MEEK, KENDRICK B. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3372 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

Annan Opposes Exempting U.S. From Court, Colum Lynch, Washington (DC) Post, H4571 [18JN]

Death Toll Nears 700 From Haiti Flooding, New York (NY) Times, E1669 [21SE]

Miami Federal Court Building To Be First in State Named After African-American, Ann W. O'Neill, Fort Lauderdale (FL) South Florida Sun-Sentinel, E711 [29AP]

Storm Floods Kill More Than 600 in Haiti, Amy Bracken, Miami (FL) Herald, E1668 [21SE]

U.S. House OKs Bill Naming New Federal Courthouse for Late Judge Wilkie Ferguson, Larry Lebowitz, Miami (FL) Herald, E711 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3230 [18MY]

———ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3966), H1326 [22MR]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H1230 [17MR]

———mitigate financial hardships experienced by Reserve members as a result of being called to active duty (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1323 [18MR]

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

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 4312), H2727 [6MY]

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

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

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (see H. Con. Res. 496), H7442 [22SE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H1791 [31MR]

Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H4287 [16JN]

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

———provide for infant crib safety (see H.R. 3371), H1370 [23MR]

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]

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

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H6707 [22JY]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H2482 [28AP]

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 Commerce: make Virginia Key, FL, property under administrative jurisdiction of NOAA available to the University of Miami for a marine life science center (see H.R. 4027), H1483 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 4261), H4928 (see H.R. 4261), H5072 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify mission and responsibilities relative to protection of civil rights and civil liberties (see H.R. 5182), H7863 [29SE]

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

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

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]

Everglades National Park: exchange of certain land (see H.R. 3785), H3016 [13MY]

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), H5471 [9JY]

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

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

Haiti: expand certain preferential trade treatment (see H.R. 4889), H6556 [21JY]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5984 [19JY]

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

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H244 [28JA]

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. 3918), H2484 [28AP] (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: secure the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4550), H5151 [25JN]

India: 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]

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]

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), H1117 [16MR]

John Milton Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4924), H7138 [14SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H5654 [13JY]

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]

March for Women's Lives: commend marchers and recognize individual rights relative to fertility, sexuality, and reproduction (see H. Res. 603), H2372 [22AP]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H393 [4FE]

Medicare: improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H3094 [17MY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H4392 (see H.R. 3707), H4507 [17JN]

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

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H2549 [4MY]

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]

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

National Civic League: tribute to All-America City Award recipients (see H. Con. Res. 464), H4893 [23JN]

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

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

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H5331 [7JY]

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), H3781 [3JN]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1484 [24MR]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H8859 [7OC]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H36 [20JA]

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), H5984 [19JY]

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), H3964 [14JN]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 5206), H10000 [18NO]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H89 [21JA]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H3720 [2JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H245 [28JA]

———provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H3015 [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. 366), H2491 [30AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H2378 [26AP]

———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), H2549 [4MY]

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

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H1116 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

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

Letters

Humanitarian assistance to Haiti for flood relief efforts: by, E1807 [6OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: increase end strength, H5624 [13JY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5624 [13JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H497, H498 [11FE]

———deficit, H4751 [22JN]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H1057-H1063 [11MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1429 [24MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H6123, H6124 [20JY]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (H. Con. Res. 496), E1806 [6OC]

Chalabi, Ahmad: relationship with U.S. Government, H3768, H3769 [3JN]

Colleges and universities: State regulations governing students' ability to register to vote, H3767, H3768 [3JN], H4746 [22JN], H6118, H6119, H6120 [20JY]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): report on assessing validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H6123 [20JY]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H6610 [22JY]

Cuba: prohibit use of funds to enforce restrictions on travel to visit relatives, H7285 [21SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H7566 [23SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3373 [19MY]

———establish process for identifying and transmitting critical information to senior decision makers, H3373 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase overall funding through reductions in tax cuts, H4750 [22JN]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7285 [21SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6728 [7SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2410 [28AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, H3714, H3716 [2JN], H5187, H5188, H5189, H5191, H5192 [6JY]

Education: access to, and affordability of, higher education, H2528, H2529, H2530, H2531, H2532, H2533, H2534, H2535 [4MY]

———student financial aid programs, H3184, H3185 [18MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7927 [30SE]

Floods: disaster assistance to Haiti, E1668 [21SE]

Florida Conference of Black State Legislators: tribute, E57 [27JA]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H1228 [17MR], H7565 [23SE]

Haiti: U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis, H531 [24FE], H622, H623 [25FE], H745 [2MR], H809, H810, H811, H812, H813, H814 [3MR], H2356, H2360 [22AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2806, H2808 [11MY]

Holocaust: remembrance, E641 [22AP]

House of Representatives: appreciation for tributes, H7567 [23SE]

———30-Something Caucus efforts to involve young adults in government, H2528, H2529, H2530, H2531, H2532, H2533, H2534, H2535 [4MY], H2806, H2808 [11MY], H3180, H3181, H3182, H3183, H3184, H3185 [18MY], H3955, H3958, H3959, H3960 [14JN], H4746, H4752 [22JN], H5186 [6JY], H6118, H6119, H6120, H6122, H6124 [20JY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1227 [17MR], E83 [30JA]

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), H1227, H1228 [17MR], E417 [22MR]

———alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2738 [11MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3768, H3769, H3770, H3772 [3JN], H4568, H4569, H4570, H4571, H4572, H4573 [18JN], H4748 [22JN], H7563, H7565 [23SE]

———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), H2691, H2712, H2714, H2715, H2716 [6MY]

———elections, H7563, H7565 [23SE]

National security: homeland security funding, H1429 [24MR]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront, H3716 [2JN]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H3181, H3184 [18MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3857 [9JN]

Science: ensure U.S. competitiveness in the areas of science, research, and technology, H6122 [20JY]

Social Security: permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (H.R. 3192), H3182 [18MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E882 [17MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H3182, H3183 [18MY]

Unemployment: level, H2410 [28AP], H3181, H3183 [18MY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H3716 [2JN]

———health care funding, H4750 [22JN]

———improve provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans, H4747, H4749, H4750, H4751 [22JN]

Voting: importance, H7563, H7565, H7566, H7567 [23SE]

———tribute to organizations supplying information to voters, H7563 [23SE]

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Miami, FL: designate (S. 1904), H2420 [28AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7850 [29SE]

Special order: granted, H23 [20JA], H87 [21JA], H2812 [11MY]

Tribute, H7566 [23SE]

Tributes

Barron, Debra, E1624 [15SE]

Berlin, Sara, E195 [24FE]

Boyd, Gwendolyn E., E4 [20JA]

Bruckenthal, Nathan B., E727 [4MY]

Cesaire, Johny, E69 [28JA]

Ewing, Jeremy R., E742 [5MY]

Goldstein, Lester L., E392 [17MR]

Hays, Orange (Buddy), E1678 [22SE]

Johnson, Floris I., E367 [16MR]

Johnson, Paul M., Jr., H4568 [18JN]

Johnson, Theodora, E742 [5MY]

Littman, Sherry A., E716 [30AP]

Matthews, Richard, E1049 [4JN]

McRae, George E., E802 [11MY]

O'Laughlin, Jeanne, E799 [10MY]

Randle, Edmond L., Jr., E83 [30JA]

Sanford, Isabel, E1621 [15SE]

Weiss, Jay W., E95 [3FE]

White, Eugene (Whitey), E32 [21JA]