LIPINSKI, DANIEL (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H8627 [29SE]

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1192), H1263 [9MR]

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

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 46), H412 [8FE]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H4356 [9JN]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H3056 [5MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H8986 [19OC]

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), H10157 [10NO]

———commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 1565), H1970 [13AP]

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

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H1970 [13AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H2550 [26AP]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H10146 [9NO]

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), H5638 [11JY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 2358), H5604 [30JN]

Bicycles: support a national bike month and express appreciation of cyclists and others for promoting bicycle safety and the benefits of cycling (see H. Con. Res. 145), H3114 [10MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H5963 [18JY]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11328 [8DE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H9044 [20OC]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9362 [27OC]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H12050 [16DE]

———study and improve air quality inside school buses (see H.R. 3253), H5740 [12JY]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 1575), H2739 [28AP]

———clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H2103 [14AP]

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1510 [15MR]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H3556 [18MY]

Coins: redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (see H.R. 767), H583 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H2472 [21AP]

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]

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

Crime: combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, prohibit operation of sex tours, and protect children and assist State and local law enforcement relative to such activities (see H.R. 2012), H7565 [28JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8089 [15SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership (see H.R. 1491), H2551 [26AP]

Dept. of Education: enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 1439), H1694 [17MR]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H2880 [3MY]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8348 [26SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H11108 [6DE]

———external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health responsibilities at any nonmilitary energy laboratory (see H.R. 755), H582 [10FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H6107 [19JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H2880 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H2743 [2MY]

———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H12050 [16DE]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H3263 [12MY]

———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), H10502 [16NO]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H4401 [13JN]

Disasters: commend efforts of the Armed Forces and Dept. of State and AID employees for their response to the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H. Res. 120), H1026 [8MR]

Diseases: support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H9044 [20OC]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8089 [15SE]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H4187 [7JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7743 [7SE]

Education: strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H798 [17FE]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 23), H287 [1FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H848 [1MR]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H3262 [12MY]

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), H4074 [25MY]

Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 799), H3199 [11MY]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H797 [17FE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11328 [8DE]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H2395 [20AP]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H989 [7MR]

Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 633), H410 [8FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3659), H7744 [7SE]

Financial institutions: 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), H5362 [28JN]

Firearms: ban transfer of certain sniper weapons and regulate in same manner as machine guns (see H.R. 654), H1847 [6AP]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see H.R. 1413), H1693 [17MR]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1996), H5604 [30JN]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H8644 [29SE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H631 [15FE]

———prohibit issuance of Federal or State permit or lease for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling (see H.R. 2930), H5604 [30JN]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2473 [21AP]

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H581 [10FE]

———authorize Dept. of HHS and Dept. of Education joint grants for community outreach programs to empower patients and health care consumers (see H.R. 568), H984 [3MR]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice system (see H.R. 3378), H6326 [21JY]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 125), H1845 [6AP]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

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

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]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1000), H1025 [8MR]

Iran: address ongoing nuclear efforts relative to threat to U.S. national security and to international peace and security (see H. Con. Res. 162), H4144 [26MY]

———hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H524 [9FE]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H980 [3MR]

J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex, Springfield, IL: designate (see H.R. 2630), H4072 [25MY]

Jacob L. Frazier Post Office Building, St. Charles, IL: designate (see H.R. 3767), H7948 [14SE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 4179), H9425 [28OC]

John F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building, Joliet, IL: designate (see H.R. 2113), H3052 [5MY]

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), H5435 (see H.R. 1696), H5480 [29JN]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H848 [1MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H720 [16FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4295 [8JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H798 [17FE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H4143 [26MY]

———provide public disclosure of average manufacturer prices and best prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3546), H7558 [28JY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H798 [17FE]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10503 [16NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H1026 [8MR]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7564 [28JY]

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), H2739 [28AP]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 144), H2977 [4MY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3250), H5740 [12JY]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 457), H8847 [17OC]

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. 2231), H6107 [19JY]

National parks and recreation areas: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H5603 [30JN]

National Weatherization Day: observance (see H. Res. 410), H7562 [28JY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H3198 [11MY]

Navy: require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H413 [8FE]

New York, NY: recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H2551 [26AP]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H3556 [18MY]

NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H11108 [6DE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: ensure that the People's Republic of China complies with its obligations to protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10909 [17NO]

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), H9473 [1NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 2233), H3263 [12MY]

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), H7674 [6SE]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 3780), H7949 [14SE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H2738 [28AP]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strike which led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union (see H. Res. 328), H4722 [17JN]

———urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 634, 635), H411 [8FE] (see H. Res. 78), H523 [9FE]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 1006), H984 [3MR]

———reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2738 [28AP]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8513 [28SE]

———provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 3059), H5963 [18JY]

———provide for the research and development of advanced nuclear reactor, solar energy, and wind energy technologies for the production of hydrogen (see H.R. 1482), H3695 [19MY]

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. 927), H793 [17FE]

Privacy: require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see H.R. 1069), H980 [3MR]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H2743 [2MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H5362 [28JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1417 [14MR]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 54), H4486 [14JN]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H3056 [5MY]

Reagan, Ronald: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 932), H1025 [8MR]

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), H9642 [3NO]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1218), H3056 [5MY]

Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL: designate (see H.R. 1287), H1780 [5AP]

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

Russia: issue a clear and unambiguous statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940-1991 of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 128), H2739 [28AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H413 [8FE]

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

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 1636), H2739 [28AP]

Small Business Act: enhance section 8(a) program (see H.R. 4474), H11326 [8DE]

———provide for increased access to capital for small businesses under the section 7(a) guarantee loan program (see H.R. 1868), H9472 [1NO]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H2550 [26AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H797 [17FE]

Space policy: anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (see H. Res. 251), H3557 [18MY]

———establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H5914 [14JY]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1158), H1024 [8MR]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H3056 [5MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H989 [7MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H583 [10FE]

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

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H2880 [3MY]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2880 [3MY]

———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), H2473 [21AP]

———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), H8846 [17OC]

———allow taxpayers to split refunds and make deposits electronically among certain accounts (see H.R. 1048), H3056 [5MY]

———deny deductions for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 575), H2738 [28AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H11655 [14DE]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H12050 [16DE]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule and increase estate tax unified credit (see H.R. 1574), H8162 [20SE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 1577), H1894 [12AP]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4561 [15JN]

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

Transportation: improve intermodal transportation (see H.R. 1637), H2880 [3MY]

———increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 153), H2150 [19AP]

Turkey: urge acknowledgment of culpability of Ottoman Empire for Armenian genocide and reconciliation with Armenia, and support accession of Turkey to the European Union under certain criteria (see H. Con. Res. 195), H6328 [21JY]

U.S. Marshals Service: establish a short term State witness protection program to provide assistance to State and local district attorneys to protect their witnesses in major violent crime cases (see H.R. 908), H3056 [5MY]

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

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 805), H628 [15FE]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H2472 [21AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H848 [1MR]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 369), H287 [1FE]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H10227 [15NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H4296 [8JN]

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

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1592), H3894 [24MY]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H1510 [15MR]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9047 [24OC]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western Bohemia (see H. Res. 195), H2551 [26AP]

———recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H7566 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health care facilities: provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs (see H.R. 3139), H5599 [30JN]

Medicare: provide for public disclosure of prices for hospital and ambulatory surgical center procedures and drugs (see H.R. 1362), H1690 [17MR]

Remarks

Canada: encourage discussions about oil sands in Alberta and their potential to supply U.S. energy needs, H8801 [7OC]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of St. Rita of Cascia High School, E1643 [27JY]

———tribute to Heart of St. Richards Parish award recipients, E989 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: tactics used to import oil, H8801 [7OC]

Cortez, Rebecca Joworski: Girl Scouts of Whispering Oaks Council Woman of Distinction Award recipient, E429 [10MR]

Des Plaines, IL: anniversary of Boy Scout Pack 88 of the Des Plaines Valley Council, E2412 [18NO]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H7704 [7SE]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 23), H244 [1FE]

Guerin, Richard: National Association of Elementary School Principals National Distinguished Principal Award recipient, E2013 [6OC]

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), consideration (H. Res. 385), H6867, H6869 [27JY]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), Senate amendment, H12069 [17DE]

Health care facilities: provide grants to set up medical malpractice mediation programs and train mediators, H6867, H6869 [27JY]

Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7704 [7SE]

Llewellyn, Kay: Girl Scouts of Whispering Oaks Council Woman of Distinction Award recipient, E429 [10MR]

Lyons, IL: anniversary of Women's Club of Lyons, E405 [10MR]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries, H12055 [17DE]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (H.R. 3861), H12055 [17DE]

Palmer, Steve: National Restaurant Association Restaurant Neighbor Award recipient, E1806 [8SE]

Platt, Rosalie: Yes I Can! Foundation ``Yes I Can!'' Award recipient, E1645 [27JY]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strike which led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union (H. Res. 328), H6372 [22JY]

Schey, Therese: Girl Scouts of Whispering Oaks Council Woman of Distinction Award recipient, E429 [10MR]

Siadat, M. Vali: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Illinois Professor of the Year recipient, E2392 [17NO]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1158), H2481 [26AP]

Veterans Day: observance, E2306 [9NO]

Western Springs, IL: anniversary of St. John of the Cross Parish, E2185 [27OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2468 [21AP], H6376 [22JY], H7738 [7SE], H7810 [8SE], H8806 [7OC]

Tributes

Brown, Thomas, E763 [26AP]

Cairo-McCarthy, Helen, E2524 [14DE]

Cross, Nancy, E815 [28AP]

Daley, Richard J., H2457 [21AP]

Demma, Carl and Francine, H202 [26JA]

McLaughlin, Jeannine, E585 [7AP]

Niemiec, Ed and Harriet, E2011 [6OC], E2236 [1NO]

Paczolt, Steve, E1174 [8JN]

Pope John Paul II, H1829 [6AP]

Randel, Don M., E1701 [29JY]

Sinde, John J., E2473 [7DE]

Stachon, Joseph, E2479 [7DE]

Weber, Erich R., E775 [26AP]