CARSON, JULIA (a Representative from Indiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H4134 [15JN]

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

Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H1196 [28MR]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1321 [29MR]

Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H1744 [25AP]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H1197 [28MR]

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

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]

Cheek, Joey: honor Olympic team member and recognize need to work with international partners to help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in Darfur region of Sudan and the suffering of children in Chad (see H. Con. Res. 397), H3227 [24MY]

Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1320 [29MR]

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), H2833 (see H.R. 1498), H2890 [18MY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 901), H4916 [29JN]

Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H2339 [9MY]

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H4958 [10JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1678 [6AP]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 5383), H2585 [11MY]

———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), H1680 [6AP]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H225 [8FE]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H23 [31JA]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2174 [4MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H1680 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H1130 [16MR]

———make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]

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), H1453 [4AP]

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), H1197 [28MR]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and provide for annual increases in such assistance (see H.R. 4791), H388 [16FE]

———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. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4009 [14JN]

———remove certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for veterans benefits in administrative proceedings (see H.R. 4914), H4795 [28JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H2962 [19MY]

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]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H3227 [24MY]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H4009 [14JN]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 3781), H2641 [16MY]

———eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2456), H2641 [16MY]

———encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H509 [1MR]

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), H1197 [28MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 5364), H2584 [11MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1321 [29MR]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H1743 [25AP]

———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1981 [2MY]

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

Guyana: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H3227 [24MY]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3658), H1453 [4AP]

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), H3226 [24MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H565 [2MR]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H1059 [15MR]

Hornish, Sam, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 871), H4796 [28JN]

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

———restore transparency, accountability, and oversight (see H. Res. 686), H1131 [16MR]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H3138 [23MY]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H2706 (see H. Con. Res. 348), H2759 [17MY]

James Jordan Foundation: express gratitude for improving lives of inner city youth in the U.S. and initiating a public-private collaborative to establish a women and children's hospital in Nairobi, Kenya (see H. Res. 812), H3227 [24MY]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1432), H973 [14MR]

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]

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

Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 1433), H973 [14MR]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), 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]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H5047 [11JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4722), H1681 [6AP]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2962 [19MY]

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]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H450 [28FE]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H2641 [16MY]

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

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

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4328 [20JN]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H156 [1FE]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H451 [28FE]

National School Lunch Act: improve summer food service program for children (see H.R. 5344), H3309 (see H.R. 5344), H3362 [25MY]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H3643 [8JN]

———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]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1563 [5AP]

Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H874 [13MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H3909 [13JN]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H3788 [12JN]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H1681 [6AP]

Public Health Service Act: increase affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals (see H.R. 3547), H3016 [22MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1453 [4AP]

Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment (see H.R. 4899), H973 [14MR]

Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]

Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4303), H566 [2MR]

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), H3909 [13JN]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 235), H333 [15FE]

Taxation: expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 5420), H2832 (see H.R. 5420), H2890 [18MY]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H224 [8FE]

———increase incentives for E-85 fuel vehicle refueling property (see H.R. 5317), H4795 [28JN]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H868 [9MR]

———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 282), H156 [1FE]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H1390 [30MR]

Truth in Lending Act: extend certain protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent to initiate, and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 3449), H4520 [22JN]

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), H2706 (see H. Res. 490), H2759 [17MY]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H1742 [25AP]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H1197 [28MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H450 [28FE]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H2641 [16MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2102 [3MY]

Wilfred Edward `Cousin Willie' Sieg, Sr., Post Office, Ramsey, IN: designate (see H.R. 5169), H1741 [25AP]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H3016 [22MY]

———issue of a semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 5065), H1453 [4AP]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H227 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Commodity Supplemental Food Program funding, H227 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2770 [18MY]

Flag Day: observance, E1152 [14JN]

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

Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, H1628 [6AP]

Power resources: reduce emission levels of carbon dioxide, H2770 [18MY]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (H.R. 5714), H5105 [12JY]

Votes: position on missed, H351, H353 [16FE], H1420 [4AP], H1952 [2MY], E1300 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5125 [12JY]

Tributes

Dana, Paul, H1292 [29MR]

Dillin, S. Hugh, E1268 [23JN]