WELDON, CURT (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Addresses
Memorial Day: Joseph M. Dimond, E1075
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2540 [11MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H973 [14MR]
Agriculture: promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 5557), H4958 [10JY]
Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1744 [25AP]
American Council of Young Political Leaders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4008 [14JN]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]
———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H2962 [19MY]
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]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H3788 [12JN]
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]
Business and industry: provide a temporary minimum standard mileage rate for computing the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business purposes (see H.R. 5583), H3787 [12JN]
Canada: commend renewed commitment to war on terror (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3227 [24MY]
Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]
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), H2338 [9MY]
China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H1742 [25AP]
Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H274 [14FE]
Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming (see H.R. 4741), H1197 [28MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3424 [6JN]
Contracts: prohibit defense contractors from requiring licenses or fees for use of military likenesses and designations (see H.R. 4806), H869 [9MR]
Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H155 [1FE]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1360), H225 [8FE]
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]
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), H1130 [16MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (see H.R. 5313), H2337 [9MY]
Dept. of Education: 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]
———provide assistance to local educational agencies serving homeless children and youth displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma (see H.R. 4649), H26 [31JA]
Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 5143), H1981 [2MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H333 [15FE]
———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4133 [15JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2706 (see H.R. 5351), H2758 [17MY]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2503 [10MY]
———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1853 [26AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1197 [28MR]
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), H2339 [9MY]
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see H.R. 2512), H4424 [21JN]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H973 [14MR]
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), H160 [7FE]
Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 4927), H4795 [28JN]
———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3137 [23MY]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H3309 (see H.R. 3616), H3361 [25MY]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]
FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (see H.R. 5449), H3425 [6JN]
———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), H973 [14MR]
Families and domestic relations: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H1917 [27AP]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3309 (see H.R. 5432), H3362 [25MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H2705 (see H.R. 1356), H2758 [17MY]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H1980 [2MY]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1853 [26AP]
France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3138 [23MY]
H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]
Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H1742 [25AP]
Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H226 [8FE]
———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H1853 [26AP]
House Rules: reform the ethics process (see H.R. 4988), H1128 [16MR]
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), H2962 [19MY]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H274 [14FE]
Immigration: improve border security (see H.R. 2330), H868 [9MR]
———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H154 [1FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized construction of tunnels between the U.S. and another country (see H.R. 4816), H1390 [30MR]
———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 1172), H25 [31JA]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H1390 [30MR]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H2706 (see H.R. 4751), H2758 [17MY]
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 415), H3909 [13JN]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 733), H1130 [16MR]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
Kazakhstan: recognize anniversary of the closure of the world's second largest nuclear test site and efforts on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 905), H4916 [29JN]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1980 [2MY]
Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H333 [15FE]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 354), H509 [1MR]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H4424 [21JN]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]
———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H333 [15FE] (see H.R. 4681), H868 [9MR]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H1853 [26AP]
NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1391 [30MR]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 681), H510 [1MR]
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), H2706 (see H.R. 2231), H2758 [17MY]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]
———limit foreign control of investments in certain U.S. critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4959), H972 [14MR]
———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]
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: anniversary of Federal charter (see H. Con. Res. 367), H2103 [3MY]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]
NLRB: establish deadlines to render decisions (see H.R. 5310), H2174 [4MY]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5539), H3496 [7JN]
OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H274 [14FE]
Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H2102 [3MY]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4681 [27JN]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H869 [9MR]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H1853 [26AP]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H790 [8MR]
———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property (see H.R. 4913), H3909 [13JN]
———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H4134 [15JN]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H3309 (see H.R. 5206), H3361 [25MY]
———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2833 (see H.R. 5314), H2891 [18MY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H868 [9MR]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H333 [15FE]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H3497 [7JN]
———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H274 [14FE]
———provide small business tax incentives, increase the minimum wage, and increase the exemption for annual gross volume of business done by an enterprise (see H.R. 5368), H2585 [11MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4134 [15JN]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3724 [9JN]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H3643 [8JN]
Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (see H. Res. 703), H1198 [28MR]
———commend people for conducting free, fair, and transparent elections and their commitment to democracy and reform (see H. Res. 799), H2174 [4MY]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3723 [9JN]
———increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension and provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient (see H.R. 5669), H4519 [22JN]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: ensure proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War by providing a deadline for designation of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 4882), H1060 [15MR]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4134 [15JN]
Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H4796 [28JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1562 [5AP]
Kangas, Christopher N.: support court decision awarding public safety officer death benefits to the family of volunteer apprentice firefighter who died en route to assist in fighting a fire (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1390 [30MR]
National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 765), H1562 [5AP]
Memorandums
Center for Rotorcraft Innovation Memorandum of Agreement, H4297 [20JN]
Remarks
Center for Rotorcraft Innovation: prohibit funding, H4296 [20JN]
Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4296 [20JN]
Container Research Corp.: anniversary, E594
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2370 [10MY], H2540 [11MY]
———conduct ballistic tests and evaluation of combat helmets, H4287 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4287, H4296 [20JN]
Engineered Arresting Systems Corp.: tribute to M31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System, E1164
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (H. Res. 764), H1626 [6AP]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), H1766 [26AP]
Jordan, I. King: tribute (H. Res. 680), H1148
Korea, Republic of: tribute to members of the military serving in Iraq, E115
Memorial Day: observance, E1075
National security: call for cooperation with Russia on missile defense, H2540 [11MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H2539 [11MY]
Pennsylvania: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E305
Radnor, PA: anniversary of Radnor Fire Co., E224
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), H4092 [15JN]
Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (H. Res. 703), H1404
———normal trade relations status (H.R. 1053), H697 [8MR]
Votes: position on missed, H3822
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1977 [2MY]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, H393 [28FE]
Tributes
Beck, Brian, E1272
Brannigan, Francis L., E28
Cassidy, Con, E1235
Diehl, Jean, E1232
Fabey, Jaime, E1272
Fordyce, James F., E1230
Gabale, Salil, E1272
Lashinsky, Stephen M., E1230
Manerchia, Joseph J., E29
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny), H2542 [11MY]
Senkow, Walter, E1271
Smith, David P., E1044
Topham, Elizabeth, E1272
Valenti, Matt, E595
Ward, Samuel B., Jr., E210