ALLEN, THOMAS H. (a Representative from Maine)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6838, H6900 [8SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H304 [3FE]

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), H1230 [17MR]

———establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H7073 [13SE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8859 [7OC]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2266 [21AP]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H128 [27JA]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7945 [30SE]

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

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]

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revise (see H. Con. Res. 401), H1739 (see H. Res. 583), H1740 [30MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 95), H3017 [13MY]

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

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

China, People's Republic of: condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet (see H. Res. 157), H90 [21JA]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

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), H128 [27JA]

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), H2658 [5MY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5909 [15JY]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]

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]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H8168 [5OC]

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

———require emergency contraception to be included on the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents of the pharmacy benefits program (see H.R. 4976), H7329 [21SE]

Dept. of Education: 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), H4580 [18JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H37 [20JA]

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), H6707 [22JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H8168 [5OC]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H37 [20JA]

Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H2728 [6MY]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H2491 [30AP]

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 4668), H8409 [6OC]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1740 [30MR]

Farm Credit Act: extend support to the commercial fishing industry (see H.R. 4210), H2371 [22AP]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H6756 [7SE]

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

———exclude civilian personnel at naval shipyards from the national security personnel system (see H.R. 3548), H876 [8MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H6899 [8SE]

———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 5276), H8858 [7OC]

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), H1484 [24MR]

———exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H5908 [15JY]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H4392 (see H.R. 3684), H4507 [17JN]

Health: establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and an advisory council made up of non-Federal representatives of the emergency medical services community (see H.R. 4831), H5792 [14JY]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H6706 [22JY]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7864 [29SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H5151 [25JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5909 [15JY]

———provide for emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5243), H9963 [17NO]

———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]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

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), H1643 [29MR]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 832), H2373 [22AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize States, in the event of inadequate Federal funding, to waive certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 4063), H3230 [18MY]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H2266 [21AP]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 296), H3605 [1JN]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H8409 [6OC]

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

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H927 [9MR]

Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3673), H245 [28JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7945 [30SE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H2266 [21AP]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2728 [6MY]

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

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1655), H2483 [28AP]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H10080 [19NO]

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

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H2199 [20AP]

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

———provide payments to ambulance suppliers for the full cost of furnishing such services and to rural ambulance providers and suppliers for cost of serving areas with low population density (see H.R. 5415), H10079 [19NO]

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

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

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2484 [28AP]

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), H2549 [4MY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H128 [27JA]

Middle East: recognize importance of fighting terrorism and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace (see H. Res. 479), H2733 [10MY]

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

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2374 [22AP]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 435), H3439 (see H. Con. Res. 435), H3539 [20MY]

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

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 4010), H3605 [1JN]

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), H3781 [3JN]

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), H1230 [17MR]

National security: establish a pilot program to provide for ocean and coastal observations, and enhance security at U.S. ports (see H.R. 5001), H6705 [22JY]

National Weatherization Day: designate (see H. Res. 777), H7245 [17SE]

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

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H2019 [1AP]

NOAA: establish a national ocean policy to set forth missions and to ensure effective interagency coordination and establish a National Oceans Council (see H.R. 4900), H6700 [22JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Wangari Maathai for peace (see H. Res. 849), H9050 [8OC]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4739), H5149 [25JN]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing of nuclear weapons by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 3921), H4580 [18JN]

Older Americans Act: amend to provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis (see H.R. 3803), H3441 (see H.R. 3803), H3540 [20MY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H7443 [22SE]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5909 [15JY]

Product safety: increase public availability of information on clinical trials to determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs, biological products, and devices (see H.R. 5252), H10000 [18NO]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H7864 [29SE]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1230 [17MR]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H2200 [20AP]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3821 [8JN]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H5982 [19JY]

Schools: review determinations on whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate yearly progress taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to those determinations (see H.R. 4605), H4647 [21JN]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H2816 [11MY]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H2018 [1AP]

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

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

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

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2266 [21AP]

———declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5984 [19JY]

Taxation: include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 727), H1322 [18MR]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 4983), H6704 [22JY]

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

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H830 [3MR]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 2839), H128 [27JA]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H1370 [23MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H3391 [19MY]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4647 [21JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H37 [20JA]

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

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H100 [23JA]

Treaties and agreements: oppose inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would negatively impact the implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs (see H. Res. 758), H7575 [23SE]

U.N.: establish civilian police corps for international peace operations to maintain the rule of law and promote peace and stability in post-conflict situations (see H.R. 1414), H36 [20JA]

———provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 3810), H3391 [19MY]

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), H1594 [25MR]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H1484 [24MR]

———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]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H2199 [20AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H753 [2MR]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: affirm U.S. commitment to improve worldwide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services (see H. Res. 782), H7329 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: provide for the offering of a Federal national prescription drug discount card program (see H.R. 4919), H6701 [22JY]

Court documents

Proposed EPA standards on mercury emissions from powerplants, H1294-H1297 [18MR]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Faucher, Joseph B., E900 [18MY]

Letters

Proposed EPA standards on mercury emissions from powerplants: Anne D. (Andy) Burt, Maine Council of Churches, H1299 [18MR]

———Becky Lee Simmons, H1304 [18MR]

———by, H1307-H1309 [18MR]

———Greg Ponte, Maine Council of Trout Unlimited, H1302 [18MR]

———Paul A. Liebow, H1303 [18MR]

———several organizations, H1292 [18MR]

Remarks

Brunswick, ME: anniversary of Bowdoin International Music Festival, E1297 [7JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1456 [24MR]

———deficit, H2178, H2179 [20AP], H7308, H7310, H7311 [21SE]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H2178, H2179 [20AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2178, H2179 [20AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1456 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4883 [23JN]

Carothers, Carol: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1122 [15JN]

Clean Air Act: allow waiver of fuel and fuel additive requirements in cases of significant supply disruptions and reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (H.R. 4545), H4136, H4138 [15JN]

Commission on Politicization of Science in the Regulatory Process: establish, H3146 [18MY]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7468 [23SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3417 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: investigation into allegation of firing threats relative to disclosure of cost of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H1221, H1222 [17MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), E1173 [18JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6838, H6839 [8SE]

Earth Day: observance, H2347 [22AP]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H2347 [22AP]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H6747, H6748, H6749 [7SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H6747, H6748, H6749 [7SE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H1456 [24MR]

Forest Service: Forest Legacy Program funding, E1173 [18JN]

Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (H.R. 2432), H3146 [18MY]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, H1284, H1285, H1304, H1305, H1306, H1309, H1310 [18MR]

Medicare: advertising campaign designed to build public support for the new Medicare drug law, H1221 [17MR]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H2638, H2639 [5MY]

———provide research funding on outcomes of health care items and services including the comparative clinical effectiveness of prescription drugs, H6838, H6839 [8SE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H1221, H1222 [17MR], H2638, H2639 [5MY]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H3417 [20MY]

Petroleum: provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (H.R. 4517), H4185 [16JN]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H5665, H5716 [14JY]

Scalia, Antonin: allegations of conflict of interest in Supreme Court case on forcing Vice President Cheney to disclose information about energy task force meetings, H518 [24FE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7310 [21SE]

Sudan: provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (S. 2781), H10039 [19NO]

Taxation: rates, H7308, H7311 [21SE]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5716 [14JY]

———implementation (H.R. 4759), consideration (H. Res. 712), H5665 [14JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H4883 [23JN]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (H.R. 2379), H997 [10MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1009 [10MR], H1228 [17MR], H8163 [5OC]

Subpoena Notices

Superior Court for Cumberland County, ME, H4 [20JA]

Testimonies

Proposed EPA Standards on Mercury Emissions From Powerplants: Ann Brewster Weeks, Clean Air Task Force (organization), H1290 [18MR]

———Chris Coleman, Chewonki Foundation, H1300 [18MR]

———Conrad Schneider, Clean Air Task Force (organization), H1291 [18MR]

———Debra Davidson, Izaak Walton League of America, H1291 [18MR]

———Ellen K. Silbergeld, H1298 [18MR]

———Everett (Brownie) Carlson, Natural Resources Council of Maine, H1287 [18MR]

———James H. Maier, H1304 [18MR]

———Jon Devine, Natural Resources Defense Council, H1302 [18MR]

———Lani Graham, H1288 [18MR]

———Marjorie Monteleon, H1302 [18MR]

———Maureen Drouin, Sierra Club, H1289 [18MR]

———Patricia Philbrook, Maine People's Alliance, H1299 [18MR]

———Philippe Grandjean, H1300 [18MR]

———Rebecca Weinstein, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, H1301 [18MR]

———Sharon Treat, Maine Senate Majority Leader, H1286 [18MR]

———Steven Rowe, Maine Attorney General, H1286 [18MR]

———Susan Gallo, Maine Audubon (organization), H1289 [18MR]

Tributes

Faucher, Joseph B., E900 [18MY]