POMEROY, EARL (a Representative from North Dakota)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West, Kirk Johnson, New York (NY) Times, H3178 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (see H.R. 6522), H6673 [16JY]

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), H10132 [26SE]

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

AMA: recognize contributions of African-American doctors on the occasion of apology to the National Medical Association for racial prejudices and wrongdoings (see H. Con. Res. 403), H7787 [31JY]

America Saves Week: support (see H. Res. 957), H1002 [19FE] (see H. Res. 996), H1031 [25FE]

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]

———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]

———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), H1889 [1AP]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (see H.R. 5609), H1700 [13MR]

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

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H871 [12FE]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2070 [8AP]

Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 2686), H2356 [15AP]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (see H.R. 6377), H6173 [26JN]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (see H.R. 6307), H5865 [23JN]

———promote adoption of children with special needs (see H.R. 4091), H5482 [17JN]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H814 [7FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4878 [3JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 6604), H7630 [30JY]

Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 2054), H456 [23JA]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3021), H3186 [7MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System (see H.R. 5874), H4151 [19MY]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 6201), H7956 [9SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7854 [8SE]

———permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 6532), H6726 [17JY]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H6010 [24JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H6342 [9JY]

Employment: treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the U.S. Government as American employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 5602), H1700 [13MR]

Federal employees: provide lump-sum payments to certain employees who retire with a substantial amount of unused sick leave (see H.R. 5573), H4322 [20MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1079), H2267 [14AP]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (see H.R. 6849), H9085 [23SE]

Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H6826 [22JY]

Health: improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H4877 [3JN]

———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8397 [17SE]

Higher Education Act: improve participation in higher education of, and increase opportunities in employment for, residents of rural areas (see H.R. 4139), H25 [15JA]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2356 [15AP]

Jordan, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 1242), H5043 [5JN]

Medicaid: provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H7809 [1AU]

Medicare: continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 5174), H555 [29JA]

———expand number of beneficiaries eligible for coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2805), H622 [6FE]

———increase caps on graduate medical education positions for States with a shortage of residents (see H.R. 1093), H621 [6FE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]

———reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2922), H814 [7FE]

Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 365), H5216 [10JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 5611), H6825 [22JY]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1260), H5214 [10JN]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H8478 [18SE]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2553 [22AP]

NATO: express strong support for invitations for membership to Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia (see H. Res. 1070), H1889 [1AP]

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

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1222 [4MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1618 [12MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: tribute (see H. Res. 1352), H7790 [31JY]

Russert, Timothy J., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1275), H5481 [17JN]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H4059 [15MY]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 6600), H7163 [24JY]

———provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorney representing prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 5833), H3778 [13MY]

Sudan: establish a program to assist Sudanese refugees in the U.S. known as the ``Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan'' to voluntarily return to southern Sudan to assist in reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3054), H2760 [24AP]

Taxation: conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, and assist low-income taxpayers (see H.R. 5719), H2069 [8AP]

———enhance charitable giving and improve disclosure and tax administration (see H.R. 7083), H9972 [25SE]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 6333), H10975 [10DE]

———modify penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers (see H.R. 4318), H2151 [9AP]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 5804), H3886 [14MY]

———prohibit loans from qualified employer plans using revolving credit arrangements and limit number of loans to a participant or beneficiary (see H.R. 6708), H7785 [31JY]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 5134), H456 [23JA]

———provide assistance for housing (see H.R. 5720), H2069 [8AP]

———provide benefits for military personnel (see H.R. 6081), H4064 [16MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (see H.R. 6049), H3884 [14MY]

———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 5351), H869 [12FE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 6275), H5481 [17JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 5450), H993 [14FE]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H8020 [10SE]

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

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 5749), H2356 [15AP]

University of Kansas: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1096), H2356 [15AP]

Veterans: presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H4151 [19MY]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 6127), H4829 [22MY]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see H. Res. 1022), H3187 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see H.R. 5707), H2011 [3AP]

Northern Plains Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 6678), H7628 [30JY]

Social Security: exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board from coverage (see H.R. 6603), H7163 [24JY]

Taxation: clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 7103), H9973 [25SE]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 6755), H7787 [31JY]

———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology (see H.R. 6756), H7787 [31JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3794 [14MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), motion to instruct conferees, H2993, H2994 [1MY], H3103, H3104, H3105 [6MY], H3178, H3179, H3180, H3181 [7MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, H4408 [21MY]

———prohibit the establishment of a permanent agriculture disaster assistance program, H3103, H3104, H3105 [6MY]

Bush, President: impeach (H. Res. 1345), E1480 [16JY]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (H.R. 6307), E1377 [26JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), H7527 [30JY]

Dept. of Justice: require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (S. 431), H10241 [27SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 6532), H6838 [23JY]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E2151 [28SE]

Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act: require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H2993, H2994 [1MY]

Food: acknowledge existence of global food crisis, H4318 [20MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), E166 [12FE]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, H3178, H3179, H3180, H3181 [7MY]

Haiti: increase efforts to combat hunger, H4318 [20MY]

———U.S. policy, H4318 [20MY]

Health: improve emergency medical services for children (H.R. 2464), H2029 [8AP]

Insurance: establish health savings accounts, H2311 [15AP]

IRS: increase efforts to ensure that illegal aliens do not receive earned income tax credit, H2320 [15AP]

———prohibit use of private debt collection companies, H2312, H2316 [15AP]

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs: tribute (H. Res. 1415), H7832 [8SE]

Macedonia: work with Greece to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic in order to facilitate NATO membership, H7340 [30JY]

Medicare: protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, H5914 [24JN]

———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), H5914 [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, H6525 [15JY]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1260), H6311 [9JY]

NATO: congratulate Albania and Croatia on being invited to begin accession talks and express support for continuing to enlarge the alliance (H. Res. 1266), H7340 [30JY]

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, H8234 [16SE]

Pension Protection Act: allow asset smoothing in pension plans, H1604, H1605 [12MR]

———require States to credit interest on public pension plans at no greater than market value, H1604, H1605 [12MR]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3361), H1598, H1604, H1605 [12MR]

———technical corrections (H.R. 6382), H6243, H6250, H6252 [9JY]

———technical corrections (H.R. 7327), H10935, H10943 [10DE]

Power resources: 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), H8234 [16SE]

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5104), E166 [12FE]

Public welfare programs: connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, and improve incentives for adoption (H.R. 6893), E1820 [17SE]

Taxation: conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, and assist low-income taxpayers (H.R. 5719), H2311, H2312, H2316, H2317 [15AP]

———conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, and assist low-income taxpayers (H.R. 5719), motion to recommit, H2320 [15AP]

———deny Federal tax subsidy to States and local governments that have illegal immigration sanctuary policies, H2320 [15AP]

———make permanent the credit for producing electricity from wind, H1110 [27FE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), H4386 [21MY]

———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 5351), H1110 [27FE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H4386 [21MY]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), E2149 [28SE]

Votes: position on missed, H3192 [8MY], H4810 [22MY], E243 [26FE], E467 [1AP], E1157 [5JN], E2234 [3OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6574 [15JY]

Tributes

DeVine, Terry, H6548 [15JY]