RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Achieving Your Dreams and Hopes: David Jefferson, Sr., E1153 [7JN]

African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum: Condoleezza Rice, Sec. of State, E1576 [22JY]

Congressional Black Caucus Charles Diggs Award for International Service: P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, E1997 [29SE]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11249 [8DE]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5499, H5605 [30JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

———H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, H1374 [14MR]

Robert T. Matsui funeral attendees, H129 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Aid Workers Say Niger Crisis Illustrates Need for Reform, Francis Temman, USA Today, E1706 [29JY]

American Witness, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York (NY) Times, E342 [2MR]

Annan—Adopt U.N. Reform Package, CNN.com (Internet site), E1470 [12JY]

Arctic Folly, Jimmy Carter, Washington (DC) Post, E2049 [7OC]

Being Ossie—He Never Feared a Righteous Fight, Leonard Greene, New York (NY) Post, H476 [9FE]

Belize—Small Country, Big Progress, Lisa Shoman, Hill (publication), E1568 [21JY]

Black Moses—The International Appeal for This Black Nationalist Still Lives, Michael D. Roberts, New York (NY) Carib News, E1151 [7JN]

Bringing Great Teachers to Struggling Schools—The Moment Is Now, Arthur Levine and Darlyne Bailey, E1724 [29JY]

Caribbean May Defy ``Overwhelming Odds''—As Region Seeks To Improve People's Living Standards in Challenging Times, Billie A. Miller, New York (NY) Carib News, E1126 [26MY]

Celebrating the Life of John Procope, New York (NY) Carib News, E1727 [29JY]

Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies at 92—Long Known as the ``Mother of the Civil Rights Movement'', CNN.com (Internet site), E2238 [1NO]

Civil Rights Lawyer Baker Motley Dies, Larry Neumeister, Washington (DC) Post, E1995 [29SE]

Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Trailblazer, Dies at 84, Douglas Martin, New York (NY) Times, E1994 [29SE]

Crumbs for Africa, New York (NY) Times, E1165 [8JN]

Cycle of August Wilson's Life, Peter Marks, Washington (DC) Post, E2046 [7OC]

Day 113 of the President's Silence, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York (NY) Times, E887 [5MY]

Extending Democracy to Ex-Offenders, New York (NY) Times, E1319 [23JN]

Faith and Deliverance—Damu Smith Wages War on Cancer, Shantella Y. Sherman, Afro-American (publication), E1615 [27JY]

Fellowship Fosters Diversity—Rangel Fellowship Focuses on Foreign Service, Roll Call (publication), E1548 [20JY]

Florida's Zeal Against Castro Is Losing Heat, New York (NY) Times, E1571 [21JY]

From the Fight Against Slavery, Racism and Colonialism to HIV/AIDS Scourge and Adverse Effects of Globalization, P.J. Patterson, New York (NY) Carib News, E1300 [21JN]

Grenada Needs All the Help It Can Get, New York (NY) Carib News, E1721 [29JY]

Haitians, Dominicans Join Voices To Help, Melville (NY) Newsday, E1566 [21JY]

Harlem Renaissance Day of Committment, New York (NY) Carib News, E1149 [7JN]

Helping the Least of These—Cancel Africa's Debt and Share the Wealth, Bernice Powell Jackson, Orlando (FL) Times, E1390 [28JN]

His Night in the Sun—After 25 Years, Ted Koppel Is Leaving the Show That Did It His Way, Howard Kurtz, Washington (DC) Post, E2313 [9NO]

Ibrahim Ferrer, 78, Cuban Singer in ``Buena Vista Social Club,'' Dies, Ben Ratliff, New York (NY) Times, E1783 [7SE]

Immigrants and Melting Pot Economics—The Flow of Foreigners Into U.S. Boost but Don't Imperil the Nation, Tony Best, New York (NY) Carib News, E1711 [29JY]

Importance of Citizens—We Must Hear It Over and Over, New York (NY) Carib News, E1730 [29JY]

Island Flavors in a Yellow Envelope, Julia Moskin and Kim Severson, New York (NY) Times, E2036 [6OC]

Jazz Bassist Keter Betts Dies at 77, Adam Bernstein, Washington (DC) Post, E1912 [21SE]

John L. Procope, 82, Publisher of Black Newspaper in Harlem, Dies, New York (NY) Times, E1555 [20JY]

John L. Procope—The Passing of a Leader in Newspaper Publishing and the Consummate Business Leader, New York (NY) Carib News, E1728 [29JY]

Judge Bruce McM Wright Memorial, New York (NY) Carib News, E1207 [14JN]

Katrina's Silver Lining, David Brooks, New York (NY) Times, E1876 [15SE]

Kenneth Clark, Who Helped End Segregation, Dies, New York (NY) Times, E845-E847 [3MY]

Kenneth Clark Dies; Helped Desegregate Schools, Washington (DC) Post, E891 [5MY]

New York's HIV Experiment, Jamie Doran, British Broadcasting Corp., E37 [6JA]

No More Blank Check Wars, Leslie H. Gelb and Anne Marie Slaughter, Washington (DC) Post, E2319 [9NO]

Patience Wears Thin on Eve of July 26—Several Cuban Dissidents Remained in Detention as the Government Scaled Back Plans for Festivities Commemorating the Start of the Revolution, Nancy San Martin, Miami (FL) Herald, E1632 [27JY]

Personal Evolution of a Civil Rights Giant, New York (NY) Times, E1053 [23MY]

Plan That Falls Far Short of Global Needs, New York (NY) Carib News, E1391 [28JN]

Preston Robert Tisch, Owner of Loews Hotels and Giants, Dies, Douglas Martin, New York (NY) Times, E2457 [6DE]

Privilege To Be Served by Pickle, Austin (TX) American Statesman, E1336 [24JN]

Progress in Restoring Felons' Right To Vote, New York (NY) Carib News, E1463 [12JY]

Reflecting on Kenneth Bancroft Clark—Pioneer and Inspiration to the Joint Center, Eddie N. William, Focus (publication), E1528 [19JY]

Riverside Cathedral, a Platform for Truth—A Search for Africa's Development and the Role of Nelson Mandela, Harry Belafonte, New York (NY) Carib News, E1467 [12JY]

Senate Issues Apology Over Failure on Lynching Law, Sheryl G. Stolberg, New York (NY) Times, E1250 [15JN]

Senior U.S. Official Visits Unsettled Haiti, Jacqueline Charles and Joe Mozingo, Miami (FL) Herald, E1199 [9JN]

Set for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, New York (NY) Carib News, E1237 [15JN]

South American Drug Cartels Lured to West Africa, Nick Tattersall, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, E1729 [29JY]

Sudan's Cruel and Slow Starvation, Hilary Andersson, BBC News (Internet site), E2632 [22DE]

Ten Ways You Can Help Africa, Julius E. Coles, E426 [10MR]

Time To Fix Riot's Wrongs, E.R. Shipp, New York (NY) Daily News, E487 [17MR]

Urban League Celebrates 95 Years, Zenitha Prince, Afro-American (publication), E1618 [27JY]

Voting Rights Act—Instrument of Democracy, Marc H. Morial, New York (NY) Carib News, E1718 [29JY]

War Must Be a Local Issue, Jimmy Breslin, Melville (NY) Newsday, E2379 [17NO]

We Need To Be Ready for the Consequences, New York (NY) Carib News, E1392 [28JN]

What Emancipation Means to Jamaica and Its People, P.J. Patterson, New York (NY) Carib News, E2030 [6OC]

Why Our Black Families Are Failing, William Raspberry, Washington (DC) Post, E1598 [25JY]

Why the Black Caucus, the Bush White House and CARICOM Should Become Engaged in Haiti, New York (NY) Carib News, E1504 [15JY]

Witness for Justice #245—My Christmas List, Bernice Powell Jackson, E2635 [22DE]

Woman of the People—Shirley Chisholm Took a Back Seat to No One, Wil Haygood, Washington (DC) Post, E28 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: implement measures to help alleviate poor living conditions (see H.R. 3175), H5601 [30JN]

Africa-America Institute: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 261), H8734 [6OC]

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

Airports: establish a deadline for the screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment entering a secure area of an airport (see H.R. 2688), H4356 [9JN]

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

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), H3056 [5MY]

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1688), H2148 [19AP]

———restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H524 [9FE]

———treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 1329), H6432 [25JY]

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

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H4655 [16JN]

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

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H5602 [30JN]

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

———enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H7743 [7SE]

———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), H1696 [17MR]

———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), H631 [15FE]

———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), H631 [15FE]

———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), H197 [25JA]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H3113 [10MY]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H1622 [16MR]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2395 [20AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1969 [13AP]

———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), H2550 [26AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H4296 [8JN]

———conduct thorough review of cases of individuals convicted of court-martial arising from a disturbance at Fort Lawton, WA, on August 14, 1944 (see H.R. 3174), H5601 [30JN]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 280), H3435 [17MY]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H7564 [28JY]

Bennett, William J.: condemn remarks linking crime rates with the abortion of African American babies (see H. Res. 473), H8810 [7OC]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1780 [5AP]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11328 [8DE]

Bush, President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (see H. Res. 636), H13189 [22DE]

Business and industry: provide for a fair and equitable resolution of claims relative to the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 1331), H1620 [16MR]

———require additional disclosure to shareholders of executive compensation (see H.R. 4291), H10156 [10NO]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide and establish an international criminal tribunal to bring the perpetrators of the genocide to justice (see H. Con. Res. 238), H7814 [8SE]

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]

———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 937), H1265 [9MR]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H2473 [21AP]

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

Carson, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 40), H236 [26JA]

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), H7815 [8SE]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H1969 [13AP]

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

———establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1265 [9MR]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H3114 [10MY]

Cheney, Vice President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (see H. Res. 637), H13189 [22DE]

Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 4126), H10227 [15NO]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3332 [16MY]

———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), H4296 [8JN]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H7559 [28JY]

———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]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H5963 [18JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 58), H587 [14FE]

———tribute (see H. Res. 21), H79 [4JA]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2881 [3MY]

Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H354 [2FE]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H6328 [21JY]

———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), H9473 [1NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 227), H353 [2FE]

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), H4656 [16JN]

———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), H5964 [18JY]

Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 61), H629 [15FE]

Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1778 [5AP]

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]

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

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

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H72 [4JA]

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

Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H13189 [22DE]

Community service: enforce public interest obligations of broadcast station licensees to their local communities (see H.R. 501), H285 [1FE]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H5963 [18JY]

Contracts: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (see H.R. 2742), H7950 [14SE]

———require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to each subcontractor under a Federal contract and a clause outlining the provisions of such policy in each subcontract (see H.R. 2740), H7950 [14SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H2106 [18AP]

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

Correctional institutions: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (see H.R. 4202), H9555 [2NO]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (see H.R. 668), H2394 [20AP]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1850), H4723 [17JN]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2500), H4188 [7JN]

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), H2473 [21AP]

Crime: prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H6936 [27JY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H4143 [26MY]

Cropsey, Jasper F.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 138), H11655 [14DE]

Cruz, Celia: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 149), H1896 [12AP]

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

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H2548 [26AP]

———prohibit use of funds to implement certain regulations that restrict travel to Cuba for educational activities (see H.R. 3064), H5176 [24JN]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H6206 [20JY]

Davis, Ossie: 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), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H6205 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5435 (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5480 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 2207), H4487 [14JN]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 1439), H2395 [20AP]

———make grants to assist schools in discontinuing the use of a derogatory or discriminatory name, or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname (see H.R. 1933), H2647 [27AP]

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

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H5604 [30JN]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H9044 [20OC]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 1290), H1897 [12AP]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H283 [1FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide interagency planning for preparing for, defending against, and responding to, the consequences of terrorist attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project (see H.R. 895), H792 [17FE]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2104 [14AP]

———make grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2636), H4073 [25MY]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8644 [29SE]

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

Dept. of Justice: establish a Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force (see H.R. 484), H285 [1FE]

———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 Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 3760), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H4561 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H11110 [6DE]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: transmit to the House of Representatives documents relating to security investigations and background checks relating to granting White House access to James D. Guckert (see H. Res. 136), H984 [3MR]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 4492), H13189 [22DE]

Disasters: provide assistance to children orphaned or unaccompanied due to the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H.R. 397), H234 [26JA] (see H.R. 950), H794 [17FE]

———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), H8643 [29SE]

Discrimination: condemn existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urge States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue (see H. Res. 259), H3557 [18MY]

———prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3642), H11328 [8DE]

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H11036 [18NO]

———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]

———enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 944), H2472 [21AP]

———establish a program of grants for detection and control of colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1401), H2739 [28AP]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H11328 [8DE]

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

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

———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2945), H5915 [14JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H2476 [25AP]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4062), H9044 [20OC]

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

———promote initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine (see H. Res. 286), H4144 [26MY]

———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), H287 [1FE]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 3781), H8810 [7OC]

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

DuBois, W.E.B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 72), H796 [17FE]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2101 [14AP]

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

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H524 [9FE]

Education: expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 1522), H3199 [11MY]

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

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H6107 [19JY]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]

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

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H353 [2FE]

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

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 1281), H1970 [13AP] (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]

FBI: include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (see H.R. 1195), H2103 [14AP]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 4110), H9277 [26OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8342 [22SE]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (see H.R. 2517), H4401 [13JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H5800 [13JY]

———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 1480), H2395 [20AP]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H11110 [6DE]

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

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7744 [7SE]

Financial institutions: clarify applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations (see H.R. 3426), H7566 [28JY]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see H.R. 1413), H11220 [7DE]

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), H2394 [20AP]

Foreign trade: impose limits on U.S. foreign debt (see H.R. 746), H581 [10FE]

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]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H9044 [20OC]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 2412), H5604 [30JN]

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 2331), H4297 [8JN]

Guyana: provide adequate assistance relative to severe flooding resulting from torrential rains (see H. Con. Res. 74), H796 [17FE]

Haiti: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2592), H3893 [24MY]

———establish a program to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction assistance (see H.R. 611), H410 [8FE]

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

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H5435 (see H.R. 1807), H5480 [29JN]

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), H2648 [27AP]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H5435 (see H.J. Res. 30), H5480 [29JN]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H2975 [4MY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H1263 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1779 [5AP] (see H.R. 2133), H3052 [5MY]

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

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 1252), H1370 [10MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H8734 [6OC]

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

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

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

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

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), H2151 [19AP]

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H1896 [12AP]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H720 [16FE]

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

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1184), H1263 [9MR]

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

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 62), H630 [15FE] (see H. Con. Res. 125), H1845 [6AP]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H9473 [1NO]

———establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of certain Missouri cities from their homes between 1894 and 1901 and make recommendations regarding reparations (see H.R. 1977), H2735 [28AP]

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

Housing: protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and the section 8 housing choice voucher program from eviction by reason of criminal activity (see H.R. 1309), H1970 [13AP]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H1694 [17MR]

———support goal of increased homeownership in the U.S. and recognize the importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1851 [8AP]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4516), H11655 [14DE]

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

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3711), H7950 [14SE]

———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]

———temporarily suspend laws that deny certain Federal benefits, grants, and licenses to victims of Hurricanse Katrina or Rita due to convictions for certain drug crimes (see H.R. 4169), H9362 [27OC] (see H.R. 4213), H9555 [2NO]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H287 [1FE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H4895 [21JN]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 946), H794 [17FE]

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

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

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1107), H1696 [17MR]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 4540), H11653 [14DE]

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

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H1897 [12AP]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H1622 [16MR]

International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H6328 [21JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3435 [17MY]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H9103 [25OC]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H7744 [7SE] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11036 [18NO] (see H. Con. Res. 35), H236 [26JA]

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

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

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H196 [25JA]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4561 [15JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H11328 [8DE]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 487), H8809 [7OC]

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

Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (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), H4188 [7JN]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H5435 (see H.R. 115), H5479 [29JN]

Law enforcement: increase evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense and require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces (see H.R. 2620), H4072 [25MY]

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]

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

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H9473 [1NO]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 2323), H12050 [16DE]

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

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2472 [21AP]

———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H11110 [6DE]

———provide for fair treatment of services furnished to Native Americans (see H.R. 4447), H13189 [22DE]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H7813 [8SE]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H8736 [6OC]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

———assure equitable payment for physicians services (see H.R. 4520), H11503 [13DE]

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

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 3161), H5600 [30JN]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H5361 [28JN]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H3060 [9MY]

———improve accountability in the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4103), H9042 [20OC]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H4896 [21JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H3331 [16MY]

———increase inpatient hosptial payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1729), H2551 [26AP]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H719 [16FE]

———permit waiver of waiting period for Medicare coverage of terminally ill disabled individuals (see H.R. 2680), H7613 [29JY]

———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), H631 [15FE]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 467), H524 [9FE]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H8340 [22SE]

———provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 686), H798 [17FE]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H5963 [18JY]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data to promote improved consumer information and choice (see H.R. 4349), H11110 [6DE]

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

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

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H1696 [17MR]

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

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H2647 [27AP]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H1970 [13AP]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 708), H522 [9FE]

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

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

Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 271), H9043 [20OC]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H8847 [17OC]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7815 [8SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 2891), H4802 [20JN]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H9103 [25OC]

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

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), H8809 [7OC]

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), H352 [2FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

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]

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

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H7614 [29JY]

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), H8919 [18OC]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 27), H942 [2MR]

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

National Medal of Honor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 297), H4297 [8JN]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H3114 [10MY]

National objectives: end homelessness (see H.R. 4347), H11110 [6DE]

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H7566 [28JY]

National School Lunch Act: expand fruit and vegetable pilot program and include Head Start programs (see H.R. 203), H719 [16FE]

———restore funds under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 204), H719 [16FE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H4296 [8JN]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see H.R. 1502), H6432 [25JY]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H9277 [26OC]

National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 333), H4802 [20JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1264 [9MR]

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

———clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 16), H630 [15FE]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 601), H9472 [1NO]

———recognize and honor achievements and contributions and urge establishment and observation of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans (see H. Res. 76), H3057 [5MY]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to other governmental employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 331), H413 [8FE]

New York, NY: establish the African Burial Ground National Historic Site and the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum (see H.R. 3581), H7559 [28JY]

———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]

Nigeria: express condolences for the loss of life suffered in the crash of a Nigerian passenger jet and for the death of Stella Obasanjo in Spain (see H. Res. 536), H9695 [4NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see H.R. 4186), H11220 [7DE]

Older Americans Act: provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis (see H.R. 1081), H981 [3MR]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1993), H2736 [28AP]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]

Parks, Rosa: authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 286), H9556 [2NO]

———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), H1778 [5AP]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1897 [12AP]

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]

———improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H7742 [7SE]

Public Health Service Act: improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H11655 [14DE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2103 [14AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H2395 [20AP]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 539), H2550 [26AP]

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

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H3434 [17MY]

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

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 472), H8736 [6OC]

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]

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), H9044 [20OC]

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

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

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1404), H1692 [17MR]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8090 [15SE]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1264 [9MR]

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

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H631 [15FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H7814 [8SE]

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H849 [1MR]

Science: recognize significance of African American women in the U.S. scientific community (see H. Con. Res. 96), H1508 [15MR]

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]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3556 [18MY]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 953), H794 [17FE]

Social Security: coordinate the threshold requirement for coverage of domestic employees with the amount required for a quarter of coverage (see H.R. 1761), H2470 [21AP]

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

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H2102 [14AP]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1233), H1369 [10MR]

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

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H10145 [9NO]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 1690), H2473 [21AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H630 [15FE]

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), H587 [14FE]

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 1682), H2148 [19AP]

Staff Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 289), H236 [26JA]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1693 [17MR]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H5599 [30JN]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H.R. 241), H136 [6JA]

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

———allow deduction for uncompensated education costs incurred by certain veterans' survivors and dependents (see H.R. 924), H793 [17FE]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2978 [4MY]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2473 [21AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H5914 [14JY]

———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (see H.R. 1521), H2103 [14AP]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H4072 [25MY]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H2648 [27AP]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H4296 [8JN]

———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11326 [8DE]

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

———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1597), H2649 [27AP]

———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), H236 [26JA]

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

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

———provide a checkoff for a World Trade Center Memorial Fund (see H.R. 1095), H1970 [13AP]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 4464), H11219 [7DE]

———provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance (see H.R. 3194), H8248 [21SE]

———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]

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

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1468), H1777 [5AP]

———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 beer (see H.R. 1306), H3056 [5MY]

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

Taylor, Charles: call on Nigeria to transfer custody to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law (see H. Con. Res. 127), H2395 [20AP]

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

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H5362 [28JN]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3072), H8248 [21SE]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (see H.R. 4340), H10501 [16NO]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 562), H7814 [8SE]

Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H8810 [7OC]

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

Veterans: expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H11221 [7DE]

———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), H1696 [17MR]

———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), H5435 (see H.R. 1588), H5480 [29JN]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8348 [26SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H5741 [12JY]

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

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

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), H286 [1FE]

———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]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H584 [10FE]

———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 1300), H1507 [15MR]

Water: protect, conserve, and improve access to freshwater resources (see H. Con. Res. 120), H1695 [17MR]

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

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H798 [17FE]

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

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1622 [16MR]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 893), H4073 [25MY]

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide automatic naturalization for noncitizen members ordered to serve in a combat zone during Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 661), H411 [8FE]

Ashe, Arthur: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 116), H1695 [17MR]

Bah, Marliatou: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Bearden, Romare H.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1695 [17MR]

Brown, Dick: tribute (see H. Res. 176), H1696 [17MR]

Campanella, Roy: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 114), H1695 [17MR]

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 824), H629 [15FE]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 188), H77 [4JA]

Civilian Volunteer Service Reserve Program: establish (see H.R. 2724), H4141 [26MY]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 662), H411 [8FE]

Davis, Ossie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 660), H411 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 48), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Abdoul: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Fatoumata Traore: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Ibrahima: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Kadiatou: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Laouratou: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Mamadou Bobo: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Mamadou Pathe: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Diallo, Sankarela: relief (see H.R. 677), H412 [8FE]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2456), H3555 [18MY]

Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1695 [17MR]

Foreign trade: provide relief from certain practices by other countries (see H.R. 3306), H5913 [14JY]

———require payment of interest on amounts owed by the U.S. pursuant to the reliquidation of certain entries under the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act and the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act (see H.R. 1813), H2548 [26AP]

Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H587 [14FE]

Hampton, Lionel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H1695 [17MR]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 60), H587 [14FE] (see H. Con. Res. 175), H4296 [8JN]

Horne, Lena: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 112), H1695 [17MR]

Housing: constitutional amendment relative to the right to a home (see H.J. Res. 40), H1778 [5AP]

Hurston, Zora Neale: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1695 [17MR]

Johnson, Shoshana N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H1695 [17MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1432), H1694 [17MR]

Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 1433), H1694 [17MR]

Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (see H. Res. 497), H8846 [17OC]

National security: require all young persons to perform a period of military or civilian service (see H.R. 2723), H4141 [26MY]

National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 187), H1778 [5AP]

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 113), H1695 [17MR]

Public housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1018), H846 [1MR]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 179), H1696 [17MR]

Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 177), H1696 [17MR]

Ronald H. Brown U.S. Mission to the U.N. Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1434), H1694 [17MR]

Schomburg, Arthur: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 119), H1695 [17MR]

Shabazz, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H1696 [17MR]

Tariff: cis-3-hexen-1-ol (see H.R. 1858), H2549 [26AP]

———cosmetic bags with a flexible outer surface of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) (see H.R. 2128), H3052 [5MY]

———C12-18 alkenes (see H.R. 1856), H2549 [26AP]

———magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate (see H.R. 1855), H2549 [26AP]

———magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate (see H.R. 1854), H2549 [26AP]

———polytetramethylene ether glycol (see H.R. 1857), H2549 [26AP]

Taxation: deny the foreign tax credit, and benefits of deferral, to companies doing business in Sudan until the Sudanese take steps to end genocide (see H.R. 1435), H1694 [17MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1742), H2394 [20AP]

Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1472), H1777 [5AP]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H1370 [10MR]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H411 [8FE]

Walker, C.J.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 118), H1695 [17MR]

World Trade Organization: expand membership in Agreement on Government Procurement and urge the People's Republic of China to enter into immediate negotiations to join that agreement (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5603 [30JN]

Factsheets

African Global Competitiveness Initiative, E1576 [22JY]

Letters

Federal relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina: by, E1805 [8SE]

Prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Gerry Serotta and Brian Walt, Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization), E2380 [17NO]

Lists

Central American groups opposing the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), H6898 [27JY]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., interns, E1645 [27JY]

Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization) signatories to letter on prohibiting torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, E2381-E2384 [17NO]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11262 [8DE]

Obituaries

Benedetto, John D.: Fort Lauderdale (FL) Sun-Sentinel, E2379 [17NO]

Vandross, Luther R.: J Records (business), E1501 [15JY]

Press releases

NAACP Says Lynching Resolution Long Overdue, E1321 [23JN]

``Proud'': THEntertainment (production company), E1713 [29JY]

Secretary of State Rice Announces New AGOA Fund To Promote Africa Economic Growth, E1576 [22JY]

Proclamations

Tribute to Billie A. Miller: Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E2316 [9NO]

Tribute to Denzil L. Douglas: Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E2316 [9NO]

Tribute to Diane Abbot: Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E2318 [9NO]

Tribute to Gordon (Butch) Stewart: Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E2318 [9NO]

Tribute to Kenny Anthony: Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E2317 [9NO]

Remarks

Abyssinian Development Corp.: tribute to Harlem Renaissance Day of Committment, E1149 [7JN]

Africa: allocation of foreign aid, E426 [10MR], E1165 [8JN], E1430 [1JY]

———development of trade and investment partnerships, E1575 [22JY]

———establish responsible energy policy towards the Gulf of Guinea region in West Africa, E1534 [19JY]

———use of West Africa as hub for drug trade to Europe and North America, E1729 [29JY]

African Americans: improve family stability, E1598 [25JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (H. Res. 378), E1614 [27JY]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, E2315 [9NO]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2131), E1342 [24JN]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, E2380 [17NO]

Bahamas: independence anniversary, E1526 [19JY]

Belize: U.S. policy, E1567 [21JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10620, H10621 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, H12274 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, H11961 [16DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11237, H11238, H11239, H11242, H11244, H11252, H11253, H11254, H11256, H11262 [8DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), consideration (H. Res. 588), H11234 [8DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1659 [17MR], E481 [17MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration (H. Res. 154), H1538 [16MR]

Caribbean Emancipation Day: observance, E1704 [29JY]

Caribbean nations: economic development, E1125 [26MY]

———U.S. policy, E1167 [8JN]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 71), H5193 [27JN]

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program: tribute, E1548 [20JY]

Colombia: civil liberties violations of Afro-Colombians, E1507 [15JY]

Columbia University: tribute to Teachers College, E1724 [29JY]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: tribute to interns, E1645 [27JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: provide reasonable standards (H.R. 54), E124 [1FE]

Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (S. 571), H6396 [25JY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo, H5499, H5500 [30JN]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (H. Con. Res. 206), E1571 [21JY]

———U.S. policy, E1631 [27JY]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (H. Res. 69), H476 [9FE]

Davis, Representative Danny K.: commend launching of the State of the African American Male (SAAM) Initiative, E1787 [8SE]

Dept. of Commerce: Economic Development Administration funding for Apollo Theater renovation, E1719 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, E2315 [9NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration (H. Res. 315), H4566 [16JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5499, H5500 [30JN]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, E1805 [8SE]

Dominican American National Roundtable (organization): tribute, E1709 [29JY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6895, H6898, H6904, H6907, H6914 [27JY]

Drugs: abuses in pediatric HIV drug trials, E37 [6JA]

Earth Day: observance, E884 [5MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, E481 [17MR]

Father's Day: observance, E1272 [17JN]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6444, H6447, H6450 [26JY]

Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E2514 [13DE]

Garvey, Marcus: pardon (H. Con. Res. 57), E1582 [22JY], E1702 [29JY]

Grenada: U.S. policy, E1721 [29JY]

Haiti: anniversary of political uprising and humanitarian crisis, E371 [7MR]

———concerns over political uprising and humanitarian crisis, E1199 [9JN]

———U.S. policy, E1503 [15JY]

Harlem Week: observance, E1616 [27JY]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (H. Con. Res. 175), H5928 [18JY], E1414 [30JN], E1507 [15JY], E1702 [29JY]

———apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), E1249 [15JN], E1321 [23JN]

———tribute to Underground Railroad, E1248 [15JN]

House of Representatives: formation of Out of Iraq Caucus, H4883, H4884, H4885, H4886 [21JN]

———impact of partisanship, H11753 [15DE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 563), H10962 [18NO]

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 (H.R. 3764), E1847 [14SE]

———impact of poverty levels on the extent of damages and financial hardship experienced by Hurricane Katrina victims, E1837 [14SE], E1876 [15SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1805 [8SE]

Immigration: encourage Caribbean immigrants to apply for citizenship, E1730 [29JY]

———tribute to immigrants, E1711 [29JY]

Institute of Caribbean Studies: tribute, E1338 [24JN]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, E2379 [17NO]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries, E1390 [28JN]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11017 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H4566 [16JN], H4883, H4884, H4885, H4886 [21JN], H10962 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11017 [18NO]

Jamaica: independence anniversary, E1783 [7SE], E2030, E2035 [6OC]

Jamaica Tourist Board: anniversary, E1122 [26MY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, E1281 [20JN]

Killen, Edgar Ray: manslaughter conviction for 1964 killing of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS, E1310 [21JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (H.R. 1432), E2034 [6OC]

Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (H. Res. 343), E1513 [18JY]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, E1366 [27JN]

Mandela, Nelson: visit to Riverside Church in New York, NY, E1467 [12JY]

Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (H.R. 1433), E2056 [7OC]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), H50 [4JA]

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 (H. Res. 347), E1464 [12JY]

Minorities: address disparities in economic status, education, health, and quality of life of Caribbean Americans, E1167 [8JN]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 30), E252 [16FE]

National Urban League: anniversary, E1617 [27JY]

National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 333), E1466 [12JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of 116th Street Festival, E1187 [9JN]

———tribute to Army National Guard 369th Core Support Battalion, E1184 [9JN]

———tribute to El Carnival del Boulevard festival, E1723 [29JY]

Niger: allocation of humanitarian assistance and address long-term food security, E1706 [29JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10106 [9NO], H11261 [8DE]

Patterson, P.J.: Congressional Black Caucus Charles Diggs Award for International Service recipient, E1997 [29SE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11753 [15DE]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1815 [6AP]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty, E1837 [14SE], E1876 [15SE]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (H. Res. 179), E2052 [7OC]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 504), E733 [22AP]

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (H.R. 787), H1908 [13AP]

Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (H. Res. 177), E2033 [6OC]

Rosh Hashanah: observance, E2054, E2060 [7OC]

Schools: access of military recruiters, E2423 [18NO]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H920 [2MR], H1538 [16MR]

———reform, H920 [2MR], H1538 [16MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region, E342 [2MR], E2632 [22DE]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (H.R. 1424), E887 [5MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E1043 [20MY]

Taxation: expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 1742), E717 [21AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11252, H11254, H11256, H11262 [8DE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4096), H11141, H11143, H11145 [7DE], H11234, H11238 [8DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), H11150, H11151 [7DE]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), consideration (H. Res. 454), H8193 [21SE]

Tourist trade: impact of proposed Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, E1333 [24JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, E1719 [29JY]

Trinidad and Tobago: independence anniversary, E1708 [29JY]

Tulsa, OK: call for Supreme Court resolution of claims resulting from 1921 race riots, E486 [17MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1259), E458 [16MR]

U.N.: reform, E1470 [12JY]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), H11169 [7DE]

Virgin Islands: tribute to Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference, E1237 [15JN]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences, E1319 [23JN], E1463 [12JY]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 216), E1642 [27JY], E1717 [29JY]

War: require congressional declaration prior to commitment of troops, E2319 [9NO]

Weather: preparations for hurricane season, E1392 [28JN]

World Trade Organization: expand membership in Agreement on Government Procurement and urge the People's Republic of China to enter into immediate negotiations to join that agreement (H. Con. Res. 203), E1439 [1JY]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen, E1484 [13JY]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), H430 [9FE]

Yom Kippur: observance, E2060 [7OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4983 [22JN]

Special order: granted, H937 [2MR], H7738 [7SE]

Reports

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Calls West Africa a Strategic but Underutilized Partner in Quest for U.S. Energy Security: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., E1535 [19JY]

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Africa—Claims vs. Reality: Susan E. Rice, Brookings Institution, E1430 [1JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Relief for Diallo family: Mount Vernon, NY, City Council, E628 [12AP]

Schedules

Harlem Week 2005—The Legacy Continues, E1616 [27JY]

Statements

Bahama Independence Day: Ivy Dumont, E1527 [19JY]

Independence Day Message: P.J. Patterson, E1784 [7SE]

Institute of Caribbean Studies Mission Statement, E1338 [24JN]

Malcolm X—Remembering Him as More Than a Postage Stamp: Bill Fletcher, Jr., TransAfrica Forum (organization), E1010 [19MY]

NAACP Mourns Death of Kenneth B. Clark, Psychologist and Educator Who Helped End School Segregation: Dennis C. Hayes and Julian Bond, NAACP, E891 [5MY]

Policy Recommendations: Dominican American National Roundtable (organization), E1710 [29JY]

Summaries

America's Better Classroom Act (H.R. 1742), E717 [21AP]

Tables

Estimated State bond allocation under H.R. 1742, America's Better Classroom Act, E718 [21AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 175, acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, E1507 [15JY]

Tributes

Abbott, Diane, E2317 [9NO]

Annan, Kofi, E1470 [12JY]

Anthony, Kenny, E2317 [9NO]

Benedetto, John D., E2379 [17NO]

Bennett, Tony, E2456 [6DE]

Betts, William T. (Keter), E1912 [21SE]

Carter, Jimmy, E2048 [7OC]

Chisholm, Shirley, E28 [4JA], E125 [1FE]

Clark, Kenneth B., E845 [3MY], E891 [5MY], E1528 [19JY]

Cochran, Johnnie, Jr., E578 [7AP]

Davis, Ossie, E1712 [29JY]

Douglas, Denzil L., E2316 [9NO]

Farrar, Eleanor, E1849 [14SE]

Ferrer, Ibrahim, E1782 [7SE]

Forman, James, E125 [1FE]

Francisco, Slinger (Mighty Sparrow), E1597 [25JY]

Grant, Stanley J.B., E2514 [13DE]

Jackson, Bernice Powell, E2635 [22DE]

Jean, Wyclef, E1566 [21JY]

Jefferson, David, Sr., E1153 [7JN]

Johnson, John H., E1788 [8SE]

Koppel, Ted, E2313 [9NO]

Lehman, William, E637 [13AP]

Malcolm X, E1010 [19MY], E1053 [23MY], E1151 [7JN]

Marley, Bob, E204 [9FE]

Mathis, Jean D., E1984 [29SE]

Mendoza, Herman, E1566 [21JY]

Miller, Billie A., E2316 [9NO]

Motley, Constance Baker, E1993 [29SE]

Paprin, Maurice S., E2458 [6DE]

Parks, Rosa, E2238 [1NO]

Patterson, P.J., E1300 [21JN]

Pickle, J.J., E1336 [24JN], E1542 [20JY]

Procope, John L., E1554 [20JY], E1727 [29JY]

Rainey, Joseph H., E2037 [6OC]

Rodino, Peter W., Jr., H4793 [20JN], E1005 [18MY], E1303 [21JN]

Sheehan, Cindy, E1976 [28SE]

Smith, Damu, E1614 [27JY]

Stewart, Gordon (Butch), E2318 [9NO]

Swygert, Kenny, E2187 [27OC]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob), E2457 [6DE]

Vandross, Luther R., E1501 [15JY]

Wilson, August, E2045 [7OC]

Wright, Bruce M., E1206 [14JN]