GREEN, GENE (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6349, H6350 [8JY]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), H4162 [15MY]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H2652 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H2271 [20MR]

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

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1954), H4255 [19MY]

———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), H9130 [1OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H6271 [7JY]

———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), H12312 [21NO]

———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), H9215 [2OC]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H11359 [17NO]

———provide dislocation allowance to retired members and those on temporary disability retired list moving from their last duty station to designated home (see H.R. 995), H9214 [2OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H5552 [18JN]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H7839 [3SE]

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

Attlesey, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 207), H4206 [15MY]

Bob Hope Post Office Building, Burbank, CA: designate (see H.R. 3011), H8083 [9SE]

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

Business and industry: establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Technology and manufacturing research and implementation program, and promote manufacturing education (see H.R. 2908), H8906 [24SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H245 [29JA]

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

Children and youth: 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), H7455 [23JY]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H8083 [9SE]

———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]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H11134 [7NO]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8906 [24SE]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9213 [2OC]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H9813 [21OC]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington (see H. Res. 352), H8084 [9SE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H11651 [19NO]

Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 673), H390 [11FE]

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

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H9478 [15OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H11702 [20NO]

———tribute to debris collection efforts (see H. Res. 222), H3762 [7MY]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC (see H.R. 3292), H11134 [7NO]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H11652 [19NO]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]

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

———treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 1887), H3684 [6MY]

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

Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H5046 [5JN]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1994), H3763 [7MY]

Courts: enhance retirement annuities of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2316), H10237 [30OC]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

———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), H11702 [20NO]

———issue standards addressing open flame ignition of consumer products containing polyurethane (see H.R. 3437), H12312 [21NO]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2207), H9478 [15OC]

Credit: allow any consumer to receive a free credit report annually from any consumer reporting agency (see H.R. 2546), H6465 [9JY]

Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H4368 [20MY]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H10236 [30OC]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 54), H5045 [5JN]

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

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2868), H7616 [24JY]

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), H11652 [19NO]

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

Dept. of Energy: cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment or develop a domestic experiment to accelerate understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1282), H1901 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H12321 [25NO]

———establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 1993), H8284 [16SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H2312 [25MR]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H3762 [7MY] (see H.R. 1614), H3858 [8MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1095), H2312 [25MR] (see H.R. 1519), H2514 [31MR]

———extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3355 [11AP]

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), H1813 [12MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept sworn affidavit of veterans who served in combat during Korean War or earlier conflict as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 169), H5663 [19JN]

———allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H11652 [19NO]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 998), H3683 [6MY]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners and provide Medicare coverage to eligible veterans (see H.R. 1309), H3684 [6MY]

———establish new medical facilities for veterans in the area of Columbus, OH, and in south Texas (see H.R. 2307), H5468 [17JN]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 2816), H9377 [8OC]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H2402 [26MR]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H10978 [6NO]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H1334 [25FE]

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), H5929 [25JN]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 2020), H4788 [2JN]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3451), H10457 [5NO]

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

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H4978 [4JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H3762 [7MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 2069), H4978 [4JN]

———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]

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

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1740), H3302 [10AP]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs (see H.R. 2356), H10237 [30OC]

———establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H8083 [9SE]

Economy: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9132 [1OC]

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H243 [29JA]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5814 [24JN]

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

Employment: amend and improve workforce investment and adult education systems (see H.R. 1992), H7455 [23JY]

———prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (see H.R. 2154), H4877 [3JN]

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

EPA: authorize use of funds for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relative to development and implementation of phase II of storm water program (see H.R. 3528), H12922 [8DE]

———provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 347), H4738 [22MY]

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

———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 323), H172 [27JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 956), H11392 (see H.R. 956), H11515 [18NO]

———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), H11392 (see H.R. 1430), H11515 [18NO]

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

———ensure expeditious access by consumers to terrestrial digital television services (see H.R. 2825), H7453 [23JY]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 1738), H4368 [20MY]

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 those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H323 [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), H2402 [26MR]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 2218), H6349 [8JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H55 [7JA]

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

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 1118), H1678 [6MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H8176 [10SE]

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

Foster Care Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2124), H5367 [12JN]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3161), H8950 [25SE]

Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 1464), H4529 [21MY]

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

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

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 142), H1956 [18MR]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 663), H463 [12FE]

———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]

———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), H1394 [26FE]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H12918 [8DE]

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

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H12922 [8DE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H5664 [19JN]

Homeland Security Act: amend relative to release of alien children in custody (see H.R. 2137), H5929 [25JN]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

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

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

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H1955 [18MR]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 819), H3453 [29AP]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 3123), H8381 [17SE]

———prevent commercial alien smuggling (see H.R. 2630), H6262 [26JN]

———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 3271), H9375 [8OC]

Insurance: coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 1499), H6465 [9JY]

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

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H1745 [11MR]

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

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H9282 [7OC]

———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1124), H1679 [6MR]

———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), H5366 [12JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H12310 [21NO]

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

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H5175 [10JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H9214 [2OC]

Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2818), H11392 (see H.R. 2818), H11516 [18NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H4205 [15MY]

———mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H1516 [4MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7170 [18JY]

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), H12922 [8DE]

Law enforcement: 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), H1466 [27FE]

———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), H4205 [15MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H59 [7JA]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H8083 [9SE]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 1736), H4529 [21MY]

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

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H5468 [17JN]

———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 fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2000), H4740 [22MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H4206 [15MY]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1874), H5268 [11JN]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H4254 [19MY]

———coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H7086 [17JY]

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

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H8382 [17SE]

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

———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), H4255 [19MY]

———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), H1954 [18MR]

———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]

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

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2269 [20MR]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H5367 [12JN]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H3454 [29AP]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H53 [7JA]

Mendez, Gonzalo and Felicitas: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4788 [2JN]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H1467 [27FE]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H3052 [9AP]

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

Mexico: treaty obligations relative to use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4130 [14MY]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 91), H4738 [22MY]

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

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 Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 844), H703 [13FE]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H4011 [13MY]

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 Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 766), H2473 [27MR]

National Oceans Week: support (see H. Con. Res. 202), H5552 [18JN]

National Organization for Rare Disorders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 147), H3304 [10AP]

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]

———improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (see H.R. 2898), H7781 [25JY]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 1764), H5664 [19JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3305 [10AP]

———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), H8084 [9SE]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H3637 [1MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H5665 [19JN]

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

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

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1381), H2473 [27MR]

Orphan Drug Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 147), H3304 [10AP]

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

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 special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H8382 [17SE]

Poverty: enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see H.R. 1088), H4368 [20MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 1709), H3763 [7MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H9282 [7OC]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H6264 [26JN]

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), H1394 [26FE]

Rice University: tribute to baseball team (see H. Res. 379), H8950 [25SE]

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), H8284 [16SE]

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]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H7170 [18JY]

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), H7169 [18JY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1396 [26FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H1682 [6MR]

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

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

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1689), H3051 [9AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H320 [5FE]

Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (see H.R. 1071), H7454 [23JY]

Space policy: restore a vision for the human space flight program by instituting a series of incremental goals to facilitate scientific exploration of the universe (see H.R. 3057), H8174 [10SE]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (see H. Res. 362), H8082 [9SE]

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), H4739 [22MY]

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 deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H5468 [17JN]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H460 [12FE]

———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), H3762 [7MY]

———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), H3571 [30AP]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H9478 [15OC]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H3302 [10AP]

———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]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 717), H3453 [29AP]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H1396 [26FE]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H1955 [18MR]

———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), H5089 [9JN]

———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), H9478 [15OC]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3042), H8081 [9SE]

———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 782), H700 [13FE]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H4740 [22MY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H2402 [26MR]

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

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5664 [19JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H9130 [1OC]

———provide a uniform definition of a qualifying child (see H.R. 2718), H7226 [21JY]

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

———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), H6869 [15JY]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 1313), H3762 [7MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H9214 [2OC]

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

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H6264 [26JN]

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

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 1320), H1953 [18MR]

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

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

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H12921 [8DE]

Unemployment: establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (see H.R. 3276), H10130 [29OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 19), H1466 [27FE] (see H.R. 1652), H4368 [20MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H9478 [15OC]

Veterans: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 36), H6464 [9JY]

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

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H4739 [22MY]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2829), H10978 [6NO]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H8950 [25SE]

———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), H318 [5FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H10978 [6NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H323 [5FE]

Vietnam: promote freedom and democracy (see H.R. 1587), H2819 [3AP]

———tribute to Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and express the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights (see H. Res. 427), H11134 [7NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H3355 [11AP]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H9282 [7OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H2132 [19MR]

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Columbia (space shuttle): award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to crew (see H. Res. 49), H274 [4FE]

Computers: provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (see H.R. 94), H55 [7JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 286), H5663 [19JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide funding for law enforcement officers to patrol and provide security for certain assisted housing (see H.R. 95), H55 [7JA]

Dept. of Justice: transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 287), H5663 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 288), H5663 [19JN]

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

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 101), H55 [7JA]

Floods: provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (see H.R. 98), H55 [7JA]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 414), H217 [28JA]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 99), H55 [7JA]

History: tribute to landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock (see H. Con. Res. 38), H462 [12FE]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2095), H4130 [14MY]

LIHEAP: home heating funding limitations (see H.R. 103), H55 [7JA]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3462), H10977 [6NO]

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

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see H.R. 102), H55 [7JA]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 104), H55 [7JA]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 93), H55 [7JA]

Public welfare programs: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (see H.R. 3273), H9375 [8OC]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 12), H60 [7JA]

Social Security: 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]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 3098), H8283 [16SE]

Surface Transportation Board: consider certain issues when deciding whether to authorize construction of a railroad line (see H.R. 413), H217 [28JA]

Taxation: allow residents of States with no income tax a deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 689), H390 [11FE]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (see H.R. 2368), H5044 [5JN]

Lists

Texas soldiers killed in military action in Iraq, E2360 [20NO]

Motions

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H2667 [2AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5269 [12JN]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4924 [4JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H12753 [8DE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H12753 [8DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9000 [30SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9393 [15OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2732 [3AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3244 [10AP]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (H.R. 1954), H4907 [4JN]

———tribute (H.J. Res. 27), H1598 [5MR]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, E2360 [20NO]

Army: tribute to Reserve 373rd Support Battalion and the 450th Chemical Battalion, H1816 [13MR]

Aviation: require screening of all cargo on passenger planes, H8797 [24SE]

Budget: deficit, H9259 [7OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2220 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2552 [1AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 342), H1762 [12MR]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, H2411 [27MR]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2411 [27MR]

———reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs (H.R. 3232), H9826 [28OC]

Clean Air Act: extension of deadlines for compliance with certain provisions in ozone nonattainment areas, H10096 [29OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H286, H288 [5FE]

———tribute to debris collection efforts (H. Res. 222), H3993 [13MY]

Computers: provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (H.R. 94), E1 [8JA]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12192, H12193, H12195 [21NO]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7603 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2555), conference report, H8797 [24SE]

Dept. of HUD: provide funding for law enforcement officers to patrol and provide security for certain assisted housing (H.R. 95), E4 [8JA]

Dept. of Transportation: require annual report on NTSB significant safety recommendations relative to 15-passenger van safety, railroad grade crossing safety, and medical certification for a commercial driver's license, H4162, H4163 [15MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6521, H6528 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H10518 [6NO]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7897 [4SE]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3599 [1MY], E1057 [22MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 107), E534 [20MR]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7989 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7989 [5SE]

Economy: impact of unemployment, H12753 [8DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H8406 [23SE], H9259 [7OC], H9711 [20OC], H9969 [28OC], H11194 [17NO]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3783 [8MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7121 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11404 [18NO]

FCC: strengthen regulatory guidelines to promote investment in the telecommunications industry, H2556 [1AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (S. 313), H10297 [4NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: include construction activities in definition of oil and gas exploration and production relative to EPA stormwater discharge permits, H10522 [6NO]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), E49 [8JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 4), H4823 [3JN]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (H.R. 101), E6 [8JA]

Floods: provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (H.R. 98), E3 [8JA]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 414), E76 [28JA]

———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), H8921 [25SE]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (H.R. 99), E8 [8JA]

Harris County, TX: Freight Rail Transportation Corridor and Urban Mobility Program funding, H7860 [4SE]

———Halls Bayou project funding, H8839 [24SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7585 [24JY]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), H1774 [12MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1752 [12MR], H1851 [13MR]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), H6370 [9JY]

History: tribute to landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock (H. Con. Res. 38), E213 [13FE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 297), H5949 [26JN]

Houston, TX: flood control and channel deepening projects funding, H7121 [18JY], H11404 [18NO]

———referendum on light rail system funding, H7897 [4SE]

———Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility funding, H7860 [4SE]

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

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2095), E948 [14MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H6521 [10JY]

———home heating funding limitations (H.R. 103), E7 [8JA]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (H.R. 2236), E1056 [22MY]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (H.R. 102), E11 [8JA]

———privatization, H8188 [10SE], E2250 [6NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6096 [26JN], H10347 [5NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12185, H12264 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5949 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H8188 [10SE], E2250 [6NO]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (H.R. 104), E10 [8JA]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3231 [10AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11839 [20NO]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (H.R. 93), E2 [8JA]

National security: improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (H.R. 2898), H10292 [4NO]

NIH: funding, H10518 [6NO]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1527), H4162, H4163 [15MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, H9338 [8OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3089, H3231, H3244 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11410 [18NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9338 [8OC], H10096 [29OC], H10522 [6NO]

Public welfare programs: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (H.R. 3273), E2014 [8OC]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H483 [13FE]

Rangel, Irma: tribute (H. Res. 159), H4744 [2JN]

Rice University: tribute to baseball team (H. Res. 379), H11190 [17NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1414 [27FE]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (H. Res. 12), E14 [8JA]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), E1324 [23JN]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 515), E120 [31JA]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1493 [4MR], H2644, H2649, H2661, H2662, H2663, H2665 [2AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), motion to recommit, H2667 [2AP]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (H.R. 3098), E1810 [16SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H1546 [5MR], H2644, H2649, H2661, H2662, H2663, H2665, H2667 [2AP], H6370 [9JY]

Surface Transportation Board: consider certain issues when deciding whether to authorize construction of a railroad line (H.R. 413), E78 [28JA]

Taxation: allow residents of States with no income tax a deduction for State and local sales taxes (H.R. 689), E194 [12FE]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (H.R. 2368), E1153 [5JN]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends, H1284 [25FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), H8299 [17SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3924 [9MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 2896), H9969 [28OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (H.R. 1769), H9969 [28OC]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (H.R. 1320), H5184 [11JN]

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

Texas: actions by Democratic members of the State Legislature to prevent consideration of a redistricting plan, H4018, H4023, H4099, H4103, H4116 [14MY], H4176 [15MY], H5270 [12JN]

———use of Dept. of Homeland Security and Texas Dept. of Public Safety resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the State Legislature, H4116 [14MY], H4373 [21MY], H5270 [12JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system, H12753 [8DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4619 [22MY]

Veterans: health care funding, H10315 [4NO]

Veterans Day: observance, H10315 [4NO]

Votes: position on missed, H10082 [29OC], H12174 [21NO], E915 [9MY], E1693 [4SE]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8839 [24SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3632 [1MY]

Special order: granted, H1512 [4MR], H4008 [13MY], H4128 [14MY], H4201 [15MY], H4526 [21MY], H5264 [11JN], H6462 [9JY], H9031 [30SE], H9279 [7OC], H9475 [15OC], H9737 [20OC], H9978 [28OC], H10336 [4NO], H11357 [17NO]

Tributes

Elliott, Shelby M., E1740 [9SE]

Gunn, Joe D., E1341 [24JN]

Lewis, Guy V., E772 [12AP]

Montejano, Gustavo, E2447 [23NO]