CASE, ED (a Representative from Hawaii)

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]

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 5185), H4134 [15JN]

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H26 [31JA]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1681 [6AP] (see H.R. 5363), H3309 (see H.R. 5363), H3362 [25MY]

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H2103 [3MY]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 5200), H4958 [10JY]

———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 202), H868 [9MR]

———payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H2102 [3MY]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1321 [29MR]

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

China, People's Republic of: expand diplomatic infrastructure and economic competitiveness of U.S. interests (see H.R. 5199), H2962 [19MY]

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

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 4901), H3424 [6JN]

Commission To Strengthen Confidence in Congress: establish (see H.R. 4738), H509 [1MR]

Computers: promote freedom of expression on the Internet and protect U.S. businesses from coercion by foreign entities to participate in repression of such freedom (see H.R. 4780), H646 [7MR]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H1917 [27AP]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4788), H388 [16FE]

Corps of Engineers: authorize the conduct of small projects for the rehabilitation or removal of dams (see H.R. 4226), H1390 [30MR]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see H.R. 5014), H2641 [16MY]

———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), H2502 [10MY]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 5383), H2585 [11MY]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4657), H23 [31JA]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

———improve effectiveness of programs for remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites (see H.R. 5172), H1741 [25AP]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H225 [8FE]

———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 HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (see H.R. 4294), H155 [1FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs (see H.R. 4264), H4795 [28JN]

———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), H4009 [14JN]

Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H4134 [15JN]

———provide grants to certain areas to prepare for a tsunami (see H.R. 5265), H4328 [20JN]

Diseases: enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 3307), H274 [14FE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H154 [1FE]

Drugs: impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H1743 [25AP]

———provide for importation of pharmaceutical products under a compulsory license as provided for under the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 4392), H1681 [6AP]

Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H1742 [25AP]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5519), H3308 (see H.R. 5519), H3360 [25MY]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H4917 [29JN]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 4359), H4917 [29JN]

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]

FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H1453 [4AP]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H3227 [24MY]

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

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H26 [31JA]

Government: establish Federal Review Commissions to review and make recommendations on improving operations, effectiveness, and efficiency of Federal programs and agencies, and require a schedule for such reviews (see H.R. 5766), H5127 [12JY]

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

Hawaii: monitor off-shore sites where chemical munitions were disposed by the Army, research the impact of chemical munition disposal in the ocean, and report on remediation of such sites (see H.R. 4778), H451 [28FE]

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H1680 [6AP]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H4917 [29JN]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1917 [27AP]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H274 [14FE]

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

———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]

———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), 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), 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), H389 [16FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H225 [8FE]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H2962 [19MY]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 5000), H1129 [16MR]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2833 (see H.R. 5371), H2891 [18MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H274 [14FE]

Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 759), H1981 [2MY]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: cease production of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation of ballistic missiles, and uphold pledge to refrain from intercontinental ballistic missile testing (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4918 [29JN]

Korea, Republic of: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4304), H274 [14FE]

Law enforcement officers: amend the matching grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests (see H.R. 4215), H2588 [12MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H3308 (see H.R. 1333), H3361 [25MY]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H225 [8FE]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H1853 [26AP]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H4958 [10JY]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2502 [10MY]

———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), H4958 [10JY]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4424 [21JN]

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

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 347), H1981 [2MY]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 781), H1852 [26AP]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1681 [6AP]

National Dam Safety Program Act: amend (see H.R. 4981), H1563 [5AP]

National Guard: commend members, fully fund equipment needs, and request consultation by the Dept. of Defense with Congress and the States prior to proposing force structure changes (see H. Res. 665), H509 [1MR]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

NOAA: recognize National Marine Sanctuaries Program as critical to managing the ocean and Great Lakes resources (see H. Res. 856), H3642 [8JN]

Petroleum: prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline (see H.R. 3964), H1917 [27AP]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3099), H389 [16FE]

Power resources: improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 4384), H2502 [10MY]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 424), H4918 [29JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H154 [1FE]

Senior citizens: tribute (see H. Res. 874), H4189 [16JN]

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]

Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4303), H566 [2MR]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H1059 [15MR]

Taxation: creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 4945), H972 [14MR]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H2833 (see H.R. 1345), H2890 [18MY]

———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]

———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H226 [8FE]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H274 [14FE]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 4716), H223 [8FE]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]

Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 5499), H3497 [7JN]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4355), H2102 [3MY]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H1130 [16MR]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H1197 [28MR]

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

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2102 [3MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2684), H451 [28FE] (see H.R. 4560), H2174 [4MY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4958 [10JY]

———issue of a semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 5065), H1389 [30MR]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H1197 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 5222), H1915 [27AP]

Remarks

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

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4365 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member and make direct housing loans to Native American veterans, H2981 [22MY]

Ferreira, Glenn: Hawaii State Law Enforcement Officers Association Hawaii Federal Top Cop Award recipient, E539 [6AP]

Filipino Americans: recognize centennial of immigration and acknowledge contributions to society (H. Con. Res. 218), H2323 [9MY]

Hawaii: U.S. Marshals Service Distinguished Small District Director's Honorary Award recipient, E539 [6AP]

Health care professionals: remove limitation for nonimmigrant classification for nurses in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 1285), H4239 [20JN]

Hiram L. Fong Post Office Building, Honolulu, HI: designate (S. 2089), H580 [7MR]

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge: expand (S. 1165), H2607 [16MY]

Kekaha Federal Credit Union: Credit Union National Association, Inc., Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award recipient, E235 [28FE]

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 (H. Res. 692), H1414 [4AP]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 781), H1991 [3MY]

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (H.R. 5222), E666 [27AP]

Veterans: increase maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs (S. 1235), H2981 [22MY]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, E498 [4AP]

———tribute to U.S. soldiers who raised the first flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, E660 [27AP]