ETHERIDGE, BOB (a Representative from North Carolina)

Articles and editorials

Bill Horner Jr., 67, Newsman Was Publisher of the Sanford Herald, Associated Press (news service), E944 [11MY]

Former Herald Publisher, 67, Dies, Sanford (NC) Herald, E944 [11MY]

State Loses Respected Newsman, Dunn (NC) Daily Record, E945 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

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

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H6432 [25JY]

———restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H989 [7MR]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 90), H1026 [8MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

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

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H717 [16FE]

———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), H1025 [8MR]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H631 [15FE]

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

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

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA]

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

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H1779 [5AP]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H4802 [20JN]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H3113 [10MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H11655 [14DE]

Arts and humanities: recognize artistic excellence and community value of a national service organization for the performing arts and how this community improves diplomacy through global cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 314), H13189 [22DE]

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), H1417 [14MR]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents (see H.R. 780), H1969 [13AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H4896 [21JN]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 336), H5604 [30JN]

Business and industry: preserve mathematics- and science-based industries (see H.R. 1547), H4401 [13JN]

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), H12168 [17DE]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H8342 [22SE]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H3260 [12MY]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3004), H4895 [21JN]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 188), H353 [2FE]

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

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: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 151), H984 [3MR]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H8735 [6OC]

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2011), H11110 [6DE]

Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H718 [16FE]

Crime: reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (see H.R. 1279), H2551 [26AP]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8389 [27SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1118), H983 [3MR]

———clarify manner in which assistance is made available to producers under the Crop Disaster Assistance Program (see H.R. 3554), H7673 [6SE]

———establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

———prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H4188 [7JN]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8732 [6OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership (see H.R. 1491), H1844 [6AP]

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

———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), H10503 [16NO]

———expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H8736 [6OC]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 2207), H4487 [14JN]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H1779 [5AP]

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

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 database of small businesses for purposes of Federal consultation prior to awarding contracts related to declared emergencies (see H.R. 4427), H11880 [15DE]

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

———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]

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

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H629 [15FE]

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), H11880 [15DE]

———require installation of second cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder system in commercial passenger aircraft utilizing combination deployable recorder technology (see H.R. 3336), H6106 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3056 [5MY]

Disasters: commend efforts of the Armed Forces and Dept. of State and AID employees for their response to the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H. Res. 120), H943 [2MR]

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

Diseases: 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), H1371 [10MR]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 2199), H3055 [5MY]

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

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H196 (see H.R. 314), H193 [25JA]

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

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 1801), H2471 [21AP]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H4354 [9JN]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 1693), H2149 [19AP]

———provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7742 [7SE]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1277), H1416 [14MR]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H7861 [13SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

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

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H943 [2MR]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H7673 [6SE]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H10226 [15NO]

———extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]

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

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

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1693 [17MR]

———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), H4296 [8JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H4656 [16JN]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 1456), H4143 [26MY]

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

Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (see H.R. 2326), H3695 [19MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1422), H1693 [17MR]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H4187 [7JN]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H4561 [15JN]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 813), H8846 [17OC]

———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), H4188 [7JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H798 [17FE]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H4722 [17JN]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H720 [16FE]

High Point, NC: express support for the International Home Furnishings Market (see H. Res. 203), H1895 [12AP]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H11110 [6DE]

Ho, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 597), H11503 [13DE]

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]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5963 [18JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H9044 [20OC]

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

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H4802 [20JN]

Hurricanes: dedicate a percentage of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funds for mental health services for victims and first responders (see H.R. 3708), H8089 [15SE]

———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]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1107), H982 [3MR]

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), H4143 [26MY]

Israel: congratulate on election of Dan Gillerman as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 368), H6381 [22JY]

———independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3557 [18MY]

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), H8847 [17OC]

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

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]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H11111 [6DE]

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

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3894 [24MY]

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

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]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H10910 [17NO]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10503 [16NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6936 [27JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3331 [16MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H4802 [20JN]

———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), H8809 [7OC]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H10910 [17NO]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H11880 [15DE]

National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2979 [4MY]

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

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H942 [2MR]

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

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H10227 [15NO]

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

National Tartan Day: support establishment (see H. Res. 41), H720 [16FE]

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), H4296 [8JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H8734 [6OC]

NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 2325), H3260 [12MY]

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]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H1969 [13AP]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8513 [28SE]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H2739 [28AP]

Public Health Service Act: improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H11655 [14DE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H10039 [8NO]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7815 [8SE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1218), H1368 [10MR]

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

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H11327 [8DE]

Social Security: ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H2103 [14AP]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3954), H8847 [17OC]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1778 [5AP]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 20), H72 [4JA]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H3056 [5MY]

Tariff: cotton fabrics (see H.R. 1945), H2647 [27AP]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H8644 [29SE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H9103 [25OC]

———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), H3056 [5MY]

———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), H3695 [19MY]

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

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H233 [26JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1742), H4561 [15JN]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H197 [25JA]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———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), H5177 [24JN]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H796 [17FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2395 [20AP]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 947), H794 [17FE]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H2550 [26AP]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———reward individuals who provide volunteer services in times of national need (see H.R. 3773), H7948 [14SE] (see H.R. 3832), H8161 [20SE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H4722 [17JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5604 [30JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H413 [8FE]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 1139), H3113 [10MY]

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

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 3270), H5915 [14JY]

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

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H9427 [28OC]

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), H7949 [14SE]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 198), H1846 [6AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H848 [1MR]

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

Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8348 [26SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (see H.R. 3439), H6650 [26JY]

Garner, NC: anniversary (see H. Res. 206), H1895 [12AP]

Tariff: ACM (see H.R. 1906), H2647 [27AP]

———clothianidin (see H.R. 1911), H2647 [27AP]

———flutolanil (see H.R. 1909), H2647 [27AP]

———permethrin (see H.R. 1907), H2647 [27AP]

———resmethrin (see H.R. 1910), H2647 [27AP]

———thidiazuron (see H.R. 1908), H2647 [27AP]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3877 [24MY]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H10641 [17NO]

Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (H.R. 3439), H8662 [6OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H9966 [8NO], H10641 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11247 [8DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2716 [28AP]

Coats, NC: anniversary, E339 [2MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4473), H11559 [14DE]

Cunningham, Dan: tribute to birth of child, E1940 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, E2642 [22DE]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants and are adversely affected by a natural disaster (H.R. 3169), E1793 [8SE]

Dept. of Energy: require the Energy Information Administration to develop and publish a report on imported crude oil and petroleum sales in the U.S., H3877 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3459 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8703 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, H7021 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5159 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H10528 [17NO], E2586 [17DE]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H8703 [6OC], E1798 [8SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6912 [27JY]

Eberhardt, Jennifer: tribute to birth of child, E1940 [22SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1932 [13AP]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8549 [29SE], E2055 [7OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), motion to recommit, H3877 [24MY]

Etheridge, Brian and Meredith: tribute to birth of child, E2268, E2270 [3NO]

FEMA: reform, H8703 [6OC]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), E2183 [27OC]

Four Oaks, NC: tribute to Four Oaks Middle School students, E1495 [15JY]

Health: 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 (H.R. 5), H6999 [28JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3851 [24MY]

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 (H.R. 3764), E1879 [15SE]

———establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8967 [19OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), H7625 [2SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1798 [8SE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), E2609 [18DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11024 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11024 [18NO]

Jackson, Morgan and Shawn: tribute to birth of child, E2276 [4NO]

Kroart, Michael G. and Elizabeth Sparrow: tribute to birth of child, E1115 [26MY]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (H.R. 438), E1987 [29SE]

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), H560 [10FE]

———provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3215 [12MY]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8777 [7OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2441 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6971 [28JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, E2338 [10NO]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H4900 [22JN], H6110 [20JY]

———reform, H4900 [22JN], H6110 [20JY]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11247 [8DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules, H1932 [13AP]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize (S. 1752), H8417 [28SE]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team, H3683 [19MY]

Veterans: health care funding, H7021 [28JY]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (H.R. 366), H2899 [4MY]

Votes: position on missed, H5355 [28JN], E947 [11MY], E1524 [19JY], E2270 [3NO]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4317 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H407 [8FE], H5360 [28JN], H5959 [18JY], H9638 [3NO]

Special order: granted, H3691 [19MY]

Tributes

Horner, Bill, Jr., E944 [11MY]

Otto, William E., E101 [26JA]