ANDREWS, ROBERT E. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H928 [9MR], H959 [10MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3108, Pension Funding Equity Act, H835 [4MR]

Articles and editorials

Marine's Charisma Touching Many, Jim Six, Gloucester County (NJ) Times, E623 [22AP]

Marine's Journey Home Nears End, Jim Six, Gloucester County (NJ) Times, E623 [22AP]

Marine's Lengthy Journey Nears End, Jim Six, Gloucester County (NJ) Times, E623 [22AP]

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), H4171 [15JN]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 2062), H9745 [16NO]

Agriculture: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3324), H5402 [8JY]

———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), H2266 [21AP]

———establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H7735 [28SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H1740 [30MR]

Arizona: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3337), H5402 [8JY]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible or withdraw election not to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1328), H6756 [7SE]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H4171 [15JN]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H2155 [2AP]

———forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 2944), H1116 [16MR]

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

———provide dislocation allowance to retired members and those on temporary disability retired list moving from their last duty station to designated home (see H.R. 995), H1116 [16MR]

———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), H1740 [30MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H6756 [7SE]

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

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 4312), H5195 [6JY]

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]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H11057 [7DE]

Bureau of Prisons: authorize personnel to carry firearms off duty (see H.R. 1064), H830 [3MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 95), H2488 [29AP] (see H.J. Res. 97), H3780 [3JN]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H6899 [8SE]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]

———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), H1370 [23MR]

———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 3063), H10926 [6DE]

———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), H304 [3FE]

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

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

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 3793), H701 [26FE]

Citizenship: provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians (see H.R. 3360), H2549 [4MY]

Civil rights: 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), H5984 [19JY]

Colleges and universities: improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 4003), H1322 [18MR]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H5150 [25JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H872 [4MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H37 [20JA]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7575 [23SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H3605 [1JN]

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

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H7443 [22SE]

———prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1994), H575 [24FE]

Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 4875), H6127 [20JY]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H10079 [19NO]

———impose the death penalty for kingpins of child sex slave trafficking enterprises (see H.R. 3913), H876 [8MR]

———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]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H2548 [4MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H2549 [4MY]

———establish pilot and demonstration program in New Jersey and elsewhere to improve military installation security and defense contractors and subcontractors quality (see H.R. 3695), H128 [27JA]

———require emergency contraception to be included on the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents of the pharmacy benefits program (see H.R. 4976), H9963 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H2919 [12MY]

———make grants to States to establish antiharassment programs (see H.R. 4313), H6899 [8SE]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H5330 [7JY]

———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), H2549 [4MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 4493), H3719 [2JN]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H3963 [14JN]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 195), H3719 [2JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications (see H.R. 4400), H3391 [19MY]

———make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H4580 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force (see H.R. 4982), H7329 [21SE]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H10233 [20NO]

Dept. of State: require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4214), H7735 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend payment of disability benefits through the date of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1666), H7945 [30SE]

Diseases: 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 awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia (see H.R. 3359), H7138 [14SE]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H37 [20JA]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 5113), H7945 [30SE]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H4287 [16JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 2198), H4171 [15JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the Impact Aid program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 3795), H2266 [21AP]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H128 [27JA]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H6557 [21JY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H10080 [19NO]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H8859 [7OC]

———review decision process to disapprove commercial distribution of the emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as an over-the-counter drug (see H.R. 4377), H3720 [2JN]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7138 [14SE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H1484 [24MR]

Federal employees: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 5063), H7072 [13SE]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H753 [2MR]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H2018 [1AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H2483 [28AP]

———reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H11057 [7DE]

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]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 4472), H3604 [1JN]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 1690), H7443 [22SE]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H7864 [29SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H6997 [9SE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1593 [25MR]

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), H1484 [24MR]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 665), H434 [10FE]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), 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), H5908 [15JY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H5195 [6JY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H11057 [7DE]

———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), H5984 [19JY]

———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]

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

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

———extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2022), H927 [9MR]

Immigration: increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4052), H2728 [6MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H2727 [6MY]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H89 [21JA]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H3964 [14JN]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H9963 [17NO]

———permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (see H.R. 3323), H3605 [1JN]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H7443 [22SE]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H7736 [28SE]

International Court of Justice: condemn misuse by the U.N. General Assembly and the Court's opinion on the Israeli security fence (see H. Res. 713), H5909 [15JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 5193), H10233 [20NO]

———human rights violations (see H. Res. 140), H3781 [3JN]

Iraq: negotiate a bilateral security agreement with the Iraqi Governing Council by a certain date (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2484 [28AP]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3673), H1011 [10MR]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H1593 [25MR]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H872 [4MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

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

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 2967), H515 [11FE]

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

Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H4287 [16JN]

Mary Ann Collura Post Office Building, Fair Lawn, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3939), H1070 [11MR]

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

Medicaid: extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see H.R. 5160), H7735 [28SE]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2483 [28AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H3094 [17MY]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H11057 [7DE]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 3656), H6706 [22JY]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H10079 [19NO]

———improve coordination of prescription drug coverage under retiree plans and State pharmaceutical assistance programs with Medicare drug benefits (see H.R. 4195), H2371 [22AP]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in New Jersey (see H.R. 3841), H632 [25FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 2664), H37 [20JA]

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]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H9963 [17NO]

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), H2373 [22AP]

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

Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 504), H3605 [1JN]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H515 [11FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H7329 [21SE]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 396), H1593 [25MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 852), H89 [21JA]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H2917 [12MY]

———expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H2547 [4MY]

New Jersey: provide priority funding of water, waste disposal, and community facilities loans and grants for flood-impacted communities in Burlington and Camden Counties (see H.R. 4987), H6704 [22JY]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see H.R. 4270), H3230 [18MY]

Oceans: protect deep sea corals and sponges (see H.R. 4897), H10895 [24NO]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 4498), H3780 [3JN]

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: support ongoing work in combating anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, discrimination, intolerance, and related violence (see H. Con. Res. 425), H3964 [14JN]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 5292), H9047 [8OC]

———reform (see H.R. 1776), H89 [21JA]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 5181), H7863 [29SE]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4896), H7443 [22SE]

Refugees: international recognition of plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries, and the establishment of a U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East resettlement program (see H. Con. Res. 311), H100 [23JA]

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

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H830 [3MR]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H7864 [29SE]

SBA: modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H7245 [17SE]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H6756 [7SE]

———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]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H244 [28JA]

Securities: provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules (see H.R. 5290), H9047 [8OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H304 [3FE]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2215), H830 [3MR]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H3720 [2JN]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H633 [25FE]

Small Business Act: amend to reauthorize the Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program (see H.R. 4119), H6756 [7SE]

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

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3293), H5195 [6JY]

———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 4701), H7073 [13SE]

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

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 1179), H6997 [9SE]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2192), H36 [20JA]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H1322 [18MR]

———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 2824), H6997 [9SE]

———eliminate inflation adjustment of the phaseout of the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source and repeal extension of credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal (see H.R. 4365), H3015 [13MY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1859), H7864 [29SE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H700 [26FE]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1818), H10079 [19NO]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 252), H3605 [1JN]

———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1050), H434 [10FE]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H128 [27JA]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2286), H9745 [16NO]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 3953), H1594 [25MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1459), H9050 [8OC]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 790), H244 [28JA]

———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 3384), H6899 [8SE]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 798), H7864 [29SE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (see H.R. 2503), H8409 [6OC]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H8039 [4OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H3391 [19MY]

Tinnitus Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 381), H2816 [11MY]

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

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 5132), H7574 [23SE]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 72), H2657 [5MY]

———provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H3015 [13MY]

Transportation Security Administration: repeal the security screening opt-out program for airport operators allowing the hiring of private screeners (see H.R. 4970), H10926 [6DE]

Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (see H.R. 5071), H7736 [28SE]

U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1196), H515 [11FE]

U.S.-Israel Homeland Security Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3871), H3964 [14JN]

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), H1323 [18MR]

Veterans: establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with hepatitis C (see H.R. 3455), H7073 [13SE]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H6899 [8SE]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror (see H.R. 4798), H9745 [16NO]

———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]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H9745 [16NO]

Virginia: Federal recognition of the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see H.R. 1938), H5908 [15JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H3094 [17MY]

Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H515 [11FE]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 746), H10926 [6DE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H1740 [30MR]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 3350), H5195 [6JY]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former POW used as slave labor (see H.R. 1864), H1072 [11MR]

YMCA: clarify tax status of retirement fund (see H.R. 5365), H9963 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 4523), H3820 [8JN]

Colleges and universities: require entering students who will reside in on-campus housing to have received meningococcal vaccinations (see H.R. 4080), H1789 [31MR]

CPSC: declare Yo-Yo Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 5172), H7863 [29SE]

Education: provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H2018 [1AP]

ERISA: exclude cooperative employing units from multiple employer welfare arrangements (see H.R. 4795), H5470 [9JY]

Families and domestic relations: ensure that interest accrues on overdue child support payments (see H.R. 4079), H1789 [31MR]

Immigration: extend nonimmigrant status for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa (see H.R. 3701), H35 [20JA]

Law enforcement: strengthen protection of assets, life, and property by granting private security agencies access to National Crime Information Center criminal history records for employee screening (see H.R. 4022), H1483 [24MR]

National Workers Memorial Day: require display of the U.S. flag at half-staff (see H.R. 4253), H2490 [30AP]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities (see H.R. 4252), H2490 [30AP]

Taxation: permit judges presiding in family law proceedings to request directly taxpayer returns and return information (see H.R. 4081), H1789 [31MR]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 5397, 5398), H10078 [19NO]

Letters

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H2973 [13MY]

———Karen Bender, American Academy of Actuaries, H2972 [13MY]

Lists

Organizations opposing H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H2961-H2966 [13MY]

Williamstown, NJ, Middle School Principal's Award recipients, E1413 [19JY]

Motions

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), conference report, H2131 [2AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1231 [18MR]

Press releases

Small Business Health Fairness Act: American Academy of Actuaries, H2971 [13MY]

Remarks

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): tribute, E1752 [30SE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E681 [28AP]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4218 [16JN]

Bellmawr, NJ: tribute to Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School National Junior Honor Society inductees, E1324 [8JY]

Berstein-Baker, Judith: Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award recipient, E1680 [22SE]

Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H3364 [19MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3364 [19MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4918 [24JN]

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4531 [18JN]

Camden County, NJ: tribute to Battle of the Books program participants, E852 [14MY]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (H.R. 3873), H1409 [24MR]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4932 [24JN]

China, Republic of: allow vote on peace referendum without intimidation or threat of force from the People's Republic of China, E272 [2MR]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H322, H335 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H322, H335, H350 [4FE]

Courts: exclude actions brought in State courts from prevention of frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H958 [10MR]

———exclude manufacturers or sellers of meat from downed animals from protection against frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H966 [10MR]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H957, H958, H959, H960, H966 [10MR]

———require proper labeling of genetically altered food to qualify for immunity from frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H959, H960 [10MR]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1441 [21JY]

———support buffer zone de-mining initiative, E2084 [20NO]

———Turkish occupation settlement plan, E683 [28AP]

Delaware River: dredging project funding, H5090 [25JN]

Dept. of Commerce: condition portion of Manufacturing Council funding on expanding membership to include steel industry and union representation, H5283 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: high threat grants funding for urban areas security initiative, H4496 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4479, H4496 [17JN], H4531 [18JN]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Program funding, H4479 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3036), H1681 [30MR]

———ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor, H1681 [30MR]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6448 [21JY], H6923 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), consideration (H. Res. 711), H5410 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4218, H4250, H4251 [16JN]

Deptford, NJ: Deptford Township School District Naval Junior ROTC cadet award recipients, E1055 [4JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5283 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H6448 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6853 [8SE], H6923 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), consideration (H. Res. 770), H7125 [14SE]

Education: strengthen high school teaching of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of Western civilization (H. Con. Res. 377), H818 [3MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5090 [25JN]

ERISA: amortization hiatus for the 20 percent of multiemployer pension plans with the largest net investment losses, H2124, H2128, H2129 [2AP]

———provide for security of multiemployer pension plans, H2124, H2126, H2128, H2129 [2AP]

FEMA: establish a program to identify and catalog emergency preparedness compacts, H8902 [8OC]

Food industry: exempt actions brought under State consumer protection laws from the prevention of frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H957 [10MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5816 [15JY]

Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day: observance, E838 [12MY]

Gloucester City, NJ: tribute to Mary Ethel Costello School Open Access Learning Center, E1924 [11OC]

Haddon Heights, NJ: anniversary, E963 [21MY]

Hardenbergh Insurance Group: anniversary, E2151 [6DE]

Health: provide compensation for injuries resulting from smallpox countermeasures, provide protection against chemical or radiological agents, increase distribution of vaccines, and improve vaccine injury compensation (S. 15), H5733 [14JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (H.R. 4306), H8236 [6OC]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, E1325 [8JY]

Iran: disapprove elections and encourage a democratic government that will restore freedom and abandon terrorism, H818 [3MR]

———human rights violations, H818 [3MR]

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), H1159 [17MR]

Israel: U.S. policy, E1325 [8JY]

Libya: U.S. policy relative to treatment of Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families, E1443 [21JY]

Maple Shade, NJ: anniversary of Lions Club, E1311 [7JY]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5816 [15JY]

National Alliance for Autism Research: tribute, E1066 [8JN]

National security: allow private security guard companies to have access to Federal background checks and establish a national clearinghouse to process such requests, H8915 [8OC]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8697 [7OC], H8902, H8915 [8OC]

———require all young persons to perform a period of military or civilian service (H.R. 163), H8126 [5OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), H3122 [18MY]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), H3128 [18MY]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 2731), H3137 [18MY]

Paulsboro, NJ: anniversary, E1037 [4JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: prohibit funding enforcing ERISA provisions that avoid disclosing to workers and retirees the status of their pension plan, H6853 [8SE]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), conference report, H2124, H2126, H2127, H2128, H2129 [2AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2959, H2961, H2968, H2969, H2970, H2971, H2974, H2981 [13MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7536 [23SE]

———increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3461 [20MY]

———rates, H4918 [24JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), H8708 [7OC]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H4250, H4251 [16JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H350 [4FE]

Votes: position on missed, E1379 [15JY]

Votes in House: condemn practice of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time, H5410 [9JY]

Wheatland Tube Co.: American Legion and DAV National Outstanding Employer of Veterans Award recipient, E1582 [9SE]

Williamstown, NJ: tribute to Williamstown Middle School Principal's Award recipients, E1413 [19JY]

Wood, Carole: Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award recipient, E1681 [22SE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), H3732 [3JN]

———establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (H. Res. 656), H3614 [2JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6553 [21JY]

Studies

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Beth Fritchen and Karen Bender, Mercer Risk, Finance & Insurance Consulting, Inc., H2971 [13MY]

Tributes

Cephus, Lorraine, E1364 [14JY]

D'Amico, Andrew, E1066 [8JN]

Froehlich, Adam, E488 [31MR]

Hammond, Dennis W., E623 [22AP]

Myers, Daniel C., E1715 [28SE]

White, Floyd L., III, E2081 [20NO]

Wolf, Joal E., E1489 [22JY]