NEY, ROBERT W. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, H1075 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: assure funds are used solely for their stated purpose (see H.R. 1145), H3466 [21JN]

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H6920 [16OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H4428 [23JY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H8182 [14NO]

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

Aviation: establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H1924 [3MY]

———improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H224 [7FE]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 256), H412 [26FE]

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 3211), H10067 [13DE]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 43), H442 [27FE]

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

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 2985), H6380 [4OC]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 309), H9077 [6DE]

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

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 68), H2023 [8MY]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H219 [7FE]

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), H4217 [18JY]

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

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H7852 [6NO]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3863 [10JY]

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

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 3053), H6421 [5OC]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H5927 [21SE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H444 [27FE]

———provide additional punishments for offenders committing fraud aimed at taking advantage of a national emergency (see H.R. 2986), H6380 [4OC]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H8248 [15NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Natural Gas Reserve (see H.R. 245), H224 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H444 [27FE]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2281 [16MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 1688), H2023 [8MY]

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: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1557 [24AP]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H624 [1MR]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H2387 [21MY]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2671), H4779 [27JY] (see H.R. 2820), H5337 [2AU]

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

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H508 [28FE]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (see H.R. 819), H621 [1MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H2997 [7JN]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H1346 [29MR]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H1346 [29MR]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H1121 [26MR]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H1295 [28MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H8842 [4DE]

FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 1899), H2333 [17MY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1555 [24AP]

Financial institutions: repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 1009), H876 [13MR]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H2023 [8MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H2889 [5JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H3618 [26JN]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H412 [26FE]

———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), H4949 [31JY]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H2185 [15MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H3204 [14JN]

———prohibit any U.S. department or agency from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 3201), H8249 [15NO]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1861 [2MY]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5407 [5SE]

———provide separate tariff subheadings for flexible magnets and composite goods containing flexible magnets and create additional notes explaining the tariff classification of such products (see H.R. 3519), H10355 [18DE]

Government: nullify effects of certain Executive Orders (see H.R. 19), H5927 [21SE]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 2103), H2997 [7JN]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5928 [21SE]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H2082 [9MY]

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

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

Iron and steel industry: encourage use of domestic steel in rebuilding and military efforts following attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6057 [25SE]

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

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H. Res. 16), H28 [3JA]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H1557 [24AP]

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]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 199), H1660 [26AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2023 [8MY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1558 [24AP]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7852 [6NO]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see H.R. 3270), H9240 [11DE]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 2161), H3149 [13JN]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2142 [10MY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 204), H4948 [31JY]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6920 [16OC]

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), H1345 [29MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1926 [3MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2142 [10MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4863 [30JY]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250, 250), H3207 [18JN]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H9240 [11DE]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H877 [13MR]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H3260 [19JN]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H650 [6MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1296 [28MR]

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

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H959 [19MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H2999 [7JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2142 [10MY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H3806 [28JN]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see H.R. 2850), H7718 [1NO]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H628 [5MR]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H443 [27FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 1127), H1661 [26AP]

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H624 [1MR]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 3218), H7717 [1NO]

———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), H5704 [14SE]

———clarify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 3352), H8420 [27NO]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H444 [27FE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H1557 [24AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H507 [28FE]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see H.R. 585), H444 [27FE]

———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), H5927 [21SE]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H741 [7MR]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1661 [26AP]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H1190 [27MR]

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

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H3203 [14JN]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H5339 [2AU]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3358 [20JN]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H4541 [24JY]

Terrorism: tribute 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. Con. Res. 232), H6920 [16OC]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H224 [7FE]

U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H4541 [24JY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H877 [13MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3466 [21JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H955 [15MR]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H444 [27FE]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]

World Trade Organization: oppose changes that weaken existing antidumping and safeguard laws during upcoming negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H7529 [30OC]

———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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a prayer vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 223), H5592 [11SE]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H111 [30JA]

Committee on House Administration (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 80), H649 [6MR]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 148), H2711 [24MY]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 148), H2711 [24MY]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 84), H741 [7MR]

Crime: penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 2797), H5336 [2AU]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Ohio (see H.R. 2028), H2847 [25MY]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1343 [29MR]

———permit privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank (see H.R. 2796), H5336 [2AU]

———use national standard for protection of personal financial information and establish Presidential commission to study impact on national security (see H.R. 3068), H6458 [9OC]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 239), H5704 [14SE]

GAO: tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (see H. Res. 294), H8421 [27NO]

House of Representatives: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 18), H166 [31JA]

``Our Flag'': authorize printing (see H. Con. Res. 244), H6458 [9OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

Cost Estimates

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (H.R. 2356): CBO, H4103 [17JY]

Letters

Help America Vote Act: Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and Clerks, H9305 [12DE]

———J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Sec. of State, H9306 [12DE]

———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, H9306 [12DE]

———Lance Gough, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers, H9306 [12DE]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, H9305 [12DE]

———Martin R. Stephens and Daniel T. Bluc, National Conference of State Legislatures, H9305 [12DE]

———R. Doug Lewis, Election Center (organization), H9305 [12DE]

———Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H9306 [12DE]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H9307 [12DE]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Armed Services (House), H9307 [12DE]

Library of Congress fire prevention activities: by, Committee on House Administration (House), H358 [14FE]

Memorandums

Help America Vote Act: Kevin J. Kennedy, Wisconsin State Elections Board, H9306 [12DE]

Proclamations

Cambridge, OH, Salvation Army anniversary, E605 [24AP]

Martins Ferry, OH, Chamber of Commerce anniversary, E604 [24AP]

Ohio PTA Anniversary: by, E1056 [7JN]

Tribute to Bill Mazeroski: by, E1606 [6SE]

Tribute to Caroline Mullen and Carlos Espinosa: by, E216 [27FE]

Tribute to Daniel L. Neff: by, E1759 [2OC]

Tribute to David Blagg, E606 [24AP]

Tribute to David Peoples: by, E2204 [4DE]

Tribute to Dick Johnson: by, E766 [10MY]

Tribute to Dick Quinlin: by, E1088 [13JN]

Tribute to Elizabeth Jones: by, E2137 [27NO]

Tribute to Ellen Ratner: by, E1605 [6SE]

Tribute to Gene and Eileen Dosson: by, E150 [12FE]

Tribute to Gilbert J. Sheldon: by, E1089 [13JN]

Tribute to Heath, OH, Fire Dept.: by, E1455 [27JY]

Tribute to James Mahoney: by, E1164 [20JN]

Tribute to Jeremy W. Kidd: by, E2403 [20DE]

Tribute to Jim Aslanides: by, E214 [27FE]

Tribute to Jim Carnes: by, E213 [27FE]

Tribute to John P. Faulds: by, E761 [9MY]

Tribute to John Raytis: by, E213 [27FE]

Tribute to Martha C. Moore: by, E1165 [20JN]

Tribute to Melanie Kidder: by, E1349 [18JY]

Tribute to Michael and Robyn Shaheen: by, E1497 [2AU]

Tribute to Nancy Hollister: by, E215 [27FE]

Tribute to New Philadelphia (OH) Times Reporter staff: by, E1341 [17JY]

Tribute to Newark, OH, Fire Dept.: by, E1457 [27JY]

Tribute to Robert B. McKenna: by, E1603 [6SE]

Tribute to Robert L. Dilenschneider: by, E1162 [20JN]

Tribute to Ronald R. Myers: by, E1888 [12OC]

Tribute to Union Local High School, Belmont, OH: by, E2009 [6NO]

Tribute to William D. Peoples: by, E1602 [6SE]

Tribute to William E. Chaney: by, E153 [13FE]

Remarks

``Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 130), H6427 [9OC]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 43), H1017, H1019 [21MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of the rotunda for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original Navajo Code Talkers (H. Con. Res. 174), H3824, H3826 [10JY]

———permit use of rotunda for a prayer vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 223), H5502 [11SE]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 14), H115 [31JA], H430 [27FE]

CERCLA: 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]

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): permit the Chairman to designate another member of the Committee to serve in place of the Chairman on the Committee on Printing (Joint) (S. Con. Res. 67), H6431 [9OC]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 84), H1143, H1144, H1146, H1147, H1148 [27MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, H7939 [8NO]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 19), H6430 [9OC]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 227), H5697 [14SE]

Feeley, Brian: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2321 [17DE]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy protection, E1830 [9OC]

———use national standard for protection of personal financial information and establish Presidential commission to study impact on national security (H.R. 3068), E1830 [9OC]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Res. 239), H5699, H5700 [14SE]

GAO: tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (H. Res. 294), H8396, H8397 [27NO]

Government National Mortgage Association: authorize the guarantee of conventional mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3206), E2055 [13NO]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 90), H6425 [9OC]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 18), H115 [31JA]

———Office of Employee Assistance recipient of EAP Digest/Employee Assistance Professionals Association Quality Award for EAP Excellence, E2329 [19DE]

Housing: increase FHA multifamily loan limits, H7939 [8NO]

Huber, Jason P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2240 [7DE], E2321 [17DE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H115 [31JA]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (H.R. 1475), E545 [5AP]

Library of Congress: fire prevention activities, E193 [14FE]

McGlade, Terry: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2319 [17DE]

``Our Flag'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 244), H6424 [9OC]

Sant, Roger W.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 20), H6429 [9OC]

Schreck, Paul: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2320 [17DE]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (S. 180), H8219 [15NO]

———prohibit any entity engaged in the development of oil or gas in Sudan from raising capital or trading its securities in the U.S., H8219 [15NO]

Votes: position on missed, H1328 [29MR], H5174 [1AU], E269 [1MR], E889 [22MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9264, H9287, H9292, H9297, H9298 [12DE], E2312 [14DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to recommit, H9304, H9307 [12DE]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 66), H1380 [3AP]

WWVA-Radio (Wheeling, WV): anniversary, E2277 [13DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8946 [5DE]

Special order: granted, H241 [8FE], H4109 [17JY]

Reports

Report to the Nation: Roy L. Williams and Milton H. Ward, Boy Scouts of America, E380 [15MR]

Reports filed

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2356) (H. Rept. 107-131), H3861 [10JY]

Campaign Reform and Citizen Participation Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2360) (H. Rept. 107-132), H3861 [10JY]

Committees of the House Expenditures: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 84) (H. Rept. 107-25), H1121 [26MR]

Help America Vote Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 3295) (H. Rept. 107-329), H9081 [10DE]

Resignations

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H228 [8FE]

Rules

Committee on House Administration (House), H239-H241 [8FE]

Tributes

Faulds, John P., E761 [9MY]

Mullett, Gene W., E681 [1MY]

Powers, Byron E., H3717 [28JN]

Tate, Arthur, Jr., E2319 [17DE]