POMEROY, EARL (a Representative from North Dakota)

Appointments

House Democracy Assistance Commission, H6545 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 3509), H9278 [31JY]

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. 1689), H3833 [24MR]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 233), H69 [7JA]

Armed Forces: commend the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Arkansas National Guard upon its completion of a second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2836 [25FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

———prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of members (see H.R. 2304), H8873 [27JY]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see H. Res. 739), H9808 [22SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: address need for constitutional reform and sustained U.S. engagement in partnership with the European Union (see H. Res. 171), H1606 [13FE]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for a celebration of Citizenship Day (see H. Con. Res. 136), H6012 [21MY]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H6904 [16JN]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H9550 [15SE]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12141 [29OC]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9550 [15SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H13002 [16NO]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H5063 [30AP]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1587), H3640 [18MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H5063 [30AP]

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program: establish (see H.R. 151), H780 [28JA]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H4915 [28AP]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 3742), H11384 [14OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5667 [14MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Community Financial Institutions and an Office of Ombudsman for Community Financial Institutions (see H.R. 2676), H9397 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 734), H3835 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 3787), H11166 [8OC]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see H.R. 949), H12197 [2NO]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H12365 [4NO]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H7146 [23JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H5063 [30AP]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see H. Res. 701), H9443 [10SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H382 [15JA]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H6266 [4JN]

———recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 586), H7446 [25JN]

———stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 2710), H7147 [23JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H4688 [22AP]

Financial institutions: authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H13387 [1DE]

———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H13002 [16NO]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4251 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8008 [10JY]

Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 593), H8101 [14JY]

Health: implement best practices in the delivery of health care (see H.R. 2948), H7022 [18JN]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2926 [3MR]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H196 [13JA]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE]

Indonesia: condemn bombings in Jakarta hotels, express condolences for victims, and support efforts to prosecute attacks and combat terrorism (see H. Res. 675), H8707 [23JY]

IRS: repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H920 [3FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H5486 [12MY]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 2844), H7147 [23JN]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (see H.R. 3663), H10069 [29SE]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———expand development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services and implement a performance-based payment methodology for such services (see H.R. 1776), H7086 [19JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6807 [15JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: anniversary (see H. Res. 454), H6307 [8JN]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H11166 [8OC]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H7837 [8JY]

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H9281 [31JY]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see H.R. 1924), H4841 [27AP]

Onondaga Community College: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 563), H8010 [10JY]

———tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 561), H8010 [10JY]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H2836 [25FE]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H5169 [5MY]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H7023 [18JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H5096 [4MY]

Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission: establish (see H.R. 2599), H6011 [21MY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H12288 [3NO]

Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 562), H8010 [10JY]

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. 1203), H5000 [29AP]

———allow the low income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see H.R. 4109), H14827 [11DE]

———codify exclusion from gross income of medical care provided for Indians (see H.R. 3608), H9738 [21SE]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H12141 [29OC]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1586), H3640 [18MR]

———impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance and are majority owned by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1542), H3525 [17MR]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H. Con. Res. 204), H13387 [1DE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H6015 [21MY]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H9729 [17SE]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see H.R. 3916), H11791 [26OC]

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H11712 [22OC]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H3641 [18MR]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 2779), H6414 [9JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H526 [26JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H10520 [6OC]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 348), H4841 [27AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H2836 [25FE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H7706 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BIA: issue bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools (see H.R. 727), H602 [27JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see H.R. 2446), H5665 [14MY]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4396), H15501 [16DE]

Floods: commend efforts of people fighting floods in North Dakota and Minnesota (see H. Res. 415), H5399 [7MY]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 2277), H5306 [6MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

———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. 2176), H4999 [29AP]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 2124), H4839 [27AP]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see H.R. 2501), H5791 [19MY]

North Dakota: commend efforts of people fighting floods (see H. Res. 405), H5307 [6MY]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H11867 [27OC]

Social Security: exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board from coverage (see H.R. 4185), H13466 [2DE]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 1352), H3054 [5MR]

Taxation: allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H4733 [23AP]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1250), H2886 [2MR]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2447), H5666 [14MY]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments (see H.R. 2748), H6305 [8JN]

———expand availability of saver's credit, make credit refundable, and make Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 1961), H4522 [2AP]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H2602 [23FE]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 435), H161 [9JA]

———extend treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4186), H13466 [2DE]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 3301), H8585 [22JY]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 4184), H13466 [2DE]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 4070), H13001 [16NO]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H921 [3FE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 436), H161 [9JA] (see H.R. 4154), H13353 [19NO]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H3054 [5MR]

Letters

FAA Airports Improvement Program: Mark Holzer, North Dakota Aeronautic Commission, H8652 [23JY]

Motions

Taxation: retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13491 [3DE]

Remarks

Air Force: anniversary of intercontinental ballistic missile force, E2434 [1OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H740 [28JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: address need for constitutional reform and sustained U.S. engagement in partnership with the European Union (H. Res. 171), H5443 [12MY]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), H8534 [22JY]

Colleges and universities: ensure nonprofit organizations are able to participate in student loan programs, H9599, H9600 [16SE]

———student loan delinquency prevention, default aversion, and counseling services funding, H9677 [17SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (H.J. Res. 3), E155 [27JA]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding for Grand Forks, ND, International Airport terminal replacement project, H8652, H8653 [23JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8652, H8653 [23JY]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (H.R. 2971), H9767 [22SE]

Economy: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14441 [9DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H1048 [9FE]

Education: student financial aid programs, E2325 [22SE]

———student loan programs, H9599, H9600 [16SE], E2325 [22SE]

FAA: improve airline safety and pilot training (H.R. 3371), E2539 [15OC]

Floods: commend efforts of people fighting floods in North Dakota and Minnesota (H. Res. 415), H5431 [12MY]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9599, H9600 [16SE], H9677 [17SE], E2325 [22SE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 257), H3652 [19MR]

Immigration: extend certain programs (H.R. 1127), H2943 [4MR]

Medicare: delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (H.R. 3663), H10092 [30SE]

National Job Corps Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 163), H9766 [22SE]

Point of order, H13491 [3DE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H257 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H967 [4FE]

Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3652 [19MR]

———rates, H740 [28JA]

———repeal estate tax, H13492, H13493 [3DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13483, H13484, H13485, H13486, H13489 [3DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), motion to recommit, H13492, H13493 [3DE]

Votes: position on missed, E1033 [30AP], E2609 [22OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H4006 [25MR]

Tributes

Alexander, Donald C., E290 [13FE]

Clifford, Tom, E289 [13FE]

Lothspeich, Edward and family, E1608 [26JN]

Olson, Kent, E684 [17MR]

Seielstad, George, E1407 [15JN]