BROWN-WAITE, GINNY (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8473 [28SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H4986 [22JN]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11655, H11656 [14DE], H11851 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H11654 [14DE]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5100 [23JN]

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

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H3436 [17MY]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]

———ensure equal treatment for members of Reserve components who perform inactive-duty training in determining entitlement for certain special pay categories (see H.R. 1371), H3262 [12MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———limit premium increases on reinstated health insurance on servicemembers who are released from active military service (see H.R. 2046), H3057 [5MY]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H845 [1MR]

———provide improved interest rate relief for servicemembers during periods of military service (see H.R. 2859), H5177 [24JN]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H989 [7MR]

———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), H2880 [3MY]

Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building, Altamonte Springs, FL: designate (see H.R. 324), H194 [25JA]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1368 [10MR]

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

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see H.R. 3520), H8986 [19OC]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H8644 [29SE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

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), H9696 [4NO]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1780 [5AP] (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]

———prevent disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of a Reserve component parent who is deployed overseas (see H.R. 2108), H2977 [4MY]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H5741 [12JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 21), H79 [4JA]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11655 [14DE]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11655 [14DE]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 687), H6432 [25JY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1493), H2151 [19AP]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H8388 [27SE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2458), H3555 [18MY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]

———appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see H.R. 4093), H10039 [8NO]

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

———ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 97), H630 [15FE]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H3331 [16MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 554), H350 [2FE]

———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11504 [13DE]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 2393), H3434 [17MY]

Crime: assure punishment for violent crimes against children (see H.R. 2388), H4561 [15JN]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H3262 [12MY]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H8388 [27SE]

Death and dying: support rights of individuals to make medical decisions and encourage all Americans to write living wills designating health care surrogates and other advance directives (see H. Res. 217), H2102 [14AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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), H4985 [22JN]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 1071), H2103 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H4722 [17JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 4312), H11036 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3402), H6380 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H6432 [25JY]

———establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect (see H.R. 764), H1851 [8AP]

Dept. of Labor: reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (see H.R. 3279), H5912 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H7948 [14SE]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3251), H5740 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award a percentage of procurement contracts to small business concerns owned by veterans (see H.R. 3082), H5963 [18JY]

———conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H3556 [18MY]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1585), H4188 [7JN]

———provide Chief Information Officer authority over resources, budget, and personnel related to the support function of information technology (see H.R. 4061), H8846 [17OC]

———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), H628 [15FE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H5741 [12JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H7813 [8SE]

Disasters: expedite payments of certain Federal emergency assistance and direct the Sec. of Homeland Security to exercise certain authority (see H.R. 1870), H2881 [3MY]

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

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H6652 [26JY]

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

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

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 1446), H1970 [13AP]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H3331 [16MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1025 [8MR]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Sharm el-Sheik and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 384), H6650 [26JY]

———condition foreign assistance on meaningful political reforms (see H. Res. 413), H7862 [13SE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 4408), H11034 [18NO]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H845 [1MR]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H1777 [5AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 1667), H4722 [17JN]

FCC: prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (see H.R. 2354), H3696 [19MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9641 [3NO]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H5912 [14JY]

Federal Credit Union Act: clarify definition of net worth under certain circumstances for purposes of corrective action authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1042), H940 [2MR]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546, 4548), H11653 [14DE]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H12050 [16DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prohibit sale or trade of prescription drugs that were knowingly adulterated or misbranded (see H.R. 2600), H4297 [8JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 420), H3894 [24MY]

FEMA: permit access to databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws (see H.R. 4381), H10909 [17NO]

———provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, FL, with financial assistance and direct services under the Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (see H.R. 3723), H7814 [8SE]

———temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3669), H7741 [7SE] (see H.R. 4133), H9102 [25OC]

FHA: remove limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured (see H.R. 2892), H4485 [14JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3556 [18MY]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1372 [10MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1696 [17MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H3436 [17MY]

———ensure that the right of an individual to display the U.S. flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 42), H4984 [22JN]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7673 [6SE]

GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H1693 [17MR]

Health: establish reasonable legal reforms that will facilitate the manufacture of vital, life-saving vaccines (see H.R. 650), H942 [2MR]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H3113 [10MY]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see H.R. 3252), H5740 [12JY]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5638 [11JY]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H4487 [14JN]

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), H2739 [28AP]

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

Immigration: bar admission and facilitate removal of alien terrorists and their supporters, drug traffickers, and other illegal or criminal aliens and reform the visa and legal immigration systems (see H.R. 688), H4722 [17JN]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H1896 [12AP]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10146 [9NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5801 [13JY]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3776), H8644 [29SE]

———make inadmissable individuals who law enforcement knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, seek entry to the U.S. to participate in illegal activities with criminal gangs (see H.R. 2933), H4654 [16JN]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1779 [5AP]

———prohibit loans by Federal agencies to aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4580), H12047 [16DE]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 19), H4296 [8JN]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H9277 [26OC]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1622 [16MR]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3436 [17MY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H3057 [5MY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H10910 [17NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H2648 [27AP]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H5599 [30JN]

Medicaid: require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4297 [8JN]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H5741 [12JY]

———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H584 [10FE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4297 [8JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2394 [20AP]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H11110 [6DE]

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), H1264 [9MR]

———disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50; H. Res. 20), H798 [17FE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 1143), H1023 [8MR]

Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H4356 [9JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9696 [4NO]

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

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

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H8388 [27SE]

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 (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

———require employers at critical infrastructure sites to participate in the pilot program for employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 1770), H4356 [9JN]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7860 [13SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3332 [16MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H194 [25JA] (see H.R. 700), H1622 [16MR]

Political campaigns: terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H9696 [4NO]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H3769 [23MY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H942 [2MR]

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

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]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (see H.R. 3200), H5915 [14JY]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H1371 [10MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (see H. Res. 22), H236 [26JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H584 [10FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H3262 [12MY]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1438), H4656 [16JN]

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 1176), H4561 [15JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6205 [20JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H984 [3MR]

———allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (see H.R. 3076), H8348 [26SE]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H2880 [3MY]

———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), H2151 [19AP]

———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), H1847 [6AP]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 196), H236 [26JA]

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

———allow victims of Presidentially-declared disasters to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3742), H7860 [13SE]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H3436 [17MY]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3095), H5915 [14JY]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H8513 [28SE]

———exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 3079), H6652 [26JY]

———exclude from gross income employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts (see H.R. 3585), H7559 [28JY]

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

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H5252 [27JN]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H942 [2MR]

———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]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H8810 [7OC]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H984 [3MR]

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

———provide emergency tax relief for victims of Hurricane Wilma (see H.R. 4334), H10226 [15NO]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide for Small Business Protection Accounts (see H.R. 3586), H8342 [22SE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H795 [17FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H196 [25JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H7949 [14SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 179), H413 [8FE] (see H.R. 1517), H2103 [14AP]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H12050 [16DE]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 858), H1896 [12AP]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H413 [8FE]

Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H942 [2MR]

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]

Telephones: prohibit use of autodialers for purposes of political solicitations (see H.R. 2294), H11655 [14DE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 1377), H3436 [17MY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (see H.R. 3830), H8161 [20SE]

UNESCO: withdraw U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H2881 [3MY]

VA: anniversary (see H. Res. 361), H5916 [14JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H795 [17FE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H2880 [3MY]

———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), H1371 [10MR]

———improve benefits for former POW (see H.R. 1598), H2104 [14AP]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H7814 [8SE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 1220), H1780 [5AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2076), H3436 [17MY]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H7820 [12SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4485 [14JN]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H1510 [15MR]

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

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H5916 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H1845 [6AP]

Committee on Administrative Procedures (Joint): establish (see H.R. 3148), H5600 [30JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: expand authority to transport and remove aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4253), H10038 [8NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study of the accuracy of expiration dates on certain prescription drugs maintained by the Dept. (see H.R. 1149), H1023 [8MR]

———establish licensure requirements for employees and contractors performing orthotics, pedorthics, or prosthetics services in States where there are private practice requirements (see H.R. 4159), H9361 [27OC]

———improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H5600 [30JN]

Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H10908 [17NO]

Education: increase amount of loans repayable for Selected Reserve officers who possess qualifications, or are being trained, in health professions needed to meet wartime combat medical skill shortages (see H.R. 3417), H6431 [25JY]

Financial institutions: provide emergency authority to guarantee checks cashed by insured depository institutions and credit unions for noncustomers who are victims of certain hurricanes (see H.R. 3909), H8386 [27SE]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 846), H718 [16FE]

Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H9043 [20OC]

Missing Children's Assistance Act: extend applicability to individuals determined to have a mental capacity less than 18 years of age (see H.R. 528), H349 [2FE]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5740 [12JY]

Social Security: protect beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits (see H.R. 266), H137 [6JA]

Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building, Spring Hill, FL: designate (see H.R. 3703), H7813 [8SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care services in computing adjusted gross income (see H.R. 4104), H9043 [20OC]

———provide a credit to individuals for certain long-term care expenses (see H.R. 1150), H1023 [8MR]

Remarks

Afghanistan: participation of women in elections, H8107 [20SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), consideration (H. Res. 151), H1429 [15MR]

Armed Forces: limit premium increases on reinstated health insurance on servicemembers who are released from active military service (H.R. 2046), H3742 [23MY]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, H3457 [18MY]

Brooksville, FL: tribute to Central High School Naval Junior ROTC, E1757 [6SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10633 [17NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (S. Con. Res. 26), H7826 [13SE]

Cason, Keisha: National Federation of Independent Business Free Enterprise Scholar honoree, E1317 [23JN], E1387 [28JN]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (H. Res. 579), H11598 [14DE]

Citrus County, FL: tribute to Marine Corps League Trike Program, E899 [5MY]

———tribute to the Sheriffs Office, E1182 [9JN]

Citrus County Veterans Coalition, Inc.: tribute for distribution of U.S. flags to schools, H4708 [17JN]

Coastal zones: revise national flood maps to expand eligibility for flood insurance, H5645 [12JY]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H5041 [23JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2596 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: develop comprehensive policy relative to the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, H4575 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration (H. Res. 315), H4575 [16JN]

Dept. of HHS: require report on the correlation between a perpetrator's drug and alcohol abuse and reported incidence of domestic violence, H8473 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3457 [18MY]

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

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8473 [28SE], H12122 [17DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3667 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5587 [30JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5041 [23JN], H5117 [24JN]

EPA: prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3667 [19MY]

FEMA: ensure disaster claims are handled in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner, H1869 [12AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6230 [21JY]

Grant, Bill and Claudia: tribute to birth of child, E1364 [27JN]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3825 [24MY]

Hernando County, FL: tribute to Hernando County National Guard Unit, H1427 [15MR]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Florida, H5746 [13JY]

———support goals and ideals of a national day of prayer and remembrance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and encourage all Americans to observe that day (H. Con. Res. 240), H7877, H7879 [14SE]

Immigration: condemn rapes committed by smugglers along the international border of the U.S. and urge the Mexican Government and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent such rapes from occurring, H11851 [15DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11814, H11851 [15DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H10997 [18NO]

———commend for granting women certain important political rights, H8892 [18OC]

———commend women for participating in the democratic process, H6273 [21JY]

———elections, H144 [25JA]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 160), H4817, H4820 [21JN]

Korean War: tribute to veterans, E1633 [27JY]

Labor unions: use of pension and financial services funds to back Social Security privatization proposals, H2751 [3MY]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), consideration (H. Res. 436), H7880 [14SE]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (H.R. 438), H8369 [27SE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: implementation and funding, H1758 [5AP]

Mulvee, Patrick and Carrie: tribute to birth of child, E862 [4MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 209), H8370, H8373 [27SE]

National Flood Insurance Program: exclude certain payments from consideration as income (H.R. 804), H5647 [12JY]

National Men's Health Week: observance, H4492 [15JN]

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, H1429 [15MR]

———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), H543 [10FE]

Neukom, George A., Jr.: East Pasco Republican Club Lincoln Heritage Award recipient, E169 [8FE]

Pasco County, FL: tribute to World War II veterans, E2246 [3NO]

Polk County, FL: tribute to World War II veterans, E2135 [20OC]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (H.R. 22), H6539 [26JY]

———repeal requirement that the next Board of Governors vacancy be filled by an individual supported by labor unions, H6539 [26JY]

Queiros, Mary A.: Brooksville, FL, Great Brooksvillian of the Year Award recipient, E2096 [17OC]

Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (H.R. 2062), H8368 [27SE]

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.: funding, H5117 [24JN]

SBA: direct and guaranteed loan programs funding, H4431 [14JN]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1718 [20MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4431 [14JN]

Social Security: impact of privatization on women, H4966, H4968, H4969, H4970 [22JN]

———privatization proposals, H1953 [13AP], H2128 [19AP]

———protect beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits (H.R. 266), H329 [2FE]

———reform, H1953 [13AP], H2128 [19AP]

Spring Hill, FL: tribute to Spring Hill National Dixie Youth AAA baseball team, E1755 [6SE]

Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building, Spring Hill, FL: designate (H.R. 3703), H8367, H8368 [27SE]

Supreme Court: decisions on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property, H5355 [28JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (H.R. 310), H660 [16FE]

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4711 [17JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6230 [21JY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1220), H5752 [13JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, H12122 [17DE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2876), H8380, H8381 [27SE]

Votes: position on missed, H971 [3MR], E474 [17MR], E842 [3MY], E1611 [27JY]

Walke, Sanford: Purple Heart recipient, H3162 [11MY], E923 [10MY]

Webster, FL: tribute to Exploravision Award recipients, E1221 [14JN]

Women: establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (H.J. Res. 59), H5970 [19JY]

———human rights advances, H5625, H5626, H5627, H5628, H5629 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H11217 [7DE]

Special order: granted, H4720 [17JN], H10499 [16NO]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform (House), H8799 [7OC]

Tributes

Bombly, Edwin J., E1756 [6SE]

Cooley, Josh, E1756 [6SE]

D'Ambrosio, Patsy, E1954 [27SE]

Fedyszyn, John, E1756 [6SE]

Gramling, Joshua J., E1757 [6SE]

Harris, Mac, E1498 [15JY]

Hernandez, Jesus, E2577 [17DE]

Jaeb, Robert A., E1843 [14SE]

Johnson, Elsie, E2583 [17DE]

Johnson, Owen, E1580 [22JY]

Keckler, Mary Ann, E1185 [9JN]

Kurth, Harold, E1754 [6SE]

Lapinski, Stanley, H5074 [23JN]

Lapp, Judith, E2027 [6OC]

Lee, Jacob R., Jr., E1972 [28SE]

Loporto, Agostino, E1753 [6SE]

McDowell, James, E534 [5AP]

Meloche, Elsie, E1492 [14JY]

Neilson, Arthur, E2134 [20OC]

Noster, Lorette, E2580 [17DE]

Parker, Chas and family, E1404 [30JN]

Schafer, Michael, E1675, E1681 [29JY]

Vander Est, Sally, E2581 [17DE]

Vicchiullo, Kathryn A., E2275 [4NO]