LIPINSKI, WILLIAM O. (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H3747 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: establish a combat artillery medal (see H.R. 1127), H700 [26FE]

Army: establish a combat artillery badge (see H.R. 3950), H1071 [11MR]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H5195 [6JY]

Aviation: clarify importance of utilizing biometric technology to improve aviation and airport security (see H.R. 4914), H6701 [22JY]

Benwell, Dylan B.: condemn abduction by grandparents and call for return (see H. Res. 821), H8167 [5OC]

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), H10000 [18NO]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4391 (see H.R. 4608), H4506 [17JN]

Bucher, Lloyd M. (Pete): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H632 [25FE] (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2265 [21AP]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H1322 [18MR]

———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]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H5471 [9JY]

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), H6756 [7SE]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H830 [3MR]

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

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see H.R. 4785), H5909 [15JY]

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]

Credit cards: prohibit issuers from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer (see H.R. 2724), H6997 [9SE]

Crime: provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: 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]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H7138 [14SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5654 [13JY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road bus operations (see H.R. 5082), H7233 [15SE]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3994), H1321 [18MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H700 [26FE]

———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), H700 [26FE]

Electronics: prohibit the Depts. of Defense and Homeland Security from purchasing equipment containing electronic components that are not manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2974), H5908 [15JY]

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

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H1072 [11MR]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H9050 [8OC]

Federal aid programs: ensure that the Direct Loan Program is a competitive alternative to the Federal Family Education Loan Program for schools and students (see H.R. 4370), H3964 [14JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H927 [9MR]

———increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 5174), H8409 [6OC]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 577), H2483 [28AP]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees who died after separating from the Government and were entitled to a deferred annuity but had not established a claim (see H.R. 432), H2491 [30AP]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H8039 [4OC]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H1323 [18MR]

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

Government: pay for cost of premiums for certain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage (see H.R. 3436), H1322 [18MR]

Health: 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), H6707 [22JY]

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: eliminate the ``specialized knowledge'' basis for obtaining nonimmigrant status as an intracompany transferee, and impose an annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas for such transferees (see H.R. 4415), H5984 [19JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H5471 [9JY]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H393 [4FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H1072 [11MR]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H5471 [9JY]

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

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H90 [21JA]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4014), H1369 [23MR]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 883), H2266 [21AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H434 [10FE]

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), H1740 [30MR]

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), H5195 [6JY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 452), H4286 [16JN]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H. Res. 601), H2550 [4MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4896), H6700 [22JY]

Reagan, Ronald: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4669), H9051 [8OC]

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]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 4219), H2405 [27AP] (see H.R. 4635), H4765 [22JN] (see H.R. 4864), H6126 [20JY] (see H.R. 4916), H6701 [22JY] (see H.R. 5183, 5184), H7863 [29SE]

Senator Paul Simon Federal Building, Carbondale, IL: designate (see H.R. 3713), H304 [3FE]

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), H2154 [2AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H2406 [27AP]

Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H5402 [8JY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H2549 [4MY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H633 [25FE]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2729 [6MY]

———declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5793 [14JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H2199 [20AP]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H2373 [22AP]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3596), H1230 [17MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H872 [4MR]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H9051 [8OC]

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

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. 336), H2550 [4MY]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 4450), H5471 [9JY]

Veterans: 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), H2657 [5MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H8859 [7OC]

Victims of Communism Memorial: support construction (see H. Res. 752), H6705 [22JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

Women: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H633 [25FE]

World War II: anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising (see H. Con. Res. 470), H6557 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Immigration: waive visa processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who are nationals of countries providing combat troops in Afghanistan and Iraq (see H.R. 4834), H5793 [14JY]

Remarks

Chicago, IL: impact of Independence Air scheduling on O'Hare International Airport, H4730 [22JN]

———tribute to All American Boy and Girl Award recipients, E1003 [2JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funding, H1808 [1AP]

Memorial Day: observance, H3516 [20MY]

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, H3516 [20MY]

Railroads: State authority to govern whistles and horns on trains approaching public highway-rail grade crossings, H2036 [1AP]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3865 [9JN]

Roads and highways: allow States to build voluntary-use toll lanes and dedicate revenues to new highway capacity, H2067, H2068, H2069 [2AP]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3783), H468, H469 [11FE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 5183), H7880, H7883 [30SE]

Simon, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 489), E43 [23JA]

Transportation: exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from new hours of service regulations, H2029 [1AP]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H469 [11FE], H1798, H1808, H2029, H2036 [1AP], H2066, H2067, H2068, H2069, H2072, H2074, H2077 [2AP]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), motion to instruct conferees, H3744 [3JN]

———include high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions, H2072, H2074 [2AP]

———Safe Routes to School Program funding, H3744 [3JN]

Wachowski, Frank M.: National Weather Service Thomas Jefferson Award recipient, E1829 [7OC]

Western Springs, IL: recognition as Tree City USA by Arbor Day Foundation, E895 [18MY]

World War II: anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising (H. Con. Res. 470), E1493 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H512 [11FE], H4764 [22JN], H4890 [23JN], H5192 [6JY], H5328 [7JY], H5400 [8JY], H5652 [13JY], H5788 [14JY], H6124 [20JY], H6553 [21JY]

Tribute, H3744 [3JN], H9880-H9883 [17NO], H9966 [18NO], E1844 [8OC], E1939 [11OC], E2039 [18NO], E2081 [20NO]

Tributes

Balzekas, Stanley, E1810 [6OC]

Demuzio, Vince, E743 [5MY]

Kolb, Ernest, E788 [7MY]

Korczynski, Bethany A., E1585 [10SE]

Zucchero, Dominic A., E1585 [10SE]