HART, MELISSA A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6287 [21JY]
Articles and editorials
Starving for the Truth, Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, H1726
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H7814 [8SE]
Afghanistan: protect archeological or ethnological materials (see H.R. 915), H793 [17FE]
Armed Forces: ensure that the confidential communications of a member of the Armed Forces with a victim service organization or a health care professional are not disclosed (see H.R. 3837), H8162 [20SE]
———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), H5603 [30JN]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H584 [10FE]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H6328 [21JY]
———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), H631 [15FE]
Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H2646 [27AP]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1645), H2100 [14AP]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1417 [14MR]
BLS: adopt statistical measures that accurately reflect the modern U.S. workforce (see H. Res. 14), H197 [25JA]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5435 (see H.R. 2872), H5480 [29JN]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]
Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]
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]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see H.R. 4124), H9473 [1NO]
Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H8648 [3OC]
———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H5435 (see H.R. 1355), H5479 [29JN] (see H.R. 2423), H5604 [30JN]
———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H5741 [12JY]
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), H4802 [20JN]
———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3004), H5604 [30JN]
Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3825), H8919 [18OC]
Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 61), H1265 [9MR]
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H8388 [27SE]
Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3256), H6328 [21JY]
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]
———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]
———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]
———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1689), H2148 [19AP]
———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 554), H630 [15FE]
———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11880 [15DE]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H2734 [28AP]
———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]
Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (see H.R. 2990), H8644 [29SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]
———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H1025 [8MR]
Croatia: recommend integration into NATO (see H. Res. 529), H10227 [15NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H5600 [30JN]
Dept. of Education: establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students (see H.R. 4097), H9473 [1NO]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9556 [2NO]
———establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H6652 [26JY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H137 [6JA]
Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H5914 [14JY]
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), H11880 [15DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 745), H2476 [25AP]
———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), H2738 [28AP]
Disasters: expedite payments of certain Federal emergency assistance and direct the Sec. of Homeland Security to exercise certain authority (see H.R. 1870), H8513 [28SE]
Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H10910 [17NO]
———anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1895 [12AP]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H2648 [27AP]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4561 [15JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H1371 [10MR]
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), H3262 [12MY]
Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H9277 [26OC]
Families and domestic relations: provide penalties for failure to pay certain obligations to spouses and ex-spouses that are similar to the penalties imposed for failure to pay child support obligations (see H.R. 229), H5603 [30JN]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H1372 [10MR]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]
———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H981 [3MR]
Federal agencies and departments: require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5600 [30JN]
Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H12051 [16DE] (see H.R. 4548), H11653 [14DE]
———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H9362 [27OC]
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: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3556 [18MY]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4401 [13JN]
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), H11035 [18NO]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]
———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (see H.R. 3283), H6108 [19JY]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6936 [27JY]
Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]
GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H1693 [17MR]
Health: ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H3261 [12MY]
———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]
———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (see H.R. 1353), H5638 [11JY]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H2550 [26AP]
———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]
Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see H.R. 3252), H6432 [25JY]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5915 [14JY]
House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H4561 [15JN]
Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6107 [19JY]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5599 [30JN]
———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 1172), H1024 [8MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7815 [8SE]
Insurance: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2946), H4655 [16JN]
———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]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H6328 [21JY]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1851 [8AP]
Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H980 [3MR]
Klebnikov, Paul: condemn murder of U.S. journalist in Russia and the murder of other members of the media (see H. Res. 499), H9963 [7NO]
Law enforcement: enforcement of restraining orders (see H. Res. 382), H8389 [27SE]
———make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H6432 [25JY]
———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H4356 [9JN]
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5915 [14JY]
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]
Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 2490), H3693 [19MY]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H3331 [16MY]
———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H7862 [13SE]
Medicare: coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H5361 [28JN]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H4722 [17JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2100 [14AP]
———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7862 [13SE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1896 [12AP]
Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 1980), H5362 [28JN]
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), H4141 [26MY]
National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]
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]
O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H6381 [22JY]
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. 4318), H12051 [16DE]
Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 892), H792 [17FE]
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. (see H.R. 3836), H8162 [20SE]
Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 635), H1779 [5AP]
Political campaigns: require prerecorded telephone calls to meet disclosure and disclaimer requirements applicable to radio campaign communications (see H.R. 4180), H12050 [16DE]
Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see H.R. 4144), H9275 [26OC]
Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H6936 [27JY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H719 [16FE]
Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8514 [28SE]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H11655 [14DE]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H1025 [8MR]
———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H1025 [8MR]
Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3304), H7566 [28JY]
———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 592), H1371 [10MR]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]
———express concern relative to pending bankruptcy and call for reform (see H. Res. 168), H1695 [17MR]
———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1778 [5AP]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1969 [13AP]
Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]
Tariff: 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), H1896 [12AP]
———allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves (see H.R. 3928), H8512 [28SE]
———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), H6936 [27JY]
———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9042 [20OC]
———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8089 [15SE]
———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H5801 [13JY]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H8089 [15SE]
———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H5915 [14JY]
———establish the Supportive Communities Helping Offer Opportunities for Learning Program and allow tax credit for contributions to qualified scholarship granting organizations (see H.R. 2426), H3554 [18MY]
———exclude certain truck tractors from Federal excise tax imposed on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail (see H.R. 1049), H3436 [17MY]
———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), H629 [15FE]
———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 380), H848 [1MR]
———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H5800 [13JY]
———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]
———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H4297 [8JN]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 877), H2150 [19AP]
———increase and extend temporary expensing for equipment used in refining of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3680), H8735 [6OC]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H848 [1MR]
———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H12168 [17DE]
———modify depreciation of property used in the transmission of electricity (see H.R. 1379), H3113 [10MY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H8919 [18OC]
———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1272), H7613 [29JY]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1693 [17MR]
———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]
———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 577), H631 [15FE]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2649 [27AP]
———provide for a transferable credit against income tax for production of energy from waste coal (see H.R. 3580), H7559 [28JY]
———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]
———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8386 [27SE]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 406), H1025 [8MR]
———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]
———provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 454), H413 [8FE]
———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H1845 [6AP]
———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1956), H3894 [24MY]
———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H1263 [9MR]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H1846 [6AP]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2646 [27AP]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H2473 [21AP]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H10145 [9NO]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H10227 [15NO]
Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H1025 [8MR]
U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POW (see H.R. 1598), H1968 [13AP]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H5362 [28JN]
Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2101 [14AP]
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), H4485 [14JN]
William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (see H.R. 3549), H7558 [28JY]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1417 [14MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H10144 [9NO]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1237), H1369 [10MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H3434 [17MY]
Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3972), H8732 [6OC]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1620 [16MR]
Pennsylvania: designate portions of Pennsylvania Route 60 and U.S. Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see H.R. 929), H793 [17FE]
Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1158), H1024 [8MR]
Tariff: Bayderm bottom 10 UD (see H.R. 2222), H3112 [10MY]
———Bayderm bottom DLV (see H.R. 2225), H3112 [10MY]
———Bayderm finish DLH (see H.R. 2223), H3112 [10MY]
———electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes (CRT's) (see H.R. 1733), H2393 [20AP]
———ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers (see H.R. 2226), H3112 [10MY]
———iminodisuccinate (see H.R. 2228), H3112 [10MY]
———Levagard DMPP (see H.R. 2224), H3112 [10MY]
———liquid crystal device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD direct view televisions (see H.R. 1734), H2393 [20AP]
———liquid crystal device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions (see H.R. 1732), H2393 [20AP]
———Mesamoll (see H.R. 2221), H3112 [10MY]
———ortho-phenylphenol (see H.R. 2227), H3112 [10MY]
———pontamine green 2B (see H.R. 2220), H3112 [10MY]
Taxation: allow new investment in, or mergers of biomedical research corporations without limiting tax benefits of net operating losses (see H.R. 4082), H8985 [19OC]
———provide for use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation (see H.R. 3451), H6932 [27JY]
———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3428), H6649 [26JY]
Terrorism: combat financing (see H.R. 3007), H4895 [21JN]
Remarks
Adult Literacy Lawrence County (organization): anniversary, E1777
American Association of University Women: anniversary of Beaver Valley, PA, branch, E313
Balmert, Stephen C.: Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship recipient, E1596
Beaver, PA: anniversary of Beaver United Methodist Church, E1225
Beaver Falls, PA: anniversary of Central United Methodist Church, E1531
Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11240, H11253 [8DE]
Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8201 [21SE]
Chinese New Year: observance, E194
Collier, Chris: Lawrence County, PA, Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E1231
Commodity Exchange Act: promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4473), H11560 [14DE]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), consideration (H. Res. 96), H651 [16FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), consideration (H. Res. 236), H2568 [27AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3496 [18MY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 280), H11458 [13DE]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), E1983
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6174 [20JY], H6550 [26JY], H6909 [27JY]
East Deer, PA: tribute to disaster response team responding to train derailment, E309
Ellwood City, PA: anniversary of United Fund, E2012
Emsworth, PA: anniversary of Emsworth Volunteer Fire Co., E311
FEMA: temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 4133), H10338 [16NO]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), consideration (H. Res. 493), H8882 [18OC]
Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6448 [26JY], H6851 [27JY]
Hampton, PA: anniversary of North Hampton Volunteer Fire Dept., E312
Harmony, PA: anniversary of Harmony Museum, E1527
———tribute to Seneca Valley High School girls' volleyball team, E57
Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8262 [22SE]
———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), consideration (H. Res. 455), H8262 [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), H6986 [28JY]
———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), H3806 [24MY]
———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), Senate amendment, H12070 [17DE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3825 [24MY]
Hermitage, PA: dedication of Shenango Valley YMCA, E2283
Immigration: reaffirm authority of State and local law enforcement to enforce certain immigration laws, H3496 [18MY]
J.J. Kennedy, Inc.: anniversary, E1908
Lawrence County Builders Association: anniversary, E1776
Lawrence County Economic Development Corp.: anniversary, E1769
Leetsdale, PA: Quaker Valley High School inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of nation's top high schools, E1228
McCandless Township, PA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 329, E1910
McCandless Township Sanitary Authority: anniversary, E2333
Mercer County, PA: anniversary of Head Start Program, E2286
———anniversary of POW/MIA ceremony, E189
Murrysville, PA: tribute to Franklin Regional High School football team, E2549
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 (H.R. 418), consideration (H. Res. 71), H453
New Castle, PA: anniversary of St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church, E56
———anniversary of Wimodausis Club of New Castle, E191
New Kensington, PA: opening of Joslin Diabetic Clinic, E1228
New Wilmington, PA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 733, E53
O'Hara Township, PA: anniversary of the Parkview Volunteer Fire Dept., E1774
Penn Detroit Diesel Allison, Inc.: tribute to new Pittsburgh facility, E2488
Pennsylvania American Water (business): Partnership for Safe Water Directors Award recipient, E2281
Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11764 [15DE]
Pileggi, Hannah: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America National Essay contest honoree, E1226
Plum, PA: anniversary of Plum Borough Senior Community Center, E1224
Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1813 [6AP]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2204 [20AP]
Pregnancy Care Centers (organization): anniversary, E694
Sacco, George: International Code Council Foundation Silent Defender award recipient, E1227
Sakey, Warren: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America National Essay contest honoree, E1226
Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1726
Semanchik, Thomas J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1230
Sewickley, PA: tribute to Sewickley Tuskegee Airmen, E1676
Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (H.R. 3304), H6192, H6194, H6195 [20JY]
Society of Automotive Engineers International: anniversary, E687
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team International: tribute, E1772
St. Barnabas, PA: anniversary of Village at St. Barnabas (retirement community), E1526
Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1158), H2482 [26AP]
Stepfamily Association of America: tribute, E1766
Taxation: provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), H8019 [15SE]
Terrorism: combat financing, H6288, H6290 [21JY], H11539
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6288, H6290 [21JY]
———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11539
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, E1983
Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (H.R. 366), H2898 [4MY]
West Deer, PA: anniversary of West Deer Volunteer Fire Dept., E1911
West Pittsburg, PA: anniversary of West Pittsburg United Methodist Church, E1225
West View, PA: anniversary, E685
Zelienople, PA: anniversary of Passavant Retirement Community, E58
Tributes
Bagnall, Gertrude, E693
Conner, Jim, E61
Donaldson, Judie, E2014
Fragasso, Robert, E2389
Introcaso, Candace, E689
Larkin, Thomas, E60
Likar, Frank J., E63
McCaffrey, Robert, E688
McCarrier, William L., E691
McGlumphy, Kenneth, E190
Meade, Debra, E1765
Ogrodowski, William, E1595
Sieg, Melissa, E62
Straub, Bill, E1765