BRADY, KEVIN (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Dedication: P. David Romei, E2034
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4575 [12JY]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
———reform procedures to restrain congressional spending, foster greater oversight, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 5259), H6983 [2OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 190), H105 [29JA]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H5790 [25JY]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H79 [24JA]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 91), H2100 [2MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1972), H3601 [17JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2608 [16MY]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]
Europe: recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H2945 [22MY]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2019 [1MY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H37 [23JA]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2356 [9MY]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3292 [6JN]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6419 [19SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3454 [11JN]
House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 486), H4605 [15JY]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H142 [5FE]
ITC: conduct an expedited review of temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 507), H8051 [31OC]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H4326 [27JN]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H737 [6MR]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3514 [12JN]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2608 [16MY]
National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H1091 [20MR]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
———constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H8023 [16OC]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H633 [27FE]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
Taxation: clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 3139), H105 [29JA]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H562 [26FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H367 [13FE]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H227 [7FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 4946), H3669 [18JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 4675), H2164 [7MY]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 1268), H1674 [25AP]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2019 [1MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
U.N.: tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H3602 [17JN]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 5732), H9023 [14NO]
FEMA: establish and operate a university-affiliated national integrative center that brings together a broad range of expertise to address the needs of homeland security (see H.R. 4029), H1087 [20MR]
Foreign trade: provide clarity and consistency in certain country-of-origin markings (see H.R. 4128), H1199 [10AP]
Health: combat pulmonary hypertension (see H. Con. Res. 381), H1483 [18AP]
States: permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H2734 [21MY]
Tariff: ezetimibe (see H.R. 4127), H1199 [10AP]
Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 3993), H1002 [19MR] (see H.R. 5596), H7892 [10OC]
Descriptions
Exempt State and Local Political Committees From Certain Notification and Reporting Requirements Applicable to Political Organizations (H.R. 5596), H8011 [16OC]
Histories
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., E485
Remarks
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 509), H5966 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7417 [9OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), complete congressional action (H. Res. 544), H6678 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3788 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1423, H1426 [18AP]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1238 [11AP]
Everett, Lynda S.: Texas Council of Community Mental Health Mental Retardation (MHMR) Centers, Inc., Betty Hardwick Best of Texas Award recipient, E1230
Health: combat pulmonary hypertension (H. Con. Res. 381), E578
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 3991), H1130 [9AP]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4277 [27JN]
National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4509 [11JY]
———conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), consideration (H. Res. 473), H4505 [11JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1238 [11AP]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2585 [16MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1426 [18AP]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3897 [25JN]
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.: anniversary, E485
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 390), H1423, H1426 [18AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, H1130 [9AP]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (H.R. 5596), H8010, H8011 [16OC]
———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (H.R. 4946), H5111 [23JY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5966 [26JY]
Tributes
Bass, George, E1020
Bennett, Shane, E1294
Bowen, Ray M., E1414
Law, William D., Jr., E864
McKennis, Ann, E1803
Richmond, Michael, E1590
Romei, P. David, E2034