SANDERS, BERNARD (a Representative from Vermont)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3071 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2809 [18MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3693 [9JN]
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), H2175 [4MY]
Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 5185), H3425 [6JN]
Agriculture: prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 5267), H1979 [2MY]
———promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 5557), H4958 [10JY]
———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H3909 [13JN]
———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]
Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H1742 [25AP]
Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H791 [8MR]
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), H4958 [10JY]
———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 202), H3016 [22MY]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1060 [15MR]
———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1852 [26AP]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), request the President to transmit documents relating to differences between the House-passed version and the version signed by the President (see H. Res. 752), H1390 [30MR]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 86), H4220 [19JN]
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 693), H1060 [15MR]
Children and youth: provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (see H.R. 3380), H1742 [25AP]
———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H2706 (see H.R. 4416), H2758 [17MY]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H869 [9MR]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1697), H2641 [16MY]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H3227 [24MY]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]
Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H869 [9MR]
Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H2586 [11MY]
Congress: establish Office of Public Integrity (see H.R. 4799), H1453 [4AP]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1917 [27AP]
Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 5271), H1979 [2MY]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1850), H1563 [5AP]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]
Defense Production Act: strengthen requirements relative to assessing national security impact of foreign ownership of critical U.S. infrastructure (see H.R. 4820), H646 [7MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program and increase CCC funding for the program (see H.R. 4897), H2833 (see H.R. 4897), H2890 [18MY]
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: create a pilot program to increase the number of graduate educated nurse faculty to meet the future need for qualified nurses (see H.R. 3173), H2641 [16MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2586 [11MY]
———award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H2586 [11MY]
———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H3497 [7JN]
———require the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4829), H508 [1MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 5536), H4680 [27JN]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H1453 [4AP]
———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), H390 [16FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H1743 [25AP]
———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), H4009 [14JN]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4298), H274 [14FE]
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 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]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H2706 (see H.R. 3616), H2758 [17MY]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H2706 (see H.R. 5022), H2758 [17MY]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H2641 [16MY]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H3425 [6JN]
Education: provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2706 (see H.R. 2178), H2758 [17MY]
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]
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), H2588 [12MY]
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H2503 [10MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to drug advertising (see H.R. 3950), H4795 [28JN]
Financial institutions: preserve competitive equity in financial services (see H.R. 3882), H5128 [12JY]
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [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), H646 [7MR]
———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H973 [14MR]
Foreign trade: oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (see H.R. 5627), H4134 [15JN]
———require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (see H.R. 4405), H26 [31JA]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]
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]
———encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see H.R. 4860), H973 [14MR]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H565 [2MR]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H2706 (see H.R. 5134), H2758 [17MY]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 688), H3227 [24MY]
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]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H4795 [28JN]
———enhance educational services for persons with autism spectrum disorders and expand loan forgiveness for teachers of autistic children (see H.R. 4059), H451 [28FE]
Iran: require the President to obtain congressional authorization before initiating any military action against Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1852 [26AP]
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), H2339 [9MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H155 [1FE]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H451 [28FE]
Medicaid: require States to provide oral health services to children and aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 4624), H4958 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H2641 [16MY]
———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H4917 [29JN]
———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H3309 (see H.R. 3795), H3361 [25MY]
———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4917 [29JN]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———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), H3309 (see H.R. 5182), H3361 [25MY]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4424 [21JN]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H4917 [29JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: 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), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
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), H646 [7MR]
Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H1980 [2MY]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H451 [28FE]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans: establish (see H.R. 5223), H1915 [27AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H1059 [15MR]
National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2828), H26 [31JA]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H1453 [4AP]
National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H1131 [16MR]
———improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H449 [28FE]
National Security Agency: require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H26 [31JA]
National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]
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]
———provide liability protections for employees and contractors of health centers who provide services in emergency areas (see H.R. 3962), H451 [28FE]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4681 [27JN]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H1454 [4AP]
Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1391 [30MR]
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), H790 [8MR]
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), H4190 [16JN]
Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H4795 [28JN]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H2706 (see H.R. 5206), H2758 [17MY]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 807), H4795 [28JN]
———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]
———prohibit tax return preparers from requesting taxpayer consent to disclose or use return information (see H.R. 5063), H1453 [4AP]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H3497 [7JN]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H973 [14MR]
———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 4716), H223 [8FE]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H509 [1MR]
Trade Act: authorize trade readjustment allowances to adversely affected workers who are subject to a lockout (see H.R. 5515), H4796 [28JN]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1320 [29MR]
———establish a financial assistance program to facilitate provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 4746), H1453 [4AP]
———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H1980 [2MY]
———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), H2705 (see H.R. 1188), H2758 [17MY]
———improve availability of benefits for veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 4183), H1453 [4AP]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2076), H1980 [2MY]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 4560), H4795 [28JN]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H451 [28FE]
———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H868 [9MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Matthew Lyon Post Office Building, Fair Haven, VT: designate (see H.R. 5245), H1916 [27AP]
Medicare: replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]
National Shared Housing Week: establish (see H. Res. 864), H3787 [12JN]
Nuclear energy: improve civilian nuclear power reactors material control and accounting and data management systems to better account for spent nuclear fuel and reduce risks associated with handling of those materials (see H.R. 5761), H5046 [11JY]
Vermont: designate certain National Forest System lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and designate a national recreation area (see H.R. 5157), H1678 [6AP]
White Rocks National Recreation Area: redesignate as the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (see H.R. 5034), H1196 [28MR]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3071 [23MY]
Budget: address enforcement or priorities, consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2682, H2683 [17MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2682, H2683 [17MY]
Bullard, Janet: SBA Vermont Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E931
Carris Reels, Inc.: tribute, E1019
Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H589 [7MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Community Advancement Program National Agri-Tourism Initiative funding, H3071 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2809 [18MY]
EPA: Energy Star Program funding, H2809 [18MY]
Eximbank: prohibit funding for making any loans or loan guarantees for oil and gas field development projects, H3693, H3695 [9JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3693, H3695 [9JN]
King Arthur Flour, Inc.: Vermont Business Magazine and Vermont Chamber of Commerce Deane C. Davis Outstanding Vermont Business Award recipient, E1035
Lincoln, VT: tribute to United Church Sunday School students for fundraising efforts benefiting Heifer International (organization), E48
Matthew Lyon Post Office Building, Fair Haven, VT: designate (H.R. 5245), H3410
Northshire Books (business): Publishers Weekly (publication) Bookseller of the Year award recipient, E578
Pensions: protect accrued benefits of participants during conversions of pension plans to cash balance plans, H1617 [6AP]
———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H1617 [6AP]
Starksboro, VT: Robinson Elementary School recipient of Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network Creative Ticket National School of Distinction Award, E86
Taxation: rates, H2682, H2683 [17MY]
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), H4103 [15JN]
Tributes
Coffin, William S., Jr., E682
McClure, Lois, E1384