LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2642 [16MY], H3070 [23MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H1059 [15MR]

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

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H868 [9MR]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H974 [14MR]

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

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H1917 [27AP]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4424 [21JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1196 [28MR]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]

Ernest Childers Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4744), H273 [14FE]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]

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), H3424 [6JN]

Immigration: supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H1917 [27AP]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H565 [2MR]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H3309 (see H.R. 5182), H3361 [25MY]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2962 [19MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

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), H3909 [13JN]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H5047 [11JY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1391 [30MR]

Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (see H.R. 5136), H1917 [27AP]

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]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H2102 [3MY]

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

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), H1129 [16MR]

Power resources: 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]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H4795 [28JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H225 [8FE]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H451 [28FE]

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

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H3642 [8JN]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 4716), H223 [8FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H3788 [12JN]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

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

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5363), H2584 [11MY]

Coins: provide a clear line of demarcation relative to private ownership of certain older U.S. coins, medals, or numismatic items and establish certain guidelines governing newer versions of such items (see H.R. 5077), H1451 [4AP]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3070 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of the Under Sec. for Natural Resources and Environment funding, H3070 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H506 [1MR]