WESTMORELAND, LYNN A. (a Representative from Georgia)
Amendments
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), H1060 [15MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: authorize coverage for anesthesia and other costs related to dental care for children and certain other patients (see H.R. 5050), H1743 [25AP]
ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2962 [19MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]
Business and industry: repeal Federal laws that hold corporate chief executive officers criminally liable for the content and quality of their companies' financial report in certain cases (see H.R. 1657), H25 [31JA]
Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]
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), H1853 [26AP]
Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
———prohibit the sale and disclosure of customer information from telecommunications carriers obtained by false pretenses (see H.R. 4662), H160 [7FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow border States to use a portion of certain grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal crossings (see H.R. 5484), H3643 [8JN]
———establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H4190 [16JN]
———support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1853 [26AP]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1743 [25AP]
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]
———prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 4964), H1059 [15MR]
Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H451 [28FE]
———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1563 [5AP]
Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]
House Rules: repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]
———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H160 [7FE]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: revise certain boundaries (see H.R. 138), H1563 [5AP]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]
———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H155 [1FE]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H274 [14FE]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H3308 (see H.R. 2088), H3361 [25MY]
National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]
National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]
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), H566 [2MR]
Power resources: make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative energy and accelerate the use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 5208), H3227 [24MY]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4681 [27JN]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H389 [16FE]
Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]
Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and enact legislation allowing for investment of the Trust Fund in non-Federal obligations (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]
Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]
Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1917 [27AP]
Taxation: expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H509 [1MR]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H4424 [21JN]
U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]
U.N. Human Rights Council: withhold U.S. contributions (see H.R. 5476), H3226 [24MY]
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H1743 [25AP]
Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4844), H1981 [2MY]
Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H3641 [8JN]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3427 [7JN]
Remarks
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (H.R. 4646), H1494, H1495 [5AP]
Disabled: tribute to Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program services for the blind and disabled, E210
Economy: growth, H769, H770 [8MR]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 737), H1486, H1487, H1492 [5AP]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (H.R. 4561), H1492 [5AP]
Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (H.R. 4688), H1485, H1486 [5AP]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 383), H1889 [27AP]
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (H. Res. 556), H1495, H1496 [5AP]
Votes: position on missed, E427
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1977 [2MY]
Tributes
Chen Shui-bian, E662
Stokely, Mike, H2081 [3MY]