OLVER, JOHN W. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]

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]

Agriculture: provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 5266), H1979 [2MY]

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

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H2102 [3MY]

Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H2833 (see H.R. 5113), H2891 [18MY]

Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H1390 [30MR]

Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H1060 [15MR]

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

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4424 [21JN]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 2134), H5047 [11JY]

Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H390 [16FE]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 5271), H1979 [2MY]

Crime: provide search and rescue dogs the same protections as other animals used in law enforcement (see H.R. 4764), H332 [15FE]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]

Dept. of Education: 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 HHS: establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H3424 [6JN]

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]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3137 [23MY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H2586 [11MY]

Education: provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H1981 [2MY]

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), H791 [8MR]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]

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), H2102 [3MY]

FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H451 [28FE]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H3424 [6JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1681 [6AP]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), H1979 [2MY]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 5270), H1979 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H1979 [2MY]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H3497 [7JN]

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

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

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H333 [15FE]

Hurricanes: recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H333 [15FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H272 [14FE]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2962 [19MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H450 [28FE]

———human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 415), H4681 [27JN]

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]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H155 [1FE]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H869 [9MR]

Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]

Medicare: replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]

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

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H2339 [9MY]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3138 [23MY]

National security: 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), H1563 [5AP]

Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H1131 [16MR]

Political action committees: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 5623), H5047 [11JY]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H4424 [21JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1131 [16MR]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4918 [29JN]

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: extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1917 [27AP]

———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]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5311), H2180 [8MY]

Veterans: extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H274 [14FE]

———increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 831), H1980 [2MY]

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

Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H26 [31JA]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H3830 [13JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1113 [16MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3240 [25MY]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H3923, H3928 [14JN]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields, H3847 [13JN]

———provide limited flexibility to regional public housing authorities in the use of funding streams, H3825 [13JN]

———Public Housing Capital Fund funding, H3838 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2828 [18MY]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Transit Administration Small Start Program funding, H3826 [13JN]

———National Highway Traffic Safety Administration corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) research funding, H3834 [13JN]

———New Start program funding for Chicago, IL, commuter rail service, H3824 [13JN]

———rail line relocation projects funding, H3916, H3917 [14JN]

———research and university resource centers funding, H3835 [13JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3823, H3824, H3825, H3826, H3830, H3834, H3838, H3847 [13JN], H3916, H3917, H3923, H3928, H3934, H3936 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5576), consideration (H. Res. 865), H3819 [13JN]

Education: student financial aid programs, H512 [2MR]

———student loan programs, H512 [2MR]

EPA: global warming programs funding, H2828 [18MY]

FAA: prohibit funding for consolidation of Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) centers, H3934 [14JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1113 [16MR]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4145 [16JN]

Minimum wage: level, H4572 [27JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3240 [25MY]

SBA: Microloan Program funding, H4572 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), consideration (H. Res. 890), H4572 [27JN]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (H.R. 3127), H1469 [5AP]

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), H4145 [16JN]

University of Mississippi: prohibit funding for William Faulkner Museum construction, H3923 [14JN]

Weirton, WV: prohibit funding for planning and design, construction, renovation, and build out of facilities, H3928 [14JN]

Zapata County, TX: designate as a Border Commercial Zone, H3826 [13JN]

Tributes

Sedgwick, Jeffrey L., E333 [9MR]