BLUNT, ROY (a Representative from Missouri)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]

Committee To Escort Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Into the House Chamber, H453 [1MR]

Committee To Escort Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga Into the House Chamber, H3427 [7JN]

Committee To Escort the President, H15 [31JA]

Committee To Notify the President That a Congressional Quorum Has Assembled, H4 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Council of Young Political Leaders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4008 [14JN]

Armed Forces: authorize coverage for anesthesia and other costs related to dental care for children and certain other patients (see H.R. 5050), H1743 [25AP]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]

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

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H509 [1MR]

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (see H.R. 2990), H3226 [24MY]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H509 [1MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H3138 [23MY]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 210), H3362 [25MY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H2705 (see H.R. 65), H2758 [17MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H4521 [22JN]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H2339 [9MY]

Foreign aid: require recipients of U.S. foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks (see H.R. 5249), H3425 [6JN]

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]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4975), H1128 [16MR]

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), H4554 [26JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H274 [14FE]

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), H1679 [6AP]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H973 [14MR]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H274 [14FE]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: anniversary of Federal charter (see H. Con. Res. 367), H1681 [6AP]

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

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H509 [1MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H1453 [4AP]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]

Federal aid programs: require data relative to Federal financial assistance to be available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form (see H.R. 5060), H1389 [30MR]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H2501 [10MY]

Letters

House of Representatives authority of officials during adjournment: Speaker Hastert, H3343 [25MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4474 [22JN]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), H3153 [24MY]

Courts: limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (H.R. 1229), H3892 [13JN]

Federal aid programs: require data relative to Federal financial assistance to be available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form (H.R. 5060), H4336, H4337 [21JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), H1762 [26AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), E936 [23MY]

Neosho (MO) Daily News: anniversary, E49 [1FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4831 [29JN]

Taxation: 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), H4452 [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), H4151 [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3420 [6JN]

Tributes

Johnson, Kenneth, E508 [4AP]