 [9MY]

Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H1853 [26AP]

Public Health Service Act: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see H.R. 5009), H1563 [5AP]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 5526), H3423 [6JN]

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

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), H1563 [5AP]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 3435), H1563 [5AP]

Spelman College: anniversary (see H. Res. 875), H4189 [16JN]

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

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

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3309 (see H.R. 5262), H3361 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H3643 [8JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]

Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3225 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: grant Presidential power to reduce budget authority (see H.R. 4889), H644 [7MR]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 671), H225 [8FE]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), consideration (see H. Res. 907), H4957 [10JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (see H. Res. 821), H2832 (see H. Res. 821), H2889 [18MY]

FDA: extend for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (see H. Res. 702), H508 [1MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (see H. Res. 710), H644 [7MR]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 791), H1980 [2MY]

Immigration: suspend visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control requirements are met (see H.R. 5406), H2705 (see H.R. 5406), H2757 [17MY]

Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 4703), H160 [7FE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), consideration (see H. Res. 890), H4554 [26JN]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Means, H527 [2MR], H734 [8MR]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H522 [2MR], H730 [8MR]

Motions

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H528 [2MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H227 [14FE], H3365 [6JN], H3645 [9JN], H4331 [21JN]

Remarks

ABC News (television program): report on Dept. of Justice alleged investigation of Speaker Hastert, H3231 [25MY]

al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab: killing of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) leader by U.S. forces in Iraq, H3646 [9JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), consideration (H. Res. 886), H4439 [22JN]

———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), H1004 [15MR], H1081, H1086 [16MR]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H4564 [27JN]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2449 [10MY]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (H.R. 5037), H2203 [9MY]

———tribute to members serving in Iraq, H3913 [14JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H3681 [9JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1545 [5AP], H2737 [17MY]

China, Republic of: oppose People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E188 [17FE]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H588 [7MR]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), consideration (H. Res. 907), H4969, H4976 [11JY]

Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3172 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2380, H2449 [10MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (H. Res. 806), H2362 [10MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), consideration (H. Res. 877), H4243 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., H5030 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 4894), H3807 [13JN]

Dept. of State: prohibit funding for entry of additional countries to the visa waiver program, H4755, H4756 [28JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit implementation of proposed rule relative to foreign investment in U.S. airlines, H3947 [14JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (H. Res. 821), H2894, H2895, H2897, H2898, H2899 [19MY]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines, H650 [8MR]

Economy: growth, H392 [28FE], H4536 [26JN]

———impact of tax cuts, H4536 [26JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3172 [24MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H521, H522, H523, H524, H525, H526 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H727, H729, H730, H731, H732, H733, H734 [8MR]

Floyd County, GA: Floyd County School System recipient of Standard & Poor's (company) School Evaluation Report Outperformer rating award, H2764 [18MY]

Food industry: allow States to require labeling of meat or fish packaged with carbon monoxide, H729, H730 [8MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3681 [9JN]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H3900 [13JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2040, H2041 [3MY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), H2308 [9MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H610 [7MR], H2308 [9MY]

———national policy to provide consumer-driven health care and reform insurance procedures, H305 [15FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H607, H608, H609, H610, H611, H612 [7MR], H2308 [9MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H5038 [11JY]

Hurricanes: provide for recovery from Hurricane Katrina funding, H1004 [15MR]

Immigration: prohibit granting of amnesty to certain undocumented individuals, H5030 [11JY]

———reform, H1566 [6AP]

———reform (S. 2454), H1203 [29MR]

———reform (S. 2611), H4225 [20JN], H5030 [11JY]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security, H3023, H3129 [23MY]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H5030 [11JY]

Insurance: health savings accounts, H609, H611, H612 [7MR], H2085 [3MY]

Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (H. Con. Res. 341), H339 [16FE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3900 [13JN], H3913 [14JN], H4969 [11JY]

Kennesaw State University: tribute to women's cross country team, H278 [15FE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: cease production of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation of ballistic missiles, and uphold pledge to refrain from intercontinental ballistic missile testing, H5053 [12JY]

Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 4703), H229 [14FE]

Marietta, GA: Marietta High School inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of nation's top high schools, H2647 [17MY]

Medicare: encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (H. Res. 802), H2476 [10MY]

———extend implementation of prescription drug program, H2187 [9MY]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, H473 [1MR], H1135 [28MR], H1301, H1302, H1303, H1304, H1305, H1306, H1307 [29MR], H1401 [4AP], H1664, H1666, H1668, H1669, H1670 [6AP], H1685 [25AP], H1830, H1831, H1833, H1834, H1835, H1836 [26AP], H1926 [2MY], H2495-H2499 [10MY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H4573 [27JN]

Minimum wage: level, H4571, H4573, H4574 [27JN]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (H. Res. 556), H1497 [5AP]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 245), H2555 [11MY]

National Park Service: Historic Preservation Fund funding, H1086 [16MR]

National security: proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H734 [8MR], H1004 [15MR]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing and condemn disclosure and publication of classified information on this crucial method by which terrorists are traced (H. Res. 895), consideration (H. Res. 896), H4826 [29JN]

Nelson, Larry: World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, H1714 [25AP]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H427, H428 [28FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H4564 [27JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4976 [11JY]

Political campaigns: extend the prohibition on converting campaign dollars for personal use currently applicable to campaign committees to leadership political action committees, H2040, H2041 [3MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S. 655), H5005 [11JY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H4798 [29JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1545 [5AP]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (H.R. 5526), H5038, H5041 [11JY]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), H5038 [11JY]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), H5038 [11JY]

Rome, GA: anniversary of Rome Area History Museum, H1066 [16MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4755, H4756 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5672), consideration (H. Res. 890), H4568, H4571, H4572, H4573, H4574 [27JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H2084 [3MY], H2308 [9MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care services in computing adjusted gross income (H.R. 4104), H609 [7MR]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (H.R. 4641), H164 [8FE], H305 [15FE], H608 [7MR], H3146 [24MY]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), consideration (H. Res. 885), H4430 [22JN]

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), H4148 [16JN], H4333 [21JN]

———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), H4021 [15JN]

Thomaston, GA: Upson-Lee Middle School named National Forum To Accelerate Middle Grades Reform ``School to Watch'', H3366 [6JN]

Women's Health Week: observance, E905 [19MY]

———observance (H. Res. 833), H3392 [6JN]

Women's History Month: observance, H576 [7MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3785 [12JN]

Special order: granted, H221 [8FE], H330 [15FE], H506 [1MR], H1737 [25AP], H1912 [27AP], H1977 [2MY], H2335 [9MY], H2581 [11MY], H3015 [22MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 702) (H. Rept. 109-381), H508 [1MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 109-386), H644 [7MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4411, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 907) (H. Rept. 109-551), H4957 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5385, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction, Quality of Life Functions, and Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 821) (H. Rept. 109-472), H2832, H2889 [18MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5672, Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 890) (H. Rept. 109-529), H4554 [26JN]

Texts of

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 671), H196 [8FE]

Tributes

Brady, Betty, H3802 [13JN]

Burson, John, H4686 [28JN]

Burton, Joe, H3014 [22MY]

Chen Shui-bian, E188 [17FE]

Cohen, Tammy, H576 [7MR]

Fouts, C.J., H4013 [15JN]

Gingrey, Helen Gannon, H199 [8FE]

Gregory, Doris, E198 [17FE]

Hastert, Speaker, H3231 [25MY]

Leonardi, Brian, H1458 [5AP]