WELDON, CURT (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4040 [25MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Into the House Chamber, H1784 [6AP]

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

———H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H10090 [9NO]

Articles and editorials

Fusion Center Concept Takes Root as Congressional Interest Waxes, Signal (publication), H5247 [27JN]

Serving Peace Corps Means Making a Difference, Kerry Ambrose, Delaware County (PA) Times, E957 [13MY]

Weldon—DOD Needs Massive Intelligence Network for Shared Threat Information, Defense Information and Electronics Report (publication), H5247 [27JN]

Why Did the 9/11 Commission Ignore ``Able Danger,'' Louis Freeh, Wall Street Journal, H11030 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H11881 [15DE]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H720 [16FE]

Amtrak: alter composition and terms of the Board of Directors (see H.R. 4394), H11110 [6DE]

Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8648 [3OC]

———support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 36), H285 [1FE]

———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H9103 [25OC]

Asia: commend support to victims of earthquake that struck South Asia (see H. Res. 561), H10909 [17NO]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 2358), H5638 [11JY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3262 [12MY]

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1645), H3199 [11MY]

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

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1417 [14MR]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 1494), H4656 [16JN]

———promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11036 [18NO]

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

Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H3893 [24MY]

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), H7566 [28JY]

Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 4126), H10157 [10NO]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4143 [26MY]

———promote improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 3582), H7559 [28JY]

Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3825), H8919 [18OC]

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

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H75 [4JA]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H2394 [20AP]

Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3256), H8919 [18OC]

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

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

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

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1850), H4356 [9JN]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (see H.R. 3604), H7560 [28JY]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]

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

Cuba: anniversary of human rights crackdown (see H. Con. Res. 81), H984 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H11655 [14DE]

Dept. of Defense: make a grant to the National D-Day Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National World War II Museum (see H.R. 2725), H4141 [26MY]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend requirement for prescreening of air passengers to international flights that overfly the U.S. (see H.R. 3337), H6381 [22JY]

———issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 2780), H6936 [27JY]

———make grants to encourage community safety by incorporating disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness into comprehensive land use planning and urban development (see H.R. 3524), H7557 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 184), H353 [2FE]

———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), H7743 [7SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H8809 [7OC]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1895 [12AP]

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

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H10910 [17NO]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4656 [16JN]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7815 [8SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4561 [15JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H4723 [17JN]

Education: establish a National Marine Scholarship Program to recruit and prepare graduate students for careers in the fields of marine science (see H.R. 1191), H1263 [9MR]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H11220 [7DE]

Egypt: call for judicial supervision and international monitoring of parliamentary elections, divestiture of governmental holdings in the media, and allow peaceful political activities (see H. Con. Res. 284), H10227 [15NO]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H8642 [29SE]

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), H5741 [12JY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H8919 [18OC]

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

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11655 [14DE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8388 [27SE]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H9044 [20OC]

———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), H2102 [14AP]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2880 [3MY]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H413 [8FE]

———recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 188), H1778 [5AP]

———reduce fatalities and injuries, make safety a national priority, and support national initiative focusing on firefighter safety (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4655 [16JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4401 [13JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8163 [20SE]

Health: ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H5435 (see H.R. 2357), H5480 [29JN]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 1252), H1510 [15MR]

Health care professionals: tribute to career and volunteer emergency medical technicians and paramedics (see H. Res. 301), H4142 [26MY]

Hussein, Saddam: urge the interim Government of Iraq to bring charges for crimes his government committed against the people of Iran during the Iran-Iraq war (see H. Res. 72), H412 [8FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H3262 [12MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3769 [23MY]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically (see H. Con. Res. 177), H8644 [29SE]

Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H9963 [7NO]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 487), H8920 [18OC]

Kosovo: anniversary of ethnic violence (see H. Res. 172), H1848 [6AP]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7565 [28JY]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H1025 [8MR]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H4356 [9JN]

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

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H719 [16FE]

Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H12051 [16DE]

Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 2490), H3693 [19MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H521 [9FE]

Medicare: repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H11655 [14DE]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H8809 [7OC]

Middle East: support findings of U.N. commission investigating assassination of Rafik Hariri, condemn Syria for apparent involvement, and demand Syrian compliance with certain U.N. resolutions (see H. Res. 510), H11036 [18NO]

Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8102 [19SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7566 [28JY]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H7862 [13SE]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (see H.R. 1544), H1893 [12AP]

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

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

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

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4106), H9043 [20OC]

Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H2879 [3MY]

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

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 275), H9275 [26OC]

Singapore: welcome Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong upon U.S. visit, commend support in campaign against terrorism and reconstruction of Iraq, and reaffirm cooperation with U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 201), H5603 [30JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H9276 [26OC]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H196 [25JA]

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

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), H8847 [17OC]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1397), H4073 [25MY]

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

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H7743 [7SE]

———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), 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), H9641 [3NO]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1692 [17MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H3769 [23MY]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H351 [2FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H12168 [17DE]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H6432 [25JY]

———provide small business tax incentives, increase the minimum wage, and increase the exemption for annual gross volume of business done by an enterprise (see H.R. 1091), H2394 [20AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H413 [8FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5914 [14JY]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4561 [15JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H9276 [26OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: recognize achievements and contributions of Waterfowl Population Survey Program (see H. Res. 459), H8341 [22SE]

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]

———normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H940 [2MR]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H583 [10FE]

Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 30), H72 [4JA]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8919 [18OC]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H983 [3MR]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (see H.R. 3549), H7558 [28JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7564 [28JY]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H354 [2FE]

Zhvania, Zurab: tribute (see H. Res. 108), H943 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coastal zones: develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and Great Lakes coastal observations (see H.R. 1584), H1895 [12AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: regulate production, storage, sale, and distribution of ammonium nitrate and prevent terrorists from acquiring ammonium nitrate to create explosives (see H.R. 3197), H5602 [30JN]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 1456), H1777 [5AP]

Medicare: improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3612), H7561 [28JY]

National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2738 [28AP]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a Committee on Ocean Policy (see H.R. 2939), H4654 [16JN]

Sewell, Helen: tribute (see H. Res. 633), H12168 [17DE]

Tariff: thiophanate methyl (see H.R. 3611), H7561 [28JY]

———thiophanate methyl and application adjuvants (see H.R. 3609), H7561 [28JY]

———zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (see H.R. 3610), H7561 [28JY]

Taxation: treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H983 [3MR]

Transportation: require operating certificates for airports at which large cargo operations are conducted (see H.R. 4123), H9043 [20OC]

Winters, Richard D.: award Medal of Honor, H4187 [7JN]

Documents

Representative Curt Weldon Staff Notes on Scheduled Interview With Bill O'Reilly, H4866 [21JN]

Letters

Able Danger Intelligence Program: by, H11029 [18NO]

———John P. Owens, H11030 [18NO]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. recommendations relative to reform of intelligence services: by, H10012 [8NO]

National Operations and Analysis Hub (NOAH): by, H5246 [27JN]

———John J. Harme, Dept. of Defense, H5246 [27JN]

Terrorist attack in Yemen on Navy destroyer U.S.S. Cole: John Clodfelter, H11030 [18NO]

Lists

National Operations and Analysis Hub (NOAH) characteristics, H5245 [27JN]

Memorandums

Scheduled Interview With Bill O'Reilly: by, H4866 [21JN]

Remarks

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (H. Res. 378), E1709 [29JY]

Congress: reform intelligence community oversight, H5244-H5250 [27JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3914, H4041 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12202 [18DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: firefighter assistance grant programs funding, H3376 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3376 [17MY]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (H. Res. 188), H1803 [6AP]

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), H3806 [24MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3806 [24MY]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11006 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11006 [18NO]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations relative to reform of intelligence services, H10012 [8NO]

National security: call for cooperation with Russia on missile defense, H4041 [25MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5238 [27JN]

———provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3216 [12MY]

O'Reilly, Bill: misinformation relative to scheduled interview with Representative Curt Weldon, H4866 [21JN]

Sewell, Helen: tribute (H. Res. 633), H12193 [18DE]

Shaffer, Anthony: Defense Intelligence Agency permanent pulling of security clearance relative to scheduled testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), H8728 [6OC], H8979-H8983 [19OC]

Votes: position on missed, H971 [3MR], H1322 [10MR], H2919 [4MY]

Winters, Richard D.: award Medal of Honor (H.R. 2790), H4166 [7JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4184 [7JN], H4894 [21JN], H7670 [6SE], H10036 [8NO], H11031 [18NO], H11217 [7DE]

Tributes

Ambrose, Kerry, E957 [13MY]

Booth, Joseph, E655 [15AP]

Fisher, Lewis H., E1567 [21JY]

Major, Frances R., E1419 [1JY]

Petrosyan, Karen, E501 [17MR]

Volynets, Mikhail, E1539 [20JY]