PELOSI, NANCY (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, H4729 [22JN]

Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the U.S., H2159 [20AP]

Commission on Systemic Interoperability, H10224 [20NO]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint), H1082 [16MR]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

Committee To Escort Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Into the House Chamber, H3965 [15JN]

Committee To Escort Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Into the House Chamber, H7446 [23SE]

Committee To Escort President Jose M. Aznar of Spain Into the House Chamber, H311 [4FE]

Committee To Escort the President, H19 [20JA]

Committee To Notify the President of Adjournment, H11029 [7DE]

Committee To Notify the President That a Congressional Quorum Has Assembled, H3 [20JA]

Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, H7949 [4OC]

Helping To Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission, H2337 [22AP]

Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, H5405 [9JY]

Articles and editorials

Portraits of Sacrifice, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, H1182-H1185 [17MR]

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), H6707 [22JY]

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), H7864 [29SE]

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), H5471 [9JY]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H244 [28JA]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H304 [3FE]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H7234 [15SE]

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

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H753 [2MR]

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

———designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 3325), H5793 [14JY]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 1501), H2373 [22AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]

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

Children and youth: tribute to Students United With Parents and Educators To Resolve Bullying (SUPERB) (organization) and Jeremy and Sharon Ring for anti-bullying programs (see H. Res. 363), H37 [20JA]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 655), H3605 [1JN]

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]

Coins: improve circulation of the $1 coin and create a new bullion coin (see H.R. 3916), H2549 [4MY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H4893 [23JN]

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), H5331 [7JY]

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

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 Education: making appropriations (see H.R. 4473), H3605 [1JN]

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), H3720 [2JN]

Detroit Pistons (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 679), H4287 [16JN]

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 1822), H700 [26FE]

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

Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H3094 [17MY]

Employment: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H9745 [16NO]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H9050 [8OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H10000 [18NO]

Feldman, Sandra: tribute (see H. Res. 714), H5654 [13JY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H2549 [4MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H1072 [11MR]

Government: restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 5073), H7443 [22SE]

Health: 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]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7329 [21SE]

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

———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), H8039 [4OC]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H3964 [14JN]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H2548 [4MY]

Immigration: 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]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H927 [9MR]

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), H872 [4MR]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (see H. Res. 651), H3440 (see H. Res. 651), H3539 [20MY]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H8168 [5OC]

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

McGrory, Mary: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H2729 [6MY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H6557 [21JY]

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

———provide automatic enrollment and eligibility for certain low-income beneficiaries for subsidies under the Medicare transitional and permanent prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4437), H3438 (see H.R. 4437), H3538 [20MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 104), H6128 [20JY]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]

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), H927 [9MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2374 [22AP]

Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (see H. Res. 765), H7073 [13SE]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689), H4893 [23JN] (see H. Res. 699, 700), H5150 [25JN]

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: preserve profile on the dime because of his innumerable contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 343), H305 [3FE]

Schools: review determinations on whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate yearly progress taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to those determinations (see H.R. 4605), H4391 (see H.R. 4605), H4506 [17JN]

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

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

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

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5654 [13JY]

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

Taxation: provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H1740 [30MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: enforce textiles and apparel safeguard with respect to imports from the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 5026), H6898 [8SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H1230 [17MR]

———responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H6756 [7SE]

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), H1370 [23MR]

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H1643 [29MR]

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

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): establish an investigative subcommittee and retain a special counsel to investigate certain actions by Representative DeLay (see H. Res. 845), H9050 [8OC]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Res. 564), H1229 [17MR]

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

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

Read Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H752 [2MR]

San Francisco, CA: clarify authorities for the use of properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (see H.R. 5158), H7735 [28SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H2488 [29AP]

Excerpts

Assessment of war and reconstruction efforts in Iraq: several testimonies and news articles, H7241 [17SE]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H7689 [28SE]

Obituaries

Eaton, Susan C.: Harvard Gazette (publication), E280 [2MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7237 [17SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 866), H10094 [20NO]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10191 [20NO], H10901 [6DE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H2795 [11MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1181 [17MR]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H5010 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H9981 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1554 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4912 [24JN]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (H. Res. 655), H3685 [2JN]

———condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet (H. Res. 157), H267 [3FE]

Chinese New Year: observance, E29 [21JA]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): establish an investigative subcommittee and retain a special counsel to investigate certain actions by Representative DeLay (H. Res. 845), H8993 [8OC]

Congress: access to IRS facilities and tax returns by certain Members or their designees, H10901 [6DE]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (H.R. 5335), E1902 [11OC]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H6587 [22JY]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7466 [23SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H7689 [28SE], H9054 [9OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), motion to instruct conferees, H7689 [28SE]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H1185, H1186 [17MR]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), conference report, H9054 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), motion to instruct conferees, H5547 [13JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5241, H5251, H5306 [7JY]

Disasters: assistance for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms, H7238 [17SE]

Drugs: enforce Federal laws prohibiting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H5306 [7JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3096 [18MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5111, H5112 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4614), consideration (H. Res. 694), H5082 [25JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7922 [30SE]

FERC: order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates, H5082 [25JN]

———prohibit use of funds to deny public requests for release of documents relative to manipulation of electricity markets in California and other Western States, H5111, H5112 [25JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H10191 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 866), H10094 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 528)—Senate amendment, H10901 [6DE]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, H10094 [20NO]

Hong Kong: support freedom (H. Res. 667), E1623 [15SE]

Hopewell, Philip C.: American Lung Association Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal recipient, E817 [12MY]

House of Representatives: 30-Something Caucus efforts to involve young adults in government, H2525 [4MY]

———welcome to former Members of Congress, H2294 [22AP]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1181 [17MR], H7238-H7241 [17SE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H11009 [7DE]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1181, H1185, H1186 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H7238, H7241 [17SE]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2689 [6MY]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3395 [20MY]

League of United Latin American Citizens: anniversary, E213 [24FE]

Middle East: support security of Israel and principles of peace in the Middle East (H. Con. Res. 460), H4795 [23JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 5024), E1613 [14SE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8834 [7OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5082 [25JN], H5374 [8JY]

Point of order, H7466 [23SE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9981 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 663), H3791 [8JN]

Rosh Hashanah: observance, E1602 [13SE]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of Flood Building, E948 [21MY]

———anniversary of San Francisco Public Library, E1096 [14JN]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5241, H5251 [7JY]

Sudan: allocation of foreign aid, H5547 [13JY]

———condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region, H5547 [13JY]

———declare genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 467), H6529 [21JY], E1487 [22JY]

Taxation: rates, H4912 [24JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4401 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8713 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4401 [17JN]

William J. Clinton Presidential Center: opening, E2071 [18NO]

Women: programs funding, H2047 [1AP]

Women's History Month: observance, H2047 [1AP]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (H.J. Res. 110), E2061 [18NO]

———honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 413), H3647 [2JN]

———support Japanese-American, German-American, and Italian-American communities in increasing public awareness of events surrounding restriction and internment (H. Res. 56), H783 [3MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2546 [4MY], H2655 [5MY]

Tributes

Alley, Vernon, E1958 [11OC]

Burton, John L., E1899 [11OC]

Christen, Pat, E1813 [6OC]

Eaton, Susan C., E279 [2MR]

Foglietta, Thomas M., H10002 [19NO]

Frost, Representative, H10094 [20NO]

Hansen, Jennie Chin, E1896 [11OC]

Healy, Mike, E608 [22AP]

Herseth, Representative, H3722 [3JN]

Johnson, Walter L., E1621 [15SE]

Kennedy, Susan T., E949 [21MY]

Lynch, Virginia S. (Pat), E1670 [21SE]

McGrory, Mary, H2624 [5MY]

Miller, John R., E705 [29AP]

Ong, Betty, E1675 [22SE]

Onuma, Michi Oka, E1287 [25JN]

Palmer, Robert E., E2140 [24NO]

Reif, Leslie, E1086 [9JN]

Seelmeyer, Dolly, E2211 [20DE]

Skelton, Representative, H7689 [28SE]

Vreeland, Ruth, H116 [27JA]

Yee, Harold, E410 [18MR]