BOEHLERT, SHERWOOD (a Representative from New York)

Articles and editorials

GOP's Shrinking Middle, E434 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H5047 [11JY]

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), H1320 [29MR]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1853 [26AP]

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]

Colleges and universities: authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies (see H.R. 5644), H4424 [21JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3643 [8JN]

Conservation of energy: establish a program of demonstration and commercial application of advanced energy efficiency technologies and systems for buildings (see H.R. 5633), H4189 [16JN]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]

———improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H389 [16FE]

D. Mallory Stephens Post Office, Patterson, NY: designate (see H.R. 5685), H4554 [26JN]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4917 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: urge withdrawal of changes contained in the ``Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy—Three-Part Test-Part Three'' that harm Title IX (see H. Res. 735), H1130 [16MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorize commercial application and transfer of technologies developed by the Dept. of Energy (see H.R. 5643), H4327 [20JN]

———establish a photovoltaic demonstration program (see H.R. 5594), H3907 [13JN]

———establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 5143), H1678 [6AP]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5347), H2502 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H2833 (see H.R. 4894), H2890 [18MY]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H155 [1FE]

Education: authorize programs relative to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science (see H.R. 5358), H2584 [11MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 5442), H3015 [22MY]

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), H332 [15FE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1743 [25AP]

Foreign trade: require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (see H.R. 4405), H26 [31JA]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H1681 [6AP]

Health: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H274 [14FE]

Health care professionals: 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), H3642 [8JN]

House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H4190 [16JN]

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), H4917 [29JN]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H389 [16FE]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1128 [16MR]

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

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H1453 [4AP]

Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]

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

Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (see H. Con. Res. 277), H274 [14FE]

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

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]

Major George Quamo Post Office Building, Averill Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 5708), H4795 [28JN]

Math and Science Teaching Corps: establish (see H.R. 4705), H2339 [9MY]

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H1130 [16MR]

———eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5399), H2704 (see H.R. 5399), H2757 [17MY]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H155 [1FE]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H1853 [26AP]

———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]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1320 [29MR]

———recognize dedication of employees at the Michoud Assembly Facility, LA, who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina to keep generators and pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware (see H. Res. 892), H4554 [26JN]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 681), H566 [2MR]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]

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

New Windsor, NY: recognize and support effort of New York to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 419), H4134 [15JN]

NLRB: establish deadlines to render decisions (see H.R. 5310), H2174 [4MY]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (see H.R. 5136), H1744 [25AP]

———reorganize (see H.R. 5450), H3016 [22MY]

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

Power resources: authorize energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 5656), H4423 [21JN]

———authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities for advanced energy technologies (see H.R. 5634), H4189 [16JN]

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

Research: authorize the NSF and certain Dept. of Energy programs to provide grants to early career researchers to conduct high-risk, high-return research in areas relevant to industry (see H.R. 5357), H2584 [11MY]

———authorize the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science to provide grants to early career researchers to establish innovative research programs and integrate education and research (see H.R. 5356), H2584 [11MY]

Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4681 [27JN]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H333 [15FE]

St. Patrick's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 364), H1129 [16MR]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H333 [15FE]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H3227 [24MY]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H1197 [28MR]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H1742 [25AP]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H2102 [3MY]

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

Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 5499), H5128 [12JY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H2706 (see H.R. 4747), H2758 [17MY]

World Cup: tribute to Italy's men's soccer team (see H. Res. 908), H5047 [11JY]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H1853 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1452 [4AP]

Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H1059 [15MR]

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H332 [15FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 5679), H4554 [26JN]

EPA: redesignate as the Dept. of Environmental Protection and elevate to Cabinet-level position (see H.R. 5078), H1451 [4AP]

Letters

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths: by, Committee on Science (House), H2546 [11MY]

Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs: by, Committee on Science (House), H3448 [7JN]

Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: by, Committee on Science (House), H2109 [4MY]

Remarks

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (H. Res. 753), H3405 [6JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3249 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4272 [20JN]

———prohibit use of award or incentive fees for contractors whose performance is unsatisfactory or incomplete, H4272 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (H.R. 5143), H2349 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2852 [18MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2661 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3161 [24MY]

EPA: prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2852 [18MY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 681), H598 [7MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4833 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4812 [29JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2003 [3MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3249 [25MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), H1996 [3MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4632 [27JN]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: ensure that students in job training programs are being prepared for jobs with wages above the minimum wage level, H5077 [12JY]

———strengthen and improve programs (S. 250), motion to instruct conferees, H5077 [12JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E434 [28MR]

Reports filed

Dept. of Commerce Transmittal to the House of Representatives a Copy of the Technology Administration Workforce Globalization Final Draft Report: Committee on Science (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 109-415), H1740 [25AP]

H-Prize Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5143) (H. Rept. 109-456), H2337 [9MY]

National Integrated Drought Information System Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5136) (H. Rept. 109-503), H4133 [15JN]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5450) (H. Rept. 109-545), H4957 [10JY]

Research for Competitiveness Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5356) (H. Rept. 109-525), H4519 [22JN]

Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 5358) (H. Rept. 109-524), H4519 [22JN]

Tributes

Lawler, Dick, E1086 [8JN]

Smith, Marcia S., E228 [28FE]

Tessieri, Vivian, E500 [4AP]