MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6466 [26JY]

———H.R. 2862, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H9497 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H1696 [17MR]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 690), H7645 [2SE]

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

Armed Forces: 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]

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

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), H12051 [16DE]

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

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), H8644 [29SE]

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), H8809 [7OC]

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

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H7862 [13SE]

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

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]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H11110 [6DE]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H7815 [8SE]

Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H2880 [3MY]

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

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H942 [2MR]

FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H7645 [2SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7564 [28JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1372 [10MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H848 [1MR]

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

Government: require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H1622 [16MR]

Health care professionals: educate concerning substance use disorders and addiction (see H.R. 1789), H7613 [29JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H350 [2FE]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6652 [26JY]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4561 [15JN]

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

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

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]

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]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H1025 [8MR]

Medicaid: 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), H11110 [6DE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H7743 [7SE]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H7815 [8SE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5252 [27JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H7743 [7SE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H7613 [29JY]

———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), H8644 [29SE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 690), H7645 [2SE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H1847 [6AP]

National Tartan Day: support establishment (see H. Res. 41), H413 [8FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H3262 [12MY]

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), H10227 [15NO]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H8809 [7OC]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

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: continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 3459), H11880 [15DE]

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

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

Taxation: 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), H5914 [14JY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H5915 [14JY]

———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), H5915 [14JY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H6652 [26JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H5741 [12JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Grafton, WV: reinstate hydroelectric license for FERC project (see H.R. 4417), H11034 [18NO]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H847 [1MR]

———amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 131), consideration (see H. Res. 234), H2550 [26AP]

Tariff: ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE) (see H.R. 2430), H3555 [18MY]

———1,10 diaminodecane (see H.R. 2431), H3555 [18MY]

Remarks

Crime: provide grants to States to improve sex offender registries, H4445 [14JN]

Dept. of Justice: child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practioners funding through reductions in Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4461 [14JN]

———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in FBI and DEA funding, H4457 [14JN]

———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4497 [15JN]

———DEA and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4458 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4429, H4440 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4443 [14JN]

———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding through reductions in LSC funding, H4462 [14JN]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in NOAA funding, H4464 [14JN]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H17 [4JA]

———amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 131), H830-H832 [1MR], H1875 [12AP]

———amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 131), consideration (H. Res. 234), H2534 [26AP]

———amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), H2618 [27AP]

———ethics reform, H1875, H1878, H1879, H1880 [12AP]

Immigration: enforce existing Federal law that localities report aliens who commit crimes to immigration authorities, H4585 [16JN]

Law enforcement: increase evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense and require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, H4591 [16JN]

NASA: prohibit funding for artist-in-residence program, H4530 [15JN]

NOAA: Coastal Zone Management Account funding through reductions in Bureau of Industry and Security funding, H4502 [15JN]

———prohibit funding to process or approve competition for services provided by the National Logistics Support Center in Kansas City, MO, H4586 [16JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4582 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4428, H4429, H4440, H4443, H4445, H4457, H4458, H4461, H4462, H4464, H4473 [14JN], H4497, H4502, H4530, H4548 [15JN], H4581, H4582, H4583, H4585, H4586, H4588, H4591 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, H10066 [9NO]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit inclusion of provisions increasing limit on number of certain aliens permitted to enter the U.S. into trade agreements, H4588 [16JN]

U.N.: prohibit funding for payment of U.S. contributions to U.N. or any affiliated agency, H4581 [16JN]

———prohibit funding for U.N. Headquarters Building renovation project, H4548 [15JN]

U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: prohibit funding in contravention of laws or regulations enacted to implement, H4583 [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H788 [17FE], H2547 [26AP]

Tributes

Wentzel, Volkmar, H769 [17FE]