DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

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), H974 [14MR], H1023 [15MR], H1068 [16MR]

Articles and editorials

Our Voices Must Work To Avert an Invasion, by, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, H4020 [15JN]

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]

Africa: promote economic diversification, entrepreneurship, and private sector development, and promote partnerships among small and medium enterprises in qualified countries (see H.R. 5480), H3306 (see H.R. 5480), H3359 [25MY]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Arab League: disapprove decision to hold summit in Khartoum, Sudan, and call on all involved parties and the world community to work to end genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan (see H. Res. 675), H273 [14FE]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1391 [30MR]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1917 [27AP]

Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H2102 [3MY]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3227 [24MY]

Children and youth: repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H869 [9MR]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 794), H3227 [24MY]

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

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 5131), H1917 [27AP]

Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H2175 [4MY]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H3642 [8JN]

Congress: require notification if the President ignores a duly enacted provision of law and expedite consideration of legislation in response to such determination (see H.J. Res. 89), H4189 [16JN]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H274 [14FE]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1917 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a photovoltaic demonstration program (see H.R. 5594), H3907 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2503 [10MY]

———promulgate regulations on protections for residents of certain facilities relative to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1744 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 5536), H3724 [9JN]

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]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1798), H1917 [27AP]

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), H973 [14MR]

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), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4521 [22JN]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4298), H274 [14FE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H874 [13MR]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H26 [31JA]

———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), H5047 [11JY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4062), H509 [1MR]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H5047 [11JY]

Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H389 [16FE]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (see H.R. 5449), H3425 [6JN]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H274 [14FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to drug advertising (see H.R. 3950), H4134 [15JN]

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

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1853 [26AP]

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

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H1130 [16MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1453 [4AP]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women (see H.R. 4469), H2706 (see H.R. 4469), H2758 [17MY]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H4134 [15JN]

———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see H.R. 215), H4958 [10JY]

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

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 688), H2103 [3MY]

Hurricanes: recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H333 [15FE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H154 [1FE]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H4521 [22JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1196 [28MR]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H3643 [8JN]

———regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]

Iran: require the President to obtain congressional authorization before initiating any military action against Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1852 [26AP]

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), H1131 [16MR]

———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), H4520 [22JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H509 [1MR]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H25 [31JA]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H4917 [29JN]

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

———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), H2706 (see H.R. 5182), H2758 [17MY]

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

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H1854 [26AP]

———raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety (see H. Con. Res. 278), H1391 [30MR]

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

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), H1320 [29MR]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H3788 [12JN]

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

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 Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans: establish (see H.R. 5223), H2833 (see H.R. 5223), H2891 [18MY]

National Domestic Violence Hotline: anniversary (see H. Res. 689), H389 [16FE]

National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2828), H1917 [27AP]

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

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

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H3643 [8JN]

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

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H1917 [27AP]

———reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies (see H.R. 5538), H3496 [7JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize the safe and stable families program (see H.R. 5640), H4796 [28JN]

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), H1128 [16MR]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

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

Small Business Act: enhance section 8(a) program (see H.R. 4474), H160 [7FE]

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), H3497 [7JN]

Taxation: deny deduction for certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 4706), H160 [7FE]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H1981 [2MY]

———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]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

Veterans: improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H973 [14MR]

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]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]

Women's Museum—An Institute for the Future: tribute (see H. Res. 730), H1129 [16MR]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H275 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Death on the High Seas Act: limit application to maritime accidents (see H.R. 4921), H866 [9MR]

Taxation: allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 5175), H1741 [25AP]

———simplify and provide greater uniformity for child-related tax benefits and eliminate potential for abuse created by the uniform definition of a child (see H.R. 5123), H1677 [6AP]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3103 [23MY]

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), H1023, H1024 [15MR], H1066 [16MR]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 725), H983 [15MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2458 [10MY]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), motion to instruct conferees, H189 [8FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: privatization of Food Stamp Program eligibility determination process, H3103 [23MY]

Dept. of State: International Disaster and Famine Assistance for Sudan and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in Egypt Economic Support Fund funding, H3544 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior: participate in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of Austin, TX (H.R. 2341), H1689 [25AP]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H2458 [10MY]

Education: student financial aid programs, H228 [14FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3544 [8JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2018 [3MY]

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

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H4012 [15JN]

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project: funding, H1023, H1024 [15MR], H1066 [16MR], H4635 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4635 [27JN]

Social Security: elimination of death benefits to widows and widowers, H196 [8FE]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4453 [22JN]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, H189 [8FE]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H189 [8FE]

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), H3981 [14JN], H4012 [15JN]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 868), H4020 [15JN]

University of Texas: tribute to football team, H228 [14FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4005 [14JN]

Tributes

Anaya, Carmen, H2965 [22MY]