WYNN, ALBERT RUSSELL (a Representative from Maryland)
Amendments
Crime: reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3149 [11MY]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5528 [30JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 3746), H7860 [13SE]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2509), H3694 [19MY]
Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H11220 [7DE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]
Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H10145 [9NO]
———ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 771), H583 [10FE]
———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), H10145 [9NO]
———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]
———provide improved interest rate relief for servicemembers during periods of military service (see H.R. 2859), H4355 [9JN]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H413 [8FE]
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]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H4143 [26MY]
Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: delay effective date (see H.R. 3662), H8810 [7OC]
Bennett, William J.: condemn remarks linking crime rates with the abortion of African American babies (see H. Res. 473), H8810 [7OC]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica (see H. Res. 199), H4074 [25MY]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H7613 [29JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H8089 [15SE]
Cambodia: honor victims of genocide and establish an international criminal tribunal to bring the perpetrators of the genocide to justice (see H. Con. Res. 146), H6108 [19JY]
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]
———authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 86), H984 [3MR]
———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 937), H1265 [9MR]
Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1780 [5AP]
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), H9044 [20OC]
Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 824), H2150 [19AP]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]
Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 4126), H9102 [25OC]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3436 [17MY]
———establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 2097), H3695 [19MY]
———improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H4188 [7JN]
———make grants to establish antibullying and gang prevention programs (see H.R. 283), H13189 [22DE]
———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H5176 [24JN]
———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H4356 [9JN]
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), H8734 [6OC]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H631 [15FE]
Civil liberties: regulate information brokers and protect individual rights with respect to personally identifiable information (see H.R. 1080), H8248 [21SE]
Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]
Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H7645 [2SE]
Climate: 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]
Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1778 [5AP]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H413 [8FE]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H5604 [30JN]
Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H286 [1FE]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H5604 [30JN]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H9103 [25OC]
Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 2834), H4354 [9JN]
Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 662), H2880 [3MY]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8986 [19OC]
———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1850), H4723 [17JN]
Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H6107 [19JY]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H5741 [12JY]
———reduce criminal gang activities (see H.R. 970), H1025 [8MR]
Davis, Ossie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 660), H848 [1MR]
———tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H11655 [14DE]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8089 [15SE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H283 [1FE]
———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 56), H73 [4JA]
———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H7613 [29JY]
———make grants to improve access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H5177 [24JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish an independent panel to assess the homeland security needs of the National Capital Region (see H.R. 44), H797 [17FE]
Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1780 [5AP]
———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 790), H586 [14FE]
———require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H5177 [24JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish a Probation and Parole Officer Safety Task Force (see H.R. 484), H285 [1FE]
———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), H2149 [19AP]
Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 3760), H8163 [20SE]
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), H12051 [16DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H3198 [11MY]
———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 616), H410 [8FE]
———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), H10910 [17NO]
Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8810 [7OC]
Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]
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), H4356 [9JN]
Diseases: enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H5913 [14JY]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H10227 [15NO]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H4296 [8JN]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7815 [8SE]
District of Columbia: establish an annual Federal infrastructure support contribution (see H.R. 1586), H1895 [12AP]
———establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H7743 [7SE]
———make transit pass transportation benefits available to qualified Federal employees in the region and allow use of Government vehicles to shuttle employees to and from mass transit facilities (see H.R. 1283), H1416 [14MR]
Drugs: establish electronic systems in each State for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 1132), H2550 [26AP]
———establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to discounted prices (see H.R. 1655), H2101 [14AP]
———lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 869), H718 [16FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H6107 [19JY]
Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H5435 (see H.R. 1390), H5479 [29JN]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]
European Union: urge addition of Hezbollah (terrorist organization) to list of terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 101), H1026 [8MR]
FBI: include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (see H.R. 1195), H2103 [14AP]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H1691 [17MR]
Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1739), H2394 [20AP]
———amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1779 [5AP]
———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see H.R. 480), H284 [1FE]
———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 40), H286 [1FE]
———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H5915 [14JY]
———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 1480), H2551 [26AP]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H629 [15FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H1851 [8AP]
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), H5435 (see H.R. 2317), H5480 [29JN]
———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), H3198 [11MY]
———protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by depository institutions for dishonored checks (see H.R. 2643), H4073 [25MY]
Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1136), H1780 [5AP]
———ban transfer of certain sniper weapons and regulate in same manner as machine guns (see H.R. 654), H411 [8FE]
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]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H6431 [25JY]
Frank, Anne: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 48), H3055 [5MY]
Gabon: urge holding of orderly, peaceful, and free and fair Presidential elections (see H. Res. 554), H10226 [15NO]
Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H849 [1MR]
Haiti: provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 945), H794 [17FE]
Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H4073 [25MY]
———declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1020), H9472 [1NO]
———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), H12050 [16DE]
———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H7949 [14SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3056 [5MY]
———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see H.R. 2792), H9103 [25OC]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1025 [8MR]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]
———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4984 [22JN]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H792 [17FE]
Health care professionals: educate concerning substance use disorders and addiction (see H.R. 1789), H7814 [8SE]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H524 [9FE]
Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see H.R. 3252), H6205 [20JY]
Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 548), H10157 [10NO]
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 62), H630 [15FE] (see H. Con. Res. 125), H1845 [6AP]
History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 175), H5252 [27JN]
———anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H11221 [7DE]
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]
Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]
House of Representatives: provide for just apportionment of Members in all States (see H.R. 564), H351 [2FE]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H10157 [10NO]
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]
———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H9554 [2NO]
———support goals and ideals of a national day of prayer and remembrance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and encourage all Americans to observe that day (see H. Con. Res. 240), H7861 [13SE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H984 [3MR]
———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H984 [3MR]
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), H8735 [6OC]
Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow preference in distribution of grants to agencies and organizations that provide training to regular education personnel to meet needs of disabled children (see H.R. 3438), H8163 [20SE]
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]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 4540), H11653 [14DE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1000), H4143 [26MY]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 1310), H8248 [21SE]
International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H2978 [4MY]
International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H3060 [9MY]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1778 [5AP]
———provide for payment of certain claims against Iranian Government (see H.R. 3358), H9472 [1NO]
Jews: congratulate communities on seven-year completion of the 11th cycle of daily study of the Talmud (see H. Res. 124), H847 [1MR]
Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H9556 [2NO]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H10227 [15NO]
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]
Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H1851 [8AP]
Law enforcement: ensure adequate funding is provided for certain high intensity drug trafficking areas (see H.R. 812), H984 [3MR]
———increase evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense and require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces (see H.R. 2620), H4072 [25MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
Libraries: provide for public library construction and modernization (see H.R. 2292), H3197 [11MY]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H1896 [12AP]
Maryland State Delegate Lena K. Lee Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4107), H9043 [20OC]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H1265 [9MR]
———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H10146 [9NO]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H11328 [8DE]
———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H7862 [13SE]
———require States to report data on beneficiaries who are employed (see H.R. 3042), H7862 [13SE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H1847 [6AP]
———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 818), H629 [15FE]
———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H11035 [18NO]
———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H4722 [17JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H7743 [7SE]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H5741 [12JY]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10039 [8NO]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H12168 [17DE]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H9696 [4NO]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1779 [5AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H2647 [27AP]
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), H5176 [24JN]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 708), H522 [9FE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7614 [29JY]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H7743 [7SE]
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), H9044 [20OC]
National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H11111 [6DE]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 30), H235 [26JA]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 335), H8920 [18OC]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]
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), H3695 [19MY]
National `It's Academic' Television Quiz Show Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 471), H11221 [7DE]
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 262), H8734 [6OC]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H7566 [28JY]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H10227 [15NO]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H3198 [11MY]
———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 601), H352 [2FE]
Navy: require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H413 [8FE]
Nigeria: express condolences for the loss of life suffered in the crash of a Nigerian passenger jet and for the death of Stella Obasanjo in Spain (see H. Res. 536), H9695 [4NO]
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), H9275 [26OC]
———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H848 [1MR]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H2150 [19AP]
Political campaigns: repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H1508 [15MR]
Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H7742 [7SE]
Power resources: increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil (see H. Res. 507), H9047 [24OC]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H12051 [16DE]
Privacy: strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 1078), H8248 [21SE]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H3113 [10MY]
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), H2550 [26AP]
———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3894 [24MY]
Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]
Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1264 [9MR]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H413 [8FE]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
SBA: allow more joint ventures, leader-follower arrangements, and teaming arrangements under the minority business development program (see H.R. 166), H2102 [14AP]
———make improvements to microenterprise programs (see H.R. 2640), H4896 [21JN]
Science: recognize significance of African American women in the U.S. scientific community (see H. Con. Res. 96), H1622 [16MR]
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]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]
———provide low interest loans to nonprofit, community-based lending intermediaries and mid-size loans to small business concerns (see H.R. 2639), H5741 [12JY]
Small Business Act: enhance section 8(a) program (see H.R. 4474), H11326 [8DE]
Smith, Emmitt: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H584 [10FE]
Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2799), H7743 [7SE]
———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H7613 [29JY]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: provide for secondary containment to prevent methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and petroleum contamination (see H.R. 879), H791 [17FE]
Southern California Association of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 247), H6329 [21JY]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H942 [2MR]
Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 1176), H1897 [12AP]
———recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 59), H3057 [5MY]
State Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4108), H9043 [20OC]
Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H1897 [12AP]
Syria: end occupation of Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 32), H848 [1MR]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5801 [13JY]
———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6205 [20JY]
———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H2976 [4MY]
———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), H2103 [14AP]
———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), H845 [1MR]
———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 3260), H6381 [22JY]
———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1765), H2470 [21AP]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H5604 [30JN]
———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]
Taylor, Charles: call on Nigeria to transfer custody to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law (see H. Con. Res. 127), H2551 [26AP]
Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H4144 [26MY]
———promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H5600 [30JN]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H1025 [8MR]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H5741 [12JY]
U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H11881 [15DE]
———dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H9427 [28OC]
U.S. Representative Parren J. Mitchell Post Office, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4109), H9043 [20OC]
Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H9696 [4NO]
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), H3768 [23MY]
University of Maryland: tribute to field hockey team (see H. Res. 607), H11654 [14DE]
———tribute to men's soccer team (see H. Res. 606), H11654 [14DE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]
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), H3769 [23MY]
———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H3262 [12MY]
———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), H8102 [19SE]
Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]
Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]
———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H73 [4JA]
———extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 3734), H8648 [3OC]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 1300), H1507 [15MR]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system (see H.R. 3496), H7556 [28JY]
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 30), H798 [17FE]
Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8389 [27SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]
———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H1417 [14MR]
———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), H11035 [18NO]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 891), H791 [17FE]
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), H7561 [28JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: extend period after release from active duty during which a member is protected from mortgage foreclosure (see H.R. 2644), H4073 [25MY]
Contracts: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (see H.R. 2742), H4142 [26MY]
———provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in its subcontracting plan (see H.R. 2741), H4142 [26MY]
———require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to each subcontractor under a Federal contract and a clause outlining the provisions of such policy in each subcontract (see H.R. 2740), H4142 [26MY]
Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 1864), H2550 [26AP]
Diseases: promote awareness, prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 130), H1895 [12AP]
FCC: reorganize the bureaus of the Commission to better carry out their regulatory functions (see H.R. 2982), H4722 [17JN]
Petroleum: prohibit certain transfers or assignments of service station franchises and certain fixing or maintaining of motor fuel prices (see H.R. 3926), H8387 [27SE]
Power resources: provide for the research and development of advanced nuclear reactor, solar energy, and wind energy technologies for the production of hydrogen (see H.R. 1482), H1777 [5AP]
Public utilities: provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry (see H.R. 1481), H1777 [5AP]
Taxation: allow victims of Hurricane Katrina to withdraw funds from retirement plans without penalty (see H.R. 3759), H7861 [13SE]
U.N.: support an Emergency Peace Service capable of intervening in the early stages of a humanitarian crisis (see H. Res. 180), H1696 [17MR]
Web's Construction Co., Inc.: relief (see H.R. 2645), H4073 [25MY]
Remarks
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (H. Res. 261), E1562
Crime: reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), H3149 [11MY]
Dept. of Justice: conduct media campaign in areas designated as high-intensity interstate gang activity areas to educate individuals about changes in criminal penalties, H3149 [11MY]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5529 [30JN]
Federal contracts: prohibit funding to pay contractors not in compliance with certain Small Business Act regulations, H5529 [30JN]
FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H8770 [7OC]
LIHEAP: funding, H11077 [6DE]
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8770 [7OC]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6950 [28JY]
SBA: modernize and streamline eligibility criteria for participation in the minority-owned small business development 8(a) program, H2583 [27AP]
Small business: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H2583 [27AP]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H6489 [26JY]
Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (H. Res. 22), H2583 [27AP]
U.N.: support an Emergency Peace Service capable of intervening in the early stages of a humanitarian crisis (H. Res. 180), E498
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H131 [6JA], H705 [16FE], H11500 [13DE]
Special order: granted, H6428 [25JY], H6638 [26JY], H10142 [9NO], H10154 [10NO], H10223 [15NO], H10499 [16NO], H11031 [18NO], H11101 [6DE], H11217 [7DE], H11323 [8DE], H11878 [15DE]
Tributes
Brooks, William, E1096
Sardone, Michael, E436
Wilson, Marvelle S., E550