DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain Into the House Chamber, H7059 [17JY]

Conferee: H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9166 [2OC]

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

Articles and editorials

King's Appeal, Jim Hoagland, Washington (DC) Post, E2285 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 809), H2312 [25MR]

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

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

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H4529 [21MY]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H2940 [8AP]

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

Armed Forces: commend regular and reserve components, express concern for safety and security, and ensure that reserve components are provided the same equipment as regular components (see H. Con. Res. 335), H11701 [20NO]

———continue health benefits for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see H.R. 2197), H4740 [22MY]

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

———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), H9688 [17OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H7020 [16JY]

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

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

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), H2402 [26MR]

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), H7086 [17JY]

———improve training requirements for and require certification of cabin crew members (see H.R. 1889), H3570 [30AP]

Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 343), H2586 [1AP]

Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building, Hartford, CT: designate (see H.R. 2746), H6868 [15JY]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H5366 [12JN]

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

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

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7785 [25JY]

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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants to local educational agencies to support purchase or lease and use of vending machines that offer healthy foods and beverages in schools (see H.R. 2225), H4734 [22MY]

Children and youth: amend State grant eligibility for foster care agencies that have knowledge of missing foster children who are under the responsibility of the State (see H.R. 2582), H7618 [24JY]

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

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2377), H5044 [5JN]

———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), H3052 [9AP]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H6465 [9JY]

———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 for infant crib safety (see H.R. 3371), H9811 [21OC]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems, increase Social Security match for private agencies receiving child welfare training funds, and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 2437), H7455 [23JY]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H11359 [17NO]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H5714 [23JN]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H3637 [1MY]

———recognize valuable contributions of higher education faculty in the education of our Nation's students (see H. Con. Res. 312), H11652 [19NO]

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), H1747 [11MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 593), H320 [5FE]

———increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 1480), H8491 [23SE]

Computers: reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 1933), H5929 [25JN]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2264), H5815 [24JN]

Connecticut: exempt milk hauling vehicles from Interstate System weight limitations (see H.R. 2384), H5044 [5JN]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1663), H7225 [21JY]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 1812), H3454 [29AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H61 [7JA]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 2153), H4254 [19MY]

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

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

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2207), H5408 [16JN]

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

Crime: establish methods for preventing identity theft and protect consumers' sensitive, private health-related information (see H.R. 2633), H6262 [26JN]

———prevent any adult who, as a juvenile, committed an offense that would be a crime of violence if committed by an adult, from possessing a firearm (see H.R. 3411), H10235 [30OC]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H11360 [17NO]

Cuba: human rights violations (see H. Res. 164), H3355 [11AP]

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

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), H4733 [22MY]

———improve safety of meat and poultry products through retrieval of history, use, and location of products using a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification (see H.R. 3546), H11700 [20NO]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1642 [5MR]

Dept. of Education: establish competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3008), H7948 [4SE]

———make grants to States to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 2651), H6263 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 2053), H3973 [9MY]

———conduct study relative to aneurysms (see H.R. 815), H2312 [25MR]

———establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H701 [13FE]

———promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5815 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability (see H.R. 3227), H10340 [4NO]

———reimburse States for certain expenses and losses incurred during periods of high (Code Orange) or severe (Code Red) threat condition (see H.R. 2570), H5813 [24JN]

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

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H4131 [14MY]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 1981), H4012 [13MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3684 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior: anniversary of National Wildlife Refuge System (see H. Res. 173), H2940 [8AP]

———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]

———conduct study of Coltsville, CT, for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 437), H241 [29JA]

———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 Transportation: establish a pilot grant program to provide assistance for the capital and startup costs of streetcar development and revitalization (see H.R. 1315), H4788 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 890), H1332 [25FE]

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

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7618 [24JY]

———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 813), H4012 [13MY]

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

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H7785 [25JY]

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

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H11149 [12NO]

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

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H10237 [30OC]

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

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]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H9132 [1OC]

———establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to discounted prices (see H.R. 1694), H3051 [9AP]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 2681), H8222 [15SE]

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), H6264 [26JN]

———condition the implementation of assessment procedures relative to the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (see H.R. 2945), H7783 [25JY]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H324 [5FE]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H. Res. 137), H1746 [11MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H323 [5FE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H5175 [10JN]

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

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 873), H4876 [3JN]

———tribute to public education system (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3638 [1MY]

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

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

Employment: prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (see H.R. 2154), H7020 [16JY]

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

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

EPA: allow States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies discretion as to whether or not to implement new source review revisions (see H.R. 3133), H8906 [24SE]

———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]

———establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]

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

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2312 [25MR]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H4205 [15MY]

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]

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

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H8176 [10SE]

———support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H11652 [19NO]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

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

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H5665 [19JN]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H7950 [4SE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H5665 [19JN]

———regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 2218), H6349 [8JY]

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

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), H3683 [6MY]

———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), H3637 [1MY]

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

Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 1540), H2585 [1AP]

———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 3237), H9478 [15OC]

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

Food: include the imposition of civil monetary penalties for violations of meat and poultry inspection regulations (see H.R. 1003), H1463 [27FE]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 467), H243 [29JA] (see H.R. 3684), H12919 [8DE]

Food industry: freshness dates on food (see H.R. 468), H243 [29JA]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3547), H11700 [20NO]

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

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2952), H7783 [25JY]

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), H2312 [25MR]

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]

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

Haiti: express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H4206 [15MY]

Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 1268), H8083 [9SE]

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

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H4788 [2JN]

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

———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. Con. Res. 99), H4979 [4JN]

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

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

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H2515 [31MR]

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

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

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 26), H244 [29JA]

———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), H4369 [20MY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1800), H3352 [11AP]

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

Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H2312 [25MR]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 3123), H10237 [30OC]

———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]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7618 [24JY]

Insurance: 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]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H8017 [5SE]

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), H1746 [11MR]

Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3673), H12918 [8DE]

———tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H3354 [11AP]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H5088 [9JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see H.R. 1832), H3408 [12AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H5046 [5JN]

———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]

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]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H12919 [8DE]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9215 [2OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H2271 [20MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12922 [8DE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9982 [28OC]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H6349 [8JY]

———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), H8905 [24SE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H5175 [10JN]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see H.R. 1635), H2821 [3AP]

———coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H4206 [15MY]

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

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H1955 [18MR]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see H.R. 817), H4978 [4JN]

———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), H2587 [1AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H2822 [3AP]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 967), H1460 [27FE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H2587 [1AP]

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

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

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

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H461 [12FE]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H9614 [16OC]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2823 [3AP]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H6465 [9JY]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H6348 [8JY]

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

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H11360 [17NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H6348 [8JY]

———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]

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

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9983 [28OC]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

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

National Civic League: tribute to communities selected to receive the All-America City Award (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [25JN]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2823 [3AP]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H8176 [10SE]

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]

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 security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 125), H56 [7JA]

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

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

Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: designate (see H.R. 2567), H5713 [23JN]

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: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H703 [13FE] (see H.R. 2497), H5815 [24JN]

———require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 757), H698 [13FE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3641), H12309 [21NO]

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 housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H2864 [7AP]

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), H4368 [20MY]

———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), H1467 [27FE]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 3004), H8382 [17SE]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 624), H321 [5FE]

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

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2180), H4527 [21MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

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

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), H12310 [21NO]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2833), H10457 [5NO]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 1551), H2586 [1AP]

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

Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 309), H9812 [21OC]

Ships and vessels: accelerate requirement that tankers carrying oil in bulk as cargo must be equipped with a double hull (see H.R. 880), H8491 [23SE]

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

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

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H8016 [5SE]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 473), H243 [29JA]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 976), H1461 [27FE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 471), H3857 [8MY]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3293), H9982 [28OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H1467 [27FE]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 474), H3857 [8MY]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 472), H3857 [8MY]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 470), H3857 [8MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1334 [25FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H8222 [15SE]

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), H5367 [12JN]

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

Taxation: allow a married couple conducting an unincorporated trade or business to elect out of partnership status (see H.R. 1558), H2702 [2AP]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 2891), H8222 [15SE]

———allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 1557), H2702 [2AP]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 791), H10130 [29OC]

———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), H2402 [26MR]

———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), H3452 [29AP]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H2702 [2AP]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1859), H3451 [29AP]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3975 [9MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H3453 [29AP]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2973), H7784 [25JY]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1052), H1813 [12MR]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see H.R. 662), H1642 [5MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H4787 [2JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2286), H4786 [2JN]

———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]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]

———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), H4527 [21MY]

———prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1894), H3570 [30AP]

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

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

———repeal benefits relative to company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2127), H4203 [15MY]

———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]

———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), H9982 [28OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H9687 [17OC]

Telephones: prohibit the use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephones to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 122), H4011 [13MY]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H4978 [4JN]

———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), H6264 [26JN]

Terrorism: ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see H.R. 1861), H12311 [21NO]

Turkey: condemn terrorist attacks in Istanbul (see H. Res. 453), H11703 [20NO]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H2272 [20MR]

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

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 187), H3052 [9AP]

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

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

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

———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), H2472 [27MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1334 [25FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H3637 [1MY]

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

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H2270 [20MR]

———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), H1903 [13MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H1903 [13MR]

Water pollution: address pollution resulting from perchlorate discharges (see H.R. 2123), H4203 [15MY]

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), H12922 [8DE]

———support participation of women throughout the world in a week of workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7840 [3SE]

Women's United Soccer Association: tribute (see H. Res. 373), H9215 [2OC]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (see H.R. 3629), H12308 [21NO]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 476), H1467 [27FE]

———support Japanese-American, German-American, and Italian-American communities in increasing public awareness of events surrounding restriction and internment (see H. Res. 56), H323 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H3051 [9AP]

Committee on Armed Services (House): minority party appointments (see H. Res. 123), H1641 [5MR]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 124), H1641 [5MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H2131 [19MR]

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

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

———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]

Families and domestic relations: authorize financial assistance to permit infants to be cared for at home by parents (see H.R. 3595), H12307 [21NO]

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

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H5551 [18JN]

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

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

Medicare: expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 2008), H3761 [7MY]

New Haven, CT: designate the western breakwater for the New Haven Harbor navigation project as the Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater (see H.R. 1445), H2400 [26MR]

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

Sikorsky, Igor I.: tribute (see H. Res. 331), H7454 [23JY]

Social Security: effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 174), H2821 [3AP]

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

Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 53), H323 [5FE]

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

Essays

Dynamic DNA: Amira Anuar, E351 [4MR]

If I Were President: Michael Barent, E352 [4MR]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H10083 [29OC], H10314 [4NO], H10429 [5NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7374 [23JY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), H6682 [14JY], H6826 [15JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6648 [14JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6648, H6657 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H12813 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), motion to instruct conferees, H11374 [18NO]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (H.R. 979), H5345 [12JN]

Amtrak: funding, H7889 [4SE]

Ansonia, CT: tribute to Ansonia Junior Midget Football team, E4 [8JA]

———tribute to Ansonia Pop Warner Junior PeeWee Cheerleaders, E2 [8JA]

Anuar, Amira: Council for Agriculture Science and Technology essay contest winner for Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District, E351 [4MR]

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

———approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (S. 222), consideration (H. Res. 258), H5015, H5019 [5JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 1), H119 [8JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 69), H8914 [25SE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H12813 [8DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), consideration (H. Res. 339), H7639 [25JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9511 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2726, H2766 [3AP]

———require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H3019 [9AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, E575 [25MR]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), H2237 [20MR]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H6982 [16JY]

Booth, Susan: Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow designee, E1373 [26JN]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute, E2109 [21OC]

Budget: deficit, H1940 [18MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1940 [18MR], H2150 [20MR], E575 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3294 [10AP]

Calabresi, Guido: Columbian Lawyers Association Charles A. Rapallo Award recipient, E2164 [30OC]

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund: funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H7397 [23JY]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 276), H5434 [17JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1688), H2944 [9AP]

Committee on Armed Services (House): minority party appointments (H. Res. 123), H1523 [5MR]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (H. Res. 124), H1524 [5MR]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 263), H5131 [10JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H7639 [25JY], H8812 [24SE]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7918 [4SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H8032 [9SE]

DeBenedet, Harry: St. Michael's Church of New Haven, CT, Man of the Year Award recipient, E1776 [11SE]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, H11374 [18NO]

———promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7598 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities, H5773 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2555), H5773 [24JN]

———Office of Domestic Preparedness funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H2766 [3AP]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H119 [8JA]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6570 [10JY], H9158 [2OC], H12813 [8DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6982 [16JY], H7083 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, E1774 [11SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6520, H6570 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H9158 [2OC], H10429, H10431, H10433 [5NO]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7889, H7916, H7918 [4SE], H8032 [9SE], E1774 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), consideration (H. Res. 338), H7635 [25JY]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H7374 [23JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 281), H5478, H5479, H5480, H5481 [18JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1940 [18MR]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), consideration (H. Res. 221), H3772 [8MY]

———provide assistance to women for nontraditional job training, H3772 [8MY]

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), consideration (H. Res. 265), H5193, H5195 [11JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7374, H7397 [23JY]

Forest Service: prohibit funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations, H7083 [17JY]

———protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 2369), H5345 [12JN]

Grand Teton National Park: allow Wyoming to retrieve fair value for State lands placed in trust for school revenue purposes (S. 273), consideration (H. Res. 258), H5015, H5019 [5JN]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7589 [24JY]

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

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), E489 [18MR]

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: support goals, H9135 [2OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H10429, H10431, H10433 [5NO]

IRS: corporate audit funding through reductions in earned income tax credit precertification compliance funding, H7916 [4SE]

———protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), H5590, H5591 [19JN]

Koral, Kurt: Connecticut Dental Association Distinguished Service Award recipient, E911 [9MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2657), conference report, H8812 [24SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6120 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5956, H5960 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12238, H12244 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H6665 [14JY]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, E2165 [30OC]

———anniversary of United Community Nursery School, E442 [12MR]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute, E2109 [21OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding, H6520 [10JY]

Orange, CT: tribute to girls' softball team, E1733 [9SE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4065 [14MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11426 [18NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H547 [13FE]

Republican Party: impact of privatization of certain Government functions, H10321 [4NO]

———national agenda, H10321 [4NO]

SBA: anniversary, E1924 [30SE]

Schiavone, Joel: New Haven, CT, Preservation Trust Preservation Hero Award recipient, E1734 [9SE]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit, H4757 [2JN], H4797 [3JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), H5091, H5098, H5131 [10JN], H5193, H5195 [11JN], H5478, H5479, H5480, H5481 [18JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 270), H5321 [12JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H6826, H6829, H6833 [15JY], H7109 [17JY], H7159 [18JY], H7446 [23JY], H7625, H7626 [25JY], H9786 [21OC]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H5091, H5098, H5131 [10JN], H5193, H5195 [11JN], H5321 [12JN], H5434 [17JN], H5478, H5479, H5480, H5481 [18JN], H5590, H5591 [19JN], H5690 [23JN], H6826, H6829, H6833 [15JY], H7109 [17JY], H7159 [18JY], H7446 [23JY], H7625, H7626 [25JY], H9786 [21OC]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (H.R. 2286), H5015, H5019 [5JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (H.R. 2286), unanimous-consent request, H4803 [3JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H2150 [20MR], H2299 [25MR], H3294 [10AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3930 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4721 [22MY], H4757 [2JN], H4797 [3JN], H5690 [23JN]

———rates, H1940 [18MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H84 [8JA]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team, H2944 [9AP], H3058 [10AP]

———tribute to women's basketball team (H. Res. 187), H3335, H3336, H3338 [11AP]

Veterans: health care funding, H7635 [25JY]

Votes: position on missed, H2995 [9AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2307 [25MR], H3049 [9AP], H4781 [2JN], H5171 [10JN], H5660 [19JN], H5711 [23JN], H6600 [10JY], H8197 [10SE], H10336 [4NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 124, minority party appointments to committees of the House, H1524 [5MR]

Tributes

Barent, Michael, E352 [4MR]

Borgnine, Ernest, E2140 [28OC]

Carbone, William H., E3 [8JA]

Charette, Leanne G., E2304 [17NO]

Conlon, Maria, E912 [9MY]

DeLauro, Luisa, E2496 [8DE]

Ferris, Geoffrey C., E1275 [17JN]

Harris, Irving B., E913 [9MY], E934 [13MY]

Little, Wanda L., E440 [12MR]

MacDonald, Douglas P., E583 [26MR]

Menna, William, E1405 [7JY]

O'Neill, Mildred A., E2025 [10OC]

Scott, Cornell, E1274 [17JN]

Serra, Thomas J., E2163 [30OC]

Temkin, Zena, E1260 [16JN]

Wearing, Melvin H., E1261 [16JN]

Wendel, Calvin, E2525 [8DE]

Zigler, Edward, E587 [26MR]