LARSON, JOHN B. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8208 [21SE]

Appointments

House of Representatives tellers to count electoral votes, H83 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Push-Button Picks Just Too Simple, Dan Haar, Hartford (CT) Courant, E973 [13MY]

Remarkable Pat Ritter, Hartford (CT) Courant, E4 [4JA]

Supporting Our Troops, Keith C. Burris, Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer, E2450-E2452 [6DE]

Tribute to Ray McKenna, Don Pitkin, East Hartford (CT) Gazette, E990 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H7564 [28JY]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1372 [10MR]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H6205 [20JY]

Armed Forces: 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), H1897 [12AP]

———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), H2150 [19AP]

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

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

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

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H7861 [13SE]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2100 [14AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H631 [15FE]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H10227 [15NO]

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

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H6381 [22JY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 2358), H3261 [12MY]

Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1779 [5AP]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging during certain disasters and emergencies (see H.R. 3681), H7741 [7SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12168 [17DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1780 [5AP]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4074 [25MY]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 363), H5914 [14JY]

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10039 [8NO]

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

Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H2151 [19AP]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H2103 [14AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H8388 [27SE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H3053 [5MY]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures for interim expenses (see H. Res. 10), H79 [4JA]

Connecticut: designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1344), H1621 [16MR]

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

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H5603 [30JN]

Cuba: temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

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), H11328 [8DE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H3695 [19MY]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1848 [6AP]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11880 [15DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H10157 [10NO]

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

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

Diseases: establish a global network for avian influenza surveillance among wild birds nationally and internationally to combat the growing threat of bird flu (see H.R. 4476), H11655 [14DE]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H2648 [27AP]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4062), H11220 [7DE] (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 355), H5637 [11JY]

Drugs: establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to discounted prices (see H.R. 1655), H2101 [14AP]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H2103 [14AP]

———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 2663), H4139 [26MY]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H8088 [15SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H7743 [7SE]

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H1372 [10MR]

Ewa Beach, HI: tribute to West Oahu Little League Baseball team (see H. Res. 429), H7950 [14SE]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H2880 [3MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H798 [17FE]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 4110), H9043 [20OC]

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 3128), H9426 [28OC]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H5800 [13JY]

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

———extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]

FHA: remove limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured (see H.R. 2892), H11220 [7DE]

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), H4297 [8JN]

———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 trade: impose limits on U.S. foreign debt (see H.R. 746), H581 [10FE]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H6431 [25JY]

Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H849 [1MR]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H2103 [14AP]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2103 [14AP]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 813), H8089 [15SE]

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

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H7565 [28JY]

———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]

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

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

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1222), H2473 [21AP]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 1338), H1621 [16MR]

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

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

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H9044 [20OC]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H6652 [26JY]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H8388 [27SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H6650 [26JY]

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), H8089 [15SE]

Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 3381), H6327 [21JY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H6652 [26JY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1896 [12AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 4378), H11036 [18NO]

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), H7743 [7SE]

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

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H8846 [17OC]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4722 [17JN]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H7566 [28JY] (see H.J. Res. 70), H9642 [3NO] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11221 [7DE]

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]

Linda White-Epps Post Office, Hamden, CT: designate (see H.R. 627), H1696 [17MR]

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]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 307), H193 [25JA]

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

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4187 [7JN]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H7814 [8SE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H3695 [19MY]

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

———assure equitable payment for physicians services (see H.R. 4520), H11503 [13DE]

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 3161), H6381 [22JY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H5252 [27JN]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H2102 [14AP]

———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), H3894 [24MY]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H9472 [1NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H11655 [14DE]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H10038 [8NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H1780 [5AP]

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

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

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

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H6651 [26JY]

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 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), H8736 [6OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H942 [2MR]

———provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 1354), H1621 [16MR]

Navy: require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H284 [1FE]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 86), H584 [10FE]

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]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H4188 [7JN]

———improve (see H.R. 1506), H1845 [6AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H10503 [16NO]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

Petroleum: prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline (see H.R. 3964), H8643 [29SE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H798 [17FE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2394 [20AP]

Power resources: ensure fairness in gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating oil prices (see H.R. 4029), H9473 [1NO]

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]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1696 [17MR]

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

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

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

Social Security: ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H798 [17FE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

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

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3954), H8642 [29SE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H3113 [10MY]

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

Sudan: 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), H11328 [8DE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1397), H1692 [17MR]

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

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2395 [20AP]

———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), H2150 [19AP]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2625), H10910 [17NO]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H629 [15FE]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H11110 [6DE]

———increase transparency of certain corporate tax information and financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1234), H10910 [17NO]

———make permanent and refundable, and expand, the saver's credit (see H.R. 1305), H1507 [15MR]

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

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H5177 [24JN]

———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), H10910 [17NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H4486 [14JN]

———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]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H983 [3MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H4802 [20JN]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H5604 [30JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H4296 [8JN]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1025 [8MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H348 [2FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4896 [21JN] (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]

Walt Disney Co.: anniversary of Disneyland (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2743 [2MY]

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), H3262 [12MY]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3436 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 1169), H1024 [8MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 1346), H1621 [16MR]

Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H11327 [8DE]

Help America Vote Act: require software used in electronic voting machines to meet certain requirements before using such machines in Federal elections (see H.R. 470), H284 [1FE]

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

Medicare: extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 4410), H11034 [18NO]

———provide beneficiaries prescription drugs at reduced prices (see H.R. 2685), H4140 [26MY]

Taxation: assist families to save and invest by modifying the saver's credit that matches retirement savings of low-income families (see H.R. 1519), H1845 [6AP]

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

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP and Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical services (see H.R. 4276), H10144 [9NO]

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (see H.R. 471), H284 [1FE]

Remarks

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 437), H8029 [15SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H12239 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 640), H12239 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11245 [8DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 2), E23 [4JA]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures for interim expenses (H. Res. 10), H35 [4JA]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): extend (S. Con. Res. 2), E23 [4JA]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H84, H85, H128 [6JA]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), H9307 [27OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Manufacturing and Technology Administration, H8209, H8210 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4034 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration (H. Res. 315), H4579 [16JN]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations, H4034 [25MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations until a strategy is submitted for environmental clean up of previously closed bases, H4101 [26MY]

———recommendation to close New London, CT, Naval Submarine Base, H9307 [27OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4101 [26MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), consideration (H. Res. 298), H4083 [26MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H10526 [17NO]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6925 [27JY]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8581 [29SE]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (H. Res. 188), H1806 [6AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6247 [21JY]

Head Start Program: permit Head Start centers to recruit and train college students as reading mentors for preschool children, H8305 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8305 [22SE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H7002 [28JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3842 [24MY]

Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (H.R. 4491), E2501 [8DE]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H9686, H9687 [4NO]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H28 [4JA]

———provisional quorum, H28 [4JA]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H6094, H6095 [19JY]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H4579 [16JN], E2450 [6DE]

Medicare: extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (H.R. 4410), H11189 [7DE]

Mystic, CT: anniversary of Mystic Seaport—the Museum of America and the Sea (H. Con. Res. 152), H5197 [27JN]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6345 [22JY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11767 [15DE]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8772 [7OC]

———prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline, H8772 [7OC]

Phoenix Companies, Inc.: tribute, E1389 [28JN]

Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3672), H7772 [8SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9585 [3NO]

Roberge, Lawrence F.: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Connecticut Professor of the Year recipient, E2430 [18NO]

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

Social Security: impact of privatization on women, H929 [2MR]

———privatization proposals, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929 [2MR], H1017, H1019, H1020, H1021 [8MR], E973 [13MY]

———reform, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929 [2MR], H1017, H1019, H1020, H1021 [8MR], E973 [13MY]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11245 [8DE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4096), H11146 [7DE]

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

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (H.R. 471), E116 [1FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 427), H7776 [8SE]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), H11178 [7DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6247 [21JY]

Veterans: health care funding, H4083 [26MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2779 [3MY], H2937 [4MY], H3027 [5MY], H3086 [10MY], H3161 [11MY], H3237 [12MY], H3405 [17MY], H3543 [18MY], H3675 [19MY], H4414 [14JN], H8793 [7OC], E507 [17MR], E992 [16MY]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), H428 [9FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2877 [3MY], H2974 [4MY], H3050 [5MY], H3110 [10MY], H3311 [16MY]

Special order: granted, H3890 [24MY], H11217 [7DE]

Tables

Electoral votes for the President and Vice President, H141 [20JA], H188 [25JA]

Testimonies

Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., To Be Chief Justice of the U.S.: Ralph Nader, E1880-E1882 [15SE]

Tributes

Cox, Representative, H35 [4JA]

Edwards, John F., E1338 [24JN]

Laribee, Neil, E537 [5AP]

Lavery, Peter, E2 [4JA]

McKenna, Ray, E369 [3MR], E990 [16MY]

Parks, Rosa, E2256 [3NO]

Philippon, Lawrence R., H3884 [24MY]

Ritter, Patricia, E4 [4JA]

Turner, Jim, H35 [4JA]