NORTHUP, ANNE M. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H791 [8MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H3226 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: require the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4829), H508 [1MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H274 [14FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3909 [13JN]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H333 [15FE]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3138 [23MY]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H1742 [25AP]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1453 [4AP]

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

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 5053), H2339 [9MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H333 [15FE]

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3723 [9JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H333 [15FE]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H274 [14FE]

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]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H645 [7MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 4672), H2641 [16MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H1563 [5AP]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H160 [7FE]

———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H4134 [15JN]

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

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H1453 [4AP]

———permit one-time, tax-free distributions from retirement plans to fund health savings accounts (see H.R. 2063), H274 [14FE]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3138 [23MY]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H3137 [23MY]

———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 3061), H3137 [23MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4917 [29JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1998), H3226 [24MY]

Remarks

Dept. of HUD: retain same number of section 8 vouchers when housing units to which the vouchers were previously applied are demolished, H3943 [14JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3943 [14JN]

Kentucky Council on Economic Education: tribute to increased school participation in Stock Market Game, E1274 [26JN]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (H. Res. 578), H1478 [5AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5125 [12JY]

Tributes

Russell, Bob, E1074 [8JN]