YOUNG, C.W. BILL (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H11586 [14DE]

Articles and editorials

Jake Stowers—Designing With Nature, Mary Kelley Hoppe, Bay Soundings (publlication), E1770 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

American Veterans Congressional Internship Program: establish (see H.R. 1242), H2103 [14AP]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H2150 [19AP]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H6652 [26JY]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA] (see H.R. 377), H287 [1FE]

Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building, Altamonte Springs, FL: designate (see H.R. 324), H194 [25JA]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H2739 [28AP]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 2664), H4139 [26MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11880 [15DE]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H7744 [7SE]

Children and youth: revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2473 [21AP]

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

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

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

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3251), H5740 [12JY]

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), H2151 [19AP]

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

FEMA: provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, FL, with financial assistance and direct services under the Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (see H.R. 3723), H7814 [8SE]

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), H1025 [8MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H354 [2FE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7815 [8SE]

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

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2880 [3MY]

Medicare: provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H798 [17FE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5604 [30JN]

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

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), H9473 [1NO]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3083), H6107 [19JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H2102 [14AP]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H353 [2FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H797 [17FE]

Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building, Spring Hill, FL: designate (see H.R. 3703), H7813 [8SE]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5604 [30JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]

———allow deduction for uncompensated education costs incurred by certain veterans' survivors and dependents (see H.R. 924), H2103 [14AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H1417 [14MR]

———allow victims of Presidentially-declared disasters to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3742), H8089 [15SE]

———provide emergency tax relief for victims of Hurricane Wilma (see H.R. 4334), H11328 [8DE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8735 [6OC]

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (see H.R. 3830), H8161 [20SE]

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), H2102 [14AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H8342 [22SE]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (see H.R. 2863), H4400 [13JN]

U.S. Military Cancer Institute: establish (see H.R. 2065), H2880 [3MY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H11583 [14DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4726 [20JN]

Proclamations

Dr. Carl Kuttler, Jr. Day designation: Rick Baker, St. Petersburg, FL, Mayor, E256 [16FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1445 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, H3008 [5MY]

Armed Forces: increase pay for all members of the military and National Guard and Reserves, H4738 [20JN]

Corps of Engineers: require congressional approval prior to reprogramming of water development program funding, H3792 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4741 [20JN]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H11581 [14DE]

———Iraqi security forces training funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4746, H4757 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4727, H4738, H4739, H4741, H4744, H4746, H4757, H4763, H4767, H4769, H4772, H4773, H4774, H4779 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, H12244, H12262 [18DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration (H. Res. 315), H4572 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), motion to instruct conferees, H11580, H11581 [14DE]

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

———robust nuclear earth penetrator weapons funding, H4739 [20JN]

———submit report assessing level of cooperation and interaction between POW/Missing Personnel Office and several POW advocacy groups, H4767 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3627, H3630 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3627, H3630 [19MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3792 [24MY]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H3807 [24MY]

House of Representatives: express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), H11913 [16DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H11913 [16DE]

———call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11008 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H4572 [16JN]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11008 [18NO]

Pinellas Park, FL: tribute to 53d Brigade Combat Team, E1350 [24JN]

Point of order, H4758, H4769, H4778 [20JN]

Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act: prohibit funding for certain provisions relative to distribution of Federal contracts, H4774 [20JN]

Treasure Island, FL: anniversary, E850 [3MY]

U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: prohibit funding in contravention of laws or regulations enacted to implement, H4773 [20JN]

U.S. Air Force Academy: ensure a positive climate of religious freedom and tolerance, H4763 [20JN]

Veterans: Gulf War Illness research funding, H4744 [20JN]

War Powers Resolution: compliance, H4772 [20JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1774 [5AP], H4720 [17JN], H4894 [21JN], H5175 [24JN], H6376 [22JY], H10036 [8NO], H10160 [14NO], H12041 [16DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 108th Congress: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 108-801), H71 [4JA]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee of Conference (House) (H.R. 2863) (H. Rept. 109-359), H12288 [18DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2863) (H. Rept. 109-119), H4400 [13JN]

Tables

Additional equipment for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H3008 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4728-H4732 [20JN]

———conference report, H12245-H12260 [18DE]

Tributes

Barth, John D., E841 [3MY]

Fowler, Tillie K., E393 [9MR]

Kuttler, Carl, Jr., E256 [16FE]

Niedermeier, Louis E., E1281 [20JN]

Panek, Robert L., E1282 [20JN]

Roper, Kevin, H4733 [20JN]

Stowers, Jake, E1770 [7SE]