DOOLITTLE, JOHN T. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3663, H3696 [19MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Into the House Chamber, H5966 [19JY]

Committee To Escort Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Into the House Chamber, H1784 [6AP]

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

———H.R. 2419, energy and water development appropriations, H9110 [26OC]

———H.R. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9011 [20OC]

———H.R. 2985, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6463 [26JY]

Robert T. Matsui funeral attendees, H129 [6JA]

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), H195 [25JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H350 [2FE]

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H8807 [7OC]

———establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 523), H9426 [28OC] (see H. Res. 601), H12051 [16DE]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: 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]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1970 [13AP]

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

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

C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant, Byron, CA: designate (see H.R. 2383), H3331 [16MY]

California: establish additional permanent Federal judgeships for the eastern district (see H.R. 1178), H1024 [8MR]

California League of Food Processors: anniversary (see H. Res. 45), H287 [1FE]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H8513 [28SE]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11505 [13DE]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H10910 [17NO]

Clean Air Act: authorize critical use exemption amounts for methyl bromide as identified by the Dept. of State (see H.R. 1257), H1370 [10MR]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H5604 [30JN]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 147), H1371 [10MR]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 147), H1371 [10MR]

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

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2458), H3555 [18MY]

Copyrights: allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after a certain period (see H.R. 2408), H3434 [17MY]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Ten Commandments, Pledge of Allegiance, and the National Motto (see H.R. 4576), H12047 [16DE]

———ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 97), H630 [15FE]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

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

Crime: combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, prohibit operation of sex tours, and protect children and assist State and local law enforcement relative to such activities (see H.R. 2012), H5963 [18JY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 120), H286 [1FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H7741 [7SE]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H10145 [9NO]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 1071), H2738 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidate citizenship and immigration databases into a comprehensive database to improve customer service and enhance national security and public safety (see H.R. 4412), H11034 [18NO]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S. (see H.R. 4083), H11880 [15DE]

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

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H9695 [4NO]

Dept. of State: make information on funding provided to non-governmental organizations available to the public (see H.R. 4306), H10156 [10NO]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H2103 [14AP]

Dept. of Transportation: determine feasibility of constructing a highway in California connecting certain roads in Santa Clara and San Joaquin Counties and a fixed guideway system along the right-of-way of the highway (see H.R. 723), H522 [9FE]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2668), H4139 [26MY]

———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]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3055 [5MY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4245), H9962 [7NO]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H6652 [26JY]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H6206 [20JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4561 [15JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H1850 [8AP]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H7860 [13SE]

———repeal or eliminate certain Federal education programs (see H.R. 4018), H8807 [7OC]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

———reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H1507 [15MR]

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), H845 [1MR]

EPA: extend date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water (see H.R. 4495), H11333 [12DE]

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

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H981 [3MR]

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2658), H5604 [30JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3262 [12MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H412 [8FE]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1970 [13AP]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H234 [26JA]

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

———ensure that the right of an individual to display the U.S. flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 42), H412 [8FE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 1201), H1264 [9MR]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6936 [27JY]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, strengthen civil remedies, promote uniform lending and appraisal standards, and establish licensing standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 1295), H3436 [17MY]

Immigration: enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10146 [9NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H6936 [27JY]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1265 [9MR]

———prohibit loans by Federal agencies to aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4580), H12047 [16DE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H5915 [14JY]

Insurance: recognize the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system (see H. Res. 215), H9642 [3NO]

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Social Security Investment Program (see H.R. 530), H413 [8FE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H524 [9FE]

Israel: congratulate on election of Dan Gillerman as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 368), H7862 [13SE]

———independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3436 [17MY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H1372 [10MR]

Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 3667), H7950 [14SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]

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

Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (see H.R. 4053), H8809 [7OC]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H798 [17FE]

Medicaid: require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4401 [13JN]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H4356 [9JN]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H523 (see H. Res. 20), H524 [9FE]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 144), H2977 [4MY]

National Academy of Sciences: report on feasibility and design of a national strategic gasoline reserve (see H.R. 4043), H8808 [7OC]

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

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H791 [17FE]

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 (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

Natural gas: reinstate regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act of futures, contracts, swaps, and hybrid instruments and require CFTC review and approval of certain transactions, contracts, and settlements (see H.R. 1638), H5915 [14JY]

News media: condemn irresponsible and inaccurate journalism and express condolences to the families and victims of the riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3696 [19MY]

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

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

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. 3918), H8387 [27SE] (see H.R. 4318), H11036 [18NO]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]

Peace Corps: remove as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program (see H.R. 3709), H10227 [15NO]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. (see H.R. 3836), H8162 [20SE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H1970 [13AP]

———terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H8810 [7OC]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 52), H584 [10FE]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H2394 [20AP]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 504), H1896 [12AP]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7744 [7SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 444), H354 [2FE]

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (see H.R. 787), H584 [10FE]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H10146 [9NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7673 [6SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H2102 [14AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H413 [8FE]

———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 1286), H2395 [20AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H353 [2FE]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Staff Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 289), H197 [25JA]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]

———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 1235), H1369 [10MR]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H5963 [18JY]

———nylon woolpacks used to package wool (see H.R. 1851), H4188 [7JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain education and training expenses (see H.R. 4325), H10225 [15NO]

———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [21SE]

———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), H1417 [14MR]

———allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8735 [6OC]

———establish a commission on tax reform (see H.R. 41), H72 [4JA]

———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), H3436 [17MY]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H4143 [26MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H3262 [12MY]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H5252 [27JN]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H13189 [22DE]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H4656 [16JN]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H793 [17FE]

———make permanent the increase in expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 1388), H8919 [18OC]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H3436 [17MY]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 4400), H11033 [18NO]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]

———provide increased expensing for certain property in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 4305), H10156 [10NO]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8388 [27SE]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3428), H8248 [21SE]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7950 [14SE]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see H.R. 1772), H6205 [20JY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 1879), H3056 [5MY]

Telecommunications: safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 4536), H11653 [14DE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 427), H7742 [7SE]

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H9473 [1NO]

———withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 1315), H1508 [15MR]

Zimbabwe: condemn government operation under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order (see H. Res. 409), H7561 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: release certain Wilderness Study Areas involving public lands in Lassen and Modoc Counties, CA, and Washoe County, NV (see H.R. 4176), H9425 [28OC]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer ownership of the American River Pump Station Project (see H.R. 4204), H9555 [2NO]

Immigration: remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H8808 [7OC]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H8918 [18OC]

Public lands: facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land in California (see H.R. 1905), H2646 [27AP]

SBA: establish pilot program to eliminate certain restrictions on eligible certified development companies (see H.R. 3982), H8733 [6OC]

Tahoe National Forest: carry out certain land exchanges involving small parcels of land (see H.R. 3981), H8733 [6OC]

Taxation: increase and expand expensing for property in hurricane disaster areas (see H.R. 3868), H8340 [22SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 220), H6934 [27JY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4588), H12048 [16DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5803 [14JY]

Remarks

Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3630 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3630, H3663 [19MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H4988, H5037, H5038 [23JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), conference report, H10940 [18NO]

Drugs: prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed to sex offenders for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction, H4988, H5037, H5038 [23JN]

Endangered Species Act: compensate landowners who relinquish property for recovery of an endangered species or for certain other purposes, H8575 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8575 [29SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3788 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2419), conference report, H10062 [9NO]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (H.R. 1606), H9481, H9482 [2NO]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 544), H6678 [27JY]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11806 [15DE]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 268), H10335 [16NO]

IRS: prevent from setting up tax preparation services within the agency, H10940 [18NO]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), H48 [4JA]

Medicaid: require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (H.R. 2648), H5038 [23JN]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H2424 [21AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2424 [21AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9476 [2NO]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (H.R. 3304), H5804 [14JY]

———restore solvency, H6209 [21JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit sale of public lands in the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake Wildlife Refuges to buy water rights, H3663 [19MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1921 [13AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5360 [28JN]

Tributes

Gersten, Howard and Joy S., E1532 [19JY]

Lyon, LeRoy E., Jr., E1822 [13SE]

Puglia, Robert K., E107 [26JA]

Rohwer, Claude M., E2024 [6OC]

Uhler, Lewis and Cynthia, E2581 [17DE]

Wickland, John A., Jr., E172 [8FE]