CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E. (a Representative from Maryland)
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]
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H4190 [16JN]
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), H5128 [12JY]
———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]
———provide pay protection for Federal employees who are members of the Reserve and National Guard (see H.R. 5525), H3643 [8JN]
Baltimore, MD: anniversary of Port of Baltimore (see H. Res. 870), H4009 [14JN]
Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H2833 (see H.R. 5113), H2891 [18MY]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H1744 [25AP]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), request the President to transmit documents relating to differences between the House-passed version and the version signed by the President (see H. Res. 752), H1390 [30MR]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5466), H3425 [6JN]
Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H1391 [30MR]
Cheek, Joey: honor Olympic team member and recognize need to work with international partners to help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in Darfur region of Sudan and the suffering of children in Chad (see H. Con. Res. 397), H1980 [2MY]
Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H4424 [21JN]
Coast Guard: require a security plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer of ownership or operation of such facility (see H.R. 4880), H973 [14MR]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 5190), H2706 (see H.R. 5190), H2758 [17MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3643 [8JN]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H451 [28FE]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]
Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H26 [31JA]
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), H4680 [27JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2962 [19MY]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5347), H2502 [10MY]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H790 [8MR]
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), H1981 [2MY]
———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, 5588), H4680 [27JN]
Diseases: enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 944), H25 [31JA]
———establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4520 [22JN]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H5128 [12JY]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2706 (see H.R. 5388), H2758 [17MY]
Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H1742 [25AP]
———extend deadline by which State and local educational agencies are required to ensure that an educator is highly qualified in order to account for the educator's applicable period of military service (see H.R. 4470), H1681 [6AP]
———increase amount of loans repayable for Selected Reserve officers who possess qualifications, or are being trained in, health professions needed to meet wartime combat medical skill shortages (see H.R. 3417), H155 [1FE]
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]
Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 4463), H26 [31JA]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H566 [2MR]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H274 [14FE]
Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 5112), H1676 [6AP]
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), H1681 [6AP]
Federal employees: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H2339 [9MY]
———increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 4201), H509 [1MR]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1743 [25AP]
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), H1981 [2MY]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H1744 [25AP]
Government: develop a demonstration project to enhance the ability of Federal agencies to continue to operate during an extended emergency situation (see H.R. 5366), H2584 [11MY]
———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Haiti: urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (see H. Res. 888), H4958 [10JY]
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3658), H1059 [15MR]
Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H225 [8FE]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H1853 [26AP]
Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H333 [15FE]
Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see H.R. 3569), H509 [1MR]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3788 [12JN]
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]
Hurricanes: restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4858), H564 [2MR]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1197 [28MR]
———prevent sex offenders from using immigration laws to bring innocent, unsuspecting victims into the U.S. (see H.R. 5610), H4008 [14JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: enhance educational services for persons with autism spectrum disorders and expand loan forgiveness for teachers of autistic children (see H.R. 4059), H389 [16FE]
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
Iraq: 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]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1432), H973 [14MR]
Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H2338 [9MY]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H791 [8MR]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]
Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]
Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 1433), H973 [14MR]
Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H2833 (see H.R. 1264), H2890 [18MY]
Medicare: continue Medicaid prescription drug coverage to dual-eligible beneficiaries for a certain period while allowing part D benefits to be implemented as scheduled (see H.R. 1144), H25 [31JA]
———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H1130 [16MR]
———establish a pilot project to demonstrate the impact of payment for more frequent hemodialysis treatment (see H.R. 5321), H3643 [8JN]
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year of enrollment, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5263), H1979 [2MY]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H333 [15FE]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received an organ transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 2051), H2339 [9MY]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H26 [31JA]
———remove exclusion of benzodiazepines from required coverage under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 3151), H4958 [10JY]
———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H1980 [2MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: 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: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H451 [28FE]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]
Minorities: recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3908 [13JN]
Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H4424 [21JN]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H274 [14FE]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1921 [1MY]
National objectives: end homelessness (see H.R. 4347), H26 [31JA]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), 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), H4009 [14JN]
———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]
———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]
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]
NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H4328 [20JN]
Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H874 [13MR]
Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H26 [31JA]
Power resources: improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 4384), H1981 [2MY]
———increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H4424 [21JN]
Public Health Service Act: increase affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals (see H.R. 3547), H4554 [26JN]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1197 [28MR]
Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H1391 [30MR]
Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 2629), H1453 [4AP]
Social Security: encourage large employers to make premium payments for their employees, spouses and dependents who are covered under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3917), H274 [14FE]
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), H1981 [2MY]
Taxation: expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H509 [1MR]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H1853 [26AP]
———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H2339 [9MY]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H155 [1FE]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H450 [28FE]
———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 282), H1744 [25AP]
Taylor, Charles E.: tribute (see H. Res. 726), H973 [14MR]
Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 3), H1681 [6AP]
Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]
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), H2102 [3MY]
U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H5128 [12JY]
University of Maryland: anniversary (see H. Res. 704), H509 [1MR]
Veterans: expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H1743 [25AP]
———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H26 [31JA]
———increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 831), H154 [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]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H1563 [5AP]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2102 [3MY]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Diseases: increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H3787 [12JN]
Remarks
Baltimore, MD: anniversary of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, E766
Black History Month: observance, E178
Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H2752
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1582 [6AP], H2729
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2729
Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, E746
Diseases: increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (H. Res. 863), E1122
———prevent and cure juvenile diabetes, E996
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, H822 [9MR]
DuBois Circle (organization): anniversary, E669
Economy: impact of tax cuts, H1582 [6AP]
FEMA: extend transitional housing assistance to victims of Gulf Coast hurricanes, E993
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), E746
Health care professionals: remove limitation for nonimmigrant classification for nurses in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 1285), H4238 [20JN]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1353
———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of prior drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance, H821 [9MR]
Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4159
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H120
Law enforcement: ensure adequate funding is provided for certain high intensity drug trafficking areas, H804 [9MR]
Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 752), E825
———encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (H. Res. 802), E825
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year, and limit drug formulary changes (H.R. 5263), E825
NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 335), H462, H464
National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (H.R. 5216), E664
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, E255
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (H. Res. 556), H1497 [5AP]
National Minority Health Month: observance, E665
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2118
———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, E259
National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 422), H3403
Office of National Drug Control Policy: commission reports and establish clearinghouse relative to methamphetamine epidemic, H825, H826 [9MR]
———conduct study of persons kidnapped, killed, and missing along the U.S.-Mexico border, H827 [9MR]
———conduct study on drug court programs that conduct hearings in non-traditional places, such as schools, H823 [9MR]
———consult with major national law enforcement organizations on drug control policy recommendations, H842, H843 [9MR]
———develop strategy to combat border tunnels used for drug trafficking and other purposes, H828 [9MR]
———perform assessment of illicit drug and alcohol use by children, H833 [9MR]
———provide program that advises States on establishing laws and policies to address alcohol and drug issues, H834 [9MR]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H804, H808, H821, H822, H823, H825, H826, H827, H828, H829, H831, H833, H834, H835, H838, H839, H841, H842, H843 [9MR]
———request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies conduct study on iatrogenic addiction associated with oxycodone hydrochloride controlled-release tablets, H835 [9MR]
———require a minimum percentage of national media campaign funds be spent on advertisements to reduce methamphetamine use and award grants for such advertisements, H838, H839 [9MR]
———require report on representation of tribal governments in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, H841 [9MR]
———submit comprehensive strategy that addresses the increased threat of methamphetamine, H831 [9MR]
———submit report on Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis, H829 [9MR]
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment, H2118
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), H4159
Women's History Month: observance, E482
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H385 [16FE], H561 [2MR], H628 [7MR], H787 [8MR], H1318 [29MR], H1387 [30MR], H1450 [4AP], H1560 [5AP], H1849 [26AP], H1912 [27AP], H4132 [15JN], H4187 [16JN]
Tributes
Gabre-Medhin, Tsegaye, E829
McDaniel, Hattie, E182
Moore, Harry T., E178