KILDEE, DALE E. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), H6379, H6380 [9JY]

Appointments

House of Representatives Page Board, H2811 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 196), H172 [27JA]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H11134 [7NO]

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

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

American Indian Education Foundation: redesignate as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (see H.R. 3504), H12922 [8DE]

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 308), H9812 [21OC]

Animal Welfare Act: improve care and treatment standards for certain dogs (see H.R. 3484), H11133 [7NO]

———strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H9131 [1OC]

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

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H1955 [18MR]

———allow receipt of special pay by qualified dental officers while undergoing dental internship or residency training (see H.R. 2287), H4786 [2JN]

———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), H4528 [21MY]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8083 [9SE]

———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), H7329 [22JY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1713), H4788 [2JN]

———increase amount of basic educational assistance for veterans under Montgomery GI Bill and eliminate reduction of basic pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1212), H4788 [2JN]

———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]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H1955 [18MR]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H. Con. Res. 37), H462 [12FE]

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

———pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3051), H9377 [8OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H1396 [26FE]

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

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

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H138 [8JA]

———waive interest on student loans of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1955), H4788 [2JN]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H7225 [21JY]

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), H1900 [13MR]

Aviation: improve training requirements for and require certification of cabin crew members (see H.R. 1889), H4131 [14MY]

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

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 1501), H12311 [21NO]

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 290), H5714 [23JN]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 168), H1681 [6MR]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (see H. Con. Res. 215), H5929 [25JN]

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), H7086 [17JY]

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

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H11149 [12NO]

———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 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), H2823 [3AP]

———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), H2270 [20MR]

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

———provide for infant crib safety (see H.R. 3371), H10130 [29OC]

———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]

China, People's Republic of: withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9478 [15OC]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 6), H172 [27JA]

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

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1695), H4788 [2JN]

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]

———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]

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), H4205 [15MY]

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

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 1480), H2471 [27MR]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see H. Res. 193), H3304 [10AP]

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

Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (see H.R. 581), H319 [5FE]

———prevent identity fraud (see H.R. 2035), H3856 [8MY]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H11134 [7NO]

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), H5046 [5JN]

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

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 130), H172 [27JA]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H11133 [7NO]

———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H3637 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: establish an Assistant Sec. for Community and Junior Colleges (see H.R. 3304), H9982 [28OC]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2310 [25MR]

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

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H268 [31JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H5815 [24JN]

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

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H7618 [24JY]

———modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H4978 [4JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish position of Northern Border Coordinator (see H.R. 853), H1335 [25FE]

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

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H3762 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3300 [10AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Small Employer Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2850), H7615 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: 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), H4739 [22MY]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 961), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners and provide Medicare coverage to eligible veterans (see H.R. 1309), H2940 [8AP]

———enhance rehabilitative services provided to veterans with mental illnesses (see H.R. 3442), H11652 [19NO]

———increase assistance for certain disabled veterans for specially adapted housing, automobiles, and equipment (see H.R. 1048), H5046 [5JN]

———provide benefits to individuals with spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans that were exposed to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 533), H4787 [2JN]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H2864 [7AP]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H2132 [19MR]

———reinstate the vocational training program for certain low-income veterans (see H.R. 966), H5046 [5JN]

———repeal limitation on the payment of accrued benefits that are due, and unpaid, upon the death of a veteran or other beneficiary (see H.R. 241), H1466 [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), H1682 [6MR]

Detroit Shock (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 392), H9377 [8OC]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H58 [7JA]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H4877 [3JN]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans (see H. Res. 234), H4255 [19MY]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3451), H11360 [17NO]

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

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

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

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H1954 [18MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H3684 [6MY]

———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]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H8906 [24SE]

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

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

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

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: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 780), H1682 [6MR]

———establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H8382 [17SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

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

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

———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), H1746 [11MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H2515 [31MR]

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

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see H.R. 365), H170 [27JA]

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

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

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

Employment: 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), H6869 [15JY]

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

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H12922 [8DE]

Endangered Species Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 480), H12920 [8DE]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 411), H217 [28JA]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1397), H2823 [3AP]

———improve disclosure of funding status of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 3005), H7948 [4SE]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1953 [18MR]

FAA: ensure control of air traffic control system functions (see H.R. 1711), H7086 [17JY]

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), H6604 [10JY]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H12920 [8DE]

FDA: establish a program for voluntary certification of Internet and mail-order pharmacies and authorize, subject to certain conditions, importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada for personal use (see H.R. 2717), H7226 [21JY]

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), H4131 [14MY]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H7783 [25JY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H8491 [23SE]

———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]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H172 [27JA]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 577), H319 [5FE]

———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]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1101), H2312 [25MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H9132 [1OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H9614 [16OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 738), H461 [12FE]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H1460 [27FE]

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), H463 [12FE]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 1118), H2132 [19MR]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 1690), H3684 [6MY]

Focus—HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 295), H9281 [7OC]

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

Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1954 [18MR] (see H. Res. 100), H1396 [26FE]

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), H2271 [20MR]

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

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), H1746 [11MR]

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

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H7455 [23JY]

Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 1268), H5089 [9JN]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H2702 [2AP]

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

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

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

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 370), H170 [27JA]

———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), H3301 [10AP]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———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), H1689 [10MR]

———promote and facilitate expansion of group health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2321), H5929 [25JN]

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

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H2473 [27MR]

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]

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), H7949 [4SE]

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

———eligibility standards for institutions offering accredited distance education programs (see H.R. 2913), H7782 [25JY]

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

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

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1903 [13MR]

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

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

Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H3762 [7MY]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7787 [25JY]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 2750), H6868 [15JY]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 151), H57 [7JA]

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

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1448), H3305 [10AP]

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

———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), H3303 [10AP]

———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), H1334 [25FE]

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), H1955 [18MR]

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]

Jesse Brown Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1908), H3975 [9MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H4131 [14MY]

———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), H7170 [18JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H1465 [27FE]

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]

Lake St. Clair: endorse increased efforts to preserve and protect as a vital part of the Great Lakes system (see H. Res. 121), H1903 [13MR]

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), H9129 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H3974 [9MY]

———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), H6465 [9JY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6264 [26JN]

Lindh, Anna: tribute (see H. Res. 372), H8951 [25SE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11393 (see H.R. 3277), H11516 [18NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H11359 [17NO]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1628), H4131 [14MY]

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnam Conflict (see H.R. 369), H6348 [8JY]

McPherson, Peter: tribute (see H. Res. 405), H9687 [17OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H323 [5FE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H4787 [2JN]

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

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

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H2515 [31MR]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H700 [13FE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1874), H7170 [18JY]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

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

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 721), H1396 [26FE]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see H.R. 2236), H4735 [22MY]

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

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H2823 [3AP]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H4205 [15MY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H4012 [13MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 2498), H5815 [24JN] (see H.R. 3299), H12922 [8DE]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H8017 [5SE]

———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 minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H52 [7JA]

———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), H2402 [26MR]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H5174 [10JN]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 2008), H4132 [14MY]

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

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H3684 [6MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1321), H1953 [18MR]

———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), H1908 [17MR]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 707), H1642 [5MR]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 1860), H3684 [6MY]

———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 expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see H.R. 941), H2473 [27MR]

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

———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), H5046 [5JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H1679 [6MR]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H3684 [6MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H138 [8JA]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H4739 [22MY]

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), H9811 [21OC]

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H327 [7FE]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H4788 [2JN]

———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]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2141), H4204 [15MY]

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

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

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

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

National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 1565), H2940 [8AP]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 844), H1746 [11MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H3304 [10AP]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5367 [12JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1316), H4529 [21MY]

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), H6707 [14JY]

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 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4876 [3JN]

National security: ensure coordination and integration of Indian tribes in homeland security strategy (see H.R. 2242), H4735 [22MY]

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

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H2402 [26MR]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H1682 [6MR]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 1093), H9130 [1OC]

———clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H1955 [18MR]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 2983), H12311 [21NO]

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

———protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant damage (see H.R. 2419), H5265 [11JN]

———provide a Federal land exchange for the environmental, educational, and cultural benefit of the general public and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (see H.R. 1409), H2269 [20MR]

———recognize and honor achievements and contributions and urge establishment and observation of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans (see H. Res. 167), H2515 [31MR]

———settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 1753), H7086 [17JY]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9615 [16OC]

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

NIH Police: establish (see H.R. 2276), H4737 [22MY]

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

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see H. Res. 58), H5268 [11JN]

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]

———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), H2515 [31MR]

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), H4205 [15MY]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 886), H4787 [2JN]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H327 [7FE]

———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 1709), H4131 [14MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H1517 [4MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 1294), H2271 [20MR]

———improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 3004), H8285 [16SE]

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

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H10130 [29OC]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1813), H7840 [3SE]

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

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

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), H12310 [21NO]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H11134 [7NO]

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

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 1551), H4739 [22MY]

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), H4736 [22MY]

———improve and enhance access to mental health services (see H.R. 2241), H4735 [22MY]

———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 1021), H1463 [27FE]

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

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 784), H700 [13FE]

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 299), H9376 [8OC]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H5046 [5JN]

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), H4876 [3JN]

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

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

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

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

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

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H4788 [2JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1516 [4MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H3761 [7MY]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (see H.R. 100), H2939 [8AP]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1730), H3301 [10AP]

Sports: congratulate Ohio State University and the University of Michigan on 100th football game and recognize rivalry as greatest sports rivalry in history (see H. Res. 460), H11702 [20NO]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 382), H171 [27JA]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3975 [9MY]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H5089 [9JN]

———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. 3103), H9615 [16OC]

———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 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), H1954 [18MR]

———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]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H7454 [23JY]

———increase and enhance the Hope Scholarship Credit and repeal the Lifetime Learning Credit (see H.R. 3251), H9281 [7OC]

———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), H5046 [5JN]

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

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H12310 [21NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4205 [15MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H4205 [15MY]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 3107), H9812 [21OC]

———provide a temporary exclusion for Armed Forces Reserve members and Dept. of Defense civilian employees serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 1133), H2132 [19MR]

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

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H172 [27JA]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H6264 [26JN] (see H.R. 3119), H9282 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H7329 [22JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H3858 [8MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (see H.R. 1512), H3858 [8MY]

———treatment of certain compensation received by members of the Armed Forces serving in South Korea (see H.R. 1581), H5664 [19JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H4788 [2JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7787 [25JY]

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H2310 [25MR]

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

———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to issuance of tax-exempt governmental bonds (see H.R. 1421), H4255 [19MY]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H3763 [7MY]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 1066), H6464 [9JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H9132 [1OC]

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), H3641 [5MY]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 313), H9738 [20OC]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1615), H7949 [4SE]

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 591), H320 [5FE]

Unemployment: establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (see H.R. 3276), H9375 [8OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 19), H1466 [27FE] (see H.R. 1652), H3572 [30AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H11393 (see H.R. 3244), H11516 [18NO]

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

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H5815 [24JN]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H2586 [1AP]

———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), H2822 [3AP]

———make certain improvements to the National Service Life Insurance and U.S. Government Life Insurance programs (see H.R. 1554), H4739 [22MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H706 [13FE]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H1395 [26FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H7329 [22JY]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H4788 [2JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H1908 [17MR]

———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]

Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H2587 [1AP]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H4012 [13MY]

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

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

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

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

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2790), H7169 [18JY]

———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), H243 [29JA]

———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

Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saginaw, MI: prohibit closure or realignment of inpatient services (see H.R. 3570), H12306 [21NO]

Colleges and universities: recognize valuable contributions of higher education faculty in the education of our Nation's students (see H. Con. Res. 312), H9981 [28OC]

Great Lakes Water Level Observation Network: funding (see H.R. 2775), H7085 [17JY]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H701 [13FE]

Letters

Clarify that administrative overhead costs for one-stop career development centers will be shared proportionately by all providers: L. Robert McConnell and Michelle Vaughan, National Rehabilitation Association, H3812 [8MY]

———Richard Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America, H3813 [8MY]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H11434 [18NO], H11622 [19NO]

Remarks

Afterschool Alliance (organization): tribute to Lights on Afterschool! event, E2012 [8OC]

American Associates, Inc.: anniversary, E1378 [27JN]

Armed Forces: extend and protect student financial aid for postsecondary education, H4586 [22MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, E845 [1MY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H5035 [5JN]

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 (H. Res. 414), H10064 [29OC]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 2143), H5150 [10JN]

———remove exceptions for legal State-authorized gambling relative to ban on use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling, H5150 [10JN]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, E1816 [17SE]

Connecticut: anniversary of Federal recognition and settlement of land claims of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, E2060 [16OC]

Conover, John L.: Tall Pine Council of the Boy Scouts of America Davison Good Scout Award recipient, E935 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4586 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, H9994 [29OC], H10197 [30OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10197 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 418), H9994 [29OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6514 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H11434 [18NO], H11622, H11626, H11627 [19NO]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (H. Con. Res. 94), H10302 [4NO]

Education: funding, H6385 [9JY], H6514 [10JY]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, H11622, H11626, H11627 [19NO]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6385, H6389 [9JY]

———recognize outstanding contributions of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Christian colleges and universities (H. Res. 300), H10298 [4NO]

———status of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, H350 [11FE]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 26), H144 [27JA]

———use of computer software for multilingual education, H6380 [9JY]

Employment: clarify that administrative overhead costs for one-stop career development centers will be shared proportionately by all providers, H3812 [8MY]

———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3779, H3785, H3812, H3814 [8MY]

———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), motion to recommit, H3818 [8MY]

———exempt religious organizations operating Federal job training programs from religious discrimination laws in hiring, H3779 [8MY]

———extend age for eligibility for certain youth training programs, H3814 [8MY]

———increase need-based funding to local workforce development boards, H3814 [8MY]

Ennis Center for Children, Inc.: anniversary, E1819 [17SE]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Greater Holy Ministries Church of God in Christ, E1891 [25SE]

———anniversary of Northern High School, E936 [13MY]

———tribute to Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, E2225 [4NO]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3323 [11AP]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7546 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5624 [19JN]

Higher Education Act: enhance international education programs (H.R. 3077), H9758 [21OC]

———reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), H6365, H6371, H6379, H6380 [9JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3470 [30AP]

Jones-Ham, Wilmer: Dr. Marie Wright Tolliver Cultural and Civic Club Woman of the Year Award recipient, E1895 [25SE]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3193 [10AP]

National School Lunch Act: fruit and vegetable pilot program funding (S. 870), H4023 [14MY]

Native Americans: provide a Federal land exchange for the environmental, educational, and cultural benefit of the general public and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (H.R. 1409), H8418 [23SE]

Pieczynski, Judy: Linden, MI, City Council Citizen of the Year award recipient, E936 [13MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3193 [10AP], H3323 [11AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H482 [13FE]

Reder, Tommy: Michigan State Polka Hall of Fame inductee, E1884 [24SE]

Saginaw, MI: anniversary of Zion Missionary Baptist Church, E2145 [28OC]

———tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, E403 [7MR]

Sarginson-DeMayer, Jean: Linden, MI, City Council Citizen of the Year award recipient, E936 [13MY]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (H.R. 408), H9329 [8OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5624 [19JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H3818 [8MY]

University of Portland: tribute to women's soccer team (H. Res. 41), H350 [11FE]

World War II: tribute to veterans of 864th Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company, E1689 [4SE]

Tributes

Adair, Kay Ann E., E2116 [21OC]

Aldridge, Avery, E2242 [5NO]

Briggs, Guy D., E2425 [23NO]

Campbell, Gregory, E935 [13MY]

Diemecke, Enrique, E1898 [25SE]

Lee, A.C., Sr., E1890 [25SE]

Mansour, Theodore, E800 [29AP]

Martin, Victor A., E2147 [28OC]

Rhymes, John, E1101 [2JN]

Rison, Vera B., E316 [27FE]

Salem, Fred, E2311 [17NO]

Shovels, Joseph, E803 [30AP]

Stevenson, Dale D., E1308 [19JN]