LEWIS, RON (a Representative from Kentucky)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 3442), H13861 [13NO]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 618), H834 [22JA]
American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H13960 [14NO]
Animal Welfare Act: prohibit dog fighting ventures (see H.R. 3327), H9654 [2AU]
Animals: establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 1232), H11250 [3OC]
Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 373, 374, 379), H760 [18JA]
Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H11321 [5OC]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H1417 [8FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of members (see H.R. 269), H2165 [5MR]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H1417 [8FE]
Barbaro (racehorse): tribute (see H. Res. 117), H1152 [31JA]
Border Patrol: request congressional pardon for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean (see H.R. 563), H759 [18JA]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]
Business and industry: ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 4464), H16951 [19DE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H5293 [16MY]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H7433 [28JN]
———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H10626 [19SE]
———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 700), H14158 [4DE]
China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 137), H10157 [5SE]
Coal: facilitate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax imposed on coal exported from the U.S. (see H.R. 1762), H3357 [29MR]
Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H14083 [15NO]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8743 [26JY]
Congress: pledge faithful support to members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way (see H.R. 511), H1424 [9FE]
Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 2183), H6182 [7JN]
Crime: improve criminal law relating to terrorism (see H.R. 855), H1472 [12FE]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1063), H1787 [15FE]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H344 [10JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: tailor rural broadband program to better serve those living in rural areas (see H.R. 2035), H7777 [12JY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction and family housing projects (see H.R. 22), H789 [19JA]
Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 1539), H2619 [15MR]
Dept. of Energy: provide grants for research, development, and demonstration projects on cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure to enable retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol (see H.R. 395), H1565 [13FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize grants to hire, train, and equip local law enforcement officials on and near the southern border of the U.S., and reimburse overtime costs for such officials (see H.R. 2542), H7340 [27JN]
Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 3494), H10435 [17SE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H7011 [22JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: enter into agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide free electronic filing of individual income tax returns (see H.R. 3457), H10697 [20SE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 4104), H13413 [8NO]
Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 1553), H7340 [27JN]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5622 [22MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H10756 [24SE]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H6956 [21JN]
Dutch-American Friendship Day: establish (see H. Res. 89), H2122 [1MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2380), H7657 [11JY]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H2571 [14MR]
Economy: increase minimum wage, improve access to health care coverage for employees of small businesses, and provide small business tax incentives (see H.R. 324), H251 [9JA]
Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 567), H759 [18JA]
———establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H6578 [15JN]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H343 [10JA]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: ensure that participants in the Troops to Teachers program may teach at a range of eligible schools (see H.R. 711), H1153 [31JA]
English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1471 [12FE]
FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (see H.R. 237), H4753 [9MY]
———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H2401 [9MR]
———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H6236 [11JN]
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and a dedicated e-mail address in order to receive communications from prescribers (see H.R. 2012), H7777 [12JY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 22), H1271 [6FE]
FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H7657 [11JY]
———request a study on the interference caused by broadband Internet transmission over power lines (see H.R. 462), H13412 [8NO]
FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 63), H672 [17JA]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2671 [19MR]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H114 [5JA]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 861), H1565 [13FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 12), H6236 [11JN]
Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (see H. Res. 544), H8822 [27JY]
Floyd Spence National Cemetery, Fort Jackson, SC: designate (see H.R. 4171), H13859 [13NO]
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H344 [10JA]
Foreign trade: clarify the rules of origin for certain textile and apparel products (see H.R. 857), H6235 [11JN]
Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H14250 [5DE]
———improve Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 1344), H3400 [16AP]
———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H3185 [27MR]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]
———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see H.R. 727), H1897 [16FE]
Health care professionals: expand the nurse student loan program, establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, and provide for a nurse faculty pilot project (see H.R. 4001), H14085 [15NO]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]
Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H3695 [19AP]
House of Representatives: provide for correction of events relative to vote on motion to recommit H.R. 3161, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (see H. Res. 622), H10017 [4AU]
House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 786), H13205 [6NO]
Hyde, Henry J.: tribute (see H. Res. 843), H15209 [6DE]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3494), H10435 [17SE]
———prohibit issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4176), H13958 [14NO]
———simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (see H.R. 1792), H4051 [24AP]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H11491 [10OC]
Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 989), H3561 [18AP]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H7433 [28JN]
Iran: call for immediate and unconditional release of British marines and sailors (see H. Res. 267), H3186 [27MR]
———enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H3724 [20AP]
———provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 394), H1416 [8FE]
Iraq: ensure U.S. Armed Forces have the necessary resources to carry out their mission and require the Iraqi Government meets certain political, economic, and military benchmarks (see H. Res. 150), H1416 [8FE]
Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building, Louisville, KY: designate (see H.R. 4454), H16950 [19DE]
Kentucky: tribute to National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 233), H11490 [10OC]
Kentucky Artisan Heritage Trails National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 646), H886 [23JA]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 697), H943 [24JA]
Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H835 [22JA]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H13960 [14NO]
Medicaid: establish a minimum State dispensing fee for certain drugs, modify application of average manufacturer price methodology to drug rebates, eliminate cap on certan asset tests, and extend SSI asset verification (see H.R. 3193), H10757 [24SE]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H3477 [17AP]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H3724 [20AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H2620 [15MR]
———disapprove rule relative to coverage of the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients (see H.J. Res. 54), H11317 [4OC]
———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 1809), H3359 [29MR]
———ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 562), H887 [23JA] (see H.R. 3057), H8187 [19JY]
———establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services so that direct payment to speech-language pathologists may be made (see H.R. 1774), H4487 [3MY]
———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H4751 [9MY]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2399 [9MR]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H7340 [27JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1926), H7340 [27JN]
———improve payments for academic anesthesiology programs for resident physicians and for academic programs for student registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1932), H7203 [26JN]
———increase caps on graduate medical education positions for States with a shortage of residents (see H.R. 1093), H5532 [21MY]
———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1823), H3360 [29MR]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H2571 [14MR]
———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 3282), H11729 [17OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H1791 [15FE]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3364 [29MR]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H7983 [17JY]
National Cemetery Administration: permit employees, volunteers, and veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors to recite 13 steps for folding an U.S. flag if requested by family of the deceased (see H. Res. 783), H13205 [6NO]
National Hunting and Fishing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 634), H10697 [20SE]
National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 866), H1342 [7FE]
National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 584), H10626 [19SE]
National Writing Project (organization): reauthorize (see H.R. 3357), H10902 [25SE]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H760 [18JA]
Natural gas: end prohibition on production of offshore supplies and dedicate portions of royalties to environmental restoration, renewable energy and carbon sequestration research, and weatherization and energy assistance (see H.R. 2784), H7783 [13JY]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 2102), H8121 [18JY]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: conduct a study on prescription drug take-back programs (see H.R. 2223), H7203 [26JN]
Parsons, Benny: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H988 [29JA]
Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see H.R. 4061), H12454 [1NO]
Petroleum: streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (see H.R. 2471), H7434 [28JN]
POW: issue a POW medal to civilian Federal employees who are forcibly detained by enemy forces under wartime conditions (see H.R. 284), H4204 [26AP]
Power resources: promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (see H.R. 370), H341 [10JA]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H4914 [10MY]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 983), H2571 [14MR]
Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 322), H3695 [19AP]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2564), H6006 [5JN]
Ships and vessels: extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement (see H.R. 3852), H12238 [30OC]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 210), H10626 [19SE]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 241), H4753 [9MY]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3046), H7851 [16JY]
———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3584), H10624 [19SE]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3864), H11728 [17OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H1272 [6FE]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 1629), H7433 [28JN]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H11933 [23OC]
———golf club components (see H.R. 2362), H7434 [28JN]
Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 1127), H11028 [27SE]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 139), H6577 [15JN]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1524), H3018 [23MR]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 721), H1053 [30JA]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains and modernize certain provisions applicable to timber real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1937), H4205 [26AP]
———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see H.R. 1818), H12739 [5NO]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1110), H1892 [16FE]
———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3363), H10697 [20SE]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H2340 [8MR]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H4627 [8MY]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 1876), H3474 [17AP]
———exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 1458), H7203 [26JN]
———exclude military basic housing allowance from income for purposes of the low-income housing credit and qualified residential rental projects (see H.R. 1481), H3696 [19AP]
———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 610), H834 [22JA]
———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 3016), H7775 [12JY]
———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 2578), H8743 [26JY]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H5928 [24MY]
———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H1472 [12FE]
———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H4209 [30AP]
———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 2734), H7434 [28JN]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H14250 [5DE]
———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 196), H760 [18JA]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H6111 [6JN]
———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1813), H3359 [29MR]
———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H10939 [26SE]
———make permanent the provision for penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for qualified reservist distributions (see H.R. 867), H7433 [28JN]
———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 686), H943 [24JA]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H6236 [11JN]
———modify tax credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds (see H.R. 1965), H3694 [19AP]
———modify the energy efficient appliance credit for certain newer appliances (see H.R. 2137), H5533 [21MY]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11029 [27SE]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4484 [3MY]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1509), H2486 [13MR]
———permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 1810), H3359 [29MR]
———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 3820), H11490 [10OC]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H1969 [27FE]
———provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 3947), H11934 [23OC]
———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 636), H1565 [13FE]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2116), H6404 [13JN]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 976), H1565 [13FE]
———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 4126), H13411 [8NO]
———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 2488), H5923 [24MY]
———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and replace it with an alternative tax individuals may choose (see H.R. 3818), H16950 [19DE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H3363 [29MR]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2158), H7203 [26JN]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H2122 [1MR]
———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1840), H11729 [17OC]
———simplify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1147), H2957 [22MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 510), H2121 [1MR]
———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 2280), H4913 [10MY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H7777 [12JY]
———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 4215), H14081 [15NO]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H253 [9JA]
Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H15209 [6DE]
Trade Act: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 3375), H9705 [3AU]
University of Tennessee: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 320), H3725 [20AP]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H760 [18JA] (see H.R. 333), H3561 [18AP]
———extend eligibility for combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services retirees that are retired with fewer than twenty years of creditable service (see H.R. 89), H3724 [20AP]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H2436 [12MR]
Vietnam: call for release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 243), H3478 [17AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
China, People's Republic of: recognize and support long distance runs taking place in U.S. and the People's Republic of China to promote friendship (see H. Res. 211), H2165 [5MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal authority for agent or attorney representation in veterans benefits cases (see H.R. 1318), H2164 [5MR]
Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 1090), H1789 [15FE]
SSI: exclude the first $75,000 of the value of retirement plans in determining eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 3696), H11027 [27SE]
Tariff: polycaprolactone acrylate (see H.R. 4444), H15316 [11DE]
———polycaprolactone diol #1 (see H.R. 4445), H15316 [11DE]
———polycaprolactone diol #2 (see H.R. 4447), H15316 [11DE]
———polycaprolactone triol (see H.R. 4446), H15316 [11DE]
———3,3 dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride (see H.R. 4006), H12237 [30OC]
Taxation: allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 3109), H8185 [19JY]
———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 833), H1270 [6FE]
———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 1959), H3694 [19AP]
———promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale (see H.R. 683), H942 [24JA]
———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 1814), H3359 [29MR]
Remarks
America's Second Harvest (organization): anniversary of Kentucky Food Bank, E1494
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), E227
Arla, Mohana: Bullitt County, KY, Education Association Distinguished Citizen of the Year award recipient, E2159
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1764 [15FE]
Barren County, KY: inclusion in Progressive Farmer (publication) list of best places to live in rural America, E1749
Boone, Ron: posthumous induction into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, E660
Bowling Green, KY: tribute to Greenwood High School softball team, E1751
Brown, Dale: Kentucky School Board Association F.L. Dupree Outstanding Superintendent Award recipient, E753
Campbellsville University: anniversary, E791
China, People's Republic of: recognize and support long distance runs taking place in U.S. and the People's Republic of China to promote friendship (H. Res. 211), E465
Clark, Brodie: Carnegie Learning, Inc., Outstanding Student Award recipient, E1461
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: implementation of recommendations funding, E227
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal authority for agent or attorney representation in veterans benefits cases (H.R. 1318), E465
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6533
DuPlessis, John J., Sr.: Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen award recipient, E2137
Fort Knox, KY: tribute to Fort Knox Veteran Service Office employees, E737
Hanson, Rex: LaRue County, KY, Teacher of the Year Excellence in Classroom and Educational Leadership Award recipient, E548
Hendrick, Larry: National Association of Agricultural Educators Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E2523
Horse Cave, KY: anniversary of Caverna Memorial Hospital, E2438
Hussung, Lisa: Kentucky Music Educators Association Elementary Music Teacher of the Year award recipient, E560
Kentucky: tribute to Special Olympics women's basketball team, E2571
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H461 [12JA]
National History Day (organization): tribute to Kentucky competition participants, E229
Owensboro, KY: tribute to VFW Post 696, E2079
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H694 [18JA]
Ross, Kelly: Kentucky Education Association National Foundation for the Improvement of Education Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1752
Smalling, Sheila D.: Kentucky Music Educators Association Middle School Music Teacher of the Year award recipient, E592
Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 1090), E370
———extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), H9476 [1AU]
Taxation: allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (H.R. 3109), E1584
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), H11290, H11293, H11294 [4OC]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), Senate amendment, H16770 [18DE]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations, H16770 [18DE]
———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (H.R. 833), E274
———extend the new market tax credit (H.R. 2075), E890
———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (H.R. 1959), E794
———promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale (H.R. 683), E193
———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (H.R. 3820), E2198
———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (H.R. 1814), E728
Veterans: health care funding, H6533
VFW Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 663), H10708
Votes: position on missed, E1102
Willett, Kristin: Elizabethtown, KY, Independent Schools Excellence in the Classroom and Educational Leadership Award recipient, E265
World Hunger Relief Week: tribute to partnership of Yum! Brands, Inc., and the World Food Programme, E2133
Tributes
Adkins, Ray, E1780
Bucci, George, E1263
Buckles, Terry, E514
Cart, Sherry L., E1906
Carter, Fred P., E1194
Colyer, Gil, E903
Cottrell, Stan, E465
Cowles, Benton, E788
Darland, Charles, E715
Dupin, Edith, E1100
Eubanks, Edward (Jack), E1908
Fogle, James (Avon), E1265
Greenwell, Phillip, E2111
Grusy, Rod, E782
Hindman, John, E104
Kazlauskas, John, E2445
Oldham, Richard P., E1251
Patton, Everett, E228
Pawley, Justin, E608
Rex, Robley, E1591
Wimsatt, Charles G., E2280
Wise, Donna, E223