WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)
Amendments
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1266 [29MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1060 [15MR]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]
Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]
Carson National Forest: withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws (see H.R. 3817), H4520 [22JN]
Congress: establish Office of Public Integrity (see H.R. 4799), H646 [7MR]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2641 [16MY] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]
———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H509 [1MR]
———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 4550), H2706 (see H.R. 4550), H2758 [17MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H4521 [22JN]
Dept. of HUD: provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 200), H645 [7MR]
Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H3497 [7JN]
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]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H1742 [25AP]
Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]
Explosives: enhance homeland security by preventing unauthorized access to explosive materials stored by State or local agencies (see H.R. 4422), H451 [28FE]
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), H2339 [9MY]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1196 [28MR]
Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4575), H26 [31JA]
Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H389 [16FE]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H3497 [7JN]
Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (see H.R. 4876), H2102 [3MY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H2339 [9MY]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4917 [29JN]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H2502 [10MY]
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), H1453 [4AP]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National security: 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), H509 [1MR]
National Stalking Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 316), H26 [31JA]
Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies (see H.R. 5538), H4555 [26JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H333 [15FE]
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]
Social Security: restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 1690), H450 [28FE]
Taxation: extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H3724 [9JN]
———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]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H2102 [3MY]
———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H274 [14FE]
———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H4958 [10JY]
———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H4554 [26JN]
Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5095), H1561 [5AP]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1680 [6AP]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4134 [15JN]
———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), H3497 [7JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Justice: study and regulate how private entities and State and local government agencies store explosives (see H.R. 4877), H565 [2MR]
Dept. of the Interior: improve water conservation, efficiency, and management in Reclamation States through cooperative cost-shared grants (see H.R. 5192), H1741 [25AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: dual eligible benefits continuity, off-label uses of certain prescription drugs and biological products, and determinations denying coverage and certain costs incurred by pharmacies (see H.R. 5193), H1741 [25AP]
———provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under the prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (see H.R. 4937), H867 [9MR]
Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 4766), H332 [15FE]
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]
Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]
Taxation: encourage use of alternative fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5251), H1916 [27AP]
———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5010), H1129 [16MR]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4559 [27JN]
Lists
First Congressional District of New Mexico Congressional Certificate of Merit recipients, E1135
Remarks
Dept. of Education: provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools, H1266 [29MR]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1266 [29MR]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), H1789 [26AP]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), consideration (H. Res. 774), H1776 [26AP]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), motion to recommit, H1810 [26AP]
———reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted, H1810 [26AP]
National Security Agency: withhold portion of funding until the Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) receives report on the cost of the electronic surveillance program, H1776 [26AP]
New Mexico: tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit recipients from the First Congressional District, E1135
Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (H.R. 5520), E1000
Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), H1995, H1998 [3MY]
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), H4035 [15JN]
Tributes
McGrane, James, E860