SCOTT, ROBERT C. (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H2187 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]

American Revolution: commemorate anniversary of American and French victory at Yorktown, VA (see H. Res. 748), H1390 [30MR]

Armed Forces: honor African Americans who have served (see H. Con. Res. 393), H3016 [22MY]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H1561 [5AP]

Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H2586 [11MY]

Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5466), H3225 [24MY]

Christian Relief Services Charities: anniversary (see H. Res. 770), H1679 [6AP]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4709), H223 [8FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (see H.R. 5575), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H4009 [14JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 5236), H2102 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5588), H4958 [10JY]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4298), H1197 [28MR]

Diseases: establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4520 [22JN]

Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4140), H274 [14FE]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 4423), H2102 [3MY] (see H.R. 5680), H4554 [26JN]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1742 [25AP]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H4134 [15JN]

———improve disaster relief and preparedness services for individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5498), H3307 (see H.R. 5498), H3359 [25MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H450 [28FE]

Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Harry J. Parrish Post Office Building, Manassas, VA: designate (see H.R. 5194), H1742 [25AP]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H1744 [25AP]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

Hurricanes: call upon the President to meet with a joint session of Congress to discuss the plan for post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts (see H. Con. Res. 356), H874 [13MR]

———restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4858), H564 [2MR]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2585 [11MY]

Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 90), H4555 [26JN]

Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5195), H1742 [25AP]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H3309 (see H.R. 5328), H3362 [25MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4520 [22JN]

Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H226 [8FE]

Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]

Mecham, Leonidas R.: tribute (see H. Res. 724), H973 [14MR]

Medicare: extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year of enrollment, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5263), H1979 [2MY]

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]

———provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for covered drugs (see H.R. 4928), H867 [9MR]

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), H1452 [4AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H2502 [10MY]

Minorities: recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3908 [13JN]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H4796 [28JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H4135 [15JN]

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 222), H4796 [28JN]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H1453 [4AP]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H2503 [10MY]

Patterson, Floyd: tribute (see H. Res. 840), H3226 [24MY]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H2102 [3MY]

Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H1744 [25AP]

Social Security: make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4760), H4520 [22JN]

Taxation: reduce the earned income threshold applicable to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, increase the age limit for such credit, and impose an individual income tax surcharge (see H.R. 5600), H4555 [26JN]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5601), H4555 [26JN]

Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 3), H1681 [6AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H450 [28FE]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H1196 [28MR]

Virginia: recognize James River as ``America's Founding River'' (see H. Res. 769), H1679 [6AP]

Voting: encourage Louisiana and the Dept. of Justice to establish satellite voting outside of Louisiana for scheduled New Orleans elections (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1679 [6AP]

———permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H274 [14FE]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H1979 [2MY]

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library: authorize a grant for contributions toward establishment (see H.R. 4846), H564 [2MR]

Colloquies

Clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271): Senators Durbin and Sununu, H587 [7MR]

Letters

Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act: Caroline Fredrickson and Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU, H689-H691 [8MR]

———Jennifer Daskal, Human Rights Watch (organization), H691 [8MR]

LSC funding: National Legal Aid & Defender Association, H4641 [27JN]

Protecting Children From Sexual Exploitation Act: several civic, business, media, and literary associations and organizations, H680 [8MR]

Memorandums

Contingency Fees for Lobbying Activities: Jack Maskell, Congressional Research Service, H2016 [3MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4477 [22JN]

Black History Month: observance, H443 [28FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H550, H551 [2MR]

———deficit, H550 [2MR], H649 [8MR], H3914 [14JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2722, H2725 [17MY], H3914 [14JN]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H586, H589 [7MR]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funding to submit an annual report detailing use of racial and ethnic preferences in admissions policies, H1340 [30MR]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4995 [11JY]

———prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), consideration (H. Res. 907), H4976 [11JY]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H2016 [3MY], H3200 [24MY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2722, H2725 [17MY]

Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), H678, H680 [8MR]

Crime: enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers, H680 [8MR]

———increase penalties for engaging in fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency funds (H.R. 4356), H4232 [20JN]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), H595 [7MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3200 [24MY]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2016 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), consideration (H. Res. 783), H1881 [27AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1214 [29MR], H1340, H1353 [30MR]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H122 [1FE]

Lobbyists: examine practice of charging percentage contingency fees in exchange for earmarks, H1881 [27AP]

LSC: funding, H4632, H4641 [27JN]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 335), H464 [1MR]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: anniversary of Federal charter (H. Con. Res. 367), H4234 [20JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4632, H4641 [27JN]

Science Museum of Virginia: prohibit funding, H3200 [24MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H550 [2MR]

Taxation: rates, H550, H551 [2MR]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4128 [15JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1259), H412 [28FE]

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 (H.R. 4659), H63, H65 [1FE]

Virginia Dental Association: tribute to volunteers participating in relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E118 [8FE]

Votes: position on missed, E445 [29MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (H.R. 9), H4632 [27JN], H5053 [12JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4132 [15JN], H4187 [16JN]

Tributes

Spencer, Turner M., E1341 [29JN]