YOUNG, DON (a Representative from Alaska)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H2102 [3MY]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2102 [3MY]

Children and youth: update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 5167), H4521 [22JN]

Crime: prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H3016 [22MY]

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), H4009 [14JN]

———establish programs to address the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1175), H1563 [5AP]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (see H.R. 4212), H3909 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out certain transportation projects in California to relieve congestion on State Route 91 (see H.R. 5329), H2338 [9MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2175 [4MY]

Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H3138 [23MY]

Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5733), H4915 [29JN]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H1563 [5AP]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H1130 [16MR]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H160 [7FE]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1563 [5AP]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H2102 [3MY]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H2585 [11MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5018), H1195 [28MR]

Health: ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H2586 [11MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H450 [28FE]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1981 [2MY]

Housing: establish a program to revitalize rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act (see H.R. 5039), H2102 [3MY]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H4189 [16JN]

Hugo, Chavez: condemn anti-democratic actions and support aspirations of the democratic forces in Venezuela (see H. Con. Res. 328), H1854 [26AP]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1681 [6AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1742 [25AP]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5187), H1741 [25AP]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: cease production of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation of ballistic missiles, and uphold pledge to refrain from intercontinental ballistic missile testing (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4681 [27JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H26 [31JA]

Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H3309 (see H.R. 5328), H3362 [25MY]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H4009 [14JN]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H1681 [6AP]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H1681 [6AP]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 1125), H1680 [6AP]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4134 [15JN]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H1680 [6AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H1680 [6AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]

Mongolia: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 828), H3227 [24MY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H1563 [5AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2102 [3MY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 4922), H1917 [27AP]

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 837), H3226 [24MY]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H2501 [10MY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1060 [15MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H646 [7MR]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H225 [8FE]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H451 [28FE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H1680 [6AP]

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

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H509 [1MR]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H3641 [8JN]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alaska: grant rights-of-way for electric transmission lines over certain Native allotments (see H.R. 5781), H5128 [12JY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corp. (see H.R. 5617), H4008 [14JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5681), H4554 [26JN]

Coffman Cove, AK: conveyance of certain Forest Service land (see H.R. 5764), H5047 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the continued payment of railroad retirement annuities (see H.R. 5074), H1451 [4AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend (see H.R. 5709), H4795 [28JN]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

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

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of energy products by pipeline (see H.R. 5678), H4554 [26JN]

Railroad Retirement Act: increase disability earning limitation and index the amount of allowable earnings consistent with increases in the substantial gainful activity dollar amount under the Social Security Act (see H.R. 5483), H3306 (see H.R. 5483), H3359 [25MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (see H.R. 5689), H4679 [27JN]

Transportation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5076), H1451 [4AP]

Letters

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) approved resolutions: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1559 [5AP], H1631 [6AP], H1701 [25AP], H3627 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2546 [11MY]

Remarks

Alaska: adjust processing quotas for certain crab fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, H4665 [27JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (S. 449), H394 [28FE]

———provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corp. (H.R. 5617), E1154 [14JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3248 [25MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1591 [6AP]

Climate: global warming, H2826 [18MY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), conference report, H4526, H4527 [26JN], H4665 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 103), H4525 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2827, H2828, H2829, H2841 [18MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend (H.R. 5709), E1297 [28JN]

EPA: global warming programs funding, H2827, H2828, H2829 [18MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 5312), E757 [9MY]

Massachusetts: construction of wind turbine energy facility in Nantucket Sound, H4525 [26JN]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2115 [4MY]

Point of order, H2826 [18MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3248 [25MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 5689), H4779, H4783 [28JN]

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, H2115 [4MY]

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), H4057 [15JN]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H2841 [18MY]

Transportation: funding, H1591 [6AP]

Reports filed

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 889) (H. Rept. 109-413), H1676 [6AP]

GSA Requirements Relative to Authority To Make Repairs and Lease Space Required as a Result of Damages From Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4125) (H. Rept. 109-532), H4679 [27JN]

Interstate Highway System Anniversary: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 372) (H. Rept. 109-499), H3907 [13JN]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5187) (H. Rept. 109-514), H4327 [20JN]

Require Candidates for Driver's Licenses To Show Caution When Driving in Proximity of Visually Impaired Individuals: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 235) (H. Rept. 109-513), H4327 [20JN]

Transportation Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5076) (H. Rept. 109-512), H4327 [20JN]

Use of Capitol Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 349) (H. Rept. 109-416), H1740 [25AP]

Use of Capitol Grounds for Special Olympics Torch Relay: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 359) (H. Rept. 109-448), H1978 [2MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Army Southern Command property: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3627 [8JN]

Corps of Engineers waterways projects: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1631 [6AP]

FBI property: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3627 [8JN]

GSA Capital Investment Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1559 [5AP], H1701-H1703 [25AP]