CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Announcements

House of Representatives: receipt of Resident Commissioner and Delegate credentials, H2 [7JA]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3571 [30AP]

African Americans: establish special day to recognize the significant achievements and contributions of African-American scientists, mathematicians, and inventors (see H. Con. Res. 59), H1465 [27FE]

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 42), H7788 [25JY]

American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) (organization): tribute to Free Our People March and Rally (see H. Con. Res. 283), H9378 [8OC]

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 308), H9983 [28OC]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H3637 [1MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H3974 [9MY]

Armed Forces: continue health benefits for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see H.R. 2197), H4528 [21MY]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H7170 [18JY]

———increase basic educational assistance for Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 1374), H2268 [20MR]

———increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (see H.R. 3019), H9982 [28OC]

———make the Transition Assistance Program for persons separating from active duty mandatory and furnish information about homelessness (see H.R. 1906), H3684 [6MY]

———provide free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active duty abroad engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 2705), H11359 [17NO]

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

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

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (see H.R. 2393), H7455 [23JY]

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act: expand coverage (see H.R. 2248), H4736 [22MY]

———increase amount of loss or damage coverage, in the aggregate and for single exhibitions (see H.R. 829), H1812 [12MR]

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

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H. Res. 389), H10458 [5NO]

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

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

Burundi: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 154), H4877 [3JN]

Bush, President: request transmission of documents or other materials to the House of Representatives relative to the possession of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq (see H. Res. 260), H5665 [19JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H5663 [19JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1954 [18MR]

———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 3063), H8174 [10SE]

———improve access to books in early learning and other child care programs and establish special postage stamps to fund child literacy programs (see H.R. 126), H2311 [25MR]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H9381 [10OC]

China, People's Republic of: condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet (see H. Res. 157), H11360 [17NO]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 6), H6349 [8JY]

Civil rights: provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 32), H171 [27JA]

Colleges and universities: increase number of persons appointed to the military service academies from Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2004), H3760 [7MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2311 [25MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H9282 [7OC]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1633), H6271 [7JY]

———establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2694), H7455 [23JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1663), H2937 [8AP] (see H.R. 3322), H9613 [16OC]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to placing of certain substances on the schedules of controlled substances (see H.R. 207), H172 [27JA]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H5409 [16JN]

Correctional institutions: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 3575), H12306 [21NO]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 1434), H10457 [5NO]

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

CPSC: establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 2911), H11702 [20NO]

Crime: provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy (see H.R. 2247), H5714 [23JN]

Cruz, Celia: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3009), H7948 [4SE]

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. 3422), H11360 [17NO]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (see H.R. 2488), H5467 [17JN]

———establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H7455 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2284), H5175 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H4205 [15MY]

———establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H6271 [7JY]

———establish Office of Health Care Competition to administer National Practitioner Data Bank and to collect and make public more information on medical malpractice insurance (see H.R. 447), H1334 [25FE]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H3761 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement the Responsive Emergency Alert and Dissemination of Information Call (READICall) System (see H.R. 2250), H4978 [4JN]

———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 HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (see H.R. 2422), H5265 [11JN]

———provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 1865), H6348 [8JY]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 1981), H3682 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3454 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 1034), H1464 [27FE]

———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), H5366 [12JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (see H.R. 1108), H1955 [18MR]

———establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow claimants for benefits to pay fees for attorney services during any stage of the claims process (see H.R. 3492), H11358 [17NO]

———allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H9982 [28OC]

———determine the effectiveness of contracting for the use of private memory care facilities for veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2337), H6271 [7JY]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 2816), H9131 [1OC]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1726), H6465 [9JY]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3451), H10457 [5NO]

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2553), H5662 [19JN]

———combat polio (see H. Res. 20), H3976 [9MY]

———Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2018), H3761 [7MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H7454 [23JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries (see H.R. 2470), H6265 [26JN]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 1144), H1680 [6MR]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H322 [5FE]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H8949 [25SE]

———raise awareness of alopecia areata (see H. Res. 348), H7785 [25JY]

———require increased activities regarding Diamond-Blackfan anemia (see H.R. 2456), H7787 [25JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H3453 [29AP]

Doby, Lawrence E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 235), H6263 [26JN]

Domestic violence: research health impact and prevention and provide training and Federal coverage for health care professionals to identify and treat families experiencing family violence (see H.R. 1267), H3684 [6MY]

Drugs: encourage major sports organizations to ban use of ephedra and dietary supplements containing ephedrine (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1642 [5MR]

Education: assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to rural and high-poverty areas (see H.R. 2811), H7225 [21JY]

———constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H1515 [4MR]

———establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 501), H324 [5FE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2291), H4978 [4JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H134 [8JA]

———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 1752), H6465 [9JY]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities and staffs implementing Even Start programs (see H.R. 1600), H10237 [30OC]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 26), H172 [27JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: prohibit federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational services (see H.R. 3582), H12321 [25NO]

Emancipation Proclamation: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 36), H462 [12FE]

Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 446), H1334 [25FE]

Employment: establish a living wage, and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1040), H2703 [2AP]

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

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 643), H4528 [21MY]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8017 [5SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 2300), H7086 [17JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H6348 [8JY]

FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1425), H2310 [25MR]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 1738), H3302 [10AP]

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), H2822 [3AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 725), H1516 [4MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H2822 [3AP]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H172 [27JA]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1147), H1680 [6MR]

Fish and fishing: establish requirements for fishing quota systems (see H.R. 2621), H6465 [9JY]

Gibson, Althea: tribute (see H. Res. 386), H12923 [8DE]

Global Family Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 281), H8283 [16SE]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 1192), H1744 [11MR]

Guam: clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 2400), H5173 [10JN]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 1031), H1464 [27FE]

———express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1641 [5MR]

———provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 3386), H10129 [29OC]

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

Health: combat viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 39), H462 [12FE]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H2271 [20MR]

———encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 34), H462 [12FE]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1639 [5MR]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2979), H7784 [25JY]

———establish program to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness and prevent secondary conditions for persons with disabilities (see H.R. 2292), H7618 [24JY]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see H. Res. 142), H2474 [27MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H390 [11FE] (see H.R. 1200), H1744 [11MR] (see H.R. 2402), H5173 [10JN] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H2940 [8AP]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 1022), H1682 [6MR]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H4529 [21MY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H1394 [26FE]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H10130 [29OC]

Health care facilities: importance of preserving survival of essential urban hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6263 [26JN]

Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 920), H11359 [17NO]

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

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7617 [24JY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 2258), H4736 [22MY]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1335 [25FE]

Homeland Security Act: amend relative to release of alien children in custody (see H.R. 2137), H4204 [15MY]

Hunger: encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (see H. Res. 261), H10458 [5NO]

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: support goals (see H. Res. 384), H9215 [2OC]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 603), H5664 [19JN]

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H1955 [18MR]

———treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1983), H3682 [6MY]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 151), H1516 [4MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR]

Insurance: coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 1499), H5929 [25JN]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 736), H461 [12FE]

———establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 1552), H5468 [17JN]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H1678 [6MR]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H1745 [11MR]

———modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 448), H1334 [25FE]

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

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H6264 [26JN]

———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1124), H1813 [12MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1219), H1955 [18MR]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 296), H1954 [18MR]

Intelligence services: create an independent commission or select House committee to investigate U.S. intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Res. 410), H9812 [21OC]

Iraq: require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (see H.R. 1920), H6264 [26JN]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 303), H6263 [26JN]

Johnson, Shoshana N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5045 [5JN]

Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2818), H11392 (see H.R. 2818), H11516 [18NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H706 [13FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H6464 [9JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1014), H1463 [27FE]

———improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1014), H2704 [2AP]

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 (see H.R. 3214), H9129 [1OC]

———require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records and provide incentive funds to States that have systems for expunging such records (see H.R. 1009), H1903 [13MR]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H12922 [8DE]

Liberia: provide support for ceasefire agreement between government and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy and the Movement for Democracy of Liberia (see H. Con. Res. 240), H6707 [14JY]

Mali: recognize strong relationship with the U.S., democracy efforts, conflict resolution and peacekeeping activities, and support in campaign against terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 229), H6349 [8JY]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 256), H7617 [24JY]

McCool, William C.: rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor (see H.R. 672), H1334 [25FE]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 1143), H1680 [6MR]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 1736), H4012 [13MY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H3856 [8MY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H6348 [8JY]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 194), H463 [12FE]

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H5929 [25JN]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H1463 [27FE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H2271 [20MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 2498), H5714 [23JN]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see H.R. 817), H702 [13FE]

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

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 2008), H6264 [26JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H3634 [1MY]

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

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 707), H391 [11FE]

———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 access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 3635), H12309 [21NO]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H5367 [12JN]

———revise methodology by which payment for orphan drugs and biologicals is made under program prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2700), H7618 [24JY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H274 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H5815 [24JN]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H3355 [11AP]

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

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 846), H703 [13FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H10977 [6NO]

———increase participation in international service (see H.R. 3152), H8490 [23SE]

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), H1640 [5MR]

National Bone Marrow Donor Registry: reauthorize (see H.R. 3034), H8285 [16SE]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 265), H7785 [25JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 844), H1467 [27FE]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H170 [27JA]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H4737 [22MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 82), H705 [13FE]

National security: ensure coordination and integration of Indian tribes in homeland security strategy (see H.R. 2242), H6604 [10JY]

———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]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9131 [1OC]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 172), H3973 [9MY]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H460 [12FE]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 2983), H11392 (see H.R. 2983), H11516 [18NO]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H5266 [11JN]

———tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 306), H9687 [17OC]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 1241), H1811 [12MR]

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), H7788 [25JY]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1381), H2823 [3AP]

———authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 2856), H7615 [24JY]

Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building, Paia, HI: designate (see H.R. 2030), H3975 [9MY]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1145), H1680 [6MR]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 2323), H6349 [8JY]

———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 3432), H10339 [4NO]

Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see H.R. 1263), H1900 [13MR]

Public housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H2402 [26MR]

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), H2473 [27MR]

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

———provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 535), H318 [5FE]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3560), H11701 [20NO]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 1723), H3301 [10AP]

Rite of Passage Community Service Program: establish (see H.R. 2125), H4203 [15MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H3571 [30AP]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1471 [3MR]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2833), H7454 [23JY]

Safety: protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 2773), H7085 [17JY]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 1166), H1681 [6MR]

Schools: provide a model for school districts based on experience of the District of Columbia in establishing fully accountable public alternatives to traditional public schools (see H.R. 2669), H6604 [10JY]

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 784), H1396 [26FE]

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

Sisulu, Walter: tribute (see H. Res. 237), H4255 [19MY]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 3099), H8283 [16SE]

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

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 660), H2704 [2AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H4978 [4JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2268), H4737 [22MY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 812), H1335 [25FE]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 515), H268 [31JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1689), H3051 [9AP]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3192), H10978 [6NO]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H5468 [17JN]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for military service (see H.R. 2576), H5813 [24JN]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1123), H1679 [6MR]

Taxation: 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), H3571 [30AP]

———cover over to a possession of the U.S. whose income tax laws mirror the refundable portions of the child tax credit and earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2186), H4527 [21MY]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 740), H1516 [4MR]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1522), H6348 [8JY]

———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]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 741), H1516 [4MR]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 3107), H8380 [17SE]

———rebuild America through job creation (see H.R. 2046), H3973 [9MY]

———restore applicability of estate tax to estates over a certain amount and a maximum rate, and deposit revenues from estate tax into Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2532), H5929 [25JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H1743 [11MR]

U.S. Employee Ownership Bank: establish (see H.R. 2969), H7784 [25JY]

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H7948 [4SE]

Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (see H. Con. Res. 254), H8083 [9SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 19), H1466 [27FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H9982 [28OC]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations into community open spaces or parks (see H.R. 2373), H5044 [5JN]

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H9131 [1OC]

———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 2217), H6465 [9JY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H6349 [8JY]

———increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 2066), H4369 [20MY]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H7787 [25JY]

———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), H1334 [25FE]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 2216), H5929 [25JN]

———observe moment of silence to honor veterans of all U.S. wars and memorialize those who gave their lives in defense of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 195), H4738 [22MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H2704 [2AP]

———study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H8083 [9SE]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 259), H9282 [7OC]

Wildlife: protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (see H.R. 2310), H5815 [24JN]

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

———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 373), H170 [27JA]

———recognize effects of obstetric fistulas and urge that programs be initiated to prevent and treat obstetric fistulas (see H. Res. 447), H11391 (see H. Res. 447), H11515 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 3588), H12307 [21NO]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2663), H6347 [8JY]

Education: expand the eligibility for teacher loan forgiveness to provide additional incentives for teachers in economically depressed rural areas, territories, and Indian reservations (see H.R. 789), H700 [13FE]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1595), H2819 [3AP]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 1594), H2819 [3AP]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3589), H12307 [21NO]

Letters

Resident Instruction and Distance Education Grants Program funding: by, H6651 [14JY]

Press releases

Depts. of HUD and Commerce Grants to the Virgin Islands: by, H9165 [2OC]

Remarks

Africa: U.S. policy, H6329 [8JY]

Apache County, AZ: approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (S. 222), H4802, H4803 [3JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9373 [8OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9547 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2676 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2715 [3AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), motion to instruct conferees, E731 [10AP]

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, E731 [10AP]

Black History Month: observance, H442 [12FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2210 [20MR]

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (organization): anniversary, H6274 [8JY]

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 1012), H4029 [14MY]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 6), H6887 [16JY]

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: revoke a Public Land Order relative to certain erroneously included lands (H.R. 417), H1962 [19MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (H.R. 3588), E2403 [22NO]

———promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7602 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase overall funding through reductions in tax cuts, H5752 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2555), H5752 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H9162 [2OC]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6822 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR, and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), H2875 [8AP]

———conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed (H.R. 519), H1964 [19MR]

———conduct study of Coltsville, CT, for potential inclusion in the National Park System (S. 233), H8459 [23SE]

———conduct study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer (H.R. 699), H1963 [19MR]

———conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (S. 111), H8424 [23SE]

———eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana (H.R. 273), H2873 [8AP]

———prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7037 [17JY]

———revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), H4031 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7037 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (H.R. 1108), H3562 [30AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6526, H6589 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H9162 [2OC]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, H1627 [5MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3587, H3613 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS through reductions in the Millennium Challenge Account, H7391 [23JY]

———include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, H6822 [15JY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, H3613 [1MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7976 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7976 [5SE]

Education: expand the eligibility for teacher loan forgiveness to provide additional incentives for teachers in economically depressed rural areas, territories, and Indian reservations (H.R. 789), E247 [13FE]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6391 [9JY]

Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (H.R. 108), H2874 [8AP]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3788 [8MY]

Financial institutions: allow certain premier certified lenders to elect to maintain an alternative loss reserve (H.R. 923), H5725, H5726 [24JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7391 [23JY]

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

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), H9846 [28OC]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (H.R. 2059), H8415 [23SE]

Fort Frederica National Monument: land exchange (H.R. 1113), H8414 [23SE]

Grand Teton National Park: allow Wyoming to retrieve fair value for State lands placed in trust for school revenue purposes (S. 273), H4805 [3JN]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H3562 [30AP]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H6852 [15JY], H7588 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7521 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5632 [19JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2210 [20MR]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), H6352 [9JY]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1781 [12MR], H1839, H1857 [13MR]

Heath, Alfred O.: Virgin Islanders for Responsible Government (organization) Alexander A. Farrelly Public Service Award recipient, E1206 [11JN]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1821), H9415 [15OC]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (H.R. 1964), H12119, H12121 [21NO]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, H1726 [11MR]

Homeland Security Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1416), H5733 [24JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit States to design, develop, and implement customized educational programs for disabled students, H3476 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3476 [30AP]

Insurance: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care (H.R. 1219), H1857 [13MR]

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: imposition of sanctions on nations that undermine effectiveness of conservation and management measures for Atlantic highly migratory species (H. Con. Res. 268), H9844 [28OC]

Iraq: cost of use of Armed Forces against Iraq and rebuilding efforts, H9373 [8OC]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 303), H6882 [16JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1209), H8422, H8424 [23SE]

———extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (S. 470), H9842 [28OC]

Liberia: U.S. policy, H6329 [8JY]

Louisiana Purchase: bicentennial (H. Con. Res. 21), H8412 [23SE]

Marshall Islands: convey a decommissioned NOAA ship to Utrok Atoll (H.R. 2584), H12126 [21NO]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: exchange certain lands with Atlanta, GA (H.R. 1616), H9847 [28OC]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6109 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H11863 [20NO], H12107, H12285 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5962 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12237 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H9180 [2OC]

———treatment of women, H5962 [26JN]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3459), H11863 [20NO]

Mount Naomi Wilderness Area: adjust boundaries (S. 278), H8422 [23SE]

National Aviation Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 280), E2362 [20NO]

National Men's Health Week: support (H. Con. Res. 208), H6885 [16JY]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: observance, H2942 [9AP]

National security: enhance research, development, procurement, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public health threats (H.R. 2122), H6935 [16JY]

———homeland security funding, H2715 [3AP]

Native Americans: provide a Federal land exchange for the environmental, educational, and cultural benefit of the general public and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (H.R. 1409), H8417, H8420 [23SE]

Nebraska City, NE: grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (H.R. 255), H4027 [14MY]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (H.R. 1577), H4026 [14MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3104 [10AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H528 [13FE]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (H.R. 1900), H9233 [7OC]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (H.R. 205), H2883 [8AP]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 1166), H2504 [31MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1433 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1433 [27FE]

———recognize the sequencing of the human genome as one of the most significant accomplishments of the past century and support goals and ideals of Human Genome Month and DNA Day (H. Con. Res. 110), H5118 [10JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5632 [19JN]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 141), H360 [11FE]

———improve small business advocacy (H.R. 1772), H5722, H5723 [24JN]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (H. Res. 362), H8410 [23SE]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (H.R. 1594), E682 [3AP]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7625 [25JY]

———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, H7625 [25JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3765 [8MY]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H9180 [2OC]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

———increase personal duty exemptions, H1588 [5MR]

———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 1189), E2362 [20NO]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks or other major disasters affecting homeland security, H6608 [14JY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack, H2676 [2AP]

Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 135), H12122 [21NO]

Veterans: benefits funding, E2263 [6NO]

Veterans Day: observance, E2263 [6NO]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3589), E2426 [23NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1808 [12MR], H2512 [31MR], H2936 [8AP], H6600 [10JY], H7944 [4SE]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H455 [12FE]

Statements

Eliminate Health Care Disparities Among Minorities: by, H9163-H9165 [2OC]

Tributes

Henry, Ingerborg Cartier, E716 [10AP]

Matory, William E., E1138 [5JN]

Odeen Ishmael, Mohammed A., E2122 [21OC]