KINGSTON, JACK (a Representative from Georgia)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3310, H3363 [25MY], H3372 [6JN]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga Into the House Chamber, H3427 [7JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]
Armed Forces: support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H509 [1MR]
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]
Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]
Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1917 [27AP]
Conservation of natural resources: establish a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program (see H.R. 5632), H4328 [20JN]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H4521 [22JN]
———establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 5143), H1678 [6AP]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H868 [9MR]
Education: support Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3360 [25MY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H5128 [12JY]
FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]
Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]
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), H1453 [4AP]
Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4975), H1128 [16MR]
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]
Immigration: 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]
Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3138 [23MY]
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]
———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5336), H3138 [23MY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H451 [28FE]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]
Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies (see H.R. 5538), H3496 [7JN]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H973 [14MR]
Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 5526), H4328 [20JN]
Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]
Spelman College: anniversary (see H. Res. 875), H4189 [16JN]
Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H274 [14FE]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H2962 [19MY]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H3497 [7JN]
———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), H3497 [7JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H4424 [21JN]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]
Lists
Committee on Appropriations (House) earmark reforms, H4299 [20JN]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3051, H3077, H3081, H3082, H3083, H3086, H3114 [23MY]
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4475 [22JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H1749 [26AP], H3345 [25MY]
Border Patrol: prohibit funding to provide information to foreign governments on civilian border patrol groups, H3263 [25MY], H3372, H3373 [6JN]
Budget: address enforcement or priorities, consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2686 [17MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2686 [17MY]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., H3263 [25MY], H3370 [6JN]
Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, H3233 [25MY]
———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H3114 [23MY], H4298 [20JN], H4475 [22JN]
Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3173 [24MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Lane, OK, Agriculture Research Laboratory funding, H3083 [23MY]
———National Animal Identification System funding, H3081, H3082 [23MY]
———peanut storage and handling program extension, H3077 [23MY]
———prohibit funding for the Market Access Program, H3086 [23MY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4298 [20JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (H.R. 5143), H3345 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3370, H3372, H3373 [6JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), consideration (H. Res. 836), H3263 [25MY]
Economy: impact of tax cuts, H2686 [17MY]
———importance of job creation, H3481 [7JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3173, H3199 [24MY]
FBI: create a housing allowance program for employees in the District of Columbia and surrounding metropolitan area, H4633 [27JN]
———protect retirement benefits of supervisory special agents, H4633 [27JN]
Immigration: reform (S. 2611), H3345 [25MY]
———require biometric cards for workers on temporary visas, H3345 [25MY]
International Advocates for Children (organization): anniversary, E700
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H490 [1MR]
———democracy efforts, H3345 [25MY]
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), H2477 [10MY]
OMB: revise funding formula used to determine feasibility of dredging recreational traffic waterways, H3199 [24MY]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3345 [25MY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (H.R. 4409), H1293 [29MR], H3345 [25MY], H4373 [21JN]
Savannah, GA: tribute to Sophronia M. Tompkins High School Class of 1966 40th class reunion, E1033
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4633 [27JN]
Taxation: rates, H3345 [25MY]
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), H4147 [16JN]
Remarks in House relative to