To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, and for other purposes.
2005-12-08: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2211)
Disabled Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2006
2006-02-08: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make family members of public safety officers killed in the line of duty eligible for coverage under the Federal employees health benefits program, and for other purposes.
2006-05-19: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E882-883)
To reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts relating to the location and recovery of missing children.
2006-12-20: Became Public Law No: 109-426.
Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act
2006-12-20: Became Public Law No: 109-428.
To provide for an automatic one-year extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and to provide for an additional one-year extension if implementing legislation is not submitted with respect to the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations by January 15, 2008, and for other purposes.
2005-12-01: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005
2005-11-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.
2005-11-04: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Disproportionate Share Hospital Assistance Act of 2005
2006-01-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To establish a National Foreign Language Coordination Council.
2006-03-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.
2006-09-21: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Katrina/Rita Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
2005-11-09: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Veterans' Right to Know Act
2005-11-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Advocates Dedicated to Older Child Parental Tax Credit (ADOPT) Act of 2005
2005-10-20: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress concerning proposed changes to long-standing policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising actual control over the economic, competitive, safety, and security decisions of United States airlines, and for other purposes.
2005-12-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.
2005-10-28: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
National Police Athletic League (PAL) Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2005
2005-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.
2006-12-20: Became Public Law No: 109-427.
New Markets Tax Credit Reauthorization Act of 2005
2005-09-29: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005
2006-03-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.