GILCHREST, WAYNE T. (a Representative from Maryland)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H1694 [17MR]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 690), H10161 [14NO]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 2804), H4896 [21JN]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

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), H2394 [20AP]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H4073 [25MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2473 [21AP]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H12051 [16DE]

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

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

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), H11503 [13DE]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail: conduct feasibility study on designation as a national historic trail (see H.R. 2588), H3892 [24MY]

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), H7744 [7SE]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H9556 [2NO]

———promote improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 3582), H7559 [28JY]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit both the environment and economies of coastal communities (see H.R. 3187), H6652 [26JY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11034 [18NO]

Corps of Engineers: evaluate, construct, operate, and maintain capital improvements to the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal) for public recreation (see H.R. 4160), H9361 [27OC]

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

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

Crime: prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H7949 [14SE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see H.R. 416), H1264 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H283 [1FE]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: 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 the Interior: refine neotropical migratory birds conservation assistance program (see H.R. 518), H348 [2FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H9362 [27OC]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H8986 [19OC]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10157 [10NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3262 [12MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1780 [5AP]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H2879 [3MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H1778 [5AP]

Education: establish a National Marine Scholarship Program to recruit and prepare graduate students for careers in the fields of marine science (see H.R. 1191), H2743 [2MY]

———establish the Universal Education Account and the Universal Education Corp., to promote global education reform (see H.R. 3930), H8513 [28SE]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H7949 [14SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4143 [26MY]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system to encourage reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (see H.R. 955), H794 [17FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

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), H7743 [7SE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1025 [8MR]

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H9556 [2NO]

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

Hariri, Rafik: tribute (see H. Res. 91), H720 [16FE]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H3055 [5MY]

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

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4187 [7JN]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H6108 [19JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H9044 [20OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H9556 [2NO]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4985 [22JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Maryland State Delegate Lena K. Lee Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4107), H9043 [20OC]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2880 [3MY]

Medicare: repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2880 [3MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6328 [21JY]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4723 [17JN]

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

Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]

———require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H7947 [14SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7744 [7SE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 690), H10161 [14NO]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1428), H1693 [17MR]

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

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H1697 [17MR]

National Weatherization Day: observance (see H. Res. 410), H7562 [28JY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H2102 [14AP]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (see H.R. 3144), H5600 [30JN]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (see H.R. 1674), H2473 [21AP]

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

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H4187 [7JN]

Power resources: increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil (see H. Res. 507), H9047 [24OC]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H11034 [18NO]

———reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H5800 [13JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1264 [9MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H1622 [16MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3083), H6107 [19JY]

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

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (see H. Res. 22), H287 [1FE]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3304), H5913 [14JY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H984 [3MR]

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2052), H2879 [3MY]

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 2053), H2879 [3MY]

State Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4108), H9043 [20OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV) (see H.R. 3273), H8986 [19OC]

———allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H3556 [18MY]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H6328 [21JY]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2646 [27AP]

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

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 1139), H988 [7MR]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2877), H4485 [14JN] (see H.R. 3427), H7744 [7SE]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H3768 [23MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

U.S. Representative Parren J. Mitchell Post Office, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4109), H9043 [20OC]

University of Maryland: tribute to field hockey team (see H. Res. 607), H11654 [14DE]

———tribute to men's soccer team (see H. Res. 606), H11654 [14DE]

Veterans: improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H4721 [17JN]

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

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

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

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1592), H1968 [13AP]

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]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 4126), H9102 [25OC]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3552), H7558 [28JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal ocean observation system (see H.R. 1489), H1844 [6AP]

Endangered species: assist in the conservation of flagship species throughout the world (see H.R. 93), H74 [4JA]

Forrest Sherman (U.S.S.): transfer to USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc. (see H.R. 990), H797 [17FE]

Immigration: revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H586 [14FE]

Marine mammals: authorize research to improve understanding and protection (see H.R. 2130), H3052 [5MY]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see H.R. 705), H521 [9FE]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H1968 [13AP]

Task Force on Ocean Policy: establish (see H. Res. 599), H11654 [14DE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4136 [26MY], H12286 [18DE]

Letters

House of Representatives authority of officials during adjournment: Speaker Hastert, H7583 [29JY]

Remarks

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in NOAA funding, H4464, H4466 [14JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5588 [30JN]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8545, H8573 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), consideration (H. Res. 470), H8521 [29SE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H11002 [18NO]

National Safe Boating Week: recognize the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the National Safe Boating Council for promotion efforts (H. Res. 243), H3737 [23MY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers, H3011 [5MY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program, H3011 [5MY]

———ocean programs and fisheries management funding, H4434 [14JN]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a Committee on Ocean Policy (H.R. 2939), H11565 [14DE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H1408, H1413, H1414 [14MR]

Power resources: analysis of oil and natural gas supplies and usage, H2809 [3MY]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H8826 [17OC]

———national energy policy, H1408, H1413, H1414 [14MR], H3186 [11MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4434, H4464, H4466 [14JN]

Sewell, Helen: tribute (H. Res. 633), H12194, H12195 [18DE]

Task Force on Ocean Policy: establish (H. Res. 599), H11562, H11564, H11565, H11566 [14DE]

Votes: position on missed, H7924 [14SE]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (H.R. 1592), E639 [13AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1415 [14MR]