LARSON, JOHN B. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), H5453 [9JY]

House of Representatives: require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 2844), H2200 [20AP], H2324, H2326 [22AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Election Day Anti-Terrorism Plans Draw Criticism, Spencer S. Hsu and Jo Becker, Washington (DC) Post, H8336 [6OC]

Ensuring That Voting's Sanctity Wins Out, Donna Britt, Washington (DC) Post, H8332 [6OC]

Indian Health Agency Barred New-Voter Drive, Jo Becker, Washington (DC) Post, H8336 [6OC]

Poll Position, Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker (publication), H8333-H8336 [6OC]

Poll Watchers To Ensure Every Vote Counts, L.A. Chung, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, H8332 [6OC]

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), H6899 [8SE]

Armed Forces: express concern over the well-being of members and call on the Dept. of Defense to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment available (see H. Con. Res. 391), H2729 [6MY]

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

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

———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), H4766 [22JN]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3017 [13MY]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 854), H9745 [16NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 359), H392 [4FE]

———permit use of rotunda for the lying in state of the remains of Ronald Reagan (see H. Con. Res. 444), H3820 [8JN]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H89 [21JA]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (see H.R. 5122), H7442 [22SE]

Connecticut: designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4070), H1739 [30MR]

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]

C-SPAN: anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H926 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: 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]

———expand Energy Efficiency Program by entering into energy savings performance contracts (see H.R. 3339), H3016 [13MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2549 [4MY]

———repeal certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 1638), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H7443 [22SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5793 [14JY] (see H.R. 4772), H5909 [15JY]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H6707 [22JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H36 [20JA]

Education: provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H3605 [1JN]

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

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H4170 [15JN]

EPA: authorize use of funds for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relative to development and implementation of phase II of storm water program (see H.R. 3528), H633 [25FE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H2658 [5MY]

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), H3873 [9JN]

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

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H3821 [8JN]

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

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

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

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3392 [19MY]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H1072 [11MR]

Investments: provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 4140), H2152 [2AP]

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), H2658 [5MY]

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), H245 [28JA]

Laos: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3943), H1071 [11MR]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 4636), H8168 [5OC]

Library of Congress: permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees (see H.R. 4816), H5536 [12JY]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 4876), H6127 [20JY]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4928 (see H.R. 3148), H5071 [24JN]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3605 [1JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7575 [23SE]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H5908 [15JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H393 [4FE]

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

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H304 [3FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7575 [23SE]

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

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), H1117 [16MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H2266 [21AP]

Native Americans: provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 4213), H2372 [22AP]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 512), H303 [3FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 4434), H8859 [7OC]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H5471 [9JY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3605 [1JN]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H700 [26FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5471 [9JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H7736 [28SE]

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), H4928 (see H.R. 2598), H5071 [24JN]

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

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

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H1791 [31MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H4171 [15JN]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H9745 [16NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H3016 [13MY]

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. 336), H2550 [4MY]

University of Connecticut: tribute to men's and women's basketball teams (see H. Res. 599), H2199 [20AP]

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

———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]

———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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (see H.R. 4177), H2199 [20AP]

Dept. of Energy: grant authority to draw down Strategic Petroleum Reserve when oil and gas prices rise sharply due to unfair practices and require the President to consult Congress on sale of oil from the Reserve (see H.R. 5405), H10078 [19NO]

———prepare a strategic plan to ensure that the U.S. becomes energy self-sufficent (see H.R. 5407), H10078 [19NO]

Help America Vote Act: require software used in electronic voting machines to meet certain requirements before using such machines in Federal elections (see H.R. 4966), H6703 [22JY]

``History of the U.S. Capitol'': authorize printing (see H. Con. Res. 358), H392 [4FE]

House Rules: make a technical correction on limitations on the use of the frank (see H. Res. 848), H9050 [8OC]

IRS: ensure a balanced survey of taxpayers in any system of precertification for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5406), H10078 [19NO]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Connecticut (see H.R. 3905), H871 [4MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities (see H.R. 4967), H6703 [22JY]

Members of Congress: appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (see H. Res. 623), H2548 [4MY]

———constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (see H.J. Res. 89), H1071 [11MR]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant increases in the prices of electricity, heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see H.R. 5408), H10078 [19NO]

Taxation: assist families to save and invest by modifying the saver's credit that matches retirement savings of low-income families (see H.R. 5233), H8408 [6OC]

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (see H.R. 5013), H6755 [7SE]

Chronologies

National Museum of the American Indian, H7295 [21SE]

Letters

Continuity in Representation Act: Byron R. White, H2314 [22AP]

———Kevin J. Kennedy, H2313 [22AP]

———Susan Bysiewicz, H2313 [22AP]

Permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, H6085 [20JY]

Papers

Role of Former Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., in the Development of C-SPAN, H1084 [16MR]

Remarks

Aetna, Inc.: tribute to employees' donation of time to charitable causes, E553 [20AP]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H11015 [7DE], E2205 [20DE]

Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building, Hartford, CT: designate, E872 [14MY]

Boggs, Lindy: acceptance of portrait into House collection, E1707 [24SE]

Broad, Eli: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 38), H6083 [20JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1563 [25MR]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), H5453, H5454 [9JY]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (H.R. 4177), E550 [20AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Dorothy I. Height (H. Con. Res. 357), H406 [10FE]

———permit use of rotunda for the lying in state of the remains of Ronald Reagan (H. Con. Res. 444), H3828 [9JN]

———use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 93), H1081 [16MR]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 359), H404 [10FE]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): establish (S. Con. Res. 94), H1082 [16MR]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (H.R. 5122), H7698 [28SE], H8330 [6OC]

Congressional Research Service: tribute, E1918 [11OC]

Connery, Micaela: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Connecticut, E987 [2JN]

Crangle, Joseph F.: appointment to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, E254 [26FE]

C-SPAN: anniversary (H. Res. 551), H1083, H1085 [16MR]

Dept. of Commerce: re-orient current Technology Administration, Under Sec. of Technology, and Office of Technology Policy toward manufacturing and competitiveness issues, H5453, H5454 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3279 [19MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), conference report, H9006 [8OC]

———Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment project funding, H9006 [8OC]

Dept. of Energy: grant authority to draw down Strategic Petroleum Reserve when oil and gas prices rise sharply due to unfair practices and require the President to consult Congress on sale of oil from the Reserve (H.R. 5405), E2110 [20NO]

———prepare a strategic plan to ensure that the U.S. becomes energy self-sufficent (H.R. 5407), E2113 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4211 [16JN]

Election Assistance Commission: funding, E1627 [15SE]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (H. Res. 728), H6086, H6088, H6089 [20JY]

ESPN (television network): anniversary, E1545 [8SE]

FEC: funding, E1627 [15SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H11015 [7DE], E2205 [20DE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H6914 [9SE]

``History of the U.S. Capitol'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 358), H403 [10FE]

Holocaust: remembrance, E643 [22AP]

House of Representatives: allow candidates for certain special elections to be selected in party primaries as regulated by the States and allow States to set the time period to achieve such selection, H2326, H2327, H2328 [22AP]

———early organization of party caucuses or conferences for 109th Congress (H. Res. 824), H8330 [6OC]

———require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 2844), H2312, H2322, H2324, H2325, H2326, H2327, H2328 [22AP], H3679 [2JN], E2154 [6DE]

———require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 2844), consideration (H. Res. 602), H2305 [22AP]

———require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 75 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances, H2324, H2325 [22AP]

House Rules: make a technical correction on limitations on the use of the frank (H. Res. 848), E1984 [16NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), conference report, H10021 [19NO]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H11019 [7DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H5182, H5185 [6JY]

Kerry, Senator: characterization relative to service in Vietnamese Conflict, H2300 [22AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations, H11015 [7DE], E2205 [20DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4755), H5493 [12JY]

Library of Congress: permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees (H.R. 4816), H6084 [20JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (H.R. 2768), E1380 [15JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities (H.R. 4967), E1495 [22JY]

Members of Congress: appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H. Res. 623), E2154 [6DE]

———constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H.J. Res. 83), H3679 [2JN]

———constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H.J. Res. 89), E412 [18MR], E2154 [6DE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H6914 [9SE]

National Museum of the American Indian: opening (S.J. Res. 41), H7294 [21SE]

National Zoological Park: funding, H4211 [16JN]

Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (H. Res. 765), H7035 [13SE]

Reagan, Ronald: authorize printing of a collection of memorial tributes (S. Con. Res. 135), H7698 [28SE]

Shelton, Hilary O.: appointment to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, E254 [26FE]

Simon, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 489), H53 [21JA]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant increases in the prices of electricity, heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (H.R. 5408), E2111 [20NO]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), H7813 [29SE]

Taxation: assist families to save and invest by modifying the saver's credit that matches retirement savings of low-income families (H.R. 5233), E1819 [7OC]

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (H.R. 5013), E1585 [10SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 757), H6914 [9SE]

University of Connecticut: tribute to men's and women's basketball teams (H. Res. 599), H2512, H2513, H2514 [4MY]

VFW: tribute (H.J. Res. 108), H8391 [6OC]

Voting: recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (H. Res. 796), H8331 [6OC]

World War II: 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, H5192 [6JY]

Statements

Continuity in Representation Act: Charles E. Chamberlain, H2315 [22AP]

———Estes Kefauver, H2314 [22AP]

Summaries

Constitutional Amendment on Appointment of Individuals To Fill House of Representatives Vacancies (H.J. Res. 89), H3680 [2JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 848, make a technical correction to House Rules on limitations on the use of the frank, E1984 [16NO]

H.J. Res. 89, constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies, H3680 [2JN]

Tributes

D'Eramo, David, E1616 [14SE]

Kennelly, Barbara B., E872 [14MY]

Nye, Michael W., E1821 [7OC]

Reagan, Ronald, H3828 [9JN]

Rundquist, Paul S., E1918 [11OC]