DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Addresses

Require Pre- and Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening for Military Personnel: Kelly Beckwith, E671 [15AP]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4237 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4001, H4003 [25MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5147 [24JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5506 [30JN]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8304 [22SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9011 [20OC]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9992 [8NO], H11183 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 3746), H7860 [13SE]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see H.J. Res. 66), H8247 [21SE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H11220 [7DE]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H2738 [28AP]

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H11880 [15DE]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H6937 [27JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H6936 [27JY]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education (see H.R. 3472), H6933 [27JY]

———enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H940 [2MR]

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H717 [16FE]

———ensure that the confidential communications of a member of the Armed Forces with a victim service organization or a health care professional are not disclosed (see H.R. 3837), H8644 [29SE]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (see H.R. 2074), H3769 [23MY]

———increase benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 1982), H2735 [28AP]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H587 [14FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H3894 [24MY]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H9044 [20OC]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H11328 [8DE]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H7566 [28JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1780 [5AP]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H2739 [28AP]

Association of University Teachers: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa (see H. Res. 279), H3894 [24MY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H4073 [25MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H6381 [22JY]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3138), H5599 [30JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 52), H4142 [26MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12168 [17DE]

Castellano, John: relief (see H.R. 1067), H10145 [9NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3695 [19MY]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2000), H2736 [28AP]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 822), H5435 (see H.R. 822), H5479 [29JN]

———promote safe and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3379), H8163 [20SE]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H6328 [21JY]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (see H.R. 3380), H8163 [20SE]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H718 [16FE]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H8734 [6OC]

Climate: request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H3113 [10MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H4486 [14JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H3053 [5MY]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H1372 [10MR]

Connecticut: designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1344), H1621 [16MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H2736 [28AP]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H7744 [7SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H353 [2FE]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H5741 [12JY]

Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H8810 [7OC]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H4072 [25MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H3769 [23MY]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]

Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H11504 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H5600 [30JN]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 131), H75 [4JA]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H11504 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10157 [10NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish antiharassment programs (see H.R. 3787), H8087 [15SE]

———rebate amount of Pell Grant aid lost as a result of updates to the tables for State and other taxes used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 2927), H4560 [15JN]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H10145 [9NO]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H9426 [28OC]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H6328 [21JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 2780), H6205 [20JY]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2395 [20AP]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8341 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H11110 [6DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 1153), H8089 [15SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 1346), H1621 [16MR]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3056 [5MY]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H5913 [14JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H9640 [3NO]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H8644 [29SE]

Disasters: modify terms of the community disaster loan program (see H.R. 4012), H8807 [7OC]

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8986 [19OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1780 [5AP]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H4296 [8JN]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8808 [7OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3262 [12MY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 3369), H6204 [20JY] (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H6206 [20JY]

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 355), H5637 [11JY]

Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H3199 [11MY]

———establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to discounted prices (see H.R. 1655), H2101 [14AP]

Education: improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H4354 [9JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H2738 [28AP]

———provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7815 [8SE]

———strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2739), H4142 [26MY]

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [6OC]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H9361 [27OC]

———provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 2298), H3198 [11MY]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H11326 [8DE]

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (see H.J. Res. 56), H7566 [28JY]

———establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 425), H235 [26JA]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4188 [7JN]

———improve disclosure of the funding status of pension plans (see H.R. 2321), H3259 [12MY]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1847 [6AP]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H1777 [5AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform child labor provisions (see H.R. 2870), H4400 [13JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H1967 [13AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 476), H284 [1FE]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H284 [1FE]

FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H9641 [3NO]

———ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, improve postmarket drug safety, regulate off-label uses, and clarify liability for approved drugs (see H.R. 2090), H2976 [4MY]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1026 [8MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H7815 [8SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

———extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7672 [6SE]

FHA: remove limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured (see H.R. 2892), H11655 [14DE]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H8248 [21SE]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H847 [1MR]

———protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by depository institutions for dishonored checks (see H.R. 2643), H4073 [25MY]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1136), H2648 [27AP]

———ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4390), H11033 [18NO]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see H.R. 1413), H2473 [21AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H1417 [14MR]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H6431 [25JY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8163 [20SE]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H5914 [14JY]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 2412), H3435 [17MY]

GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H1693 [17MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2978 [4MY]

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 250), H8387 [27SE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H4561 [15JN]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 628), H410 [8FE] (see H.R. 813), H628 [15FE]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H2551 [26AP]

———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. 2072), H2975 [4MY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H3436 [17MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see H.R. 3254), H5740 [12JY]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1613), H3056 [5MY]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1222), H1368 [10MR]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H2649 [27AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H1371 [10MR]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1184), H5741 [12JY]

Ho, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 597), H11503 [13DE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1970 [13AP]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1026 [8MR]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H13189 [22DE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H7743 [7SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H6650 [26JY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H7743 [7SE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H5435 (see H.R. 3006), H5480 [29JN]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

———recapture unused employment-based immigrant visa numbers to facilitate improved health care for all persons in the U.S. (see H.R. 139), H1025 [8MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 4378), H11036 [18NO]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Independent Commission To Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H8162 [20SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 288), H10227 [15NO]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H2550 [26AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H5963 [18JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3769 [23MY]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H.R. 3142), H7815 [8SE]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]

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. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H1371 [10MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302, 1304), H1507 [15MR]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 307), H193 [25JA]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H11111 [6DE]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H1896 [12AP]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2738 [28AP]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H11035 [18NO]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H3894 [24MY]

———require States to report data on beneficiaries who are employed (see H.R. 3042), H6328 [21JY]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 1981), H2735 [28AP]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H2739 [28AP]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H582 [10FE]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H1510 [15MR]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H8919 [18OC]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 4410), H11034 [18NO]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2395 [20AP]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H1779 [5AP]

———permit waiver of waiting period for Medicare coverage of terminally ill disabled individuals (see H.R. 2680), H6432 [25JY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H12168 [17DE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H3894 [24MY]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H234 [26JA]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H11036 [18NO]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H10157 [10NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (see H.R. 2058), H2879 [3MY]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H982 [3MR]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H3056 [5MY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H2551 [26AP]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H9044 [20OC]

Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]

———require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8348 [26SE]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4561 [15JN]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Captioning Institute: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 38), H285 [1FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: direct President to report on funding requests for certain homeland security programs authorized in legislation implementing recommendations (see H.R. 2035), H2737 [28AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H5915 [14JY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 444), H8088 [15SE] (see H. Res. 464), H8387 [27SE]

Native Americans: provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 1354), H1621 [16MR]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 86), H584 [10FE]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H4143 [26MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2004), H2736 [28AP]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11655 [14DE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H7744 [7SE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9275 [26OC]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H193 [25JA]

Pensions: facilitate automatic enrollment of employees in certain pension plans (see H.R. 1508), H5435 (see H.R. 1508), H5480 [29JN]

———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 4052), H8808 [7OC]

Petroleum: lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (see H. Res. 299), H4297 [8JN]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H194 [25JA]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3099), H5361 [28JN]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1848 [6AP]

Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H4142 [26MY]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H9696 [4NO]

———reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H6432 [25JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2394 [20AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 983), H2978 [4MY]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H10503 [16NO]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1897 [12AP]

Railroads: provide for continued operation of Amtrak and establish a support program for certain rail infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2992), H5963 [18JY]

Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H9363 [27OC]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1846 [6AP]

Roybal, Edward R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 297), H10226 [15NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H8513 [28SE]

Schaghticoke Tribal National: repeal Federal acknowledgment (see H.R. 1104), H1417 [14MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H7613 [29JY]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 1636), H2100 [14AP]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 167), H4296 [8JN]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H798 [17FE]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H6205 [20JY]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 4150), H9275 [26OC]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [12AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H2473 [21AP]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H9696 [4NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]

———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2739 [28AP]

———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. 994), H5914 [14JY]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2625), H4072 [25MY]

———eliminate inflation adjustment of the phaseout of the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source and repeal extension of credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal (see H.R. 837), H717 [16FE]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1692 [17MR]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H1779 [5AP]

———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11504 [13DE]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP and Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical services (see H.R. 4276), H10144 [9NO]

———increase transparency of certain corporate tax information and financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1234), H1369 [10MR]

———make permanent and refundable, and expand, the saver's credit (see H.R. 1305), H6107 [19JY]

———prevent corporate expatriation to avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 3959), H8643 [29SE]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

———prohibit the double taxation of telecommuters and others who work at home (see H.R. 2558), H3768 [23MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4561 [15JN]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H6381 [22JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H4400 [13JN]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 1377), H1691 [17MR]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 3270), H5800 [13JY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H11880 [15DE]

Treaties and agreements: avoid inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would restrict access of U.S. consumers to imported prescription drugs (see H.R. 3583), H7559 [28JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H6936 [27JY]

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H9473 [1NO]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H11504 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H4143 [26MY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H348 [2FE]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H1967 [13AP]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H11110 [6DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4485 [14JN] (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H4722 [17JN]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H349 [2FE]

Walt Disney Co.: anniversary of Disneyland (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2743 [2MY]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H1897 [12AP]

Women: establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H5602 [30JN]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 389), H7744 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]

Armed Forces: require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2100 [14AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 307), H4296 [8JN]

Diseases: establish a global network for avian influenza surveillance among wild birds nationally and internationally to combat the growing threat of bird flu (see H.R. 4476), H11326 [8DE]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H3260 [12MY]

———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 2663), H4139 [26MY]

Employment: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see H.R. 3406), H6380 [22JY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H2646 [27AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit agreements to provide notice of investigations or inspections relative to child labor violations (see H.R. 4190), H9472 [1NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to drug advertising (see H.R. 3950), H8642 [29SE]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1507), H1845 [6AP]

Government: require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H233 [26JA]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 1338), H1621 [16MR]

Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 3381), H6327 [21JY]

Linda White-Epps Post Office, Hamden, CT: designate (see H.R. 627), H410 [8FE]

Medicare: expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 3047), H5100 [23JN]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see H.R. 3046), H5100 [23JN]

Navy: require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H284 [1FE]

New Haven, CT: designate the western breakwater for the New Haven Harbor navigation project as the Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater (see H.R. 1009), H846 [1MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 1506), H1845 [6AP]

Power resources: ensure fairness in gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating oil prices (see H.R. 4029), H8807 [7OC]

Privacy: require States to keep confidential the addresses of victims of domestic violence included in the State's computerized voter registration list (see H.R. 4225), H9641 [3NO]

Social Security: recognize effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 61), H286 [1FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]

Taxation: impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers (see H.R. 4203), H9555 [2NO]

———repeal the inflation adjustment of the earned income threshold used in determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to restore the threshold to its original amount (see H.R. 4030), H8807 [7OC]

Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 338), H5101 [23JN]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 3086), H5361 [28JN]

Letters

Deficit Reduction Act: Nicholas DiMarzio and John Ricard, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, E2447 [6DE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H8940 [19OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: repeal delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for meat and meat products, H4241 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4218, H4219, H4222, H4226, H4241, H4244, H4246, H4247, H4267 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), conference report, H9390, H9392 [28OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4204 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 520), H9372 [28OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2744), motion to instruct conferees, H8940, H8945, H8946 [19OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), consideration (H. Res. 151), H1432 [15MR]

Armed Forces: require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (H.R. 1639), E671 [15AP]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5090 [23JN], H5228 [27JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), H2064 [14AP]

———amend laws (S. 256), consideration (H. Res. 211), H1989 [14AP]

Benfer, David: Anti-Defamation League Greater Torch of Liberty Award recipient, E685 [19AP]

Branford, CT: anniversary of Monastery of the Glorious Cross, E2192 [27OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, E384 [8MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10001 [8NO], H10628 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), E2447 [6DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, H11964 [16DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1670 [17MR]

Courts: extend authority to redact certain sensitive information in financial disclosure statements filed by judges (H.R. 4311), H11126 [7DE]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 554), E2138 [20OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H5494 [30JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H4226 [8JN]

———prevent the use of private contractors on certain elements of the Food Stamp Program unless authorized by Congress, H8940, H8945 [19OC]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law, H8940, H8945 [19OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Manufacturing and Technology Administration, H8210 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4003 [25MY], E1133 [26MY]

———implement a mental health awareness campaign for families of servicemembers deployed to a combat theater, H4003 [25MY]

———Ovarian Cancer Research Program funding, H4094 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (H.R. 949), E1034 [20MY]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to grant advance notice of investigation of wage-and-hour complaints against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., H5147 [24JN]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), consideration (H. Res. 365), E1550 [20JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4094 [26MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5147 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H10523 [17NO], H11546 [14DE]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5494, H5506, H5507, H5508 [30JN]

———prohibit corporations incorporated in certain foreign countries from being eligible for Federal contracts, H5506, H5507, H5508 [30JN]

Derby, CT: tribute to Cub Scout Pack 3, E337 [2MR]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (H. Res. 12), E39 [6JA]

———improve preparedness and response plans, H7698 [7SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), E1668 [29JY]

Economy: growth, H11226 [8DE]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 23), H243 [1FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8550 [29SE]

FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, H4246, H4247 [8JN]

———improve postmarket drug safety, H4219, H4244 [8JN]

———prohibit use of funds to investigate or take action against employees legally providing information to Congress or the public concerning the FDA, H4267 [8JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (H.R. 3963), E2507 [13DE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency, E1800 [8SE]

———reform, H7698 [7SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6243 [21JY]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying, H11114 [7DE]

Hamden, CT: anniversary of Congregation Mishkan Israel, E436 [14MR]

Head Start Program: permit Head Start centers to recruit and train college students as reading mentors for preschool children, H8304, H8305 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8304, H8305 [22SE]

Health: 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. 5), H6998 [28JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3849 [24MY]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), E1758 [6SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1800 [8SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7698 [7SE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), E2442 [6DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), E2442 [6DE]

Linda White-Epps Post Office, Hamden, CT: designate (H.R. 627), H3271 [16MY]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (H.R. 307), E71 [25JA]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), E43 [6JA]

Meyer, Roslyn Milstein: Women's Health Research at Yale (organization) Women of Vision Award recipient, E690 [19AP]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty, H1185 [9MR]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (H.R. 3046), E1369 [27JN]

National Organization of Italian American Women: anniversary, E1181 [9JN]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 444), E2295 [8NO]

National Women's Health Week: observance, E1034 [20MY]

Navy: require foreign companies involved in the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program to pledge not to conduct business with countries supporting international terrorism, E1550 [20JY]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, E1351 [24JN]

———tribute to Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James, E1188 [9JN]

News media: ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the U.S. Government and prohibit payment to journalists for publicity or propaganda, H2916 [4MY]

NIH: funding, H10523 [17NO]

Orange, CT: tribute to Orange Little League All-Star softball team, E1765 [7SE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (H.R. 22), H6521 [26JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2444 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, E1759 [6SE]

Prospect, CT: anniversary of Volunteer Fire Dept. of Prospect, E1767 [7SE]

Steinem, Gloria: Women's Health Research at Yale (organization) Women of Vision Award recipient, E690 [19AP]

Storm, Bruce E.: Southern Connecticut State University Dept. of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Leader of the Year award recipient, E1148 [7JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1185 [9MR]

UNITE HERE International Union: anniversary of Local 34 Federation of University Employees, E1303 [21JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6243 [21JY]

Veterans: improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H4094 [26MY]

———mental health services funding, H1432 [15MR]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (H.R. 366), H2916 [4MY]

Workforce Investment Act: provide assistance to veterans returning from active duty and to workers who lose jobs due to outsourcing, H915 [2MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), motion to recommit, H915 [2MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7738 [7SE], H8337 [22SE]

Tribute, E938 [11MY]

Statements

Bush Administration Budget Proposal: several Protestant religious leaders, E384 [8MR]

Social Security Reform: by, E938-E940 [11MY]

Tributes

Adanti, Michael J., H8327 [22SE]

Amato, Louise, E49 [20JA]

Beals, Nancy, E687 [19AP]

Bello, Lucy, E1146 [7JN]

Cascia, Phillip, E1888 [19SE]

Demir, Elizabeth A., E47 [20JA]

Donegan, John and Betty Ann, E1965 [28SE]

Gold, Leo, E1451 [11JY]

Gruendel, Janice, E538 [5AP]

Horowitz, Arthur, E761 [26AP]

Horowitz, Leonard, E761 [26AP]

Horowitz, Philip, E761 [26AP]

Nolan, Robert F., E1966 [28SE]

Romano, Christy Carlson, E313 [1MR]

Sellers, Annie, E310 [1MR]

Sylvester, Leon J., E757 [26AP]

Tonucci, Vincent J., E1185 [9JN]

Wolf, Herman, E2194 [27OC]

Wolf, Michael, E2266 [3NO]