HART, MELISSA A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4917), H6701 [22JY]

Afghanistan: protect archeological or ethnological materials (see H.R. 4641), H4765 [22JN]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1072 [11MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H9184 [9OC]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred by or on behalf of such members before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H304 [3FE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1084), H700 [26FE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2266 [21AP]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H701 [26FE]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H1791 [31MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit each State to provide a statue of an individual representing that State for display in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 5038), H6996 [9SE]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4894 [23JN]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 257), H1117 [16MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H7234 [15SE]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2152 [2AP]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 4358), H3781 [3JN]

———provide relief for victims of identity theft (see H.R. 3296), H2483 [28AP]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H435 [10FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (see H.R. 3864), H1791 [31MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H7735 [28SE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H6128 [20JY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H5908 [15JY]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 1758), H434 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

———establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (see H.R. 4105), H2018 [1AP]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H88 [21JA]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H1117 [16MR]

Health: provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H3821 [8JN]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H2728 [6MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H5151 [25JN]

Insurance: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 4154), H2152 [2AP]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H5471 [9JY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H1592 [25MR]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 5107), H7328 [21SE]

———protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H7735 [28SE]

———strengthen protection of assets, life, and property by granting private security agencies access to National Crime Information Center criminal history records for employee screening (see H.R. 4022), H3781 [3JN]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H4765 [22JN]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H830 [3MR]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H2728 [6MY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2407 [27AP]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H2549 [4MY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (see H.R. 5308), H9048 [8OC]

———reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 3778), H701 [26FE]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 3860), H699 [26FE]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2728 [6MY]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 703), H5195 [6JY]

POW: provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H927 [9MR]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 4492), H3719 [2JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H4287 [16JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H515 [11FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

Tariff: electron guns for cathode ray tubes (CRT's) with a certain high definition television screen aspect ratio (see H.R. 5201), H8038 [4OC]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H5331 [7JY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3015 [13MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2816 [11MY]

———permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies or pension plans to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 4149), H2266 [21AP]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 4983), H6704 [22JY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H435 [10FE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H927 [9MR]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H2374 [22AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

———honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H392 [4FE]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3890), H870 [4MR]

Taxation: encourage businesses to establish hazardous waste remediation reserves (see H.R. 3892), H870 [4MR]

———provide for use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation (see H.R. 3891), H870 [4MR]

Remarks

Allison Park, PA: tribute to Hampton High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E554 [20AP]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3352 [19MY]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 1920), H152 [28JA]

———reform, H152 [28JA]

Benson's Battalion (organization): tribute, E110 [4FE]

Berner International Corp.: Pittsburgh Business Times (publication) Manufacturer of the Year award recipient, E43 [23JA]

Bridgewater Community Development Corp.: tribute, E1135 [16JN]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H5061 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5061 [24JN]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), H5445 [9JY]

Carnegie Mellon University: tribute to Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, E507 [2AP]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H336 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H336 [4FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H609 [25FE], H642, H663 [26FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), consideration (H. Res. 529), H593 [25FE]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy, H642, H663 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3352 [19MY]

Ellwood City, PA: anniversary of Ellwood City Area Public Library, E613 [22AP]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7105 [14SE]

Lawrence County, PA: tribute to Lawrence County 4-H honorees, E9 [20JA]

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: allow nonprofit organizations to be eligible (H.R. 3389), H759, H761 [3MR]

Mine Safety Appliances Co.: tribute to invention of the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet/Advanced Combat Helmet, E284 [3MR]

New Castle, PA: tribute to Neshannock High School baseball team, E1412 [19JY], E1486 [22JY]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5445 [9JY]

North Hampton, PA: tribute to North Hampton Volunteer Fire Dept., E54 [27JA]

Nova Chemicals, Inc.: Toyota Motor Manufacturing of North America, Inc., top supplier honoree, E581 [21AP]

Organization of Chinese Americans: tribute, E10 [20JA]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (H.R. 1561), H795 [3MR]

Pennsylvania: observance of Community Banking Week, E552 [20AP]

Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Science Center recipient of National Award for Museum Service, E177 [12FE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9979 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3803 [8JN]

Slovene National Benefit Society: anniversary, E283 [3MR]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3890), H5214, H5215 [7JY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7524 [23SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2842 [12MY]

United Cerebral Palsy (organization): anniversary of Western Pennsylvania chapter, E549 [20AP]

Votes: position on missed, H4990 [24JN]

Warrendale, PA: opening of Diamond Training Center, E8 [20JA]

Tributes

Reiland, Tom, E553 [20AP]

Sutin, Stewart E., E465 [29MR]