THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H648 [17JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1585, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H14182 [5DE]

———H.R. 2082, intelligence services appropriations, H14132 [4DE]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H6582 [18JN]

Jo Ann Davis funeral attendees, H11493 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 419), H2571 [14MR]

Appropriations: establish legislative line item veto (see H.R. 689), H6577 [15JN]

Armed Forces: tribute to soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and civilians that comprise the special operations forces community (see H. Res. 305), H3475 [17AP]

Army PFC Juan Alonso Covarrubias Post Office Building, Waco, TX: designate (see H.R. 3720), H15209 [6DE]

Budget: commit 4 percent of gross domestic product to a base defense budget (see H.J. Res. 67), H14494 (see H.J. Res. 67), H15208 [6DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H2822 [21MR]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H2621 [15MR]

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]

Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H14083 [15NO]

Congress: pledge faithful support to members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way (see H.R. 511), H1153 [31JA]

Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 4774), H16832 [18DE]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H2122 [1MR]

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 HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H4293 [1MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (see H.R. 2631), H6180 [7JN]

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

Dept. of State: respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel (see H.R. 2960), H7489 [10JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H2821 [21MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 4104), H13413 [8NO]

Detroit Tigers (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 488), H6578 [15JN]

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

Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr., Post Office Building, Uvalde, TX: designate (see H.R. 2688), H6330 [12JN]

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]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H4416 [2MY]

———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H7203 [26JN]

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), H9469 (see H.R. 2905), H9545 [1AU]

FDA: provide for the licensing of comparable biological products to allow for lower-cost, generic versions of biotech drugs (see H.R. 1038), H3081 [26MR]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H3561 [18AP]

Floyd Spence National Cemetery, Fort Jackson, SC: designate (see H.R. 4171), H13859 [13NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (see H.R. 3138), H8395 [24JY]

Health: 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), H2621 [15MR]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation (see H.R. 2497), H5923 [24MY]

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]

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 all committees post recorded votes on their web sites within 48 hours (see H. Res. 231), H11317 [4OC]

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]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 4088), H15414 [12DE]

Iraq: require President to report on extent of progress of Iraqi cooperation with U.S. stability efforts, achieving security for its citizens, and denying terrorists a sanctuary (see H.R. 1062), H1787 [15FE]

Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H7982 [17JY]

Law enforcement: grant immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to threaten transportation security (see H.R. 2291), H8618 [25JY]

Lea, Tom: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H7202 [26JN]

Lino Perez, Jr., Post Office, Rio Grande City, TX: designate (see H.R. 437), H1211 [5FE]

Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building, Round Rock, TX: designate (see H.R. 3974), H12103 [25OC]

Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry Post Office Building, Lorena, TX: designate (see H.R. 3721), H16950 [19DE]

Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack Post Office Building, Fort Worth, TX: designate (see H.R. 3988), H12155 [29OC]

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), H11316 [4OC]

Medicare: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2621 [15MR]

———extend increased payments for ground ambulance services (see H.R. 2164), H7203 [26JN]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see H.R. 2585), H11028 [27SE]

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

———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), H6008 [5JN]

———require public reporting of health care-associated infections data and establish pilot program for incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence (see H.R. 1174), H12103 [25OC]

———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), H7203 [26JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H4913 [10MY]

National security: require quadrennial national security reviews (see H.R. 3198), H8742 [26JY]

National Youth Court Month: encourage recognition (see H. Res. 576), H11395 [9OC]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 442), H6332 [12JN]

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]

Navy: anniversary of sailing of ``Great White Fleet'' (see H. Con. Res. 261), H15209 [6DE]

Nuclear weapons: establish the transfer of any nuclear weapon, device, material, or technology to terrorists as a crime against humanity (see H.R. 2254), H4752 [9MY]

Oklahoma: anniversary of statehood (see H. Con. Res. 254), H13960 [14NO]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 1978), H3723 [20AP]

Privacy: prohibit the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 2455), H5723 [23MY]

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

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 3654), H11777 [18OC]

Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building, Austin, TX: designate (see H.R. 577), H788 [19JA]

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

———provide for updated and secure cards (see H.R. 2368), H5725 [23MY]

———reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, expand child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and provide for a health care Federalism initiative (see H.R. 3888), H11775 [18OC]

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

Staff Sergeant Marvin ``Rex'' Young Post Office Building, Odessa, TX: designate (see H.R. 1425), H2398 [9MR]

Taxation: provide permanent relief for sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses (see H.R. 411), H3185 [27MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 1366), H5472 [17MY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and replace it with an alternative tax individuals may choose (see H.R. 3818), H11778 [18OC]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1790 [15FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2158), H15317 [11DE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 510), H2821 [21MR]

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]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 663), H10625 [19SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: condemn actions resulting in damage (see H. Res. 680), H10901 [25SE]

Zindler, Marvin H.: tribute (see H. Res. 585), H8834 (see H. Res. 585), H9052 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of State: require a quadrennial review of the diplomatic strategy and structure and determine the best means to fulfill its mission in the future (see H.R. 2799), H6827 [20JN]

Government: improve conduct of strategic communication (see H.R. 2800), H6827 [20JN]

Medicare: restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4452), H15316 [11DE]

Power resources: secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (see H.R. 3089), H8120 [18JY]

Taxation: repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1586), H2742 [20MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1577 [14FE]

———Special Operations Forces funding, H5135 [16MY]

———tribute to soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and civilians that comprise the special operations forces community (H. Res. 305), H3498 [18AP]

Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change, H4884 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5135, H5277 [16MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), conference report, H15345 [12DE]

———require videotaping of strategic interrogations of detainees by military personnel, intelligence operatives, or contractors and allow access to detainees by certain groups, H5277 [16MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (S. 1927), H9960 [4AU]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), H14051 [15NO]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), H4884 [10MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), conference report, H15427 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), motion to instruct conferees, H14127 [4DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H15427 [13DE]

Iraq: require the Dept. of Defense to commence reduction of the number of U.S. forces to a limited presence by a certain date (H.R. 2956), H7695 [12JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3721 [20AP]