MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 2, continuing appropriations, H229 [29JA]

———H.R. 1559, war in Iraq and homeland security supplemental appropriations, H2877 [8AP]

———H.R. 2555, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8118 [10SE]

———H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H11379 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

———increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (see H.R. 3019), H9377 [8OC]

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

Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H698 [13FE]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H9478 [15OC]

Coal: facilitate the production and generation of coal-based power (see H.R. 1213), H1745 [11MR]

———provide for research, development, and demonstration on coal and related technologies (see H.R. 1269), H1900 [13MR]

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

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9282 [7OC]

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

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), H5267 [11JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H2132 [19MR]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4740 [22MY]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H5929 [25JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H5665 [19JN]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H3454 [29AP]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H5468 [17JN]

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

Housing: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 184), H4204 [15MY]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 2615), H6465 [9JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H5468 [17JN]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (see H.R. 2655), H6263 [26JN]

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

———revocation of certain exclusions from safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 2877), H7616 [24JY]

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

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

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H12921 [8DE]

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

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H9478 [15OC]

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

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H3684 [6MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4368 [20MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H4788 [2JN]

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

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H4876 [3JN]

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

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

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

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4205 [15MY]

Roads and highways: complete construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (see H.R. 2381), H5044 [5JN]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8382 [17SE]

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]

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

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]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1682 [6MR]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3637 [1MY]

Taxation: 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), H1334 [25FE]

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

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H3762 [7MY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H4528 [21MY]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H5664 [19JN]

———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), H1812 [12MR]

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

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H8016 [5SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3452 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

Remarks

CERCLA: Superfund program funding through reductions in NASA Project Prometheus funding, H7701 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: report on resources sharing agreements for services, programs, and facilities with the Dept. of Defense, H7682 [25JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), H7663, H7682, H7685, H7701, H7703, H7707, H7708 [25JY]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate, H7703 [25JY]

Veterans: health care funding, H7663, H7685, H7707 [25JY]

Weirton, WV: tribute to Watching Its Neighborhood Kids program, E2406 [22NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10974 [6NO]

Tributes

Butler-Gee, Eve, H7772 [25JY]

Pifer, Jay S., H10539 [6NO]