DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6466 [26JY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H3331 [16MY]

Armed Forces: ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 771), H583 [10FE]

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

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

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H413 [8FE]

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

———conduct thorough review of cases of individuals convicted of court-martial arising from a disturbance at Fort Lawton, WA, on August 14, 1944 (see H.R. 3174), H5601 [30JN]

———extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 3765), H7948 [14SE]

Aviation: ensure passenger safety at airports (see H.R. 4607), H12049 [16DE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1896 [12AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H9696 [4NO]

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]

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), H8919 [18OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]

Classified information: 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), H10039 [8NO]

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]

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

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H5963 [18JY]

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H8388 [27SE]

Crime: conduct study evaluating correlations between methamphetamine crimes and identity theft crimes (see H.R. 3325), H7566 [28JY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H2103 [14AP]

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: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H8847 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H8733 [6OC]

———expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H9103 [25OC]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8348 [26SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H5915 [14JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H5741 [12JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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 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]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8389 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 3506), H8342 [22SE]

———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 4228), H9641 [3NO]

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), H11653 [14DE]

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

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2098), H3695 [19MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10157 [10NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H354 [2FE]

———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]

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

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H9362 [27OC]

Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H2550 [26AP]

———provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 3324), H7566 [28JY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H9361 [27OC]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H3769 [23MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1509 [15MR]

Filipino Americans: recognize centennial of immigration and acknowledge contributions to society (see H. Con. Res. 218), H6650 [26JY]

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), H8163 [20SE]

———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), H74 [4JA]

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

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

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H4401 [13JN]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H4143 [26MY]

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

———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H848 [1MR]

———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. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H3894 [24MY]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H2551 [26AP]

———establish demonstration programs to address shortages in rural areas (see H.R. 1654), H2101 [14AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H350 [2FE]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 125), H1845 [6AP]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H11221 [7DE]

Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 39), H196 [25JA]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H8342 [22SE]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H9696 [4NO]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1026 [8MR]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H5638 [11JY]

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]

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H798 [17FE]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: express appreciation for the contribution of Chinese art and culture and recognize the Festival of China at the Kennedy Center (see H. Con. Res. 265), H8809 [7OC]

Kosovo: anniversary of ethnic violence (see H. Res. 172), H8163 [20SE]

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]

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), H354 [2FE]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 940), H794 [17FE]

Los Angeles Galaxy (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 574), H11111 [6DE]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8388 [27SE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2472 [21AP]

———provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H10226 [15NO]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H2103 [14AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]

———anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H10502 [16NO]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H5361 [28JN]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3261 [12MY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H1897 [12AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2395 [20AP]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 868), H718 [16FE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H2737 [28AP]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H11220 [7DE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H798 [17FE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4723 [17JN]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H6205 [20JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8248 [21SE]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H3113 [10MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]

———raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety (see H. Con. Res. 278), H9275 [26OC]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H6328 [21JY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H2880 [3MY]

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]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1428), H1693 [17MR]

National Foreign Language Coordination Council: establish to develop and implement a foreign language strategy (see H.R. 4196), H9962 [7NO]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5638 [11JY]

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

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), H3695 [19MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H2881 [3MY]

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

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

———settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 1797), H2471 [21AP]

———tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 189), H5100 [23JN]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 1955), H2734 [28AP]

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), H10503 [16NO]

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

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 2233), H3769 [23MY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H847 [1MR]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3894 [24MY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1846 [6AP]

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

Seattle Storm (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 52), H236 [26JA]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H11035 [18NO]

Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 851), H8734 [6OC]

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

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H286 [1FE]

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

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 53), H236 [26JA]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H6107 [19JY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H11654 [14DE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8341 [22SE]

———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), H3556 [18MY]

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

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 3957), H8986 [19OC]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H4143 [26MY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3436 [17MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H1369 [10MR]

———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), H4188 [7JN]

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

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H5176 [24JN]

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

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H11328 [8DE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

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

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), H1896 [12AP]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H3435 [17MY]

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

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

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H2473 [21AP]

———provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 2727), H5604 [30JN]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 3086), H5361 [28JN]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H8847 [17OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 308), H4296 [8JN]

Native Americans: hold certain lands in trust for the Puyallup Tribe (see H.R. 374), H233 [26JA]

Letters

Military Sealift Command's use of U.S. shipping industry to assist in deployment of Armed Forces overseas: Norton A. Schwartz, Dept. of the Air Force, H12262 [18DE]

NOAA vessel time charter funding: by, E1286 [20JN]

Remarks

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H3615 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12203 [18DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H11582 [14DE]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), motion to instruct conferees, H11582 [14DE]

———Military Sealift Command's use of U.S. shipping industry to assist in deployment of Armed Forces overseas, H12262 [18DE]

———preclude procurements from companies benefiting from illegal foreign subsidies, H12203 [18DE]

Dept. of Energy: increase energy efficiency research funding through reductions in Spent Fuel Recycling Initiative funding, H3861 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3531 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8426 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify language authorizing State and tribal assistance grants for water infrastructure improvement programs, H3644 [19MY]

———ensure proper authorization for certain programs by the Committee on Resources (House), H3670 [19MY]

———exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3630 [19MY]

———payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H3621 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3665 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3603, H3615, H3621, H3630, H3639, H3642, H3644, H3646, H3647, H3665, H3670 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, H7019, H7020, H7021 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 392), H6943 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), motion to instruct conferees, H6459, H6461 [26JY]

Domestic violence: address incidence of domestic violence involving law enforcement officers, H8426 [28SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), E1740 [29JY]

Endangered Species Act: consolidate related programs and review protective regulations, H8563 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8542, H8563 [29SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3858, H3861 [24MY]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, H7020 [28JY]

———increase Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding through reductions in State and Tribal Assistance Grants Program funding, H3642 [19MY]

———increase Superfund funding through reductions in science and technology programs funding, H3639 [19MY]

Forest Service: wildfire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H3647 [19MY]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11015 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11015 [18NO]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (H.R. 798), H11466 [13DE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 209), H8373 [27SE]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 308), H6401 [25JY]

Point of order, H3670 [19MY]

University of Washington: tribute to women's volleyball team, E2626 [19DE]

Veterans: health care funding, H6459, H6461 [26JY]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, H11482 [13DE]