GRIJALVA, RAUL M. (a Representative from Arizona)
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), H1678 [6AP]
Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1744 [25AP]
Armed Forces: honor African Americans who have served (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2175 [4MY]
———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]
Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 373), H4190 [16JN]
Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H1744 [25AP]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H790 [8MR]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]
———impose a moratorium on the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain States (see H.R. 379), H5047 [11JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a temporary memorial honoring members of the Armed Forces killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 379), H1562 [5AP]
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 693), H389 [16FE]
Children and youth: improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H1059 [15MR]
———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1320 [29MR]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H1743 [25AP]
———update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 5167), H1679 [6AP]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 794), H3227 [24MY]
———urge reinstatement of all licenses of Gao Zhisheng and his law firm, remove obstacles for lawyers attempting to defend criminal cases, and revise law and practice standards (see H. Con. Res. 365), H1196 [28MR]
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: authorize a land exchange involving adjacent private lands acquired for inclusion in the refuge with BLM lands in Riverside County, CA (see H.R. 4827), H508 [1MR]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4918 [29JN]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H1563 [5AP]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]
Colombia: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4886), H644 [7MR]
Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H4521 [22JN]
Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Constantino Brumidi for display in the Capital Visitor Center (see H.R. 5562), H4680 [27JN]
Community Forest Restoration Act: expand the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program to cover Arizona and New Mexico (see H.R. 3590), H1563 [5AP]
Congress: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 4600), H1743 [25AP]
Congressional Teacher Award Task Force: establish (see H.R. 5140), H1678 [6AP]
CPSC: confirm jurisdiction relative to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring such bars include a quick-release mechanism (see H.R. 5339), H2706 (see H.R. 5339), H2758 [17MY]
———establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H645 [7MR]
Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 5383), H2585 [11MY]
———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 4413), H1390 [30MR]
Crime: provide search and rescue dogs the same protections as other animals used in law enforcement (see H.R. 4764), H332 [15FE]
Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 208), H3497 [7JN]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1917 [27AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to food stamps by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to certain nonprofit groups to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 5158), H1678 [6AP]
———reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program and increase CCC funding for the program (see H.R. 4897), H1390 [30MR]
Dept. of Commerce: transmit to the House of Representatives a copy of a workforce globalization final draft report produced by the Technology Administration (see H. Res. 717), H1198 [28MR]
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: authorize grants to States and local educational agencies to establish teacher mentoring programs (see H.R. 4773), H4520 [22JN]
———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), H1678 [6AP]
———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 Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (see H.R. 5362), H2641 [16MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 4550), H1743 [25AP]
———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H1681 [6AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 5236), H1916 [27AP]
Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H451 [28FE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 5047), H1319 [29MR]
———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1798), H1917 [27AP]
———suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see H.R. 4749), H273 [14FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H2502 [10MY]
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, 5588), H4424 [21JN]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4298), H1197 [28MR]
———remove certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for veterans benefits in administrative proceedings (see H.R. 4914), H3643 [8JN]
———take certain actions to mitigate effects of the breach of data security (see H.R. 5487), H3306 (see H.R. 5487), H3359 [25MY]
Disasters: address needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency planning and relief efforts and increase accessibility of post-disaster replacement housing built with Federal funds (see H.R. 4704), H274 [14FE]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1196 [28MR]
Diseases: 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]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H4917 [29JN]
———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2945), H4220 [19JN]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]
———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H4681 [27JN]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H3425 [6JN]
———provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H4680 [27JN]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H1453 [4AP]
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), H274 [14FE]
Europe: request Executive Office of the President and direct Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to trip to Europe by Condoleezza Rice (see H. Res. 642), H226 [8FE]
Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 799), H225 [8FE]
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]
Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 5364), H2584 [11MY]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H3907 [13JN]
———prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H509 [1MR]
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]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4493), H868 [9MR]
———establish requirements for appointment of Director (see H.R. 4840), H508 [1MR]
Financial institutions: establish a fair order of posting checks and deposits to prevent unjust fees that accrue only by virtue of the order used (see H.R. 4415), H1390 [30MR]
———require notice before fees may be imposed for any overdraft protection service in connection with any transaction (see H.R. 4414), H1390 [30MR]
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [6AP]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H25 [31JA]
Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]
Foreign aid: provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1996), H4917 [29JN]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H389 [16FE]
———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H646 [7MR]
Foreign policy: request the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relating to strategies and plans either designed to cause regime change in or for use of military force against Iran (see H. Res. 846), H4328 [20JN]
Friedan, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 695), H389 [16FE]
Fry, Varian: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 434), H4796 [28JN]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Government: designate certain functions as inherently governmental (see H.R. 5204), H3138 [23MY]
———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Great Lakes: implement recommendations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (see H.R. 4953), H1453 [4AP]
Haiti: commend people for holding democratic elections and congratulate President Rene G. Preval on his victory (see H. Con. Res. 353), H874 [13MR]
———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), H4918 [29JN]
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3658), H973 [14MR]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H226 [8FE]
———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4328 [20JN]
———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women (see H.R. 4469), H2706 (see H.R. 4469), H2758 [17MY]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H450 [28FE]
———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H. Con. Res. 340), H4009 [14JN]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H1678 [6AP]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Housing: assist first-time homebuyers to attain home ownership (see H.R. 5137), H1744 [25AP]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H3788 [12JN]
Immigration: extend nonimmigrant status for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa (see H.R. 1823), H25 [31JA]
———provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 5035), H1981 [2MY]
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (see H.R. 2184), H4795 [28JN]
Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 3055), H2641 [16MY]
———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 4424), H274 [14FE]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H4917 [29JN]
Iraq: direct the Depts. of State and Defense, and request the President, to provide certain information relative to contracting with any entity for public relations purposes (see H. Res. 685), H566 [2MR]
———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), H4918 [29JN]
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), H1854 [26AP]
Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (see H. Con. Res. 277), H1391 [30MR]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1197 [28MR]
Law enforcement officers: amend the matching grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests (see H.R. 4215), H5128 [12JY]
———preserve and foster as one unit the Shadow Wolves located on Tohono O'odham lands (see H. Res. 829), H2962 [19MY]
Legislative branch of the Government: establish coordinated program for reuse, recycling, and disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by legislative offices (see H. Con. Res. 299), H451 [28FE]
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]
Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]
Matthew Lyon Post Office Building, Fair Haven, VT: designate (see H.R. 5245), H1916 [27AP]
McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 561), H868 [9MR]
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), H2102 [3MY]
———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H226 [8FE]
———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H5047 [11JY]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H1321 [29MR]
———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]
———waive waiting period for coverage of individuals disabled with distant stage cancer (see H.R. 5615), H4134 [15JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H226 [8FE]
———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 (see H.R. 4675), H24 [31JA]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3016 [22MY]
Minimum wage: calculate based on Federal poverty guidelines published by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5731), H4915 [29JN]
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]
Motor vehicles: prohibit importation from the People's Republic of China until tariffs imposed on U.S. vehicles imported into China are equal to duties applied to Chinese vehicles (see H.R. 4808), H1321 [29MR]
Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H2706 (see H. Res. 790), H2759 [17MY]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 544), H275 [14FE]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]
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 Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]
National Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans: establish (see H.R. 5223), H1915 [27AP]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1744 [25AP]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]
National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 222), H1744 [25AP]
National Entrepreneurship Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 699), H450 [28FE]
National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4521 [22JN]
National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 660), H25 [31JA]
National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H451 [28FE]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H869 [9MR]
National security: provide for a ``gold standard'' for the security of nuclear materials worldwide (see H.R. 5066), H1389 [30MR]
———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]
National Time-Out Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 825), H3724 [9JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1060 [15MR]
Northern Mariana Islands: provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products and implement minimum wage and immigration requirements (see H.R. 5550), H3496 [7JN]
NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H2503 [10MY]
———establish scholarship program to increase number of mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 5141), H1678 [6AP]
———establish scholarship program to increase number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate students (see H.R. 5142), H1678 [6AP]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H451 [28FE]
Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 4753), H2174 [4MY]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1744 [25AP]
Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H1198 [28MR]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H566 [2MR]
Patterson, Floyd: tribute (see H. Res. 840), H3226 [24MY]
Power resources: restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H3016 [22MY]
———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H4328 [20JN]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1059 [15MR]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H1742 [25AP]
Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1198 [28MR]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H4009 [14JN]
Securities: prohibit securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions (see H.R. 5015), H1917 [27AP]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]
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 (see H.R. 4899), H973 [14MR]
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]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]
Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4303), H566 [2MR]
Social Security: make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4760), H566 [2MR]
———protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies cannot be diverted to create private accounts (see H.R. 1330), H450 [28FE]
———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]
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), H2175 [4MY]
Taxation: establish gas stamps and impose windfall profit tax on crude oil, natural gas, and related products (see H.R. 3712), H1743 [25AP]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H1981 [2MY]
———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]
———include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles (see H.R. 5579), H3723 [9JN]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H1197 [28MR]
———provide a credit for charitable contributions of services by individuals (see H.R. 4387), H1390 [30MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H868 [9MR]
———provide that oil and gas companies will not be eligible for effective rate reductions enacted for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 5218), H4555 [26JN]
———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H1917 [27AP]
———repeal oil industry subsidies (see H.R. 5234), H1915 [27AP]
———simplify and provide greater uniformity for child-related tax benefits and eliminate potential for abuse created by the uniform definition of a child (see H.R. 5123), H1677 [6AP]
Taylor, Charles E.: tribute (see H. Res. 726), H973 [14MR]
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]
Treaties and agreements: provide greater accountability in reviewing the national security considerations of free trade agreements (see H.R. 4812), H449 [28FE]
Truth in Lending Act: extend certain protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent to initiate, and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 3449), H225 [8FE]
Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (see H. Res. 703), H1198 [28MR]
Uzbekistan: disapprove further payments for facilities at the Karshi-Khanabad airbase and urge the U.N. to refer the situation of Islam Karimov and the massacre at Andijan to the International Criminal Court (see H. Res. 475), H156 [1FE]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H3497 [7JN]
———encourage States to establish programs to award high school diplomas to veterans who left school to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war (see H. Res. 661), H25 [31JA]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 4537), H5047 [11JY]
———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H225 [8FE]
Voting: permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H274 [14FE]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H2641 [16MY]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]
Wasserstein, Wendy: tribute (see H. Res. 719), H867 [9MR]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H646 [7MR]
———strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3362 [25MY]
World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H452 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: take lands in Yuma County, AZ, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4951), H972 [14MR]
Remarks
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3253 [25MY]
Coolidge, AZ: tribute to Blackwater Community School delegation visit to Washington, DC, E141
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2836 [18MY]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1352 [30MR]
Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H1170 [28MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments, H2836 [18MY]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3253 [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), H4165
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1193 [28MR]
Tributes
Arnold, Grayce Bogden, E139
Bobbitt, Judith, E976
Chavez, Joachim M., E927
Guerrero, Eduardo (Lalo), E155
Kame, Alfredo G., E1350
Snow, Craig, E1300