BROWN-WAITE, GINNY (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3497 [7JN], H3648, H3683 [9JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4644 [27JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H791 [8MR]
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]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1321 [29MR]
———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1852 [26AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H2641 [16MY]
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]
Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H2706 (see H.R. 5319), H2758 [17MY]
Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H4009 [14JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2586 [11MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2641 [16MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2584 [11MY]
———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H1563 [5AP]
———require motor vehicle operators transporting security sensitive material in commerce to obtain a permit from the Dept. (see H.R. 5604), H4190 [16JN]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2706 (see H.R. 5291), H2758 [17MY]
———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1917 [27AP]
Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1681 [6AP]
Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5107), H1562 [5AP]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H4917 [29JN]
———replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1060 [15MR]
FDA: conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (see H.R. 4767), H387 [16FE]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H509 [1MR]
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: permit health insurance issuers an alternative to guaranteed coverage in the small group market to promote affordable access to portable health insurance (see H.R. 5475), H3226 [24MY]
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: establish procedures for issuance of ``no match'' letters to employers by the SSA and notification of the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding such letters (see H.R. 5507), H4424 [21JN]
———establish terms and conditions for delivery bonds in immigration cases (see H.R. 4497), H155 [1FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized construction of tunnels between the U.S. and another country (see H.R. 4830), H973 [14MR]
———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3909 [13JN]
Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 5675), H4918 [29JN]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H509 [1MR]
———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5336), H2588 [12MY]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1196 [28MR]
Miami Heat (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 887), H4520 [22JN]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]
Morris W. Milton Post Office, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5104), H1917 [27AP]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1744 [25AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H155 [1FE]
National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 800), H3309 (see H. Res. 800), H3362 [25MY]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H1197 [28MR]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]
———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]
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]
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), H645 [7MR]
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), H1454 [4AP]
Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H3138 [23MY]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H2103 [3MY]
Power resources: make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative energy and accelerate the use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 5208), H3227 [24MY]
Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H4328 [20JN]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4796 [28JN]
Schools: prohibit from receiving Federal funds if the school prevents a student from displaying or wearing in a respectful manner a representation of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 5255), H3309 (see H.R. 5255), H3361 [25MY]
Senior citizens: improve quality of life (see H.R. 5211), H4220 [19JN]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1196 [28MR]
Spelman College: anniversary (see H. Res. 875), H4189 [16JN]
Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1981 [2MY]
Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H2641 [16MY]
———allow the amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles that are acquired from a small business (see H.R. 4960), H4424 [21JN]
———clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H646 [7MR]
———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 5056), H2706 (see H.R. 5056), H2758 [17MY]
———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4836), H508 [1MR]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1981 [2MY]
———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2833 (see H.R. 5314), H2891 [18MY]
———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]
———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), H791 [8MR]
———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H566 [2MR]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]
———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H2706 (see H.R. 5262), H2758 [17MY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H333 [15FE]
University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 761), H1452 [4AP]
Veterans: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 1462), H4958 [10JY]
———improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3309 (see H.R. 5464), H3362 [25MY]
———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), H973 [14MR]
Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr., Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5736), H4915 [29JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3496 [7JN]
Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]
Taxation: increase contribution limits for individual retirement plans, defined contribution plans, and salary reduction plans (see H.R. 5322), H2338 [9MY]
Veterans Advisory Committee on Certification, Credentialing, and Licensure: establish (see H.R. 5220), H1915 [27AP]
Letters
Tribute to Army 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment serving in Tall 'Afar, Iraq: Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri, E1009
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H4919 [10JY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: tribute to Army 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment serving in Tall 'Afar, Iraq, E1009
Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2459 [10MY]
Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol: confiscation and destruction of reimported prescription drugs from Canada, H299 [15FE]
Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (S. 1086), H2187 [9MY]
———require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (H.R. 5319), H4966 [11JY]
———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (H.R. 1505), H2311 [9MY]
Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), H681 [8MR]
Dept. of Defense: improve effectiveness of programs for remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites, H2919 [19MY]
Dept. of Education: TRIO Programs funding, H1214 [29MR]
Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 3445), H2311 [9MY]
Dept. of the Interior: designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4192), H654, H657 [8MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2862 [18MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2915, H2919 [19MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3648, H3649, H3683, H3684 [9JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5522), unanimous-consent request, H3650 [9JN]
Gentry, William (Jack): National Newspaper Association Benjamin Franklin Community Newspaper and Postal Partnership Award of Excellence recipient, E330
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H609 [7MR]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1214 [29MR]
House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (H. Res. 852), H4920 [10JY]
Immigration: reform (S. 2611), H3801 [13JN], H4372 [21JN], H5111 [12JY]
———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security, H240 [14FE]
———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H1293 [29MR], H5111 [12JY]
International Fund for Ireland: funding, H3648, H3649, H3650 [9JN]
Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, H681 [8MR]
Lyons, Edward (Tony): Florida National Guard Soldier of the Year award recipient, E31
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), E916
———prescription drug benefit coverage, H600 [7MR], H848 [9MR]
Mexico: international narcotics control and law enforcement funding, H3683, H3684 [9JN]
National Flood Insurance Program: require FEMA to participate in State mediation claims, H4566 [27JN]
———restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), consideration (H. Res. 891), H4566 [27JN]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2113 [4MY]
———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 789), H2063 [3MY]
O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (H. Res. 357), H459 [1MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2862 [18MY]
———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4874 [29JN]
———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4874 [29JN]
Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1521 [5AP]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4644 [27JN]
Suburban areas: national agenda, H2313 [9MY]
———national objectives priority assignments, H2311 [9MY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care services in computing adjusted gross income (H.R. 4104), H609 [7MR]
———deduction of State and local sales taxes, H2459 [10MY]
———improve and expand education savings accounts (H.R. 5314), H2313 [9MY]
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]
Veterans: health care funding, H2915 [19MY]
———tribute, H458 [1MR]
Violence Against Women Act: funding, H4644 [27JN]
Votes: position on missed, H3116
Voting Rights Act: amend (H.R. 9), H4563 [27JN], E1203
———repeal bilingual ballot requirement, H4563 [27JN], E1203
Women's History Month: observance, H417 [28FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: tribute, H4563 [27JN]
Special order: granted, H787 [8MR], H2499 [10MY], H2581 [11MY]
Tributes
Cippel, John A., E843
Daugherty, James D., E1013
Flanagan, Dennis J., E31
Ghiotto, Margaret Rogers, H417 [28FE]
Kauffman, Dora, E28
Maynard, Mary, E1358
Mills, Lea, E735
Porizo, Anna, E29
Swarzman, Herb, E446
Tripp, Doug, E1383
Witter, James H.: Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, E703