LATHAM, TOM (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3017 [22MY], H3089 [23MY]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H2163 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H645 [7MR]

Armed Forces: entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H25 [31JA]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1564 [5AP]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1130 [16MR]

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

Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5072), H1917 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program and increase CCC funding for the program (see H.R. 4897), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H1563 [5AP]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3643 [8JN]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H1453 [4AP]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H1059 [15MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 5280), H2706 (see H.R. 5280), H2758 [17MY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H1453 [4AP]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3643 [8JN]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1453 [4AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H2339 [9MY]

———clarify congressional intent regarding counting of residents in a nonhospital setting (see H.R. 4403), H3724 [9JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H1563 [5AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H3788 [12JN]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H3724 [9JN]

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 Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H26 [31JA]

Power resources: make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative energy and accelerate the use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 5208), H1852 [26AP]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3496 [7JN]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4796 [28JN]

Taxation: expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H1320 [29MR]

———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 the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H1453 [4AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H389 [16FE]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H1390 [30MR]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and reduce rate of estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains rates (see H.R. 5421), H2832 (see H.R. 5421), H2890 [18MY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4924), H867 [9MR]

Committee on Science (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 754), H1452 [4AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3911 [14JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3089, H3090, H3105 [23MY]

Armed Forces: limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services, H2545 [11MY]

Committee on Science (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 754), H1420 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: crop insurance premium reduction program audit funding, H3089, H3090 [23MY]

———prohibit funding for dairy education in Iowa, H3105 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2545 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3289 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing State laws authorizing use of medical marijuana, H4736 [28JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3163 [24MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4811 [29JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4736 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1578 [6AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1450 [4AP]

Tributes

Borlaug, Norman E., H1421 [4AP]

Mrdeza, Michelle, H3289 [25MY]

Sabo, Representative, H3289 [25MY]