CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (see H.R. 3446), H6650 [26JY]

Africa: implement measures to help alleviate poor living conditions (see H.R. 3175), H5601 [30JN]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H5177 [24JN]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H720 [16FE]

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

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H1779 [5AP]

———establish an allowance to cover the cost of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for members serving in combat zones, junior enlisted members, and certain other members (see H.R. 493), H413 [8FE]

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

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA] (see H.R. 377), H287 [1FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8643 [29SE] (see H.R. 2874), H5252 [27JN]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H3695 [19MY]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2649 [27AP]

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

———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 (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: delay effective date (see H.R. 3662), H8810 [7OC]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1780 [5AP]

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

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 788), H1622 [16MR]

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

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

Business and industry: require additional disclosure to shareholders of executive compensation (see H.R. 4291), H12050 [16DE]

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), H12290 [18DE]

———permit placement of statues honoring a citizen of each U.S. territory in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4070), H8918 [18OC]

———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 937), H3113 [10MY]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H796 [17FE]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H4400 [13JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

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

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H1780 [5AP]

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

———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H11504 [13DE]

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), H8734 [6OC]

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

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

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]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 329), H4722 [17JN]

Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1970 [13AP]

Colleges and universities: 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), H412 [8FE]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H9276 [26OC]

———require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H9641 [3NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H1623 [16MR]

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

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H1264 [9MR]

———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), H3436 [17MY]

———require credit card issuers to apply low interest rates to credit extended to pay certain medical expenses and prohibit hospitals from immediately reporting patients who are delinquent with payment (see H.R. 1238), H1369 [10MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H2550 [26AP]

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

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

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H5362 [28JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H4074 [25MY]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H5101 [23JN]

———establish Office of Correctional Public Health (see H.R. 2737), H4141 [26MY]

———establish Office of Health Care Competition to administer National Practitioner Data Bank and to collect and make public more information on medical malpractice insurance (see H.R. 2399), H3434 [17MY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H5603 [30JN]

———make grants to improve access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H3769 [23MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H4896 [21JN]

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

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

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

———regulate production, storage, sale, and distribution of ammonium nitrate and prevent terrorists from acquiring ammonium nitrate to create explosives (see H.R. 3197), H5602 [30JN]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H9472 [1NO]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 790), H586 [14FE]

———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), H4356 [9JN]

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

———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), H6652 [26JY]

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

Dept. of State: encourage active engagement of Americans in world affairs and create online database of international exchange programs and related opportunities (see H. Res. 192), H8736 [6OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3885), H8341 [22SE]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H2978 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1585), H3262 [12MY]

———enhance military and veterans' life insurance programs (see H.R. 2747), H5801 [13JY]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H3198 [11MY]

———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]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H3199 [11MY]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H9640 [3NO]

Disasters: commend efforts of the Armed Forces and Dept. of State and AID employees for their response to the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see H. Res. 120), H849 [1MR]

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]

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

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3642), H10145 [9NO]

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

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

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H9556 [2NO]

———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. 4062), H8846 [17OC] (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 awareness, prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 130), H1895 [12AP]

———promote initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine (see H. Res. 286), H5177 [24JN]

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

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H7861 [13SE]

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

———lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]

———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]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2101 [14AP]

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

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H5741 [12JY]

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

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [6OC]

Elections: require general Federal elections to be held the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November (see H.R. 1647), H2101 [14AP]

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 323), H194 [25JA]

Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3434 [17MY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 1281), H1416 [14MR]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H5252 [27JN]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H9276 [26OC]

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

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]

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

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H1691 [17MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1372 [10MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H4187 [7JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1372 [10MR]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3198 [11MY]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 1232), H7861 [13SE]

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

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), H1265 [9MR]

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

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

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

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H1968 [13AP]

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

Guyana: provide adequate assistance relative to severe flooding resulting from torrential rains (see H. Con. Res. 74), H796 [17FE]

Haiti: provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 945), H794 [17FE]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend to benefit individuals who were children when enacted (see H.R. 1737), H2393 [20AP]

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H5435 (see H.R. 1807), H5480 [29JN]

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H581 [10FE]

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

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

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H2975 [4MY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 963), H5362 [28JN]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H412 [8FE] (see H.R. 2133), H3052 [5MY]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 2240), H3113 [10MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H352 [2FE]

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

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H5252 [27JN]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4984 [22JN]

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

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1222), H1368 [10MR]

———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]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see H.R. 3252), H5915 [14JY]

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

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

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

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

———establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of certain Missouri cities from their homes between 1894 and 1901 and make recommendations regarding reparations (see H.R. 1977), H2735 [28AP]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5362 [28JN]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H5915 [14JY]

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

Housing: assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing (see H.R. 4278), H10145 [9NO]

———protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and the section 8 housing choice voucher program from eviction by reason of criminal activity (see H.R. 1309), H1507 [15MR]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H1694 [17MR]

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

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

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 193), H2472 [21AP]

———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]

Immigration and Nationality Act: increase the period of authorized stay under the Guam visa waiver program to be the same as the period of authorized stay under the U.S. visa waiver program (see H.R. 4147), H9275 [26OC]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 4540), H11653 [14DE]

———establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 846), H3056 [5MY]

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

———modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 2401), H3434 [17MY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H5604 [30JN]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H1622 [16MR]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H7566 [28JY] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1847 [6AP]

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

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

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

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Law enforcement: enforcement of restraining orders (see H. Res. 382), H7566 [28JY]

———ensure adequate funding is provided for certain high intensity drug trafficking areas (see H.R. 812), H1372 [10MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H1417 [14MR]

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]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3769 [23MY]

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]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H10161 [14NO]

———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H10227 [15NO]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide for fair treatment of services furnished to Native Americans (see H.R. 4447), H11655 [14DE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H4143 [26MY]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H7561 [28JY]

———require staff working with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation (see H.R. 1649), H4896 [21JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H5435 (see H.R. 1333), H5479 [29JN]

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

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H4187 [7JN]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H5915 [14JY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H582 [10FE]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H5435 (see H.R. 1125), H5479 [29JN]

———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H522 [9FE]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1946), H5435 (see H.R. 1946), H5480 [29JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H2648 [27AP]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H719 [16FE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H5435 (see H.R. 791), H5479 [29JN]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 467), H524 [9FE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H3894 [24MY]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H791 [17FE]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H5435 (see H.R. 1106), H5479 [29JN]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H5435 (see H.R. 1402), H5480 [29JN]

———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), H5915 [14JY]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7558 [28JY]

Month of Global Health: observance (see H. Res. 514), H9276 [26OC]

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

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

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 30), H235 [26JA]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National cemeteries: authorize placement of memorial markers to commemorate servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (see H.R. 2188), H3054 [5MY]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H982 [3MR]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 457), H8644 [29SE]

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

National 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), H352 [2FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H8348 [26SE]

National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H10146 [9NO]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5604 [30JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H5915 [14JY]

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), H10910 [17NO]

———develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 3313), H9103 [25OC]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H796 [17FE]

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

National objectives: end homelessness (see H.R. 4347), H11110 [6DE]

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

National School Lunch Act: provide automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose parents are enlisted active-duty military personnel (see H.R. 844), H1265 [9MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H7814 [8SE]

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

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

National wildlife refuges: provide public access to Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 1183), H1847 [6AP]

Native Americans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 601), H352 [2FE]

———recognize and honor achievements and contributions and urge establishment and observation of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans (see H. Res. 76), H2881 [3MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 4255), H10038 [8NO]

———provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 873), H791 [17FE]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a Committee on Ocean Policy (see H.R. 2939), H10161 [14NO]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5964 [18JY]

Older Americans Act: provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis (see H.R. 1081), H981 [3MR]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1993), H2736 [28AP]

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]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H2472 [21AP]

Peace Corps: issuance of special postage stamps (see H.R. 560), H1779 [5AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3199 [11MY]

Petroleum: lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (see H. Res. 299), H10158 [10NO]

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

Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H4142 [26MY]

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

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8847 [17OC]

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

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2394 [20AP]

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

Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H9427 [28OC]

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

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

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 339), H5176 [24JN]

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]

———expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1148), H1023 [8MR]

———make improvements to microenterprise programs (see H.R. 2640), H4896 [21JN]

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

———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), H5362 [28JN]

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H584 [10FE]

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

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

———establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 736), H4187 [7JN]

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

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 1636), H3060 [9MY]

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

———provide for increased access to capital for small businesses under the section 7(a) guarantee loan program (see H.R. 1868), H2646 [27AP]

Smith, Emmitt: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H631 [15FE]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 953), H794 [17FE]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H7743 [7SE]

———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 594), H4896 [21JN]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3040), H4984 [22JN]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H524 [9FE]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1780 [5AP]

Taxation: 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), H2738 [28AP]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1098), H982 [3MR]

———allow tax credits to holders of stem cell research bonds (see H.R. 1650), H2101 [14AP]

———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]

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

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

———maintain current mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 272), H9473 [1NO]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2649 [27AP]

———provide cover over of the refundable portion of the earned income and child tax credits to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1555), H1894 [12AP]

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

———provide tax relief for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3769), H8089 [15SE]

———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]

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

Telecommunications: require rate integration for wireless interstate toll charges (see H.R. 4584), H12048 [16DE]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4985 [22JN]

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

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

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H1370 [10MR]

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H5252 [27JN]

U.S. Marshals Service: establish a short term State witness protection program to provide assistance to State and local district attorneys to protect their witnesses in major violent crime cases (see H.R. 908), H1372 [10MR]

Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H8810 [7OC]

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

Veterans: clarify availability of emergency medical care for veterans in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see H.R. 2966), H5604 [30JN]

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

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H5801 [13JY]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H5435 (see H.R. 1588), H5480 [29JN]

———increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 831), H4356 [9JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4401 [13JN]

———provide for payment of stipends to veterans who pursue doctoral degrees in science or technology (see H.R. 421), H1264 [9MR]

———recognize positive effect of outreach activities known as Stand Down events on homeless veterans and commend organizers of such events (see H. Con. Res. 87), H988 [7MR]

———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), H8810 [7OC]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8163 [20SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H524 [9FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H6107 [19JY] (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), H73 [4JA]

———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 1300), H1507 [15MR]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H798 [17FE]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9047 [24OC]

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

———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 3411), H6380 [22JY]

———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]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H6107 [19JY]

———provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 2727), H4141 [26MY]

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

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 891), H791 [17FE]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 893), H4296 [8JN]

———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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Campaign To End AIDS Advocacy Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H10038 [8NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 56), H73 [4JA]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 318), H194 [25JA]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Virgin Islands Military and Veterans Memorial, to be located in Fredericksted, St. Croix, VI, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4189), H9472 [1NO]

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

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 57), H73 [4JA]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 61), H73 [4JA]

Taxation: repeal the cap on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 273), H137 [6JA]

Territories: constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents of all U.S. territories and commonwealths (see H.J. Res. 1), H79 [4JA]

———establish of an Office of Territorial Affairs in each executive department and each independent establishment (see H.R. 270), H137 [6JA]

———honor contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 3), H79 [4JA]

Virgin Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 271), H137 [6JA]

———create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 62), H73 [4JA]

———establish a Border Patrol unit (see H.R. 58), H135 [6JA]

———establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 317), H194 [25JA]

———provide a land exchange on the island of St. John between the National Park Service and the Virgin Islands to facilitate establishment of a school on the island (see H.R. 272), H137 [6JA]

———repeal certain tax laws (see H.R. 59), H73 [4JA]

Remarks

African Americans: enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage (H.R. 694), H1385 [14MR]

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 161), H10175 [15NO]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H9052 [25OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H388, H389 [8FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10116 [9NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), E2561 [17DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1582 [16MR], H1647 [17MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California (H.R. 186), H1376 [14MR]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (H.R. 606), H3714 [23MY]

Cape Lookout National Seashore: adjust number of free roaming horses permitted (H.R. 126), H1375 [14MR]

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), H7828 [13SE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 71), H5193 [27JN]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (H.R. 1409), H8864 [18OC]

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: revoke a Public Land Order relative to certain erroneously included lands (H.R. 1101), H3718 [23MY]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (H.R. 849), H3717 [23MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize, H8491 [28SE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1582 [16MR], H1647 [17MR]

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

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

Davis, Ossie: tribute (H. Res. 69), H477 [9FE]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: allow certain commercial vehicles to use Route 209 and allow the National Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehicles (H.R. 3721), H10171 [15NO]

Dept. of HHS: community health centers programs funding, H389 [8FE]

———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (H.R. 56), H7928 [14SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3533 [18MY]

———conduct comprehensive review of human resources, organizational structure, innovation and improvement plans, intelligence and information analysis, infrastructure, and budget (H.R. 4009), H8704 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8704 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River in California (H.R. 125), H11442 [13DE]

———convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project in Washington to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District (H.R. 1564), H10168 [15NO]

———convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to Richfield, UT (H.R. 680), H1378 [14MR]

———convey certain land in Washoe County, NV, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (S. 252), H7828 [13SE]

———convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (H.R. 3443), H11445 [13DE]

———recruit volunteers to assist with activities of various agencies and offices (H.R. 584), H1377 [14MR]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 318), H10177 [15NO]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis, MO, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 452), H11446 [13DE]

———study suitability and feasibility of including certain sites in Williamson County, TN, relating to the Battle of Franklin in the National Park System (H.R. 1972), H10169 [15NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5032, H5056 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H11550 [14DE]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H7716 [7SE], H8704 [6OC]

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (H.R. 323), H10177 [15NO]

Hawaii: authorize certain water reclamation projects and modify the water resources study (S. 264), H7831 [13SE]

Health: authorize a demonstration grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers and improve health care outcomes (H.R. 1812), H4360 [13JN]

———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), H6655 [27JY]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 385), H6868 [27JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1647 [17MR]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H3802 [24MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3802 [24MY]

Holloman AFB, NM: land exchange to remove private lands from safety zone for munitions storage bunkers (H.R. 486), H1387 [14MR]

Hurricanes: impact of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans, H7676 [7SE]

———provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1716), H8650 [6OC]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7716 [7SE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11812 [15DE]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (H.R. 3204), H6670 [27JY]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (H.R. 853), H11443 [13DE]

Medicaid: improve documentation requirements for applicants, E2561 [17DE]

Minorities: address disparities in economic status, education, health, and quality of life, H5056 [23JN]

———improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3561), H6412 [25JY], E1712 [29JY]

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

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3218 [12MY]

Nevada: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County (H.R. 816), H1379 [14MR]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (H. Con. Res. 234), H7928 [14SE]

Public lands: provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies for violations of regulations governing public lands and clarify purpose of fines collected for violations (H.R. 975), H11444 [13DE]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 539), H7829 [13SE]

Riverside County, CA: transfer certain BLM lands to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (H.R. 3507), H10170 [15NO]

Rotary International: anniversary (H. Res. 142), H3074 [10MY]

SBA: 7(a) guaranteed loan program funding, H4453 [14JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4453 [14JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H6492 [26JY]

St. Thomas, VI: tribute to Charlotte Amalie High School for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, E999 [17MY]

———tribute to Ivanna Eudora Kean High School for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, E1002 [17MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E1036 [20MY]

Tahoe National Forest: carry out certain land exchanges involving small parcels of land (H.R. 3981), H10172 [15NO]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), H11152 [7DE]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 938), H3286 [16MY]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (H.R. 62), H1381 [14MR]

———establish a Border Patrol unit, H3533 [18MY]

———provide a land exchange on the island of St. John between the National Park Service and the Virgin Islands to facilitate establishment of a school on the island (H.R. 272), E36 [6JA]

Western Reserve Heritage Area: suitability and feasibility study (H.R. 412), H1382 [14MR]

Wind Cave National Park: revise boundaries (S. 276), H7830 [13SE]

Workforce Investment Act: allow unemployed workers to use Personal Reemployment Account funds to cover borrower guarantee costs of certain SBA loans, H905 [2MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H905 [2MR]

Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area: adjust boundary and extend Dept. of the Interior authority to provide assistance (H.R. 326), H10179 [15NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8337 [22SE]

Special order: granted, H6428 [25JY], H7945 [14SE], H8159 [20SE], H8510 [28SE], H10036 [8NO], H10142 [9NO], H10499 [16NO], H11878 [15DE]

Tributes

Christian, Alphonso, E1628 [27JY]

Dorsch, Delta M. Jackson, E516 [20MR]

Lawaetz, Fritz E., E1469 [12JY]

Rosario, Jose M., H9052 [25OC]

Todman, Terrence R., E2202 [27OC]