FORD, HAROLD E., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2401 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H11110 [6DE]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 690), H11035 [18NO]

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

Appropriations: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction efforts in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 871), H848 [1MR]

Armed Forces: 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), H848 [1MR]

———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), H1779 [5AP]

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

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

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8986 [19OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H942 [2MR]

———require reimbursement for non-TRICARE health insurance premiums paid by certain members of reserve components during the period the members were not eligible for TRICARE coverage (see H.R. 1343), H1621 [16MR]

———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 197), H942 [2MR]

———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]

———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H9473 [1NO]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9436 [31OC]

Aviation: improve air cargo security (see H.R. 2044), H3769 [23MY]

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), H1368 [10MR]

Bankruptcy: provide relief relative to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3697), H7862 [13SE]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1265 [9MR]

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

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5435 (see H.R. 2872), H5480 [29JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H796 [17FE] (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 903), H792 [17FE]

———facilitate Presidential leadership and congressional accountability regarding reduction of other spending to offset costs of responding to recent natural disasters (see H.R. 3966), H9426 [28OC]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H796 [17FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see H.R. 4124), H9473 [1NO]

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), H7744 [7SE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H2880 [3MY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H7743 [7SE]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 822), H5914 [14JY]

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

———protect from Internet pornography and support law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-related crimes against children (see H.R. 3479), H7614 [29JY]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H3260 [12MY]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H8734 [6OC]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11110 [6DE]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]

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

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H2648 [27AP]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H1371 [10MR]

Conner, Garlin M.: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 605), H4296 [8JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H7743 [7SE]

Corporate Entitlement Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 4254), H10038 [8NO]

Courts: limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1369 [10MR]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H3894 [24MY]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H8513 [28SE]

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

———tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8249 [21SE]

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 Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H11110 [6DE]

———expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H8736 [6OC]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H6106 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve (see H.R. 3792), H8163 [20SE]

———establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4158), H9361 [27OC]

———establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H11880 [15DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H4074 [25MY]

———establish programs to address the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1175), H1780 [5AP]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H5801 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize the Citizen Corps and establish the Border Corps (see H.R. 4099), H9436 [31OC]

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

———provide certain information relating to the reapportionment of airport screeners (see H. Res. 463), H8387 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H2149 [19AP]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 77), H797 [17FE]

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), H11880 [15DE]

———require installation of second cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder system in commercial passenger aircraft utilizing combination deployable recorder technology (see H.R. 3336), H6106 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H7861 [13SE]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H4722 [17JN]

———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), H1417 [14MR]

Disasters: improve and encourage greater public participation in community disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans (see H.R. 3565), H7559 [28JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H6107 [19JY]

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

———enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H5913 [14JY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10157 [10NO]

———promote awareness, prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 130), H1895 [12AP]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H8343 [22SE]

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

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H6107 [19JY]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H941 [2MR]

———expand and enhance the HOPE and Lifetime Learning tax credits, and amend the Higher Education Act to provide loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees (see H.R. 2815), H5435 (see H.R. 2815), H5480 [29JN]

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

———national policy to improve system (see H.R. 1681), H2148 [19AP]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3436 [17MY]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H6107 [19JY]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1277), H1416 [14MR]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H9472 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H8734 [6OC]

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

———protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H9556 [2NO]

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H943 [2MR]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H8389 [27SE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H1778 [5AP]

FCC: expedite and increase assignment of radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1646), H2101 [14AP]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9426 [28OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require cost-benefit analysis for surface transportation projects prior to procuring architectural or engineering services from private contractors (see H.R. 942), H2103 [14AP]

Federal employees: 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), H11504 [13DE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H8162 [20SE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see H.R. 856), H718 [16FE]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4356 [9JN]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H74 [4JA]

———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: technical correction to Federal preemption law, relative to State or local laws, concerning the markings and identification of imitation or toy firearms (see H.R. 1566), H7673 [6SE]

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), H4187 [7JN]

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

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H1023 [8MR]

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]

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), H2472 [21AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1399), H1780 [5AP]

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

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

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

Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see H.R. 3252), H6205 [20JY]

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

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

Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H4073 [25MY]

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

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H797 [17FE]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, strengthen civil remedies, promote uniform lending and appraisal standards, and establish licensing standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 1295), H1697 [17MR]

———modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H7743 [7SE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4561 [15JN]

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

———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H9554 [2NO]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H8734 [6OC]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 4540), H11880 [15DE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2880 [3MY]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4401 [13JN]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H848 [1MR]

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

Law enforcement officers: adjust 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), H8919 [18OC]

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

———amend the matching grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests (see H.R. 4215), H9555 [2NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H848 [1MR]

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

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 438), H4400 [13JN]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H8162 [20SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H5915 [14JY]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H9426 [28OC]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H4486 [14JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H6107 [19JY]

———improve the provision of telehealth services (see H.R. 2807), H7743 [7SE]

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

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H9363 [27OC]

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

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H8810 [7OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1779 [5AP]

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

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H4656 [16JN]

Miller, Arthur: tribute (see H. Res. 216), H2102 [14AP]

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]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7614 [29JY]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7744 [7SE]

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

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H4656 [16JN]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 690), H11035 [18NO]

National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H8387 [27SE]

National forests: make additional quantities of free firewood available to individuals from National Forest System lands (see H.R. 4251), H10038 [8NO]

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

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), H4143 [26MY]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 46), H354 [2FE]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H849 [1MR]

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

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

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H4140 [26MY]

NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H11880 [15DE]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 1955), H2734 [28AP]

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: 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]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H848 [1MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 453), H8162 [20SE]

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H847 [1MR]

Privacy: 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), H3331 [16MY]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H8162 [20SE]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7815 [8SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H848 [1MR]

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

SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H5252 [27JN]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H11327 [8DE]

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

Smith, Emmitt: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H631 [15FE]

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), H7949 [14SE]

———ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H411 [8FE]

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

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H236 [26JA]

Southern California Association of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 247), H3057 [5MY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H413 [8FE]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1264 [9MR]

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

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H4187 [7JN]

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5177 [24JN]

———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), H4896 [21JN]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H11654 [14DE]

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

———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), H2648 [27AP]

———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), H8919 [18OC]

———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), H2395 [20AP]

———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), H1847 [6AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H7613 [29JY]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H233 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H4561 [15JN]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H7743 [7SE]

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

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

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4356 [9JN]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 3957), H9472 [1NO]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H197 [25JA]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H1265 [9MR]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

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

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

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1272), H2739 [28AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H9556 [2NO]

———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 credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H1025 [8MR]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 1954), H4297 [8JN]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space (see H.R. 1062), H6328 [21JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H1369 [10MR]

———provide a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and improve the small ethanol producer credit (see H.R. 36), H2738 [28AP]

———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), H4656 [16JN]

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

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

———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]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H6936 [27JY]

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

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H7564 [28JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H8643 [29SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H4356 [9JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5963 [18JY]

Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H8342 [22SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H4187 [7JN]

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: update feasibility and suitability study and include new trail segments (see H.R. 3085), H5361 [28JN]

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), H1622 [16MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H5914 [14JY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H3556 [18MY]

Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (see H. Res. 545), H10156 [10NO]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H4187 [7JN]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H1025 [8MR]

———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), H8736 [6OC]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H7565 [28JY]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H4984 [22JN]

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

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H3696 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 887), H791 [17FE] (see H.R. 2874), H4485 [14JN]

Bankruptcy: provide fair treatment of employee benefits (see H.R. 4590), H12048 [16DE]

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

Consumers: protect low and moderate income individuals from certain predatory lending practices (see H.R. 1643), H2100 [14AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out national service projects that address the needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, and other major disasters or emergencies (see H.R. 3796), H8087 [15SE]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (see H.J. Res. 64), H8162 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to States and local educational agencies for hiring and training prekindergarten teachers (see H.R. 3296), H5913 [14JY]

———increase funding levels for Partnerships in Character Education Program (see H.R. 1559), H1894 [12AP]

Disasters: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see H.R. 4205), H9555 [2NO]

Education: provide tuition assistance to undergraduate students in exchange for the performance of national service (see H.R. 4459), H11219 [7DE]

European Union: suspend unilateral altering of certain wood product importation standards and call for an International Plant Protection Convention assessment of the justification for such alterations (see H. Con. Res. 310), H11035 [18NO]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H1894 [12AP]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 3297), H5913 [14JY]

National security: require Presidential report to Congress on national homeland security strategy (see H.R. 1383), H1692 [17MR]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and establish a flat estate tax rate (see H.R. 1560), H1894 [12AP]

Veterans: improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror (see H.R. 922), H793 [17FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1027 [9MR]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1555 [16MR]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6908 [27JY]

Edamerica (business) and Edfinancial Services (business): tribute to Edscholar Scholarship Program, E2370 [16NO]

EPA: encourage domestic production and sales of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles, H2402 [21AP]

National Asphalt Pavement Association: anniversary, E995 [17MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2402 [21AP]

Recording Academy: tribute to Memphis, TN, chapter honorees, E2167 [25OC]

Time Warner, Inc.: tribute to Time To Read literacy program, E2387 [17NO]

WDIA-Radio (Memphis, TN): tribute, E1306 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H978 [3MR], H7738 [7SE], H8159 [20SE]

Special order: granted, H2974 [4MY]

Tributes

Barber, Don, E1744 [29JY]

Hill, Marvin L., E25 [4JA]

Jackmon, Robbie, E1711 [29JY]

Moore, Mary E., H1027 [9MR]

Pitts, John, Sr., E1403 [30JN]

Rogers, Adrian, E503 [17MR]

Tallant, Shawn R., E1838 [14SE]