MORAN, JERRY (a Representative from Kansas)
Amendments
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6546 [15JN]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7347 [28JN]
Appointments
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H6582 [18JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (see H. Res. 726), H11549 [15OC]
Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 2473), H5922 [24MY]
———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 419), H987 [29JA]
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), H2303 [7MR]
———promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats (see H.R. 1947), H3693 [19AP]
Arlington National Cemetery: authorize placement of an American braille tactile flag honoring blind civilians, military personnel, and veterans (see H.R. 4169), H13859 [13NO]
Armed Forces: award a military service medal to members who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in a test of atomic weapons (see H.R. 3471), H10076 [4SE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H2039 [28FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service for members of the Ready Reserve in active Federal status or on active duty for significant periods (see H.R. 1428), H2398 [9MR]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H15209 [6DE]
———transfer contact information for a member who is being medically separated or retired to the State department or agency for veterans affairs where the veteran intends to reside (see H.R. 3191), H9711 [3AU]
———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H11070 [1OC]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]
Boise, ID: congratulate for being chosen to host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games (see H. Res. 380), H6578 [15JN]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 230), H11848 [22OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]
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), H3724 [20AP]
Charleston, SC: honor and express condolences to families of firefighters killed in warehouse fire (see H. Con. Res. 172), H7341 [27JN]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H8618 [25JY]
China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 321), H2341 [8MR]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H16834 [18DE]
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), H12238 [30OC]
Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see H.R. 4626), H15467 [13DE]
Congress: provide a moratorium on consideration of legislation that contains earmarks until a bipartisan panel is established to provide oversight over the earmark process and report recommendations (see H. Res. 727), H11490 [10OC]
Constitution—U.S.: anniversary of signing (see H. Res. 646), H10940 [26SE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1767), H10510 [18SE]
Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see H.R. 3753), H11777 [18OC]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 814), H1417 [8FE]
Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 2819), H8187 [19JY]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H941 [24JA]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H9468 (see H.R. 1154), H9545 [1AU]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: prevent attachment of provisions to legislation funding implementation of recommendations that provoke threats of Presidential veto (see H. Con. Res. 98), H2956 [22MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 1649), H4967 [14MY]
———reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H2820 [21MR]
———tailor rural broadband program to better serve those living in rural areas (see H.R. 2035), H4175 [25AP]
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]
———promote availability and use of the Federal student financial aid Internet site (see H.R. 1522), H3185 [27MR]
Dept. of Energy: study feasibility of constructing dedicated ethanol pipelines (see H.R. 2426), H5620 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow filing of orphan petitions by individuals for at least two years after approval of advanced processing application (see H.R. 628), H2121 [1MR]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H2621 [15MR]
Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 1216), H3081 [26MR]
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), H12104 [25OC]
———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H10626 [19SE]
———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (see H.R. 2790), H6827 [20JN]
———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H2401 [9MR]
———repeal offset from surviving spouse annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation and annuity authority for certain dependents (see H.R. 1589), H4294 [1MY]
———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 1470), H4629 [8MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 4104), H13413 [8NO]
Disasters: extend tax relief to residents and businesses of an area where a major disaster has been declared due to severe storms and flooding (see H.R. 3444), H9708 [3AU]
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), H4629 [8MY]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H9276 [31JY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H8397 [24JY]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2401 [9MR]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H5928 [24MY]
Dutch-American Friendship Day: establish (see H. Res. 89), H2122 [1MR]
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: provide for certain administrative and support services (see H.R. 2094), H4291 [1MY]
Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H2957 [22MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend (see H.R. 648), H13522 [9NO]
———amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 2946), H13860 [13NO]
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), H4176 [25AP]
Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (see H.R. 4220), H14082 [15NO]
FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (see H.R. 237), H6577 [15JN]
———reform Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3004), H8618 [25JY]
———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H10625 [19SE]
———restore mission to promote civil aeronautics (see H.R. 1106), H1790 [15FE]
Families and domestic relations: provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who have a certain level of child support arrearages (see H.R. 491), H571 [16JA]
FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H7657 [11JY]
FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H4051 [24AP]
Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 1869), H11847 [22OC]
Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (see H. Res. 544), H7776 [12JY]
Food industry: enhance State inspection of meat and poultry (see H.R. 2315), H5052 [15MY]
Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H9469 (see H. Con. Res. 75), H9546 [1AU]
———denounce practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, honor killings, and other gender-based persecutions, and encourage participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women (see H. Res. 32), H8398 [24JY]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H10246 [6SE]
Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 725), H10370 [14SE]
Health: encourage use of electronic health records and provide a secure framework in which such records are made available for a national information technology infrastructure (see H.R. 2991), H7655 [11JY]
———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), H1415 [8FE]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H1893 [16FE]
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 all committees post recorded votes on their web sites within 48 hours (see H. Res. 231), H2400 [9MR]
———require lists of earmarks be made available to the general public on the Internet (see H. Res. 169), H2624 [16MR]
———require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 786), H13205 [6NO]
Hunt, Lamar: tribute (see H. Res. 53), H1417 [8FE]
Hyde, Henry J.: tribute (see H. Res. 843), H15209 [6DE]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10076 [4SE]
———prohibit issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4176), H13958 [14NO]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 4088), H14085 [15NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 821), H14084 [15NO]
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), H8618 [25JY]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H10696 [20SE]
Iraq: provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis and assist Iraqi refugees (see H.R. 2265), H6578 [15JN]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H13960 [14NO]
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), H8396 [24JY]
———limit required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads to class II narcotics (see H.R. 3090), H10157 [5SE]
———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), H2401 [9MR]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H10157 [5SE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H2620 [15MR]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1588), H4487 [3MY]
———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H6236 [11JN]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H6828 [20JN]
———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H7201 [26JN]
———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2827), H10157 [5SE]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H9656 [2AU]
———provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by critical access hospitals and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2159), H5725 [23MY]
———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H11491 [10OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H1417 [8FE]
———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), H2435 [12MR]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H2121 [1MR]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3277 [28MR]
Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]
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), H2165 [5MR]
Michael Bilirakis Dept. of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 4264), H14251 [5DE]
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 Fire Fighter Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 695), H12022 [24OC]
National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see H.R. 1336), H4176 [25AP]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (see H.R. 1239), H4487 [3MY]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H672 [17JA]
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]
Omaha, NE: express condolences to victims and those affected by shootings at Westroads Mall and extend thanks to first responders (see H. Res. 856), H15316 [11DE]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging on oil and gasoline products by merchants during certain abnormal market disruptions (see H.R. 2460), H5723 [23MY]
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), H343 [10JA]
Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office, Gardner, KS: designate (see H.R. 3034), H7775 [12JY]
Public Health Service Act: revise and expand the drug discount program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2606), H7341 [27JN]
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see H.R. 1469), H4629 [8MY]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H1211 [5FE]
———extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see H.R. 3533), H11847 [22OC]
Sudan: encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 422), H5532 [21MY]
———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H8821 [27JY]
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify the minimum distribution to certain States and Indian tribes (see H.R. 4025), H12383 [31OC]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H11933 [23OC]
Taxation: 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), H2487 [13MR]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H8742 [26JY]
———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 1921), H14084 [15NO]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1748), H8821 [27JY]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H2742 [20MR]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H13959 [14NO]
———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H13959 [14NO]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H10320 [7SE]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H13205 [6NO]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11549 [15OC]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 2287), H13860 [13NO]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H3561 [18AP]
———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H5928 [24MY]
———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 3088), H10511 [18SE]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H760 [18JA]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H7203 [26JN]
———reward individuals who provide volunteer services in times of national need (see H.R. 2439), H8293 [23JY]
———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 2280), H11548 [15OC]
———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see H.R. 2659), H6235 [11JN]
Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 3541), H10757 [24SE]
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), H10363 [10SE]
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), H11317 [4OC]
U.S. Commission To Monitor Slavery and Its Eradication in Sudan: establish (see H.R. 3844), H14158 [4DE]
United Kingdom: express gratitude to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for State Visit and reaffirm friendship that exists between the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Res. 412), H5533 [21MY]
———observe anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade and commend role of William Wilberforce in such abolition (see H. Res. 158), H1897 [16FE]
University of Tennessee: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 320), H3725 [20AP]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 784), H4051 [24AP]
———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), H2121 [1MR]
———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), H2121 [1MR]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 189), H1896 [16FE]
Wichita State University: tribute to women's bowling team (see H. Res. 472), H10157 [5SE]
Winton, Nicholas: tribute (see H. Res. 583), H8820 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 1026), H1563 [13FE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (see H.R. 1025), H1563 [13FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers (see H.R. 1527), H2570 [14MR]
Disasters: extend tax relief to residents and businesses of an area where a major disaster has been declared due to severe storms and tornadoes (see H.R. 2935), H7432 [28JN]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs (see H.R. 4193), H14080 [15NO]
Kansas State University: anniversary of College of Agriculture Dept. of Agronomy (see H. Res. 124), H1210 [5FE]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve method of determining adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 2166), H4485 [3MY]
President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: implement recommendations (see H.R. 3502), H10319 [7SE]
Taxation: exclude military basic housing allowance from income for purposes of the low-income housing credit and qualified residential rental projects (see H.R. 1481), H2436 [12MR]
Tornadoes: express condolences to victims in Greensburg, KS, and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting search and rescue operations (see H. Res. 400), H4966 [14MY]
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act: ensure that livestock producers impacted by natural disasters qualify for disaster assistance (see H.R. 3131), H8292 [23JY]
Oaths of office
House of Representatives, H17 [4JA]
Remarks
Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, H1067 [31JA]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3161), H9617 [2AU]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), consideration (H. Res. 116), H1067 [31JA]
———making supplemental for disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses and Western States for fisheries, wildland firefighting, and rural schools (H.R. 2207), H4876 [10MY]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (H. Con. Res. 7), H4061 [25AP]
Armed Forces: improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status (H.R. 1538), H3214 [28MR]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1838
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 409), H5357 [17MY]
Collyer, KS: tribute, E521
Cuba: prohibit funding to implement or enforce regulations relative to payment terms for the shipment of agricultural commodities or products from the U.S., H7347, H7348 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (H.R. 1025), H4507
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers, H3214 [28MR]
———allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers (H.R. 1527), H2723 [20MR]
———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program, H3214 [28MR]
———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (H.R. 1470), H5669 [23MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6546, H6547 [15JN]
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H11227 [3OC]
Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (H.R. 4220), E2632
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7347, H7348 [28JN]
Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (H. Res. 544), H10100 [5SE]
Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H3551 [18AP]
Immigration: reform (S. 1348), E1172 [25MY]
Kansas State University: reopening of Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, H12484 [5NO]
Medicare: improve access to pharmacies under part D, E2419
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, E1466
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H7634 [11JY]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve, H2270 [7MR]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H7634 [11JY]
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 (H. Con. Res. 25), E2148
Sudan: encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region, H8623 [26JY]
———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region, H3551 [18AP]
Taxation: exclude military basic housing allowance from income for purposes of the low-income housing credit and qualified residential rental projects (H.R. 1481), H12761 [6NO], H16786 [18DE]
———provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), H12761 [6NO]
———provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 884), H16786 [18DE]
Tipton, KS: tribute, E1159
Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Greensburg, KS, H4622, H4623 [8MY]
———express condolences to victims in Greensburg, KS, and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting search and rescue operations (H. Res. 400), H5542, H5543, H5544 [22MY]
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act: ensure that livestock producers impacted by natural disasters qualify for disaster assistance (S. 1716), E1719
Veterans: recognize service of U.S. Merchant Marine veterans (H. Res. 413), H5545 [22MY]
Veterans Health Administration: medical services funding through reductions in medical administration funding, H6546, H6547 [15JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4550 [7MY], H4749 [9MY]
Special order: granted, H757 [18JA], H1965 [27FE], H2163 [5MR], H2669 [19MR], H3471 [17AP], H4550 [7MY], H7486 [10JY], H11248 [3OC], H12154 [29OC], H12382 [31OC], H13408 [8NO]
Tributes
Alexander, Claude, E2371
Dlabal, Pete, E1596
Layher, Robert, E1595
Miller, Bill, E873
Minor, Lewis D., E495
Welch, Larry, E1176