SLAUGHTER, LOUISE McINTOSH (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4906 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4216, H4288 [16JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), consideration (H. Res. 754), H6770 [8SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4778 [23JN]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), H9973 [18NO]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7529 [23SE]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 785), H7513 [23SE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (H. Res. 656), H3616 [2JN]

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, H4729 [22JN]

Articles and editorials

Pro-Lifers Set Sights on New Congress, Amy Fagan, Washington (DC) Times, H10919 [6DE]

Soaring Ceilings, Washington (DC) Post, H9967 [18NO]

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), H88 [21JA]

Advertising: ensure that advertising campaigns paid for by the Federal Government are unbiased (see H.R. 4639), H4765 [22JN]

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), H633 [25FE]

———establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

Animals: provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (see H.R. 3714), H393 [4FE]

Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building, Nanuet, NY: designate (see H.R. 4618), H4579 [18JN]

Archie Spigner Post Office Building, St. Albans, NY: designate (see H.R. 4632), H4646 [21JN]

Armed Forces: require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 1991), H872 [4MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H37 [20JA]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4928 (see H.R. 3831), H5072 [24JN]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3798), H701 [26FE] (see H.R. 4312), H2727 [6MY]

Barber Conable Post Office Building, Batavia, NY: designate (see H.R. 3690), H128 [27JA]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H1594 [25MR]

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), H5984 [19JY]

Business and industry: prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's media outlets, restore fairness in broadcasting, and foster and promote localism, diversity, and competition in the media (see H.R. 4069), H5536 [12JY]

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

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4633), H5984 [19JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: amend State grant eligibility for foster care agencies that have knowledge of missing foster children who are under the responsibility of the State (see H.R. 2582), H393 [4FE]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H707 [1MR]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H2728 [6MY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H6756 [7SE]

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]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H2154 [2AP]

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

Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (see H.R. 4236, 4237), H2482 [28AP]

Congressional Accountability Act: extend to legislative branch employees certain protections available to Federal employees under certain laws (see H.R. 3963), H1791 [31MR]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2729 [6MY]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H872 [4MR]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4155), H2152 [2AP]

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 Agriculture: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 4858), H5983 [19JY]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H5909 [15JY]

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

———carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H8409 [6OC]

———direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

———establish an Office of the Victim Advocate (see H.R. 4587), H4286 [16JN]

———require emergency contraception to be included on the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents of the pharmacy benefits program (see H.R. 4976), H6704 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H6756 [7SE]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H2917 [12MY]

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

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 933), H575 [24FE]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H1071 [11MR]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H830 [3MR]

———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia (see H.R. 3359), H927 [9MR]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 2069), H927 [9MR]

Education: condition the implementation of assessment procedures relative to the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (see H.R. 2945), H575 [24FE]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H5402 [8JY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H830 [3MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see H.R. 3820), H1117 [16MR]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H701 [26FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H575 [24FE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H3017 [13MY]

Financial institutions: clarify applicability of State law to national banks (see H.R. 5251), H8857 [7OC]

———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H927 [9MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3547), H245 [28JA]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 5259), H8857 [7OC]

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

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H1072 [11MR]

Government: restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 5073), H10080 [19NO]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H5471 [9JY]

———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 public awareness of eating disorders and expand research for treatment and cures (see H. Res. 531), H701 [26FE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H927 [9MR]

———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), H5536 [12JY]

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

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3180), H516 [11FE]

———provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (see H.R. 3593), H1322 [18MR]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H4928 (see H.R. 4263), H5072 [24JN]

Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 427), H3093 [17MY]

Immigration: permit representatives of the foreign press to enter the U.S. under the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4832), H7945 [30SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H2491 [30AP]

Information services: require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (see H.R. 4290), H3017 [13MY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H8168 [5OC]

International Olympic Committee: encourage selection of New York, NY, as the site for the 2012 Olympic games (see H. Con. Res. 475), H6707 [22JY]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1594 [25MR]

Iraq: provide education and health care for, and protect human rights of, women and children, and enhance political participation, economic empowerment, civil society, and personal security for women (see H.R. 4671), H4893 [23JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H3016 [13MY]

Laos: urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H2378 [26AP]

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

———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see H.R. 776), H2406 [27AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H575 [24FE]

Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5053), H7443 [22SE]

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

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

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (see H.R. 3917), H1011 [10MR]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 1736), H575 [24FE]

———extend State fiscal relief (see H.R. 4961), H9051 [8OC]

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

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H2378 [26AP]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H927 [9MR]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H633 [25FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H6707 [22JY]

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: 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]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H8039 [4OC]

Missing Children's Assistance Act: extend applicability to individuals determined to have a mental capacity less than 18 years of age (see H.R. 3524), H434 [10FE]

Motor vehicles: allow State regulation of tow truck operations (see H.R. 4860), H6707 [22JY]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H4171 [15JN]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 435), H5654 [13JY]

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

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 396), H2374 [22AP]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3715), H701 [26FE]

National security: prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports (see H.R. 3456), H245 [28JA]

———secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5130), H7574 [23SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H2019 [1AP]

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

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 4498), H5151 [25JN]

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), H5151 [25JN]

Perry B. Duryea, Jr., Post Office, Montauk, NY: designate (see H.R. 4427), H3438 (see H.R. 4427), H3537 [20MY]

Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (see H. Res. 765), H7073 [13SE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H3781 [3JN]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H2658 [5MY]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H434 [10FE]

Recreation: establish a permanent trust fund to provide access to parks and recreation areas, preserve historic places, promote healthy and active lifestyles, and provide hunting, angling, and wildlife viewing (see H.R. 4100), H4928 (see H.R. 4100), H5072 [24JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H393 [4FE]

Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense: impeach (see H. Res. 629), H5471 [9JY]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5908 [15JY]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3093 [17MY]

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

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2406 [27AP]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H5072 [24JN]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H4928 [24JN]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1740 [30MR]

———permit the collection of demographic information in connection with small business loan applications (see H.R. 1748), H1116 [16MR]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H2199 [20AP]

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

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

Tariff: wool products (see H.R. 4287), H2657 [5MY]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2371 [22AP]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H575 [24FE]

———encourage the production of independent motion pictures (see H.R. 4736), H5149 [25JN]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H393 [4FE]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1052), H5402 [8JY]

———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]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 3865), H831 [3MR]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 3155), H1791 [31MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1304), H515 [11FE]

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

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

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]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

U.N.: 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), H515 [11FE]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H6128 [20JY]

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), H1791 [31MR]

Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election process (see H. Con. Res. 415), H5151 [25JN]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H2199 [20AP]

———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]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2406 [27AP]

———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: prohibit States from removing individuals from list of eligible voters by reason of criminal conviction unless removal is carried out in accordance with standards providing notice and opportunity for appeal (see H.R. 4758), H6707 [22JY]

Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 38), H4171 [15JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H2548 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5391), H9999 [18NO]

Children and youth: prevent disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of their parents (see H.R. 3779), H392 [4FE]

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning, and codify, certain requirements ensuring that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (see H.R. 4710), H4927 (see H.R. 4710), H5071 [24JN]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 5060), H6997 [9SE]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (see H.R. 3815), H515 [11FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (see H.R. 3864), H699 [26FE]

Eastman, George: tribute (see H. Res. 673), H3963 [14JN]

Government: require Federal agencies to acquire intermittent escalators (see H.R. 4995), H6704 [22JY]

Health: 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]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 4097), H1790 [31MR]

McGrory, Mary: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H2657 [5MY]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in New York (see H.R. 3842), H632 [25FE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H244 [28JA]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H6704 [22JY]

Lists

Employment categories losing overtime benefits, H6767 [8SE]

Mailings

Committee on Resources (House) Reports to Constituents, H5342 [8JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5601 [13JY]

American Art Therapy Association: tribute to Creative Aging—Beyond Words exhibit, E1099 [14JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 866), H10089 [20NO]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10919 [6DE]

Armed Forces: reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (H.R. 5391), E2066 [18NO]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H3517 [20MY], H6763 [8SE]

———tribute to women, E898 [18MY]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4217, H4218 [16JN]

Barber Conable Post Office Building, Batavia, NY: designate (H.R. 3690), H587 [25FE]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4899, H4905, H4908 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H9973 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1444 [24MR]

Children and youth: prevent disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of their parents (H.R. 3779), H1194 [17MR], E111 [4FE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H315 [4FE]

———provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), consideration (H. Res. 513), H315, H318 [4FE]

Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues: tribute to Women in Military Wreath Laying Ceremony, E898 [18MY]

Cowart, Stephanie: National Conference for Community and Justice Civil Rights Achievement Award recipient, E173 [12FE]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (H.R. 3815), E174 [12FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), consideration (H. Res. 529), H588, H595 [25FE]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy, H588 [25FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farmers Market Promotion Program funding, H5601 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3276, H3375 [19MY]

———develop comprehensive policy relative to the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, H3375 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4528 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4194, H4202 [16JN]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4528 [18JN]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (H.R. 3864), E258 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4217, H4218 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4568), consideration (H. Res. 674), H4191 [16JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding increase through tax cut reductions, H6770 [8SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5006), consideration (H. Res. 754), H6765, H6766, H6770 [8SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7774 [29SE]

Earth Day: observance, H2353 [22AP]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H2353 [22AP]

Ferre, Luis A.: tribute (H. Res. 433), H1087 [16MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H10919 [6DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 866), H10089 [20NO]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, H10089 [20NO], H10919 [6DE]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4280), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2823, H2824, H2825, H2826, H2827 [12MY]

House of Representatives: limit use of committee expenses for franked mailings, H5342, H5346 [8JY]

Idaho: establish an additional permanent Federal judgeship (S. 878), consideration (H. Res. 814), H8044, H8046 [5OC]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening, E494 [31MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4771, H4776, H4778 [23JN]

———counterterrorism operations funding, H4778 [23JN]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870), H10995 [7DE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 868), H10993 [7DE]

Iraq: abduction and killing of civilians by enemy combatants, H4776 [23JN]

———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), H1194 [17MR]

———alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H4776 [23JN]

Kentuckians of New York (organization): anniversary, E1005 [2JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4755), consideration (H. Res. 707), H5342, H5346 [8JY]

Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3598): consideration (H. Res. 706), H5336 [8JY]

Memorial Day: observance, H3517 [20MY]

Myron V. George Post Office, Altamont, KS: designate (H.R. 3733), H1086 [16MR]

Niagara County, NY: tribute to Niagara Falls Fire Dept., and New York State Park Police for rescuing a suicidal woman, E1386 [15JY]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. women's soccer team, E1676 [22SE], E1702 [24SE]

———tribute to women participants, E1722 [29SE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), H9967, H9971, H9973 [18NO]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (H.J. Res. 87), H1093 [16MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 4994), E1702 [24SE], E1722 [29SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2823, H2824, H2825, H2826, H2827 [12MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7515, H7526, H7528, H7529 [23SE]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 785), H7509, H7513 [23SE]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (H.R. 4193), H3031 [17MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2823, H2824, H2825, H2826, H2827 [12MY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), consideration (H. Res. 738), H6570 [22JY]

Votes: position on missed, H3054 [17MY], H3747 [3JN], H5131 [25JN], H7034 [13SE], H7126 [14SE], H7211 [15SE], E1945 [11OC]

Waterport, NY: anniversary of Orchard Dale Fruit Farms and Brown's Berry Patch, E990 [2JN]

Women: impact of Bush administration policies, H4734 [22JN]

———programs funding, H1444 [24MR]

Women's United Soccer Association: tribute (H. Res. 373), E1722 [29SE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (H. Res. 656), H3612, H3615 [2JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 413), H3648 [2JN]

Youngstown, NY: anniversary, E633 [22AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H124 [27JA], H241 [28JA], H431 [10FE], H5146 [25JN], H5192 [6JY], H7060 [13SE], H8404 [6OC]

Special order: granted, H2655 [5MY], H4764 [22JN]

Reports

Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: Bureau of the Census, H6766 [8SE]

Income in the U.S.: Bureau of the Census, H6765 [8SE]

Songs

``I'll Meet You in the Morning,'' Bill Monroe, H2629 [5MY]

Tables

Working Families Tax Relief Act (H.R. 1308): estimated revenue effects of conference agreement, H7517-H7519 [23SE]

Tributes

Burgess, Margaret C., E904 [18MY]

DiPofi, John, E2172 [7DE]

DiVincenzo, Andy, E123 [6FE]

Dyster, Melvin, E2169 [7DE]

Houghton, Representative, E2167 [7DE]

Keough, Katherine Eisenberger, E1724 [29SE]

McGrory, Mary, H2628 [5MY]

Quinn, Representative, E2167 [7DE]

Sarkees, Steven J., E2027 [18NO]

Strickland, Debra L., E902 [18MY]

Titus, Barbara J., E901 [18MY]

Williams, Kelly D., E899 [18MY]