BIGGERT, JUDY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1335 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Belarus: support democracy efforts, rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free and fair Presidential election (see H. Res. 673), H452 [28FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H225 [8FE]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H4555 [26JN]

———require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H2586 [11MY]

Colleges and universities: authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies (see H.R. 5644), H4327 [20JN]

Congressman Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building, Princeton, IL: designate (see H.R. 5426), H2961 [19MY]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see H.R. 5014), H1195 [28MR]

———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), H2833 (see H.R. 4710), H2890 [18MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H868 [9MR]

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

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H3788 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (see H.R. 5313), H2337 [9MY]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H155 [1FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H4328 [20JN]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H3909 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2503 [10MY]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1981 [2MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H450 [28FE]

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]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]

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

Eximbank: reauthorize and reform operations (see H.R. 5068), H1389 [30MR]

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), H3424 [6JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4680 [27JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H224 [8FE]

Foreign policy: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, the U.S. contribution to the first replenishment of the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund (see H.R. 4916), H866 [9MR]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H25 [31JA]

Gene Vance Post Office Building, Clinton, IL: designate (see H.R. 4805), H449 [28FE]

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), H1917 [27AP]

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), H868 [9MR]

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), H2962 [19MY]

Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]

Joshua A. Terando Princeton Post Office Building, Morris, IL: designate (see H.R. 5428), H2961 [19MY]

Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5724), H4915 [29JN]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 5086), H1452 [4AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H2339 [9MY]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H225 [8FE]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 660), H25 [31JA]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H226 [8FE]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H2501 [10MY]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

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]

Pham Hong Son: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 320), H973 [14MR]

Political campaigns: require political committees to identify each candidate associated with the committee in organization statements and reports filed with the FEC (see H.R. 4655), H274 [14FE]

Power resources: 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]

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]

Ships and vessels: require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4771), H387 [16FE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain education and training expenses (see H.R. 4325), H2833 (see H.R. 4325), H2890 [18MY]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H3309 (see H.R. 4985), H3361 [25MY]

———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 5056), H2706 (see H.R. 5056), H2758 [17MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H2833 (see H.R. 1634), H2890 [18MY]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2337 [9MY]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H224 [8FE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H790 [8MR]

———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), H4328 [20JN]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 5602), H3908 [13JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

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

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

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 912), H5128 [12JY]

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]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4919 [10JY]

Letters

Support Financial Literacy Month goals and ideals: Joshua Peirez, MasterCard International, Inc., H1490 [5AP]

———Lisa B. Nelson, Visa U.S.A. Inc., H1490 [5AP]

———Liz Coit, Networks Financial Institute, Indiana State University, H1489 [5AP]

———Patricia D. Struck, North American Securities Adminstrators Association, Inc., H1489 [5AP]

Remarks

ABC News (television program): report on Dept. of Justice alleged investigation of Speaker Hastert, H3233 [25MY]

Bolingbrook, IL: tribute to Bolingbrook High School girls' basketball team, E792 [10MY]

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (H.R. 5319), H4967 [11JY]

Colleges and universities: allow unaccompanied homeless youth to be considered as independent students upon verification of living situation by an authorized official, H1335, H1336 [30MR]

Dept. of Energy: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership funding, H3176 [24MY]

Downers Grove, IL: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 89, E875 [18MY]

———tribute to Downers Grove South High School speech team, E999 [26MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3162, H3170, H3176 [24MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 737), H1489 [5AP]

Foreign policy: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, the U.S. contribution to the first replenishment of the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund (H.R. 4916), H1699 [25AP]

Great Lakes: invasive species eradication funding, H3170 [24MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1335, H1336 [30MR]

Illinois: tribute to National Science Bowl participants, E667 [27AP]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (H. Res. 357), H460 [1MR]

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), H4113 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H446 [28FE]

Special order: granted, H2499 [10MY]

Tributes

Burnitz, Kimberly, E998 [26MY]

Carp, Joel M., E1173 [16JN]

Hastert, Speaker, H3233 [25MY]

Reipsa, Peggy, E873 [18MY]