DAVIS, DANNY K. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8306 [22SE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4447 [14JN]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1192), H1263 [9MR]

Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 576), H11035 [18NO]

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

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]

Alcoholic beverages: prohibit sale of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket approval (see H.R. 613), H6205 [20JY]

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see H. Res. 452), H8162 [20SE]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 763), H1025 [8MR]

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

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2739 [28AP]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H4655 [16JN]

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

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H10145 [9NO]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education (see H.R. 3472), H6933 [27JY]

———enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H940 [2MR]

———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), H2394 [20AP]

———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), H720 [16FE]

———extend period after release from active duty during which a member is protected from mortgage foreclosure (see H.R. 2644), H7949 [14SE]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 461), H630 [15FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 887), H2738 [28AP] (see H.R. 2874), H4485 [14JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H2472 [21AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H5435 (see H.R. 602), H5479 [29JN]

———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), H2103 [14AP]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H6652 [26JY]

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), H6652 [26JY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]

Bennett, William J.: condemn remarks linking crime rates with the abortion of African American babies (see H. Res. 473), H8810 [7OC]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H9277 [26OC]

Bush, President: request certain information relative to a claim made that there is not a Social Security trust (see H. Res. 170), H1695 [17MR]

———transmit information on contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers (see H. Res. 467), H8388 [27SE]

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]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H4656 [16JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: rename certain buildings in honor of Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa (see H.R. 4500), H11502 [13DE]

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), H7815 [8SE]

Central Asia: encourage countries to accelerate democratic reforms and fulfill human rights obligations (see H. Con. Res. 31), H848 [1MR]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H4722 [17JN]

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

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4143 [26MY]

———establish a grant program to provide follow-up treatment for children identified with a vision disorder (see H.R. 2328), H4188 [7JN]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2000), H2736 [28AP]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 822), H5435 (see H.R. 822), H5479 [29JN]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H7559 [28JY]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H3331 [16MY]

———provide comprehensive services for children who have been removed from environments in which methamphetamines are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, or dispensed (see H.R. 2335), H5915 [14JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 188), H413 [8FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 58), H587 [14FE]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2739 [28AP]

Civil liberties: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces or intelligence operatives (see H.R. 112), H197 [25JA]

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

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H4802 [20JN]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1697), H4356 [9JN]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H354 [2FE]

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

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H9642 [3NO]

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

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

Coins: redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (see H.R. 767), H583 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]

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

———improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 2508), H3694 [19MY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H1846 [6AP]

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

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2521), H7565 [28JY]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H8163 [20SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H1697 [17MR]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1712), H4356 [9JN]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 3602), H7560 [28JY]

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

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

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1847 [6AP]

CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H2550 [26AP]

———issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H2738 [28AP]

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

Davis, Ossie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 660), H848 [1MR]

———tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H12050 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H4188 [7JN]

Dept. of Education: enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 1439), H1694 [17MR]

———provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (see H.R. 3668), H7741 [7SE]

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

Dept. of Energy: establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4158), H9426 [28OC]

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

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H11220 [7DE]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H3436 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 2780), H6205 [20JY]

Dept. of HUD: require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H11328 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force (see H.R. 484), H285 [1FE]

———provide Federal attorneys compensatory time off for travel (see H.R. 4057), H8845 [17OC]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H2149 [19AP]

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

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H2738 [28AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 2208), H3769 [23MY]

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), H2472 [21AP]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H. Res. 12), H79 [4JA]

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8810 [7OC]

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

———prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H10038 [8NO]

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

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H10910 [17NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3055 [5MY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 3369), H6204 [20JY] (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 192), H797 [17FE]

———promote initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine (see H. Res. 286), H4144 [26MY]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 3781), H8810 [7OC]

———prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 2802), H4896 [21JN]

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

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H1970 [13AP]

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

———improve literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals (see H.R. 2923), H7565 [28JY]

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

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H6107 [19JY]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 1293), H1697 [17MR]

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

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

———strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2739), H4142 [26MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 3192), H5915 [14JY]

———provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 2298), H3198 [11MY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H2646 [27AP]

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), H3436 [17MY]

———improve disclosure of the funding status of pension plans (see H.R. 2321), H3259 [12MY]

F.E. Warren AFB, WY: transfer ownership of one of the bells taken from the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar, Philippines to the people of the Philippines (see H. Res. 313), H4896 [21JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform child labor provisions (see H.R. 2870), H4400 [13JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H1967 [13AP]

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

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

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 3128), H5599 [30JN]

———allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1739), H2394 [20AP]

———amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1897 [12AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H286 [1FE]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 633), H410 [8FE]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (see H.R. 2517), H4401 [13JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H798 [17FE]

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), H5177 [24JN]

———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]

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]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H794 [17FE]

Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H2739 [28AP]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H4296 [8JN]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 2412), H3435 [17MY]

———require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H798 [17FE]

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 2331), H3557 [18MY]

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

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1712), H4356 [9JN]

Haiti: establish a program to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction assistance (see H.R. 611), H631 [15FE]

Health: authorize use of Federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells irrespective of date derived (see H.R. 162), H524 [9FE]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H1970 [13AP]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases (see H.R. 3854), H8247 [21SE]

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

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H8735 [6OC]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H5914 [14JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H4143 [26MY]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 1252), H1370 [10MR]

———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]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see H.R. 3254), H7566 [28JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to all federally qualified community health centers (see H.R. 1633), H2100 [14AP]

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

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H942 [2MR]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2949), H4655 [16JN] (see H.R. 2960), H4721 [17JN]

———enhance international education programs (see H.R. 509), H5101 [23JN]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1184), H1263 [9MR]

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

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: eliminate application deadlines (see H.R. 3018), H4896 [21JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1777 [5AP]

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

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

Housing: ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in certain voter registration activities (see H.R. 4231), H11328 [8DE]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H3436 [17MY]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4356 [9JN]

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3711), H8089 [15SE]

———establish a Comprehensive Environmental Sampling and Toxicity Assessment Plan (CESTAP) to assess and monitor air, water, soil and human populations in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4139), H11328 [8DE]

———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]

———issue a special postage stamp to afford a means by which the public may contribute to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (see H.R. 3740), H10910 [17NO]

———make grants to local educational agencies to restart school operations interrupted by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4048), H8808 [7OC]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H8089 [15SE]

———provide assistance to revitalize institutions of higher education affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4016), H8807 [7OC]

———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3802), H8087 [15SE]

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H287 [1FE]

———comprehensively reform immigration law and better protect immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 2092), H5741 [12JY]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

Insurance: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust-era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (see H.R. 743), H720 [16FE]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 3055), H5100 [23JN]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H1897 [12AP]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H1851 [8AP]

International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H719 [16FE]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5603 [30JN]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H8810 [7OC] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE] (see H. Con. Res. 35), H236 [26JA]

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

J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex, Springfield, IL: designate (see H.R. 2630), H4072 [25MY]

Jacob L. Frazier Post Office Building, St. Charles, IL: designate (see H.R. 3767), H7948 [14SE]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]

John F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building, Joliet, IL: designate (see H.R. 2113), H3052 [5MY]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]

Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 3667), H8089 [15SE]

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

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: condemn abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights (see H. Con. Res. 168), H4803 [20JN]

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]

Laos: honor Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families upon the anniversary of the end of the Indochina conflict (see H. Res. 317), H5252 [27JN]

Law enforcement: increase evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense and require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces (see H.R. 2620), H4072 [25MY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 3450), H6932 [27JY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4295 [8JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H630 [15FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302, 1304), H1507 [15MR]

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

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

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

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H6652 [26JY]

———provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H11036 [18NO]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H2473 [21AP]

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

———coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 1981), H7565 [28JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H2103 [14AP]

———ensure that prescription drug benefits have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs (see H.R. 2746), H4896 [21JN]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H10910 [17NO]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H630 [15FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (see H.R. 2058), H2879 [3MY]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H8919 [18OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7564 [28JY]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H2647 [27AP]

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), H4802 [20JN]

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

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

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

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7815 [8SE]

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

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H2104 [14AP]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 596), H631 [15FE]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see H.R. 3046), H6107 [19JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H5604 [30JN]

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), H9426 [28OC]

National `It's Academic' Television Quiz Show Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 471), H8736 [6OC]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 27), H942 [2MR]

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 262), H8734 [6OC]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 46), H354 [2FE]

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

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

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

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

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. 3323), H6652 [26JY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize and establish minimum drug testing standards for major professional sports leagues (see H.R. 2565), H3892 [24MY]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (see H.R. 1792), H4656 [16JN]

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

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H5362 [28JN]

Parks, Rosa: authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 286), H9556 [2NO]

———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9275 [26OC]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE] (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H2738 [28AP]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 4052), H8808 [7OC]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H5638 [11JY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3099), H5361 [28JN]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1848 [6AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H72 [4JA]

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

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1847 [6AP]

Public welfare programs: make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (see H.R. 4010), H8734 [6OC]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H4487 [14JN]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2739 [28AP]

Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Post Office Building, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 1760), H2979 [4MY]

Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL: designate (see H.R. 1287), H1780 [5AP]

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

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

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 143), H2880 [3MY]

———issue a clear and unambiguous statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940-1991 of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 128), H2473 [21AP]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1264 [9MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H137 [6JA]

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

SBA: establish Angel Investment Program (see H.R. 4565), H11879 [15DE]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H631 [15FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H8986 [19OC]

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

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

Small Business Act: enhance section 8(a) program (see H.R. 4474), H11326 [8DE]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H4723 [17JN]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H10157 [10NO]

———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 594), H352 [2FE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [12AP]

———recognize effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 61), H631 [15FE]

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

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

———preserve peaceful uses of space by prohibiting space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy orbiting objects in space (see H.R. 2420), H3554 [18MY]

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

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H2151 [19AP]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H10910 [17NO]

Taxation: allow a nonrefundable credit against income tax for certain gasoline, diesel fuel, and home energy consumption expenses (see H.R. 4026), H8807 [7OC]

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

———allow employers a credit for costs of providing technical training for employees (see H.R. 2801), H6107 [19JY]

———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), H845 [1MR]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1098), H6328 [21JY]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2625), H4072 [25MY]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H4072 [25MY]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1765), H2470 [21AP]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H7814 [8SE]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 3957), H11328 [8DE]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (see H.R. 2070), H2975 [4MY]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H6107 [19JY]

———increase transparency of certain corporate tax information and financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1234), H1369 [10MR]

———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), H75 [4JA]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 2564), H6328 [21JY]

———permit subchapter S election to be made on returns filed prior to the due date with extensions, reduce certain payroll deposit penalties, and allow certain married couples to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 3629), H7612 [29JY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

———provide a checkoff for a World Trade Center Memorial Fund (see H.R. 1095), H982 [3MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H8919 [18OC]

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

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H631 [15FE]

———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), H6328 [21JY]

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

Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H4656 [16JN]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4144 [26MY]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 1377), H1691 [17MR]

———make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable (see H.R. 2813), H4295 [8JN]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H10227 [15NO]

Turkey: urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (see H. Res. 166), H4144 [26MY]

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

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 54), H2151 [19AP]

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

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 562), H351 [2FE]

———normal trade relations status (see H.R. 885), H12050 [16DE]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H11504 [13DE]

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), H4188 [7JN]

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

Veterans: increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 831), H4187 [7JN]

———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service, or who were exposed to ionizing radiation, herbicides, or chemical agents during their service (see H.R. 2370), H4188 [7JN]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H3695 [19MY]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8736 [6OC]

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

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

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H1696 [17MR]

———express that requiring U.S. citizens to obtain photo identification to vote has not been shown to ensure ballot integrity and places an undue burden on the legitimate voting rights of citizens (see H. Con. Res. 247), H8644 [29SE]

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

———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 1300), H3113 [10MY]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H983 [3MR]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H3696 [19MY]

Willie Vaughn Post Office, Parkdale, AR: designate (see H.R. 3853), H8247 [21SE]

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), H1369 [10MR]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 3086), H6107 [19JY]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

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

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 34), H943 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Adekoya, David: relief (see H.R. 3840), H8162 [20SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 161), H3694 [19MY]

———design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 84), H983 [3MR]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9362 [27OC]

Children and youth: help children make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency by addressing weaknesses in the implementation of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see H.R. 3471), H6933 [27JY]

———promote safe and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3379), H6327 [21JY]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (see H.R. 3380), H6327 [21JY]

———strengthen accountability of the child welfare system in its mandate to ensure the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who are victims of abuse and neglect (see H.R. 3470), H6933 [27JY]

Civil rights: provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 285), H3435 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: make single family properties pursuant to foreclosure under the FHA mortgage insurance program available for occupancy by families displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3794), H8087 [15SE]

Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H7612 [29JY]

Health: call for further study of the neurological disorder dystonia (see H. Con. Res. 122), H1778 [5AP]

Higher Education Act: improve opportunity for Federal student loan borrowers to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates (see H.R. 1089), H981 [3MR]

Johnson, John H.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 246), H8162 [20SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3694 [19MY]

Khan, Madiha: relief (see H.R. 4260), H10038 [8NO]

Khan, Muhammad A.: relief (see H.R. 4260), H10038 [8NO]

Khan, Samina: relief (see H.R. 4260), H10038 [8NO]

Khan, Tayyab: relief (see H.R. 4260), H10038 [8NO]

Khan, Zainab: relief (see H.R. 4260), H10038 [8NO]

Kozik, Roger P.R.: relief (see H.R. 1483), H1778 [5AP]

Local government: ensure ability to function in the case of a declared emergency or major disaster (see H.R. 4237), H9695 [4NO]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H792 [17FE]

Movement Disorders Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 405), H7561 [28JY]

Muhammed, Alzoubi: relief (see H.R. 1485), H1778 [5AP]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3694 [19MY]

National School-Based Health Centers Month: establish (see H. Res. 164), H1622 [16MR]

Stoyanov, Syan S.: relief (see H.R. 1484), H1778 [5AP]

U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3072), H5251 [27JN]

Voting: provide fairness in voter participation (see H.R. 2398), H3434 [17MY]

Westchester, IL: anniversary of Westchester Public School District 92 1/2 (see H. Con. Res. 121), H1778 [5AP]

Winfrey, Oprah: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 325), H12168 [17DE]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building, Hodgenville, KY: designate (H.R. 2894), H6394 [25JY]

Albert Harold Quie Post Office, Dennison, MN: designate (H.R. 3989), H9444 [1NO]

American Jewish History Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 315), H11601 [14DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H12264 [18DE]

Armed Forces: tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (H. Res. 302), H9976 [8NO]

Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building, Altamonte Springs, FL: designate (H.R. 324), H597 [15FE]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H3616 [19MY]

Asia: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake that struck South Asia (H. Res. 492), H8867 [18OC]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 280), H3722 [23MY]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), consideration (H. Res. 211), H1989 [14AP]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (H. Con. Res. 41), H2490 [26AP]

Black History Month: observance, H776 [17FE]

Boone Pickens Post Office, Holdenville, OK: designate (S. 775), H6395 [25JY]

Bowman, Barbara T.: McGraw-Hill Cos., Harold W. McGraw Jr., Prize in Education recipient, E1963 [27SE]

Brian P. Parrello Post Office Building, West Milford, NJ: designate (S. 904), H6453 [26JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H9606 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10117 [9NO], H10232 [16NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1647 [17MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary (H. Con. Res. 161), H8654 [6OC]

Captain Mark Stubenhofer Post Office Building, Springfield, VA: designate (H.R. 1460), H1807 [6AP]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 71), H5192 [27JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: rename certain buildings in honor of Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa (H.R. 4500), H11461 [13DE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Rotary Club, H175 [25JA]

———observance of CeaseFire Week, E1187 [9JN]

———tribute to George Westinghouse Career Academy High School boys' basketball team, E549 [5AP]

Chicago (IL) Defender: anniversary, H2948 [4MY]

Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind (organization): impact of U.S. trade policy, H3409 [17MY], H3547 [18MY]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (H. Con. Res. 281), H9534, H9535 [2NO]

Children and youth: prevent implementation of a universal mental health screening program, E1357 [27JN]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (H. Res. 484), H9065 [25OC]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (H. Res. 579), H11596, H11600 [14DE]

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: research funding, H3884 [24MY]

Civil rights: anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society (H. Con. Res. 208), E1719 [29JY]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (H. Con. Res. 25), H595 [15FE]

Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (H.R. 3825), H9981 [8NO]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (H. Res. 329), H6389 [25JY]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H120 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H120 [6JA]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1647 [17MR]

Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (H.R. 3256), H9061 [25OC]

Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (S. 571), H6396 [25JY]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H5162 [24JN]

Correctional institutions: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release, H3064 [10MY]

Courts: application of mandatory minimum sentences to certain gang crime, H3157 [11MY]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H3169 [11MY]

Crime: reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3141, H3157 [11MY]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, H5081 [23JN]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (H. Res. 69), H475 [9FE]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (H. Res. 294), H6392 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4775 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, H12264 [18DE]

Dept. of Education: provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (H.R. 3668), H7764 [8SE]

———provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants and are adversely affected by a natural disaster (H.R. 3169), H7694 [7SE]

Dept. of HUD: HOPE VI Program funding for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H5431 [29JN]

———section 8 housing vouchers program funding through reductions in Working Capital Fund, H5426 [29JN]

Dept. of Justice: ex-offender reentry programs funding, H4447, H4448 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding through reductions in LSC funding, H4548 [15JN]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (H.R. 1704), H2886 [4MY], H11092, H11093, H11094, H11095, H11096 [6DE]

Dept. of Labor: reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release programs funding, H5058 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3616, H3668 [19MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5033, H5058 [23JN], H5162 [24JN], E1357 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5426, H5431 [29JN]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (H. Res. 12), H41 [4JA]

———improve preparedness and response plans, H7709 [7SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): impact on sugar program, H6912 [27JY]

———implementation (H.R. 3045), H6438 [26JY], H6912 [27JY]

Ed Eilert Post Office Building, Overland Park, KS: designate (H.R. 1524), H2492 [26AP]

EPA: prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3668 [19MY]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (H.R. 856), H10181 [15NO]

Filipino Americans: recognize centennial of immigration and acknowledge contributions to society (H. Con. Res. 218), H11345 [13DE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 148), H1798, H1801 [6AP]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H9007 [20OC]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (H. Res. 188), H1805 [6AP]

Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building, Vinita, OK: designate (H.R. 1082), H2888 [4MY]

Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office, Gagetown, MI: designate (H.R. 3368), H9063 [25OC]

Grant W. Green Post Office Building, Knox, IN: designate (H.R. 3770), H9980 [8NO]

GSA: establish Federal Acquisition Service and replace General Supply Fund and Information Technology Fund with the Acquisition Services Fund (H.R. 2066), H3720, H3721 [23MY]

Head Start Program: develop and implement programs to train and recruit minority male teachers, H8306 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8306 [22SE]

Health: call for further study of the neurological disorder dystonia (H. Con. Res. 122), E852 [3MY]

———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), H7005 [28JY]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (H.R. 3548), H9442, H9443 [1NO]

Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building, New Bedford, MA: designate (H.R. 1542), H2888 [4MY]

Hurricanes: ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (H.R. 3975), H10239 [16NO]

———provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita (H.R. 3864), H8408 [28SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7709 [7SE], H7933 [14SE]

———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), H7878, H7879 [14SE]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (H. Res. 227), H2494 [26AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 288), H10184 [15NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, E244 [15FE]

Israel: independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 149), H3726 [23MY]

J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex, Springfield, IL: designate (H.R. 2630), H5759 [13JY]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (H.R. 3339), H6397 [25JY]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (H. Res. 124), H809 [1MR]

John F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building, Joliet, IL: designate (H.R. 2113), H5756 [13JY]

John J. Hainkel Post Office Building, Hammond, LA: designate (H.R. 2346), H5194 [27JN]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (H.R. 1072), H2166 [20AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, H4652 [16JN]

———observance (H. Con. Res. 160), H4818, H4819 [21JN]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 487), H11339 [13DE]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 181), H6389 [25JY]

Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (H.R. 4053), H9981 [8NO]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (H.R. 2413), H9443 [1NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), H5185 [27JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), Senate amendment, H12191 [18DE]

Los Angeles Galaxy (soccer team): tribute (H. Res. 574), H11347 [13DE]

Maryland State Delegate Lena K. Lee Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4107), H11343 [13DE]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), E43 [6JA]

Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (H.R. 2490), H5196 [27JN]

Minorities: address disparities in economic status, education, health, and quality of life, H5058 [23JN]

———concerns over home foreclosures, E1183 [9JN]

Mont and Mark Stephensen Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Riverton, UT: designate (H.R. 4295), H11342 [13DE]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (H. Con. Res. 273), H11052, H11053 [6DE]

Movement Disorders Awareness Month: observance (H. Res. 405), E1663 [29JY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 30), H434 [9FE]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 15), H8657 [6OC]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 289), H6391 [25JY]

National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals, E1434 [1JY]

National Institute on Drug Abuse: address relationship between alcohol and drug addiction and the spread of HIV/AIDS, E2463 [7DE]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 46), H358, H360 [8FE]

National Tartan Day: establish (H. Res. 41), H1031 [9MR]

National Teacher Day: observance, E854 [3MY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (H. Res. 86), H600 [15FE]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (H. Res. 184), H2163 [20AP]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 276), H8658 [6OC]

Paul Kasten Post Office Building, Brockway, MT: designate (H.R. 2977), H6394 [25JY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1809 [6AP]

Postal Service: establish pilot program to test alternative methods for the delivery postal services, H6544 [26JY]

———reform postal laws (H.R. 22), H6512, H6515, H6518, H6540, H6544, H6546 [26JY]

———reform postal laws (H.R. 22), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6476 [26JY]

———repeal requirement that the next Board of Governors vacancy be filled by an individual supported by labor unions, H6540 [26JY]

———use the Civil Service Retirement System savings for the Postal Service's unfunded health care liability and maintain military service retirement credits costs, H6546 [26JY]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (H. Con. Res. 234), H7933 [14SE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (H. Res. 535), H11066 [6DE]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 504), H2158 [20AP]

Rotary International: anniversary (H. Res. 142), H3073 [10MY]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (H. Con. Res. 45), H806 [1MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4447, H4448 [14JN], H4548 [15JN]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (H.R. 1001), H2159 [20AP]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (H. Res. 22), H2588 [27AP]

Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act: prohibit funding for certain provisions relative to distribution of Federal contracts, H4775 [20JN]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H3408 [17MY]

———reform, H1028 [9MR], H3408 [17MY]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (H.R. 758), H9067 [25OC]

Sports: recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (H. Con. Res. 59), H8661 [6OC]

Sri Lanka: encourage peace process, H2156 [20AP]

Stewart, Tony: tribute (H. Res. 587), H11602, H11604 [14DE]

Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (H.R. 548), H363 [8FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 972), H11579 [14DE]

U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building, Punta Gorda, FL: designate (H.R. 3830), H8877 [18OC]

Ukraine: congratulate people for conducting a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election and Viktor Yushchenko on election as President (H. Con. Res. 16), H147 [25JA]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11337 [13DE]

Vincent Palladino Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (H.R. 2183), H5758 [13JY]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (H. Res. 80), H601 [15FE]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 216), E1725 [29JY]

Westchester, IL: Immaculate Heart of Mary High School closing, H258 [1FE]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 269), H9060 [25OC]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (H.R. 3549), H8874 [18OC]

Willie Vaughn Post Office, Parkdale, AR: designate (H.R. 3853), H8878 [18OC]

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), H6387 [25JY]

Women's History Month: observance, E663 [15AP]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), H424 [9FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1729 [20MR], H3311 [16MY], H3433 [17MY], H5959 [18JY]

Special order: granted, H67 [4JA], H188 [25JA], H280 [1FE], H408 [8FE], H518 [9FE], H626 [15FE], H705 [16FE], H788 [17FE], H937 [2MR], H2974 [4MY], H3195 [11MY], H3433 [17MY], H3553 [18MY], H3890 [24MY], H4070 [25MY], H4653 [16JN], H5099 [23JN], H5360 [28JN], H5433 [29JN], H7738 [7SE], H8159 [20SE], H10142 [9NO], H10154 [10NO]

State of the African American Male (SAAM) Initiative: commend launching, E1787 [8SE]

Statements

Needed—A New Generation of Community Leaders: by, E663 [15AP]

Tributes

Anderson, Marian, E245 [15FE]

Brown, Oscar, Jr., H5180 [27JN]

Brown, Rose, E2500 [8DE]

Davis, Milton, H592 [15FE]

Davis, Ossie, E187 [8FE]

Hall, Shelvin J., H9440 [1NO]

Johnson, John H., H8133 [20SE]

King, Edward H., E1439 [1JY]

Lewis, Hazel J., E75 [25JA]

McDermott, Ignatius D. (Father Mac), H144 [25JA], E26 [4JA]

Parks, Rosa, H9054 [25OC]

Portman, Rob, H2886 [4MY]

Sinde, John J., E2466 [7DE]