PORTER, JON C. (a Representative from Nevada)

Amendments

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1265 [29MR]

Articles and editorials

`Our Worst Nightmare'—LV Officer Slain in Gunbattle, Brian Haynes, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, H681 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP]

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1453 [4AP]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H869 [9MR]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 5200), H4555 [26JN]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 5180), H1741 [25AP]

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H2586 [11MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H3137 [23MY] (see H.R. 5159), H2833 (see H.R. 5159), H2891 [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), H3227 [24MY]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H1060 [15MR]

———establish an Office of Health Information Technology (see H.R. 4832), H508 [1MR]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1390 [30MR]

Diseases: provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H4009 [14JN]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]

Drugs: impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H2962 [19MY]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5519), H4190 [16JN]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H2705 (see H.R. 65), H2758 [17MY]

———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), H1453 [4AP]

Firefighters: provide for the appropriate designation of certain Federal positions involved in wildland fire suppression activities (see H.R. 5697), H4794 [28JN]

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]

———establish Federal Review Commissions to review and make recommendations on improving operations, effectiveness, and efficiency of Federal programs and agencies, and require a schedule for such reviews (see H.R. 5766), H5127 [12JY]

Health: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see H.R. 4726), H2586 [11MY]

———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H3227 [24MY]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3425 [6JN]

House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3496 [7JN]

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), H2706 (see H.R. 5121), H2758 [17MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H1563 [5AP]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1918 [27AP]

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]

Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H1743 [25AP]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4681 [27JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]

Medicaid: permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 5400), H2704 (see H.R. 5400), H2757 [17MY]

Medicare: eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5399), H2704 (see H.R. 5399), H2757 [17MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and waive penalties for late enrollment (see H.R. 4399), H1743 [25AP]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H4009 [14JN]

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

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H2586 [11MY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4992), H4521 [22JN]

———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), H3227 [24MY]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4555 [26JN]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H3788 [12JN]

———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]

Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority is not controlled by a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 4668), H160 [7FE]

———promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 765), H1562 [5AP]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

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), H2502 [10MY]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H868 [9MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1197 [28MR]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3643 [8JN]

Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H2339 [9MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1390 [30MR]

———terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H1681 [6AP]

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

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H2103 [3MY]

Public Health Service Act: 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), H1743 [25AP]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1980 [2MY]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H867 [9MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H1320 [29MR]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H26 [31JA]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1005), H1853 [26AP]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H1853 [26AP]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4424 [21JN]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

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

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H2175 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clark County, NV: release certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area and grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project (see H.R. 5155), H1678 [6AP]

Crime: provide Federal penalties for killing federally funded public safety officers (see H.R. 4732), H224 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H644 [7MR]

Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (see H.R. 5474), H3226 [24MY]

Insurance: implement a system of electronic health records under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4859), H564 [2MR]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 781), H1852 [26AP]

Office of Government Ethics: extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 5710), H4914 [29JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H453 [1MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H793 [9MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (H.R. 5037), H2205 [9MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E579 [25AP]

Balbirona, Russell W.: Dept. of the Interior Valor Award recipient, E712 [3MY]

Baydoun, Gibran: National Endowment for the Arts Nevada Poetry Out Loud State Championship winner, E1170 [16JN]

Boulder City, NV: anniversary, E327 [9MR]

———anniversary of American Legion Post 31, E329 [9MR]

———anniversary of Grace Community Church, E1190 [16JN]

———tribute to Boulder City High School varsity cheerleading squad, E764 [10MY]

Boulder Dam Hotel Association: tribute, E453 [29MR]

Burkin, Gerald: American Medical Response, Inc., Star of Life award recipient, E763 [10MY]

Chaltiel, Toni and Victor: Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson In Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients, E450 [29MR]

Children and youth: revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (H.R. 1505), H2312 [9MY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4997 [11JY]

Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), H681 [8MR], H795 [9MR]

Crime: provide Federal penalties for killing federally funded public safety officers, H681 [8MR]

———provide Federal penalties for killing federally funded public safety officers (H.R. 4732), E103 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: consider tourism as a factor for authorizing law enforcement grants, H4799 [29JN]

———provide Federal attorneys compensatory time off for travel (H.R. 4057), H1144, H1145 [28MR]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases, H681 [8MR]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 3445), H2312 [9MY]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 4894), H2312 [9MY], H3806 [13JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3824 [13JN]

Distinguished Flying Cross Society: establishment of Las Vegas, NV, chapter, E503 [4AP]

Education: expand student loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees, H1265 [29MR]

Executive departments: establish results commissions (H.R. 3276), E662 [27AP]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a sunset commission to review and maximize the performance of Federal agencies and programs (H.R. 3277), E662 [27AP]

Foutz, Lori A.: American Mothers, Inc., Nevada Young Mother of the Year Award recipient, E386 [16MR]

Friends of the Desert (organization): tribute, E635 [27AP]

Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (H.R. 5474), H4997 [11JY]

Henderson, NV: tribute to Basic High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC participants, E573 [25AP]

———tribute to Basic High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC program, E558 [7AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1265 [29MR]

Horn, Shirley: tribute (H. Con. Res. 300), H288, H290 [15FE]

Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs: tribute to the Law Enforcement Exchange Program, E1121 [12JN]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H119 [1FE]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, E626 [26AP]

———tribute to Armenian-American Cultural Society, E579 [25AP]

———tribute to Las Vegas Wings chapter of Distinguished Flying Cross Society, E576 [25AP]

———tribute to St. Rose Hospital San Martin Campus, E551 [6AP]

———tribute to Toastmasters en Espanol (organization), E55 [1FE]

Mayers-Gerry, Lynn: American Medical Response, Inc., Star of Life award recipient, E763 [10MY]

Murphy, Patty: President's Volunteer Service Award recipient, E575 [25AP]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 781), H1988, H1989, H1990, H1991, H1992 [3MY]

National Women's History Project (organization): tribute to Nevada chapter for donation of statue of Sarah Winnemucca, E397 [16MR]

Nevada: Order of the Silver Rose recipients, E711 [3MY]

———tribute to National Guard, E953 [24MY]

Nevada Cancer Institute: tribute, E548 [6AP]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program funding, H3824 [13JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5293), H4355 [21JN]

Richardson, Laurie: American Mothers, Inc., Nevada Mother of the Year Award recipient, E387 [16MR]

Rothman, Hal: University of Nevada, Las Vegas President's Medal recipient, E906 [19MY]

Saltman, Sonja and Mike: David L. Simon Foundation David L. Simon Bridge Builder for Peace Award recipients, E328 [9MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4799 [29JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, H4355 [21JN]

Stone, Jeffrey A.: Dept. of the Interior Valor Award recipient, E705 [3MY]

Suburban areas: national objectives priority assignments, H2312 [9MY]

Tan, Wen Hui: U.S. Institute for Peace National Peace Essay Contest winner for Nevada, E1217 [20JN]

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), H4120 [15JN]

Thiriot, Joseph E.: dedication of Joseph E. Thiriot Elementary School in Las Vegas, NV, E219 [28FE]

Wong, Lawrence T.: SBA Prime Contractor of the Year award recipient, E686 [2MY]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, H1568 [6AP]

Tributes

Adamkavicius, Clayton L., E902 [19MY]

Arellano, Linda and Luz, E711 [3MY]

Argu (artist), E784 [10MY]

Arnaz, Amy, E746 [5MY]

Bailey, William H., E630 [27AP]

Balbirona, Russell W., E712 [3MY]

Bashaw, Greg (Greaser), E707 [3MY]

Bates, Billie, E1117 [12JN]

Batterman, Kathy A., E572 [25AP]

Berg, Angela, E619 [26AP]

Blum, Bob, E303 [8MR]

Blum, Marianne, E323 [9MR]

Boyce, Roxanne, E1363 [11JY]

Boyd, Bill, E325 [9MR]

Breen, Peter I., E283 [7MR]

Broadbent, Robert N., E1359 [10JY]

Broadus, Charles (Doc), E454 [29MR]

Brown, William, E764 [10MY]

Bryant, Leah, E786 [10MY]

Burk, Vernon and Darlene, E1001 [26MY]

Burris, Earl and Mildred, E765 [10MY]

Burris, Timothy, E285 [7MR]

Caipa, Brytani, E1216 [20JN]

Carwell, Robert (Nolan), E60 [1FE]

Chaplin, Sidney, E637 [27AP]

Cohen, Ariel, E1169 [16JN]

Cortez, Manuel, E1251 [23JN]

Dannie, Patty, E707 [3MY]

Dauenhauer, Debbie West, E1123 [12JN]

Doram, Tyronne E., Sr., E62 [1FE]

Edgington, Ruedy, E1339 [29JN]

Elder, R. Wyn, E1290 [27JN]

Emmert, Lou, E578 [25AP]

English, Don, E761 [10MY]

Fountain, Louise Lorenzi, E303 [8MR]

Fulkerson, Charles W., E467 [30MR]

Goldfein, William M. (Goldie) and Mary, E1333 [29JN]

Goldwater, Bert M., E907 [19MY]

Gomez, Cabrina, E385 [16MR]

Goynes, Theron and Naomi, E350 [14MR]

Greene, Earl A., Jr., E56 [1FE]

Griffith, John, E1117 [12JN]

Harris, Edna, E59 [1FE]

Harter, Carol C., E574 [25AP]

Harvey, William F., E898 [19MY]

Hecht, Chic, E861 [17MY]

Hickey, Liliam Lujan, E546 [6AP]

Hood, Gary, E285 [7MR]

Houssels, John K. (Ike) and Nancy, E638 [27AP]

Huffey, Dorothy, E349 [14MR]

Hurns, Jo Elle, E152 [14FE]

Hutchinson, Patty Sue, E899 [19MY]

Jaget, Mark, E1335 [29JN], E1370 [11JY]

James, Bruce R., E635 [27AP]

Jarvis, Salome, E815 [12MY]

Jeffers, Jay W., E388 [16MR]

Jennings, Patrick, E1168 [16JN]

Jones, Robert E., E449 [29MR]

Kelly, James, E903 [19MY]

Ketterer, Patrick, E286 [7MR]

Knisley, Karen, E788 [10MY]

Knowlton, Ellen, E57 [1FE]

LaNier, Carlotta Walls, E162 [15FE]

LaPlante, Joseph, Jr., E1365 [11JY]

Lasswell, Shawn T., Jr., E903 [19MY]

Legaspi, Emmanuel, E1116 [12JN]

Lowes, Gwendolyn S., E1293 [27JN]

Lowman, Zelvin, E784 [10MY]

Maack, James, E905 [19MY]

Marchese, Lamar, E634 [27AP]

Martinson, Ronald and Wanda, E993 [26MY]

McFadden, John P., E762 [10MY]

Meierdierck, John H. (Hank), E641 [27AP]

Miller, Robert, E450 [29MR]

Moore, Lydia, E813 [12MY]

Morberg, Michael M., E147 [14FE]

Murphy, Florence, E61 [1FE]

Perea, Andrea M., E465 [30MR]

Pleasants, Mark A., E621 [26AP]

Porrino, Jack, E952 [24MY]

Prendes, Henry, H795 [9MR], E148 [14FE]

Regnell, Ryan, E704 [3MY]

Reilly, Thom, E1342 [29JN]

Reimers, Marci Berka, E197 [17FE]

Ries, Aldeane Comito, E269 [2MR]

Ritchie, Douglas H., E642 [27AP]

Robb, Donald L., Jr., E631 [27AP]

Ruggeroli, Charles, E1364 [11JY]

Rupert, Colby, E623 [26AP]

Saenz, Carlos N., E904 [19MY]

Sayre, Randall E., E975 [26MY]

Schaefer, Dan, E585 [25AP]

Schiappa, Gerard F., E505 [4AP]

Schneider, Candy, E900 [19MY], E1087 [8JN]

Scott, Frank, E576 [25AP]

Sears, Robert (Chief), E624 [26AP]

Sherman, George, E549 [6AP]

Shore, James H., E222 [28FE]

Simpson, Jo, E390 [16MR]

Skinkis, Daniel, E571 [25AP]

Small, George, E149 [14FE]

Smith, Robert H. (Hal), E1261 [23JN]

Sommer, Sigrid, E636 [27AP]

Spearman, Patricia, E451 [29MR]

Stay, Cameron, H2894 [19MY], E914 [19MY]

Tartan, John, E448 [29MR]

Thornton, John J., E284 [7MR]

Tiberti, Jelindo A., E759 [9MY]

Tobman, Herb, E639 [27AP]

Tovar, Christopher P., E351 [14MR]

Turk, William, E287 [7MR]

Usher, Cam, E629 [27AP]

Van Kirk, Daniel L., E351 [14MR]

Wagner, Phil, E640 [27AP]

Wehr, Barney, E812 [12MY]

Williams, Charles and Patricia, E58 [1FE]

Williams, Timothy C., E684 [2MY]

Wilson, Frances, E1171 [16JN]

Worley, Chuck, E618 [26AP]

Wright, Frances, E620 [26AP]

Zahner, Gertrude (Tante), E1043 [7JN]