LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H8723 [26JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7205 [26JN], H7349 [28JN]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H4300 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 618), H13522 [9NO]

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), H7982 [17JY]

Appropriations: provide automatic continuing appropriations for the Government (see H.R. 3508), H12104 [25OC]

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), H11777 [18OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H2339 [8MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H4553 [7MY]

Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building, Chelsea, OK: designate (see H.R. 2127), H4554 [7MY]

Coins: require inscription ``In God We Trust'' to appear on the face of $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 2510), H5923 [24MY]

Congress: pledge faithful support to members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way (see H.R. 511), H2486 [13MR]

Credit: prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to individuals who lack a Social Security account number (see H.R. 480), H6828 [20JN]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H9468 (see H.R. 1154), H9545 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction and family housing projects (see H.R. 22), H111 [5JA]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 1539), H3185 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H7983 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1039), H1667 [14FE]

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. 3958), H12020 [24OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H12021 [24OC]

———provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (see H.R. 4141), H13960 [14NO]

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), H13296 [7NO]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H6111 [6JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H9276 [31JY]

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), H10077 [4SE]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H5927 [24MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 769), H1151 [31JA]

———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), H2744 [20MR]

Ernest Childers Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 366), H341 [10JA]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H10696 [20SE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and honor birthparents who carry out an adoption plan (see H. Con. Res. 239), H13960 [14NO]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 268), H3279 [28MR]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs (see H.R. 4193), H14080 [15NO]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H7430 [28JN]

FCIC: offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance (see H.R. 1825), H6439 (see H.R. 1825), H6476 [14JN]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H2121 [1MR]

Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (see H. Res. 544), H8822 [27JY]

Food industry: enhance State inspection of meat and poultry (see H.R. 2315), H5052 [15MY]

Freedom of religion: protect right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer (see H.R. 2104), H4415 [2MY]

Government: prevent shutdowns (see H.R. 3583), H11071 [1OC]

Health: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 2807), H7341 [27JN]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H10625 [19SE]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship (see H.R. 4344), H15314 [11DE]

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]

House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 786), H13205 [6NO]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 1752), H3356 [29MR]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

———prohibit issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4176), H13958 [14NO]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H. Con. Res. 218), H11029 [27SE]

Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 1065), H1788 [15FE]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H4293 [1MY]

Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 131), H4488 [3MY]

———condemn the Wakf's digging activities at the Temple Mount site and the destruction of artifacts important to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths (see H. Res. 756), H13960 [14NO]

Johnson, Shawn: tribute (see H. Res. 684), H11778 [18OC]

Medicaid: ensure beneficiary access to generic drugs by setting pharmacy reimbursement based on retail acquisition cost and to promote use of generic drugs (see H.R. 3140), H11028 [27SE]

Medicare: 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), H14251 [5DE]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 1190), H6404 [13JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H7201 [26JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H6181 [7JN]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims and prohibit inclusion of pharmacy information (see H.R. 1474), H4293 [1MY]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 2053), H5293 [16MY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3277 [28MR]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H8121 [18JY]

Motor vehicles: adjust weight limits of commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 1757), H3778 [23AP]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 3059), H8618 [25JY]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H8398 [24JY]

National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 215), H12104 [25OC]

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), H12456 [1NO]

National Suffragists Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 105), H4176 [25AP]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H15465 [13DE]

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]

Nelson, Lauren: tribute (see H. Res. 141), H1415 [8FE]

Oklahoma: anniversary of statehood (see H. Con. Res. 254), H13859 [13NO]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H11029 [27SE]

Power resources: support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 25), H790 [19JA]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 926), H1413 [8FE]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 322), H3777 [23AP]

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 490), H6829 [20JN]

Small business: extend current moratorium for complying with certain internal auditing control requirements (see H.R. 2727), H6438 (see H.R. 2727), H6475 [14JN]

Social Security: extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3584), H10624 [19SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H3362 [29MR]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 721), H1273 [6FE]

———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), H9710 [3AU]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 2578), H8121 [18JY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H5472 [17MY]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H945 [24JA]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H13959 [14NO]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H4209 [30AP]

———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit (see H.R. 2298), H6332 [12JN]

———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H9711 [3AU]

———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H7776 [12JY]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 1942), H4294 [1MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H11171 [2OC]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 1814), H6331 [12JN]

———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H3357 [29MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1586), H10076 [4SE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H10363 [10SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H6577 [15JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 510), H670 [17JA]

Trails: designate the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail historic cattle-drive trails for study and for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 2849), H7070 [25JN]

Transportation: provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 3098), H8821 [27JY]

Treaties and agreements: express that the U.S. should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 40), H12021 [24OC]

Truth in Lending Act: establish fair mortgage practices, generally, and for subprime mortgages in particular and provide for a national system for licensing or registering residential mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 3012), H11935 [23OC]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 2141), H5928 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 419), H434 [11JA]

Coins: provide a clear line of demarcation relative to private ownership of certain older U.S. coins, medals, or numismatic items and establish certain guidelines governing newer versions of such items (see H.R. 2730), H6438 (see H.R. 2730), H6475 [14JN]

Power resources: increase diversity and independence of the U.S. energy supply by encouraging energy sources from rural areas, including biofuels and wind energy (see H.R. 2261), H4912 [10MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H8690, H8719 [26JY]

Coins: prohibit funding to seize older U.S. coins, medals, or numismatic items issued by the U.S. Government, H7349 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform commodity programs, increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs, and programs that benefit socially disadvantaged farmers, H8719 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Indian Arts and Crafts Museum funding, H7098 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7098 [26JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7349 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H884 [23JA], H939 [24JA], H3775 [23AP], H6659 [18JN], H10071 [4SE], H10753 [24SE], H11389 [9OC], H14246 [5DE], H15310 [11DE]