McCARTHY, CAROLYN (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4401 [13JN]

Articles and editorials

Gaps in Records Allow Mentally Ill To Buy Guns, Mark Sherman, Hartford (CT) Courant, E2470 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see H. Res. 452), H8162 [20SE]

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]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H5604 [30JN]

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

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

———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 soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 771), H942 [2MR]

———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), H848 [1MR]

———establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews (see H.R. 1308), H3262 [12MY]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 1478), H1777 [5AP]

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

———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), H141 [20JA]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 887), H2738 [28AP] (see H.R. 923), H942 [2MR] (see H.R. 2874), H4485 [14JN]

———provide rent and mortgage payment relief for members of the Reserves called to active duty and allow a refundable tax credit to lessors for payments foregone by such relief (see H.R. 3068), H5176 [24JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H413 [8FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H413 [8FE]

———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), H350 [2FE]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (see H.R. 2125), H3332 [16MY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]

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]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1417 [14MR]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H1694 [17MR]

Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2978 [4MY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]

Bruckenthal, Nathan: urge the Coast Guard to name an appropriate vessel in honor (see H. Con. Res. 151), H5604 [30JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1697 [17MR]

Bush, President: transmit information on contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers (see H. Res. 467), H8388 [27SE]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1510 [15MR]

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), H9103 [25OC]

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), H3436 [17MY]

———establish a grant program to provide follow-up treatment for children identified with a vision disorder (see H.R. 2328), H3332 [16MY]

———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]

———prevent disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of a Reserve component parent who is deployed overseas (see H.R. 2108), H2977 [4MY]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (see H. Res. 484), H8734 [6OC]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 1142), H1023 [8MR]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H7564 [28JY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn the system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression (see H. Con. Res. 294), H10227 [15NO]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 188), H5603 [30JN]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H1694 [17MR]

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

Claims: extend deadline for victims of terrorist attacks to file claims to receive certain compensation (see H.R. 565), H351 [2FE]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 363), H5914 [14JY]

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10039 [8NO]

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]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 329), H4722 [17JN]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

———improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 2508), H3694 [19MY]

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), H9641 [3NO]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H9642 [3NO]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H3055 [5MY]

Computers: criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing (see H.R. 1099), H1897 [12AP]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H9641 [3NO]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H8163 [20SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H1697 [17MR]

Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office, Scio, NY: designate (see H.R. 4515), H11503 [13DE]

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1372 [10MR]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see H.R. 2217), H4143 [26MY]

———issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H5362 [28JN]

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

Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H6934 [27JY]

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

———require that recommended national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations include a recommendation that rape victims be offered information about emergency contraceptives (see H.R. 1214), H1368 [10MR]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H11880 [15DE]

Davis, Ossie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 660), H848 [1MR]

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 Base Closure and Realignment Commission: consider homeland security contributions and value when reviewing list of military installations recommended for realignment or closure (see H.R. 2641), H4356 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H12050 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H11220 [7DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 2207), H5362 [28JN]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4604), H12048 [16DE]

———make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 1764), H2470 [21AP]

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

———provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (see H.R. 3668), H7815 [8SE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7815 [8SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4158), H11504 [13DE]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H9103 [25OC]

———establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H5915 [14JY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H9362 [27OC]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H3113 [10MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement the Responsive Emergency Alert and Dissemination of Information Call (READICall) System (see H.R. 2101), H2977 [4MY]

———establish Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction (see H.R. 3805), H8087 [15SE]

———issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 2780), H4561 [15JN]

———provide improved and up-to-date communications equipment for the New York City Fire Dept. (see H.R. 1794), H2471 [21AP]

Dept. of HUD: exclude amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing programs (see H.R. 3186), H5741 [12JY]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

———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]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 790), H586 [14FE]

———require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H4356 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: expand powers and jurisdiction to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 711), H1025 [8MR]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H4188 [7JN]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H629 [15FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 1153), H5741 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11653 [14DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept sworn affidavit of veterans who served in combat during Korean War or earlier conflict as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 591), H584 [10FE]

———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H10227 [15NO]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 4264), H12050 [16DE]

———provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical facilities (see H.R. 3579), H8089 [15SE]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H984 [3MR]

———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), H628 [15FE]

———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]

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), H849 [1MR]

———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]

———provide assistance to develop early warning systems worldwide for disasters and improve communication of warnings to all potentially affected nations (see H.R. 396), H234 [26JA]

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8920 [18OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2880 [3MY]

Diseases: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 1719), H2393 [20AP]

———Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2098), H3695 [19MY]

———establish a program of grants for detection and control of colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1401), H1780 [5AP]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H10227 [15NO]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8847 [17OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3055 [5MY]

———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2945), H4723 [17JN]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H3331 [16MY]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 2199), H3055 [5MY]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4985 [22JN]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H7861 [13SE]

Drugs: expand the scope of information required for the data bank on clinical trials for drugs (see H.R. 3196), H5741 [12JY]

———lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]

———prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed to sex offenders for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction (see H.R. 2814), H4295 [8JN]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain environmental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H10502 [16NO]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

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

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 134), H630 [15FE]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H1692 [17MR]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 1293), H1506 [15MR]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H942 [2MR]

———provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7742 [7SE]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H8088 [15SE]

———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), H9473 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H234 [26JA]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

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

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

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), H3436 [17MY]

———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), H3199 [11MY]

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H798 [17FE]

FAA: issue final regulation to mitigate center wing fuel tank flammability in transport category aircraft (see H.R. 4174), H9425 [28OC]

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

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]

———regulate international marriage broker activity in the U.S. and provide certain protections for individuals who utilize the services of international marriage brokers (see H.R. 3657), H12050 [16DE]

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), H4356 [9JN]

———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), H4356 [9JN]

FCC: expedite and increase assignment of radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1646), H11504 [13DE]

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]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H2739 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H4486 [14JN]

Federal Credit Union Act: clarify definition of net worth under certain circumstances for purposes of corrective action authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1042), H940 [2MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1897 [12AP]

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

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H9696 [4NO]

———provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H5601 [30JN]

———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 735), H9103 [25OC]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H629 [15FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1372 [10MR]

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

Financial institutions: clarify applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations (see H.R. 3426), H6649 [26JY]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]

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

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1136), H1417 [14MR]

———ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and provide for a report to Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms (see H.R. 1423), H1693 [17MR]

———ban transfer of certain sniper weapons and regulate in same manner as machine guns (see H.R. 654), H411 [8FE]

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

———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 3540), H7557 [28JY]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 1232), H5362 [28JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 94), H4073 [25MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H11219 [7DE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H8388 [27SE]

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]

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]

Frank, Anne: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 48), H3055 [5MY]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 3934), H8513 [28SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7673 [6SE]

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

———require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H2394 [20AP]

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 2331), H8919 [18OC]

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H9641 [3NO]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2151 [19AP]

Haiti: provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 945), H794 [17FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H5741 [12JY]

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), H2978 [4MY]

———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), H4297 [8JN]

———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]

———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), H8735 [6OC]

———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1896 [12AP]

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

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4984 [22JN]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H4144 [26MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H3894 [24MY]

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), H3262 [12MY]

———tribute to career and volunteer emergency medical technicians and paramedics (see H. Res. 301), H4142 [26MY]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (see H.R. 3548), H7744 [7SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H524 [9FE]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2949), H4655 [16JN] (see H.R. 2960), H4721 [17JN]

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

Hispanic Americans: tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 323), H12049 [16DE]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10910 [17NO]

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

Horne, Lena: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 112), H8514 [28SE]

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

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H4297 [8JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H11036 [18NO]

Hungary: recognize anniversary of Hungarian Revolution and reaffirm friendship between the people and governments of the U.S. and Hungary (see H. Res. 479), H9696 [4NO]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4356 [9JN]

Hurricanes: dedicate a percentage of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funds for mental health services for victims and first responders (see H.R. 3708), H8102 [19SE]

———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]

———make grants to local educational agencies to restart school operations interrupted by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4048), H8808 [7OC]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H8089 [15SE]

———provide assistance to revitalize institutions of higher education affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4016), H8807 [7OC]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H11035 [18NO]

———recapture unused employment-based immigrant visa numbers to facilitate improved health care for all persons in the U.S. (see H.R. 139), H1622 [16MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H8644 [29SE]

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), H8389 [27SE]

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

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (see H.R. 2184), H3114 [10MY]

Insurance: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust-era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (see H.R. 743), H581 [10FE]

———coverage of fertility and impotence treatment under group and individual health plans and the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 2759), H8089 [15SE]

———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]

———establish minimum standards relating to a factor for life insurance eligibility and rates (see H.R. 3639), H7950 [14SE]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 3055), H5100 [23JN]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 4424), H11034 [18NO]

———prohibit discrimination in life insurance based on a person's previous lawful travel experiences (see H.R. 3504), H7556 [28JY]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H2150 [19AP]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 277), H4143 [26MY]

———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), H845 [1MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4187 [7JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1417 [14MR]

Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 588), H352 [2FE]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3339), H6106 [19JY]

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

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1847 [6AP]

Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (see H. Res. 292), H4144 [26MY] (see H. Res. 343), H5252 [27JN]

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]

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), H11220 [7DE]

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

Libraries: provide for public library construction and modernization (see H.R. 2292), H3197 [11MY]

Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building, Patchogue, NY: designate (see H.R. 4101), H9042 [20OC]

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]

Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H11881 [15DE]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H9276 [26OC]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3769 [23MY]

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), H2394 [20AP]

———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H10146 [9NO]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H3056 [5MY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1780 [5AP]

———provide public disclosure of average manufacturer prices and best prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3546), H7673 [6SE]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H8810 [7OC]

———require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4138 [26MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H4143 [26MY]

———condition the payment of employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 655), H411 [8FE]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H629 [15FE]

———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), H1696 [17MR]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1946), H3262 [12MY]

———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]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H5604 [30JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H3199 [11MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H6652 [26JY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H7565 [28JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H413 [8FE]

———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), H942 [2MR]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10910 [17NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H9696 [4NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1622 [16MR]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data to promote improved consumer information and choice (see H.R. 4349), H10502 [16NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 801), H628 [15FE]

———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]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]

———raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety (see H. Con. Res. 278), H9642 [3NO]

Mexico: condemn printing and distribution of racist postage stamps and urge to immediately cease printing and distributing the stamps and recall stamps on the market (see H. Res. 347), H5742 [12JY]

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

———support findings of U.N. commission investigating assassination of Rafik Hariri, condemn Syria for apparent involvement, and demand Syrian compliance with certain U.N. resolutions (see H. Res. 510), H9556 [2NO]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3696 [19MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H8163 [20SE]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]

Motor vehicles: 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), H8644 [29SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9103 [25OC]

National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2738 [28AP]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 30), H287 [1FE]

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

National cemeteries: authorize placement of memorial markers to commemorate servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (see H.R. 2188), H3054 [5MY]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H2880 [3MY]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 596), H2648 [27AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H7862 [13SE]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 335), H8389 [27SE]

National Guard: count service in counties declared disaster areas in response to terrorist attacks, and under State duty in response to the attacks, as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit (see H.R. 948), H794 [17FE]

———credit certain service performed in counties declared disasters in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit (see H.R. 2499), H3694 [19MY]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5638 [11JY]

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

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), H3695 [19MY]

———develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 3313), H8163 [20SE]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H796 [17FE]

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 262), H8734 [6OC]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 212), H1969 [13AP]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H2648 [27AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 444), H8514 [28SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H984 [3MR]

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

Navy: issue postage stamp in commemoration of the Lone Sailor Memorial located near the Golden Gate Bridge (see H. Con. Res. 207), H10503 [16NO]

New York, NY: anniversary of Staten Island Fire Dept. (see H. Res. 604), H12051 [16DE]

———provide protections and services to certain individuals after the terrorist attack (see H.R. 566), H351 [2FE]

———recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H1695 [17MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 3323), H6432 [25JY]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 555), H10226 [15NO]

NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 2325), H3260 [12MY]

———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 921), H1510 [15MR]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5964 [18JY]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11111 [6DE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H7862 [13SE]

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), H798 [17FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3114 [10MY]

Pensions: facilitate automatic enrollment of employees in certain pension plans (see H.R. 1508), H5638 [11JY]

———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), H3112 [10MY]

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 price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H7949 [14SE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H354 [2FE]

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

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]

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), H4656 [16JN]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2344), H3260 [12MY]

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

———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), H11110 [6DE]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 582), H7949 [14SE]

———protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 3140), H5599 [30JN]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1847 [6AP]

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

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H10039 [8NO]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2739 [28AP]

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), H9427 [28OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H233 [26JA]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H10146 [9NO]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 1323), H1508 [15MR]

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), H2737 [28AP]

———support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 275), H9275 [26OC]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H10503 [16NO]

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

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H584 [10FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 592), H352 [2FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H3056 [5MY]

———ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H2103 [14AP]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

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

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

———reduce the age at which an eligible individual may be paid widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2126), H3332 [16MY]

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

Sports: recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 59), H6432 [25JY]

Suburban areas: revitalize (see H.R. 2347), H3261 [12MY]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1897 [12AP]

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: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5638 [11JY]

———allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and require a parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income (see H.R. 4233), H10910 [17NO]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H7565 [28JY]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H9641 [3NO]

———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 a credit for costs of providing technical training for employees (see H.R. 2801), H4295 [8JN]

———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), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H3262 [12MY]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H5801 [13JY]

———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]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H2395 [20AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9696 [4NO]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1511), H2648 [27AP]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers (see H.R. 3752), H8342 [22SE]

———increase exemption amounts for individuals under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1538), H9426 [28OC]

———maintain current mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 272), H9473 [1NO]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see H.R. 1624), H1969 [13AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H10502 [16NO]

———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]

———provide a checkoff for a World Trade Center Memorial Fund (see H.R. 1095), H982 [3MR]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 1954), H3262 [12MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4143 [26MY]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H1696 [17MR]

———provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance (see H.R. 3194), H6205 [20JY]

———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]

———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]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H5914 [14JY]

———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2196), H3054 [5MY]

Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H4144 [26MY]

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

———provide grants and other support to achieve communications interoperability in the U.S. (see H.R. 1251), H1370 [10MR]

Terrorism: establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders (see H.R. 228), H1846 [6AP]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4144 [26MY]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H11881 [15DE]

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

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 153), H1778 [5AP] (see H.R. 1109), H982 [3MR]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Truth in Lending Act: extend certain protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent to initiate, and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 3449), H7566 [28JY]

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]

———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (see H. Res. 166), H3696 [19MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H1697 [17MR]

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), H8163 [20SE]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H11109 [6DE]

Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H8389 [27SE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8735 [6OC]

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

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

———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), H1371 [10MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H5435 (see H.R. 515), H5479 [29JN]

———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), H4896 [21JN]

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

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 4537), H11653 [14DE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H4143 [26MY]

———recognize positive effect of outreach activities known as Stand Down events on homeless veterans and commend organizers of such events (see H. Con. Res. 87), H988 [7MR]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]

Vincent Palladino Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2183), H3054 [5MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4896 [21JN] (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H2103 [14AP]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H1846 [6AP]

———extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 3734), H8648 [3OC]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H2978 [4MY]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H1697 [17MR]

Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8343 [22SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

———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]

———provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 2727), H6205 [20JY]

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

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H3054 [5MY]

———recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

———recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western Bohemia (see H. Res. 195), H1846 [6AP]

———tribute to Montford Point Marines (see H. Con. Res. 80), H847 [1MR]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H196 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H1508 [15MR]

———reinstate ban on possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 3348), H6106 [19JY]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see H.R. 1311), H1507 [15MR]

Dept. of Education: create a pilot program to increase the number of graduate educated nurse faculty to meet the future need for qualified nurses (see H.R. 3173), H5601 [30JN]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1523), H1845 [6AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of municipal and county governments (see H.R. 796), H587 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit requirement of sounding a locomotive horn in suburban areas in nonpeak traffic hours (see H.R. 4116), H9043 [20OC]

Education: expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 1522), H1845 [6AP]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1058), H940 [2MR]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 1415), H1693 [17MR]

———include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (see H.R. 1195), H1263 [9MR]

Firearms: prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court (see H.R. 1931), H2647 [27AP]

Health: 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), H351 [2FE]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 1252), H1370 [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. 1539), H1850 [8AP]

Hurricanes: provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3802), H8087 [15SE]

———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims who were Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita first responders (see H.R. 4074), H8918 [18OC]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H1693 [17MR]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 139), H2648 [27AP]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H1416 [14MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to asthma research (see H.R. 4166), H9361 [27OC]

Taxation: allow certain surviving spouses to exclude certain gains from the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 3803), H8087 [15SE]

———provide a 100 percent deduction for expenses related to identity theft (see H.R. 3804), H8087 [15SE]

World War II: honor the service and sacrifice of glider pilots (see H. Con. Res. 283), H9362 [27OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H5091 [23JN], H5230 [27JN], H5940 [18JY]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, H3086 [10MY]

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 437), E1907 [21SE]

Courts: protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (H.R. 1751), consideration (H. Res. 540), H10055 [9NO]

Crime: reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3147 [11MY]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (H.R. 3668), H7766 [8SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3458 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8377 [27SE]

Economy: growth, H11225 [8DE]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, H8377 [27SE]

———improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 1415), H4161 [7JN], H4860 [21JN], H5220 [27JN], H5934 [18JY], H8129 [20SE], H8821 [17OC], H9072 [25OC], H9609 [3NO], H9994 [8NO], H11073 [6DE], E1835 [13SE], E2470 [7DE]

———include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (H.R. 1195), H8129 [20SE], E1835 [13SE]

———require court rulings to be immediately entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, H10055 [9NO]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 800), H1951 [13AP], H6409 [25JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H8821 [17OC], H8998 [20OC]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), consideration (H. Res. 493), H8883 [18OC]

———prohibit purchase by individuals on the Transportation Security Administration No Fly List, H1870 [12AP], H2128 [19AP], H5616 [11JY]

———prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court (H.R. 1931), H3749 [23MY]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons, H8129 [20SE], E1835 [13SE]

Freeport, NY: tribute to Archer Street School of Language Arts, Mathematics and Technology, E196 [9FE]

Holocaust: remembrance, H3042 [5MY]

Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7836 [13SE]

Insurance: maintain certain forms of coverage mandated by State laws, H6507 [26JY]

Mineola, NY: Winthrop-University Hospital recipient of Health Grades, Inc., Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, E200 [9FE]

Riccobono, Carl: Creative Coalition and American Federation of Teachers Spotlight Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, E1648 [27JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), consideration (H. Res. 379), H6469 [26JY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), motion to recommit, H6507 [26JY]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H5368 [29JN]

———reform, H5368 [29JN]

Souzzi, Thomas R.: Governing.com (Internet site) Public Official of the Year award recipient, E2307 [9NO]

Votes: position on missed, H128 [6JA], H11149 [7DE], E2621 [19DE]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H877 [2MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H408 [8FE], H1021 [8MR], H1891 [12AP], H1964 [13AP], H2147 [19AP], H2645 [27AP], H2877 [3MY], H3110 [10MY], H3433 [17MY], H3553 [18MY], H3765 [23MY], H4184 [7JN], H4894 [21JN], H5251 [27JN], H5634 [11JY], H5960 [18JY], H6428 [25JY], H7670 [6SE], H7857 [13SE], H8159 [20SE], H8383 [27SE], H8842 [17OC], H9099 [25OC], H9638 [3NO], H10036 [8NO], H10223 [15NO], H11101 [6DE]

Tributes

Belfi, Donald E., E225 [14FE]

Dingell, Representative, H11483 [13DE]

Leonard, Linda, E2021 [6OC]

Woolsey, Representative, H6409 [25JY]