TAUSCHER, ELLEN O. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3415 [20MY]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H6707 [22JY]

Agriculture: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3324), H3605 [1JN]

———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), H6706 [22JY]

Arizona: compensate livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands (see H.R. 3337), H3720 [2JN]

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

———express concern over the well-being of members and call on the Dept. of Defense to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment available (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1322 [18MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———provide additional funding to prevent sexual assaults in the military (see H.R. 5328), H9049 [8OC]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H434 [10FE]

———recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6755 [7SE]

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

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), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3995), H1321 [18MR]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 4469), H4287 [16JN]

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

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

Civil War—U.S.: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 45), H2266 [21AP]

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), H89 [21JA]

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), H6899 [8SE]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 2305), H6128 [20JY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H6128 [20JY]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H9963 [17NO]

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

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

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]

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

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

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5909 [15JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1519), H434 [10FE]

Dept. of State: require report on progress made to eradicate poppy cultivation and prevent illicit drug trafficking in Afghanistan (see H.R. 3642), H4928 (see H.R. 3642), H5071 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 2816), H393 [4FE]

Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see H.R. 4104), H3873 [9JN]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H244 [28JA]

———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), H6900 [8SE]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H700 [26FE]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 2681), H244 [28JA]

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

Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H5471 [9JY]

———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]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H2019 [1AP]

EPA: reauthorize National Estuary Program (see H.R. 4731), H5149 [25JN]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H128 [27JA]

Federal employees: health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 3014), H5150 [25JN]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H8859 [7OC]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H2549 [4MY]

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

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

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), H6756 [7SE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9746 [16NO]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4928 (see H.R. 4610), H5072 [24JN]

———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]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

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]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H831 [3MR]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

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), H2406 [27AP]

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

Macedonia: encourage continued negotiations with Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Con. Res. 530), H10232 [20NO]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H1370 [23MR]

———reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Res. 727), H5983 [19JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H304 [3FE]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7575 [23SE]

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

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H5909 [15JY]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2266 [21AP]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3887), H830 [3MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: extend date for submittal of final report and provide additional funding (see H.R. 3771), H701 [26FE]

———implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H2266 [21AP]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see H.R. 1051), H4894 [23JN]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (see H. Res. 558), H1117 [16MR]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 575), H2729 [6MY]

Nuclear weapons: promote national security by facilitating the removal of potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites around the world (see H.R. 4212), H4647 [21JN]

Oceans: protect deep sea corals and sponges (see H.R. 4897), H6756 [7SE]

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), H2200 [20AP]

Roads and highways: allocate transportation funds to metropolitan areas and increase planning funds to relieve metropolitan congestion (see H.R. 3611), H128 [27JA]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H393 [4FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H2919 [12MY]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H2484 [28AP]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H753 [2MR]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H4287 [16JN]

———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]

———tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration (see H. Res. 490), H35 [20JA]

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), H6128 [20JY]

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), H3391 [19MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 717), H2406 [27AP]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———reduce estate tax rates and increase exclusion equivalent and establish inflation adjustment for the unified credit, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2682), H128 [27JA]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H434 [10FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H2199 [20AP]

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

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 3728), H250 [30JA]

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

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), H2406 [27AP]

Veterans: 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]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H7443 [22SE]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arms control: provide for counterproliferation measures (see H.R. 5161), H7735 [28SE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3351 [19MY]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 5011), H8110 [5OC]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force (H.R. 3696), H8121 [5OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1521 [25MR]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H7695 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3351 [19MY], H3415, H3428 [20MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), motion to instruct conferees, H7695 [28SE]

———Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compenstion Program Act improvements, H3428 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: renewable energy programs funding, H5107 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, H5429, H5438 [9JY]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), H5429 [9JY]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), Senate amendment, H8231 [6OC]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), motion to recommit, H5438 [9JY]

Earth Day: observance, E611 [22AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5107 [25JN]

Fairfield, CA: dedication of Government Center Complex, E2180 [7DE]

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), H1153 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H8121 [5OC]

Murray, Anne Cisle: Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois (organization) Joseph S. Kearney Heart of Gold Award recipient, E192 [24FE]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, E1522 [8SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E594 [21AP]

National security: require all young persons to perform a period of military or civilian service (H.R. 163), H8121 [5OC]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H3415 [20MY]

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), H2029 [1AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 20), E611 [22AP]

Wellness Community of the San Francisco East Bay (organization): tribute, E1524 [8SE]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5393, H5399 [8JY]

Chappell, Steven, E2054 [18NO]

Cloninger, Kathy, E67 [28JA]

Coleman, John A., E1418 [19JY]

Dierker, Robert R., E1620 [14SE]

Healy, Mike, E608 [22AP]

Jennings, Jim, E803 [11MY]

Wise, Kevin, E1981 [16NO]