PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H984 [3MR]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H6205 [20JY]

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 1930), H2647 [27AP]

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H9044 [20OC]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 3754), H12050 [16DE]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3702), H9362 [27OC]

Albert Harold Quie Post Office, Dennison, MN: designate (see H.R. 3989), H8733 [6OC]

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H8090 [15SE]

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

Appropriations: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction efforts in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 871), H719 [16FE]

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

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), H6432 [25JY]

———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), H2394 [20AP]

———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), H4561 [15JN]

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

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

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H236 [26JA]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength levels for active duty personnel and Special Operation Forces (see H.R. 1666), H2101 [14AP]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H845 [1MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H6432 [25JY]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H630 [15FE]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2151 [19AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H524 [9FE]

———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), H5964 [18JY]

Autism Society of America: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 254), H8387 [27SE]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 1494), H5604 [30JN]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H7565 [28JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8644 [29SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H1780 [5AP]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 903), H1779 [5AP]

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 350), H5603 [30JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor Constantino Brumidi (see H. Con. Res. 202), H6205 [20JY]

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]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H3557 [18MY]

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

———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355, 2423), H7743 [7SE]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H1779 [5AP]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H1897 [12AP]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]

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

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H10502 [16NO]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 1393), H2103 [14AP]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H3057 [5MY]

Committees of the House: create a select committee to investigate awarding and carrying out of contracts to rebuild communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina (see H. Res. 449), H8343 [22SE]

———establish a select committee to oversee, investigate, and maximize the necessarily significant appropriations expended to win the war on terrorism, especially within Afghanistan and Iraq (see H. Res. 589), H11220 [7DE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to regulation of ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1083), H6328 [21JY]

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

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H6936 [27JY]

———prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H2649 [27AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

———provide grants to States to improve sex offender registries (see H.R. 2659), H7565 [28JY]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H1622 [16MR]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H629 [15FE]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 719), H1696 [17MR]

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

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: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H4074 [25MY]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8732 [6OC]

———prohibit establishment of standards to designate minimal-risk regions, including Canada, for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) unless export access for cattle and beef products improves (see H.R. 187), H197 [25JA]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 388), H587 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H1779 [5AP]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize the Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program and ensure that qualified facilities are not prioritized for eligibility or funds on the basis of energy source used (see H.R. 1127), H983 [3MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish programs to address the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1175), H2738 [28AP]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 216), H1025 [8MR]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H7861 [13SE]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H7950 [14SE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8341 [22SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H9556 [2NO]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of the Army: convey certain lands to the Dept. of the Interior to be held in trust for the Prairie Island Indian Community (see H.R. 2186), H7743 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H7948 [14SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans enrolled in the health system the option of receiving covered health services through non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4277), H10145 [9NO]

———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H11655 [14DE]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 1773), H2881 [3MY]

———provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical facilities (see H.R. 3579), H8388 [27SE]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H631 [15FE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H1847 [6AP]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H6328 [21JY]

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

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1780 [5AP]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9473 [1NO]

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

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H8102 [19SE]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5963 [18JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4073 [25MY]

Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see H. Res. 98), H630 [15FE]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H11221 [7DE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8341 [22SE]

Education: increase amount of loans repayable for Selected Reserve officers who possess qualifications, or are being trained in, health professions needed to meet wartime combat medical skill shortages (see H.R. 3417), H8342 [22SE]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H719 [16FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8342 [22SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4187 [7JN]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H2151 [19AP]

———repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H983 [3MR]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H9044 [20OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 1667), H9962 [7NO]

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

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1896 [12AP]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (see H.R. 3849), H8247 [21SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7815 [8SE]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3894 [24MY]

———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 2387), H3434 [17MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H2103 [14AP]

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

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H8102 [19SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H848 [1MR]

Foreign aid: 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), H8847 [17OC]

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 trade: prohibit entry or negotiations to enter into any bilateral or regional trade agreement for two years (see H.R. 4407), H11504 [13DE]

Forest Service: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4984 [22JN]

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

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H10502 [16NO]

———provide access to telehealth services in the home (see H.R. 3588), H7950 [14SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1779 [5AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]

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

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H1897 [12AP]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H5604 [30JN]

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

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H1781 [5AP]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, strengthen civil remedies, promote uniform lending and appraisal standards, and establish licensing standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 1295), H3769 [23MY]

———ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in certain voter registration activities (see H.R. 4231), H11220 [7DE]

———exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 3422), H8089 [15SE]

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

Hurricanes: require contracts relative to recovery efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita be awarded only after an open and fair bidding process (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8644 [29SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H791 [17FE]

———enforce numerical limits placed by Congress (see H.R. 4317), H10161 [14NO]

———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H10503 [16NO]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H6936 [27JY]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H.R. 4437), H11328 [8DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1107), H1780 [5AP] (see H.R. 4605), H12048 [16DE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H8986 [19OC]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H7743 [7SE]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 726), H522 [9FE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 4179), H9425 [28OC] (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

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

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), H2881 [3MY]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6107 [19JY]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H8644 [29SE]

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

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: reauthorize, and amend swine reporting provisions (see H.R. 3408), H6380 [22JY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H7814 [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 access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1780 [5AP]

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

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

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H846 [1MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H2103 [14AP]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H4722 [17JN]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H8342 [22SE]

———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), H8808 [7OC]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H7743 [7SE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H7743 [7SE]

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

———improve the provision of telehealth services (see H.R. 2807), H5177 [24JN]

———make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas (see H.R. 2525), H8644 [29SE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H7814 [8SE]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10146 [9NO]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H7861 [13SE]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H8248 [21SE]

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

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H7861 [13SE]

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

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H791 [17FE]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H630 [15FE]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H1848 [6AP]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H10502 [16NO]

———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1790), H7743 [7SE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H1780 [5AP]

Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H410 [8FE]

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

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H8920 [18OC]

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

National Drug Court Month: establish (see H. Res. 246), H6652 [26JY]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 335), H9363 [27OC]

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

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: increase certain education funding to improve access to the arts (see H.R. 1863), H2550 [26AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H4143 [26MY]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H10502 [16NO]

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 (see H.R. 418), H354 [2FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H942 [2MR]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 601), H942 [2MR]

———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), H9103 [25OC]

Navy: anniversary of disappearance of Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19 (see H. Res. 500), H10161 [14NO]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of the Lone Sailor Memorial located near the Golden Gate Bridge (see H. Con. Res. 207), H11110 [6DE]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H7814 [8SE]

———improve (see H.R. 1506), H3769 [23MY]

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

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

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H10146 [9NO]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H798 [17FE]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 183), H1848 [6AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

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), H4803 [20JN]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H1968 [13AP] (see H.R. 3081), H5361 [28JN]

———provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 3059), H5435 (see H.R. 3059), H5480 [29JN]

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

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H11220 [7DE]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H2978 [4MY]

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), H7673 [6SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3083), H6652 [26JY]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (see H. Res. 485), H8986 [19OC]

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H720 [16FE] (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8514 [28SE]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 1323), H5176 [24JN]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H348 [2FE]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 1636), H7743 [7SE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H11880 [15DE]

———ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H798 [17FE]

———establish an effective real annual rate of interest for special obligations issued to trust funds (see H.R. 1123), H8734 [6OC]

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

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H630 [15FE]

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

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H1851 [8AP]

Sudan: 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), H9277 [26OC]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H2879 [3MY]

Tariff: nylon woolpacks used to package wool (see H.R. 1851), H3056 [5MY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5435 (see H.R. 2794), H5480 [29JN]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H798 [17FE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H720 [16FE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8389 [27SE]

———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), H10227 [15NO]

———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), H2150 [19AP]

———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), H3056 [5MY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H6205 [20JY]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H1970 [13AP]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4561 [15JN]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 807), H1851 [8AP]

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

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

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H2103 [14AP]

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

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H10910 [17NO]

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

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H795 [17FE]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H7743 [7SE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H8089 [15SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1847 [6AP]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H11109 [6DE]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 572), H351 [2FE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8089 [15SE]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 238), H2550 [26AP]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1372 [10MR]

———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), H1896 [12AP]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H8643 [29SE]

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

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H6328 [21JY]

———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), H1967 [13AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4656 [16JN]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 917), H1779 [5AP]

———provide that veterans of conflicts where depleted uranium munitions are used shall be considered radiation-exposed for purposes of the service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 4184), H10227 [15NO]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8163 [20SE]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H10038 [8NO]

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

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H1696 [17MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H4188 [7JN]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H5914 [14JY]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H6107 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: exempt certain animal identification information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (see H.R. 1256), H1370 [10MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1118), H983 [3MR]

———establish electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 1254), H1370 [10MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 1198), H1263 [9MR]

Disasters: respond to Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters that adversely affect food assistance, agricultural producers, and households (see H.R. 3809), H8088 [15SE]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 1350), H1621 [16MR]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H10226 [15NO]

———extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H718 [16FE]

Red Lake, MN: express condolences in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Red Lake High School (see H. Con. Res. 126), H1846 [6AP]

Taxation: extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1255), H1370 [10MR]

———treatment of investments in wind energy facilities (see H.R. 2007), H2736 [28AP]

Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 3777), H7948 [14SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: anniversary of agricultural improvements through biotechnology, E1934 [22SE]

———price supports for sugar, H4256 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4222, H4256 [8JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2711 [28AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4473), H11555 [14DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce interest rate on loans to processors of sugar beets and sugarcane, H4256 [8JN]

Glenwood, MN: anniversary of Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), E895 [5MY]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: reauthorize, and amend swine reporting provisions (H.R. 3408), H7877 [14SE]

Red Lake, MN: express condolences in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Red Lake High School (H. Con. Res. 126), H2168 [20AP]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize (S. 1752), H8417 [28SE]

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

Tributes

Applewick, Kevin, E1404 [30JN]

Christensen, Timothy, E1404 [30JN]

Pender, Robert, E1404 [30JN]