DEAL, NATHAN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3228 [24MY], H3370 [6JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3140 [23MY], H3171 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3643 [8JN], H3677 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H1453 [4AP]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H3425 [6JN]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H4328 [20JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2503 [10MY]

Courts: limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1853 [26AP]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4190 [16JN]

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

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), H4134 [15JN]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4190 [16JN]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H4795 [28JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H4134 [15JN]

Health: recognize rising cost of health care and encourage greater patient empowerment, choice, and responsibility in health care decisions (see H. Res. 876), H4189 [16JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H450 [28FE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: revise certain boundaries (see H.R. 138), H1563 [5AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H451 [28FE]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

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), H1563 [5AP]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H4220 [19JN]

Research: prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (see H.R. 5719), H4914 [29JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H565 [2MR]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2586 [11MY]

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H4424 [21JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H389 [16FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H450 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chattahoochee National Forest: establish Mountaintown National Scenic Area and designate additional National Forest System land as components of existing wilderness areas (see H.R. 5612), H4008 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

TVA: increase membership of the Board of Directors and require each State in the service area to be represented (see H.R. 4758), H332 [15FE]

Letters

National Uniformity for Food Act: Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H538 [2MR]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H538 [2MR]

Remarks

Association for Enterprise Opportunity: tribute, E291 [7MR]

Border Patrol: prohibit funding to provide information to foreign governments on civilian border patrol groups, H3373 [6JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H48 [1FE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., H3370 [6JN]

Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3171, H3174 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4359, H4360, H4364, H4365 [21JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 5574), H4365, H4366, H4368 [21JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3370, H3373 [6JN]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (H. Res. 323), H4368, H4369 [21JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3171, H3174 [24MY]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H4357, H4358, H4359 [21JN]

———permit States to maintain or enact food warning laws that require notifications regarding health risks associated with sulfiting agents in bulk foods, H748, H750 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H530, H534, H537, H538 [2MR], H747, H748, H750, H752 [8MR]

———State notification requirement regarding the presence or potential effects of mercury in fish and shellfish, H752 [8MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H3677 [9JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3677 [9JN]

Helping the Hurting, Inc.: tribute, E290 [7MR]

Medicaid: reform, H48 [1FE]

Medicare: encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (H. Res. 802), H2472, H2473, H2475, H2476, H2478, H2479 [10MY]

———extend implementation of prescription drug program, H2475, H2476, H2479 [10MY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 99), H2007, H2008 [3MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 245), H2009, H2011 [3MY]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 265), H3393 [6JN]

Point of order, H3077 [23MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S. 655), H5003, H5005 [11JY]

Small business: tribute, E291 [7MR]

States: preserve authorities that help defend and respond to bioterrorism attacks on the food supply, H747 [8MR]

Women's Health Week: observance (H. Res. 833), H3391, H3392 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H270 [14FE]

Tributes

Smith, Wesley, H300 [15FE]