STUPAK, BART (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4263, H4266 [8JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3557 [18MY], H3665 [19MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3770 [23MY], H3871, H3873 [24MY]
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8778 [7OC]
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), H5870 [14JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]
Articles and editorials
White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs, David G. Savage, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H1459 [15MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H195 [25JA]
Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 1565), H1894 [12AP]
———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), H2472 [21AP]
———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 2874), H5362 [28JN]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H5603 [30JN]
———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H2649 [27AP]
———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), H350 [2FE]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 2358), H4561 [15JN]
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]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3695 [19MY]
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), H2739 [28AP]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H631 [15FE]
Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H286 [1FE]
Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H2104 [14AP]
Correctional institutions: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 1806), H11655 [14DE]
Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]
Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H4487 [14JN]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]
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 Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H11328 [8DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: prepare an annual report specifying the number of non-Federal employees of the Farm Service Agency needed to handle the workload generated by programs administered by the Agency (see H.R. 2209), H8089 [15SE]
Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10157 [10NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 154), H3055 [5MY]
Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 4228), H9641 [3NO]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of maritime sites in Michigan (see H.R. 3532), H8388 [27SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H7743 [7SE]
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 program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H3894 [24MY]
———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 3948), H10910 [17NO] (see H.R. 4025), H10227 [15NO]
———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H5913 [14JY]
Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H10146 [9NO]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H7861 [13SE]
Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H11221 [7DE]
Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see H. Res. 98), H630 [15FE]
Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H2550 [26AP]
———expand the scope of information required for the data bank on clinical trials for drugs (see H.R. 3196), H5602 [30JN]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1237), H2473 [21AP]
Education: improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H4561 [15JN]
———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H9556 [2NO]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H234 [26JA]
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H5435 (see H.R. 363), H5479 [29JN]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H11036 [18NO]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H12051 [16DE]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8388 [27SE]
FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H1897 [12AP]
———repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H1847 [6AP]
FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, improve postmarket drug safety, regulate off-label uses, and clarify liability for approved drugs (see H.R. 2090), H2976 [4MY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H4073 [25MY]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H6652 [26JY]
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. 3656), H7672 [6SE]
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), H3695 [19MY]
———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), H4896 [21JN]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H4187 [7JN]
Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3049), H6107 [19JY]
Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (see H.R. 3157), H11110 [6DE]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]
Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office, Gagetown, MI: designate (see H.R. 3368), H8514 [28SE]
Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H9276 [26OC]
Health: 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]
———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]
Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H11504 [13DE]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H1371 [10MR]
Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2960), H5435 (see H.R. 2960), H5480 [29JN]
———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]
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]
Immigration: provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]
———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H586 [14FE]
Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]
Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H8514 [28SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H5435 (see H.R. 363), H5479 [29JN]
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 nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H8162 [20SE]
International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H7814 [8SE]
Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H980 [3MR]
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]
Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 960), H11220 [7DE]
———adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
———amend the matching grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests (see H.R. 4215), H9555 [2NO]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H1896 [12AP]
Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H4486 [14JN]
Medicare: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]
———ensure that prescription drug benefits have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs (see H.R. 2746), H5362 [28JN]
———exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H3695 [19MY]
———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1946), H3056 [5MY]
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, and provide other additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 4410), H11034 [18NO]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H11035 [18NO]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H413 [8FE]
———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H11109 [6DE]
———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 880), H791 [17FE]
———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H4356 [9JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: prohibit coverage of sex-enhancing drugs for individuals convicted of a sex offense (see H.R. 2626), H4188 [7JN]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H7861 [13SE]
———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H4656 [16JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]
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), H7564 [28JY]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H7815 [8SE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H5915 [14JY]
National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H10146 [9NO]
National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H2472 [21AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]
National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 178), H7566 [28JY]
National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response: establish (see H.R. 3706), H7820 [12SE]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H8733 [6OC]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H942 [2MR]
No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H6381 [22JY]
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H4656 [16JN]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: ensure that the People's Republic of China complies with its obligations to protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10909 [17NO]
———establish Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see H.R. 4186), H11220 [7DE]
OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H9277 [26OC]
Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11328 [8DE]
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), H9556 [2NO]
Patent and Trademark Office: tribute to issuance of 500,000th design patent (see H. Con. Res. 53), H584 [10FE]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3055 [5MY]
Petroleum: lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (see H. Res. 299), H4297 [8JN]
Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1848 [6AP]
POW: pay certain claimants that were held captive during the Persian Gulf Conflict who brought suit against Iraq (see H.R. 1321), H2473 [21AP]
Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 878), H791 [17FE]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H3199 [11MY]
———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3695 [19MY]
Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H3434 [17MY]
Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7815 [8SE]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 2967), H4721 [17JN]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H7564 [28JY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]
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), H1896 [12AP]
———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H5176 [24JN]
———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), H8088 [15SE]
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 2491), H3693 [19MY]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: provide for secondary containment to prevent methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and petroleum contamination (see H.R. 879), H791 [17FE]
States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H3262 [12MY]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H10038 [8NO]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]
———unidirectional (cardioid) electret condenser microphone modules (see H.R. 1202), H10910 [17NO]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H9472 [1NO]
———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]
———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), H8513 [28SE]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11504 [13DE]
———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), 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), H4400 [13JN]
———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), H2978 [4MY]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H8248 [21SE]
———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11504 [13DE]
———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (see H.R. 2070), H2975 [4MY]
———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]
———provide that tax on distilled spirits, wine, and beer are collected quarterly from certain small taxpayers (see H.R. 1520), H8248 [21SE]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]
Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H6328 [21JY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H10145 [9NO]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see H.R. 4506), H11880 [15DE]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8089 [15SE]
University of Michigan: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 366), H6206 [20JY]
Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 805), H628 [15FE]
———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), H1025 [8MR]
———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H5963 [18JY]
———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H2649 [27AP]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]
———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H9103 [25OC]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H1509 [15MR]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]
Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 213), H78 [4JA]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1369 [10MR]
———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H8847 [17OC]
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.J. Res. 27), H1897 [12AP]
Zimbabwe: condemn government operation under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order (see H. Res. 409), H10146 [9NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 336), H4896 [21JN]
Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 350), H5603 [30JN]
Corps of Engineers: carry out the Menominee Harbor and River dredging project (see H.R. 667), H412 [8FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: transfer certain land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3314), H5913 [14JY]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit purchase of certain steel or equipment, products, or systems made with steel that is not melted and poured in the U.S. (see H.R. 4521), H11503 [13DE]
Dept. of the Interior: modify a certain land grant patent (see H.R. 3606), H7561 [28JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4288), H10145 [9NO]
Drugs: establish certain restrictions on drugs containing isotretinoin, including the drug marketed as Accutane (see H.R. 2956), H4655 [16JN]
Education: provide loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain school administrators in low-income areas (see H.R. 4522), H11503 [13DE]
EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2109), H2977 [4MY]
Great Lakes: prohibit issuance of Federal or State permit or lease for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling (see H.R. 2930), H4654 [16JN]
Insurance: make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 4424), H11034 [18NO]
Mackinaw (vessel): convey Coast Guard cutter, upon decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, MI, for purposes of a museum (see H.R. 1448), H1694 [17MR]
Medicare: provide beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices (see H.R. 4610), H12049 [16DE] (see H.R. 4652), H13189 [22DE]
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 4386), H10909 [17NO]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8513 [28SE]
Railroad Retirement Act: provide that a current connection is not lost by an individual who is misled or misinformed by the Railroad Retirement Board (see H.R. 2738), H4141 [26MY]
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 1323), H1508 [15MR]
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial: designate visitor center and other related facilities as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Site (see H.R. 4336), H10226 [15NO]
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]
Lists
Groups against the EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3666 [19MY]
Religious organizations opposing the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), H6923
Studies on versatility of adult stem cells for stem cell research, H3837 [24MY]
Motions
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8478 [28SE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4246, H4263, H4264, H4266, H4267, H4268 [8JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1458 [15MR]
Bay City, MI: anniversary, E577
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, H2515 [26AP]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10045 [9NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2515 [26AP]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (H. Res. 336), E1739
Buy American Act: compliance, H3502 [18MY]
Carney, MI: tribute to Carney-Nadeau High School girls' basketball team, E342
Charlevoix, MI: anniversary, E1644
———tribute to Charlevoix High School girls' basketball team, E341
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), H8034 [15SE]
Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H122
———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H122
Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding for implementation of certain OMB guidelines determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H3873 [24MY]
———revise guidelines used in determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H5870 [14JY]
Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (H.R. 1151), H1731
Crystal Falls, MI: tribute to Forest Park High School football team, E338
Curtis, MI: anniversary, E1433
Dept. of Energy: evaluate and report on the availability of skilled workers to meet energy security requirements, H2372 [20AP]
Dept. of HHS: ensure prescription drug clinical trials required to be listed in a public database are listed before a drug is approved for market, H4263, H4264 [8JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3502 [18MY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), motion to recommit, H8478, H8479 [28SE]
———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, E2334
———Justice Assistance Grant Program and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4439 [14JN]
———Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, H4385, H4386 [13JN], H4445
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6128 [20JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3665, H3667, H3668 [19MY]
Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, E1804
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): impact on sugar program, H6923
———implementation (H.R. 3045), H6923
———ratification, H4382 [13JN]
Drugs: establish certain restrictions on drugs containing isotretinoin, including the drug marketed as Accutane, H2950
———establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (H.R. 1132), H6684 [27JY]
———provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse, H4385, H4386 [13JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3871, H3873 [24MY]
EPA: prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3665, H3667, H3668 [19MY]
FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, H4246 [8JN]
———prohibit use of funds to investigate or take action against employees legally providing information to Congress or the public concerning the FDA, H4266, H4267, H4268 [8JN]
FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H8222 [21SE], H8379 [27SE]
Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H2363, H2364 [20AP]
———recognize and affirm efforts of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers to standardize decisions on water withdrawal and urge that management authority remain vested with the Governors and Premiers, H6128 [20JY]
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), H6992 [28JY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3811, H3828, H3837 [24MY]
House of Representatives: express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), E2621
House Rules: ethics reform, H2155 [20AP]
Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1804
Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H10232 [16NO]
Ishpeming, MI: anniversary of U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, E870
Katona, Thomas J.: Northern Michigan University Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E2032
Korpi, Arnold: Northern Michigan University Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E2034
Mackinaw (vessel): convey Coast Guard cutter, upon decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, MI, for purposes of a museum, H8034 [15SE]
Marquette, MI: anniversary of St. Louis the King Roman Catholic Church, E1642
———tribute to Finn Grand Fest, E1685
Medicaid: funding, H2515 [26AP], H10045 [9NO]
Michigan: anniversary of Michigan Dept. of Transportation, E1388
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H2343 [20AP]
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund: modify authorities for use (H.R. 2107), H3274
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: observance, E2236
Newberry, MI: tribute to Newberry High School football team, E339
Parliamentary inquiry, H4264, H4268 [8JN]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 266), H3274
Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), E2601
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8628 [29SE], H8778, H8780, H8785 [7OC], H9611 [3NO]
———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), consideration (H. Res. 481), H8747 [7OC]
———prohibit price gouging on oil and gas products and other essential commodities during certain emergency situations, H8478, H8479 [28SE], H8628 [29SE]
Police Week: observance, H3193-H3195 [11MY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2343, H2363, H2364, H2372 [20AP]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6952 [28JY]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (H.R. 3936), H9611 [3NO]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H3303 [16MY]
Rose City, MI: anniversary, E1646
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment, H3193-H3195 [11MY]
———establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (H.R. 1323), H3274
Sault Ste. Marie, MI: anniversary of Soo Locks, E1301
Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1731
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4385, H4386 [13JN], H4439, H4445
———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, E2334
Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, H3303 [16MY]
Social Security: privatization proposals, H5260 [28JN]
———reform, H5260 [28JN]
St. Ignace, MI: dedication of public library, E1224
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: oil purchase and inventory policies, H3871 [24MY]
Tawas City, MI: anniversary, E1386
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association: anniversary, E872
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), H5870 [14JY]
West Branch, MI: anniversary, E376
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H131 [6JA], H280 [1FE], H407 [8FE], H626 [15FE], H1021 [8MR], H5633 [11JY], H9960 [7NO]
Special order: granted, H2974 [4MY], H4483 [14JN], H4983 [22JN], H8245 [21SE], H8383 [27SE], H8640 [29SE], H8983 [19OC], H9424 [28OC], H9553 [2NO], H9638 [3NO]
Statements
Iraqi Elections: by, E2622
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, H3269 [16MY]
Transcripts
Energy Policy Act Conference Committee Meeting Excerpts Relative to Protection From Liability of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Producers for Groundwater Contamination: by, S9259 [28JY]
Tributes
Blewett, Paul, E1299
Denecke, Kevin R., E233
Dingell, Representative, H11484
Gauthier, Lawrence T., E1098
Hammerberg, Owen F.P., E1099
Janis, William G., E2312
Kozikowski, Dennis, E2401
Leveille, Lawrence (Lumpy), E1686
Parks, Rosa, H9265
Shackleton, Scott, E337