McKEON, HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act, H3741 [3JN]

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

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

White House Conference on Aging Policy Committee, H1325 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H5470 [9JY]

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

———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see H.R. 4188), H2728 [6MY]

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

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H1593 [25MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2406 [27AP]

Barber, Rex T.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during World War II (see H.R. 3739), H435 [10FE]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Brigham Young University: tribute to men's volleyball team (see H. Res. 643), H3093 [17MY]

Children and youth: 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), H752 [2MR]

———honor individuals who are mentors and support efforts to recruit more mentors (see H. Res. 491), H35 [20JA]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H5909 [15JY]

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

Congressional Medal of Honor: mint coins in commemoration of recipients (see H.R. 3765), H4392 (see H.R. 3765), H4507 [17JN]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H9962 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior: arrange for the carving of the figure of Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore National Memorial (see H.R. 4980), H6704 [22JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3963 [14JN]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5364), H9745 [16NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1791 [31MR]

Education: improve college access and opportunity by reforming Pell Grants and student loan programs (see H.R. 4283), H2657 [5MY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars (see H.R. 3894), H871 [4MR]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2374 [22AP]

———reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (see H.R. 5186), H7944 [30SE]

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

Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building, West Hills, CA: designate (see H.R. 5147), H7736 [28SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H7864 [29SE] (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1740 [30MR]

Higher Education Act: ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 4411), H3437 (see H.R. 4411), H3537 [20MY]

———extend (see H.R. 5185), H7944 [30SE]

———reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (see H.R. 4409), H3437 (see H.R. 4409), H3537 [20MY]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H5402 [8JY]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 4110), H4580 [18JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain H-1B and L nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4166), H2153 [2AP]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 2510), H4766 [22JN]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9051 [8OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 600), H2265 [21AP]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H7329 [21SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 2729), H2549 [4MY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H2549 [4MY]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H2549 [4MY]

———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 (see H.R. 2731), H2549 [4MY]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H576 [24FE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3848), H753 [2MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 664), H3821 [8JN]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3390 [19MY]

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

Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H1072 [11MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H6706 [22JY]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H3605 [1JN]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1116 [16MR]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see H.R. 4496), H6707 [22JY]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 4444), H3438 (see H.R. 4444), H3538 [20MY]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (see H.R. 4278), H2656 [5MY]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 4580), H4170 [15JN]

Moncayo-Gigax, Ana Maria: relief (see H.R. 5070), H7073 [13SE]

Native Americans: hold certain lands in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe (see H.R. 4647), H4765 [22JN]

Santa Clarita, CA: remediate groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates (see H.R. 5234), H8408 [6OC]

Tariff: non-knit gloves designed for use in sports (see H.R. 4451), H3439 (see H.R. 4451), H3538 [20MY]

Remarks

Ahmanson, William H.: Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation Twice a Citizen Award recipient, E1799 [6OC]

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, H3266 [19MY]

———ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (H.R. 3966), H1705 [30MR]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), corrections in engrossment, H359 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3266 [19MY]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H3266 [19MY]

Dept. of Labor: conveyance of certain real property in Ravenna, OH (H.R. 3908), H3642, H3643 [2JN]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6929 [9SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6929 [9SE]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies, E757 [5MY]

———improve access to assistive technologies (H.R. 4278), H9011, H9019 [8OC]

———provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (H.R. 5131), H8311 [6OC]

Education: reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (H.R. 5186), H8321 [6OC]

Flesh, Robert T.: Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation Twice a Citizen Award recipient, E1802 [6OC]

Higher Education Act: ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (H.R. 4411), H3639, H3640 [2JN]

———extend (H.R. 5185), H8318 [6OC]

———reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 4409), H3633, H3634 [2JN]

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), H1152 [17MR]

Peace Corps Week: observance, E352 [11MR]

Sherman, Bobby: Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation Twice a Citizen Award recipient, E1801 [6OC]

Skobin, Alan J.: Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation Twice a Citizen Award recipient, E1800 [6OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), E891 [18MY]

University of Southern California: tribute to football, women's volleyball, and men's water polo teams (H. Res. 511), H361 [4FE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), H3733 [3JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 413), H3643 [2JN]