OWENS, MAJOR R. (a Representative from New York)

Articles and editorials

Budgetary Shock and Awe, New York (NY) Times, H4194 [15MY]

Pay-Gap Remedy for Military Reserves Appears Doomed, Stephen Barr, Washington (DC) Post, H9015 [30SE]

What Would Jesus Do? Sock It to Alabama's Corporate Land Owners, Adam Cohen, New York (NY) Times, H5659 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Advertising: create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns (see H.R. 132), H2472 [27MR]

Afghanistan: authorize assistance for women and girls (see H.R. 1482), H6264 [26JN]

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 196), H1516 [4MR]

———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: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 2921), H7782 [25JY]

———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 2918), H7782 [25JY]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2042), H4877 [3JN]

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

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

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H7170 [18JY]

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

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 1210), H1745 [11MR]

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

Armed Forces: alleviate delay in payment of the Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus to members who are mobilized (see H.R. 1792), H6264 [26JN]

———amend requirements relative to granting posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service to allow immigration benefits for surviving family members (see H.R. 1685), H4255 [19MY]

———authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 1917), H5367 [12JN]

———change requirements for naturalization through service, extend naturalization benefits to Ready Reserve members, and extend posthumous benefits to surviving spouses, children, and parents (see H.R. 1814), H4255 [19MY]

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H4368 [20MY]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8176 [10SE]

———express concern for U.S. and allied personnel killed, wounded, or taken captive while engaged in the war on terrorism or the war with Iraq and offer sympathy to the families of those killed in action (see H. Con. Res. 121), H3053 [9AP]

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1924), H6264 [26JN]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H5929 [25JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H245 [29JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the rental of housing to members (see H.R. 621), H1902 [13MR]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H2940 [8AP]

———provide for previously unenrolled servicemembers an opportunity to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2174), H6604 [10JY]

———repeal authorization of use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 20), H322 [5FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1323), H4739 [22MY]

———require Presidential report to Congress detailing possible consequences of using military force against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 24), H1747 [11MR]

———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 1991), H5929 [25JN]

———satisfy judgments against retired members for abusing a child through garnishment of military retired pay (see H.R. 1444), H4877 [3JN]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 103), H2270 [20MR]

———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), H6265 [26JN]

Arms control: promote the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 291), H5663 [19JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H9982 [28OC]

Ashe, Arthur: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 67), H5815 [24JN]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 2038), H3856 [8MY]

Aviation: improve air cargo security (see H.R. 2455), H5929 [25JN]

———improve training requirements for and require certification of cabin crew members (see H.R. 1889), H4877 [3JN]

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

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 62), H6263 [26JN]

Ben R. Gerow Post Office Building, Liberty, NY: designate (see H.R. 3234), H9213 [2OC]

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]

Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building, Bethpage, NY: designate (see H.R. 2452), H7840 [3SE]

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

Bunche, Ralph: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 71), H6604 [10JY]

Bush, President: request report entitled ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and other materials on planning for reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq (see H. Res. 364), H8491 [23SE]

———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), H5045 [5JN]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1681 [6MR]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 2574), H5813 [24JN]

Charities: nullify contracting exemption provisions of Executive order on the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services (see H.R. 2605), H5928 [25JN]

Chemicals: require licenses for the sale, purchase, and distribution of certain chemicals that are precursors to chemical weapons (see H.R. 726), H460 [12FE]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see H.R. 895), H1471 [3MR]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H2822 [3AP]

———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), H9982 [28OC]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H5929 [25JN]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 1401), H2473 [27MR] (see H.R. 2880), H12311 [21NO]

———establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 1242), H3305 [10AP]

———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), H2940 [8AP]

———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), H3304 [10AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4529 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 192), H4737 [22MY]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 254), H5929 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 304), H11703 [20NO]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9218 [3OC]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington (see H. Res. 352), H7839 [3SE]

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

———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: address the rising cost of tuition by strengthening the compact between the States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3519), H11650 [19NO]

———authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 333), H7020 [16JY]

———disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2683), H6464 [9JY]

———eliminate termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans (see H.R. 227), H5929 [25JN]

———ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 3618), H12308 [21NO]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H4735 [22MY]

———improve access through experiential education (see H.R. 3408), H10235 [30OC]

———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), H9478 [15OC]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H5408 [16JN]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H6264 [26JN]

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), H53 [7JA]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H6349 [8JY]

———require Federal agencies to protect the security and privacy of Government computer systems from the risks posed by peer-to-peer file sharing (see H.R. 3159), H8904 [24SE]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1663), H3638 [1MY] (see H.R. 3322), H9613 [16OC]

———treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 1887), H4369 [20MY]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 1812), H4255 [19MY]

———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H6867 [15JY]

Contracts: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (see H.R. 1216), H5929 [25JN]

———provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in its subcontracting plan (see H.R. 1217), H5929 [25JN]

———require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H4255 [19MY]

———require Federal contractors to possess a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (see H.R. 1218), H5929 [25JN]

———require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to each subcontractor under a Federal contract and a clause outlining the provisions of such policy in each subcontract (see H.R. 1215), H5929 [25JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H1467 [27FE]

Copyrights: allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after a certain period (see H.R. 2601), H6707 [14JY]

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

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 2919), H7782 [25JY]

———confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial proceedings (see H.R. 538), H11359 [17NO]

———enhance retirement annuities of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2316), H5929 [25JN]

———permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 1434), H11651 [19NO]

———provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1786), H3763 [7MY]

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

CPSC: ban realistic toy handguns (see H.R. 211), H11359 [17NO]

———establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 2911), H7782 [25JY]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2207), H5089 [9JN]

Credit: allow any consumer to receive a free credit report annually from any consumer reporting agency (see H.R. 2546), H5929 [25JN]

———protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 2407), H5173 [10JN]

———protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices by organizations providing debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement services (see H.R. 3331), H9686 [17OC]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children (see H.R. 2539), H12311 [21NO]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy (see H.R. 2247), H4978 [4JN]

Cruz, Celia: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3009), H11392 (see H.R. 3009), H11516 [18NO]

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), H10236 [30OC]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute: support (see H.R. 3032), H8016 [5SE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H6265 [26JN]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H11702 [20NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2464), H6349 [8JY]

———provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 893), H1471 [3MR]

Dept. of Energy: purchase of excess plutonium and highly enriched uranium from Russia (see H.R. 3173), H10237 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 2053), H4132 [14MY]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3302 [10AP]

———establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H1812 [12MR]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H4788 [2JN]

———modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H4877 [3JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out activities to assess and reduce the vulnerabilities of public transportation systems (see H.R. 1148), H3683 [6MY]

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

———installation of chemical and biological detection devices in enclosed passenger boarding stations of heavy rail transit systems (see H.R. 2301), H5929 [25JN]

———Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding (see H.R. 764), H2312 [25MR]

———reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 445), H242 [29JA]

———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), H6604 [10JY]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H4528 [21MY]

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

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 1673), H2938 [8AP]

Dept. of State: establish position of Iraqi Reconstruction Coordinator (see H. Res. 404), H9614 [16OC]

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), H1679 [6MR]

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), H1641 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see H.R. 1815), H7086 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 998), H4368 [20MY]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3612), H12308 [21NO]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H4877 [3JN]

———increase the quantity of supply of certain prescriptions furnished to veterans with chronic conditions (see H.R. 1921), H6264 [26JN]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H1461 [27FE]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H4788 [2JN]

———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 1347), H6264 [26JN]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H9215 [2OC]

———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), H1682 [6MR]

Disasters: modify terms of the community disaster loan program and authorize assistance under that program for losses related to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1542), H2585 [1AP]

———require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (see H.R. 2537), H6265 [26JN]

Discrimination: express that high-level Federal officials should not belong to a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (see H. Con. Res. 130), H2514 [31MR]

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), H6604 [10JY]

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

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H6264 [26JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4255 [19MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries (see H.R. 2470), H6604 [10JY]

———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]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 107), H2270 [20MR]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H4877 [3JN]

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

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 3362), H11703 [20NO]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H4131 [14MY]

Doby, Lawrence E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 235), H6707 [14JY]

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), H1900 [13MR]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H6264 [26JN]

Economy: require Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop methodology for measuring cost-of-living in each State, and require Comptroller General to ascertain impact on certain Federal benefits (see H.R. 3640), H12309 [21NO]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 3007), H7948 [4SE]

———authorize grants to local educational agencies for teacher mentoring programs (see H.R. 1611), H2820 [3AP]

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

———encourage partnerships between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities (see H.R. 1871), H5929 [25JN]

———establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 501), H392 [11FE]

———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 934), H1746 [11MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2291), H4786 [2JN]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H8282 [16SE]

———increase availability of Head Start programs and quality child care, reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, and facilitate parental involvement (see H.R. 2363), H5043 [5JN]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H. Res. 144), H5929 [25JN]

———limit the applicability of annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology relative to financial aid eligibility (see H.R. 2485), H5408 [16JN]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H. Res. 137), H3976 [9MY]

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

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 1240), H1811 [12MR]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see H.R. 734), H5408 [16JN]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3450), H10457 [5NO]

———require medically accurate factual information in any course material or instruction on human development and sexuality (see H.R. 802), H1746 [11MR]

Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building, Nyack, NY: designate (see H.R. 3167), H9131 [1OC]

EEOC: require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 1487), H2471 [27MR]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 2637), H6262 [26JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY] (see H.R. 2394), H5929 [25JN]

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

Employment: amend and improve workforce investment and adult education systems (see H.R. 1992), H7170 [18JY]

———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]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H6347 [8JY]

———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3259), H10237 [30OC]

———provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 3530), H11650 [19NO]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 1758), H3684 [6MY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 643), H1682 [6MR]

EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 1165), H1681 [6MR]

ERISA: improve disclosure of funding status of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 3005), H9478 [15OC]

———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 323), H274 [4FE]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H9982 [28OC]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for disclosures of credit-based insurance scoring information by insurers and credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 1473), H3053 [9AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H11359 [17NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 3139), H8490 [23SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 2300), H5089 [9JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 956), H1460 [27FE]

———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), H2310 [25MR]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4132 [14MY]

———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H5365 [12JN]

———limit reimbursement of travel expenses of members and employees (see H.R. 2670), H10237 [30OC]

———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (see H.R. 2212), H4978 [4JN]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see H.R. 3027), H9982 [28OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require cost-benefit analysis for surface transportation projects prior to procuring architectural or engineering services from private contractors (see H.R. 1980), H7455 [23JY]

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), H4368 [20MY]

———support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

Federal contracts: improve Federal agency oversight and assistance and strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system (see H.R. 2767), H7085 [17JY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 1934), H3636 [1MY]

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

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 577), H3683 [6MY]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H5265 [11JN]

———provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1244), H3453 [29AP]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H10978 [6NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H9982 [28OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H6349 [8JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H3975 [9MY]

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), H55 [7JA]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see H.R. 752), H462 [12FE]

Fire prevention: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see H.R. 1621), H7020 [16JY]

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

———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 3237), H10130 [29OC]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 260), H172 [27JA]

Firefighters: establish a scientific basis for new firefighting technology standards and improve coordination of training for and responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies (see H.R. 545), H2312 [25MR]

———provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2961), H7784 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 527), H1642 [5MR]

Food: amend inspection laws to notify consumers of products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on sewage sludge-treated land (see H.R. 186), H6464 [9JY]

———ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 2917), H7782 [25JY]

———ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H10457 [5NO]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 2920), H7782 [25JY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 2916), H7782 [25JY]

Food industry: freshness dates on food (see H.R. 468), H1466 [27FE]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see H.R. 2536), H5662 [19JN]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H11651 [19NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1680 [6MR]

Foreign policy: disavow the doctrine of preemption (see H. Res. 141), H1812 [12MR]

———ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9132 [1OC]

Foreign trade: impact on employment of NAFTA and the entry of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 851), H1812 [12MR]

———protect small businesses from increased tariffs or other retaliatory actions taken by the U.S. during a trade dispute (see H.R. 251), H10130 [29OC]

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

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 2169), H4367 [20MY]

Foster Care Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2124), H5929 [25JN]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 107), H4876 [3JN]

———deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 414), H4978 [4JN]

George Henry White Post Office Building, Tarboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 3353), H10130 [29OC]

Gibson, Althea: tribute (see H. Res. 386), H11146 [10NO]

Global Family Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9983 [28OC]

Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (see H. Res. 213), H3636 [1MY]

———enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 1464), H5046 [5JN]

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

Government regulations: prevent abuse of and establish a uniform system of accountability for the use of Government purchase and travel cards (see H.R. 3165), H11133 [7NO]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H10130 [29OC]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 1031), H1642 [5MR]

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

———independence anniversary (see H. Res. 471), H12923 [8DE]

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

Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 1268), H4788 [2JN]

Head Start Program: tribute (see H. Res. 238), H4369 [20MY]

Health: carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems in children and establish a pest control and indoor air services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 1149), H1680 [6MR]

———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]

———improve access to prescription drugs, prohibit tax deductions for direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements, and ban campaign contributions from pharmaceutical company chief executive officers (see H.R. 1733), H3454 [29AP]

———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), H1682 [6MR]

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

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H10340 [4NO]

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

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1929), H3635 [1MY]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 1868), H3975 [9MY]

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

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see H.R. 1386), H4368 [20MY]

Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 920), H1642 [5MR]

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H5815 [24JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3180), H8949 [25SE]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H6265 [26JN]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H6603 [10JY]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H1689 [10MR]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H390 [11FE]

———withhold Federal financial assistance from students who have engaged in hazing (see H.R. 1207), H1745 [11MR]

Hirschfeld, Al: tribute (see H. Res. 46), H245 [29JA]

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), H5929 [25JN]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H5661 [19JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 2090), H4130 [14MY]

Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 1357), H3305 [10AP]

———extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2022), H5815 [24JN]

———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 2628), H6262 [26JN]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1704), H3975 [9MY]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 2528), H5661 [19JN]

Human rights: support the drafting and adoption of a thematic convention on the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities by the U.N. General Assembly (see H. Con. Res. 169), H5089 [9JN]

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: support goals (see H. Res. 384), H9130 [1OC]

Immigration: adjust the status of certain aliens, with longstanding ties to the U.S., to that of an alien lawfully admitted to permanent residence (see H.R. 440), H1396 [26FE]

———admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 2702), H6603 [10JY]

———assist aliens transplanted as children in continuing their education and successfully integrating into society (see H.R. 84), H9478 [15OC]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 3123), H9215 [2OC]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 832), H702 [13FE]

———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 3271), H10458 [5NO]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to Caribbean-born immigrants (see H.R. 2364), H7949 [4SE]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7329 [22JY]

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

Insurance: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust-era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (see H.R. 1905), H4877 [3JN]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 1499), H6264 [26JN]

———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), H4205 [15MY]

———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]

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

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H9377 [8OC]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, provide Federal alternative medical malpractice insurance and limit frivolous lawsuits (see H.R. 1116), H1747 [11MR]

———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), H7787 [25JY]

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]

———establish a select committee to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence structure to meet global threats (see H. Res. 307), H8017 [5SE]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H11360 [17NO]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 57), H1517 [4MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H4978 [4JN]

Iran: condemn construction of a facility to enrich uranium with potential for developing a program for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and for its support of global terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 217), H5714 [23JN]

Iraq: require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 1901), H4131 [14MY]

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

———require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 3275), H10340 [4NO]

———support continued U.S. engagement to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified country with a representative government (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9983 [28OC]

———tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H4529 [21MY]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 1756), H3454 [29AP]

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

James E. Davis Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 3012), H7948 [4SE]

James J. Peters Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 2786), H7085 [17JY] (see H.R. 3383), H9981 [28OC]

Jesse Brown Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1908), H3634 [1MY]

John G. Dow Post Office Building, Tappan, NY: designate (see H.R. 3166), H9131 [1OC]

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

Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2818), H7329 [22JY]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 287), H8491 [23SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H3355 [11AP]

———mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

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

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H11359 [17NO]

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]

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]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1516 [4MR]

Lehman, Jeffrey S.: tribute (see H. Res. 426), H10237 [30OC]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1930), H5815 [24JN]

———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), H8382 [17SE]

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]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12311 [21NO]

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), H1396 [26FE]

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

———coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 690), H1746 [11MR]

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

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H4204 [15MY]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H5815 [24JN]

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

Medicare: coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H3681 [6MY]

———coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H1902 [13MR]

———coverage of home infusion drug therapies (see H.R. 2476), H6604 [10JY]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant without regard to when the transplant was received (see H.R. 588), H1396 [26FE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H5366 [12JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 2498), H5665 [19JN]

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

———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), H2940 [8AP]

———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), H3355 [11AP]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 2008), H4877 [3JN]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H11359 [17NO]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H4739 [22MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H3305 [10AP]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (see H.R. 1539), H4368 [20MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1321), H4978 [4JN]

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

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 1860), H5046 [5JN]

———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 for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H5046 [5JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 896), H1471 [3MR]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H4739 [22MY]

———require home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers (see H.R. 208), H4876 [3JN]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H4205 [15MY]

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

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H9982 [28OC]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H2131 [19MR]

———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]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 119), H6707 [14JY]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 487), H392 [11FE]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H11360 [17NO]

———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]

———prohibit desecration of veterans' memorials (see H.R. 2170), H4367 [20MY]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers by requiring complete disclosure and warranty of any add-ons included with the sale of a new automobile (see H.R. 1283), H5468 [17JN]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H245 [29JA]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 1565), H5815 [24JN]

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

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 240), H5665 [19JN]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 86), H1903 [13MR]

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 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

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), H3302 [10AP]

———develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 852), H5408 [16JN]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger woman (see H.R. 1657), H5089 [9JN]

National Labor Relations Act: establish efficient system to enable employees to form or become members of labor organizations (see H.R. 3078), H8216 [11SE]

National Librarians Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 155), H4788 [2JN]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 2193), H5815 [24JN]

———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), H10978 [6NO]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: repeal certain amendments (see H.R. 237), H1334 [25FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3762 [7MY]

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

New England Fishery Management Council: include New York as a member (see H.R. 2679), H7788 [25JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2864 [7AP]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan anemia (see H.R. 894), H1471 [3MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H6465 [9JY]

Nonprofit organizations: increase number of women and minorities on governing boards and encourage Americans to volunteer to serve on the governing boards (see H. Res. 354), H10238 [30OC]

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), H5929 [25JN] (see H.R. 2272), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 2801), H7225 [21JY]

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq (ORHA): request assistance from Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center (organization) (see H. Con. Res. 174), H4788 [2JN]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2685), H6464 [9JY]

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

———establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 1251), H3571 [30AP]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 262), H7086 [17JY]

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

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

———funding (see H. Con. Res. 61), H1465 [27FE]

———issuance of special postage stamps (see H.R. 2371), H5044 [5JN]

———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 250), H3683 [6MY]

Peace Parks Foundation: efforts to facilitate the establishment and development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa (see H. Con. Res. 80), H1681 [6MR]

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

Pensions: 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]

———provide additional protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 2101), H4130 [14MY]

Pharmaceuticals: eligibility of certain applicants for approval of a generic drug for a competition-free period (see H.R. 828), H702 [13FE]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H703 [13FE] (see H.R. 2497), H5467 [17JN]

———permit importation of prescription drugs from Canada and Mexico (see H.R. 2629), H7170 [18JY]

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]

———include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see H.R. 2249), H4736 [22MY]

———reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (see H.R. 735), H1516 [4MR]

Poverty: enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see H.R. 1088), H6264 [26JN]

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: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H2822 [3AP]

———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), H1517 [4MR]

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

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 624), H463 [12FE]

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

———provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 692), H390 [11FE]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 1723), H3572 [30AP]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see H.R. 2726), H6867 [15JY]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1813), H5815 [24JN]

Rite of Passage Community Service Program: establish (see H.R. 2125), H4877 [3JN]

Roads and highways: establish programs to enhance roadway safety and improve transportation efficiency (see H.R. 288), H3637 [1MY]

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

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: preserve profile on the dime because of his innumerable contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 343), H12923 [8DE]

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

Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense: request resignation (see H. Con. Res. 323), H11133 [7NO]

Safety: create a system of background checks for certain workers who enter people's homes (see H.R. 439), H5929 [25JN]

Saund, Dalip Singh: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 248), H7329 [22JY]

Schools: enhance penalties for threatening to kill, injure, or intimidate an individual, or to cause property damage, by means of fire or an explosive on school property (see H.R. 469), H1466 [27FE]

———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]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4877 [3JN]

———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 1021), H1746 [11MR]

———promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H5467 [17JN]

Shipping industry: require inspection of cargo destined for the U.S. (see H.R. 1392), H2940 [8AP]

Ships and vessels: accelerate requirement that tankers carrying oil in bulk as cargo must be equipped with a double hull (see H.R. 880), H2586 [1AP]

Sisulu, Walter: tribute (see H. Res. 237), H4529 [21MY]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 3099), H12311 [21NO]

———permit the collection of demographic information in connection with small business loan applications (see H.R. 1748), H3302 [10AP]

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

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 473), H1467 [27FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [11FE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 471), H1466 [27FE]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 474), H1467 [27FE]

———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), H9982 [28OC]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 472), H1466 [27FE]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 470), H1466 [27FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H392 [11FE]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: extend the mortgage foreclosure protection period for members of the Armed Forces after release from active duty (see H.R. 1411), H5929 [25JN]

Space policy: restore a vision for the human space flight program by instituting a series of incremental goals to facilitate scientific exploration of the universe (see H.R. 3057), H10457 [5NO]

States: provide incentives to establish new sources of revenue for transit projects and services and to create more flexibility in use of existing transportation funds (see H.R. 2914), H7782 [25JY]

Sudan: human rights violations (see H. Res. 194), H3454 [29AP]

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), H3638 [1MY]

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

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 1236), H1810 [12MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1682 [6MR]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 2891), H7616 [24JY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 943), H7787 [25JY]

———allow businesses to expense qualified security devices (see H.R. 1259), H5089 [9JN]

———allow credits to radio station owners who donate the license and other assets of such station to a nonprofit corporation that supports the fine arts (see H.R. 668), H5929 [25JN]

———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), H7169 [18JY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H2939 [8AP]

———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), H3354 [11AP]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 2081), H5929 [25JN]

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

———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (see H.R. 2418), H5265 [11JN]

———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2037), H3856 [8MY]

———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), H4877 [3JN]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 717), H4876 [3JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H1466 [27FE]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 1131), H7839 [3SE]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see H.R. 662), H1396 [26FE]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 869), H9982 [28OC]

———increase transparency of corporate tax accounting, liability and strategies, facilitate analysis of financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1556), H2702 [2AP]

———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable in the case of hardship of certain employees due to facility closures or employers in bankruptcy (see H.R. 2545), H6349 [8JY]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H4877 [3JN]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H2939 [8AP]

———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] (see H.R. 1873), H4369 [20MY]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H9982 [28OC]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 2184), H9478 [15OC]

———provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 1692), H3051 [9AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 1132), H7225 [21JY]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H1396 [26FE]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 2372), H5044 [5JN]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see H.R. 2044), H3972 [9MY]

———provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (see H.R. 2166), H4367 [20MY]

———repeal benefits relative to company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2127), H4978 [4JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H4255 [19MY]

———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 1296), H5929 [25JN]

———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 paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1056), H1514 [4MR]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H4739 [22MY]

———treatment of capital to cover installation costs of residential solar energy equipment (see H.R. 694), H391 [11FE]

———treatment of certain losses arising from, and grants made as a result of terrorist attacks on New York, NY (see H.R. 3556), H11701 [20NO]

———treatment of clean-fuel vehicles used by businesses within Clean Air Act nonattainment areas (see H.R. 185), H3641 [5MY]

———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1620), H2820 [3AP]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1304), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H5929 [25JN]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H5367 [12JN]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H9478 [15OC]

———reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 2478), H6265 [26JN]

Terrorism: ensure that recently enacted terrorism legislation doesn't undermine civil liberties (see H.R. 3171), H9982 [28OC]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 105), H392 [11FE] (see H.R. 1389), H2269 [20MR]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction and improve security of infrastructure (see H.R. 1449), H5664 [19JN]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (see H.R. 1318), H1953 [18MR]

Transportation: promote intermodal transportation of passengers (see H.R. 1394), H2269 [20MR]

U.N.: respect sovereign equality of member states of the Security Council relative to each state's position concerning Iraq's compliance with disarmament resolutions (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1746 [11MR]

———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1196), H7169 [18JY]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 313), H9983 [28OC]

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

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

Unemployment: establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (see H.R. 3276), H10458 [5NO]

———modernize benefit system (see H.R. 1802), H3352 [11AP]

———provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 3010), H9215 [2OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H3572 [30AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H10130 [29OC]

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), H5367 [12JN]

———authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 1918), H5367 [12JN]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1418), H4255 [19MY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H6349 [8JY]

———improve automobile assistance program for disabled veterans (see H.R. 294), H1642 [5MR]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2829), H7453 [23JY]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1935), H3636 [1MY]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H. Res. 65), H3454 [29AP]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1592), H5367 [12JN]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H10237 [30OC]

Voting: allow voters to register at polling places on the date of an election, cast ballots at designated polling places prior to the date of an election, and obtain absentee ballots for any reason (see H.R. 1510), H2514 [31MR]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H2823 [3AP]

———secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 259), H135 [8JA]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H392 [11FE]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H7618 [24JY]

Weapons: authorize assistance through eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries (see H.R. 2299), H4787 [2JN]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H7020 [16JY]

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

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

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 38), H4877 [3JN]

———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]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1470), H2470 [27MR]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 476), H5045 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: provide compensation for families of noncombatants killed in U.S. military actions (see H.R. 602), H321 [5FE]

Business and industry: require disclosure of insider sales of stock of publicly held companies be filed electronically (see H.R. 600), H321 [5FE]

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), H321 [5FE]

Education: curtail the use of high-stakes tests in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3315), H9613 [16OC]

———provide general revenue sharing and assistance for States and local governments (see H.R. 2335), H4977 [4JN]

———provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 599), H321 [5FE]

Higher Education Act: expand eligibility requirement of predominantly Black colleges and universities (see H.R. 3151), H8490 [23SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 603), H321 [5FE]

———provide for legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or nonimmigrant aliens (see H.R. 604), H321 [5FE]

———provide permanent resident status for certain alien orphans physically present in the U.S. and provide for deferred enforced departure status for alien parents of certain children born in the U.S. (see H.R. 605), H321 [5FE]

Iraq: raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (see H.R. 1804), H3352 [11AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Senator or Representative may serve and provide for 4-year terms for Representatives (see H.J. Res. 81), H12309 [21NO]

Museums: establish a commission to study the establishment of a national education museum and archive (see H.R. 598), H320 [5FE]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 608), H321 [5FE]

Taxation: impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 607), H321 [5FE]

Transportation: provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 606), H321 [5FE]

Letters

Domestic Budget Protection Act: by, H4193 [15MY]

Poems

``Angel in the Whirlwind,'' by, H2122 [19MR]

``Corporate Credo 1,'' by, E132 [5FE]

``Corporate Credo 2,'' by, E132 [5FE]

``Crowd the Children In,'' by, E130 [5FE]

``Let the Rich Go First,'' by, H9018 [30SE], E1509 [18JY]

``Let's Roll America,'' by, H1800 [12MR]

``Shock and Awe,'' by, E1036 [21MY]

``Stop the War,'' by, H1802 [12MR]

``Stop the War—We Need the Cash,'' by, H9018 [30SE]

``We Are Fanatics for Peace,'' by, E679 [3AP]

``We Need To Be the Fanatics for Peace,'' by, H9020 [30SE]

``Welfare Mother at the Vietnam Wall,'' by, E1254 [13JN]

Remarks

African Americans: convening of African American leadership summit, H4188-H4192 [15MY]

———improve public education systems and family involvement to reduce drug-related crime in the African American community, H10334 [4NO]

Alabama: proposed changes in State tax rates, H5658 [19JN]

Appropriations: legislative process, H1797 [12MR], H10331 [4NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9512 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), conference report, H10332, H10335 [4NO]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H2207 [20MR]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H1797 [12MR], H2121 [19MR], E679 [3AP], E1036 [21MY]

Black History Month: observance, H447 [12FE]

Budget: effect of budget priorities on minorities, H2207 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2207 [20MR], H2575 [1AP], H2694 [2AP]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, H164 [27JA]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H10332 [4NO], E132 [5FE]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that exempt requirements of overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, E1509 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6526 [10JY], E1509 [18JY]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, H1628 [5MR]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7962 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7962 [5SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H164 [27JA], H1797, H1798 [12MR]

Education: funding, H1800 [12MR], H4189 [15MY], H5655 [19JN], H6390 [9JY], H6526 [10JY], H10331 [4NO], E130 [5FE]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6390 [9JY]

———national policy to improve system, H1801 [12MR], H10334 [4NO]

———provide general revenue sharing and assistance for States and local governments (H.R. 2335), H5660 [19JN]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3780 [8MY]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving, H9014 [30SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7548 [24JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1798 [12MR], H10331 [4NO]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), E1458 [11JY]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H10330, H10335 [4NO]

Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, cosponsorship withdrawn (H.R. 2022), H6950 [16JY]

Insurance: extend mental health coverage parity (S. 1929), H12863 [8DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H5656-H5658 [19JN], H9014, H9017 [30SE]

———raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (H.R. 1804), H3933 [9MY], H4192-H4195 [15MY], H5660 [19JN]

———reconstruction, H4190 [15MY]

Israel: U.S. policy, E770 [12AP]

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

Local government: impact of national policies on localities and communities, H5654-H5660 [19JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1802 [12MR]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H11866 [20NO]

Minimum wage: level, H10331 [4NO]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3459), H11866 [20NO]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (H.R. 13), H1648 [6MR]

Pakistan: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, H1797 [12MR]

———U.S. policy, H2121 [19MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2350), E1254 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H525 [13FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H164 [27JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3933 [9MY]

———rates, H1800 [12MR]

Veterans: benefits funding, H2575 [1AP]

Votes: position on missed, H3531 [30AP], H3618 [1MY], H6433 [9JY], H6580 [10JY], E711 [9AP], E1003 [21MY], E1431 [9JY], E2151 [28OC]

War Powers Resolution: compliance, H2121 [19MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4975 [4JN], H8197 [10SE]

Schedules

African American leadership summit, H4192 [15MY]

Statements

Tribute to Maynard H. Jackson, Jr.: by, H6882 [16JY]

Tables

Profits of certain corporations, H4193 [15MY]

Tributes

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr., E1353 [25JN]

Van Blake, Barbara, E1432 [9JY]