BIGGERT, JUDY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8085 [9SE]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3601 [1MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7428 [23JY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [7JA]

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H7954 [5SE]

———H.R. 2622, National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act, H10515 [6NO]

Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Awards Board, H1304 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3553), H11701 [20NO]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H11359 [17NO]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H706 [13FE]

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

Armed Forces: expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H9215 [2OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H7839 [3SE]

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), H7787 [25JY]

Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke Manhattan Post Office, Manhattan, IL: designate (see H.R. 3537), H11650 [19NO]

Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid Malden Post Office, Malden, IL: designate (see H.R. 3536), H11650 [19NO]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9819 [24OC]

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

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

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

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 925), H1394 [26FE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

———support efforts to promote greater awareness of the need for youth mentors and increased involvement with youth through mentoring (see H. Res. 25), H172 [27JA]

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

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H11133 [7NO]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 2296), H4787 [2JN]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H5089 [9JN]

———increase annual salaries of justices and judges (see H.R. 2118), H8382 [17SE]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4206 [15MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H169 [27JA]

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

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11652 [19NO]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H4010 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2587 [1AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a pilot national public service multimedia campaign to enhance the state of financial literacy in the U.S. (see H.R. 3294), H9477 [15OC]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H9282 [7OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H4738 [22MY]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H6869 [15JY]

———tribute to Lutheran schools, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and congregations for contributions to education (see H. Res. 106), H1517 [4MR]

Emancipation Proclamation: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 36), H1335 [25FE]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H9478 [15OC]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H5552 [18JN]

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

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

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 859), H704 [13FE]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (see H. Res. 127), H1641 [5MR]

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

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations relative to Cuba (see H.R. 2494), H9377 [8OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H324 [5FE]

Harold, Erika: tribute (see H. Res. 102), H1334 [25FE]

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

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

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

India: observance of Republic Day (see H. Con. Res. 15), H324 [5FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1350), H2131 [19MR]

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

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 57), H1465 [27FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H12921 [8DE]

Investments: improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (see H.R. 2420), H10340 [4NO]

Iraq: commend women for participation in Iraqi government and civil society, encourage inclusion of women in political and economic life of Iraq, and advocate protection of women's human rights in the Iraqi Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 342), H12310 [21NO]

———tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H4206 [15MY]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (see H.R. 2309), H5664 [19JN]

James E. Worsham Carrier Annex Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3340), H12311 [21NO]

James E. Worsham Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3340), H12311 [21NO]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8906 [24SE]

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

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H243 [29JA]

———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain areas (see H.R. 1676), H10457 [5NO]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H463 [12FE]

Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre St. Anne Post Office, St. Anne, IL: designate (see H.R. 3538), H11651 [19NO]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H10340 [4NO]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H1901 [13MR]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H8383 [17SE]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H8175 [10SE]

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

Michael J. Healy Post Office Building, Bridgeview, IL: designate (see H.R. 825), H702 [13FE]

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H52 [7JA]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 395), H9384 [14OC]

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), H7840 [3SE]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 766), H699 [13FE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 57), H323 [5FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H4978 [4JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: provide adjudicative improvement (see H.R. 1583), H2819 [3AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 2729), H8906 [24SE]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H8906 [24SE]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H8906 [24SE]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H8906 [24SE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 262), H5268 [11JN]

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

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2180), H6265 [26JN]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9813 [21OC]

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

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

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H323 [5FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H463 [12FE]

Sosa, Sammy: tribute (see H. Res. 195), H4206 [15MY]

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), H1903 [13MR]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H1334 [25FE]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 50), H53 [7JA]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3064), H11652 [19NO]

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

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H11392 (see H.R. 463), H11515 [18NO]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H3684 [6MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4739 [22MY]

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

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H11359 [17NO]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H1680 [6MR]

Television: 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), H1461 [27FE]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 27), H392 [11FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H12921 [8DE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7839 [3SE]

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

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (see H. Res. 393), H9377 [8OC]

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

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H52 [7JA]

Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 873), H1331 [25FE]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify (see H.R. 35), H53 [7JA]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H700 [13FE]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H52 [7JA]

Securities: permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts (see H.R. 1533), H2585 [1AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3409 [29AP], H7023 [17JY]

Letters

Energy Policy Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H3092 [10AP]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3092 [10AP]

Remarks

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (H. Res. 393), H9286 [8OC], H11530 [19NO]

———human rights violations, H9526 [16OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9526 [16OC]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11484, H11485, H11487 [18NO]

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund: funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H7401 [23JY]

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 258), H1351, H1352 [26FE]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (H.R. 258), H1351, H1352 [26FE]

Commission To Educate Our Nation's Teachers and Students on Financial Literacy Skills: establish (H.R. 2990), H7798 [3SE]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (H.R. 16), H107 [8JA]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8120 [10SE]

———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), conference report, H12219 [21NO]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11484, H11485, H11487 [18NO]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (H.R. 34), H25 [7JA]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3601, H3602 [1MY]

Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (H.R. 873), H1299 [25FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (H.R. 1119), H4207 [19MY], H4260 [20MY], E401 [7MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify (H.R. 35), H25 [7JA]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (H.R. 781), E244 [13FE]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (H. Res. 127), H2831 [7AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7401, H7428 [23JY]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): initiate campaign to increase public awareness and encourage private contributions, H3601, H3602 [1MY]

Great Lakes: aquatic invasive species dispersal barrier funding, H8837 [24SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7582 [24JY]

Health: 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), H1855 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3511 [30AP]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (H.R. 2309), H7804 [3SE]

Journal: question of approval, H3409 [29AP]

Lewis University: tribute to men's volleyball team, H4174 [15MY]

Lockport, IL: tribute to Lockport High School football team, E2528 [8DE]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 18), H25 [7JA]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12288 [21NO]

Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (H.R. 254), H1343, H1344 [26FE]

Naperville, IL: tribute to Naperville Central High School girls' basketball team, H1696 [11MR]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E2182 [31OC]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3718, H3726 [7MY]

———include research on potential of nanotechnology to produce or facilitate the production of clean, inexpensive energy, H3726 [7MY]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 57), H2326 [26MR]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3287), H11484, H11485, H11487 [18NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3092 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 443), H11381 [18NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H479 [13FE]

Quinn, Gavin: Darien, IL, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E399 [7MR]

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (S. 189), H11683 [20NO]

Securities: permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts (H.R. 1533), H2558 [1AP], H7808, H7809 [3SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5629 [19JN]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7231, H7235 [22JY], H7470 [24JY]

———implementation (H.R. 2738), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7345 [23JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7345 [23JY]

Votes: position on missed, H5199 [11JN]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8837 [24SE]

World Bank Group: continue U.S. participation in, and contribution to, certain multilateral development institutions, H7428 [23JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5264 [11JN]

Special order: granted, H44 [7JA], H271 [4FE], H1328 [25FE], H1676 [6MR], H1741 [11MR], H2512 [31MR], H4201 [15MY], H5549 [18JN]

Reports

Securing the Future for the Dept. of Energy's Office of Science—The Case for Budget Increases: American Physical Society, H3094 [10AP]

Statements

North American Development Bank and Border Environmental Cooperation Commission Establishing Agreement Amendments: Executive Office of the President, H1345 [26FE]

Tributes

Boyd, Elsie, E1297 [18JN]

Schutt, Richard C., E2140 [28OC]