THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3487, H3505 [18MY]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

C. Delores Tucker Dies at 78; Rights and Anti-Rap Activist, Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, Washington (DC) Post, E2106 [18OC]

C.L. Woodley, Robert Smith, Cleveland (MS) News Leader, E1260 [17JN]

Civil Rights Activist James Forman Dies at 76; Key Organizer of SNCC, Joe Holley, Washington (DC) Post, E180 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H4143 [26MY]

———provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severly damaged by hurricanes (see H.R. 4330), H11110 [6DE]

Airports: establish a deadline for the screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment entering a secure area of an airport (see H.R. 2688), H4140 [26MY]

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

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H8846 [17OC]

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

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11110 [6DE]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging during certain disasters and emergencies (see H.R. 3681), H7741 [7SE]

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]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1970 [13AP]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H2395 [20AP]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H3114 [10MY]

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

Civil liberties: regulate information brokers and protect individual rights with respect to personally identifiable information (see H.R. 1080), H981 [3MR]

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

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H6328 [21JY]

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10146 [9NO]

Climate: request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]

Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1778 [5AP]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H848 [1MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H72 [4JA]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H9044 [20OC]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 104), H630 [15FE]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 285), H197 [25JA]

Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 722), H2394 [20AP]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H5604 [30JN]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 2305), H4723 [17JN]

Council of Representatives of Iraq: encourage debate and vote on continued presence of U.S. military in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 321), H12049 [16DE]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 662), H2880 [3MY]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H2473 [21AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 719), H1969 [13AP]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4188 [7JN]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

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: provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 3998), H9696 [4NO]

———reopen filing of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 4398), H11110 [6DE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 1764), H3331 [16MY]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H3331 [16MY]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H10145 [9NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct reviews of certain contract actions for the Secure Border Initiative (see H.R. 4284), H10145 [9NO]

———develop and implement the Responsive Emergency Alert and Dissemination of Information Call (READICall) System (see H.R. 2101), H2977 [4MY]

———establish a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for the establishment or expansion of cybersecurity professional development programs (see H.R. 3109), H5434 (see H.R. 3109), H5479 [29JN]

———establish position of Chief Medical Officer (see H.R. 4632), H12167 [17DE]

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

———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]

———tribute to employees, partners at all levels of government, and law enforcement agents and emergency response providers for service in the war against terrorism (see H. Res. 398), H7561 [28JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish a homesteading initiative that offers low-income families displaced from their residences due to Hurricane Katrina the opportunity to purchase a home (see H.R. 4514), H11503 [13DE]

———maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H4144 [26MY]

———make single family properties pursuant to foreclosure under the FHA mortgage insurance program available for occupancy by families displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3794), H11504 [13DE]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 3506), H7556 [28JY]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 77), H797 [17FE]

Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 3760), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national transportation security research centers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3634), H7612 [29JY]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: transmit to the House of Representatives documents relating to security investigations and background checks relating to granting White House access to James D. Guckert (see H. Res. 136), H984 [3MR]

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]

———improve and encourage greater public participation in community disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans (see H.R. 3565), H7559 [28JY]

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

Discrimination: condemn existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urge States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue (see H. Res. 259), H4356 [9JN]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H11110 [6DE]

———enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H5913 [14JY]

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

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4062), H9103 [25OC] (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

———promote technological advancements to reduce the timeframe for development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent infectious diseases that pose a significant risk to public health (see H.R. 3627), H7612 [29JY]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1501), H1844 [6AP]

DuBois, W.E.B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 72), H796 [17FE]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H941 [2MR]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H9044 [20OC]

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H5915 [14JY]

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

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H1692 [17MR]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H11504 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H7743 [7SE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8102 [19SE]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H1897 [12AP]

FBI: include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (see H.R. 1195), H2103 [14AP]

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

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 4110), H9043 [20OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H9362 [27OC]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3894 [24MY]

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

GAO: conduct studies on State development and implementation of security measures for driver's licenses and identification cards and on consequences of denying driver's licenses to aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 620), H410 [8FE]

Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H941 [2MR]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 3891), H8341 [22SE]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H1263 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3695 [19MY]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H11655 [14DE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H2394 [20AP]

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

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 175), H5252 [27JN]

———anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10910 [17NO]

Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]

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), H1697 [17MR]

———establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 378), H3435 [17MY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H10145 [9NO]

———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H9554 [2NO]

———temporarily suspend laws that deny certain Federal benefits, grants, and licenses to victims of Hurricanse Katrina or Rita due to convictions for certain drug crimes (see H.R. 4169), H9362 [27OC] (see H.R. 4213), H9555 [2NO]

Immigration: provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see H.R. 3575), H7559 [28JY]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Independent Commission To Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H8162 [20SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H7743 [7SE]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 1310), H3556 [18MY]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H3331 [16MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H11035 [18NO]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5742 [12JY]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2104 [14AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4561 [15JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H11328 [8DE]

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), H5915 [14JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H195 [25JA]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H1896 [12AP]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 438), H4400 [13JN]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H2151 [19AP]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H7813 [8SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H11327 [8DE]

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

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H11327 [8DE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H11504 [13DE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3695 [19MY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H11880 [15DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H11109 [6DE]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H4356 [9JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]

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), H7742 [7SE]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 708), H522 [9FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7614 [29JY]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 2891), H4802 [20JN]

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

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 30), H287 [1FE]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

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 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H7566 [28JY]

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

National Security Agency: request President to transmit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 641), H13189 [22DE]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1509 [15MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H8986 [19OC]

———improve (see H.R. 1506), H9472 [1NO]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H9555 [2NO]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 921), H11220 [7DE]

Pakistan: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4073), H9426 [28OC]

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), H9275 [26OC]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H1778 [5AP]

Peace Corps: issuance of special postage stamps (see H.R. 560), H3331 [16MY]

Philadelphia Coalition: tribute (see H. Res. 362), H5914 [14JY]

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), H5638 [11JY]

———improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H7742 [7SE]

Power resources: establish a balanced energy policy that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 737), H2738 [28AP]

Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 3140), H7614 [29JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H3331 [16MY]

Railroads: establish rail worker emergency training program (see H.R. 4372), H11328 [8DE]

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

SBA: allow more joint ventures, leader-follower arrangements, and teaming arrangements under the minority business development program (see H.R. 166), H4296 [8JN]

Science: recognize significance of African American women in the U.S. scientific community (see H. Con. Res. 96), H1622 [16MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3556 [18MY]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H4656 [16JN]

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

Sports: recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 59), H3057 [5MY]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1693 [17MR]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Res. 518), H9276 [26OC]

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

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H10157 [10NO]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H3695 [19MY]

———allow individuals to designate overpayments to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts (see H.R. 3905), H8644 [29SE]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H3056 [5MY]

———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11326 [8DE]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers (see H.R. 3752), H8986 [19OC]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP (see H.R. 3664), H8986 [19OC]

———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2378), H11220 [7DE]

———reduce motor fuel excise taxes during periods of high fuel prices (see H.R. 2924), H9103 [25OC]

———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H11327 [8DE]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H6432 [25JY]

———provide grants and other support to achieve communications interoperability in the U.S. (see H.R. 1251), H1370 [10MR]

Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 231), H78 [4JA]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 3270), H5800 [13JY]

Turkey: urge acknowledgment of culpability of Ottoman Empire for Armenian genocide and reconciliation with Armenia, and support accession of Turkey to the European Union under certain criteria (see H. Con. Res. 195), H6328 [21JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H5741 [12JY]

U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H11881 [15DE]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3072), H11328 [8DE]

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

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 805), H628 [15FE]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H4722 [17JN]

———extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 3734), H8648 [3OC]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H349 [2FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify investigative authority of the privacy officer (see H.R. 3041), H4984 [22JN]

———conduct comprehensive review of human resources, organizational structure, innovation and improvement plans, intelligence and information analysis, infrastructure, and budget (see H.R. 4009), H8733 [6OC]

———establish a database of small businesses for purposes of Federal consultation prior to awarding contracts related to declared emergencies (see H.R. 4427), H11034 [18NO]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: strengthen participation of small businesses in recovery efforts following a major disaster, emergency, or terrorist event (see H.R. 4611), H12049 [16DE]

Disasters: ensure that communities are prepared for evacuation in case of a major disaster (see H.R. 3815), H8088 [15SE]

———improve the administration of charitable donations made in the aftermath of disasters (see H.R. 4564), H11879 [15DE]

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

Hurricanes: permit participation of children affected by Hurricane Katrina in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs (see H.R. 3890), H8341 [22SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: direct President to report on funding requests for certain homeland security programs authorized in legislation implementing recommendations (see H.R. 2035), H2737 [28AP]

R. Jess Brown U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 4426), H11034 [18NO]

Chronologies

Hurricane Katrina history of Government preparedness and response plans, H7971-H8009 [15SE]

Excerpts

``Mississippi Murder,'' Olen Burrage, E182 [8FE]

Letters

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding: several State Governors, H4552 [15JN]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3540 [18MY]

Remarks

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 437), consideration (H. Res. 439), H7969 [15SE]

Black History Month: observance, E249, E251, E252, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259, E260, E261 [16FE], E267, E268, E272 [17FE], E277, E280, E282, E284, E285, E287, E288 [18FE], E408, E414, E430 [10MR]

China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E404 [10MR]

Civil rights: investigation of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS, E182 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3456, H3462, H3474, H3476, H3478, H3481, H3484, H3487, H3490, H3495, H3496, H3498, H3529 [18MY], H3688 [19MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), consideration (H. Res. 283), H3446 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), motion to recommit, H3541 [18MY]

———aviation and border security funding, H3541 [18MY]

———conduct comprehensive review of human resources, organizational structure, innovation and improvement plans, intelligence and information analysis, infrastructure, and budget (H.R. 4009), H8688 [6OC]

———coordinate activities relative to protection of critical infrastructure with other relevant Federal agencies, H3481 [18MY]

———limit the number of grants available under the Urban Area Security Initiative, H3232 [12MY]

———make improvements in Federal Flight Deck Officers Program, H3484 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8698 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H8688 [6OC]

———Office of Inspector General funding, H3474 [18MY]

———Port Elizabeth, NJ, and Newark International Airport area infrastructure protection report, H3487 [18MY]

———prohibit increase in the aviation security passenger fee, H3490 [18MY]

———reimburse State and local governmenmts for costs of training and certification to enforce Federal immigration laws, H3476, H3478 [18MY]

———use of delivery bonds to assure illegal aliens attend Federal deportation proceedings, H543 [10FE]

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H4551 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5054 [23JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), E1419 [1JY]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H7622 [2SE], H7712 [7SE]

Executive Office of the President: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board funding, E1419 [1JY]

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

First Responder Grants Board: add Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator to board, H3229 [12MY]

———coordinate with State, local, and tribal governments in establishing criteria for prioritizing applications for grants, H3229 [12MY]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), E1259 [17JN]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 426), H7753 [8SE]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), H7622 [2SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7712, H7718 [7SE], H7753 [8SE]

Immigration: reaffirm authority of State and local law enforcement to enforce certain immigration laws, H3495, H3496, H3498 [18MY]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11809 [15DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), consideration (H. Res. 610), H11671 [15DE]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 491), H8816 [17OC]

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), H467 [9FE], H543 [10FE]

———provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3213, H3220, H3229, H3230, H3232, H3235 [12MY]

OSHA: enforcement of respirator standards relative to workplace protection from tuberculosis, H5054 [23JN]

Poe, Katrina: Staff Care Inc., County Doctor of the Year award recipient, E2532 [14DE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4551 [15JN]

States: allow allocation of Federal homeland security funds for the cost of activities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or recover from terrorism that would otherwise have been Federal activities, H3230 [12MY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11530 [14DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration (H. Res. 369), H6216 [21JY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies, H3235 [12MY]

Resignations

Committee on Agriculture (House), H317 [2FE]

Tributes

Banks, Jessie D., E288 [18FE]

Browder, Lawrence, E260 [16FE]

Brown, John E., E272 [17FE]

Burks, Mildred J. Cain, E261 [16FE]

Carpenter, Edna Pulliam, E268 [17FE]

Carr-Esters, Katharine, E267 [17FE]

Davis, Frank, E258 [16FE]

Dixon, Victor, E255 [16FE]

Evans, King T., Sr., E257 [16FE]

Forman, James, E180 [8FE]

Gales, James, E277 [18FE]

Gates, Mary Elizabeth Pippins, E280 [18FE]

Green, Tomie Z. Turner, E408 [10MR]

Hawkins, Andrew and Mary Lou, E254 [16FE]

Hite, Hattie J., E284 [18FE]

Holman, Jimmie, E287 [18FE]

James, John A., Jr., E259 [16FE]

Jones, Timaka, E260 [16FE]

Jones-Taylor, Aurelia, E430 [10MR]

Kirksey, Henry, E2553 [15DE]

Motley, Constance Baker, E2108 [18OC]

Parks, Rosa, E2424 [18NO]

Scott, Mildred J., E252 [16FE]

Searcy, Edwin E., E282 [18FE]

Thomas, Joseph C., E285 [18FE]

Thomas, Julia, E251 [16FE]

Tucker, C. Delores, E2105 [18OC]

Wilhelm, David, E462 [17MR]

Wilson, Robert B., E249 [16FE]

Woodley, C.L., E1260 [17JN]

Young, Gertrude A., E414 [10MR]