SHADEGG, JOHN B. (a Representative from Arizona)
Amendments
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6849 [8SE]
National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8877 [8OC]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1988 [1AP]
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Arizona: require release of reversionary interest retained by the U.S. in connection with the conveyance of portions of former Williams AFB, AZ, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District (see H.R. 4439), H3438 (see H.R. 4439), H3538 [20MY]
Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 4240), H2483 [28AP]
Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H5793 [14JY]
Bucher, Lloyd M. (Pete): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H632 [25FE] (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2265 [21AP]
Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: transfer functions of certain Customs Patrol Officers operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 5346), H9049 [8OC]
Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H90 [21JA]
Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5165), H7863 [29SE]
Computers: prohibit misappropriation of databases while ensuring consumer access to factual information (see H.R. 3872), H752 [2MR]
———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H2549 [4MY]
Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H6706 [22JY]
Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]
———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]
Crime: protect victims' rights (see H.R. 4342), H2917 [12MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for Directorate of Science and Technology and establish a program for use of advanced technology to meet homeland security needs (see H.R. 4141), H2152 [2AP]
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4852), H5982 [19JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H516 [11FE]
District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 4773), H5793 [14JY]
———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H4766 [22JN]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]
FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H305 [3FE]
Firefighters: require the temporary reinstatement of contracts for large air tankers that were cancelled by the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior (see H.R. 4533), H3872 [9JN]
Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H245 [28JA]
Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]
Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Investment Program (see H.R. 4895), H6700 [22JY]
Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H393 [4FE]
Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H699 [26FE]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 664), H3821 [8JN]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]
Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H1322 [18MR]
Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]
———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]
———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H4646 [21JN]
Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H100 [23JA]
———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]
———provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (see H.R. 4129), H6706 [22JY]
U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]
Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H.R. 5247), H8856 [7OC]
Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4530), H6128 [20JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Health: limit liability of hospitals and emergency departments for noneconomic and punitive damages when providing uncompensated care (see H.R. 4993), H6704 [22JY]
———protect certain health care providers against legal liability for certain emergency and related care provided to uninsured individuals (see H.R. 4992), H6704 [22JY]
Insurance: extend Federal funding for the establishment and operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5341), H9049 [8OC]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H4893 [23JN]
Investments: improve the access of investors to regulatory records relative to securities brokers, dealers, and investment advisers (see H.R. 3863), H699 [26FE]
Johnson, Randy: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H3719 [2JN]
Memorial Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3015 [13MY]
National security: require Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security to conduct pilot study under which public warnings may be issued on threats to homeland security using an AMBER Alert system (see H.R. 5238), H8408 [6OC]
Taxation: allow individuals a refundable and advanceable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3748), H244 [28JA]
Poems
``In Flanders Fields,'' John McCrae, H3255 [19MY]
``Poppy Poem,'' Doris Theiss, H3255 [19MY]
Remarks
Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4985, H4987, H5043 [24JN]
———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4985 [24JN]
———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5043 [24JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1532 [25MR]
Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6004 [20JY]
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Act: funding, H1989, H1990 [1AP]
Cotton Blossom II (vessel): restoration, E1912
Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (H.R. 1731), E2056
Dept. of Education: educational reform and improvement block grants funding through reductions in the Even Start Program, H6849, H6850 [8SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6849, H6850 [8SE]
Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H1473, H1474, H1475 [24MR]
Government: provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4987 [24JN]
Health: 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 (H.R. 4280), H2863 [12MY]
———provide compensation for injuries resulting from smallpox countermeasures, provide protection against chemical or radiological agents, increase distribution of vaccines, and improve vaccine injury compensation (S. 15), H5732 [14JY]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1473, H1474, H1475 [24MR]
Johnson, Randy: tribute (H. Res. 660), H4607 [21JN]
Memorial Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 424), H3251, H3255 [19MY]
National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8698 [7OC]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3855
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1989, H1990 [1AP]
Votes: position on missed, H3869
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3013 [13MY]
Tributes
Conner, Dennis, E1912
Cudahy, Michael C., E1910