DEAL, NATHAN (a Representative from Georgia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9492 [14SE]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H4841 [27AP]

America's Spiritual Heritage Week: designate (see H. Res. 397), H5713 [18MY]

Armed Forces: commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (see H. Con. Res. 206), H12044 [28OC]

———ensure every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience (see H.R. 268), H7250 [24JN]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H7446 [25JN]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H2834 [25FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4251 [31MR]

Bell, Griffin B.: tribute (see H. Res. 71), H382 [15JA]

Bisher, Furman: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 203), H11712 [22OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H1046 [4FE]

Business and industry: ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 1588), H3640 [18MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 131), H6307 [8JN]

Children and youth: provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (see H.R. 1028), H13354 [19NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4027 [25MR]

———establish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 111), H4130 [30MR]

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. 1319), H3146 [10MR]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 450), H8008 [10JY]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (see H.R. 2111), H5667 [14MY]

Consumer Product Safety Act: exempt second-hand sellers of certain products from lead content and certification requirements (see H.R. 1027), H4915 [28AP]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H6973 [17JN]

Corps of Engineers: establish, modify, charge, and collect recreation fees at administered lands and waters (see H.R. 1473), H4064 [26MR]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 227), H68 [7JA]

Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H6745 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in Georgia (see H.R. 817), H920 [3FE]

———require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (see H.R. 2294), H5582 [13MY]

Dept. of HHS: enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (see H.R. 4020), H12364 [4NO]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H11167 [8OC]

———establish the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center (see H.R. 1261), H2923 [3MR]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2406), H9397 [9SE]

Dept. of Labor: withdraw notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind Form LM-2 requiring financial disclosure by labor unions (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5062 [30AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3438 [16MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3707 [19MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require honor guards participating in funerals of veterans in national cemeteries to offer families the option of having a 13-fold flag recitation (see H.R. 2586), H6010 [21MY]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H6266 [4JN]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 3792), H11297 [13OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H3055 [5MR]

Employment: make permanent the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 3676), H10407 [30SE]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 1054, 1055), H5400 [7MY]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H9491 [14SE]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 391), H15503 [16DE]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H10070 [29SE]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10071 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 42), H4250 [31MR]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H6538 [10JN]

———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H68 [7JA]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 1332), H3053 [5MR]

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted and add protection of infrastructure in rural communities (see H.R. 4233), H15504 [16DE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H3749 [23MR]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H442 [21JA]

Government regulations: provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may be accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions (see H.R. 3174), H8101 [14JY]

Health: encourage programs of health promotion or disease prevention (see H.R. 3688), H10455 [1OC]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H11167 [8OC]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 1086), H1605 [13FE]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1427), H3337 [11MR]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H9207 [30JY]

House Rules: reduce suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation bills (see H. Res. 343), H4582 [21AP]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H10458 [1OC]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H9397 [9SE]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]

———reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 878), H1042 [4FE]

Iran: demand immediate disclosure of existence of any additional nuclear-related facilities and provide unfettered access to Qom enrichment facility (see H. Res. 782), H10409 [30SE]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H6619 [11JN]

Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 704), H11714 [22OC]

John C. Godbold U.S. Judicial Administration Building, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 4275), H14743 [10DE]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 1228), H9491 [14SE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H9056 [29JY]

Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see H.R. 1392), H8025 [13JY]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H1520 [12FE]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see H.R. 3693), H10455 [1OC]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H11298 [13OC]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H9900 [23SE]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6539 [10JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11383 [14OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11383 [14OC]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H5064 [30AP]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 438), H5666 [14MY]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H6745 [12JN]

National Firefighters Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 729), H11112 [7OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 1176), H2834 [25FE]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5063 [30AP]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 55), H13355 [19NO]

National Year of the Bible: designate (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8009 [10JY]

NATO: strengthen U.S. commitment to transatlantic security by implementing principles outlined in Declaration on Alliance Security (see H.R. 2797), H7251 [24JN]

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

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), H3527 [17MR]

Pouillon, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 759), H13521 [3DE]

Public welfare programs: repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1277), H3706 [19MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H. Res. 748), H9730 [17SE]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 131), H1045 [4FE]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (see H.R. 1026), H3641 [18MR]

———withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem in a language other than English (see H.R. 1621), H9491 [14SE]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H4063 [26MR]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H6307 [8JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H603 [27JA]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H9807 [22SE]

———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), H4525 [2AP]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see H.R. 2964), H11167 [8OC]

———encourage individuals to purchase building products and home furnishings (see H.R. 3382), H9055 [29JY]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 1677), H10457 [1OC]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H5400 [7MY]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see H.R. 1245), H7706 [26JN]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (see H.R. 4100), H13521 [3DE]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H486 [22JA]

———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 1763), H6539 [10JN]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 205), H3105 [9MR]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [6JA]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H5582 [13MY]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period (see H.R. 143), H33 [6JA]

———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), H10457 [1OC]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3612), H9806 [22SE]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H12289 [3NO]

Terrorism: restrict diplomatic travel of officials and representatives of state sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 3611), H9900 [23SE]

Tisdale, Wayman L.: tribute (see H. Res. 469), H6156 [3JN]

Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H91 [8JA]

University of Georgia: tribute to women's gymnastics team (see H. Res. 386), H5062 [30AP]

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (see H. Res. 742), H9490 [14SE]

Wichita State University: tribute to men's and women's bowling teams (see H. Res. 455), H9443 [10SE]

Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building, Sparta, GA: designate (see H.R. 663), H493 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance (see H.R. 3822), H11456 [15OC]

———prevent States from limiting employers from using auto-enrollment for employee health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3821), H11456 [15OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 3704), H10456 [1OC]

Endangered Species Act: suspend provisions during periods of drought relative to agencies that manage Federal river basins located in regions affected by the drought (see H.R. 1914), H4520 [2AP]

Health: provide additional health insurance options for unemployed individuals (see H.R. 4018), H12364 [4NO]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 1868), H4518 [2AP]

Insurance: limit pre-existing condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market to those permitted in the group health insurance market (see H.R. 4019), H12364 [4NO]

Interstate compacts: allow establishment for the purpose of expanding health insurance options (see H.R. 3824), H11457 [15OC]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 4336), H15498 [16DE]

Social Security: make certain changes to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3823), H11456 [15OC]

Motions

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H264 [14JA]

Remarks

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H8439 [21JY]

Corps of Engineers: calculate critical yields of major river basins in Georgia, H10430 [1OC]

———report critical yield of Federal reservoirs on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River basins, H8112, H8134 [15JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E2252 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1646 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (H.R. 3704), H10560 [7OC]

———authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), H10560 [7OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1958 [24JY], E2258 [14SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8134 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10430 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8112 [15JY]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), H9007 [29JY]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (H. Res. 765), H9839 [23SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8439 [21JY], H9919 [24SE], H10127 [30SE], H11083 [7OC], H11686 [22OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12836 [7NO]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7635 [26JN], H8439 [21JY]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H255 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H961, H964 [4FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H266 [14JA]

Taxation: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H3482 [17MR]

Unemployment: rates, H8439 [21JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H13548 [7DE]

Special order: granted, H9547 [15SE], H9960 [24SE], H10406 [30SE], H11108 [7OC], H11381 [14OC], H11512 [20OC], H11579 [21OC], H11866 [27OC], H12138 [29OC], H12285 [3NO], H13264 [18NO], H13383 [1DE], H14444 [9DE]