RAHALL, NICK J., II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3333 [16MY], H3659 [19MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

———H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

Articles and editorials

Beloved WVU Extension Agent Leaves Great Legacy Behind, Bev Davis, Beckley (WV) Register-Herald, E907 [5MY]

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), H630 [15FE]

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1192), H1263 [9MR]

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]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H2739 [28AP]

Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H587 [14FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H9044 [20OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1969 [13AP]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H1025 [8MR]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7614 [29JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H4561 [15JN]

Asia: commend support to victims of earthquake that struck South Asia (see H. Res. 561), H11036 [18NO]

Aviation: make funds available for the Aviation Security Capital Fund and establish a Checkpoint Screening Security Fund (see H.R. 1818), H2548 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: protect labor rights of current and former employees of coal industry employers that are debtors (see H.R. 1367), H1691 [17MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2150 [19AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 788), H720 [16FE] (see H.R. 2337), H3332 [16MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H5741 [12JY]

Bush, President: request certain information relative to a claim made that there is not a Social Security trust (see H. Res. 170), H1695 [17MR]

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), H8735 [6OC]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3695 [19MY]

China, People's Republic of: withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 728), H523 [9FE]

Classified information: request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H9696 [4NO]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 329), H5964 [18JY]

Committee on Resources (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 87), H587 [14FE]

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), H984 [3MR]

Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 722), H522 [9FE]

Council of Representatives of Iraq: encourage debate and vote on continued presence of U.S. military in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 321), H12049 [16DE]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]

Cuba: temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

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: 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), H5604 [30JN]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8847 [17OC]

———prohibit establishment of standards to designate minimal-risk regions, including Canada, for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) unless export access for cattle and beef products improves (see H.R. 187), H984 [3MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H12050 [16DE]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2427), H4144 [26MY]

Dept. of Education: revise regulations for student loan deferments with respect to borrowers who are medical or dental residents (see H.R. 2519), H4985 [22JN]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1848 [6AP]

Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 3760), H7947 [14SE]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H11110 [6DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H4144 [26MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1846 [6AP]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Sharm el-Sheik and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 384), H6650 [26JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H11504 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H8734 [6OC]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4297 [8JN]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H983 [3MR]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 4110), H9696 [4NO]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8162 [20SE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656, 3659), H7744 [7SE] (see H.R. 4493), H11327 [8DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H412 [8FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H413 [8FE]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7673 [6SE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H1968 [13AP]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 309), H287 [1FE]

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), H2978 [4MY]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H4356 [9JN]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H720 [16FE]

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), H4188 [7JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1265 [9MR]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H8089 [15SE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H6205 [20JY]

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), H8089 [15SE]

———require contracts relative to recovery efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita be awarded only after an open and fair bidding process (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8810 [7OC]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H8734 [6OC]

Insurance: establish minimum standards relating to a factor for life insurance eligibility and rates (see H.R. 3639), H8089 [15SE]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 268), H9277 [26OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H524 [9FE]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11328 [8DE]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]

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]

Lebanon: elections (see H. Res. 348), H5603 [30JN]

Libraries: provide for public library construction and modernization (see H.R. 2292), H9556 [2NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3769 [23MY]

Medicaid: prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H10158 [10NO]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1443), H11220 [7DE]

———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), H2739 [28AP]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H11110 [6DE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H4656 [16JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H2739 [28AP]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H6432 [25JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H1696 [17MR]

———provide eligibility for coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (see H.R. 3022), H11220 [7DE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5604 [30JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2738 [28AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H1780 [5AP]

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]

Middle East: commend democratization and political and economic liberalization of certain countries (see H. Res. 37), H1372 [10MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H11655 [14DE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8735 [6OC]

National forests: authorize Forest Service and BLM to provide research on the rehabilitation of forest ecosystem health following uncharacteristic disturbances of forested Federal lands (see H.R. 3973), H8732 [6OC]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H412 [8FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

———further encourage negotiated settlement of tribal claims (see H.R. 4292), H10156 [10NO]

———improve housing programs (see H.R. 797), H1847 [6AP]

———provide for Indian trust asset management reform and resolution of historical accounting claims (see H.R. 4322), H10225 [15NO]

———recognize and honor achievements and contributions and urge establishment and observation of a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans (see H. Res. 76), H2881 [3MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H8735 [6OC]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 873), H791 [17FE]

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), H10503 [16NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

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), H6381 [22JY]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3435 [17MY]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8513 [28SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1622 [16MR]

———extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H791 [17FE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H7564 [28JY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1897 [12AP]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 1631), H2739 [28AP]

———provide for the safety and security of railroads, passengers, workers, and communities, and establish an assistance program for families of passengers involved in rail accidents (see H.R. 2351), H3261 [12MY]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 472), H8810 [7OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H413 [8FE]

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), H8734 [6OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1970 [13AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H348 [2FE]

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), H410 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H2394 [20AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H587 [14FE]

———preserve peaceful uses of space by prohibiting space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy orbiting objects in space (see H.R. 2420), H3554 [18MY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see H.R. 1600), H1968 [13AP]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2395 [20AP]

———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), H5914 [14JY]

———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), H6936 [27JY]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H197 [25JA]

———provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 958), H794 [17FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H4143 [26MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H9276 [26OC]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H10910 [17NO]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H6936 [27JY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H11109 [6DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

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), H8919 [18OC]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H4187 [7JN]

———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), H8162 [20SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H5604 [30JN]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 62), H73 [4JA]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7564 [28JY]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (see H.R. 3446), H6650 [26JY]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H193 [25JA]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 300), H193 [25JA]

Coal: clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated (see H.R. 299), H193 [25JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war (see H.R. 2301), H3198 [11MY]

———extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations (see H.R. 2300), H3198 [11MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H1694 [17MR]

Hariri, Rafik: tribute (see H. Res. 91), H587 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 3968), H8732 [6OC]

National wildlife refuges: provide public access to Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 298), H193 [25JA]

———provide public access to Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 1183), H1263 [9MR]

Citations

Navy Meritorius Unit Commendation awarded to James R. Sargent, E2075 [7OC]

Press releases

Legion Leader Says Proposed Budget Reaches Deep Into Veterans' Pockets: American Legion, E184 [8FE]

Remarks

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (H.R. 3446), E1613 [27JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4251 [8JN]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1630), E771 [26AP]

———funding, E366 [3MR]

———restore funding to certain routes, H5408 [29JN]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 297), E60 [25JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H10643 [17NO]

Armed Forces: tribute to Wilderness Challenge competition held in New River Gorge National Park, WV, E2193 [27OC]

Beckley, WV: Crescent Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2179 [27OC]

BLM: prohibit funding for sale or slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros, H3659, H3661 [19MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, E2263 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10643 [17NO]

Call, Bridget: Council of Chief State School Officers and Smarter Kids Foundation West Virginia Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1945 [26SE]

Coal: clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated (H.R. 299), E57 [25JA]

———eliminate competitive advantage of Western coal producers over producers from other States relative to access to utility markets, H2201 [20AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding to inspect horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, H4251 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H3622 [19MY]

———suspend collection of royalty payments for offshore oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, H2417 [21AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3605, H3622, H3659, H3661 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war (H.R. 2301), E943 [11MY]

———extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations (H.R. 2300), E943 [11MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5408 [29JN]

Dingell, Representative: anniversary of service in the House of Representatives (H. Res. 594), H11470 [13DE]

Endangered Species Act: consolidate related programs and review protective regulations, H8561 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8535, H8537, H8541, H8543, H8546, H8561, H8563, H8578 [29SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (H.R. 1431), H11566 [14DE]

Gila River Indian Community: allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts relative to reservation lands (H.R. 327), H11149 [7DE]

Hariri, Rafik: tribute (H. Res. 91), H670 [16FE]

Housing: prohibit faith-based and nonprofit groups from receiving certain affordable housing funding if they engage in voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities, H9138 [26OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), H9138 [26OC]

Huntington, WV: anniversary of Kiwanis Club Day Care Center, E2053 [7OC]

———inclusion of Cabell Huntington Hospital in AARP list of best employers for workers over the age of 50, E1982 [29SE]

———inclusion of St. Mary's Hospital in AARP list of best employers for workers over the age of 50, E1982 [29SE]

Hurricanes: provide for reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of infrastructure in the Gulf Coast States, E2515 [13DE]

Marshall University: tribute to campus organizations for fundraising efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1845 [14SE]

Mercer County, WV: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, E2114 [18OC]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, E2263 [3NO]

———modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 3968), E2017 [6OC]

Morgantown, WV: inclusion of West Virginia University Hospitals in AARP list of best employers for workers over the age of 50, E1982 [29SE]

National Public Works Week: observance, E963 [13MY]

National wildlife refuges: provide public access to Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 298), E54 [25JA]

Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), H10319 [16NO]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), E2566 [17DE]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', E1837 [14SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2201 [20AP], H2417 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6970 [28JY]

Rotary International: anniversary, E618 [12AP]

Snowshoe, WV: tribute to Snowshoe Mountain Resort, E616 [12AP]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (H.R. 1600), E642 [13AP]

Task Force on Ocean Policy: establish (H. Res. 599), H11566 [14DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1321 [10MR]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (H.R. 562), H10320 [16NO]

Veterans: health care funding, E184 [8FE]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (H.R. 62), H1381 [14MR]

Votes: position on missed, H5136 [24JN], H5570 [30JN], E1380 [28JN], E1606 [27JY]

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), H5821 [14JY]

West Virginia: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1761 [6SE]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (H.R. 1492), H10321 [16NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5251 [27JN]

Tributes

Allen, David F., H417 [9FE]

Dragan, Jon, E246 [15FE]

Fowler, Tillie K., H1014 [8MR]

Godbey, Mary Nell, E907 [5MY]

Hall, Tex G., E2358 [15NO]

Harvison, Clifford J., E1675 [29JY]

Rodino, Peter W., Jr., H4795 [20JN]

Sargent, James R., E2075 [7OC]

Staker, Robert J., E1921 [21SE]