BIGGERT, JUDY (a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3865 [24MY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]
Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]
Articles and editorials
Stakes in CAFTA, Washington (DC) Post, E1611
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1192), H1263 [9MR]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H11035 [18NO]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]
Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1368 [10MR]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]
———establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers and sureties on behalf of a debtor (see H.R. 1294), H8734 [6OC]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2103 [14AP]
BLS: adopt statistical measures that accurately reflect the modern U.S. workforce (see H. Res. 14), H79 [4JA]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]
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]
Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9362 [27OC]
Children and youth: promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (see H. Res. 484), H8734 [6OC]
———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2473 [21AP]
Coins: redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (see H.R. 767), H583 [10FE]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]
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), H5177 [24JN]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H8810 [7OC]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H4722 [17JN]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1375), H1691 [17MR]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H8809 [7OC]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H193 [25JA]
Downers Grove, IL: tribute to Downers Grove North High School football team (see H. Res. 26), H80 [4JA]
Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7565 [28JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 23), H287 [1FE]
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), H2880 [3MY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see H.R. 3997), H10910 [17NO]
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), H942 [2MR]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H848 [1MR]
Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3049), H6328 [21JY]
Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations and defend U.S. intellectual property interests from suspension of benefits abroad (see H.R. 3372), H7614 [29JY]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8249 [21SE]
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 (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5915 [14JY]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H7565 [28JY]
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: ensure the appropriate transition of the management entity (see H.R. 1820), H2548 [26AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 288), H9555 [2NO]
Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H8810 [7OC]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H137 [6JA]
Iraq: encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (see H. Res. 383), H6937 [27JY]
Iron and steel industry: urge the Dept. of Commerce and ITC to consider the impact of steel antidumping or countervailing duties on steel-consuming manufacturers and the economy when conducting sunset reviews (see H. Res. 84), H849 [1MR]
J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex, Springfield, IL: designate (see H.R. 2630), H4072 [25MY]
Jacob L. Frazier Post Office Building, St. Charles, IL: designate (see H.R. 3767), H7948 [14SE]
John F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building, Joliet, IL: designate (see H.R. 2113), H3052 [5MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4295 [8JN]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H984 [3MR]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H1779 [5AP]
Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H12290 [18DE]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H2881 [3MY]
National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 457), H8247 [21SE]
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), H4985 [22JN]
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 Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 46), H354 [2FE]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H2649 [27AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 740), H581 [10FE]
———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 739), H581 [10FE]
———provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Commission relative to an issued order (see H.R. 741), H581 [10FE]
O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5916 [14JY]
OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 742), H581 [10FE]
Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11505 [13DE]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H4074 [25MY]
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]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]
Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL: designate (see H.R. 1287), H5801 [13JY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H1264 [9MR]
Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H10502 [16NO]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]
Social Security: 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), H797 [17FE]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]
———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5604 [30JN]
Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H9962 [7NO]
———repeal dumping and subsidy offset (see H.R. 1121), H8809 [7OC]
Taxation: allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8388 [27SE]
———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), H6205 [20JY]
———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H11110 [6DE]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H848 [1MR]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H1265 [9MR]
———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), H10161 [14NO]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H286 [1FE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8342 [22SE]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H2473 [21AP]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H8643 [29SE]
———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H10038 [8NO]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1592), H2649 [27AP]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H3696 [19MY]
Workforce Investment Act: provide special rules for disaster relief employment for individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3761), H8163 [20SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Education: provide assistance to local educational agencies serving homeless children and youth displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma (see H.R. 4649), H13188 [22DE]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]
Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 49), H73 [4JA]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1371 [10MR]
Health: increase public awareness of eating disorders and expand research for treatment and cures (see H. Res. 13), H79 [4JA]
High-Performance Computing Act: amend (see H.R. 28), H72 [4JA]
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4722 [17JN]
Power resources: authorize energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 610, 612), H410 [8FE]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4145 [7JN]
Remarks
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), H2055, H2070
Chicago, IL: Adler Planetarium anniversary, E977
Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute, H9409 [28OC]
Computers: societal impact of cognitive computer technology, H2486, H2487 [26AP]
Dept. of Education: utilize the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program to assist children displaced by Hurricane Katrina, H7752 [8SE]
Dept. of Energy: create two additional Senate-confirmed Assistant Secs., H2408 [21AP]
———increase energy efficiency research funding through reductions in Spent Fuel Recycling Initiative funding, H3859 [24MY]
———Nuclear Energy Research Initiative funding, H3866, H3867 [24MY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8425 [28SE]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (H.R. 1227), H1327 [10MR]
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6386 [25JY], H6440 [26JY], H6918
Economy: support financial literacy, H2055 [14AP]
Ellor, Margaret: Congressional Award Gold Medal recipient, E1307
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3859, H3865, H3866, H3867 [24MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: anniversary, E145
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 148), H1799 [6AP]
Head Start Program: allow centers that have vacant slots to use funding to serve eligible infants and toddlers through the Early Head Start programs, H8267 [22SE]
———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8267 [22SE]
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), H6998
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3819 [24MY]
High-Performance Computing Act: amend (H.R. 28), H2483, H2484, H2486, H2487 [26AP], E26
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 426), H7752 [8SE]
———amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), H2622 [27AP]
Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7752 [8SE]
Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H11000 [18NO]
———commend women candidates for elective office, H221 [26JA]
———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (H. Res. 383), H6690
Kurek, Karen: Illinois District Office and Midwest Regional SBA Women in Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E850
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 181), H6388 [25JY]
Naperville, IL: anniversary of Naperville Baseball Association, E1112
National laboratories: laboratory-directed research and development programs funding, H3865, H3866 [24MY]
OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 742), H5702 [12JY]
Phillip's Flowers and Gifts, Inc.: Illinois Retail Merchants Association Retailer of the Year award recipient, E1872
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2198, H2200 [20AP], H2408 [21AP]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 394), H6945 [28JY]
Science: recognize significance of African American women in the U.S. scientific community (H. Con. Res. 96), H2488, H2489 [26AP]
Social Security: impact of privatization on women, H4967 [22JN]
Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1158), H2481 [26AP]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, H8425 [28SE]
Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (H.R. 366), H2899 [4MY]
Women: human rights advances, H5626, H5627 [11JY]
Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H878
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H131 [6JA], H8842 [17OC]
Special order: granted, H229 [26JA], H1352 [10MR], H1964 [13AP], H9424 [28OC], H11031 [18NO]
Tributes
Erlenborn, John N., H9447 [1NO], H11028 [18NO]
Grunder, Hermann A., H1947 [13AP]
Hurst, Alan and Joan, E831