CARDIN, BENJAMIN L. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), H4163 [15MY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H530 [13FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8326 [17SE]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H5549 [18JN]

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2042), H7170 [18JY]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 3498), H11359 [17NO]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H11651 [19NO]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H5267 [11JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8285 [16SE]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H9479 [15OC]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 2038), H4877 [3JN]

Baltimore, MD: authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center (see H.R. 2424), H5265 [11JN]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H7784 [25JY]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 568), H319 [5FE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H2401 [26MR]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems, increase Social Security match for private agencies receiving child welfare training funds, and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 2437), H5266 [11JN]

———reauthorize adoption incentives payments (see H.R. 3182), H8949 [25SE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1695), H5929 [25JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H11702 [20NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H9812 [21OC]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1428), H6465 [9JY]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 394), H217 [28JA]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish an independent panel to assess the homeland security needs of the National Capital Region (see H.R. 3583), H12307 [21NO]

———reimburse States for certain expenses and losses incurred during periods of high (Code Orange) or severe (Code Red) threat condition (see H.R. 2570), H5813 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7618 [24JY]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H4738 [22MY]

———require increased activities regarding Diamond-Blackfan anemia (see H.R. 2456), H9214 [2OC]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H3641 [5MY]

Djindjic, Zoran: assassination of Serbian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 149), H2704 [2AP]

Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry: recognize as the official national museum of dentistry (see H.J. Res. 52), H3354 [11AP]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H7086 [17JY]

———express that changes to Title IX athletics policies contradict the spirit of athletic equality and gender parity and should not be implemented, and that Title IX should be kept intact (see H. Res. 137), H2312 [25MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5267 [11JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4206 [15MY]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 19), H392 [11FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 738), H5814 [24JN]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H7787 [25JY]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H5175 [10JN]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

Head Start Program: tribute (see H. Res. 238), H6349 [8JY]

Health: provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H8176 [10SE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Higher Education Act: improve opportunity for Federal student loan borrowers to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates (see H.R. 2504), H12311 [21NO]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7787 [25JY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H3634 [1MY]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H5088 [9JN]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 294), H5929 [25JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7840 [3SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H4368 [20MY]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H4876 [3JN]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H6348 [8JY]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H10978 [6NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H11652 [19NO]

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnam Conflict (see H.R. 369), H9377 [8OC]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H4978 [4JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1340), H1954 [18MR]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see H.R. 841), H703 [13FE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 2840), H7454 [23JY]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H461 [12FE]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H1679 [6MR]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1459 [27FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9983 [28OC]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H3453 [29AP]

National Endowment for Democracy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8906 [24SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H4205 [15MY]

National security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3974 [9MY]

NIH Police: establish (see H.R. 2276), H4737 [22MY]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 2801), H9131 [1OC]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (see H. Con. Res. 49), H705 [13FE]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see H. Res. 58), H5268 [11JN]

Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building, Paia, HI: designate (see H.R. 2030), H3856 [8MY]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pensions: provide additional protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 2101), H4255 [19MY]

———reform (see H.R. 1776), H3351 [11AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4012 [13MY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 1294), H1902 [13MR]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 625), H321 [5FE]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1813), H4978 [4JN]

Russia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1224), H1810 [12MR]

Seeds of Peace (organization): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 288), H9983 [28OC]

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 299), H10458 [5NO]

SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2026), H3761 [7MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H7618 [24JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7950 [4SE]

———improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 3463), H10977 [6NO]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 743), H1642 [5MR]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H4788 [2JN]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 1828), H4788 [2JN]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H701 [13FE]

———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. 1231), H1903 [13MR]

———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. 284), H3637 [1MY]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1782), H9377 [8OC]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax protections and simplification (see H.R. 1661), H2937 [8AP]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H11650 [19NO]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit to the health insurance costs paid by former employers (see H.R. 3601), H12307 [21NO]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2286), H4978 [4JN]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H8284 [16SE]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H242 [29JA]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H1396 [26FE]

———prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1894), H3570 [30AP]

———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2178), H4527 [21MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H703 [13FE]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3485), H11149 [12NO]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H2514 [31MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1459), H2470 [27MR]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H4877 [3JN]

———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1056), H11392 (see H.R. 1056), H11515 [18NO]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H9687 [17OC]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1890), H3570 [30AP]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H1466 [27FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H2863 [7AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H9213 [2OC] (see H.R. 3568), H12306 [21NO]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H8284 [16SE]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1081), H1639 [5MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H1639 [5MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: improve ability of the child welfare system to prevent and respond to child abuse and place children in safe, loving, and permanent homes (see H.R. 1534), H2585 [1AP]

Education: tribute to public education system (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3304 [10AP]

Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H2310 [25MR]

———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see H.R. 2423), H5265 [11JN]

———reform (see H.R. 26), H52 [7JA]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2361), H5043 [5JN]

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 2187), H4527 [21MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 19), H52 [7JA]

World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 445), H11391 (see H. Res. 445), H11515 [18NO]

Letters

Administration policies to help alleviate poverty: several faith-based organizations, H5186 [11JN]

Make normal trade relations status with Yugoslavia conditional on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Goran Svilanovic, H1589 [5MR]

Motions

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), H4165 [15MY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H550 [13FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4623 [22MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 473), H12763 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 458), H12182 [21NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 75), H10160 [30OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 79), consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 458), H12182 [21NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9621, H9664 [17OC]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (H.R. 3365), Senate amendments, H10370 [5NO]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), H2232 [20MR]

Armenia: normal trade relations status, H11828 [20NO]

Baltimore, MD: Gwynns Falls stream ecosystem restoration funding, H8838 [24SE]

Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore, Inc.: anniversary, E1985 [7OC]

Budget: deficit, H4540 [22MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2196 [20MR]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 14), H2363 [26MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize adoption incentives payments (H.R. 3182), H9303 [8OC]

Civic Works, Inc.: anniversary, E1686 [4SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H286 [5FE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): treatment of minority membership during markup of H.R. 1776, Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act (H. Res. 324), H7150 [18JY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: prohibit funding for recommended base closures and realignments, H6303 [8JY]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1680), Senate amendment, H12861, H12862 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H11002 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), H6303 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding, H6533 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6533 [10JY]

Diseases: provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (H.R. 1463), H2490 [31MR]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7959 [5SE]

Djindjic, Zoran: assassination of Serbian Prime Minister, H1755 [12MR]

Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry: recognize as the official national museum of dentistry (H.J. Res. 52), H9239 [7OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5505 [18JN]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E1735 [9SE]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), motion to recommit, H3817 [8MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7414 [23JY]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 1047), H1588 [5MR]

IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), H5531 [18JN]

Laurel, MD: Oak Hill juvenile detention center funding, H7959 [5SE]

Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (H.R. 1422), E574 [25MR]

———privatization, H8185 [10SE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6082 [26JN], H10160 [30OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12250 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H8185 [10SE]

Murray, Eddie: National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, H7622 [25JY], E1604 [25JY]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), H4165 [15MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), consideration (H. Res. 229), H4154 [15MY]

Ober/Kaler (law firm): anniversary, E1920 [30SE]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (H. Con. Res. 49), H5844 [25JN]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), H9298 [8OC]

———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4067 [14MY]

———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), consideration (H. Res. 230), H4036 [14MY]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), H8817, H8818 [24SE]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), Senate amendment, H9009, H9010, H9011 [30SE]

———extend waivers for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and give States the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs, H9009, H9010 [30SE]

———increase child care programs funding, H550, H551 [13FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2350), H5186, H5188, H5189 [11JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H474, H477, H542, H545, H548 [13FE], H8817, H8818 [24SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H550, H551 [13FE]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (H.R. 1813), H11549 [19NO]

Serbia: make foreign aid conditional on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, H7414 [23JY]

Taxation: end abusive tax sheltering activities by corporations, H8317 [17SE]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H5336 [12JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3521), H11828 [20NO]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H5336 [12JN]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8317, H8338, H8340, H8341, H8342, H8344 [17SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H2196 [20MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3916 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, H4540 [22MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), H1966 [19MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1664), H3002, H3003 [9AP]

———treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade, H5531 [18JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H89 [8JA]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (H. Con. Res. 27), H338 [11FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H3817 [8MY], H4036 [14MY], H4165 [15MY], H11828 [20NO], H12182 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system, H12763, H12861 [8DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), H4154 [15MY], H4532 [22MY], H10160 [30OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4613, H4614, H4616, H4617, H4618, H4619, H4620 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (H. Res. 248), H4565 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), motion to recommit, H4623 [22MY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H11002 [7NO]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8838 [24SE]

Yugoslavia: make normal trade relations status conditional on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, H1588 [5MR]

Tributes

Carpenter, Letty L., E227 [13FE]

Rapoport, Morton L., E1923 [30SE]

Stein, Dana M., E1686 [4SE]

Williams, Timothy T., E627 [31MR]