RYAN, TIM (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Memory Is Powerful: Charlie Dann, E1242 [15JN]

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8477 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

How Much To Feed a Dragon, Scott Lilly, E1278 [17JN]

Tom DeLay's House of Shame, Jonathan Alter, Newsweek (publication), H8729 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 763), H1969 [13AP]

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

Anderson, Erick J.: condemn murder charges resulting from the killing of Iraqi civilians (see H. Res. 502), H8985 [19OC]

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

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

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H6107 [19JY]

———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]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H631 [15FE]

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

———improve Montgomery GI Bill educational benefits (see H.R. 2248), H3263 [12MY]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (see H.R. 2074), H3114 [10MY]

———increase benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 1982), H2735 [28AP]

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

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse of a member in any case in which there are dependent children (see H.R. 1573), H1894 [12AP]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H6432 [25JY]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H3556 [18MY]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H6107 [19JY] (see H.R. 2874), H6432 [25JY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 333), H7613 [29JY]

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

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H942 [2MR]

———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]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 381), H6431 [25JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H2150 [19AP]

Autism Society of America: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 254), H9103 [25OC]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H9962 [7NO]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 1494), H4656 [16JN]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5435 (see H.R. 2872), H5480 [29JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1697 [17MR]

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

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

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1780 [5AP]

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), H7862 [13SE]

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

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H3114 [10MY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3436 [17MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn the system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression (see H. Con. Res. 294), H10227 [15NO]

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1026 [8MR]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H7564 [28JY]

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]

Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H10158 [10NO]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H7674 [6SE]

Community service: enforce public interest obligations of broadcast station licensees to their local communities (see H.R. 501), H3055 [5MY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H286 [1FE]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H984 [3MR]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H8735 [6OC]

Corporate Entitlement Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 4254), H10038 [8NO]

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

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 4413), H11034 [18NO]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H6652 [26JY]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H942 [2MR]

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

Davis, Ossie: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

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

Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H11504 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 388), H233 [26JA]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H9044 [20OC]

Dept. of Defense: expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H8736 [6OC]

———extend current telecommunications benefit program through the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and apply program to other contingency operations (see H.R. 2366), H3330 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 1439), H7564 [28JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H4296 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction (see H.R. 3805), H8087 [15SE]

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

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

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 Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H1696 [17MR]

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), H11653 [14DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H9363 [27OC]

———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), H5913 [14JY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H4188 [7JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H7564 [28JY]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H1847 [6AP]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4062), H9103 [25OC]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 23), H7744 [7SE]

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

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

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

———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 1522), H8089 [15SE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H7565 [28JY]

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

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see H.R. 127), H7743 [7SE]

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

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1277), H1416 [14MR]

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

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 23), H287 [1FE]

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H8341 [22SE]

Elections: prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 834), H629 [15FE]

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

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 1281), H7564 [28JY] (see H.R. 4156), H9361 [27OC]

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

European Union: urge continuance of embargo on arms sales to the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 57), H354 [2FE]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H3331 [16MY]

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 Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (see H.R. 1606), H2395 [20AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8089 [15SE]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H7566 [28JY]

———extend certain veterans' preference provisions to individuals who served on active duty in the Armed Forces for a certain period after September 11, 2001, and separated under honorable conditions (see H.R. 2205), H3114 [10MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1696 [17MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1025 [8MR]

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

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see H.R. 856), H6205 [20JY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7672 [6SE]

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), H3695 [19MY]

———establish a fair order of posting checks and deposits to prevent unjust fees that accrue only by virtue of the order used (see H.R. 4415), H11034 [18NO]

———preserve competitive equity in financial services (see H.R. 3882), H9696 [4NO]

———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), H847 [1MR]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H9103 [25OC]

———require notice before fees may be imposed for any overdraft protection service in connection with any transaction (see H.R. 4414), H11034 [18NO]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1622 [16MR]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 94), H3894 [24MY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1507), H8735 [6OC]

Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (see H.R. 3157), H5741 [12JY]

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), H3769 [23MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]

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

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

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

———develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (see H.R. 718), H7613 [29JY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2151 [19AP]

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

———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]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (see H.R. 1353), H7613 [29JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1399), H6936 [27JY]

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H5252 [27JN]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H524 [9FE]

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

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1184), H1780 [5AP]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 125), H6328 [21JY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 762), H1969 [13AP]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10227 [15NO]

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), H1777 [5AP]

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

Hungary: recognize anniversary of Hungarian Revolution and reaffirm friendship between the people and governments of the U.S. and Hungary (see H. Res. 479), H9696 [4NO]

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]

———issue a special postage stamp to afford a means by which the public may contribute to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (see H.R. 3740), H8514 [28SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA] (see H.R. 1107), H7613 [29JY]

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]

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

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H5638 [11JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H11504 [13DE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4486 [14JN]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11328 [8DE]

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

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1970 [13AP]

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: provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H6432 [25JY]

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

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]

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

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H11111 [6DE]

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

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 561), H7564 [28JY]

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

———require States to report data on beneficiaries who are employed (see H.R. 3042), H6328 [21JY]

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

———coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see H.R. 2841), H4355 [9JN]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H7613 [29JY]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H9426 [28OC]

———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]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]

———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), H1779 [5AP]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H1847 [6AP]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received an organ transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 2051), H7565 [28JY]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H10157 [10NO]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H7564 [28JY]

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

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H5801 [13JY]

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

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7862 [13SE]

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

National Captioning Institute: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 38), H5963 [18JY]

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), H413 [8FE]

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), H9962 [7NO]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H8089 [15SE]

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), H7673 [6SE]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 212), H1969 [13AP]

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

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), H1372 [10MR]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H847 [1MR]

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]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H7645 [2SE]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H7673 [6SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: ensure that the People's Republic of China complies with its obligations to protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10909 [17NO]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1993), H7613 [29JY]

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), H9275 [26OC]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H848 [1MR]

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), H7674 [6SE]

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3435 [17MY]

POW: transmit to congressional committees certain reports on international human rights law or related laws in connection with military detainees (see H.R. 2901), H4485 [14JN]

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

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2880 [3MY]

———establish a program and criteria for national heritage areas (see H.R. 760), H7613 [29JY]

———extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H791 [17FE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H7564 [28JY]

Railroads: provide for continued operation of Amtrak and establish a support program for certain rail infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2992), H5963 [18JY]

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

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H720 [16FE]

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

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H849 [1MR]

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]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H10145 [9NO]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H236 [26JA]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 1690), H7613 [29JY]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H4656 [16JN]

Tariff: 4,4'-dithiodimorpholine (see H.R. 4553), H11878 [15DE]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H7645 [2SE]

———n-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 4552), H11878 [15DE]

———tetraethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4554), H11879 [15DE]

———tetramethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4555), H11879 [15DE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H7861 [13SE]

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

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H6651 [26JY]

———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), H2103 [14AP]

———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), H4072 [25MY]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H8388 [27SE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H7613 [29JY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H5741 [12JY]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H7613 [29JY]

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

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H10502 [16NO]

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

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3769 [23MY]

———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]

———provide that employees of certain companies seeking bankruptcy protection are eligible for the health coverage tax credit (see H.R. 4385), H10909 [17NO]

———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]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5963 [18JY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H4356 [9JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H7564 [28JY]

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

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

Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 548), H350 [2FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H988 [7MR]

———increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 153), H1778 [5AP]

Turkey: urge acknowledgment of culpability of Ottoman Empire for Armenian genocide and reconciliation with Armenia, and support accession of Turkey to the European Union under certain criteria (see H. Con. Res. 195), H6328 [21JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H6432 [25JY]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1896 [12AP]

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

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H6432 [25JY]

———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), H3198 [11MY]

———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), H7613 [29JY]

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

———improve benefits for former POW (see H.R. 1598), H7564 [28JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]

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), H847 [1MR]

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

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), H7613 [29JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1697 [17MR]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H7566 [28JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide an interest-free deferment of student loan repayment for Federal student loan borrowers during active military service (see H.R. 3265), H5800 [13JY]

———require the Dept. of Defense to notify creditors of persons in military service and persons entering military service (see H.R. 3719), H7813 [8SE]

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), H1844 [6AP]

Colleges and universities: establish demonstration program to support communities that wish to expand bookstore services and savings for students through creation of course material rental programs (see H.R. 3259), H5740 [12JY]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1264 [9MR]

Taxation: make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for certain employees due to facility closures, employers in bankruptcy, or plan termination proceedings (see H.R. 4193), H9472 [1NO]

———provide a tax credit for college textbook costs (see H.R. 495), H285 [1FE]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: adopt recommendations to correct bilateral trade imbalance with the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 33), H236 [26JA]

———tribute (see H. Res. 569), H10909 [17NO]

Western Reserve Heritage Area: suitability and feasibility study (see H.R. 412), H234 [26JA]

Letters

Veterans health care funding: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H10124 [9NO]

Poems

``I Am an American Steel Mill,'' John Jackson, E302 [18FE], E375 [8MR]

Remarks

AARP: characterization in certain television ads relative to position on Social Security privatization proposals, H842 [1MR]

Afghanistan: eradicate poppy plant, H4406 [14JN]

———U.S. policy, H4406 [14JN]

Appropriations: require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H9093 [25OC], H11202 [7DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H12153, H12155 [17DE]

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors, H4178 [7JN]

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor or other protective, safety, and health equipment for use in Iraq or Afghanistan, H8724 [6OC]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H1424 [15MR]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H12152 [17DE]

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 437), H8080, H8081, H8082, H8083, H8084 [15SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H9091, H9092, H9093 [25OC], H9412 [28OC], H9955, H9956, H9958, H9959 [7NO]

———deficit, H508 [9FE], H2537 [26AP], H2973 [4MY], H3759 [23MY], H4718 [17JN], H4980, H4981 [22JN], H8729 [6OC], H9091, H9092 [25OC], H9412 [28OC], H11200 [7DE], H11275, H11319, H11321 [8DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H9622, H9623, H9624, H9626, H9636, H9637, H9638 [3NO], H9675, H9685, H9686, H9687 [4NO], H9959 [7NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H9955, H9956, H9958 [7NO], H10025, H10026, H10027, H10028, H10030, H10031, H10032, H10033, H10034, H10035 [8NO], H10124, H10125, H10126, H10127, H10128, H10139, H10140, H10141, H10142 [9NO], H10217 [15NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), H11273 [8DE], H11491 [13DE], H12155, H12156 [17DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11213 [7DE], H11273, H11319, H11322 [8DE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H10129 [9NO]

———evaluation of competence and ethics of political appointees, H8504, H8505, H8506, H8507, H8510 [28SE], H8723 [6OC], H8831 [17OC], H9340 [27OC], H9634, H9635, H9638 [3NO], H11216, H11217 [7DE]

———evaluation of economic policies, H11204 [7DE]

Business and industry: freeze oil industry subsidies, H10125 [9NO]

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 (H.R. 1498), H3102-H3105 [10MY]

———impact on world economy, E1277 [17JN]

Congress: protect integrity, H8506, H8507, H8510 [28SE], H8729 [6OC]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, E1399 [30JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3763), H8156, H8157 [20SE]

———waiver of prevailing wage requirements for relief effort contracts in States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7847, H7849 [13SE], H8083 [15SE], H8900, H8901 [18OC]

DeLay, Representative: indictment for criminal conspiracy relative to illegal political contributions, H8506, H8507 [28SE]

Democratic Party: development of innovation agenda to improve scientific research and development, telecommunications technology, and energy independence, H11277, H11278, H11279 [8DE]

———national agenda, H1424 [15MR], H2540 [26AP], H3757, H3758, H3761 [23MY], H4174 [7JN], H5949, H5950, H5951, H5952 [18JY], H9417 [28OC], H9635, H9636, H9637, H9638 [3NO]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1424 [15MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H12151, H12153, H12155 [17DE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8477 [28SE]

———Office of Violence Against Women grants to increase public awareness concerning domestic violence against pregnant women, H8477 [28SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), E1399 [30JN]

DeRobbio, Damion: Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Carnegie Medal recipient, E954 [12MY]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H7727, H7729, H7730, H7732 [7SE], H7847 [13SE], H11203 [7DE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): ratification, H4379, H4380, H4381 [13JN]

Economy: growth, H11201 [7DE]

———impact of tax cut, H5896 [14JY], H8155, H8156 [20SE]

———impact of tax cuts, H11201 [7DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2968 [4MY], H5952 [18JY], H9622, H9623, H9624, H9626 [3NO]

———support financial literacy, H4176, H4177 [7JN]

Education: improve college access and opportunity by reforming Pell Grants and student loan programs (H.R. 507), H4176, H4177 [7JN]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, H2538 [26AP]

———national policy to improve system, H4715 [17JN]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 23), E154 [2FE]

Employment: provide assistance to workers who lose jobs due to outsourcing, H3759 [23MY]

Federal aid programs: promote economic security, health insurance, and educational opportunities for low-income families, H8841 [17OC]

FEMA: reform, H7727, H7729 [7SE], H9417 [28OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H5243 [27JN]

Florida: express sympathy and provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Wilma, H9090 [25OC]

Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation, H4175 [7JN]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6446 [26JY]

———U.S. deficit, H3759 [23MY]

Government: improve congressional oversight of programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H8835 [17OC]

———reform to create an integrated and unified domestic policy, H8836, H8837, H8838, H8839, H8841, H8842 [17OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H4717 [17JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H4983 [22JN]

House of Representatives: commend efforts to permit constituents to participate in floor debate through e-mail, H10214 [15NO]

———impact of partisanship, H9681, H9682 [4NO], H12154 [17DE]

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, H8154 [20SE], H8504 [28SE], H8831, H8836 [17OC], H9023, H9025 [20OC], H9094 [25OC], H9681 [4NO], H10035 [8NO]

———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 (H.R. 3764), H8721, H8725 [6OC], H8896, H8899, H8902 [18OC], H9338, H9339, H9340, H9341, H9342, H9343 [27OC]

———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, H8224, H8225, H8226, H8227, H8228 [21SE]

———establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8900, H8901 [18OC], H8974, H8975, H8978 [19OC], H9025 [20OC]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7727, H7729, H7730, H7732 [7SE], H7847, H7849 [13SE], H8154 [20SE]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H10214, H10215, H10216 [15NO]

———results of investigation of alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, H9414, H9415, H9416 [28OC], H9460, H9461, H9462, H9463, H9465, H9467, H9468, H9469, H9470 [1NO], H9677, H9678, H9679, H9680 [4NO], H9959 [7NO], H10136, H10137, H10138 [9NO], H10216 [15NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H6092, H6093 [19JY], H9470 [1NO], H11212, H11213, H11216, H11217 [7DE], H11494, H11495 [13DE]

———improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H10217 [15NO], H11205 [7DE]

———U.S. operations and reconstruction costs, H4715 [17JN]

Medicare: cost of prescription drug benefit coverage implementation, H11275 [8DE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H8832 [17OC], H9090 [25OC]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries, H11275 [8DE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 376), H3758 [23MY]

———reform, H2539 [26AP], H5950 [18JY], H10031, H10032 [8NO]

National objectives: increase research and development funding to improve U.S. innovation, H8833 [17OC]

Ohio: tribute to Persian Gulf Conflict veterans from the Mahoning Valley region, H1683 [17MR]

109th Congress: goals, H1424 [15MR]

Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, H10030 [8NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H4175, H4176 [7JN], H5896, H5897 [14JY]

Republican Party: impact of ethics violations, H11321 [8DE]

———national agenda, H8729 [6OC]

Rove, Karl: role in release of identity of CIA operative, H5901 [14JY], H5949 [18JY]

Social Security: permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (H.R. 3040), H4982 [22JN]

———privatization proposals, H507, H510, H511, H512 [9FE], H615, H619 [15FE], H837, H838, H839, H841 [1MR], H1769, H1770, H1771, H1772, H1773, H1774 [5AP], H2088, H2089, H2090 [14AP], H2536, H2538, H2541 [26AP], H2969, H2970, H2971, H2972, H2973 [4MY], H3097 [10MY], H3410, H3411, H3412, H3413 [17MY], H3756, H3757, H3758 [23MY], H4714 [17JN], H4980, H4981 [22JN], H5240, H5241 [27JN], H5898 [14JY]

———reform, H507, H508, H510, H511, H512 [9FE], H615, H616, H617, H618, H619, H620 [15FE], H837, H838, H839, H840, H841, H842 [1MR], H1769, H1770, H1771, H1772, H1773, H1774 [5AP], H2088, H2089, H2090 [14AP], H2536, H2538, H2541 [26AP], H2969, H2970, H2971, H2972, H2973 [4MY], H3097 [10MY], H3410, H3411, H3412, H3413 [17MY], H3756, H3757, H3758 [23MY], H4714 [17JN], H4980, H4981 [22JN], H5240, H5241 [27JN], H5898 [14JY]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 89), H3729 [23MY]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security, H5951, H5952 [18JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H5243 [27JN]

———health care funding, H621, H622, H623, H625, H626 [15FE], H5898, H5899, H5900 [14JY], H5949 [18JY], H9958, H9959 [7NO], H10124 [9NO]

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

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen, H9621 [3NO]

Youngstown, OH: tribute to Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce From Steel to Scholars Program, H9250 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8383 [27SE]

Special order: granted, H1688 [17MR], H4720 [17JN], H8983 [19OC], H9273 [26OC]

Tributes

Carlin, Clair M., E1823 [13SE]

Gales, Bill and Molly, H9090 [25OC]

Harrison, Michael H., Sr., E949 [12MY]

Jackson, John, E302 [18FE], E375 [8MR]

Kuhns, Larry, Jr., H4718 [17JN]

Lilly, Scott, E1277 [17JN]

Polando, Peter M., E1359 [27JN]

Pope John Paul II, H1830 [6AP]

Ryan, Nicholas J., H8831 [17OC]

Smith, Luther H., H9621 [3NO]