LaHOOD, RAY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6154 [2OC], H6261 [3OC]

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, H977 [20MR]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H77 [30JA]

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

Conferee: H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 2647, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, H228 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see H.R. 1084), H4378 [20JY]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H394 [14FE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H929 [14MR]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H2713 [24MY]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983, 1983), H3207 [18JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H3068 [12JN]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see H.R. 2989), H8564 [28NO]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H3203 [14JN]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H2712 [24MY]

———establish 2-year cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 981), H7719 [1NO]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H1556 [24AP]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H4634 [25JY]

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

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H6056 [25SE]

Classified information: establish a process for executive agencies for declassifying and disclosing certain documents relating to human rights abuses in foreign countries (see H.R. 1152), H1059 [21MR]

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), H3864 [10JY]

———develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2365), H3961 [11JY]

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), H8843 [4DE]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 1488), H6061 [26SE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H325 [13FE]

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

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H3466 [21JN]

———field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H826 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H225 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H5125 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H3259 [19JN]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4780 [27JY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2142 [10MY]

———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]

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

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 (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H8248 [15NO]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H6056 [25SE]

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

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

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H412 [26FE]

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]

———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), H7910 [7NO]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 28), H221 [7FE]

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1410 [3AP]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H8421 [27NO]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H64 [6JA]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H3151 [13JN]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H4113 [17JY]

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

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H3805 [28JN]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1012 [20MR]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H7960 [8NO]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.R. 80), H167 [31JA] (see H.J. Res. 36), H2713 [24MY]

———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]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

———implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H6380 [4OC]

———prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8249 [15NO]

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

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H741 [7MR]

Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1487 (see H. Res. 115), H1499 [4AP]

———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), H10356 [18DE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5488 [10SE]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

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), H4113 [17JY]

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

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H3002 [8JN]

Iran: conviction of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 29), H628 [5MR]

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), H6781 [12OC]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H324 [13FE]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see H.R. 570), H1660 [26AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]

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]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3805 [28JN]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1926 [3MY]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H10356 [18DE]

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

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H5592 [11SE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3806 [28JN]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6056 [25SE]

———coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H6702 [11OC]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H3806 [28JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5339 [2AU]

———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), H6505 [10OC]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

———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), H3960 [11JY]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H8181 [14NO]

———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), H8732 [29NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4113 [17JY]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 716), H1116 [22MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H5927 [21SE]

Members of Congress: restrict use of franked mass mailings (see H.R. 533), H253 [8FE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H5340 [2AU]

Mexico: require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H396 [14FE]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1115 [22MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H5125 [1AU]

National Academy of Sciences: conduct a study to determine the causes of recent increases in the price of natural gas (see H.R. 712), H651 [6MR]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H5971 [24SE]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H1410 [3AP]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

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

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

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H877 [13MR]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

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), H3806 [28JN]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H1060 [21MR]

New York, NY: tribute to Rudolph Giuliani, rescue workers, and residents for efforts in responding to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 243), H6138 [2OC]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H6781 [12OC]

Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (see H.R. 2910), H6066 [28SE]

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H6378 [4OC]

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]

Patriot Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 71), H7333 [25OC]

Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (see H.R. 157), H2889 [5JN]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H8564 [28NO]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Petroleum: 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), H443 [27FE]

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

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]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of funding sources and amounts relative to creation of a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 577), H877 [13MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H6781 [12OC]

———amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H4353 [19JY]

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]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4950 [31JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3806 [28JN]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see H.R. 2560), H5126 [1AU]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3961 [11JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H1923 [3MY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H443 [27FE]

———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), H5339 [2AU]

———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), H741 [7MR]

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

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3863 [10JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H8843 [4DE]

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

Steel Industry National Historic Park: establish (see H.R. 635), H3068 [12JN]

Taxation: allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H1489 [4AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H1410 [3AP]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H5340 [2AU]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H2571 [22MY]

———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), H8949 [5DE]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H5126 [1AU]

———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), H6780 [12OC]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H112 [30JA]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1661 [26AP]

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

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H1410 [3AP]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H828 [8MR]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H5125 [1AU]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H1482 (see H.R. 1410), H1492 [4AP]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———provide comparable unrelated business taxable income treatment to tax-exempt organizations with interests in S corporations to treatment of such organizations with interests in partnerships (see H.R. 2846), H6056 [25SE]

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

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H5125 [1AU]

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

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H5928 [21SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———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 excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H4009 [12JY]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H5339 [2AU]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122, 192), H224 [7FE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H5971 [24SE]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H4353 [19JY]

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

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H4113 [17JY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H7960 [8NO]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H1410 [3AP]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H3960 [11JY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H741 [7MR]

Terrorism: encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

United We Stand Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 260), H6505 [10OC]

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 548), H325 [13FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8843 [4DE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1116 [22MR]

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

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H224 [7FE]

———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]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H396 [14FE]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H4541 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

House of Representatives: prevent certain mass mailings from being sent as franked mail (see H.R. 833), H622 [1MR]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1555 [24AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1193 [28MR], H1863 [3MY], H2187 [16MY], H4117 [18JY], H6165 [3OC], H6705 [12OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6383 [5OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6303 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6303 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), consideration (H. Res. 183), H3742 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), consideration (H. Res. 296), H8434 [28NO]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2246 [16MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), unanimous-consent agreement, H2224 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4582, H4583 [25JY]

Faith and Politics Institute: tribute, H1052 [21MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), E1362 [18JY]

House of Representatives: attendance at the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President (H. Res. 11), vacate, H23 [3JA]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6399 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), consideration (H. Res. 252), H6385 [5OC]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6385 [5OC]

Lebanon: military assistance funding relative to deployment of Lebanese armed forces to Israeli-Lebanese border, H2246 [16MY]

National security: establish a commission to assess the performance of Federal agencies responsible for preparedness and prevention of terrorism and clarify membership eligibility and authorities, H6399 [5OC]

Peoria, IL: tribute to Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, E696 [2MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4582, H4583 [25JY]

Selma, AL: anniversary of march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, H1052 [21MR]

Sisisky, Norman: tribute (H. Res. 107), H1335 [29MR]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), H7204 [23OC]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4582, H4583 [25JY]

Subpoena Notices

Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H159 [31JA]

Tributes

Ford, James David, H5345 [5SE]

Myers, John J., H4784 [30JY]