BOEHLERT, SHERWOOD (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8206 [21SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3868 [24MY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6357 [22JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2340 [20AP]

Appointments

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

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

———S. 1281, NASA appropriations, H10991 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 1351), H1621 [16MR]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H12050 [16DE]

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

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

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), H5915 [14JY]

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

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H9044 [20OC]

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

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H4073 [25MY]

Bayh-Dole Act: anniversary of amendments to patent and trademark laws (see H. Con. Res. 319), H12049 [16DE]

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), H3199 [11MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2103 [14AP]

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), H12051 [16DE]

Business and industry: preserve mathematics- and science-based industries (see H.R. 1547), H1893 [12AP]

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]

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), H6326 [21JY]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H5435 (see H.R. 2423), H5480 [29JN]

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), H4297 [8JN]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 227), H136 [6JA]

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]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit both the environment and economies of coastal communities (see H.R. 3187), H7950 [14SE]

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), H2472 [21AP]

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), H1968 [13AP]

Commission on Terrorism Risk Insurance: establish (see H.R. 4619), H12290 [18DE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H6205 [20JY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11034 [18NO]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H7744 [7SE]

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

Crime: combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, prohibit operation of sex tours, and protect children and assist State and local law enforcement relative to such activities (see H.R. 2012), H11655 [14DE]

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

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

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 131), H75 [4JA]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H12050 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H7743 [7SE]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7673 [6SE]

Dept. of Energy: remediation and disposal of nuclear waste at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, Ashford, NY (see H.R. 3101), H5434 (see H.R. 3101), H5478 [29JN]

Dept. of HHS: award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H7558 [28JY]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

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

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), H9103 [25OC]

———require at least one public hearing in surrounding community where land is requested to be taken into trust for an Indian tribe (see H.R. 4634), H12167 [17DE]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H12051 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 2959), H4721 [17JN]

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), H1369 [10MR]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8919 [18OC]

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

———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H7558 [28JY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H10910 [17NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1897 [12AP]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 1446), H1694 [17MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H942 [2MR]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H2648 [27AP]

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]

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), H9556 [2NO]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]

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

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H1970 [13AP]

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

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

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), H3259 [12MY]

———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), H847 [1MR]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]

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

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 1456), H1777 [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), H195 [25JA]

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

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

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H3894 [24MY]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 3934), H8513 [28SE]

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

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see H.R. 1215), H1368 [10MR]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H7565 [28JY]

———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), H2881 [3MY]

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

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (see H.R. 3548), H7558 [28JY]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (see H.R. 28), H72 [4JA]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H6328 [21JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (see H. Res. 135), H1372 [10MR]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4516), H11503 [13DE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H9472 [1NO]

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), H1896 [12AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H9556 [2NO]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4655 [16JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H137 [6JA]

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

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

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), H2149 [19AP]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H797 [17FE]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7673 [6SE]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H627 [15FE]

Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building, Patchogue, NY: designate (see H.R. 4101), H9042 [20OC]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4722 [17JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H984 [3MR]

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

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H9642 [3NO]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H4141 [26MY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H3056 [5MY]

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

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H9426 [28OC]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H8735 [6OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8734 [6OC]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H3262 [12MY]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H8809 [7OC]

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), H8162 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4656 [16JN]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3070), H5251 [27JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

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

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 457), H8644 [29SE]

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 222), H8163 [20SE]

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

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), H4985 [22JN]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H2103 [14AP]

New York, NY: recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H1695 [17MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 581), H4985 [22JN]

NOAA: establish and amend the organization and functions of the NOAA Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (see H.R. 50), H847 [1MR]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for physics and Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for chemistry (see H. Res. 541), H10038 [8NO]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H4143 [26MY]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 1695), H2149 [19AP]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7950 [14SE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H4074 [25MY]

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

Pensions: 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]

Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H7949 [14SE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3435 [17MY]

Power resources: authorize energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 610, 612), H410 [8FE]

———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), H5800 [13JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H4401 [13JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H1896 [12AP]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H4896 [21JN]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1218), H1622 [16MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H233 [26JA]

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

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

Space policy: anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (see H. Res. 251), H2738 [28AP]

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

Spain: express condolences to families of individuals killed and sympathy to individuals injured on anniversary of terrorist bombing attacks in Madrid (see H. Res. 99), H1026 [8MR]

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

———natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H2647 [27AP]

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

———allow a temporary credit to offset the high fuel costs of small businesses, farmers, and fishermen (see H.R. 3944), H8986 [19OC]

———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), H3262 [12MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 2968), H8342 [22SE]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1581), H1895 [12AP]

———clarify that certain CERCLA settlement funds are beneficially owned by the U.S. and are not subject to tax (see H.R. 2940), H4655 [16JN]

———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), H3199 [11MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H2100 [14AP]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H2880 [3MY]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H2103 [14AP]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H6205 [20JY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4561 [15JN]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H4985 [22JN]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H1846 [6AP]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H6381 [22JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H7565 [28JY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H6936 [27JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H2150 [19AP]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H12051 [16DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

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), H1896 [12AP]

———normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H10502 [16NO]

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), H4144 [26MY]

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), H8513 [28SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H7613 [29JY]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H7950 [14SE]

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

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H1897 [12AP]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1592), H1968 [13AP]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

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

———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 46), H412 [8FE]

Arizona: establish a Grand Canyon hydrogen-powered transportation research, development, and demonstration program (see H.R. 1750), H2469 [21AP]

Committee on Science (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 105), H719 [16FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3413), H6431 [25JY]

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), H7947 [14SE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 324), H12135 [17DE]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H8734 [6OC] (see H. Res. 491), H8846 [17OC]

National Weather Service: establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program for coastal States and insular areas (see H.R. 882), H791 [17FE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (see H.R. 1674), H2106 [18AP]

Taxation: extend the environmental tax on corporate income (see H.R. 4199), H9554 [2NO]

Conference reports

NASA Appropriations (S. 1281), H12015-H12031 [16DE]

Cost Estimates

NASA appropriations (H.R. 3070): CBO, H6335 [22JY]

Letters

Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act: by, Committee on Science (House), H3212 [12MY]

Motions

NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), H10979 [18NO]

Remarks

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 13), H853 [2MR]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8198, H8199, H8202, H8206, H8207, H8208, H8211, H8215 [21SE]

China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E372 [7MR]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity, H3458 [18MY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), H9293 [27OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Manufacturing and Technology Administration, H8209, H8210 [21SE]

Dept. of Education: Arts in Education program funding, H5107 [24JN]

Dept. of Energy: coal research and development programs funding, E839 [2MY]

———create two additional Senate-confirmed Assistant Secs., H2409 [21AP]

———International Fusion Energy Project funding, H3869 [24MY], H10060 [9NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3458 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4496 [15JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4440 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4443 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: hybrid buses funding, H5381 [29JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5107 [24JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5381 [29JN]

Discovery Communications, Inc.: tribute to Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge finalists, E2093 [17OC]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 441), H8124 [20SE]

———tribute to female crew members and other women working with NASA (H. Res. 450), H8122 [20SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1930 [13AP]

Endangered Species Act: compensate landowners who relinquish property for recovery of an endangered species or for certain other purposes, H8580 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8563, H8572, H8580 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), consideration (H. Res. 470), H8521 [29SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3869 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2419), conference report, H10060 [9NO]

Firefighters: reduce fatalities and injuries, make safety a national priority, and support national initiative focusing on firefighter safety (H. Con. Res. 180), H4820, H4821, H4822 [21JN]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3823 [24MY]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (H.R. 28), H2485 [26AP]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H19 [4JA]

———Committee on Homeland Security (House) jurisdiction, H19 [4JA]

Iran Nonproliferation Act: make amendments relative to International Space Station payments (S. 1713), H9244 [26OC]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (H.R. 798), H11462, H11463, H11465 [13DE]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H2340, H2343 [20AP]

NASA: aeronautics research and development funding, H6343 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6335, H6337, H6339, H6343, H6344, H6358, H6359, H6361, H6362, H6364, H6365 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), corrections in engrossment, H6368 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), H10971 [18NO]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), conference report, H12129, H12133, H12134, H12135 [17DE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 423), H12135 [17DE]

———clarify ownership of intellectual property rights of prize competition participants, H6339 [22JY]

———establish minority institutions pilot program to expand advanced research opportunities, H6364, H6365 [22JY]

———historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions funding under NASA education programs, H6362 [22JY]

———submit plan to protect whistleblowers who expose potentially catastrophic risks to health or safety, H6365 [22JY]

———submit report on Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, H6361 [22JY]

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), H557 [10FE]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, H8198, H8215 [21SE]

———establish a Katrina Assistance Program through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, H8206 [21SE]

———submit a three year programmatic and operational plan for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, H8207 [21SE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (H.R. 1674), E675 [18AP]

NSF: Advanced Technological Education Program funding, H8211 [21SE]

———ensure minority-serving colleges and universities have access to the Advanced Technological Education Program, H8208 [21SE]

———Math and Science Partnership Program funding, H4433 [14JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H2199 [20AP]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8768 [7OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2199, H2340, H2343 [20AP], H2409 [21AP], E839 [2MY]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H8828 [17OC]

San Diego County, CA: expedite construction of a security fence to reduce illegal immigration, H557 [10FE]

Science: require certain risk assessments to human health or the environment by transportation projects adhere to sound and objective scientific practices, H1309 [10MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4433, H4440, H4443 [14JN], H4496 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, H10070 [9NO]

Seneca Falls, NY: anniversary of women's rights convention, E1531 [19JY]

Smyrna, NY: anniversary of Smyrna Baptist Church, E428 [10MR]

Taxation: extend the environmental tax on corporate income (H.R. 4199), E2258 [3NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1050 [9MR], H1309 [10MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H576 [10FE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 108th Congress: Committee on Science (House) (H. Rept. 108-817), H141 [20JA]

Award Scholarships To Recruit and Prepare Students for Careers in the National Weather Service and NOAA Marine Research, Atmospheric Research, and Satellite Programs: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2364) (H. Rept. 109-151), H5100 [23JN]

Charles `Pete' Conrad Astronomy Awards Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 109-37), H1893 [12AP]

Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 610) (H. Rept. 109-216), H7645 [2SE]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 109-82), H3330 [16MY]

High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 28) (H. Rept. 109-36), H1893 [12AP]

Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 250) (H. Rept. 109-92), H3767 [23MY]

Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 798) (H. Rept. 109-42), H1967 [13AP]

Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 921) (H. Rept. 109-211), H7556 [28JY]

NASA Appropriations: Committee of Conference (S. 1281) (H. Rept. 109-354), H12047 [16DE]

———Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 3070) (H. Rept. 109-173), H5962 [18JY]

Near-Earth Object Survey Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1022) (H. Rept. 109-158), H5251 [27JN]

Remote Sensing Applications Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 426) (H. Rept. 109-157), H5251 [27JN]

Request Documents From the President on the Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Regions of the U.S.: Committee on Science (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 109-296), H10225 [15NO]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act Reauthorization: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1158) (H. Rept. 109-147), H4984 [22JN]

Tributes

Calvert, Representative, H6337 [22JY]

Chen Shui-bian, E1090 [25MY]