SIMMONS, ROB (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4001, H4002 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3332 [16MY]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5364 [28JN], H5488 [30JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]
———H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H9605 [3NO]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H2081 [14AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H11654 [14DE]
Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5100 [23JN]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]
Animals: treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 1329), H1620 [16MR]
Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H5916 [14JY]
Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]
———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), H1025 [8MR]
———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), H9044 [20OC]
———establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews (see H.R. 1308), H3056 [5MY]
———improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserve to recognize their service and to encourage recruitment and retention of personnel (see H.R. 2484), H3693 [19MY]
———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA]
———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H2648 [27AP]
———prohibit requirement of anthrax and smallpox immunizations without members' consent and correct records of those previously punished for refusing such vaccines (see H.R. 514), H1371 [10MR]
———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H2648 [27AP]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8734 [6OC] (see H.R. 2874), H5362 [28JN]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]
———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 197), H8648 [3OC]
———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), H9103 [25OC]
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), H8090 [15SE]
Asia: commend support to victims of earthquake that struck South Asia (see H. Res. 561), H11328 [8DE]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H2551 [26AP]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: recognize anniversary and support mission and goals (see H. Con. Res. 41), H1265 [9MR]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]
Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11880 [15DE]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]
Bush, President: transmit information on contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers (see H. Res. 488), H9044 [20OC]
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 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]
Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H524 [9FE]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3695 [19MY]
———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H3554 [18MY]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 1142), H1023 [8MR]
———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H1780 [5AP]
———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H9276 [26OC]
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]
China, Republic of: enhance security (see H. Con. Res. 219), H7815 [8SE]
———oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law and reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 76), H849 [1MR]
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), H582 [10FE]
Coast Guard: 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]
Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit both the environment and economies of coastal communities (see H.R. 3187), H5915 [14JY]
Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H1509 [15MR]
Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming (see H.R. 2216), H12050 [16DE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H9103 [25OC]
Connecticut: designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1344), H1621 [16MR]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H6381 [22JY]
Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1360), H4143 [26MY]
———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]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H10157 [10NO]
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), H2880 [3MY]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]
———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H4722 [17JN]
Croatia: recommend integration into NATO (see H. Res. 529), H10227 [15NO]
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]
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: postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2427), H3769 [23MY]
———require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H2395 [20AP]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8089 [15SE]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1370 [10MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct reviews of certain contract actions for the Secure Border Initiative (see H.R. 4284), H10145 [9NO]
———establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 4312), H11036 [18NO]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H984 [3MR]
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]
Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H10158 [10NO]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H8513 [28SE]
Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9473 [1NO]
———enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 944), H9696 [4NO]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10039 [8NO]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H6205 [20JY]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H5916 [14JY]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7566 [28JY]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H2879 [3MY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8986 [19OC]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1237), H1697 [17MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7565 [28JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H942 [2MR]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H11035 [18NO]
Education: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 2663), H4139 [26MY]
———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H1692 [17MR]
FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H2880 [3MY]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H798 [17FE] (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]
FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 3876), H9426 [28OC]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9426 [28OC]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1779 [5AP]
———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 1317), H1508 [15MR]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1026 [8MR]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 633), H410 [8FE]
———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3436 [17MY]
———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H8985 [19OC]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1509 [15MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 1721), H2393 [20AP]
Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H4297 [8JN]
———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]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]
Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H524 [9FE]
———recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 188), H1778 [5AP]
Fish and fishing: establish requirements for fishing quota systems (see H.R. 3278), H5912 [14JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]
Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see H.R. 1413), H3056 [5MY]
FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 1950), H8809 [7OC]
———revise telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 4072), H9426 [28OC]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7673 [6SE]
Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4575), H12168 [17DE]
Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see H.R. 1215), H1368 [10MR]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2151 [19AP]
Haiti: establish a program to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction assistance (see H.R. 611), H631 [15FE]
Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H6328 [21JY]
Health: 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), H2149 [19AP]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H4296 [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. 768), H1372 [10MR] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]
Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H6381 [22JY]
———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 215), H3055 [5MY]
Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1777 [5AP]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]
Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6205 [20JY]
———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1461), H5915 [14JY]
Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H1896 [12AP]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H4895 [21JN]
———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H586 [14FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain visa programs to prevent unintended U.S. job losses and increase Dept. of Labor monitoring and enforcement authority over such programs (see H.R. 3322), H5963 [18JY]
———exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H8735 [6OC]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H5600 [30JN]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H5801 [13JY]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H942 [2MR]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3435 [17MY]
———provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H7815 [8SE]
Iranian Americans: condemn bigotry, violence, and discrimination against (see H. Res. 367), H6937 [27JY]
Israel: congratulate on election of Dan Gillerman as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 367), H6937 [27JY]
Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1970 [13AP]
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]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H848 [1MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
———issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1780 [5AP]
Linda White-Epps Post Office, Hamden, CT: designate (see H.R. 627), H1696 [17MR]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H719 [16FE]
Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H6652 [26JY]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H8734 [6OC]
———provide for health opportunity accounts (see H.R. 3757), H8342 [22SE]
———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), H11035 [18NO]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H3056 [5MY]
———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H8163 [20SE]
———require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4401 [13JN]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H2473 [21AP]
———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 3161), H7565 [28JY]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H11220 [7DE]
———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 3047), H8735 [6OC]
———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H1691 [17MR]
———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), H798 [17FE]
———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H8847 [17OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1779 [5AP]
Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H11653 [14DE]
———reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H8808 [7OC]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H7949 [14SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6328 [21JY]
National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]
National Arson Awareness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 252), H2738 [28AP]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 200), H2395 [20AP]
National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H412 [8FE]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see H.R. 3046), H11328 [8DE]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]
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), H9044 [20OC]
———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H7814 [8SE]
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H10502 [16NO]
National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 212), H2474 [21AP]
National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H1026 [8MR]
National School Lunch Act: provide automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose parents are enlisted active-duty military personnel (see H.R. 844), H3056 [5MY]
National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (see H.R. 1544), H1893 [12AP]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H9436 [31OC]
Navy: anniversary of disappearance of Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19 (see H. Res. 500), H10161 [14NO]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 86), H584 [10FE]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 1506), H1845 [6AP]
NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program (see H.R. 3835), H8162 [20SE]
Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a Committee on Ocean Policy (see H.R. 2939), H6936 [27JY]
Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7860 [13SE]
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H1897 [12AP]
Pakistan: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4073), H9641 [3NO]
Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H7744 [7SE]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H7949 [14SE]
Political campaigns: clarify disclosure requirements of identifying information within certain campaign communications (see H.R. 1580), H1895 [12AP]
———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (see H.R. 513), H1847 [6AP]
———require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 491), H285 [1FE]
———require prerecorded telephone calls to meet disclosure and disclaimer requirements applicable to radio campaign communications (see H.R. 4180), H11880 [15DE]
Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]
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), H4188 [7JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1370 [10MR]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1847 [6AP]
Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2473 [21AP]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H848 [1MR]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H7814 [8SE]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H1897 [12AP]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Schaghticoke Tribal National: repeal Federal acknowledgment (see H.R. 1104), H982 [3MR]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]
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), H11880 [15DE]
———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H2880 [3MY]
———provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3050), H5100 [23JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]
———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H797 [17FE]
Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (see H.R. 3933), H8513 [28SE]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]
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), H411 [8FE]
———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), H4139 [26MY]
———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H3056 [5MY]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H7564 [28JY]
———allow credit for residential solar energy property (see H.R. 17), H196 [25JA]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H3262 [12MY]
———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2473 [21AP]
———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), H2738 [28AP]
———allow individuals to designate overpayments to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts (see H.R. 3905), H8386 [27SE]
———allow tax credits to holders of stem cell research bonds (see H.R. 1650), H2101 [14AP]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1692 [17MR]
———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]
———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H1847 [6AP]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H1264 [9MR]
———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]
———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H10156 [10NO]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 877), H1622 [16MR]
———maintain current mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 272), H10503 [16NO]
———maintain incentives for charitable gifts of conservation easements (see H. Con. Res. 304), H11110 [6DE]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H3262 [12MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]
———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1663), H2101 [14AP]
———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H6327 [21JY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP] (see H.R. 3159), H7743 [7SE]
———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]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H7744 [7SE]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H796 [17FE]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4561 [15JN]
———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H8919 [18OC]
———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H3695 [19MY]
———provide small business tax incentives, increase the minimum wage, and increase the exemption for annual gross volume of business done by an enterprise (see H.R. 1091), H1897 [12AP]
———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 402), H413 [8FE]
———provide transition funding rules for certain plans, including airline industry pension plans, electing to cease future benefit accruals (see H.R. 2106), H4074 [25MY]
———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]
———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H1263 [9MR]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H236 [26JA]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H7861 [13SE]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H1845 [6AP]
———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 1063), H1510 [15MR]
———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7741 [7SE]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H2978 [4MY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1897 [12AP]
———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5604 [30JN]
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act: make teacher loan forgiveness provisions permanent (see H.R. 670), H1696 [17MR]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H2103 [14AP]
———prohibit use of autodialers for purposes of political solicitations (see H.R. 2294), H8847 [17OC]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H4188 [7JN]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H9472 [1NO]
Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H583 [10FE]
Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H10145 [9NO]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4401 [13JN]
———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 30), H72 [4JA]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H5176 [24JN]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H8342 [22SE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H1779 [5AP]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H4296 [8JN]
World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]
———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H196 [25JA]
Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H10146 [9NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]
FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in Connecticut (see H.R. 971), H795 [17FE]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 307), H193 [25JA]
Mystic, CT: anniversary of Mystic Seaport—the Museum of America and the Sea (see H. Con. Res. 152), H3331 [16MY]
Native Americans: provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 1354), H1621 [16MR]
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see H.R. 1205), H1264 [9MR]
Tariff: camel hair (see H.R. 2462, 2464, 2466), H3555 [18MY]
———camel hair waste (see H.R. 2463), H3555 [18MY]
———carded cashmere yarn (see H.R. 2460), H3555 [18MY]
———cashmere hair (see H.R. 2461), H3555 [18MY]
———combed cashmere and camel hair yarn (see H.R. 2459), H3555 [18MY]
———cotton fabrics (see H.R. 1945), H2647 [27AP]
———fine animal hair of Kashmir (cashmere) goats (see H.R. 2467), H3556 [18MY]
———natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H2647 [27AP]
———noils of camel hair (see H.R. 2468), H3556 [18MY]
———woven fabric containing vicuna hair (see H.R. 2465), H3555 [18MY]
Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1581), H1895 [12AP]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2101 [14AP]
Letters
Long Island Sound appropriations extension: Alexandra Breslin, Audubon Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]
———M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]
———Robin Kriesberg, Save the Sound (organization), H11123 [7DE]
Remarks
Amtrak: funding, H5397
Coast Guard: Integrated Deepwater System Program funding, H8235 [21SE]
———research and development funding, H3382 [17MY]
———role in disaster relief and security efforts, H8234, H8236, H8237 [21SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2603
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), H9306
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4003, H4028 [25MY]
———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations, H4028 [25MY]
———recommendation to close New London, CT, Naval Submarine Base, H9306
Dept. of HHS: Community Services Block Grant Program funding, H5031
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3529, H3531 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3382 [17MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5031
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5397
Essex, CT: anniversary of Essex Island Marina, E625
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (H.R. 3963), H11123 [7DE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4916
Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), H7635 [2SE]
Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11009 [18NO]
IRS: prohibit funding to enter into contracts with private collection companies to collect IRS debt, H5489 [30JN]
National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3217 [12MY]
Phan Van Khai: U.S. visit, E1323
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1319
Veterans: authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for National Guard and Reserve veterans under the age of 60 and their dependents, H4003 [25MY]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (H.R. 1664), E670
Vietnam: U.S. policy, E1323
Votes: position on missed, H1204
World War II: anniversary of Doolittle Raider bombing flights over Japan, E868
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4184 [7JN], H7643 [2SE]
Resignations
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H437 [9FE]
Tributes
Chase, Marvin, E2559
Hoskins, Christopher L., E1496
Parks, Rosa, E2259
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, E2560
Walsh, John, E1792