HERGER, WALLY (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]

———support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H273 [14FE]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 4826), H508 [1MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4134 [15JN]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 4970), H3724 [9JN]

Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building, Lincoln, CA: designate (see H.R. 4720), H2586 [11MY]

California: establish additional place of holding court in the eastern district (see H.R. 4803), H389 [16FE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H4189 [16JN]

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

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 5403), H2705 (see H.R. 5403), H2757 [17MY]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H5128 [12JY]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]

Corps of Engineers: carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (see H.R. 4650), H226 [8FE]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Ten Commandments, Pledge of Allegiance, and the National Motto (see H.R. 4576), H26 [31JA]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1853 [26AP]

———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), H973 [14MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H1742 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3309 (see H.R. 5201), H3361 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H4917 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H155 [1FE]

———impose moratorium on approval of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (see H.R. 4677), H226 [8FE]

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), H1853 [26AP]

Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H2586 [11MY]

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

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H791 [8MR]

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), H646 [7MR]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4009 [14JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H225 [8FE]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1449), H4424 [21JN]

Health: establish national health information exchange network, encourage creation and use of secure and portable electronic health records, and provide tax incentives to promote participation (see H.R. 5559), H3641 [8JN]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H5047 [11JY]

House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H791 [8MR]

———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]

Immigration: prohibit the unauthorized construction of tunnels between the U.S. and another country (see H.R. 4830), H1130 [16MR]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 5500), H3307 (see H.R. 5500), H3359 [25MY]

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

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]

National Labor Relations Act: prevent government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 1248), H3642 [8JN]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H3642 [8JN]

National security: improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H509 [1MR]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3643 [8JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1197 [28MR]

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), H3724 [9JN]

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

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: ensure that continuation of welfare reforms remains a priority (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4680 [27JN]

Political campaigns: reform financing of campaigns for election for Federal office (see H.R. 4759), H332 [15FE]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1917 [27AP]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H3309 (see H.R. 4961), H3361 [25MY]

———allow use of flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements in combination with health savings accounts (see H.R. 4511), H1681 [6AP]

———clarify tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass (see H.R. 5509), H3425 [6JN]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H2706 (see H.R. 4985), H2758 [17MY]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H4134 [15JN]

———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), H4424 [21JN]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

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

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H868 [9MR]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 4400), H4009 [14JN]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H1979 [2MY]

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

Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3309 (see H.R. 5464), H3362 [25MY]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 5602), H3908 [13JN]

Voting: require individuals to present a government-issued photo ID to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3910), H4917 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Public welfare programs: reauthorize the safe and stable families program (see H.R. 5640), H4327 [20JN]

Taxation: expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 4790), H388 [16FE]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3243 [25MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), E80 [7FE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2455 [10MY]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), motion to instruct conferees, H1815 [26AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E889 [19MY]

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), H3149, H3150, H3154 [24MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2657 [17MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4844 [29JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2004 [3MY], H3471 [7JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3243 [25MY]

Taxation: increase and make permanent the expensing of certain depreciable business assets, H2455 [10MY]

———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), H4451 [22JN]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H1815 [26AP], H2455 [10MY]

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), H4104 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H739 [8MR]