McINTYRE, MIKE (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H757 [17FE]

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]

African Americans: enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage (see H.R. 694), H521 [9FE]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H3263 [12MY]

Albania: ensure that parliamentary elections are conducted in accordance with international standards for free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 155), H4802 [20JN]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9642 [3NO]

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

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H4802 [20JN]

Armed Forces: 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), H848 [1MR]

———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]

———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H4143 [26MY]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength levels for active duty personnel and Special Operation Forces (see H.R. 1666), H2101 [14AP]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H7743 [7SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H1372 [10MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H798 [17FE]

———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), H984 [3MR]

———tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (see H. Res. 256), H2880 [3MY]

Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (see H.R. 3439), H6650 [26JY]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1780 [5AP]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica (see H. Res. 199), H3199 [11MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8644 [29SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H796 [17FE] (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 903), H792 [17FE]

Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H12049 [16DE]

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), H6326 [21JY]

Central Asia: encourage countries to accelerate democratic reforms and fulfill human rights obligations (see H.R. 3189), H8919 [18OC]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4074 [25MY]

———establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H8163 [20SE]

———protect from Internet pornography and support law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-related crimes against children (see H.R. 3479), H6933 [27JY]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 1575), H2103 [14AP]

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

Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit both the environment and economies of coastal communities (see H.R. 3187), H8919 [18OC]

———develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and Great Lakes coastal observations (see H.R. 1584), H1895 [12AP]

———ensure the continuation and improvement of coastal restoration (see H.R. 2846), H4355 [9JN]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H2472 [21AP]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H4140 [26MY]

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

———clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H1896 [12AP]

———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), H11110 [6DE]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H980 [3MR]

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

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H7950 [14SE]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8514 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1118), H983 [3MR]

———clarify manner in which assistance is made available to producers under the Crop Disaster Assistance Program (see H.R. 3554), H7558 [28JY]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8810 [7OC]

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

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

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8341 [22SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H848 [1MR]

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

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: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H2394 [20AP]

———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H8919 [18OC]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H798 [17FE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H1417 [14MR]

———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), H6328 [21JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H9103 [25OC]

Disasters: improve and encourage greater public participation in community disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans (see H.R. 3565), H7559 [28JY]

———respond to Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters that adversely affect food assistance, agricultural producers, and households (see H.R. 3809), H8088 [15SE]

Diseases: enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H9277 [26OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H354 [2FE]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 23), H12051 [16DE]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7815 [8SE]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H11221 [7DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 1801), H2471 [21AP]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H8342 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H234 [26JA]

———amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H720 [16FE]

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

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

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1847 [6AP]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H10226 [15NO]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 3876), H11110 [6DE]

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

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8846 [17OC]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H2150 [19AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H2880 [3MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H5176 [24JN]

———reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 1721), H6107 [19JY]

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: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H3262 [12MY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H3113 [10MY]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H3060 [9MY]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 188), H1778 [5AP]

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

Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (see H.R. 2326), H3260 [12MY]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see H.R. 1413), H1693 [17MR]

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

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H1372 [10MR]

Garner, NC: anniversary (see H. Res. 206), H1895 [12AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7744 [7SE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2978 [4MY]

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), H8809 [7OC]

———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]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H5604 [30JN]

High Point, NC: express support for the International Home Furnishings Market (see H. Res. 203), H1895 [12AP]

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

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1372 [10MR]

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H797 [17FE]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H4802 [20JN]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H6205 [20JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3776), H7948 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1779 [5AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1107), H1372 [10MR]

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]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H6328 [21JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H10157 [10NO]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H9044 [20OC]

Jordan: condemn terrorist attacks in Amman (see H. Res. 546), H10227 [15NO]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7673 [6SE]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H627 [15FE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 960), H7861 [13SE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3894 [24MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2738 [28AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H4722 [17JN]

———assure equitable payment for physicians services (see H.R. 4520), H11655 [14DE]

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H1510 [15MR]

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 2961), H6432 [25JY]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3261 [12MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2395 [20AP]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H3894 [24MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1696 [17MR]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H1025 [8MR]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H196 [25JA]

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]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H2647 [27AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H9472 [1NO]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H4656 [16JN]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 332), H5252 [27JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

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), H8387 [27SE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H412 [8FE]

National Health Center Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H5742 [12JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H5915 [14JY]

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), H11220 [7DE]

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

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

National Safe Boating Week: recognize the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the National Safe Boating Council for promotion efforts (see H. Res. 243), H3199 [11MY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H984 [3MR]

Native Americans: recognize and honor achievements and contributions and urge establishment and observation of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans (see H. Res. 76), H8847 [17OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H6107 [19JY]

NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program (see H.R. 3835), H8162 [20SE]

OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H6381 [22JY]

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), H10910 [17NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see H.R. 695), H6107 [19JY]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 3780), H7949 [14SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H6652 [26JY]

Public welfare programs: make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (see H.R. 4010), H8734 [6OC]

Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H12049 [16DE]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H4802 [20JN]

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), H7673 [6SE]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (see H. Con. Res. 190), H5101 [23JN]

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]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 913), H792 [17FE]

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]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

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), H798 [17FE]

———continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 3459), H9044 [20OC]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H286 [1FE]

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

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H9696 [4NO]

Tariff: cotton fabrics (see H.R. 1945), H4297 [8JN]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H6432 [25JY]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H9556 [2NO]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]

———allow a temporary credit to offset the high fuel costs of small businesses, farmers, and fishermen (see H.R. 3944), H10039 [8NO]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11328 [8DE]

———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), H3556 [18MY]

———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]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H3695 [19MY]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1692 [17MR]

———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), H2738 [28AP]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H848 [1MR]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 352), H8919 [18OC]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H2648 [27AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H6107 [19JY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H848 [1MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H7814 [8SE]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit to law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 2823), H7950 [14SE]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H848 [1MR]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H5362 [28JN]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 1063), H4143 [26MY]

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

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H12050 [16DE]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H524 [9FE]

———promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H4144 [26MY]

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

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H1025 [8MR]

Trails: designate the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail historic cattle-drive trails for study and for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 2964), H6205 [20JY]

Transportation: improve intermodal transportation (see H.R. 1637), H2100 [14AP]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H11880 [15DE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 198), H1846 [6AP]

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), H3198 [11MY]

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

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H6432 [25JY]

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

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

Water: authorize appropriations for grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs (see H.R. 2686), H7565 [28JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H6205 [20JY]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 389), H8644 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H3112 [10MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs (see H.R. 4264), H10144 [9NO]

National Tartan Day: establish (see H. Res. 41), H196 [25JA]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H72 [4JA]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 308), H193 [25JA]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 20), H72 [4JA]

Tariff: p-dichlorobenzene (PDCB) (see H.R. 1715), H2393 [20AP]

Taxation: provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 614), H410 [8FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to servicemen who died during the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran in 1980 (H. Res. 256), H4812 [21JN]

Immigration: require the automatic deportation of illegal aliens convicted of driving while intoxicated, H11972 [16DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11972 [16DE]

National Tartan Day: establish (H. Res. 41), H1030 [9MR]

University of North Carolina: tribute to men's basketball team, H1787 [6AP], H3684 [19MY]

Votes: correction, E1888 [19SE]

———position on missed, E1411 [30JN], E1546 [20JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3691 [19MY]

Tributes

Alexander, Charles R., Jr. (Ray), E1411 [30JN]

Cameron, Daniel D., E1562 [21JY]

Flynn, Samuel C., E2493 [8DE]

Hartley, Jane M., E1559 [21JY]

Holmes, Michael L., E1545 [20JY]

MacLean, Hector, E2475 [7DE]

Ochsner, James S., E2399 [18NO]

Small, Willard D., E194 [9FE]

Smith, John (Mac), E1009 [19MY]