KNOLLENBERG, JOE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3828, H3872 [13JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]

Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H226 [8FE]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H160 [7FE]

FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 4931), H867 [9MR]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H225 [8FE]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H1743 [25AP]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H509 [1MR]

Women: 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), H155 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 698), H450 [28FE]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5576), H3723 [9JN]

Health: promote preventive health care (see H.R. 5657), H4423 [21JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to qualified small employers who create new jobs (see H.R. 5146), H1678 [6AP]

———increase the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 5701), H4794 [28JN]

Veterans: provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H3016 [22MY]

Letters

Veterans Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act: James B. King, AMVETS (organization), E921 [22MY]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, E921 [22MY]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H3829, H3833 [13JN]

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), H1035, H1043, H1044 [15MR]

Armed Forces: express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (H. Res. 698), H883 [14MR], E233 [28FE]

Banning, CA: prohibit funding for city-owned pool renovations, H3925 [14JN]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H3923, H3925, H3926, H3929 [14JN]

Crafton Hills College: prohibit funding for multipurpose athletic facility, H3929 [14JN]

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

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H1035 [15MR]

———Community Development Block Grant Program section 108 loan guarantee program funding, H3872 [13JN]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields, H3846 [13JN]

———HOPE VI Program funding for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H3853 [13JN]

———provide limited flexibility to regional public housing authorities in the use of funding streams, H3825 [13JN]

———retain same number of section 8 vouchers when housing units to which the vouchers were previously applied are demolished, H3943, H3944 [14JN]

———section 8 housing vouchers program funding through reductions in Working Capital Fund, H3851 [13JN]

———utilize relief funding for low and moderate income victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H1044 [15MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration school bus railroad crossing safety funding, H3833 [13JN]

———National Highway Traffic Safety Administration corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) research funding, H3834 [13JN]

———New Start program funding for Chicago, IL, commuter rail service, H3824 [13JN]

———prohibit implementation of proposed rule relative to foreign investment in U.S. airlines, H3944, H3947 [14JN]

———rail line relocation projects funding, H3916, H3917 [14JN]

———research and university research centers funding, H3835 [13JN]

———study amount each State spent to comply with Dept. of Transportation laws and regulations, H3956 [14JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3915 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3822, H3824, H3825, H3826, H3828, H3829, H3833, H3834, H3846, H3851, H3853, H3872, H3875, H3877, H3891 [13JN], H3915, H3916, H3917, H3918, H3923, H3925, H3926, H3929, H3933, H3943, H3944, H3947, H3955, H3956, H3961, H3974 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5576), amendment process, H3848 [13JN]

———prohibit corporations incorporated in certain foreign countries from being eligible for Federal contracts, H3918 [14JN]

District of Columbia: charter schools funding, H3872 [13JN]

FAA: Airport Improvement Program airport noise reduction grants, H3955 [14JN]

———modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (H.R. 5449), H3402 [6JN]

———prohibit funding for consolidation of Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) centers, H3933 [14JN]

Federal employees: health and fitness program programs funding, H3877 [13JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3527 [8JN]

Health: promote preventive health care (H.R. 5657), E1241 [21JN]

Hurricanes: repair, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of rental properties in States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita funding, H1043 [15MR]

Michigan Food and Beverage Association: tribute to Metro Detroit Youth Day, E1381 [12JY]

Monroe County, NY: prohibit funding for Xerox Area Road improvements, H3926 [14JN]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program funding, H3824, H3875 [13JN]

Point of order, H3956 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to qualified small employers who create new jobs (H.R. 5146), E543 [6AP]

———increase the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts (H.R. 5701), E1309 [28JN]

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), H4061 [15JN]

University of Mississippi: prohibit funding for William Faulkner Museum construction, H3923 [14JN]

Veterans: provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (H.R. 5444), E921 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1097 [16MR], H2510 [11MY]

Zapata County, TX: designate as a Border Commercial Zone, H3826 [13JN]

Reports filed

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5576) (H. Rept. 109-495), H3723 [9JN]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3962-H3973 [14JN]

Tributes

Chambers, Charles M., E1250 [23JN]

DeVos, Richard M., Sr., E243 [1MR]

Ebbing, R.R. (Pete), E909 [19MY]

Gage, Hilda R., E22 [31JA]

McGregor, Alexandra, E233 [28FE]

Weeks, George, E111 [8FE]