CLAY, WM. LACY (a Representative from Missouri)
Amendments
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5526 [30JN]
Articles and editorials
Multifaceted, Kathie Sutin, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, E1677
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8986 [19OC]
———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3702), H9362 [27OC]
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H12051 [16DE]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]
Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H989 [7MR]
———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H11035 [18NO]
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), H9426 [28OC]
———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H717 [16FE]
———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H942 [2MR]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H631 [15FE]
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), H5638 [11JY]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]
———conduct thorough review of cases of individuals convicted of court-martial arising from a disturbance at Fort Lawton, WA, on August 14, 1944 (see H.R. 3174), H5601 [30JN]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H7564 [28JY]
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]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]
Bush, President: request certain information relative to a claim made that there is not a Social Security trust (see H. Res. 170), H1695 [17MR]
Capital punishment: impose a moratorium on the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain States (see H.R. 379), H6205 [20JY]
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]
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), H7744 [7SE]
CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 2211), H8248 [21SE]
Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 824), H3331 [16MY]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H7564 [28JY]
———establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1848 [6AP]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4074 [25MY]
China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H8986 [19OC]
———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1510 [15MR]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H631 [15FE]
Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H4073 [25MY]
Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H6328 [21JY]
———request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 363), H5914 [14JY]
———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), H9473 [1NO]
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]
Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1778 [5AP]
Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]
———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H2472 [21AP]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H72 [4JA]
Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 116), H2551 [26AP]
Community service: enforce public interest obligations of broadcast station licensees to their local communities (see H.R. 501), H10909 [17NO]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H9276 [26OC]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H3695 [19MY]
Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 2834), H5177 [24JN]
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), H2473 [21AP]
———require credit card issuers to apply low interest rates to credit extended to pay certain medical expenses and prohibit hospitals from immediately reporting patients who are delinquent with payment (see H.R. 1238), H1369 [10MR]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H798 [17FE]
Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 719), H8643 [29SE]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H2548 [26AP]
———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), H6381 [22JY]
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), H8089 [15SE]
Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H11036 [18NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H10157 [10NO]
Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10503 [16NO]
———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2427), H3769 [23MY]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4604), H12048 [16DE]
———make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 1764), H2739 [28AP]
———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8919 [18OC]
Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H9044 [20OC]
———establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H8644 [29SE]
———establish programs to address the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1175), H7564 [28JY]
———make grants to improve access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H4356 [9JN]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H4296 [8JN]
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]
———require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H4356 [9JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 3506), H9962 [7NO]
———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H5435 (see H.R. 1704), H5480 [29JN]
———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 77), H797 [17FE]
Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 3760), H7947 [14SE]
Disasters: permit the use of frank mailings for solicitations for charities responding to a Presidentially-declared major disaster (see H. Res. 447), H8920 [18OC]
———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8810 [7OC]
Discrimination: condemn existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urge States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue (see H. Res. 259), H2977 [4MY]
———prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H7861 [13SE]
Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3642), H10227 [15NO]
———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H11036 [18NO]
———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), H5913 [14JY]
———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H10227 [15NO]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10157 [10NO]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H2743 [2MY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 314), H1622 [16MR]
Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2473 [21AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H8248 [21SE]
Economy: require the annual poverty estimate and the National Assessment of Educational Progress be subject to certain guidance on the release of information to the public (see H.R. 770), H583 [10FE]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H941 [2MR]
———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H6107 [19JY]
———national policy to improve system (see H.R. 1681), H2148 [19AP]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]
El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H9473 [1NO]
Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H2646 [27AP]
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), H3695 [19MY]
Ethiopia: urge holding of orderly, peaceful, and free and fair national elections and authorize assistance for election-related activities (see H.R. 935), H1696 [17MR]
FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H1777 [5AP]
FCC: prohibit imposing penalties for indecent broadcasts by cable television providers, satellite carriers, Internet, or non-broadcast providers (see H.R. 1440), H2739 [28AP]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11328 [8DE]
Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 4110), H9043 [20OC]
Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1026 [8MR]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 633), H8809 [7OC]
———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3056 [5MY]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H5800 [13JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1025 [8MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H8342 [22SE]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7744 [7SE]
Financial institutions: clarify applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations (see H.R. 3426), H7614 [29JY]
———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H8163 [20SE]
———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]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H11219 [7DE]
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), H7815 [8SE]
Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H849 [1MR]
Government: require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H8809 [7OC]
———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 2331), H3260 [12MY]
Hazardous substances: phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (see H.R. 4011), H9044 [20OC]
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), H4073 [25MY]
———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), H3056 [5MY]
———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), H3436 [17MY]
———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H7613 [29JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3113 [10MY] (see H.R. 1399), H3894 [24MY]
———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H4296 [8JN]
———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 embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H10910 [17NO]
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), H4561 [15JN]
———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 215), H4143 [26MY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H1847 [6AP]
———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H350 [2FE]
Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H1779 [5AP]
Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]
———impose limitations relative to certain legislation that affects the economy (see H. Res. 524), H9556 [2NO]
Housing: assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing (see H.R. 4278), H10145 [9NO]
———combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, strengthen civil remedies, promote uniform lending and appraisal standards, and establish licensing standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 1295), H1506 [15MR]
———protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and the section 8 housing choice voucher program from eviction by reason of criminal activity (see H.R. 1309), H1507 [15MR]
———support goal of increased homeownership in the U.S. and recognize the importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1851 [8AP]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H7565 [28JY]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H7566 [28JY]
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]
———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H9554 [2NO]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H354 [2FE]
———comprehensively reform immigration law and better protect immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 2092), H5915 [14JY]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H5435 (see H.R. 3006), H5480 [29JN]
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. 3145), H7743 [7SE]
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]
———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 3055), H5177 [24JN]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1000), H1265 [9MR]
International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H1780 [5AP]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H798 [17FE]
———provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H9426 [28OC]
Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H9426 [28OC]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H8342 [22SE] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE] (see H. Con. Res. 35), H798 [17FE]
———require U.S. assistance for the repair, maintenance, or construction of transportation infrastructure to be provided in the form of loans subject to repayment in full (see H.R. 1686), H5435 (see H.R. 1686), H5480 [29JN]
Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3769 [23MY]
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), H3057 [5MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
Libraries: provide for public library construction and modernization (see H.R. 2292), H3197 [11MY]
LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1210), H1264 [9MR]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H9362 [27OC]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]
Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H11655 [14DE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H1896 [12AP]
Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 438), H4400 [13JN]
Medicaid: extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 3800), H8389 [27SE]
———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H11110 [6DE]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H2473 [21AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H4143 [26MY]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H354 [2FE]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10039 [8NO]
———prevent a decrease in benefits resulting from part D premiums increases (see H.R. 3637), H8810 [7OC]
———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), H4143 [26MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7613 [29JY]
———raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety (see H. Con. Res. 278), H9642 [3NO]
Mexico: condemn printing and distribution of racist postage stamps and urge to immediately cease printing and distributing the stamps and recall stamps on the market (see H. Res. 347), H5603 [30JN]
———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), H4297 [8JN]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H8847 [17OC]
Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9277 [26OC]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H5915 [14JY]
National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7744 [7SE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H4074 [25MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H6108 [19JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]
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), H9103 [25OC]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H7566 [28JY]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]
News media: provide a criminal penalty for journalists, who, without disclosure, accept Government payments to promote Government policies (see H.R. 649), H798 [17FE]
No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H5741 [12JY]
NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 921), H848 [1MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize and establish minimum drug testing standards for major professional sports leagues (see H.R. 2565), H3892 [24MY]
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), H9275 [26OC]
———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H848 [1MR]
Petroleum: require Presidential allocation of crude oil, fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system (see H.R. 3722), H8644 [29SE]
Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3099), H5361 [28JN]
Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H196 [25JA]
Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H8342 [22SE]
———improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H7742 [7SE]
Power resources: ensure fairness in gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating oil prices (see H.R. 4029), H10039 [8NO]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 3140), H5599 [30JN]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1264 [9MR]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 983), H1622 [16MR]
Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H12049 [16DE]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H12050 [16DE]
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), H8163 [20SE]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1846 [6AP]
Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 88), H11328 [8DE]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3556 [18MY]
Small Business Act: enhance section 8(a) program (see H.R. 4474), H11326 [8DE]
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), H12050 [16DE]
———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H8162 [20SE]
———ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H5176 [24JN]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]
———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3040), H7565 [28JY]
———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H2150 [19AP]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]
Southern California Association of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 247), H6108 [19JY]
Sports: recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 59), H3057 [5MY]
Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1897 [12AP]
———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), H9277 [26OC]
Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 2291), H3197 [11MY]
———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 1010), H1372 [10MR]
———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), H4073 [25MY]
———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H7565 [28JY]
———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]
———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers (see H.R. 3752), H8342 [22SE]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2395 [20AP]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H8644 [29SE]
———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H3114 [10MY]
———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8919 [18OC]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H983 [3MR]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]
Taylor, Charles: call on Nigeria to transfer custody to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law (see H. Con. Res. 127), H2551 [26AP]
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]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H5741 [12JY]
U.S. Parole Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3072), H8644 [29SE]
Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H8389 [27SE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]
Veterans: revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H7820 [12SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H5741 [12JY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H6107 [19JY] (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]
———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H1509 [15MR]
———extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 3734), H8648 [3OC]
———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H349 [2FE]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H2150 [19AP]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2684), H5177 [24JN]
Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H1897 [12AP]
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), H3060 [9MY]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 891), H791 [17FE]
Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 34), H1622 [16MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: require a minimum basic pay level for members serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 1683), H2148 [19AP]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices and provide housing counseling opportunities (see H.R. 4471), H11326 [8DE]
Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis, MO, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 452), H283 [1FE]
History: establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of certain Missouri cities from their homes between 1894 and 1901 and make recommendations regarding reparations (see H.R. 1977), H2735 [28AP]
Social Security: include comprehensive fiduciary standards in any legislation providing for individual accounts (see H. Con. Res. 54), H584 [10FE]
Tariff: basic yellow 40 chloride based (see H.R. 2774), H4186 [7JN]
———direct yellow 119 (see H.R. 2775), H4186 [7JN]
———4 [(4 amino phenyl) azo] benzene sulfonic acid (see H.R. 2776), H4186 [7JN]
———4 [(4 amino phenyl) azo] benzene sulfonic acid, monosodium salt (see H.R. 2772), H4186 [7JN]
———m-hydroxy benzaldehyde (see H.R. 2768), H4186 [7JN]
———n ethyl N (3- sulfobenzyl) aniline (see H.R. 2767), H4186 [7JN]
———oleoresin paprika (see H.R. 2777), H4187 [7JN]
———oleoresin turmeric (see H.R. 2773), H4186 [7JN]
———p-cresidine sulfonic acid (see H.R. 2765), H4186 [7JN]
———2,5 bis [(1,3 dioxobutyl) amino] benzene sulfonic acid (see H.R. 2771), H4186 [7JN]
———2,4 disulfo benzaldehyde (see H.R. 2766), H4186 [7JN]
———2 amino 5 sulfobenzoic acid (see H.R. 2769), H4186 [7JN]
———2 amino 6 nitro phenol 4 sulfonic acid (see H.R. 2770), H4186 [7JN]
———2 methyl 5 nitrobenzenesulfonic acid (see H.R. 2764), H4186 [7JN]
Taxation: provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 453), H283 [1FE]
Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, St. Louis, MO: designate Clyde S. Cahill Memorial Park (see H.R. 1556), H1894 [12AP]
Remarks
Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H104, H113 [6JA]
———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H104, H113 [6JA]
Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for mortgage insurance for mortgages or loans made by a lender engaging in predatory lending, H5526, H5527 [30JN]
Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis, MO, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 452), H11446 [13DE]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5526, H5527 [30JN]
Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H3807
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 (H.R. 3764), E1878
Pfizer, Inc.: tribute to humanitarian support for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, E298
Postal Service: reform postal laws (H.R. 22), H6514 [26JY]
Santoro, Claire E.: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, E922
St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Sumner High School, E1116
———tribute to St. Louis Public Library Central Branch, E238
Tributes
Ahmed, Malik, E2359
Ajanaku, Kenya, E1677
Deloch, Brother, E2183
Ebo, Mary Antona, E760
Freeman, Frankie Muse, E1844
Green, Percy, II, E757
Price, Wiley, Jr., E67
Spitzer, Mildred, E1354
Taylor, Larry G., E1499