DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)
Amendments
Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), H5863 [14JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]
Articles and editorials
Journalists To Honor Bradford, Maryville (TN) Daily Times, E537
Magnet for Admiration, Chandra Harris, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E2223
March of Death, Life, Fred Brown, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E1698
Maryville, Alcoa Honored for State Championships, Brad Gaskins, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E2531
Shiverdecker, Hicks Named MVPs, Kelly Franklin, Maryville (TN) Daily Times, E2530
Strongest Dad in the World, Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated (publication), H5085 [23JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Advertising: prohibit as indecent the broadcasting of any advertisement for a medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (see H.R. 1420), H1693 [17MR]
Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H8807 [7OC]
Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]
Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8643 [29SE]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H413 [8FE]
———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 280), H3435 [17MY]
Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3262 [12MY]
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: permit each State to provide a statue of an individual representing that State for display in the Capitol Visitors Center (see H.R. 3619), H7612 [29JY]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3332 [16MY]
———establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H8342 [22SE]
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), H1897 [12AP]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H521 [9FE]
Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H10910 [17NO]
Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 687), H7861 [13SE]
Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H2394 [20AP]
Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H412 [8FE]
Congress: allow vote to reverse Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress (see H.R. 3073), H5362 [28JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H8986 [19OC]
Conner, Garlin M.: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 605), H4802 [20JN]
Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]
———constitutional amendment on reconfirmation of district court judges by State executive and legislative authorities (see H.J. Res. 62), H7561 [28JY]
———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), H5915 [14JY]
———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]
———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H8388 [27SE]
———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see H.R. 1229), H1510 [15MR]
———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1372 [10MR]
Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 1208), H1264 [9MR]
Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]
Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H6329 [21JY]
Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H1025 [8MR]
Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H9044 [20OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize the Citizen Corps and establish the Border Corps (see H.R. 4099), H9641 [3NO]
Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H10503 [16NO]
Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H1691 [17MR]
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]
Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H8809 [7OC]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3262 [12MY]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4723 [17JN]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7815 [8SE]
District of Columbia: provide for sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property to facilitate utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property (see H.R. 3699), H7950 [14SE]
———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 314), H193 [25JA]
Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 4408), H11034 [18NO]
———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), H1510 [15MR]
FCC: prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (see H.R. 2354), H4144 [26MY]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3769 [23MY]
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: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2658), H4138 [26MY]
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]
———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 2387), H4144 [26MY]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H848 [1MR]
———technical correction to Federal preemption law, relative to State or local laws, concerning the markings and identification of imitation or toy firearms (see H.R. 1566), H4656 [16JN]
———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1692 [17MR]
Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 255), H8513 [28SE]
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), H1510 [15MR]
Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H. Res. 577), H11655 [14DE]
Foreign trade: require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (see H.R. 4405), H11033 [18NO]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7744 [7SE]
Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H4139 [26MY]
———require Congress to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 931), H5963 [18JY]
Health: require the FDA to disclose benefits of foods and dietary supplements and ensure the FTC bears the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements (see H.R. 4282), H10145 [9NO]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]
Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 278), H197 [25JA]
Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H10157 [10NO]
Hurricanes: require contracts relative to recovery efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita be awarded only after an open and fair bidding process (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8810 [7OC]
Immigration: assist certain sheriffs' offices to provide a second line of defense in border areas, conduct law enforcement operations along the southern U.S. border, and prevent lawlessness in border areas (see H.R. 4360), H10908 [17NO]
———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H2150 [19AP]
———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]
———establish a Border Patrol Auxiliary (see H.R. 3704), H8847 [17OC]
———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H11109 [6DE]
———reform (see H.R. 3938), H8642 [29SE]
Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]
Insurance: extend aviation war risk insurance program (see H.R. 3065), H5176 [24JN]
Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H.R. 3142), H5599 [30JN]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 55), H8514 [28SE]
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]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]
Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H3435 [17MY]
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]
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 940), H794 [17FE]
Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 17), H236 [26JA]
Medicaid: provide for health opportunity accounts (see H.R. 3757), H8163 [20SE]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H2103 [14AP]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H3262 [12MY]
Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H523 [9FE] (see H. Res. 20), H287 [1FE]
Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4561 [15JN]
Motor vehicles: allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty (see H.R. 623), H410 [8FE]
National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2738 [28AP]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]
National forests: make additional quantities of free firewood available to individuals from National Forest System lands (see H.R. 4251), H10038 [8NO]
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), H5252 [27JN]
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund: modify authorities for use (see H.R. 2107), H2977 [4MY]
National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H8986 [19OC]
National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]
National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]
National Tartan Day: establish (see H. Res. 41), H196 [25JA]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1297), H1507 [15MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize and establish minimum drug testing standards for major professional sports leagues (see H.R. 2565), H3892 [24MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 3918), H8387 [27SE] (see H.R. 4318), H11036 [18NO]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3263 [12MY]
Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1969 [13AP]
Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H4561 [15JN]
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), H6380 [22JY]
———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H233 [26JA]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]
Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8513 [28SE]
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]
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), H410 [8FE]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]
———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H78 [4JA]
———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1371 [10MR]
———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), H413 [8FE]
States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]
———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 1235), H1369 [10MR]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]
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), H10910 [17NO]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]
———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), H3262 [12MY]
———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H5252 [27JN]
———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]
———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3095), H9696 [4NO]
———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H6381 [22JY]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H4356 [9JN]
———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]
———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H5915 [14JY]
———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), H2646 [27AP]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H8919 [18OC]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 179), H197 [25JA]
———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H2103 [14AP]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H8643 [29SE]
———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 858), H718 [16FE]
———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H197 [25JA]
Telecommunications: shorten term of broadcast licenses and improve public access to broadcasters' public interests and programming information (see H.R. 1665), H2101 [14AP]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H11109 [6DE]
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: update feasibility and suitability study and include new trail segments (see H.R. 3085), H5361 [28JN]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]
Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8810 [7OC]
Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H75 [4JA]
U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H2551 [26AP]
———withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification (see H. Con. Res. 56), H584 [10FE]
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), H2550 [26AP]
———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 917), H1372 [10MR]
Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 369), H287 [1FE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see H.R. 2864), H4400 [13JN]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H5963 [18JY]
———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H9044 [20OC]
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.J. Res. 27), H1897 [12AP]
World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]
———recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H5740 [12JY]
———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H196 [25JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Corps of Engineers: carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (see H.R. 4650), H13188 [22DE]
Dept. of Transportation: require installation of second cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder system in commercial passenger aircraft utilizing combination deployable recorder technology (see H.R. 3336), H6106 [19JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow access to outside care for veterans with long waiting periods for treatment at outpatient clinics (see H.R. 76), H74 [4JA]
National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H79 [4JA]
Power resources: provide for local control of siting of windmills (see H.R. 2938), H4654 [16JN]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H8918 [18OC]
Social Security: allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 77), H74 [4JA]
———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (see H.R. 78), H74 [4JA]
Tennessee: designate the Cherokee Overhill Territory in Polk, McMinn, Monroe, and Meigs Counties as a National Heritage Area (see H.R. 3158), H5600 [30JN]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 4560), H11879 [15DE]
Histories
McMinn County Soil Conservation District, E171
Letters
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1860 [12AP]
———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H1860 [12AP]
Remarks
Alcoa, TN: tribute to Alcoa High School football team, E2530
Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (H.R. 3765), H8873, H8874 [18OC]
Ava Gardner Post Office, Smithfield, NC: designate (H.R. 3439), H8662 [6OC]
Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act: reauthorize, H11120, H11121 [7DE]
Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), consideration (H. Res. 588), H11230 [8DE]
Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California (H.R. 18), H1864 [12AP]
Capitol Visitors Center: funding, H1857 [12AP]
China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E355
Colorado River Indian Reservation: revise boundaries (H.R. 794), H1865, H1866 [12AP]
Corps of Engineers: Benton Harbor, MI, dredging project funding, H5815 [14JY]
———enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System, H5874 [14JY]
———permit reprogramming of funds to meet certain project cost increases and provide authority for continuing contracts, H3855
———revise guidelines used in determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H5871 [14JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4008
———continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts, H4008
———continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (H. Con. Res. 6), H420 [9FE]
———limit interventionist role in international conflicts, H12034 [16DE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3645, H3666 [19MY]
Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8541 [29SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3855
EPA: brownfield site assessment and cleanup program funding, H3645 [19MY]
———prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3666 [19MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (H.R. 3963), H11122, H11124 [7DE]
———reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 1721), H11120, H11121 [7DE]
Floyd Lupton Post Office, Belhaven, NC: designate (H.R. 2326), H4366, H4368 [13JN]
Foreign policy: impact of foreign interventionism, H4481, H4483 [14JN]
Greene, Sarah M.: Urban League Whitney M. Young Award recipient, E2223
Harbors: expand authority of non-Federal interests to levy harbor fees, H5872 [14JY]
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 (H. Res. 231), H3029, H3030
Hurricanes: effects of global warming, H8392 [28SE]
Immigration: require U.S. Border Patrol uniforms be manufactured in the U.S., H11115 [7DE]
Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H11271 [8DE]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1952 [13AP], H4481 [14JN], H12034 [16DE]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H3682 [19MY], H3880 [24MY], H5261 [28JN]
Jersey City, NJ: Liberty State Park environmental restoration activities funding, H5870 [14JY]
Knoxville, TN: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 20 of the Toqua District, Great Smoky Mountain Council, E2229
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.: anniversary, E2169
Lincoln National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 482), H1861, H1862 [12AP]
Maryville, TN: tribute to Maryville High School football team, E2531
McMinn County, TN: anniversary of Soil and Water Conservation District, E171
Mississippi River: require Corps of Engineers report on progress and maintain balance in regards to lock and dam modernization and ecosystem restoration, H5877 [14JY]
National Association of Clean Water Agencies: anniversary, E810
National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 15), H8656, H8657, H8658 [6OC]
National Tartan Day: establish (H. Res. 41), H1029, H1031 [9MR]
Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (H.R. 541), H1862, H1863 [12AP]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 276), H8658, H8659 [6OC]
Point of order, H3855 [24MY]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, H9333 [27OC]
Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1824 [6AP]
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 (H. Con. Res. 59), H8659, H8662 [6OC]
Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5167 [24JN]
———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (H. Res. 340), H5583 [30JN]
———hearing on use of eminent domain for private economic development purposes, H1335 [10MR]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1052 [9MR]
———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7575 [29JY]
Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (H.R. 135), H1858, H1859, H1860 [12AP]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 4560), E2574
———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), H5810, H5815, H5818, H5868, H5870, H5871, H5872, H5874, H5877, H5878 [14JY], H8220 [21SE]
———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), consideration (H. Res. 346), H5771 [13JY]
World Trade Organization: ruling on Utah ban on Internet gambling, H1739 [5AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1352 [10MR], H1774 [5AP], H1964 [13AP], H3553 [18MY], H3691 [19MY], H3890 [24MY], H5099 [23JN], H5175 [24JN], H8245 [21SE], H9358 [27OC], H11323 [8DE], H11878 [15DE], H12041 [16DE]
Tributes
Bradford, Tutt, E537
Exum, Larnell, E1752
Farragut, David G., H6331 [22JY]
Francis, Samuel, H996 [8MR]
Hoyt, Dick, H5084 [23JN]
Kennedy, Stephen, H1952 [13AP]
Lankford, Paul, E1698
Lee, John D., E1827
Lovell, Arnold B., H5743 [13JY]
Thomason, Paul, H1952 [13AP]