MATSUI, DORIS O. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5062 [12JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3367 [6JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (H. Res. 821), H2900 [19MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), consideration (H. Res. 832), H3123 [23MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H527 [2MR]

National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4603, H4606 [27JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3380 [6JN]

Articles and editorials

Where's the Sacrifice, Sacramento (CA) Bee, H2896 [19MY]

Who's Overreaching?—GOP Blows Political Smoke Over Leaks, Sacramento (CA) Bee, H4822 [29JN]

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]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H3909 [13JN]

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

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H2706 (see H.R. 5229), H2758 [17MY]

———establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H2174 [4MY]

Armed Forces: revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H3016 [22MY]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 4826), H508 [1MR]

Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]

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

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4424 [21JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1198 [28MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H1853 [26AP]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4958 [10JY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 901), H5047 [11JY]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]

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

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Constantino Brumidi for display in the Capital Visitor Center (see H.R. 5562), H4521 [22JN]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H451 [28FE]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H23 [31JA]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H1742 [25AP]

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

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), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H3138 [23MY]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H2502 [10MY]

———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: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (see H.R. 5362), H2641 [16MY]

———establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H155 [1FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3497 [7JN]

———award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H2586 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: 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), H451 [28FE]

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), H226 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H1453 [4AP]

———employ additional categories of mental health professionals (see H.R. 5396), H5047 [11JY]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and provide for annual increases in such assistance (see H.R. 4791), H388 [16FE]

———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), H4680 [27JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H3138 [23MY]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H1563 [5AP]

Education: authorize appropriations for basic research and research infrastructure in science and engineering, and for support of graduate fellowships (see H.R. 4596), H155 [1FE]

———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), H3724 [9JN]

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), H155 [1FE]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]

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), H1563 [5AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H1563 [5AP]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1390 [30MR]

Federal employees: increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 4201), H646 [7MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1453 [4AP]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H3788 [12JN]

———improve disaster relief and preparedness services for individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5498), H3307 (see H.R. 5498), H3359 [25MY]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H1563 [5AP]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H2706 (see H.R. 4188), H2758 [17MY]

———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1453 [4AP]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H25 [31JA]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H3497 [7JN]

Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

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

GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H2962 [19MY]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H2339 [9MY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H1742 [25AP]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3227 [24MY]

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), H389 [16FE]

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), H3138 [23MY]

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), H451 [28FE]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H3309 (see H.R. 5371), H3362 [25MY]

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), H4220 [19JN]

———declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H156 [1FE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H2339 [9MY]

———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), H1060 [15MR]

———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, 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]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302), H2102 [3MY]

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), H2339 [9MY]

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]

Medicaid: repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see H.R. 5023), H1453 [4AP]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H1563 [5AP]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H1680 [6AP]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1946), H1681 [6AP]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4328 [20JN]

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

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4555 [26JN]

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), H23 [31JA]

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]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H868 [9MR]

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), H1743 [25AP]

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 Entrepreneurship Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 699), H450 [28FE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H2706 (see H.R. 2231), H2758 [17MY]

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), H26 [31JA]

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

———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]

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), H4009 [14JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3909 [13JN]

———authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H155 [1FE]

———establish summer science and mathematics camps for middle and high school students (see H.R. 5458), H3137 [23MY]

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

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

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

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H4521 [22JN]

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

Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3909 [13JN]

Railroads: establish rail worker emergency training program (see H.R. 4372), H2102 [3MY]

Research: 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), H3724 [9JN]

SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H1197 [28MR]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 551), H225 [8FE]

Spelman College: anniversary (see H. Res. 875), H4521 [22JN]

Stanislaus County, CA: make grants to facilitate establishment of the National Ag Science Center (see H.R. 5128), H1677 [6AP]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (see H.R. 5365), H3425 [6JN]

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), H4134 [15JN]

———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 (see H.R. 3127), H1197 [28MR]

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), H274 [14FE]

———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]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2174 [4MY]

———require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities transactions (see H.R. 5367), H3425 [6JN]

Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H3016 [22MY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H451 [28FE]

Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H509 [1MR]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H155 [1FE]

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]

———permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H155 [1FE]

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

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H2900 [19MY], H3380 [6JN]

Letters

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: several scientists, H2650-H2652 [17MY]

Protect right of military chaplains to pray according to their own beliefs: L.V. Iasiello, Dept. of Defense, H2362 [10MY]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity Act, submitted to the Committee on Rules (House) but not made in order, H1330-H1332 [30MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services, H2361 [10MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H2323 [9MY]

Black History Month: observance, H445 [28FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H55 [1FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E530 [6AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 766), H1571 [6AP]

California Asian Pacific State Employees Association: anniversary, E606 [26AP]

California State Employees Association: anniversary, E217 [28FE]

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5057, H5061 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (H. Res. 806), H2361, H2366 [10MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), consideration (H. Res. 877), H4240, H4243 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: include additional considerations in the risk-based formula used in the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program, H3368 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3368 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), consideration (H. Res. 836), H3262 [25MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (H. Res. 821), H2895, H2899 [19MY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2649, H2652, H2659 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), consideration (H. Res. 832), H3120, H3122 [23MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H523 [2MR]

FEMA: utilize emerging weather forecasting technology when updating national flood maps, H4603 [27JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), E643 [27AP]

Head Start Program: funding, E530 [6AP]

Health: medical research funding, H1571 [6AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 741), H1205, H1209 [29MR]

———amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 742), H1327, H1330, H1332 [30MR]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H1332 [30MR]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H120 [1FE]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2429), H5061 [12JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: require GAO study on potential methods, practices and incentives that would increase the degree to which low-income property owners living in high-risk locations participate, H4606, H4607 [27JN]

———restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4603, H4606, H4607 [27JN]

———restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), consideration (H. Res. 891), H4566, H4568 [27JN]

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (H.R. 4807), H526 [2MR]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing and condemn disclosure and publication of classified information on this crucial method by which terrorists are traced (H. Res. 895), consideration (H. Res. 896), H4822 [29JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4810 [29JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3376, H3379, H3380 [6JN]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Folsom Dam, E831 [15MY]

———anniversary of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, E220 [28FE]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve, H3376, H3379 [6JN]

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), consideration (H. Res. 868), H4018 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1009 [15MR], E1134 [13JN], E1315 [28JN]

World War II: support Japanese-American, German-American, and Italian-American communities in increasing public awareness of events surrounding restriction and internment, H479 [1MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H506 [1MR]

Tributes

Bloom, Brad, E1105 [9JN]

Hironaka, Kuni, E339 [9MR]

McClatchy, James, E1150 [14JN]

Stohr, Jan, E803 [11MY]

Wagner, Jack, E1200 [19JN]

Yasui, Hope Matsui, E93 [8FE]