ETHERIDGE, BOB (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4733 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H2339 [9MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2175 [4MY]

———provide for the inclusion of certain special and incentive pays in the computation of military retired pay for members who have special operations forces designation (see H.R. 5584), H5047 [11JY]

Business and industry: provide a temporary minimum standard mileage rate for computing the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business purposes (see H.R. 5583), H5128 [12JY]

Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4220 [19JN]

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

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4328 [20JN]

Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H1391 [30MR]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H2833 (see H.R. 4341), H2890 [18MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H1742 [25AP]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H1130 [16MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3643 [8JN]

Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H4917 [29JN]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H973 [14MR]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H154 [1FE]

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

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3425 [6JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2584 [11MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4220 [19JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3309 (see H.R. 4033), H3361 [25MY]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H4917 [29JN]

Education: establish a comprehensive program to bolster economic competitiveness and national security by promoting science, engineering, and math education careers and foreign language acquisition (see H.R. 4734), H3138 [23MY]

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), H1917 [27AP]

FEMA: establish requirements for appointment of Director (see H.R. 4840), H508 [1MR]

———provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (see H.R. 4874), H1131 [16MR]

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

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H3497 [7JN]

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

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

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H333 [15FE]

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]

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

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H5047 [11JY]

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]

Mayor John Thompson (Tom) Garrison Memorial Post Office, Badin, NC: designate (see H.R. 4688), H153 [1FE]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H3723 [9JN]

Medicare: establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 5465), H4958 [10JY]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]

———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), H1741 [25AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H451 [28FE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H155 [1FE]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3909 [13JN]

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

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), H275 [14FE]

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 Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H160 [7FE]

National Physical Education and Sports Month: establish (see H. Res. 696), H791 [8MR]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 696), H791 [8MR]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]

———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]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1743 [25AP]

Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3227 [24MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2585 [11MY]

Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H1391 [30MR]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H2834 (see H. Res. 498), H2891 [18MY]

Taxation: provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2102 [3MY]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: exempt from certain requirements (see H.R. 5682), H4554 [26JN]

Veterans: reduce incidence of suicide (see H.R. 5771), H5127 [12JY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H3424 [6JN]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H58 [1FE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2462 [10MY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, E877 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E877 [18MY]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute, H4225 [20JN]

———tribute (H. Res. 881), H4785 [28JN]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H2106 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (H.R. 5351), H3124 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2791 [18MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), E1184 [16JN]

Education: tribute to teachers, H2481 [10MY]

Fayetteville State University: authorize funding under Historically Black Graduate Institutions program, H1359 [30MR]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H741 [8MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2025 [3MY]

Hart, John W. and Virginia Sparrow: tribute to birth of child, E1175 [16JN]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1359 [30MR]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H122 [1FE]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2113 [4MY]

———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), E1370 [11JY]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (H. Res. 900), E1370 [11JY]

National Weather Service: improve inland flooding monitoring, H4635 [27JN]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (H.R. 5372), H3216 [24MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, H3216 [24MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), H1998 [3MY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (H.R. 3936), H3216 [24MY]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits, H4733 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4635 [27JN], H4733, H4734 [28JN]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), E1284 [27JN]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), E1110 [9JN]

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), H4140 [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2335 [9MY], H2499 [10MY], H3136 [23MY], H3224 [24MY]

Tributes

Fowler, Earl, E169 [15FE]

Joseph, Louis, E1342 [29JN]

Williams, George W. (Jo Jo), E58 [1FE]