ENGLISH, PHIL (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

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

Committee on Economics (Joint), H972 [3MR]

President's Export Council, H8646 [3OC]

Articles and editorials

Maghrebian Nights, Brian M. Carney, Wall Street Journal Europe, E803 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H195 [25JA]

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

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 523), H9426 [28OC]

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

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2739 [28AP]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H9696 [4NO]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 90), H849 [1MR]

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. 772), H9044 [20OC]

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

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H8919 [18OC]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H11880 [15DE]

———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), H8919 [18OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1645), H2100 [14AP]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]

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), H11504 [13DE]

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund: resolve structural indebtedness (see H.R. 3915), H8514 [28SE]

BLS: adopt statistical measures that accurately reflect the modern U.S. workforce (see H. Res. 14), H1970 [13AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5741 [12JY]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see H.R. 2842), H6205 [20JY]

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), H12290 [18DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H8163 [20SE]

———tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (see H. Res. 261), H3696 [19MY]

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 3281), H5912 [14JY]

Children and youth: encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts (see H.R. 1767), H2470 [21AP]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H3262 [12MY]

China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law and reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 76), H849 [1MR]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11505 [13DE]

Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3825), H8919 [18OC]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1459), H1777 [5AP] (see H.R. 1493), H1844 [6AP]

Coal: allow certain coal exporters to directly claim a refund of the excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported by such exporters (see H.R. 3771), H7948 [14SE]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H13189 [22DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H7862 [13SE]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to oversee, investigate, and maximize the necessarily significant appropriations expended to win the war on terrorism, especially within Afghanistan and Iraq (see H. Res. 589), H11655 [14DE]

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2521), H12050 [16DE]

Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3256), H6328 [21JY]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 974), H795 [17FE]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H2734 [28AP]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8986 [19OC]

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H8919 [18OC]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (see H.R. 2990), H8089 [15SE]

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), H3331 [16MY]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H6329 [21JY]

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]

Dept. of Education: promote installation of fire alarm detection systems or other fire prevention technologies in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 4460), H13189 [22DE]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

———establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H4656 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 95), H236 [26JA]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2668), H4139 [26MY]

———develop a global tsunami detection and warning system and improve existing communication of tsunami warnings to all potentially affected nations (see H.R. 499), H285 [1FE]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1895 [12AP]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H2879 [3MY]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4656 [16JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H236 [26JA]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1237), H1697 [17MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H3434 [17MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Education: extend deadline by which State and local educational agencies are required to ensure that an educator is highly qualified in order to account for the educator's applicable period of military service (see H.R. 4470), H12168 [17DE]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H.R. 133), H524 [9FE]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 23), H80 [4JA]

Etchberger, Richard L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 2674), H6107 [19JY]

European Union: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 131), H2881 [3MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H718 [16FE] (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]

FCC: expedite and increase assignment of radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1646), H11655 [14DE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3056 [5MY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H5604 [30JN]

FEMA: temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4133), H9102 [25OC]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4656 [16JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H1026 [8MR]

Foreign aid: ensure protection of beneficiaries of U.S. humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 912), H848 [1MR]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Government regulations: require Congress to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 931), H793 [17FE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H6328 [21JY]

Health: ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H8388 [27SE]

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H7814 [8SE]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to all federally qualified community health centers (see H.R. 1633), H2100 [14AP]

———provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H11327 [8DE]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 548), H10157 [10NO]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H2978 [4MY]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 288), H9555 [2NO]

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), H10502 [16NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H5603 [30JN]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically (see H. Con. Res. 177), H11655 [14DE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H8644 [29SE]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1717), H2393 [20AP]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H1025 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 960), H2394 [20AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1780 [5AP]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5915 [14JY]

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]

Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 2490), H3693 [19MY]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H4141 [26MY]

———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), H9103 [25OC]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H1779 [5AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1847 [6AP]

———coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see H.R. 827), H9044 [20OC]

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 2961), H12168 [17DE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H5604 [30JN]

———increase inpatient hosptial payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1729), H6205 [20JY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H10227 [15NO]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10910 [17NO]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H5741 [12JY]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7611 [29JY]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H7814 [8SE]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H11653 [14DE]

———reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H8808 [7OC]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6328 [21JY]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4141 [26MY]

Motor vehicles: establish a working group to identify and advance the development and use of alternative sources for motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 3941), H12050 [16DE]

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

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4656 [16JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8163 [20SE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]

National security: protect human health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by terrorists (see H.R. 1562), H13189 [22DE]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11505 [13DE]

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

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H12048 [16DE]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to other governmental employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 331), H8089 [15SE]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see H.R. 359), H195 [25JA]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (see H.R. 3144), H5600 [30JN]

———conduct and support research on animals to develop techniques for the derivation of stem cells from embryos that do not harm the embryos (see H.R. 2574), H3892 [24MY]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H3199 [11MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]

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

Pennsylvania: designate portions of Pennsylvania Route 60 and U.S. Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see H.R. 929), H793 [17FE]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 1006), H846 [1MR]

———reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3331 [16MY]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 973), H795 [17FE]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1847 [6AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1370 [10MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H5638 [11JY]

Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H3262 [12MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5963 [18JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H287 [1FE]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H7950 [14SE]

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

SBA: establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 527), H2978 [4MY]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H410 [8FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

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), H11504 [13DE]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 592), H584 [10FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H196 [25JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H4356 [9JN]

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

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 899), H792 [17FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H4487 [14JN]

———allow a deduction for contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 339), H1847 [6AP]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6205 [20JY]

———allow a deduction for qualified attorney fees in computing minimum tax (see H.R. 3180), H8163 [20SE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H10038 [8NO]

———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H7950 [14SE]

———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 1010), H846 [1MR]

———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), H4073 [25MY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8341 [22SE]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 370), H1025 [8MR]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2100 [14AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H4143 [26MY]

———allow new investment in, or mergers of biomedical research corporations without limiting tax benefits of net operating losses (see H.R. 4082), H8985 [19OC]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H2739 [28AP]

———allow the deductibility of manufacturing income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2181), H6205 [20JY]

———allow victims of Presidentially-declared disasters to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3742), H7860 [13SE]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H2149 [19AP]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2647), H4487 [14JN]

———clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H11220 [7DE]

———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 1163), H1024 [8MR]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities (see H.R. 3912), H8386 [27SE]

———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), H629 [15FE]

———exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 658), H848 [1MR]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]

———exclude working capital in applying the accumulated earnings tax (see H.R. 365), H9555 [2NO]

———expand and modernize agricultural bond programs to assist young farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 651), H720 [16FE]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H1845 [6AP]

———expand incentives for saving (see H.R. 3574), H7815 [8SE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H4722 [17JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]

———extend period that regulated investment companies may carryover capital losses (see H.R. 4069), H8846 [17OC]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 3957), H8643 [29SE]

———impose penalties for the failure of organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to comply with disclosure requirements (see H.R. 1942), H2647 [27AP] (see H.R. 2204), H3055 [5MY]

———include wireless telecommunications equipment in definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 3367), H9277 [26OC]

———increase and extend temporary expensing for equipment used in refining of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3680), H7862 [13SE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H628 [15FE]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H793 [17FE]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H848 [1MR]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1663), H2101 [14AP]

———make reduction in individual capital gains tax rates permanent and further reduce and simplify such rates and reduce corporate capital gains rate (see H.R. 1500), H1844 [6AP]

———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H6327 [21JY]

———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 1114), H982 [3MR]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 703), H720 [16FE]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H411 [8FE]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1272), H1416 [14MR]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1693 [17MR]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H4896 [21JN]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

———promote State historic tax credits (see H.R. 2488), H6328 [21JY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H796 [17FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space (see H.R. 1062), H941 [2MR]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H351 [2FE]

———provide an exemption from the harbor maintenance tax for certain shipping between U.S. mainland ports (see H.R. 3319), H11328 [8DE]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 2594), H3893 [24MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H12168 [17DE]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

———provide for a transferable credit against income tax for production of energy from waste coal (see H.R. 3580), H7559 [28JY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide for employer retirement savings accounts (see H.R. 1161), H1024 [8MR]

———provide for retirement savings accounts (see H.R. 1162), H1024 [8MR]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———provide incentives for the production of motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 626), H942 [2MR]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricane Rita (see H.R. 4155), H9426 [28OC]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (see H.R. 4440), H11109 [6DE]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H3332 [16MY]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H1845 [6AP]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see H.R. 2239), H3113 [10MY]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1956), H11655 [14DE]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 195), H4400 [13JN]

———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]

———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 3061), H6205 [20JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H1896 [12AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H3056 [5MY]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 3162), H5600 [30JN]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1468), H4561 [15JN]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H792 [17FE]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H9695 [4NO]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see H.R. 1772), H2470 [21AP]

———treat natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property for depreciation purposes (see H.R. 1113), H982 [3MR]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H983 [3MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H4801 [20JN]

———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 1879), H3199 [11MY]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 1139), H988 [7MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H2150 [19AP]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H8810 [7OC]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H3768 [23MY]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H13189 [22DE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H1025 [8MR]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 959), H795 [17FE]

Turkey: commend for assuming the leadership of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and its contribution to the war on terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 65), H943 [2MR]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 282), H3435 [17MY]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H11110 [6DE]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H9472 [1NO]

———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), H7861 [13SE]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H8986 [19OC]

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

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see H.R. 366), H1622 [16MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs (see H.R. 2686), H5604 [30JN]

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]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3060 [9MY]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (see H.R. 27), H412 [8FE]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: protect archeological or ethnological materials (see H.R. 915), H793 [17FE]

China, People's Republic of: adhere to internationally recognized health standards by prohibiting use of antiviral medication to protect livestock (see H. Res. 377), H6381 [22JY]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3004), H4895 [21JN]

Courts: authorize Federal judges to carry firearms (see H.R. 4477), H11326 [8DE]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H. Res. 577), H11035 [18NO]

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

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (see H.R. 3283), H5912 [14JY]

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

Medicare: adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 2218), H3112 [10MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2100 [14AP]

———provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission (see H.R. 1381), H1692 [17MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H793 [17FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: apply to Federal and State government employers (see H.R. 3473), H6933 [27JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate from repaying any personal loans from the candidate after the candidate begins serving (see H.R. 701), H521 [9FE]

———prohibit use of contributions or donations made to candidates or office holders for the payment of their salary or for payment to any member of their immediate family (see H.R. 702), H521 [9FE]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see H.R. 4144), H9275 [26OC]

Tariff: adsorbent resins (see H.R. 2260), H3197 [11MY]

———citral (see H.R. 2278), H3197 [11MY]

———copper 8-quinolinolate (see H.R. 2264), H3197 [11MY]

———Desmodur E 14 (see H.R. 2270), H3197 [11MY]

———Desmodur HL (see H.R. 2272), H3197 [11MY]

———Desmodur IL (see H.R. 2271), H3197 [11MY] (see H.R. 2402), H3434 [17MY]

———Desmodur R-E (see H.R. 2274), H3197 [11MY]

———Desmodur VP LS 2253 (see H.R. 2273), H3197 [11MY]

———4-methoxybenzaldehyde (see H.R. 2282), H3197 [11MY]

———helium (see H.R. 2269), H3197 [11MY]

———ion-exchange resin powder (see H.R. 2267, 2268), H3197 [11MY]

———ion-exchange resins (see H.R. 2261, 2262, 2265, 2266), H3197 [11MY]

———10'10' oxybisphenoxarsine (see H.R. 2263), H3197 [11MY]

———TSME (see H.R. 2276), H3197 [11MY]

———2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate (see H.R. 2281), H3197 [11MY]

———Walocel MW 3000 PFV (see H.R. 2275), H3197 [11MY]

———Walocel VP-M 20660 (see H.R. 2277), H3197 [11MY]

———XAMA 7 (see H.R. 2280), H3197 [11MY]

———XAMA 2 (see H.R. 2279), H3197 [11MY]

Taxation: clarify that certain CERCLA settlement funds are beneficially owned by the U.S. and are not subject to tax (see H.R. 2940), H4655 [16JN]

———exclude certain truck tractors from Federal excise tax imposed on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail (see H.R. 1049), H940 [2MR]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H1691 [17MR]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 2564), H3892 [24MY]

———modify depreciation of property used in the transmission of electricity (see H.R. 1379), H1691 [17MR]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 2941), H4655 [16JN]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 4262), H10144 [9NO]

———provide incentives to restore and increase oil and natural gas production (see H.R. 3983), H8733 [6OC]

———provide parity in reporting requirements for national party committees and unregulated political organizations (see H.R. 914), H793 [17FE]

———provide small business tax incentives, increase the minimum wage, and increase the exemption for annual gross volume of business done by an enterprise (see H.R. 1091), H981 [3MR]

———reform charitable contribution deduction rules on contributions of certain easements on buildings in registered historic districts (see H.R. 4534), H11653 [14DE]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H1263 [9MR]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4589), H12048 [16DE]

———simplify determination and deduction of interest on qualified education loans (see H.R. 1766), H2470 [21AP] (see H.R. 2666), H4139 [26MY]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7741 [7SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1507 [15MR]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (see H.R. 3549), H7558 [28JY]

World War II: commemorate anniversary of first meeting between U.S. Army soldiers and Soviet Army soldiers at Torgau, Germany, and commend service of the U.S. Army 69th Infantry Division (see H. Res. 406), H7561 [28JY]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11241 [8DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1578, H1583 [16MR]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful, H6856 [27JY]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (H.R. 3004), E1653, E1654 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: Community Services Block Grant Program funding, H5055 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5055 [23JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6175 [20JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1583 [16MR]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (H. Res. 577), H11270 [8DE]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6445, H6446, H6450 [26JY], H6842, H6848, H6850, H6852, H6853, H6854, H6857 [27JY]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), consideration (H. Res. 387), H6662 [27JY]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), motion to recommit, H6856 [27JY]

———impose quotas on Chinese imports that disrupt U.S. markets, E2588 [17DE]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), H7631 [2SE]

Morocco: U.S. policy, E803 [27AP]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11762 [15DE]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of 100th Bomb Group of the 8th Army Air Corps, E1839 [14SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2207 [20AP]

Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3672), H7770 [8SE]

Rogers Brothers Corp.: anniversary, E1001 [17MY]

Social Security: reform, H1583 [16MR]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4096), H11142 [7DE]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (H.R. 3549), H8875 [18OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4316 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7643 [2SE], H10154 [10NO], H11323 [8DE], H11500 [13DE], H11878 [15DE]

Tributes

Goodill, Robert D., E2148 [20OC]

Horwitz, Maurice, E1094 [25MY]

Werkmeister, John, E1246 [15JN]