BROWN, CORRINE (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Florida as the Next Florida, New York (NY) Times, H2259 [21AP], E403 [18MR]

Judge Smudges Duval Voting, Paul Pinkham, Jacksonville (FL) Florida Times-Union, H2260 [21AP]

Judge Stays Own Order on Voting Machines, Paul Pinkham, Jacksonville (FL) Florida Times-Union, H2259 [21AP]

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), H2658 [5MY]

Afghanistan: authorize assistance and security for women and children (see H.R. 4117), H2018 [1AP]

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

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

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H2728 [6MY]

———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), H576 [24FE]

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

Aviation: clarify importance of utilizing biometric technology to improve aviation and airport security (see H.R. 4914), H6701 [22JY]

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), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

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

California: 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), H1117 [16MR]

———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), H1230 [17MR]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3327), H1230 [17MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2374 [22AP]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (see H. Con. Res. 496), H7736 [28SE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H9051 [8OC]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H830 [3MR]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2200 [20AP]

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]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4171 [15JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 3879), H1072 [11MR]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H1011 [10MR]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H2199 [20AP]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 257), H2816 [11MY]

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]

———permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 1434), H128 [27JA]

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]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H2550 [4MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H1483 [24MR]

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

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 4261), H2547 [4MY]

———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), H4580 [18JN]

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 Homeland Security: make certain Caribbean nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 810), H8039 [4OC]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H.R. 3867), H707 [1MR] (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the release of loans approved for Haiti (see H.R. 3989), H1229 [17MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H4766 [22JN]

———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), H927 [9MR]

Diseases: 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), H5470 [9JY]

Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H1370 [23MR]

Elections: permit an objection to the certificate of the electoral votes of a State if the objection is signed by either a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives (see H.R. 4867), H6127 [20JY]

———recognize importance of implementing any and all measures necessary to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for the 2004 Presidential election (see H. Res. 797), H7575 [23SE]

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H3441 (see H.R. 3764), H3540 [20MY]

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

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), H392 [4FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H1322 [18MR]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H5195 [6JY]

Financial institutions: commemorate anniversary of Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co., and honor the contributions of minority-owned banks (see H. Con. Res. 394), H1369 [23MR]

Florida: commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (see H. Res. 784), H7442 [22SE]

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

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H3016 [13MY]

Haiti: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 471), H435 [10FE]

———U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis (see H. Con. Res. 370), H632 [25FE]

———urge cessation of hostilities (see H. Con. Res. 372), H872 [4MR]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3238), H304 [3FE]

Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H10079 [19NO]

Health: establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4191), H3821 [8JN]

———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), H6756 [7SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6707 [22JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H2200 [20AP]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3035), H1740 [30MR]

Immigration: 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]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H926 [9MR]

India: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4449), H3781 [3JN]

———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), H1117 [16MR]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H2918 [12MY]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 4793), H6707 [22JY]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Iraq: require U.S. assistance for the repair, maintenance, or construction of transportation infrastructure to be provided in the form of loans subject to repayment in full (see H.R. 4184), H2265 [21AP]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H1072 [11MR]

Latin America: anniversary of abolition of slavery in certain countries (see H. Con. Res. 482), H8409 [6OC]

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

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H872 [4MR]

Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building, Longboat Key, FL: designate (see H.R. 4847), H5908 [15JY]

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]

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

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

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H1484 [24MR]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H2919 [12MY]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Florida (see H.R. 3876), H752 [2MR]

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), H6899 [8SE]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 4445), H3720 [2JN]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 4147), H2152 [2AP]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3229 [18MY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H1072 [11MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H1116 [16MR]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2549 [4MY]

Prince Edward County, VA: make tuition grants available to eligible former students denied an education when the public schools closed rather than comply with Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 451), H4286 [16JN]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H1326 [22MR]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4896), H6700 [22JY]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2153 [2AP]

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building, Holiday, FL: designate (see H.R. 4380), H3441 (see H.R. 4380), H3541 [20MY]

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

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1791 [31MR]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3447), H1322 [18MR]

South Africa: anniversary of first democratic elections (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4287 [16JN]

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

Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office, Mascotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 5027), H6898 [8SE]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5071 [24JN]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7575 [23SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 508), H2406 [27AP]

Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 668), H3872 [9JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H1370 [23MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H244 [28JA]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2037), H2918 [12MY]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1052), H1116 [16MR]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H2019 [1AP]

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve: expand (see H.R. 3768), H392 [4FE]

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H4391 (see H.R. 2863), H4507 [17JN]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H2019 [1AP]

———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]

Voting: amend criminal code relative to voter intimidation (see H.R. 5246), H8856 [7OC]

———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]

———constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H2484 [28AP]

———prohibit States from removing individuals from list of eligible voters by reason of criminal conviction unless removal is carried out in accordance with standards providing notice and opportunity for appeal (see H.R. 4758), H5402 [8JY]

———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for criminal convictions or mental incapacity (see H.R. 4250), H2488 [29AP]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see H.J. Res. 93), H2488 [29AP]

———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), H2548 [4MY]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 417), H2727 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Haiti: expedite and increase emergency disaster assistance funding relative to damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne (see H. Con. Res. 515), H9050 [8OC]

John Milton Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4924), H6701 [22JY]

Judge Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4382), H3229 [18MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H2712 [6MY]

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, H1211 [17MR]

Bank of America Corp.: treatment of minority communities relative to merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp., E404 [18MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H501, H502 [11FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1445 [24MR], H1504 [25MR]

Chambers, Rodney: Amtrak Police Dept., Officer of the Year award recipient, E730 [4MY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (H. Res. 717), H7016, H7040 [13SE]

Congressional Black Caucus: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust, E1490 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3410 [20MY]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3410 [20MY]

———terminate additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, E404 [18MR]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6729 [7SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8299 [6OC]

Economy: importance of job creation, H7046 [13SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7926 [30SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5865 [15JY]

Haiti: U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis, H531 [24FE], H747 [2MR], E404 [18MR]

Halliburton Co.: investigation of alleged misuse and abuse of funds and resources provided under contracts dealing with reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H7044, H7045 [13SE]

Help America Vote Act: funding, E404 [18MR]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (H.R. 2239), H2258, H2259, H2260 [21AP]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1211 [17MR]

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), H1189, H1211 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, E404 [18MR]

Medicare: increase in premiums, H7042, H7043, H7044 [13SE]

Mother's Day: observance, H2712 [6MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 1102), consideration (H. Res. 748), H7552, H7553, H7554, H7555 [23SE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), E2122 [20NO]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (H.R. 4896), E1515 [22JY]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 5183), H7881 [30SE]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (H.R. 4836), H7018 [13SE]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (H.R. 1318), H7019 [13SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1810 [1AP]

U.N.: prohibit funding for observation of U.S. elections, H5865 [15JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H7046 [13SE]

———health care funding, H1504 [25MR]

Votes: correction, H3411 [20MY]

———position on missed, H3107 [18MY]

Voting: secure Federal voting rights for certain qualified persons who have served their criminal sentences, H2260 [21AP]

Women: programs funding, H1445 [24MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: taking down of words, H5865 [15JY]

Special order: granted, H561 [24FE], H630 [25FE], H749 [2MR], H823 [3MR], H1228 [17MR], H1319 [18MR], H1482 [24MR], H2655 [5MY], H2725 [6MY], H3013 [13MY], H7060 [13SE]

Tributes

Cherry, Charles W., Sr., E2120 [20NO]

Snyder, Justin, E676 [27AP]