SCHWARTZ, ALLYSON Y. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]
House Democracy Assistance Commission, H3454 [18MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 523), H9426 [28OC]
America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]
———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), H7564 [28JY]
———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), H8919 [18OC]
———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), H7949 [14SE]
———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H942 [2MR]
———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2649 [27AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1969 [13AP]
———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), H8342 [22SE]
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), H5964 [18JY]
Bankruptcy: provide relief relative to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3697), H8810 [7OC]
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1645), H11504 [13DE]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1622 [16MR]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12051 [16DE]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H1622 [16MR]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H2739 [28AP]
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 3281), H5912 [14JY]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4297 [8JN]
———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H4187 [7JN]
———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2395 [20AP]
Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 21), H236 [26JA]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 1393), H7613 [29JY]
Classified information: 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), H9642 [3NO]
Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3825), H8919 [18OC]
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), H9044 [20OC]
———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]
Coast Guard: require notification regarding obstructions to navigation (see H.R. 1412), H1693 [17MR]
———tribute to response to Hurricane Katrina and provide temporary relief to certain persons affected by such hurricane relative to certain laws administered by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 4508), H11503 [13DE]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H6936 [27JY]
Community development: allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable employees to establish employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker owned cooperatives (see H.R. 2457), H5362 [28JN]
Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3256), H6328 [21JY]
Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 722), H522 [9FE]
Courts: clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts (see H.R. 865), H6328 [21JY]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]
Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H8342 [22SE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H5435 (see H.R. 2662), H5480 [29JN]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H6107 [19JY]
Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: consider homeland security contributions and value when reviewing list of military installations recommended for realignment or closure (see H.R. 2667), H4139 [26MY]
Dept. of Defense: expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H8736 [6OC]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8089 [15SE]
Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H6432 [25JY]
Dept. of HHS: provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H9044 [20OC]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H6205 [20JY]
Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2104 [14AP]
Dept. of Justice: 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]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H8809 [7OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 2959), H8735 [6OC]
———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), H7861 [13SE]
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see H.R. 2512), H7949 [14SE]
Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]
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), H4144 [26MY]
———prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1622 [16MR]
Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H6652 [26JY]
———anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1895 [12AP]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H5479 [29JN]
———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 3369), H9044 [20OC] (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H6205 [20JY]
Education: provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]
———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 49), H6381 [22JY]
El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [6OC]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H9361 [27OC]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H11880 [15DE]
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), H5915 [14JY]
European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H849 [1MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform child labor provisions (see H.R. 2870), H5252 [27JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H5801 [13JY]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H11504 [13DE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H4187 [7JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4493), H11327 [8DE]
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), H7743 [7SE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]
Frank, Anne: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 48), H3055 [5MY]
Great Lakes: improve program coordination (see H.R. 2129), H3199 [11MY]
Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases (see H.R. 3854), H8247 [21SE]
———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), H4297 [8JN]
———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), H2975 [4MY]
———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H8735 [6OC]
———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H7743 [7SE]
———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H4297 [8JN]
———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), H3768 [23MY]
Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1222), H2473 [21AP]
Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see H.R. 3569), H7950 [14SE]
———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), H6205 [20JY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H5176 [24JN]
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 125), H7566 [28JY]
Ho, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 597), H11503 [13DE]
Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 39), H196 [25JA]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H7949 [14SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H11328 [8DE]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H5435 (see H.R. 2717), H5480 [29JN]
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]
———issue a special postage stamp to afford a means by which the public may contribute to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (see H.R. 3740), H8810 [7OC]
———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3802), H8087 [15SE]
Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H8735 [6OC]
Indonesia: support the memorandum of understanding signed by the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement to end the conflict in Aceh Province (see H. Res. 456), H10503 [16NO]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1509 [15MR]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H630 [15FE]
Israel: congratulate on election of Dan Gillerman as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 368), H8090 [15SE]
Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]
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]
Law enforcement: provide grants to State and local governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs (see H.R. 3407), H6380 [22JY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H1969 [13AP]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H798 [17FE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8388 [27SE]
Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 2490), H3693 [19MY]
Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6652 [26JY]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H8734 [6OC]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H5435 (see H.R. 1333), H5479 [29JN]
———anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6652 [26JY]
———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H5604 [30JN]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H4561 [15JN]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H1264 [9MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H1696 [17MR]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H11110 [6DE]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6205 [20JY]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H8846 [17OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2738 [28AP]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6328 [21JY]
———raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety (see H. Con. Res. 278), H9642 [3NO]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H5801 [13JY]
Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 144), H4074 [25MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]
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]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H9047 [24OC]
———require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8348 [26SE]
Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H5742 [12JY]
National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]
National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H9427 [28OC]
National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response: establish (see H.R. 3706), H7813 [8SE]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H4296 [8JN]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H4655 [16JN]
NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 2325), H3260 [12MY]
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), H9696 [4NO]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H1622 [16MR]
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]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8513 [28SE]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 3140), H10910 [17NO]
Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H4656 [16JN]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H5176 [24JN]
Railroads: provide for continued operation of Amtrak and establish a support program for certain rail infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2992), H4802 [20JN]
Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H6936 [27JY]
Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H9363 [27OC]
Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1623 [16MR]
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 1323), H12050 [16DE]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H4073 [25MY]
Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H2102 [14AP]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H984 [3MR]
Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H3113 [10MY]
———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), H7862 [13SE]
Syria: end occupation of Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 32), H848 [1MR]
———human rights and civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 18), H848 [1MR]
Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H7815 [8SE]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H4486 [14JN]
———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H2150 [19AP]
———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11326 [8DE]
———maintain incentives for charitable gifts of conservation easements (see H. Con. Res. 304), H10909 [17NO]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP]
———permit subchapter S election to be made on returns filed prior to the due date with extensions, reduce certain payroll deposit penalties, and allow certain married couples to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 3629), H10910 [17NO]
———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H4143 [26MY]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H6205 [20JY]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]
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), H12050 [16DE]
Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 562), H1509 [15MR]
———normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H11880 [15DE]
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), H5362 [28JN]
———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H1025 [8MR]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]
Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H983 [3MR]
Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8736 [6OC]
William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (see H.R. 3549), H7558 [28JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1697 [17MR]
———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]
CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H2550 [26AP]
Medicare: protect enrollees eligible for prescription drug benefit coverage from abusive marketing practices (see H.R. 4645), H12289 [18DE]
Taxation: 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), H1621 [16MR]
Motions
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H9492 [2NO]
Remarks
Abington Township, PA: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, E2193
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (H. Res. 523), H9380
American Cancer Society: observance of Great American Smokeout, E2374
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H12233
Armed Forces: tribute to families of members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, E2621
Budget: allocation of funds, H696 [16FE]
———deficit, H696 [16FE], H10628 [17NO]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10002 [8NO], H10628 [17NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1565 [16MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2711 [28AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 86), H3076 [10MY]
———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 136), H3078 [10MY]
———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 135), H3077 [10MY]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), H8034 [15SE]
———require notification regarding obstructions to navigation, H8034 [15SE]
———require notification regarding obstructions to navigation (H.R. 1412), H5199 [27JN]
Corps of Engineers: Delaware River preservation funding, H5814 [14JY]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), H9304
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 639), H12233
———recommendation to close Willow Grove, PA, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, H9304
Dept. of Energy: accelerate research, development, demonstration, and deployment of new energy technologies, H3777 [24MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, E2118
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), consideration (H. Res. 291), H3777 [24MY]
FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, H9492, H9494 [2NO]
———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H8790 [7OC]
Holocaust: commend countries and organizations marking anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and strengthen fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism (H. Res. 39), H154 [25JA]
Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11020
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11020
Israel: independence anniversary, E974
Jordan: condemn terrorist attacks in Amman (H. Res. 546), E2426
Ken-Crest Services (organization): anniversary, E694
Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (H.R. 438), E1977
Pennsylvania: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, E2487
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8783, H8790 [7OC]
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to Christa Lewis Memorial Arboretum, E2120
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2210
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, E1731
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (H.R. 1323), H8144 [20SE]
SBA: loan programs funding, H9492, H9494 [2NO]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), motion to instruct conferees, H9492, H9494 [2NO]
Social Security: privatization proposals, H696 [16FE]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1055
Votes: correction, E1977
———position on missed, E2473
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), H5814 [14JY]
Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (H. Con. Res. 248), E2117
Tributes
Hoeffel, Joseph M., E2128
Krout, Kurt, E2621
Kulick, John, E2621
Pope John Paul II, E622
Straub, Francis, Jr., E2621
Toczylowski, Jeffrey, E2621