BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 3121, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H6378 [10JY]

———H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act, H3856 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 618), H1539 [11MR]

Air pollution: accelerate development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities (see H.R. 6258), H5406 [12JN]

Alcoholic beverages: recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy (see H. Con. Res. 429), H9974 [25SE]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War I veterans (see H.R. 6696), H8019 [10SE]

American Institute in Taiwan: require Senate confirmation of director (see H.R. 1390), H7629 [30JY]

American Religious History Week: designate (see H. Res. 888), H872 [12FE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H4454 [21MY]

Armed Forces: deny Federal funds to any State, city, county, or other political subdivision that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office (see H.R. 5462), H993 [14FE]

———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]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H10300 [27SE]

———retain certain active members otherwise retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but still medically able to perform noncombat-related specialties or duties (see H.R. 5868), H6010 [24JN]

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

Aviation: provide incentives for the production and use of unconventional aviation fuels (see H.R. 6131), H4829 [22MY]

Baytown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 934), H872 [12FE]

Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting rescue operations (see H. Res. 1283), H5580 [18JN]

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

Brown, Monica L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2443 [16AP]

Buckley, William F., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1016), H1220 [4MR]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 137), H7308 [29JY]

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]

Colorado: express condolences to victims and community impacted by church shootings (see H. Res. 886), H457 [23JA]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Computers: prohibit installation of certain peer-to-peer file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer (see H.R. 7176), H10299 [27SE]

Congress: condition adjournment on enactment of comprehensive energy legislation (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8397 [17SE]

Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office, Odessa, TX: designate (see H.R. 6437), H6229 [8JY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 6219), H5213 [10JN]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: change method for determining the mileage reimbursement rate, eliminate all deductibles, and ensure full participation for veterans under the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 6695), H7854 [8SE]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2659 [23AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 89), H5111 [9JN]

FDA: establish a program of fees relative to generic new animal drugs (see H.R. 6433), H6229 [8JY]

———revise and extend the animal drug user fee program (see H.R. 6432), H6229 [8JY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 5794), H2443 [16AP]

———repeal requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5656), H2854 [29AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (see H.R. 5440), H1539 [11MR]

George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush U.S. Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building, Midland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5903), H2759 [24AP]

Hazardous substances: exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 5232), H1772 [14MR]

Health: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H1701 [13MR]

———promote adoption of health information technology (see H.R. 6357), H6009 [24JN]

Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 1287), H6010 [24JN]

House of Representatives: prohibit adjournment until approval of a bill to establish a comprehensive national energy plan addressing energy conservation and expansion of renewable and conventional energy sources (see H. Res. 1391), H7629 [30JY]

Houston, TX: tribute to Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing (see H. Res. 1250), H5044 [5JN]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H3404 [8MY]

Louisa Swain Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 378), H8019 [10SE]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H2761 [24AP]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 1411), H7956 [9SE]

National Guard: recognize dedication and honorable service of members who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start (see H. Res. 1306), H6176 [26JN]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2444 [16AP]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 393), H8050 [11SE]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H7629 [30JY]

New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act: technical correction (see H.R. 6946), H8475 [18SE]

Nuclear energy: establish a program for providing scholarships for nuclear science and nuclear engineering students (see H.R. 6135), H4829 [22MY]

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

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1032 [25FE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2151 [9AP]

Petroleum: establish an interagency working group to identify factors that affect pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products and make appropriate recommendations (see H.R. 6238), H5327 [11JN]

———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]

Pope Benedict XVI: U.S. visit (see H. Res. 838), H2071 [8AP]

Power resources: promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 6566), H6824 [22JY]

POW/MIA: recognize courage and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces held as POW and call for a full accounting of Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnamese Conflict (see H. Res. 986), H994 [14FE]

Real estate: prohibit Federal economic development funds to States that carry out public takings for private purposes (see H.R. 6219), H5213 [10JN]

Shimkus, Representative: tribute (see H. Res. 1223), H4831 [22MY]

Social Security: extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6788), H7806 [1AU]

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

———footwear (see H.R. 3934), H871 [12FE]

Taxation: allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5737), H6010 [24JN]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1888), H3885 [14MY]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 5109), H558 [29JA]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 510), H2355 [15AP]

Texas: tribute to wine and winegrape industry (see H. Con. Res. 216), H2659 [23AP]

Texas Military Veterans Post Office, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 5517), H1183 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Communications Act: reform collection and distribution of universal service support provisions (see H.R. 6356), H6009 [24JN]

Dept. of HHS: expand authority to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation (see H.R. 6376, 6378), H6173 [26JN]

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

NCAA: prohibit the promotion, marketing, or advertising of any post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a playoff system (see H.R. 7330), H10975 [10DE]

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

Power resources: 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]

Eulogies

Gillespie, John P.: by Ed Gillespie, E2065 [27SE]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3848 [14MY], H4863 [3JN], H6462, H6464 [14JY], H7941 [9SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), motion to instruct conferees, H3848 [14MY]

Congress: tribute to congressional baseball game participants, H6794, H6795 [22JY]

CPSC: prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, H7582, H7584 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 6022), H3702, H3704, H3705, H3706, H3707 [13MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E1929 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), H10250 [27SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserves in Alaska (H.R. 6515), H6700 [17JY]

———prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (H.R. 6251), H6458 [14JY]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10918 [10DE]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10706, H10770 [3OC]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1108), H7568, H7574, H7577 [30JY]

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 (H.R. 5669), H4898 [4JN]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 758), H8664 [23SE]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), H2504, H2505, H2506 [22AP]

Medicare: respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5480), H1210, H1211 [4MR]

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), H5905, H5908, H5909, H5911 [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, H6521, H6527 [15JY]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1288 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10770 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1525), H10706 [3OC]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1134), H3710 [13MY]

NCAA: prohibit the promotion, marketing, or advertising of any post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a playoff system (H.R. 7330), E2379 [10DE]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H3848 [14MY], H6457, H6464, H6469 [14JY], H8213 [16SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10411 [29SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H4863, H4867 [3JN]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, H5939 [24JN]

———impact of environmental regulations on refinery expansion and capacity, H6460 [14JY]

———year-end profits of oil companies, H6468 [14JY]

Point of order, H5915 [24JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4863, H4865, H4867 [3JN], H5935 [24JN], H6456, H6457, H6458, H6460, H6462, H6464, H6468 [14JY], H7082, H7086, H7090 [24JY]

———promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence (H.R. 6566), H7941 [9SE]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 6346), H5935, H5937, H5939 [24JN]

———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), H8213, H8234, H8240 [16SE]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 1433), H8162 [16SE]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (H.R. 6330), H6468 [14JY]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, H7578, H7581, H7582, H7583, H7584 [30JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (H.R. 3058), H4926 [4JN]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, H395, H404, H405 [23JA]

———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H395, H404, H405 [23JA]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, H6464 [14JY]

———provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 6578), H7081, H7086, H7090 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H552 [29JA]

Tributes

Eaton, Charles E. (Cotton), E602 [14AP]

Gillespie, John P., E2065 [27SE]

Knight, Robert L., E1423 [9JY]