WEINER, ANTHONY D. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4225, H4270 [8JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1484, H1497, H1510 [15MR]

Courts: protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (H.R. 1751), H10103 [9NO]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1185), H2979 [4MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5332 [28JN]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3231, H3263 [12MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4487 [14JN], H4496, H4562 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Airports: establish a deadline for the screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment entering a secure area of an airport (see H.R. 2688), H4188 [7JN]

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

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

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H798 [17FE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2473 [21AP]

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1688), H2148 [19AP]

———restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H3055 [5MY]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 90), H985 [3MR]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H5362 [28JN]

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

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), H10910 [17NO]

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

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H9641 [3NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1025 [8MR]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H4486 [14JN]

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

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H7564 [28JY]

Association of University Teachers: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa (see H. Res. 279), H3331 [16MY]

Aviation: make funds available for the Aviation Security Capital Fund and establish a Checkpoint Screening Security Fund (see H.R. 1818), H2548 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: provide relief relative to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3697), H7862 [13SE]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H3332 [16MY]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1265 [9MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11880 [15DE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H796 [17FE]

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), H8735 [6OC]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

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

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3332 [16MY]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2000), H2736 [28AP]

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

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H6381 [22JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 58), H587 [14FE]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H1694 [17MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]

Claims: extend deadline for victims of terrorist attacks to file claims to receive certain compensation (see H.R. 565), H7820 [12SE]

Classified information: 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]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 227), H798 [17FE]

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), H4656 [16JN]

———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]

College Point, NY: tribute to first established U.S. kindergarten (see H. Con. Res. 47), H412 [8FE]

Colleges and universities: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 151), H1696 [17MR]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H2648 [27AP]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H75 [4JA]

———require investigations of violent felonies occurring on campus (see H.R. 225), H798 [17FE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H8162 [20SE]

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

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), H1970 [13AP]

Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 722), H522 [9FE]

Consumers: protect from usury and unreasonable fees (see H.R. 1619), H1969 [13AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H353 [2FE]

Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office, Scio, NY: designate (see H.R. 4515), H11503 [13DE]

Corps of Engineers: raise maximum amount that may be allotted for the construction of small shore and beach restoration and protection projects (see H.R. 754), H1025 [8MR]

Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H718 [16FE]

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (see H.R. 1751), H2469 [21AP]

CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H5362 [28JN]

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

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H3262 [12MY]

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), H6328 [21JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4723 [17JN]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H584 [10FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H4143 [26MY]

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, 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]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4604), H12048 [16DE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8644 [29SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide improved and up-to-date communications equipment for the New York City Fire Dept. (see H.R. 1794), H2471 [21AP]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1780 [5AP]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 790), H586 [14FE]

Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (see H.R. 1193), H1263 [9MR]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3402), H6380 [22JY]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H629 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H5913 [14JY]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: transmit to the House of Representatives documents relating to security investigations and background checks relating to granting White House access to James D. Guckert (see H. Res. 136), H984 [3MR]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: clarify that the religious status of a nonprofit facility does not preclude it from receiving assistance (see H.R. 1552), H3262 [12MY] (see H.R. 3208), H5739 [12JY]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H6652 [26JY]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8808 [7OC]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H7611 [29JY]

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

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

Drugs: expand the scope of information required for the data bank on clinical trials for drugs (see H.R. 3196), H5602 [30JN]

———lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H3260 [12MY]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

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

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H.R. 133), H797 [17FE]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 134), H2472 [21AP]

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

———provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars (see H.R. 511), H798 [17FE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H942 [2MR]

———provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7815 [8SE]

Egypt: condition foreign assistance on meaningful political reforms (see H. Res. 413), H7562 [28JY]

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

Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 323), H194 [25JA]

Employment: provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 2298), H3198 [11MY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H3262 [12MY]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 2895), H4485 [14JN]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4188 [7JN]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3199 [11MY]

European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H798 [17FE]

Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 799), H627 [15FE]

FAA: issue final regulation to mitigate center wing fuel tank flammability in transport category aircraft (see H.R. 4174), H9556 [2NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 476), H284 [1FE]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H284 [1FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H1970 [13AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1779 [5AP]

———provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H5601 [30JN]

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

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 1418), H1693 [17MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (see H.R. 840), H717 [16FE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

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

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7672 [6SE] (see H.R. 3659), H7815 [8SE] (see H.R. 4493), H11327 [8DE]

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), H74 [4JA]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1136), H2880 [3MY]

———ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and provide for a report to Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms (see H.R. 1423), H1693 [17MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H7673 [6SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

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

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

Frank, Anne: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 48), H3055 [5MY]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 3934), H8513 [28SE]

Gillerman, Dan: congratulate on election as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 368), H7744 [7SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend to benefit individuals who were children when enacted (see H.R. 1737), H2393 [20AP]

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H3435 [17MY]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 3891), H8341 [22SE]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H4297 [8JN]

———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), H12050 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H1263 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H4073 [25MY]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H2551 [26AP]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (see H.R. 3548), H7744 [7SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H1779 [5AP]

Higher Education Act: enhance international education programs (see H.R. 509), H2394 [20AP]

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

Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 39), H196 [25JA]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H11036 [18NO]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H12050 [16DE]

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]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H8163 [20SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H719 [16FE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H4895 [21JN]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see H.R. 3575), H7559 [28JY]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA] (see H.R. 1107), H982 [3MR]

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]

———prohibit discrimination in life insurance based on a person's previous lawful travel experiences (see H.R. 3504), H7556 [28JY]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H6205 [20JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4187 [7JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1778 [5AP]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11036 [18NO]

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

———recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 588), H942 [2MR]

———support accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (see H. Res. 38), H287 [1FE]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3339), H6106 [19JY]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1717), H2393 [20AP]

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]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3114 [10MY]

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

Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building, Patchogue, NY: designate (see H.R. 4101), H9042 [20OC]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H630 [15FE]

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

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H11036 [18NO]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H10909 [17NO]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 4410), H11110 [6DE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H719 [16FE]

———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), H2738 [28AP]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H12168 [17DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H10910 [17NO]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H8342 [22SE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H3262 [12MY]

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

———support findings of U.N. commission investigating assassination of Rafik Hariri, condemn Syria for apparent involvement, and demand Syrian compliance with certain U.N. resolutions (see H. Res. 510), H9963 [7NO]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H12050 [16DE]

NASA: provide for a Near-Earth Object Survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize certain near-earth asteroids and comets (see H.R. 1022), H846 [1MR]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8735 [6OC]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H3199 [11MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H11881 [15DE]

National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response: establish (see H.R. 3706), H7820 [12SE]

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), H4074 [25MY]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H796 [17FE]

National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2828), H11655 [14DE]

National School Lunch Act: expand fruit and vegetable pilot program and include Head Start programs (see H.R. 203), H719 [16FE]

———restore funds under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 204), H719 [16FE]

National security: restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see H.R. 1502), H5801 [13JY]

National Security Agency: require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H13189 [22DE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1264 [9MR]

New York, NY: provide protections and services to certain individuals after the terrorist attack (see H.R. 566), H7820 [12SE]

———recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H1695 [17MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H4140 [26MY]

Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11111 [6DE]

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), H9556 [2NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE] (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H1969 [13AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H6651 [26JY]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 635), H411 [8FE]

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

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1847 [6AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1370 [10MR]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 878), H1372 [10MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H10039 [8NO]

Railroads: provide for continued operation of Amtrak and establish a support program for certain rail infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2992), H6936 [27JY]

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2473 [21AP]

———provide for the safety and security of railroads, passengers, workers, and communities, and establish an assistance program for families of passengers involved in rail accidents (see H.R. 2351), H3261 [12MY]

Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H9696 [4NO]

Romania: provide equitable restitution to certain religious communities for property confiscated by the former Communist government (see H. Res. 191), H3557 [18MY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H233 [26JA]

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

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4045), H9556 [2NO]

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]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 1636), H2100 [14AP]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H5362 [28JN]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 592), H352 [2FE]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H8162 [20SE]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1696 [17MR]

———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), H1371 [10MR]

Special days and holidays: protect symbols and traditions of Hanukkah, Ramadan, and Kwanzaa (see H. Res. 615), H11879 [15DE]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H6652 [26JY]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H6652 [26JY]

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), H2648 [27AP]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1780 [5AP]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1765), H2470 [21AP]

———increase exemption amounts for individuals under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1538), H3056 [5MY]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H197 [25JA]

———provide a checkoff for a World Trade Center Memorial Fund (see H.R. 1095), H982 [3MR]

———provide a credit for the use of clean-fuel vehicles by businesses within Clean Air Act nonattainment areas (see H.R. 206), H1371 [10MR]

———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]

Telecommunications: provide grants and other support to achieve communications interoperability in the U.S. (see H.R. 1251), H1370 [10MR]

Terrorism: establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders (see H.R. 228), H1846 [6AP]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H11881 [15DE]

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

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H2738 [28AP]

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

———increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 153), H2150 [19AP]

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]

———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (see H. Res. 166), H4144 [26MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H11110 [6DE]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 54), H354 [2FE]

———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), H8163 [20SE]

U.N. Commission on Human Rights: urge appropriate U.S. representative to introduce a resolution calling upon Belarus to cease its human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 102), H1780 [5AP]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 562), H2550 [26AP]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H6936 [27JY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H4486 [14JN]

Vincent Palladino Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2183), H3054 [5MY]

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

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H73 [4JA]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H349 [2FE]

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

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H1780 [5AP]

Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8249 [21SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H2103 [14AP]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 474), H284 [1FE]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H3054 [5MY]

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

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 34), H236 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: improve the safe operation of aircraft (see H.R. 587), H352 [2FE] (see H.R. 734), H523 [9FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: take certain actions relative to the Arab Bank (see H.R. 3370), H6204 [20JY]

Egypt: replace U.S. military assistance with economic support fund assistance (see H.R. 1670), H2102 [14AP]

Federal employees: require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 735), H523 [9FE]

Financial institutions: protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by depository institutions for dishonored checks (see H.R. 2643), H4073 [25MY]

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H2102 [14AP]

Health care professionals: ensure integrity in the operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1669), H2102 [14AP]

Immigration: establish a separate nonimmigrant classification for fashion models (see H.R. 4354), H10502 [16NO]

———restrict issuance of visas to Saudi Arabian citizens until certification that Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in the issuance of visas on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage (see H.R. 604), H353 [2FE]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]

Law enforcement: protect individuals performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions (see H.R. 1710), H2149 [19AP]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1210), H1264 [9MR]

Medicaid: require States to report data on beneficiaries who are employed (see H.R. 3042), H4984 [22JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 1143), H1023 [8MR]

National Park Service: make necessary safety improvements to the Statue of Liberty and fully reopen the Statue to the public (see H.R. 3316), H5914 [14JY]

PLO: make unlawful the establishment or maintenance of an office in the U.S. (see H.R. 2036), H2737 [28AP]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H2737 [28AP]

———prohibit assistance (see H.R. 505), H285 [1FE]

Senior citizens: establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 736), H523 [9FE]

Telephones: require providers of wireless telephone services to provide access to the universal emergency telephone number in subterranean subway stations located within their area of coverage (see H.R. 733), H523 [9FE]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 833), H629 [15FE]

Letters

Prohibit faith-based and nonprofit groups from receiving certain affordable housing funding if they engage in voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities: Nicholas DiMarzio, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H9137 [26OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide that every State receive an equal allocation of cotton, tobacco, and rice funding, H4271 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4225, H4227, H4271 [8JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1484, H1485, H1497, H1498, H1499 [15MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E738 [22AP]

Association of University Teachers: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa, H3440 [18MY]

Budget: deficit, H618 [15FE]

China, People's Republic of: condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet, E586 [7AP]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (H. Res. 579), H11599, H11600 [14DE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), H8035 [15SE]

———study ecological and health effects of 1978 oil spill in Newtown Creek in New York, NY, H8035 [15SE]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), H750, H751 [17FE]

———authorize courts to apply directly for certain Federal law enforcement grants, H10104 [9NO]

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (H.R. 1751), H10104 [9NO]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer badges and uniforms, H8430 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H4225 [8JN]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plum pox disease eradication funding, H4227 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: limit the number of grants available under the Urban Area Security Initiative, H3231, H3232, H3233 [12MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8430 [28SE], H12123 [17DE]

———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H8430 [28SE], H10071 [9NO]

———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4496, H4497 [15JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5333, H5334 [28JN]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H6985 [28JY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), unanimous-consent request, H6984 [28JY]

Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (H. Res. 39), H166 [25JA]

Housing: prohibit faith-based and nonprofit groups from receiving certain affordable housing funding if they engage in voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities, H9137 [26OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), H9137 [26OC]

Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (H. Res. 124), H809 [1MR]

Lighthouse International (organization): anniversary, E813 [28AP]

McAllister, Malachy and family: relief (H.R. 2827), E1262 [17JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza, H1497, H1498, H1499 [15MR]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3231, H3232, H3233 [12MY]

———require homeland security grants for terrorism preparedness and prevention be awarded based on assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerabilities, H4271 [8JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, E1189 [9JN]

Palestinians: commend for conducting free and fair Presidential election (H. Res. 56), H297 [2FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5332 [28JN], H6984, H6985 [28JY]

Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H1484, H1485 [15MR], H5333, H5334 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4496, H4497 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, H10071 [9NO]

Social Security: reform, H618, H619, H620 [15FE]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region, E306 [18FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1318 [10MR]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7578 [29JY]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (H. Res. 282), H4157 [7JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, H12123 [17DE]

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 34), H1744 [5AP]

Tributes

Carro, Carmine, E152 [2FE]

Chisholm, Shirley, E34 [6JA]

Colt, Richard S., E982 [16MY]

Parks, Rosa, H9264 [26OC]

Schneerson, Menachem M., E1579 [22JY]