MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4274 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3297, H3312 [25MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3175, H3185 [24MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4871 [29JN]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3576 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H1059 [15MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1742 [25AP]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 336), H225 [8FE]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]

Congress: require notification if at the time of signing a bill into law, the President ignores a duly enacted provision of such law, expediting consideration of legislation in response to such determination (see H.J. Res. 87), H3308 (see H.J. Res. 87), H3360 [25MY]

———require notification if the President ignores a duly enacted provision of law and expedite consideration of legislation in response to such determination (see H.J. Res. 89), H4189 [16JN]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H1320 [29MR]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2833 (see H.R. 4562), H2890 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3425 [6JN] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (see H.R. 5227), H1915 [27AP]

———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]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H1453 [4AP]

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), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H3424 [6JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2833 (see H.R. 1227), H2890 [18MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H1197 [28MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H2339 [9MY]

Energy Policy Act: repeal certain tax provisions (see H.R. 5226), H1915 [27AP]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H1320 [29MR]

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

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]

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

Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4800), H5047 [11JY]

Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H. Con. Res. 340), H451 [28FE]

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

India: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1408), H2641 [16MY]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H3425 [6JN]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H645 [7MR]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H451 [28FE]

Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H2339 [9MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H25 [31JA]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H1742 [25AP]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2048), H3643 [8JN]

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

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3723 [9JN]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]

National Dam Safety Program Act: amend (see H.R. 4981), H1853 [26AP]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H868 [9MR]

———provide for a ``gold standard'' for the security of nuclear materials worldwide (see H.R. 5066), H1389 [30MR]

———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]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

NSF: 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]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H1744 [25AP]

Power resources: restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]

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

Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [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 (see H.R. 4899), H1391 [30MR]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H1680 [6AP]

Taxation: equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2390), H645 [7MR]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H2706 (see H.R. 3584), H2758 [17MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (see H.R. 2070), H1917 [27AP]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———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]

Transportation: require employment investigations for employees of aircraft repair stations (see H.R. 4582), H333 [15FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: provide deadline for final approval of visitor center (see H.R. 4882), H973 [14MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H1980 [2MY]

Defense Production Act: strengthen requirements relative to assessing national security impact of foreign ownership of critical U.S. infrastructure (see H.R. 4820), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (see H.R. 4673), H24 [31JA]

Privacy: require owners of Internet sites to destroy obsolete data containing personal information (see H.R. 4731), H224 [8FE]

Taxation: 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]

Whistleblowing: improve protections (see H.R. 4925), H867 [9MR]

WHO: seek inclusion of certain requirements of the International Health Regulations as obligations under the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 5237), H1916 [27AP]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3248, H3255, H3259 [25MY]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H4275 [20JN]

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]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2737 [17MY]

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (H.R. 5273), E680 [2MY]

Defense Production Act: strengthen requirements relative to assessing national security impact of foreign ownership of critical U.S. infrastructure (H.R. 4820), E225 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4275 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership funding, H3176 [24MY]

———restore State Energy Program funding, H3178 [24MY]

———Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Onshore Natural Gas Supply Research and Development Program funding, H3185, H3186 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3297, H3312, H3313 [25MY]

———Metropolitan Medical Response System funding through reductions in the MAX HR performance management program funding, H3297, H3312, H3313 [25MY]

Dept. of the Interior: 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 (H.R. 4749), E144 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2835 [18MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3176, H3178, H3186 [24MY]

FCC: preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3555, H3580 [8JN]

Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (H. Con. Res. 341), H349 [16FE]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4123 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (H.R. 4673), E33 [31JA]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 357), H1696 [25AP]

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

———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 789), H2064 [3MY]

———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), motion to recommit, H2151, H2152 [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), H4884 [29JN]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced, H4884 [29JN]

New York (NY) Times: publication of story detailing classified program to track terrorist financing, H4884 [29JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: authorize a portion of funds generated by oil and gas leases be used to support the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, H4870 [29JN]

———limit issuance of new leases for offshore oil and gas production to companies not providing proper royalty payments, H2835 [18MY], H3259 [25MY]

———maintain moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions and provide oil companies with incentives to renegotiate certain leases, H4871 [29JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4838, H4868, H4870, H4871, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4813 [29JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3298 [25MY], H3509 [8JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3470 [7JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3379 [6JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3248, H3255 [25MY]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), motion to recommit, H3259 [25MY]

Privacy: require owners of Internet sites to destroy obsolete data containing personal information (H.R. 4731), E91 [8FE]

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, H2114, H2151, H2152 [4MY]

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve, H3379 [6JN]

Taxation: 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 (H.R. 5579), E1104 [9JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (S. 193), H3389 [6JN]

———prevent companies from deleting certain areas out of existing franchises, H3557, H3558, H3559 [8JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3555, H3557, H3558, H3559, H3560, H3570, H3571, H3580 [8JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3509, H3514 [8JN]

———reduce fee paid to local franchise authorities for public access, educational, governmental/institutional networks (PEG/iNet) support by women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged firms, H3571 [8JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5126), H3387 [6JN]

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), H4123 [15JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: provide deadline for final approval of visitor center (H.R. 4882), E961 [24MY]

Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission: release of report, E1050 [8JN]

WHO: seek inclusion of certain requirements of the International Health Regulations as obligations under the World Trade Organization (H.R. 5237), E657 [27AP]

Summaries

Weapons of Terror—Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Arms: Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, E1050 [8JN]

Tributes

Haughey, Charles, E1135 [13JN]