WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5118 [25JN]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H7575 [23SE]

———mitigate financial hardships experienced by Reserve members as a result of being called to active duty (see H. Con. Res. 374), H700 [26FE]

———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]

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

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1084), H2483 [28AP]

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), H2266 [21AP]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H2200 [20AP]

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4633), H5536 [12JY]

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), H516 [11FE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H7329 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7575 [23SE]

———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H245 [28JA]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H632 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a water supply enhancement demonstration program that includes desalination (see H.R. 4835), H5793 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (see H.R. 3849), H4766 [22JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H5331 [7JY]

Education: 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]

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H633 [25FE]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H576 [24FE]

Families and domestic relations: establish programs using public, private, and faith-based organizations to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support services to foster families (see H.R. 4431), H6899 [8SE]

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H89 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H4171 [15JN]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H89 [21JA]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1072 [11MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H2373 [22AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7864 [29SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H4766 [22JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2266 [21AP]

———coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services (see H.R. 4724), H5909 [15JY]

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

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H2816 [11MY]

———provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission (see H.R. 5393), H10078 [19NO]

Mental health: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (see H.R. 3924), H3230 [18MY]

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), H5536 [12JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H89 [21JA]

Native Americans: clarify issues of criminal jurisdiction within the exterior boundaries of Pueblo lands (see H.R. 5198), H8168 [5OC]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 3099), H575 [24FE]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 4692), H4926 (see H.R. 4692), H5070 [24JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H5402 [8JY]

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

Stepanek, Matthew J.T. (Mattie): tribute (see H. Res. 695), H5402 [8JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H128 [27JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H7234 [15SE]

———allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H5331 [7JY]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 4109), H2266 [21AP]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H88 [21JA]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H5471 [9JY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1370 [23MR]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H3016 [13MY]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H244 [28JA]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H2374 [22AP]

———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), H516 [11FE]

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

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 521), H9745 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see H.R. 4246), H2483 [28AP]

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

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

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Durano, Christina, E579 [21AP]

Tamez, Cassandra, E625 [22AP]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E947 [21MY]

Remarks

Adelstone, Louise: Spirit of Women Award recipient, E100 [3FE]

Albuquerque, NM: tribute to Highland High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1723 [29SE]

Arms control: nonproliferation and disarmament programs funding, H5118, H5119 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3416, H3417, H3424, H3428 [20MY]

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

Dept. of Energy: facilitate cleanup of nuclear waste sites, H3424 [20MY]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in construction and occupy portion of University of New Mexico Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (H.R. 3258), H7669 [28SE]

Diseases: tuberculosis drug access funding, H5891 [15JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5110, H5118, H5119, H5122 [25JN], E1308 [7JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5891 [15JY]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (H.R. 2707), H523 [24FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4777 [23JN]

———counterterrorism operations funding, H4777 [23JN]

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), H1162 [17MR]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 3734), H7374 [22SE]

Marquis, Nadine: tribute for response to New Mexico AMBER Alert system, E99 [3FE]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3236 [19MY]

New Mexico: tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E947 [21MY]

NRC: funding, H5122 [25JN]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H3416, H3417 [20MY]

Point of order, H5110, H5122 [25JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1026 [11MR]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 386), H1693, H1694, H1695 [30MR]

University of New Mexico: tribute to ski team, E949 [21MY]

Votes: position on missed, H7033 [13SE]

Women's History Month: observance, E674 [27AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2014 [1AP]

Tributes

Hernandez, Cesar, E1678 [22SE], E1722 [29SE]