DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4769 [20JN]

Articles and editorials

Untested Plan, Houston (TX) Chronicle, H8943 [19OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H1694 [17MR]

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

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9642 [3NO]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H4074 [25MY]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H8089 [15SE]

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

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

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H287 [1FE]

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

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H8090 [15SE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 381), H6431 [25JY] (see H. Res. 390), H6650 [26JY]

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

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

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1896 [12AP]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H9277 [26OC]

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]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H4400 [13JN]

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

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H524 [9FE]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H3695 [19MY]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H2103 [14AP]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 188), H5362 [28JN]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H353 [2FE]

Civil rights: anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5801 [13JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H7613 [29JY]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]

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

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H9696 [4NO]

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), H848 [1MR]

———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), H582 [10FE]

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

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 116), H849 [1MR]

Community service: enforce public interest obligations of broadcast station licensees to their local communities (see H.R. 501), H3055 [5MY]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H12050 [16DE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H1623 [16MR]

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

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H5177 [24JN]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H6107 [19JY]

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 Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8089 [15SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 1290), H1416 [14MR]

———provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H9044 [20OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (see H.R. 1414), H1693 [17MR]

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

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H3060 [9MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H2978 [4MY]

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. 3948), H10910 [17NO]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H4143 [26MY]

Disasters: 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: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H4356 [9JN]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H12050 [16DE]

———establish a global network for avian influenza surveillance among wild birds nationally and internationally to combat the growing threat of bird flu (see H.R. 4476), H11655 [14DE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H193 [25JA]

———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]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 192), H4143 [26MY]

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

Drugs: expand the scope of information required for the data bank on clinical trials for drugs (see H.R. 3196), H5963 [18JY]

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]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H3260 [12MY]

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

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant (see H. Res. 132), H1265 [9MR]

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

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H9556 [2NO]

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

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see H.R. 127), H413 [8FE]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H3436 [17MY]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2551 [26AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit agreements to provide notice of investigations or inspections relative to child labor violations (see H.R. 4190), H12290 [18DE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H1967 [13AP]

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

———reinstate rules for the description of video programming (see H.R. 951), H4722 [17JN]

FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H11036 [18NO]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1693 [17MR]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (see H.R. 4194), H11328 [8DE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1372 [10MR]

———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 1480), H2551 [26AP]

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

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

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

———prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H8735 [6OC]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H794 [17FE]

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

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H11879 [15DE]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 867), H3769 [23MY]

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

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 2331), H3260 [12MY]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H12050 [16DE]

———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]

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

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H5435 (see H.R. 2671), H5480 [29JN]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H2150 [19AP] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H792 [17FE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H5914 [14JY]

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

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

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H3113 [10MY]

Hinduism: issue postage stamp in commemoration of the Diwali festival (see H. Res. 223), H9427 [28OC]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10146 [9NO]

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), H1265 [9MR]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H11221 [7DE]

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]

———make grants to local educational agencies to restart school operations interrupted by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4048), H9103 [25OC]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H7860 [13SE]

Immigration: improve security clearance process and increase number of detention beds along the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 1196), H1263 [9MR]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

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), H8514 [28SE]

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

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H4401 [13JN]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H11110 [6DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11504 [13DE]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3694 [19MY]

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), H4896 [21JN]

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H847 [1MR]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4252), H10038 [8NO]

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

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H9472 [1NO]

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

———provide full Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced recipients receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a declared public health emergency (see H.R. 3671), H7815 [8SE]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H7814 [8SE]

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

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H8514 [28SE]

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

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H7815 [8SE]

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

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

———continue Medicaid prescription drug coverage to dual-eligible beneficiaries for a certain period while allowing part D benefits to be implemented as scheduled (see H.R. 1144), H10038 [8NO]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H2739 [28AP]

———ensure that prescription drug benefits have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs (see H.R. 2746), H6936 [27JY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 4410), H11034 [18NO]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (see H.R. 4050), H9426 [28OC]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H2648 [27AP]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3262 [12MY]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2736), H4723 [17JN]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H5741 [12JY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H8389 [27SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H6651 [26JY]

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

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H2550 [26AP]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H8513 [28SE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H5604 [30JN]

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), H2151 [19AP]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H8919 [18OC]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H9427 [28OC]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H2104 [14AP]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5604 [30JN]

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

National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response: establish (see H.R. 3706), H7813 [8SE]

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), H4561 [15JN]

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

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H1848 [6AP]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H3060 [9MY]

National parks and recreation areas: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H1779 [5AP]

National Security Agency: require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H13189 [22DE]

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

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

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), H10146 [9NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]

———tribute (see H. Res. 512), H9275 [26OC]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 2233), H3112 [10MY]

———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 4052), H8808 [7OC]

Power resources: reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H6432 [25JY]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 36), H5177 [24JN]

Presidential appointments: provide that a Federal public safety position may not be held by any political appointee who does not meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 3925), H8644 [29SE]

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

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

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: extend authority for drought assistance (see H.R. 2925), H4560 [15JN]

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), H8810 [7OC]

Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 483), H285 [1FE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1970 [13AP]

Roybal, Edward R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 297), H11221 [7DE]

Russia: issue a clear and unambiguous statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940-1991 of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 128), H1895 [12AP]

———urge withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations (see H. Con. Res. 312), H11881 [15DE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7673 [6SE]

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

———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), H5362 [28JN]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 782), H6328 [21JY]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1510 [15MR]

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

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

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3954), H11328 [8DE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H847 [1MR]

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

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H1417 [14MR]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H2551 [26AP]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 2291), H3557 [18MY]

———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), H3695 [19MY]

———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), H3695 [19MY]

———clarify that a North American Development Bank guarantee is not considered a Federal guarantee for purposes of determining tax-exempt status of bonds (see H.R. 1771), H2470 [21AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1511), H1845 [6AP]

———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]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

———prevent corporate expatriation to avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 3959), H8643 [29SE]

———provide a tax credit for police officers and professional firefighters and exclude from income certain benefits received by public safety volunteers (see H.R. 2822), H7743 [7SE]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 969), H795 [17FE]

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

———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 tax relief for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3769), H7948 [14SE]

———repeal the inflation adjustment of the earned income threshold used in determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to restore the threshold to its original amount (see H.R. 4030), H8847 [17OC]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H1265 [9MR]

Trails: designate the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail historic cattle-drive trails for study and for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 2964), H6205 [20JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

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), H351 [2FE]

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

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

Uzbekistan: disapprove further payments for facilities at the Karshi-Khanabad airbase and urge the U.N. to refer the situation of Islam Karimov and the massacre at Andijan to the International Criminal Court (see H. Res. 475), H8643 [29SE]

———limit allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 3545), H7558 [28JY]

Veterans: 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), H3769 [23MY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H348 [2FE]

———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), H5741 [12JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H6381 [22JY]

Voting: oppose any effort to impose photo identification requirements for voting (see H. Con. Res. 247), H8162 [20SE]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H848 [1MR]

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

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H10502 [16NO]

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), H4296 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: participate in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of Austin, TX (see H.R. 2341), H3260 [12MY]

ERISA: improve disclosure of the funding status of pension plans (see H.R. 2321), H3259 [12MY]

Kika de la Garza Federal Building, McAllen, TX: designate (see H.R. 2322), H3259 [12MY]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302, 1304), H1507 [15MR]

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

Taxation: disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2625), H4072 [25MY]

———eliminate inflation adjustment of the phaseout of the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source and repeal extension of credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal (see H.R. 837), H717 [16FE]

———increase transparency of certain corporate tax information and financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1234), H1369 [10MR]

———permit subchapter S election to be made on returns filed prior to the due date with extensions, reduce certain payroll deposit penalties, and allow certain married couples to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 3629), H7612 [29JY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

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

Eulogies

Pickle, J.J.: by Paul Hilgers, E1553 [20JY]

———by Peggy Pickle, E1552 [20JY]

Letters

Texas proposal to privatize the Food Stamp Program eligibility determination process: several Texas congressional delegation members, H8943 [19OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), motion to instruct conferees, H8943, H8945 [19OC]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H9336 [27OC]

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 437), H8027 [15SE]

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

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1572 [16MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prevent the use of private contractors on certain elements of the Food Stamp Program unless authorized by Congress, H8943, H8945 [19OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4769, H4771 [20JN]

———prohibit use of funding for activities in Uzbekistan, H4769, H4771 [20JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H1572 [16MR]

Dept. of State: International Boundary and Water Commission funding for levee improvement along the Rio Grande in Texas, H10051 [9NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 337), H4995 [23JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5508 [30JN]

———prohibit corporations incorporated in certain foreign countries from being eligible for Federal contracts, H5508 [30JN]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H10507 [17NO]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1926 [13AP]

Education: student financial aid programs funding, H4995 [23JN]

FBI: require Director's approval of requests for library or bookstore records, H6249 [21JY]

House of Representatives: express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), H11914 [16DE]

———express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), consideration (H. Res. 619), H11890, H11892 [16DE]

Immigration: reform, H11659 [15DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), consideration (H. Res. 610), H11677 [15DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9336 [27OC], H11914 [16DE]

———elections (H. Res. 613), H11890 [16DE]

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, H4590, H4591 [16JN]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities, H10071, H10072 [9NO]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), H49 [4JA]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2429), H5671 [12JY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), consideration (H. Res. 75), H530 [10FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 740), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5671 [12JY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 739), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5671 [12JY]

———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (H.R. 741), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5671 [12JY]

OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 742), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5671 [12JY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11763 [15DE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2205 [20AP]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4590, H4591 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, H10071, H10072 [9NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 538), H10051 [9NO]

Social Security: allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (S. 1894), H9985 [8NO]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H1926 [13AP]

Taxation: retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules, H1926 [13AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, H11520 [14DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6249 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 595), H11520 [14DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7670 [6SE], H9273 [26OC], H9358 [27OC]

Reports

HHSC Awards Call Center Contract: Center on Public Policy Priorities, H8944 [19OC]

Tributes

Pickle, J.J., H4782 [20JN], H5724, H5726 [12JY]