BERMAN, HOWARD L. (a Representative from California)

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), H1678 [6AP]

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]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H1130 [16MR]

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

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H2339 [9MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H869 [9MR]

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), H390 [16FE]

Armed Forces: entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H25 [31JA]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 86), H2961 [19MY]

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

Children and youth: update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 5167), H2962 [19MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn escalating levels of religious persecution (see H. Res. 608), H974 [14MR]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H973 [14MR]

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

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), H1677 [6AP]

Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H1679 [6AP]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see H.R. 3198), H3424 [6JN]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see H.R. 3198), H3424 [6JN]

Congress: require notification if at the time of signing a bill into law, the President ignores a duly enacted provision of such law, expediting consideration of legislation in response to such determination (see H.J. Res. 87), H3308 (see H.J. Res. 87), H3360 [25MY]

Copyrights: provide for licensing of digital delivery of musical works (see H.R. 5553), H3641 [8JN]

———provide for the partial distribution of royalty fees in certain circumstances (see H.R. 5593), H3907 [13JN]

Courts: improve delivery of Federal judicial services by requiring the equitable and rational calculation of rent to be paid to the GSA (see H.R. 4710), H333 [15FE]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4709), H390 [16FE]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1130 [16MR]

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), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3309 (see H.R. 5201), H3361 [25MY]

———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]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 5236), H1916 [27AP]

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]

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), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve pension program (see H.R. 5119), H1677 [6AP]

———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), H3425 [6JN] (see H.R. 5588), H4134 [15JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3424 [6JN]

———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]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H3724 [9JN]

———provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H274 [14FE]

Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5733), H5128 [12JY]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H874 [13MR]

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), H868 [9MR]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 4463), H274 [14FE]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H2102 [3MY]

Europe: request Executive Office of the President and direct Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to trip to Europe by Condoleezza Rice (see H. Res. 642), H226 [8FE]

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

———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]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide individuals the ability to control access to their credit reports (see H.R. 5482), H5047 [11JY]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1196 [28MR]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude certain communications over the Internet from certain requirements (see H.R. 4900), H973 [14MR]

Firearms: permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (see H.R. 5033), H2102 [3MY]

Foreign aid: encouraging accelerated removal of agricultural subsidies of industrialized countries to alleviate poverty and promote growth, health, and stability in the economies of African countries (see H. Res. 461), H3909 [13JN]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1996), H4958 [10JY]

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), H973 [14MR]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H1453 [4AP]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H2339 [9MY]

Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (see H.R. 5474), H3226 [24MY]

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

Haiti: authorize assistance to fund scholarships for talented disadvantaged students to continue their education in the U.S. and to return to Haiti to contribute to the development of their country (see H.R. 5091), H1561 [5AP]

———commend people for holding democratic elections and congratulate President Rene G. Preval on his victory (see H. Con. Res. 353), H974 [14MR]

———duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 4211), H26 [31JA]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3658), H2102 [3MY]

Haitian-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 777), H3138 [23MY]

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

House Democracy Assistance Commission: welcome members and staff of the parliaments of East Timor, Republic of Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia as the first partner parliaments (see H. Res. 758), H1564 [5AP]

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]

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), H1917 [27AP]

Intellectual property: protect globally (see H. Con. Res. 380), H2103 [3MY]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 4976), H1197 [28MR]

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

Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (see H. Con. Res. 341), H332 [15FE]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically (see H. Con. Res. 425), H4681 [27JN]

Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H2103 [3MY]

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]

Kazakhstan: recognize anniversary of the closure of the world's second largest nuclear test site and efforts on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 905), H4916 [29JN]

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]

Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see H. Res. 838), H4796 [28JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H5047 [11JY]

Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H2503 [10MY]

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]

Marshall Islands: commend contributions made to U.S. nuclear testing program, acknowledge first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, and commemorate anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing program (see H. Res. 692), H1391 [30MR]

Medicaid: provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States (see H.R. 4606), H155 [1FE]

Medicare: eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H3309 (see H.R. 5238), H3361 [25MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4917 [29JN]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H333 [15FE]

———provide eligibility for coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (see H.R. 3022), H4220 [19JN]

———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), H3227 [24MY]

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

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H155 [1FE]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H566 [2MR]

Mongolia: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 828), H3227 [24MY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H155 [1FE]

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), H275 [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), H3723 [9JN]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H1321 [29MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H1059 [15MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H868 [9MR]

———implement certain recommendations relative to review of certain mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with any foreign person (see H.R. 4915), 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]

Nepal: release all political detainees, restore constitutional liberties, and undertake good faith negotiations with all involved parties to restore democracy (see H. Res. 780), H2503 [10MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products and implement minimum wage and immigration requirements (see H.R. 5550), H4220 [19JN]

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]

Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H1198 [28MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow waiver of statutory provisions governing patents and trademarks in certain emergencies (see H.R. 4742), H273 [14FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]

Poland: provide assistance to Museum of the History of Polish Jews (see H.R. 5247), H3227 [24MY]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H2102 [3MY]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H389 [16FE]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H1917 [27AP]

Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]

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

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: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H389 [16FE]

Terrorism: recognize potential threat of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere and seek support of OAS in combating the proliferation of such organizations (see H. Con. Res. 338), H974 [14MR]

———reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2641 [16MY]

Thailand: anniversary of ascension to throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (see H. Con. Res. 409), H3227 [24MY]

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), H1198 [28MR]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (see H. Res. 703), H1198 [28MR]

———commend people for conducting free, fair, and transparent elections and their commitment to democracy and reform (see H. Res. 799), H2586 [11MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Copyrights: harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses relative to certain sound recordings (see H.R. 5361), H2584 [11MY]

Nuclear energy: establish sound criteria for civilian nuclear cooperation with certain countries (see H.R. 5430), H2961 [19MY]

Patents: modify certain procedures (see H.R. 5096), H1561 [5AP]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E638 [27AP]

Copyrights: harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses relative to certain sound recordings (H.R. 5361), E826 [12MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1355 [30MR]

Intellectual property: reduce digital piracy on college campuses, H1355 [30MR]

Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (H. Con. Res. 341), H350 [16FE]

———hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), H1770 [26AP]

Middle East: 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), H284 [15FE]

Patents: modify certain procedures (H.R. 5096), E524 [6AP]

Votes: position on missed, H298 [15FE], H351 [16FE]

Tributes

David, Hal, E702 [3MY]

Frohlich, Sondra, E1213 [20JN]

Riley, Yoggi, E144 [14FE]

Ryan, Ted, E1240 [21JN]

Weinstein, Arthur K., E386 [16MR]

Wong, Cynthia, E939 [23MY]