THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H973 [14MR]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3227 [24MY]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H2502 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3497 [7JN]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H5047 [11JY]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: approve location of an honorary commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 78), H224 [8FE]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H791 [8MR]

Immigration: reform litigation procedures (see H.R. 5541), H3496 [7JN]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]

Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H2174 [4MY]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1917 [27AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3308 (see H.R. 916), H3361 [25MY]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H874 [13MR]

———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]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H4328 [20JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H3497 [7JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H869 [9MR]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Taxation: repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H3424 [6JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (see H.R. 4775), H387 [16FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H354 [16FE], H539 [2MR], H2177 [8MY], H2554 [11MY], H2587 [12MY]

Letters

House of Representatives authority of officials during adjournment: Speaker Hastert, H115 [1FE], H3343 [25MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H575 [7MR], H2177 [8MY], H2587 [12MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1010 [15MR]

Childress, TX: Childress Regional Medical Center designation as one of Solucient Top 100 Hospitals in America, E542 [6AP]

Classified information: classify and protect national security information on intelligence activities and take action against individuals who commit unauthorized disclosures, H1807 [26AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), H1788, H1807 [26AP]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), consideration (H. Res. 774), H1780 [26AP]

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), H4036, H4050, H4059 [15JN]

Texas: hurricane and wildfire disaster assistance funding, H1010 [15MR]

Tributes

Vogt, Johnnie Campbell, E541 [6AP]