WAXMAN, HENRY A. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1101 [16MR]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H747 [8MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4762 [28JN]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]

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), H2175 [4MY]

Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H1981 [2MY]

Belarus: support democracy efforts, rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free and fair Presidential election (see H. Res. 673), H646 [7MR]

Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building, Lincoln, CA: designate (see H.R. 4720), H868 [9MR]

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

Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H1391 [30MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H2102 [3MY]

———improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement (see H.R. 5436), H4328 [20JN]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H868 [9MR]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H4918 [29JN]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H2103 [3MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1917 [27AP]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and develop a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon (see H.R. 5213), H1852 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H3642 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 4550), H226 [8FE]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H1981 [2MY]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H1197 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H451 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 5047), H1319 [29MR]

———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see H.R. 4749), H273 [14FE]

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. 5455), H3643 [8JN] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H566 [2MR]

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), H1563 [5AP]

———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]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H2641 [16MY]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]

Drugs: provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in Federal criminal trials occuring in States with medical marijuana use laws (see H.R. 4272), H26 [31JA]

Education: provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H3137 [23MY]

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), H4917 [29JN]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 4463), H26 [31JA]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 2428), H1681 [6AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: permit development of necessary technology to reduce energy demand through more efficient torchiere lighting (see H.R. 4822), H2102 [3MY]

Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 5112), H1676 [6AP]

Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 799), H154 [1FE]

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), H1981 [2MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit agreements to provide notice of investigations or inspections relative to child labor violations (see H.R. 4190), H1453 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H509 [1MR]

FCC: impose licensing conditions on digital audio radio to protect against the unauthorized distribution of transmitted content (see H.R. 4861), H1197 [28MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H25 [31JA] (see H.R. 4964), H1059 [15MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H2502 [10MY]

Federal employees: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H2962 [19MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H274 [14FE]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H274 [14FE]

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

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]

Government: develop a demonstration project to enhance the ability of Federal agencies to continue to operate during an extended emergency situation (see H.R. 5366), H2584 [11MY]

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

Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4800), H388 [16FE]

Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H868 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H. Con. Res. 340), H1744 [25AP]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2949), H3788 [12JN]

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]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H1197 [28MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2833 (see H.R. 5371), H2891 [18MY]

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 415), H3724 [9JN]

Iraq: application of certain false claims provisions to claims for Iraqi property or money administered or in the custody of the U.S. (see H.R. 5290), H2833 (see H.R. 5290), H2891 [18MY]

Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3227 [24MY]

———independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]

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]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4189 [16JN]

Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H1916 [27AP]

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), H390 [16FE]

Magen David Adom (organization): congratulate for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4554 [26JN]

Medicare: coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see H.R. 2841), H155 [1FE]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H4328 [20JN]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5348), H2706 (see H.R. 5348), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]

———eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4722), H224 [8FE]

———make improvements to payments to Medicare Advantage plans and reinstate protections in Medicaid against excessive out-of-pocket costs, inadequate benefits, and health care coverage loss (see H.R. 4719), H223 [8FE]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2706 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2759 [17MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H333 [15FE]

Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H4520 [22JN]

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), H451 [28FE]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

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), H1921 [1MY]

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3723 [9JN]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H1198 [28MR]

National Lung Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and increase lung cancer screening and research (see H. Con. Res. 298), H274 [14FE]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 660), H25 [31JA]

National security: 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 Security Agency: request President and direct certain Depts. to transmit documents on investigation of involvement by personnel in creation of warrantless surveillance program and security clearance denials (see H. Res. 845), H3308 (see H. Res. 845), H3361 [25MY]

———require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H452 [28FE]

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), H3643 [8JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (see H.R. 1792), H1197 [28MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1744 [25AP]

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 4052), H3137 [23MY]

Political campaigns: limit expenditures and public financing for House of Representatives general elections (see H.R. 4694), H154 [1FE]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]

———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3226 [24MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1131 [16MR]

Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H1391 [30MR]

Reeve, Christopher and Dana: tribute (see H. Res. 785), H3017 [22MY]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see H. Res. 848), H5129 [12JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H3909 [13JN]

Small business: establish a health benefits program (see H.R. 5288), H2173 [4MY]

Social Security: provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H972 [14MR]

Taxation: eliminate income threshold for the child tax credit in the case of taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (see H.R. 4708), H333 [15FE]

———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]

———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H1980 [2MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H451 [28FE]

———strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3362 [25MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), request the President to transmit documents relating to differences between the House-passed version and the version signed by the President (see H. Res. 752), H1390 [30MR]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]

Letters

Investigation of the role of Alexander Strategy Group in the development of Deficit Reduction Act provisions dealing with pharmaceutical companies: by, H41 [1FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1101, H1102, H1103 [16MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E619 [26AP]

Brentwood, CA: tribute to University Synagogue ``Heroes Among US'' honorees, E790 [10MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), request the President to transmit documents relating to differences between the House-passed version and the version signed by the President (H. Res. 752), E474-E476 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2751 [17MY]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (H.R. 5642), E1213 [20JN]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (H.R. 4646), E663 [27AP]

Contracts: promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H4034 [15JN]

Dept. of Commerce: global warming impact study funding, H4702 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit the awarding of contracts based on data from the Defense Contract Audit Agency, H1101, H1102, H1103 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: verify that proposed food safety legislation will pose no additional risk to public health or safety from terrorist attacks on the food supply, H746 [8MR]

FDA: expedite consideration of State petitions for adoption of food warnings relative to cancer-causing agents, reproductive effects or birth defects, or children's exposure to certain harmful agents, H744, H745 [8MR]

———permit States to maintain or enact food warning laws that require notifications regarding health risks associated with sulfiting agents in bulk foods, H750 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H531, H532, H535, H536, H537, H538 [2MR], H743, H744, H745, H746, H747, H748, H750, H751 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H522 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H731, H732, H733 [8MR]

———State notification requirement regarding the presence or potential effects of mercury in fish and shellfish, H751 [8MR]

Federal aid programs: require data relative to Federal financial assistance to be available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form (H.R. 5060), H4338 [21JN]

Firearms: trigger lock law enforcement funding, H4761 [28JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), consideration (H. Res. 783), H1882, H1883 [27AP]

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government, H1882 [27AP]

Holocaust: remembrance, E671 [1MY]

Industry Trade Advisory Committees: ensure certain membership requirements are met, H4762 [28JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), E669 [1MY]

Jewish American Heritage Month: observance, E941 [23MY]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Sinai Temple, E758 [9MY]

Memorial Day: observance, E997 [26MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), E954 [24MY]

———withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats calls for the destruction of Israel (S. Con. Res. 79), E188 [17FE]

Monmouth, OR: anniversary of First Christian Church, E759 [9MY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H803 [9MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: issuance of report on intellectual property laws relative to Israel's pharmaceutical protection practices, E748 [5MY]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2004 [3MY], H3474 [7JN]

Saudi Arabia: urge government to live up to World Trade Organization commitments and end all aspects of any boycott on Israel (H. Con. Res. 370), E566 [7AP]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4702, H4761, H4762 [28JN]

States: clarify jurisdiction over certain food adulteration standards in absence of a Federal standard and allow further regulation of dietary supplements, H743, H744 [8MR]

———preserve authorities that help defend and respond to bioterrorism attacks on the food supply, H747, H748 [8MR]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (H.R. 3127), E541 [6AP]

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), H4034 [15JN]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (H.R. 1053), E380 [15MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: provide deadline for final approval of visitor center (H.R. 4882), H1138 [28MR]

Tributes

Priselac, Thomas M., E978 [26MY]