KAPTUR, MARCY (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5402 [8JY], H5471 [9JY], H5537 [12JY], H5561, H5595, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4289 [16JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9699 [16NO]

Articles and editorials

Bush in Touch With Saudis, Non-OPEC on Oil—W. House, Reuters (news service), H2137 [2AP]

Bush Unlikely To Fulfill Vow on Deficit Budget Office Projects, Edmund L. Andrews, New York (NY) Times, H6736 [7SE]

Disaster Lurks in April Jobs Numbers, Paul C. Roberts, H2899 [12MY]

Dream Realized, E1028 [4JN]

Election Fix Stymied by Delays, Computer Doubts, Confidence Gap, Robert Tanner, Associated Press (news service), H1349 [23MR]

Food-Stamp Calls Routed to India—Firm That Runs Part of the Virginia Program Outsourced Call Center, Tyler Whitley, Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, H1574 [25MR]

Gateway To Close All Stores, Fire 2,500, Michelle Kessler, H2136 [2AP]

Greenspan—Energy Prices Threaten U.S. Economy, Martin Crutsinger, Washington (DC) Post, H2403 [27AP]

Grief and an Evening Vigil in a Michigan Small Town, Danny Hakim, New York (NY) Times, H7306 [21SE]

Higher Oil Price To Take Economy to New Highs, K. Mohammed, Times of Oman (publication), H2137 [2AP]

More to the Story—Entrepreneur Adds Two Chapters to Autobiography, Sue Van Fleet, Toledo Events Magazine, E139 [10FE]

No Shortage of Oil, Saudi Arabia Says, H2137 [2AP]

One Big Job Lies Ahead for Last Two Years, Julia Bauer, Grand Rapids (MI) Press, H120 [27JA]

Owens Lays Off Training Employees Before Bush's Visit, Ryan E. Smith, Toledo (OH) Blade, H67 [21JA]

Pact To Affect 8,000 Migrants, Jon Chavez, Toledo (OH) Blade, H8003 [4OC]

Poll—Enthusiasm for Free Trade Fades; Dip Sharpest for $100K Set; Loss of Jobs Cited, Peronet Despeignes, USA Today, H737 [2MR]

Private Contractors May Handle Food Stamps, Ira Dreyfuss, Associated Press (news service), H1575 [25MR]

Ranks of Area's `Invisible' Poor Are Increasing—More Ohio, Michigan Residents Are Living on the Edge Than Ever, Karamagi Rujumba, Toledo (OH) Blade, H8135 [5OC]

Remembering Chernobyl, CBS News.com (Internet site), E710 [29AP]

Too Many Children Are Hungry. Time for Lunch, George McGovern, Washington (DC) Post, H5755 [14JY]

Trade Agreement May Undercut Importing of Inexpensive Drugs, Elizabeth Becker and Robert Pear, New York (NY) Times, H5709-H5711 [14JY]

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Passes 1,000, Dogen Hannah, Knight Ridder (news service), H6736 [7SE]

U.S. Deficit, Rates Could Hurt Globally, H2403 [27AP]

Ukraine Candidate Poisoning Investigated, USA Today, H7408 [22SE]

Ukraine-U.S. Relations Hinge on Fall Elections, Richard Holbrooke, Jan Kalicki, and Mark Brzezinski, Detroit (MI) Free Press, E1770 [1OC]

Whatever It Takes—City Is Down but Not Out Over Electrolux, John Hogan, Matt VandeBunte and Julia Bauer, Grand Rapids (MI) Press, H119 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2019 [1AP]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 524), H576 [24FE]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3230 [18MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———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), H434 [10FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H2199 [20AP]

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H2816 [11MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H37 [20JA]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5167), H7863 [29SE]

Belarus: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H. Res. 652), H4894 [23JN]

Boykin, William G.: condemn religiously intolerant remarks (see H. Res. 420), H245 [28JA]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants to local educational agencies to support purchase or lease and use of vending machines that offer healthy foods and beverages in schools (see H.R. 2225), H8859 [7OC]

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4633), H6557 [21JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2549 [4MY]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 530), H574 [24FE]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4647 [21JN]

———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H1643 [29MR]

Colombia: commend efforts of women to promote peace (see H. Con. Res. 465), H5331 [7JY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5909 [15JY]

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning, and codify, certain requirements ensuring that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (see H.R. 4710), H6756 [7SE]

Concord, CA: anniversary of explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine (see H. Res. 813), H7944 [30SE]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H5150 [25JN]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H128 [27JA]

CPSC: issue a rule banning children's toys containing mercury (see H.R. 4828), H6707 [22JY]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H3605 [1JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H2816 [11MY]

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

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected under the system, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 3787), H433 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H3230 [18MY]

———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H245 [28JA]

———direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

———provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting overseas missions (see H.R. 4390), H5402 [8JY]

———request transmission to the House of Representatives any documentation produced in conjuction with investigations of abuse of Iraqi POW by U.S. military personnel or contractors (see H. Res. 640), H2918 [12MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish antiharassment programs (see H.R. 4313), H2727 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H5536 [12JY]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H2484 [28AP]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2155 [2AP]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 5170), H7863 [29SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1726), H1740 [30MR]

———treat injury or death sustained from participation in a medical research program in same manner as an injury incurred from military service (see H.R. 4621), H4580 [18JN]

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), H128 [27JA]

———improve access to assistive technologies (see H.R. 4278), H3441 (see H.R. 4278), H3541 [20MY]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H515 [11FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2483 [28AP]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 492), H35 [20JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H4287 [16JN]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H2816 [11MY]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see H.R. 3820), H2200 [20AP]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H1230 [17MR]

Federal employees: extend military extraterritorial jurisdiction to any Federal personnel or contractors supporting Dept. of Defense missions overseas (see H.R. 4387), H3821 [8JN]

———make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2997), H830 [3MR]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H2658 [5MY]

Food: ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H245 [28JA]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1370 [23MR]

Garvey, Marcus: recognize human rights accomplishments and clear name relative to politically motivated criminal charges (see H. Con. Res. 74), H6557 [21JY]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H10000 [18NO]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H9745 [16NO]

———declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H36 [20JA]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H4392 (see H.R. 4316), H4507 [17JN]

Health care professionals: provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 4016), H1594 [25MR]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H6127 [20JY]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 427), H3093 [17MY]

Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H128 [27JA]

———waive visa processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who are nationals of countries providing combat troops in Afghanistan and Iraq (see H.R. 4834), H7234 [15SE]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 4097), H4928 (see H.R. 4097), H5072 [24JN]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H701 [26FE]

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

Kosovo: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians (see H. Res. 596), H2406 [27AP]

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), H90 [21JA]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H393 [4FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H5402 [8JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H37 [20JA]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4894 [23JN]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7945 [30SE]

Medicare: impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 3656), H753 [2MR]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H633 [25FE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H435 [10FE]

———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), H1322 [18MR]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H6756 [7SE]

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), H5150 [25JN]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H245 [28JA]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 965), H244 [28JA]

Monuments and memorials: establish a national database to identify, locate, and catalogue memorials and permanent tributes to U.S. veterans (see H.R. 2201), H244 [28JA]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2658 [5MY]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 4147), H3606 [1JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: 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), H5908 [15JY]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 647), H5331 [7JY]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H1322 [18MR]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 409), H2483 [28AP]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H1322 [18MR]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 575), H2484 [28AP]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H2266 [21AP]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2018 [1AP]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5793 [14JY]

Romania: provide equitable restitution to certain religious communities for property confiscated by the former Communist government (see H. Res. 632), H2728 [6MY]

Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H6997 [9SE]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H8409 [6OC]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2406 [27AP]

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

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H575 [24FE]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H830 [3MR]

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), H304 [3FE]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

Treaties and agreements: oppose inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would negatively impact the implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs (see H. Res. 758), H7443 [22SE]

———require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards (see H. Con. Res. 276), H128 [27JA]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H5471 [9JY]

U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: observance (see H. Res. 687), H5196 [6JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H753 [2MR]

Ukraine: 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. 4450), H3439 (see H.R. 4450), H3538 [20MY]

———ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H.R. 5247), H8856 [7OC] (see H. Con. Res. 415), H5151 [25JN]

Veterans: 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), H435 [10FE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H9963 [17NO]

Water: conservation of freshwater resources (see H. Con. Res. 468), H5150 [25JN]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H6128 [20JY]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H2548 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 4858), H5983 [19JY]

———registration and payment of fees by persons who retain seeds harvested from the planting of patented seeds (see H.R. 4693), H4926 (see H.R. 4693), H5070 [24JN]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H3438 (see H.R. 4446), H3538 [20MY]

House of Representatives: establish a staff exchange program with the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada (see H. Res. 874), H11057 [7DE]

Medicare: improve quality of care in skilled nursing facilities through development of quality measures and changes in reimbursement (see H.R. 5403), H10078 [19NO]

National World War II Memorial: authorizing use of Capitol Grounds for activities associated with dedication (see H. Con. Res. 423), H3015 [13MY]

Treaties and agreements: adhere to moral and ethical principles of economic justice and fairness in developing and advancing U.S. international trade treaties, agreements, and investment policies (see H. Res. 532), H575 [24FE]

Broadcasts

Viktor Yushchenko Says the Government Is the Killer: Ukrainian Radio First Programme, H7409 [22SE]

Excerpts

Help America Vote Act, H1350 [23MR]

Letters

Agricultural credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq: by, H5597 [13JY]

OPEC decision to decrease oil production: Donald Seagle, H2136 [2AP]

Resolution of Western NIS Enterprise Fund (organization) investment dispute in Ukraine: by, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, E716 [30AP]

Poems

``Because You Went First'', E593 [21AP], E922 [19MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5512, H5515 [12JY], H5553, H5554, H5556, H5559, H5560, H5561, H5562, H5565, H5566, H5567, H5568, H5584, H5585, H5596, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4766), consideration (H. Res. 710), H5487 [12JY]

Budget: deficit, H296 [3FE], H6736 [7SE]

Children and youth: recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (S. Con. Res. 114), H5755 [14JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Asian longhorned beetle eradication funding, H5565, H5566, H5567 [13JY]

———Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and rural development funding through reductions in Common Computing Environment funding, H5554, H5556 [13JY]

———Farmers Market Promotion Program funding, H5600 [13JY]

———Office of Civil Rights funding, H5584 [13JY]

———Office of the Inspector General funding, H5568 [13JY]

———prohibit funding for credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq, H5596 [13JY]

———prohibit use of funding to pay for outsourcing of food stamp call center jobs to foreign countries, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

———renewable energy programs funding, H5560, H5561, H5562 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow purchase of ethanol and biodiesel fuels relative to Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4252 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4252 [16JN]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Shevchenko Monument, E1136 [16JN]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H7545 [23SE]

———importance of job creation, H66 [21JA], H901 [9MR], H1213 [17MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H8 [20JA], H119 [27JA], H296 [3FE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H416 [10FE], H494 [11FE], H901 [9MR], H1213 [17MR], H1574 [25MR], H2402 [27AP], H2898 [12MY]

Farm Labor Organizing Committee: labor agreement on wages for migrant workers in the U.S., H8002 [4OC]

Financial institutions: international credit union development projects funding, E1309 [7JY]

Food stamps: ensure that sponsors of certain legal immigrants are held responsible for food stamp program costs incurred by such immigrants, H5585 [13JY]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H2401-H2404 [27AP], H2898 [12MY]

Help America Vote Act: implementation, H1349 [23MR]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (H.R. 2239), H2257 [21AP]

Hunger: encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (H. Res. 261), H8135 [5OC]

Medicare: increase in premiums, H7305 [21SE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H737 [2MR]

National World War II Memorial: authorizing use of Capitol Grounds for activities associated with dedication (H. Con. Res. 423), H3029 [17MY]

———celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront, H3062 [17MY]

———celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 409), H2772, H2773 [11MY]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (H. Res. 58), E98 [3FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H803 [3MR], H5558, H5559, H5563 [13JY]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (H.R. 1561), H796, H797, H803 [3MR]

———amend certain laws relative to patent fees (H.R. 1561), consideration (H. Res. 547), H792, H793 [3MR]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H2136 [2AP]

———gasoline price levels, H2402 [27AP], H2898 [12MY]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5709 [14JY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6636 [22JY]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, E710 [29AP]

———democracy efforts, E1136 [16JN]

———ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process, H7408 [22SE]

———investigation of poisoning of Presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, H7408 [22SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H371 [4FE]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 413), H3646 [2JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H23 [20JA], H87 [21JA], H125 [27JA], H242 [28JA], H297 [3FE], H390 [4FE], H431 [10FE], H512 [11FE], H749 [2MR], H823 [3MR], H925 [9MR], H1228 [17MR], H1368 [23MR], H1590 [25MR], H1787 [31MR], H2149 [2AP], H2261 [21AP], H2367 [22AP], H2915 [12MY], H6751 [7SE], H7326 [21SE], H7440 [22SE], H7572 [23SE], H8034 [4OC]

Reports

Ukraine Presidential Election Monitoring: Several Former Representatives, E1705 [24SE]

Subpoena Notices

Court of Common Pleas for Lucas County, OH, H5947 [19JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 58, tribute to Ignacy J. Paderewski and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland, E98 [3FE]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5553 [13JY]

Crenshaw, Harry, E769 [6MY]

Hayward, Mary Beth, E422 [23MR]

Hynes, Jerry, E684 [28AP]

Kaptur, John C., E592 [21AP], E921 [19MY]

Kennedy, Rose, E111 [4FE]

McBride, Jan, E771 [6MY]

Naparstek, Arthur, E1457 [21JY]

Ogonowski, John, H5553 [13JY]

Tucker, George R., E503 [2AP]