SHIMKUS, JOHN (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [3JA]

House of Representatives Page Board, H1610 [26AP]

Articles and editorials

Should the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Expand? By, H3132 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 20), H399 [14FE]

Afghanistan: condemn the destruction of pre-Islamic statues by the Taliban regime (see H. Con. Res. 52), H878 [13MR]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3864 [10JY]

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1489 [4AP]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see H.R. 2989), H6136 [2OC]

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 131), H4635 [25JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H2849 [25MY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H825 [8MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 250), H7128 [17OC] (see H. Res. 309), H9077 [6DE]

Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H218 [7FE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (see H.R. 2869), H5487 [10SE]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2281 [16MY]

———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3864 [10JY]

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5338 [2AU]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3203 [14JN]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), H3618 [26JN]

———develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2365), H3802 [28JN]

Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 245), H6458 [9OC]

Communications Act: increase penalties for common carrier violations (see H.R. 1765), H2022 [8MY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H6260 [3OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H5592 [11SE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit cable television and other luxuries for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 458), H5704 [14SE]

———prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1764), H5125 [1AU]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H4863 [30JY]

Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H3149 [13JN]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2712 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H324 [13FE]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H876 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4215 [18JY]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2540), H4427 [23JY]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H4633 [25JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H4352 [19JY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H223 [7FE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H444 [27FE]

———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H6702 [11OC]

Elections: require certain disclosure and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 150), H1488 [4AP]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H1116 [22MR]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1431), H1483 (see H.R. 1431), H1493 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H325 [13FE]

Federal aid programs: deny Federal public benefits to individuals who were participants in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 1910), H3068 [12JN]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1717 [1MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H3807 [28JN]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H3863 [10JY]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H112 [30JA]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460, 1460), H3207 [18JN]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H8746 [30NO]

———provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H8563 [28NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Floods: reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 1949), H2570 [22MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3261 [19JN]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112) (see H. Res. 112), H1558 [24AP]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]

GSA: require identification of all potential electrical capacity at Federal facilities available from existing installed backup generators (see H.R. 2399), H3804 [28JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1012 [20MR]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H10054 [12DE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5339 [2AU]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H4113 [17JY]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H6137 [2OC]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H828 [8MR]

Illinois: provide for equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes (see H.R. 791), H1489 [4AP]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H325 [13FE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1410 (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H826 [8MR]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]

Law enforcement: limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H4541 [24JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H400 [14FE]

———honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (see H. Res. 116), H2148 [14MY]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H10910 [19DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H4009 [12JY]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H8132 [13NO]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H5406 [5SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H6919 [16OC]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3863 [10JY]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7960 [8NO]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3863 [10JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H4541 [24JY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1558 [24AP]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H4950 [31JY]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H2996 [7JN]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1556 [24AP]

Petroleum: condemn gasoline price-gouging following hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 238), H5704 [14SE]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

———require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3357 [20JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2279 [16MY]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3961 [11JY]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7591 [31OC]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H6056 [25SE]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1556 [24AP]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 12), H325 [13FE]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10066 [13DE]

———amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3201 [14JN]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H6702 [11OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Robeson, Paul L.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 143), H2711 [24MY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Schools: allow certain grants to be used to establish and maintain school safety hotlines (see H.R. 899), H1410 [3AP]

———allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2680 [23MY]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3203 [14JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2335 [17MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H10055 [12DE]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H2082 [9MY]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 80), H9077 [6DE]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1190 [27MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2890 [5JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H10355 [18DE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 956), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 2206), H3202 [14JN]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1489 [4AP]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H875 [13MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H1489 [4AP]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H2890 [5JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H1659 [26AP]

———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. 2125), H3806 [28JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H508 [28FE]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H7960 [8NO]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 152), H112 [30JA]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H224 [7FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H400 [14FE]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H3619 [26JN]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H1605 [25AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H400 [14FE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H6380 [4OC]

———provide a refundable tax credit against increased natural gas costs (see H.R. 610), H393 [14FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7333 [25OC]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H877 [13MR]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H4724 [26JY]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1013 [20MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H3805 [28JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3312), H8336 [16NO]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5927 [21SE]

———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1599), H2083 [9MY]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H6422 [5OC]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 496), H444 [27FE]

Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve operations (see H.R. 1735), H2335 [17MY]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5926 [21SE]

Time: permit States in the Pacific time zone to temporarily adjust the standard time relative to the energy crisis (see H.R. 704), H650 [6MR]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3359), H10055 [12DE]

U.N.: transfer of evidence to the Israeli Government concerning the abduction of Israeli Defense Force soldiers by Hezbollah forces (see H. Res. 191), H4009 [12JY]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 282), H2184 [15MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H1489 [4AP]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H7591 [31OC]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3002 [8JN]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H1925 [3MY]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H224 [7FE]

Walsh, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 911), H739 [7MR]

William L. Beatty Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Alton, IL: designate (see H.R. 3093), H7529 [30OC]

World Trade Organization: preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7852 [6NO]

World War I: honor commitment to U.S. aviators who lost their lives flying for France by appropriating sufficient funds to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3714 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 2417), H3804 [28JN]

Dept. of Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H2955 [6JN]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H1660 [26AP]

Nuclear energy: remediation of thorium processing sites (see H.R. 2418), H3804 [28JN]

———remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (see H.R. 3343), H8343 [19NO]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H2570 [22MY]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see H.R. 2560), H4216 [18JY]

Descriptions

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act (H.R. 3448), E2387-E2389 [20DE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H169 [6FE], H5409 [6SE], H6921 [17OC]

Letters

Help America Vote Act: James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, H9256 [12DE]

Lists

House of Representatives' Pages, H2977 [7JN], E1081 [12JN]

People killed in attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H7954, H7955, H7956 [8NO], H8233 [15NO], H8328 [16NO], H10141 [13DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4727 [27JY]

Remarks

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, H5135 [1AU]

Alton, IL: anniversary of Community Christian Church, E1783 [3OC]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5652 [14SE]

———tribute, H8848 [5DE]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H2976, H2977, H2978, H2979, H2980 [7JN], E1081 [12JN]

Capitol Police: tribute (H. Res. 309), H9125 [11DE]

Carrollton, IL: anniversary of Boyd Hospital, E2025 [7NO]

———tribute to Carrollton High School girls' basketball team, E343 [13MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 1831), H2352 [21MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10901 [19DE]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing, H1466 [4AP]

———U.S. policy, H1466 [4AP]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of ethnanol, H3038 [12JN]

Collinsville, IL: tribute to Good Shepherd Lutheran School students, E2150 [28NO]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, H2535 [22MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2535 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3680 [27JN]

EPA: rejection of waiver request on oxygenate requirements for gasoline in California, H3038 [12JN]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H5144 [1AU]

Ford, James David: explanation of circumstances surrounding death, H5413 [6SE]

Government regulations: impact on personal liberties, H657 [7MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3680 [27JN]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding, H3873 [11JY]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H1273 [28MR]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H8328 [16NO]

Kincaid, IL: tribute to South Fork School System contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2145 [28NO]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, H354 [14FE]

Maryville, IL: tribute to Maryville Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2143 [28NO]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), H2393 [22MY]

Nashville, IL: tribute to Nashville High School girls' softball team, E1378 [20JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H7565 [31OC]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (H. Con. Res. 47), H680 [7MR]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: observance, E549 [5AP]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), H7871 [7NO]

———integration of Bulgaria and Lithuania, H3132, H3133, H3135, H3136 [13JN]

Nuclear energy: remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (H.R. 3343), H10197, H10198, H10199 [18DE]

Paeltz, Edward: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution General William C. Westmoreland Award recipient, E1303 [11JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5135, H5144 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H2391 [22MY], H3624 [27JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H8427 [28NO]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H354 [14FE]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1401 [3AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H657 [7MR]

Taylorville, IL: tribute to Memorial Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2147 [28NO]

———tribute to North Elementary School fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children and American Red Cross relief fund, E2038 [8NO]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5497 [11SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), E2387 [20DE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1644 [13SE], E2334 [19DE]

———tribute to those killed in attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8233 [15NO], H8328 [16NO], H10141 [13DE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8905, H8906 [5DE]

Votes: position on missed, H354 [14FE]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9256 [12DE]

Washington County, IL: coal mine and powerplant operation, H7222 [24OC]

William L. Beatty Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Alton, IL: designate (H.R. 3093), H8324 [16NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1478 [4AP]

Special order: granted, H389 [14FE], H1186 [27MR], H7527 [30OC], H8246 [15NO], H8335 [16NO], H10154 [13DE]

Tributes

Coss, Brian, E1410 [24JY]

Ervin, Deborah, E2232 [7DE]

Gregurich, Kim, E2067 [13NO]

Kratochvil, Jane, E193 [14FE]

Punches, Jack, Jr., E1644 [13SE]

Robinson, Bernie, E845 [17MY]

Solomon, Gerald B.H., H7703 [1NO]