To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
2005-09-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Good Samaritan Protection for Construction Volunteers Act
2005-09-08: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act
2005-10-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
To prohibit the closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency offices pending the completion of the next omnibus agriculture law.
2005-10-20: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005
2006-06-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4502-4503)
State Defense Force Improvement Act of 2005
2005-08-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2005
2005-07-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Stolen Valor Act of 2005
2005-08-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act
2005-08-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005
2005-10-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Hospital Emergency Assistance Act of 2005
2005-09-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.
2006-12-01: Became Public Law No: 109-378.
Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2005
2005-07-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Fire Protection Improvement and Correction Act of 2005
2005-08-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
To amend the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas.
2005-06-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Teach for America Act
2005-08-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004
2005-07-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act
2006-07-27: Became Public Law No: 109-247.
Eminent Domain bill
2005-10-21: Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Extension and Reform Act of 2005
2005-05-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.