SHAW, E. CLAY, JR. (a Representative from Florida)
Appointments
Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H4009 [14JN]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3909 [13JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3643 [8JN]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4134 [15JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3497 [7JN]
Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5107), H1562 [5AP]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]
FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 1950), H565 [2MR]
Immigration: exclude from admission aliens who have made investments directly and significantly contributed to the enhancement or ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources (see H.R. 5292), H2173 [4MY]
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]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H790 [8MR]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H5047 [11JY]
Medicare: eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5399), H2704 (see H.R. 5399), H2757 [17MY]
———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H1853 [26AP]
Miami Heat (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 887), H4520 [22JN]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H451 [28FE]
Morris W. Milton Post Office, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5104), H1917 [27AP]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1452 [4AP]
National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H1742 [25AP]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H333 [15FE]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1563 [5AP]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4918 [29JN]
Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4045), H3724 [9JN]
Taxation: clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H2102 [3MY]
———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]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]
———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H4917 [29JN]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H1742 [25AP]
———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3138 [23MY]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 761), H1452 [4AP]
Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr., Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5736), H4915 [29JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Diseases: call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (see H. Res. 739), H1196 [28MR]
Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (see H.R. 4944), H972 [14MR]
FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 4931), H867 [9MR]
Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4838), H508 [1MR]
Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 5309), H2174 [4MY]
———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 5437), H2961 [19MY]
———provide coverage for lung cancer screening tests for certain high-risk individuals (see H.R. 5514), H3307 (see H.R. 5514), H3360 [25MY]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H1916 [27AP]
National security: prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the U.S. (see H.R. 4839), H508 [1MR]
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: ensure that continuation of welfare reforms remains a priority (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4680 [27JN]
Saudi Arabia: urge government to live up to World Trade Organization commitments and end all aspects of any boycott on Israel (see H. Con. Res. 370), H1320 [29MR]
Taxation: improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2337 [9MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H3091 [23MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3091 [23MY]
Broward County, FL: tribute to Area Agency on Aging Dr. Nan S. Hutchinson Broward Senior Hall of Fame electees, E936
Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2458 [10MY]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 86), H5010 [11JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for salaries and expenses of personnel who make high interest loans to sugar processors, H3091 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2787 [18MY]
Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (H.R. 4366), H4593 [27JN]
Economy: growth, H2458 [10MY]
———importance of job creation, H2458 [10MY]
Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4944), H939 [14MR]
Health Occupations Students of America (organization): anniversary, E934
Holocaust: remembrance, E661
International Tracing Service: open archives to U.S. Government and other related government organizations, E661
Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (H. Con. Res. 341), H350
Israel: independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 392), E661
Lighthouse Point, FL: anniversary, E1016
Middle East: withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats calls for the destruction of Israel (S. Con. Res. 79), H285
National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4593 [27JN]
North Palm Beach, FL: anniversary, E554
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), E397
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2787 [18MY]
Point of order, H4730 [28JN]
Russia: prohibit funding to negotiate accession into the World Trade Organization, H4731 [28JN]
Saudi Arabia: urge government to live up to World Trade Organization commitments and end all aspects of any boycott on Israel (H. Con. Res. 370), H1482, H1483, H1484 [5AP]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4731 [28JN]
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), H4161
Ukraine: normal trade relations status (H.R. 1053), H698 [8MR]
Tributes
Hogan, Karen, E946
Merritt, Rick, E1258