FILNER, BOB (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4541 [18JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2443, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H2716 [6MY]

———H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H3747 [3JN]

Articles and editorials

Tribute to Earl R. McCandless, Oklahoma City (OK) Oklahoman, E56 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H304 [3FE]

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H5470 [9JY]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H1791 [31MR]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to captive animals (see H.R. 5242), H9746 [16NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: construct a memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3480), H3605 [1JN]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3392 [19MY]

———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5331 [7JY]

———ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 5296), H9047 [8OC]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H2154 [2AP]

———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 4463), H4171 [15JN]

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

———prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care plans (see H.R. 3390), H245 [28JA]

———recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6755 [7SE]

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), H1011 [10MR]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H3605 [1JN]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3798), H2019 [1AP]

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

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H3781 [3JN]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H3821 [8JN]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H1230 [17MR]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 4469), H3439 (see H.R. 4469), H3539 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H1369 [23MR]

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]

Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see H. Res. 510), H576 [24FE]

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

Chemicals: prohibit the manufacture, processing, or distribution in commerce of pentabrominated diphenyl ethers and octabrominated diphenyl ethers (see H.R. 4076), H2266 [21AP]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H1323 [18MR]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H434 [10FE]

———improve ability of the child welfare system to prevent and respond to child abuse and place children in safe, loving, and permanent homes (see H.R. 1534), H1791 [31MR]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H434 [10FE]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2406 [27AP]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 4888), H7735 [28SE]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 304), H8039 [4OC]

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), H4171 [15JN]

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

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H2658 [5MY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 3879), H876 [8MR]

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

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), H3873 [9JN] (see H.R. 4863), H6557 [21JY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H2200 [20AP]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5793 [14JY]

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]

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

Copyrights: allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after a certain period (see H.R. 2601), H575 [24FE]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (see H.R. 3936), H2200 [20AP]

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

Credit cards: prohibit issuers from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer (see H.R. 2724), H515 [11FE]

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

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

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H9962 [17NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas, provide emergency disaster assistance to certain producers for qualifying crop losses, and continue livestock assistance program (see H.R. 3402), H1230 [17MR]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 130), H5908 [15JY]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7864 [29SE]

———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]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 4585), H6998 [9SE]

———provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H10000 [18NO]

———strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H3781 [3JN]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H632 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H2373 [22AP]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H4287 [16JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2549 [4MY]

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), H8168 [5OC]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H6756 [7SE]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of State: establish an Office To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4230), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 1034), H1116 [16MR]

———establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 1524), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (see H.R. 4768), H5330 [7JY]

———enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

———establish a program to assist States in hiring and retaining nurses at State veterans homes (see H.R. 4020), H2154 [2AP]

———extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (see H.R. 4616), H7329 [21SE]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H244 [28JA]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3612), H2266 [21AP]

———provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H1592 [25MR]

———provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities due to loss, or loss of use of both upper extremities that precludes use of the arms at and below the elbows (see H.R. 2612), H2199 [20AP]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H1011 [10MR]

———establish a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and prevention of cancer (see H.R. 2741), H8859 [7OC]

———establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H6900 [8SE]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H6756 [7SE]

———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]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 5339), H9963 [17NO]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H700 [26FE]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 2681), H4171 [15JN]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H3016 [13MY]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H3821 [8JN]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H5331 [7JY]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2550 [4MY]

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H4580 [18JN]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H7329 [21SE]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H2154 [2AP]

Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building, West Hills, CA: designate (see H.R. 5147), H7736 [28SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3780), H576 [24FE]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H701 [26FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H8168 [5OC]

———review decision process to disapprove commercial distribution of the emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as an over-the-counter drug (see H.R. 4377), H3093 [17MY]

Federal aid programs: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H3016 [13MY]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 3281), H2200 [20AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H927 [9MR]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 3014), H6899 [8SE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1101), H1484 [24MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2640), H6997 [9SE]

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), H576 [24FE]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H5654 [13JY]

Food: ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H304 [3FE]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 4674), H6998 [9SE]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 107), H9050 [8OC]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 175), H9746 [16NO]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see H.R. 3970), H2199 [20AP]

Guam: anniversary of liberation (see H. Res. 737), H6998 [9SE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H3873 [9JN]

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), H244 [28JA]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1740 [30MR]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 370), H515 [11FE]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———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]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H2373 [22AP]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 5278), H10080 [19NO]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H8168 [5OC]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4928 (see H.R. 4610), H5072 [24JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

———provide for emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5243), H8856 [7OC]

———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), H7073 [13SE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H6899 [8SE]

———reduce price of prescription drugs purchased by States for its employees, retirees, and pharmaceutical assistance beneficiaries (see H.R. 3662), H5654 [13JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 1868), H6899 [8SE]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H2727 [6MY]

Higher Education Act: improve opportunity for Federal student loan borrowers to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates (see H.R. 2504), H5402 [8JY]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H1116 [16MR]

———provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (see H.R. 3593), H245 [28JA]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H6707 [22JY]

House of Representatives: require the President to provide certain information on the National Energy Policy Development Group (see H. Res. 745), H7330 [21SE]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H4928 (see H.R. 4263), H5072 [24JN]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H304 [3FE] (see H.R. 4110), H6557 [21JY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H2406 [27AP]

———admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 2702), H9963 [17NO]

———provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (see H.R. 4262), H2547 [4MY]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

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

India: recognize anniversary of chemical plant accident in Bhopal and ensure provision of environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected area by Union Carbide Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 503), H9051 [8OC]

———recognize contributions of Indian Americans, and the benefits of working with India towards promoting peace, prosperity, and freedom among all countries (see H. Con. Res. 352), H516 [11FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H701 [26FE]

Indonesia: declare ceasefire and halt hostilities in province of Aceh, end human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement (see H. Con. Res. 327), H516 [11FE]

Information services: require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (see H.R. 4290), H3094 [17MY]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H2266 [21AP]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H2658 [5MY]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1594 [25MR]

Israel: support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H2816 [11MY]

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: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

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

Los Padres National Forest: withdraw from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 3805), H5150 [25JN]

Lyon, Matthew: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 369), H1323 [18MR]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4555), H5654 [13JY]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H396 [6FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H304 [3FE]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2549 [4MY]

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnam Conflict (see H.R. 369), H2199 [20AP]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 1736), H575 [24FE]

———permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 3895), H871 [4MR]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3873 [9JN]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 5197), H9051 [8OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H1011 [10MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3299), H128 [27JA]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1321), H36 [20JA]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in California (see H.R. 3964), H1071 [11MR]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H5402 [8JY]

———provide eligibility for coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (see H.R. 3090), H4171 [15JN]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H7138 [14SE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate the comparative cost adjustment program (see H.R. 3711), H516 [11FE]

———provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relative to cost estimates and analyses (see H. Res. 776), H7443 [22SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H434 [10FE]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H434 [10FE]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H8409 [6OC]

———provide assistance to train teachers for children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H2549 [4MY]

Mexico: allow certain nationals to be admitted as nonimmigrant visitors for a certain period (see H.R. 3488), H37 [20JA]

———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]

Middle East: recognize importance of fighting terrorism and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace (see H. Res. 479), H633 [25FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H7735 [28SE]

Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 504), H575 [24FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H1117 [16MR]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2155 [2AP]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H10079 [19NO]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 435), H3873 [9JN]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H2728 [6MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6998 [9SE]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 396), H3781 [3JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve nutrition of students served under child nutrition programs (see H.R. 2987), H575 [24FE]

———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), H1230 [17MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H4287 [16JN]

Native Americans: regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local government employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3605), H393 [4FE]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H3541 [20MY]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1072 [11MR]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 1241), H6997 [9SE]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H393 [4FE]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 2801), H2815 [11MY]

Oceans: protect deep sea corals and sponges (see H.R. 4897), H6756 [7SE]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 1251), H1322 [18MR]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 121), H9963 [17NO]

POW: payment of claims from the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 344), H516 [11FE]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 103), H7443 [22SE]

Prieto, Roaul R.: authorize disinterment from the American Ardennes Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, and transfer of remains to his next of kin (see H.R. 2930), H6128 [20JY]

Privacy: amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy (see H.R. 5126), H7442 [22SE]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 2966), H4580 [18JN]

———provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H5402 [8JY]

Puerto Rico: authorize construction of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3898), H871 [4MR]

Railroads: prohibit use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials (see H.R. 5119), H9051 [8OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 664), H3821 [8JN]

Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program: reauthorize and revise (see H.R. 671), H9745 [16NO]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H304 [3FE]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H3441 [20MY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 4776), H9745 [16NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H7575 [23SE]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H6899 [8SE]

Selective Service System: terminate registration requirement and activities of local boards and agencies (see H.R. 4746), H5909 [15JY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H2374 [22AP]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: improve and make technical corrections (see H.R. 4658), H7073 [13SE]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 91), H2374 [22AP]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2215), H4287 [16JN]

Shipping industry: amend various laws relating to maritime transportation (see H.R. 4251), H2490 [30AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H2406 [27AP]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H927 [9MR]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3781 [3JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 206), H2549 [4MY]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3192), H516 [11FE]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H4392 (see H.R. 4391), H4507 [17JN]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H6997 [9SE]

States: authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (see H.R. 4620), H5151 [25JN]

———streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see H.R. 4031), H1592 [25MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2266 [21AP]

———declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5471 [9JY]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H8039 [4OC]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H434 [10FE]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H515 [11FE]

———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), H393 [4FE]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H3016 [13MY]

———establish a Federal income tax credit for production of energy from geothermal energy resources (see H.R. 4094), H7735 [28SE]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 1131), H434 [10FE]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 869), H2406 [27AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H1740 [30MR]

———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), H3720 [2JN]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H2549 [4MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H633 [25FE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H393 [4FE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H2199 [20AP]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 3865), H831 [3MR]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 3155), H1791 [31MR]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H5331 [7JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H1230 [17MR]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4794), H5470 [9JY]

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

Transportation: improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods transportation industry (see H.R. 2928), H830 [3MR]

Transportation Security Administration: repeal the security screening opt-out program for airport operators allowing the hiring of private screeners (see H.R. 4970), H8168 [5OC]

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]

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H2199 [20AP]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4175), H2919 [12MY]

———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]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 5137), H7574 [23SE]

Vietnam: promote freedom and democracy (see H.R. 1587), H5195 [6JY]

Voting: condemn all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the U.S. and reaffirm that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible citizens (see H. Res. 793), H7442 [22SE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H576 [24FE]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 746), H6900 [8SE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H10079 [19NO]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1470), H1322 [18MR]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: affirm U.S. commitment to improve worldwide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services (see H. Res. 782), H7945 [30SE]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see H.J. Res. 93), H2491 [30AP]

———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), H3094 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide a monthly allotment of free telephone calling time to members stationed outside the U.S. who are directly supporting military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 5210), H8167 [5OC]

Clean Air Act: delay effect of reclassifying certain nonattainment areas adjacent to an international border (see H.R. 4774), H5330 [7JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 4425), H3438 (see H.R. 4425), H3537 [20MY]

Earl B. Gilliam Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 4474), H3605 [1JN]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5364), H9745 [16NO]

EPA: require motor carriers to comply with vehicle emission performance standards (see H.R. 5314), H9048 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp to officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 463), H4893 [23JN]

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), H127 [27JA]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 4904), H6701 [22JY]

Taxation: nonrecognition of gain on certain real property involuntarily converted through eminent domain without regard to whether such property is replaced (see H.R. 4603), H4391 (see H.R. 4603), H4506 [17JN]

Veterans: make improvements to certain life insurance programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4229), H2482 [28AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 3730), H127 [27JA] (see H.R. 3738), H243 [28JA]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 4051), H1643 [29MR]

World War II: commending persons who were inducted for service in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 434), H3439 (see H. Con. Res. 434), H3539 [20MY]

Motions

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), H2663 [6MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H517 [24FE]

Poems

``Tribute to Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss),'' by, E254 [26FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), E1405 [16JY]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (H.R. 1713), H2768 [11MY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H2662 [6MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H369 [4FE]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H369 [4FE]

Clean Air Act: delay effect of reclassifying certain nonattainment areas adjacent to an international border (H.R. 4774), H5468 [9JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), conference report, H6470 [21JY]

———authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), motion to instruct conferees, H2663, H2664, H2665 [6MY]

———require foreign-flag vessels to submit their vessel security plans for review and approval before entering the U.S., H2663, H2664, H2665 [6MY]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (H.R. 3936), H9785 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3446 [20MY]

———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (H.R. 4425), H3757 [3JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow port directors along the Mexican border discretion in issuing 1-day visas of waivers to Mexican children for medical, cultural, or humanitarian purposes, H4542 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4521, H4522, H4542 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, H5430 [9JY]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), H5430 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of nurses (H.R. 4231), H7801 [29SE]

———funding, H369 [4FE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), E1768 [1OC]

Earl B. Gilliam Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 4474), E1154 [18JN]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 5364), H9872 [17NO]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage, H518 [24FE]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (H.R. 2707), H521 [24FE]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, E738 [4MY]

Gomez, Antonio and Martha: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, E1685 [22SE]

Holtville, CA: tribute to Holtville Athletic Club ``Ribs to Iraq Project'', E1545 [8SE]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2662 [6MY]

McClees, Richard: John S. Lyons Foundation Labor Leader of the Year award recipient, E1551 [8SE]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), H3043 [17MY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 3729), H115 [27JA], H2768 [11MY]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 647), H6499 [21JY]

National security: Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in Disaster Relief Program, H4521, H4522 [18JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2661 [6MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (S. 2328), E1516 [22JY]

Phelps, Regi: John S. Lyons Foundation Fellowship Award recipient, E1548 [8SE]

Point of order, H2661 [6MY]

San Diego, CA: anniversary of Paradise Valley Hospital, E1642 [15SE]

———Sweetwater Union High School District Compact for Success funding, E1768 [1OC]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary (H.J. Res. 91), H2768 [11MY]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 4904), E1508 [22JY]

Taxation: nonrecognition of gain on certain real property involuntarily converted through eminent domain without regard to whether such property is replaced (H.R. 4603), E1152 [18JN]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4794), H8340 [6OC]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1811 [1AP]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (H. Res. 302), H5134 [25JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (H.R. 548), consideration (H. Res. 584), H2768 [11MY]

———make improvements to certain life insurance programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4229), E739 [4MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 3730), H672 [26FE]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (H.R. 4051), E489 [31MR]

Votes: position on missed, H443 [11FE], H727 [2MR], H787, H788, H789 [3MR], H2561, H2584, H2585, H2599, H2600 [5MY], H2949, H2950, H2984, H2986, H2987, H2988 [13MY], H4239, H4240, H4264, H4265, H4266, H4267 [16JN], H5165, H5166 [6JY], H8649, H8650, H8651, H8663, H8664, H8726 [7OC], H8891, H8892, H8893, H8894, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8916, H8977, H8978, H8993, H8994 [8OC], H9175, H9176, H9177 [9OC], E1903, E1907 [11OC]

World War II: commending persons who were inducted for service in the Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 434), H3757 [3JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H125 [27JA], H242 [28JA], H390 [4FE], H692 [26FE], H868 [4MR], H1069 [11MR], H1319 [18MR], H1590 [25MR], H1787 [31MR], H2367 [22AP], H2481 [28AP], H2725 [6MY], H3434 [20MY], H3777 [3JN], H4577 [18JN], H5146 [25JN], H5469 [9JY], H5905 [15JY]

Tributes

Arreola, Linda, E1834 [7OC]

Cazares, Roger, E1764 [1OC]

Grillo, Mary, E1832 [7OC]

Levin, Moshe, E1835 [7OC]

Manley, Willie E., E1836 [7OC]

McCandless, Earl R., E56 [27JA]

Reclosado, Joaquin, Jr., E68 [28JA]