McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Into the House Chamber, H2860 [30AP]

Conferee: H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act, H2123 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend (see H.R. 7220, 7222), H10641 [29SE]

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP]

———guarantee residency of spouses of military personnel (see H.R. 6070), H4060 [15MY]

Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 1122), H2761 [24AP]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 2493), H4877 [3JN]

———waive applicable volume requirement for renewable fuels if the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or the fuel is not commercially available in the required volume (see H.R. 6136), H4829 [22MY]

Colombia: congratulate on successful rescue mission that freed 15 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (see H. Con. Res. 389), H6342 [9JY]

Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H995 [14FE]

Committee on Financial Bailouts (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 1452), H8478 [18SE]

Congress: condition adjournment on enactment of comprehensive energy legislation (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8275 [16SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1767), H8397 [17SE]

DeBakey, Michael E.: tribute (see H. Res. 1416), H7956 [9SE]

Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H6577 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: extend certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief (see H.R. 6890), H8126 [15SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H4833 [22MY]

———establish oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6758), H7787 [31JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide disaster assistance to electric utility companies serving low-income households (see H.R. 7008), H9083 [23SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): establish an earned import allowance program (see H.R. 6560), H6824 [22JY]

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (see H.R. 5140), H479 [28JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H7956 [9SE]

Energy Policy Act: restore certain renewable fuels provisions (see H.R. 6134), H4829 [22MY]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: correct definition of willful noncompliance relative to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before a certain date (see H.R. 4008), H480 [28JA]

Federal agencies and departments: repeal requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5656), H4833 [22MY]

Harry Lee Post Office Building, Harvey, LA: designate (see H.R. 5932), H5215 [10JN]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see H.R. 5669), H3020 [1MY]

Honore, Russell L.: tribute (see H. Res. 944), H479 [28JA]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H7956 [9SE]

James Madison University: anniversary (see H. Res. 1051), H5045 [5JN]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H2487 [17AP]

Lionel R. Collins, Sr., Post Office Building, Marrero, LA: designate (see H.R. 5933), H5215 [10JN]

Louisiana State University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 933), H352 [18JA]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3186 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: encourage increased production of natural gas vehicles and provide tax incentives for natural gas vehicle infrastructure (see H.R. 6570), H7789 [31JY]

National D-Day Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 1235), H5111 [9JN]

Nuclear energy: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 6132), H4829 [22MY]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 6950), H8475 [18SE] (see H.R. 7198), H10330 [28SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 6108), H4833 [22MY]

Palmer, Arnold: tribute (see H. Res. 1152), H3187 [7MY]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2070 [8AP]

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 7327), H10975 [10DE]

Petroleum: repeal prohibition on using certain funds to issue regulations on oil shale resources (see H.R. 6138), H4829 [22MY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 6139), H4830 [22MY]

Power resources: provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6709), H7809 [1AU]

———provide disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities (see H.R. 6013), H3402 [8MY]

———study effects of speculation in the futures markets on cash market, prices, and trading venue, and issue notice of proposed rulemaking on foreign regulation of futures and derivatives trading (see H.R. 6130), H4829 [22MY]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]

Social Security: prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (see H.R. 5515), H1446 [10MR]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 6137), H4829 [22MY]

Taxation: extend and modify the renewable energy production credit and the solar energy and fuel cell investment credit (see H.R. 6133), H4829 [22MY]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H. Con. Res. 333), H4062 [15MY]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 7005), H9083 [23SE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 5450), H1032 [25FE]

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), H2658 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Pollock, LA: authorize closure of municipal airport (see H.R. 6891), H8127 [15SE]

Letters

Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3283 [8MY]

Motions

Taxation: provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), H4395 [21MY]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 6275), H6042 [25JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), motion to instruct conferees, H3179 [7MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), Senate amendment, H3944 [15MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H4388 [21MY]

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 6580), H7279 [29JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (H. Con. Res. 312), H1577 [12MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: waive annual renewal requirement, impose sanctions on Burmese gemstones, ban visa expansion, asset blocking, and prohibited activities (H.R. 3890), Senate amendments (H. Res. 1341), H6519 [15JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), earmark declaration, E1038, E1042 [22MY], E1049 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E1958 [25SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 6532), H6833, H6837 [23JY]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10756, H10761 [3OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H487, H502 [29JA]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), concur in Senate amendment, H786 [7FE]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, H3179 [7MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation for tributes, H10758 [3OC]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, H3282 [8MY], H6988, H6992 [23JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H6988 [23JY]

Medicare: waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requirements relative to action on legislation in response to a funding warning (H. Res. 1368), H7126 [24JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), H5909 [24JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, H6522, H6528 [15JY]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10756, H10761 [3OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast and allow for revenue sharing on new areas of production, H8220, H8221 [16SE]

Point of order, H4399 [21MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4328 [21MY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendment, H6988, H6992 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3282 [8MY]

———reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), H8220, H8221 [16SE]

Scalise, Representative: permission to take oath of office for the House of Representatives prior to receipt of certificate of election, H3115 [7MY]

Taxation: allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases, H4384 [21MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives, H4398 [21MY]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for medical and travel while moving purposes, H6042 [25JN]

———provide benefits for military personnel (H.R. 6081), H4167 [20MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief, H10761 [3OC]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), H4384, H4385, H4388, H4389, H4391 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to recommit, H4398 [21MY]

———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 5351), H1113 [27FE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H4384, H4385 [21MY], H10761 [3OC]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 6275), H6039 [25JN]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 6275), motion to recommit, H6042 [25JN]

———repeal tax increases from alternative minimum tax relief relative to pay-as-you-go compliance, H6039, H6042 [25JN]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (H.R. 5724), waiver of fast-track authority (H. Res. 1092), H2180 [10AP]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H3944 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H10757 [3OC], E2003 [25SE], E2317 [20NO]

Tributes

Scalise, Representative, H3116 [7MY]