CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2520 [11MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4271 [20JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2037, H2042 [3MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1275 [29MR]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 250, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, H5080 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H869 [9MR]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H26 [31JA]

Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H5128 [12JY]

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5466), H3225 [24MY]

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

Children and youth: 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), H2338 [9MY]

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), H1917 [27AP]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting (see H.R. 5024), H1321 [29MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H451 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: extend period during which a State or local educational agency may obligate temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary school students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 5354), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2102 [3MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1390 [30MR]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5347), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H3138 [23MY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1742 [25AP]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 4927), H4795 [28JN]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H1681 [6AP]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

Education: support Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3360 [25MY]

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

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [6AP]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1388 [30MR]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H3227 [24MY]

House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3724 [9JN]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H26 [31JA]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H2706 (see H.R. 4740), H2758 [17MY]

Insurance: implement a system of electronic health records under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4859), H2706 (see H.R. 4859), H2758 [17MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]

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 public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H973 [14MR]

Medicare: coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see H.R. 2841), H1197 [28MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H1197 [28MR]

———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), H2175 [4MY]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H4795 [28JN]

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), H1917 [27AP]

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

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

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: anniversary of Federal charter (see H. Con. Res. 367), H2503 [10MY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1197 [28MR]

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

Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1453 [4AP]

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

Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H2103 [3MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H869 [9MR]

Reeve, Christopher and Dana: tribute (see H. Res. 785), H2586 [11MY]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4796 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (see H.R. 4919), H866 [9MR]

House Rules: reform the ethics process (see H.R. 4920), H866 [9MR]

Members of Congress: require full payment and disclosure of charter flights (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1059 [15MR] (see H. Con. Res. 389), H1742 [25AP]

Remarks

Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization): anniversary (H. Res. 576), H5008, H5009 [11JY]

Amtrak: funding, H3832 [13JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4477 [22JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3257 [25MY]

Brady Kohn Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E288 [7MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817), H2698 [17MY]

Carrieri-Russo, Vincenza: American Institute for Public Service Delaware Jefferson Award finalist, E449 [29MR]

Colleges and universities: prevent private postsecondary schools from competing for Federal funding, H1215 [29MR]

———retain and clarify the 90-10 rule for private postsecondary schools funding, H1215 [29MR]

Congress: extend civil penalties to lobbyist who knowingly offer gifts in violation of the law, H2037 [3MY]

Delaware Community Foundation: anniversary, E1023 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4271 [20JN]

———prohibit use of award or incentive fees for contractors whose performance is unsatisfactory or incomplete, H4271 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities, H1276 [29MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3298 [25MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2698 [17MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3832 [13JN]

Duffy, Tom: American Institute for Public Service Delaware Jefferson Award finalist, E448 [29MR]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 657), H174 [8FE]

Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (S. 2363), H881 [14MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2037, H2042, H2043 [3MY]

Hartman, Brian: American Institute for Public Service Delaware Jefferson Award finalist, E450 [29MR]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1215, H1276 [29MR]

Homes for Life Foundation: tribute, E1275 [26JN]

Jones, Adrienne: New Castle County, DE, Chamber of Commerce William V. Roth, Jr., Citizenship Award recipient, E546 [6AP]

Kirtley, Donald R.: New Castle County, DE, Chamber of Commerce Wallace M. Johnson Community Service Award recipient, E547 [6AP]

Larock, John: American Institute for Public Service Delaware Jefferson Award finalist, E452 [29MR]

Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to complete mandatory ethics training, H2042 [3MY]

Members of Congress: protect pension benefits of spouses and children of individuals involved in criminal behavior if such family members were not involved in or aware of the crime, H2043 [3MY]

Monday Club (organization): anniversary, E1230 [21JN]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 335), E263 [2MR]

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

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2114 [4MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4842 [29JN]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1527 [5AP]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3257 [25MY]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H2114 [4MY], H3298 [25MY]

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), H4049 [15JN]

Ward, J. Randall, Jr.: American Institute for Public Service Delaware Jefferson Award finalist, E451 [29MR]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of Mary Campbell Center, E875 [18MY]

———Cathedral Choir School of Delaware recipient of Coming Up Taller award, E87 [8FE]

———tribute to Marine Corps Bulk Fuel Co., Bravo, E225 [28FE]

Tributes

Buckworth, Gerald A., E1235 [21JN]

Fallon, Evelyn K. (Tina), E873 [18MY]

King, Morris W., E84 [8FE]

Roy, Roger P., E1232 [21JN]