HART, MELISSA A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (H.R. 1474), H4979 [4JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3246 [10AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1474, Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, H6582 [10JY]

———S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act, H2443 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

American Jewish History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 106), H9132 [1OC]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6348 [8JY]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1472), H7086 [17JY]

Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1086), H1640 [5MR]

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2270 [20MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1642 [5MR] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 693), H1334 [25FE]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 1553), H2702 [2AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4203 [15MY]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3355 [11AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H10237 [30OC]

———require a balanced Federal budget, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, establish biennial budgets, and impose spending safeguards on the growth of entitlements and discretionary spending (see H.R. 3358), H9982 [28OC]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (see H.R. 14), H323 [5FE]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 1104), H1955 [18MR]

China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (see H. Res. 414), H9981 [28OC]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8285 [16SE]

Coast Guard: prohibit a vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if a certain capacity of the tank contains ballast water (see H.R. 3122), H9982 [28OC]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H3051 [9AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 50), H1682 [6MR]

Commission To Educate Our Nation's Teachers and Students on Financial Literacy Skills: establish (see H.R. 2990), H7838 [3SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H5714 [23JN]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 21), H1902 [13MR]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H4734 [22MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H5929 [25JN]

Contracts: require certain prospective government contractors to employ a certain percentage of their employees in the U.S. (see H.R. 3134), H10237 [30OC]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H4012 [13MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H274 [4FE]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H6262 [26JN]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2134), H4204 [15MY]

———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 881), H1332 [25FE]

———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H4978 [4JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing (see H.R. 2172), H6465 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 239), H134 [8JA]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H2703 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H10237 [30OC]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H3053 [9AP]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H3572 [30AP]

———suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 627), H1396 [26FE]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 2020), H3761 [7MY]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H11392 (see H.R. 2986), H11516 [18NO]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H9982 [28OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H10237 [30OC]

Ecology and environment: condemn actions by the Earth Liberation Front (organization) and ecological terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 126), H8176 [10SE]

———create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H9613 [16OC]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H3354 [11AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H4205 [15MY]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9983 [28OC]

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]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H8905 [24SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H8083 [9SE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H8174 [10SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H9282 [7OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H7840 [3SE]

———encourage U.S. citizens to adopt children from the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 304), H6707 [14JY]

FCC: allocate additional spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices and ensure interference protection for Dept. of Defense systems within that spectrum (see H.R. 340), H2939 [8AP]

FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H10977 [6NO]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H1334 [25FE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

Financial institutions: protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 818), H2939 [8AP]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 1375), H2864 [7AP]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H274 [4FE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H3638 [1MY]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H7840 [3SE]

———application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 2938), H8906 [24SE]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H10237 [30OC]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H706 [13FE]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H11359 [17NO]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H1515 [4MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

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

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H9982 [28OC]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H1681 [6MR]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H8491 [23SE]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2575), H5813 [24JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H6463 [9JY]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H3453 [29AP]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 655), H327 [7FE]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H9811 [21OC]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H3572 [30AP]

Iraq: provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 981), H1461 [27FE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7618 [24JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H1516 [4MR]

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), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9129 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H323 [5FE]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 2327), H5367 [12JN]

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: allow nonprofit organizations to be eligible (see H.R. 3389), H10129 [29OC]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9282 [7OC]

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]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H7020 [16JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2822 [3AP]

———coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H8175 [10SE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1377), H3053 [9AP]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H5714 [23JN]

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

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H3053 [9AP]

Members of Congress: render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 1098), H2939 [8AP]

Middle East: condemn terrorist attacks by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and urge the European Union to classify Hamas as a terrorist organization (see H. Res. 285), H5815 [24JN]

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]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H323 [5FE]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H11360 [17NO]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 766), H1467 [27FE]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H6869 [15JY]

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. 2183), H5714 [23JN]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1862), H3451 [29AP]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1173), H2312 [25MR]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]

———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H8491 [23SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H9376 [8OC]

Privacy: establish a national uniform privacy standard for financial institutions (see H.R. 1766), H5408 [16JN]

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), H2312 [25MR]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12922 [8DE]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H3973 [9MY]

Research: promote among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise (see H.R. 2391), H5088 [9JN]

Roads and highways: improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 906), H7454 [23JY]

Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 2328), H4977 [4JN]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (see H.R. 2826), H7453 [23JY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H10340 [4NO]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1466 [27FE]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2822 [3AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 2851), H8083 [9SE]

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

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H6464 [9JY]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 172), H274 [4FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7784 [25JY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 812), H2402 [26MR]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 56), H6707 [14JY]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 521), H274 [4FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1680 [6MR]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H10130 [29OC]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1902 [13MR]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H706 [13FE]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 419), H4131 [14MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 120), H245 [29JA]

———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 282), H245 [29JA]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2347), H8950 [25SE]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 611), H3053 [9AP]

———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]

———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 2824), H8176 [10SE]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 50), H3452 [29AP]

———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 bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 1126), H3637 [1MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H268 [31JA]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 882), H4205 [15MY]

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 428), H3354 [11AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H8175 [10SE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H134 [8JA]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H2939 [8AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H3053 [9AP]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H3304 [10AP]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H10237 [30OC]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 2340), H8083 [9SE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H3858 [8MY]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H1467 [27FE]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 798), H8016 [5SE]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 262), H135 [8JA]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5089 [9JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 52), H4528 [21MY] (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food which is inventory (see H.R. 543), H3053 [9AP]

Terrorism: strengthen ability to remove terrorist criminals, add flexibility relative to places where aliens may be removed, and provide sufficient authority to Federal officials to remove certain aliens (see H.R. 3106), H8380 [17SE]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 2722), H8382 [17SE]

———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

———responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H12921 [8DE]

Unemployment: provide additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, modify the trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits, and provide an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program (see H.R. 682), H390 [11FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 3295), H9982 [28OC]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 73), H2270 [20MR]

———exclude proceeds of life insurance from consideration as income for purposes of determining veterans' pension benefits (see H.R. 2163), H5175 [10JN]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H318 [5FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H706 [13FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H1395 [26FE]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H2864 [7AP]

———study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H12311 [21NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H323 [5FE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H10339 [4NO]

———tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H4255 [19MY]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 444), H1682 [6MR]

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. 441), H11359 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3259), H9375 [8OC]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 1474), H2471 [27MR]

Pennsylvania: designate portions of Pennsylvania Route 60 and U.S. Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see H.R. 2695), H6602 [10JY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

Terrorism: combat financing (see H.R. 3016), H8015 [5SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4942 [4JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, H9146 [2OC]

American Political Science Association: anniversary of Congressional Fellowship Program, E1637 [25JY]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, H9577 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9577 [16OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H1996 [19MR]

Beaver Falls, PA: anniversary of Carnegie Free Library, E1734 [9SE]

Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2435 [27MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12195 [21NO]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), H5285 [12JN]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8127 [10SE]

Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children, H2435 [27MR]

———protect unborn victims of violence, H231 [29JA]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7970 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7970 [5SE]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (H.R. 1474), H4996, H5001 [5JN]

———facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (H.R. 1474), conference report, H9292 [8OC]

———facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (H.R. 1474), consideration (H. Res. 256), H4989 [5JN]

Firearms: permit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, sellers, or trade associations for negligence, H2988, H2991 [9AP]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2988, H2991 [9AP]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1836 [13MR]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (H.R. 3214), H10361 [5NO]

LIHEAP: funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3246 [10AP]

Medic Rescue (ambulance company): anniversary, E1688 [4SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5473 [18JN]

Medrad, Inc.: NIST Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E2551 [15DE]

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.: dedication of Warrendale, PA, headquarters, E899 [9MY]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3719 [7MY]

Organization of Chinese Americans: observance of Chinese New Year, E2552 [15DE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Lifeflight emergency helicopter and critical care ground transportation service, E1890 [25SE]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of McGuire Memorial, E1895 [25SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3246 [10AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H526, H543 [13FE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (H. Res. 111), H1486 [4MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1412 [27FE]

Sewickley, PA: anniversary, E1979 [7OC]

Taxation: 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 (H.R. 2286), H4989 [5JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H81 [8JA]

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.: anniversary of Pittsburgh, PA, office, E2161 [30OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2910 [8AP], H4920 [4JN], H10426 [5NO]

Weiss, Michael A.: American Diabetes Association Charles H. Best Medal for Service recipient, E1249 [13JN]