ALTMIRE, JASON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5257 [16MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1585, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H14182 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6578 [15JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H11250 [3OC]

Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H11777 [18OC]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 799), H1208 [5FE]

Armed Forces: allow active member to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits (see H.R. 3298), H10320 [7SE]

———authorize a competitive grant program to assist former members in securing employment in the private sector (see H.R. 3429), H11640 [16OC]

———enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for service (see H.R. 513), H12739 [5NO]

———expand eligibility for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 585), H2121 [1MR]

———extend time limit for use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the Reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations (see H.R. 1330), H2401 [9MR]

———increase basic pay (see H. Con. Res. 162), H6182 [7JN]

———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H10018 [4AU]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H4416 [2MY]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H8121 [18JY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H10696 [20SE]

———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 3780), H13412 [8NO]

———transfer contact information for a member who is being medically separated or retired to the State department or agency for veterans affairs where the veteran intends to reside (see H.R. 3191), H11172 [2OC]

———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]

———tribute to 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 185), H9711 [3AU]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H3183 [27MR]

Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]

Barbaro (racehorse): tribute (see H. Res. 117), H2166 [5MR]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H6956 [21JN]

Brooks, Sylvia K.: tribute (see H. Res. 510), H7011 [22JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H10076 [4SE]

Charleston, SC: honor and express condolences to families of firefighters killed in warehouse fire (see H. Con. Res. 172), H7341 [27JN]

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H11070 [1OC]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H5054 [15MY]

———permit educational agencies and institutions to disclose information to parents of students who may pose a significant risk to their own safety or well-being or to the safety or well-being of others (see H.R. 2220), H9468 (see H.R. 2220), H9545 [1AU]

———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. 1363), H12384 [31OC]

Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H7340 [27JN]

Civil War—U.S.: commend George J. Stannard and the Second Vermont Brigade upon anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (see H. Res. 529), H10626 [19SE]

Colleges and universities: provide grants to improve remedial education, customize remediation to student career goals, and help students move from remediation to for-credit occupation program courses (see H.R. 4067), H12455 [1NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2166 [5MR]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 2857), H10320 [7SE]

Computers: establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety (see H.R. 3461), H11316 [4OC]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H3477 [17AP]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H12238 [30OC]

Contracts: require certain departments and agencies to provide to Congress copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of a certain amount for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 897), H13204 [6NO]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H987 [29JA]

Dams: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1098), H5927 [24MY]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H10157 [5SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H4629 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: recognize important contributions of military ground robotics and continue funding and development for unmanned ground vehicles (see H. Con. Res. 113), H5293 [16MY]

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. 2384), H6735 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H7011 [22JN]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 2063), H11316 [4OC]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H13412 [8NO]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 644), H1969 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5623 [22MY]

———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (see H.R. 719), H10245 [6SE]

Dept. of State: respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel (see H.R. 2960), H8122 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H7491 [10JY]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H7776 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: limit authority to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border (see H.R. 1773), H4051 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to provide mental health services to certain veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq (see H.R. 4231), H14082 [15NO]

———change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H12104 [25OC]

———condition payment of bonuses to certain officers pending reduction in unresolved disability compensation claims (see H.R. 2292), H4965 [14MY]

———conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see H.R. 4204), H14081 [15NO]

———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H1272 [6FE]

———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H10077 [4SE]

———improve veterans reemployment rights and exempt certain claims from arbitration (see H.R. 3393), H9706 [3AU]

———increase authorization for the major medical facility project to consolidate medical centers in Pittsburgh, PA (see H.R. 3102), H8184 [19JY]

———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 2199), H4967 [14MY]

———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H11548 [15OC]

———repeal authority for adjustments to per diem payments to homeless veterans service centers for receipt of other funding and extend certain programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2699), H8122 [18JY]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 463), H13522 [9NO]

Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1727), H9468 (see H.R. 1727), H9545 [1AU]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 2831), H7983 [17JY]

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. 1553), H7340 [27JN]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H13960 [14NO]

———enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 1192), H14157 [4DE]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5293 [16MY]

———establish national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (see H.R. 1738), H13959 [14NO]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H16949 [19DE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H4051 [24AP]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H4754 [9MY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H11639 [16OC]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H8742 [26JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H3477 [17AP]

———treat residents as Maryland or Virginia residents for purposes of obtaining hunting licenses (see H.R. 3213), H10077 [4SE]

Ecology and environment: develop a methodology for, and complete a national assessment of, geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide (see H.R. 1267), H7433 [28JN]

Education: celebrate accomplishments of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and recognize need to further the goal of educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 406), H5053 [15MY]

———establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H4965 [14MY]

———establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans (see H.R. 890), H4753 [9MY]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see H.R. 2343), H11729 [17OC]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 1779), H4294 [1MY]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H7490 [10JY]

———improve the quality of classroom learning by empowering States to develop performance-based assessments that measure higher order thinking skills (see H.R. 2846), H14084 [15NO]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 2668), H14084 [15NO]

———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H14084 [15NO]

———establish a volunteer teacher advisory committee (see H.R. 2896), H8397 [24JY]

———provide expanded resources, technical assistance, reasonable accountability, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs (see H.R. 3055), H11640 [16OC]

Employment: direct the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Labor to conduct a joint study on fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas (see H.R. 3646), H14250 [5DE]

———increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H10626 [19SE]

———protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 1643), H11639 [16OC]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H15208 [6DE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H6181 [7JN]

———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H6009 [5JN]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: correct definition of willful noncompliance relative to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before a certain date (see H.R. 4008), H16835 [18DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H11639 [16OC]

Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H11934 [23OC]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H7656 [11JY]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H4416 [2MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H7656 [11JY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H4204 [26AP]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 1537), H4629 [8MY]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 1869), H6577 [15JN]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H6180 [7JN]

Foreign trade: address impact of globalization, reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers (see H.R. 3801), H11489 [10OC]

———application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H3363 [29MR]

———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H5622 [22MY]

———provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy and clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 782), H1151 [31JA]

———reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (see H.R. 3920), H11935 [23OC]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 136), H2122 [1MR]

Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H11640 [16OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1429), H2398 [9MR]

Health: encourage use of electronic health records and provide a secure framework in which such records are made available for a national information technology infrastructure (see H.R. 2991), H8187 [19JY]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H7340 [27JN]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H2571 [14MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H11171 [2OC]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H10696 [20SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 4137), H15470 [13DE]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]

House Ethics Commission: establish (see H.R. 1754), H5928 [24MY]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 6), H16835 [18DE]

House Rules: require lists of earmarks be made available to the general public on the Internet (see H. Res. 169), H7434 [28JN]

Houston Dynamo (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 867), H15470 [13DE]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 79), H10626 [19SE]

———recognize hunters for their continued commitment to safety (see H. Con. Res. 193), H9657 [2AU]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H10510 [18SE]

———enforce existing immigration laws and improve border security (see H. Res. 499), H7853 [16JY]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 4088), H13203 [6NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627, 821), H14084 [15NO]

Insects: authorize resources for sustained research and analysis for colony collapse disorder affecting beehives or bee colonies (see H.R. 1709), H8293 [23JY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H4416 [2MY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H14084 [15NO]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1055 [30JA]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H7656 [11JY]

———express concern about threatening behavior of current regime and activities of terrorist organizations sponsored by that regime in Latin America (see H. Res. 435), H12238 [30OC]

Iraq: implement Iraq Study Group recommendations (see H.R. 2574), H6736 [19JN]

———provide for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability (see H. Res. 97), H1273 [6FE]

———require the Iraqi Government to match the amount of U.S. assistance awarded for reconstruction (see H.R. 1325), H3363 [29MR]

Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H7982 [17JY]

Johnson, Shawn: tribute (see H. Res. 684), H11549 [15OC]

Juniata College: tribute to women's volleyball team (see H. Res. 216), H4294 [1MY]

Kosovo: support a mutually-agreed solution for the future status and reject an imposed solution (see H. Res. 445), H15209 [6DE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]

Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post Office, Jessup, PA: designate (see H.R. 3911), H12156 [29OC]

Long-Term Care Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 133), H6009 [5JN]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 584), H1272 [6FE]

Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office, Hughesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2765), H6736 [19JN]

Medicaid: delay requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads (see H.R. 3647), H16835 [18DE]

———ensure beneficiary access to generic drugs by setting pharmacy reimbursement based on retail acquisition cost and to promote use of generic drugs (see H.R. 3140), H10902 [25SE]

———ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H13960 [14NO]

———limit required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads to class II narcotics (see H.R. 3090), H16834 [18DE]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2131), H7070 [25JN]

Medicare: disapprove rule relative to coverage of the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients (see H.J. Res. 54), H11495 [12OC]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H6735 [19JN]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H10696 [20SE]

———establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services so that direct payment to speech-language pathologists may be made (see H.R. 1774), H3562 [18AP]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H13523 [9NO]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H5293 [16MY]

———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2399 [9MR]

———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3042), H14157 [4DE]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designating certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 4218), H14081 [15NO]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H4967 [14MY]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H14085 [15NO]

———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H4553 [7MY]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H5532 [21MY]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H3724 [20AP]

———provide coverage of kidney disease education services (see H.R. 1245), H7490 [10JY]

———provide for guaranteed issue of supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon initial enrollment (see H.R. 1282), H2401 [9MR]

———remove prescription drug benefit late enrollment penalty and extend the initial enrollment period (see H.R. 1521), H2570 [14MR]

———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H11250 [3OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H2671 [19MR]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H110 [5JA]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H7776 [12JY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3562 [18AP]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]

———deny cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 2934), H7657 [11JY]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 953), H13204 [6NO]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1424), H2822 [21MR]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [16FE]

Michael A. Marzano Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Hermitage, PA: designate (see H.R. 1594), H2743 [20MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]

Nate DeTample Post Office Building, Morrisville, PA: designate (see H.R. 3297), H9467 (see H.R. 3297), H9544 [1AU]

National AmeriCorps Week: observance (see H. Res. 385), H4968 [14MY]

National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 215), H12456 [1NO]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 85), H5293 [16MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H9657 [2AU]

National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 296), H4968 [14MY]

National Health Information Technology Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 149), H5291 [16MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3368), H14250 [5DE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: require disclosure of information on the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles (see H.R. 1029), H14157 [4DE]

National Hunting and Fishing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 634), H10156 [5SE]

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. 1157), H4416 [2MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H4205 [26AP]

National Missing Persons Day: establish (see H. Res. 303), H8398 [24JY]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 537), H15415 [12DE]

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 352), H4292 [1MY]

National Teen Driver Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 165), H6110 [6JN]

National Volunteer Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 293), H3478 [17AP]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H4051 [24AP]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H12021 [24OC]

———require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H16951 [19DE]

New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H7983 [17JY]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H9276 [31JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4553 [7MY]

Patriotism: prescribe that members of the Armed Forces and veterans out of uniform may render the military salute during hoisting, lowering, or passing of flag (see H.R. 3380), H13960 [14NO]

Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]

Pennsylvania: recognize hunters for continued commitment to safety and for setting a State safety record (see H. Con. Res. 135), H4292 [1MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H4966 [14MY]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4295 [1MY]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 156), H1272 [6FE]

Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H2038 [28FE]

———strengthen national security and reduce dependence on foreign oil through new vehicle technology and efficiency, use of alternative fuels, and improving rail and public transit usage (see H.R. 1300), H2120 [1MR]

President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: implement recommendations (see H.R. 3645), H13523 [9NO]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (see H.R. 4040), H16950 [19DE]

Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H5928 [24MY]

Public documents: enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public (see H.R. 3548), H11729 [17OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1626), H2821 [21MR]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H5292 [16MY]

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area: include Butler County, PA (see H.R. 1083), H1789 [15FE]

SBA: reauthorize procurement programs and activities (see H.R. 1873), H3778 [23AP]

———reauthorize veterans entrepreneurial development programs (see H.R. 2366), H5929 [24MY]

Schools: improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 2928), H14157 [4DE]

SEC: revise rules for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing (see H.R. 1171), H11491 [10OC]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H3477 [17AP]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 210), H10626 [19SE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H3081 [26MR]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 649), H941 [24JA]

———extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see H.R. 3533), H12238 [30OC]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 2943), H7432 [28JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H1896 [16FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H7012 [22JN]

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H3725 [20AP]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 3224), H11640 [16OC]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1126), H2244 [6MR]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 285), H2486 [13MR]

Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H2744 [20MR]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project (see H.R. 1984), H3723 [20AP]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H12238 [30OC]

———allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H7070 [25JN]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains and modernize certain provisions applicable to timber real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1937), H12238 [30OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1110), H3561 [18AP]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 1213), H10626 [19SE]

———consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2458), H7434 [28JN]

———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H6661 [18JN]

———double child tax credit for the first year, expand dependent care tax credit, and provide relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2902), H8398 [24JY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H1414 [8FE]

———expand availability and repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 1871), H3473 [17AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H11250 [3OC]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H4487 [3MY]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H13412 [8NO]

———extend rule treating combat pay as earned income for the earned income credit and increase standard deduction for persons in uniformed services on active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 3808), H11489 [10OC]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H14084 [15NO]

———increase and extend certain renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (see H.R. 3807), H11489 [10OC]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H7656 [11JY]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 2021), H11495 [12OC]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 196), H1272 [6FE]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H5622 [22MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H7656 [11JY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H11491 [10OC]

———modify the refined coal credit to include qualified coal waste sludge recycling (see H.R. 1976), H4294 [1MY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H11250 [3OC]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11777 [18OC]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H7071 [25JN]

———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H6661 [18JN]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 2287), H14084 [15NO]

———provide an additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4029), H15215 [10DE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H11171 [2OC]

———provide incentives for improving mine safety (see H.R. 3486), H12021 [24OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H3400 [16AP]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H11639 [16OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H8397 [24JY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 1687), H7777 [12JY]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H13959 [14NO]

Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H15414 [12DE]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 734), H3279 [28MR]

Valenti, Jack: tribute (see H. Res. 361), H4488 [3MY]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 3249), H13205 [6NO]

———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, 333), H2165 [5MR]

———extend period of eligibility after discharge or release for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf Conflict or future hostilities (see H.R. 612), H3777 [23AP]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]

———make certain improvements in the provision of health care (see H.R. 2874), H8293 [23JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H2957 [22MR]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H11848 [22OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H3724 [20AP]

———condemn actions resulting in damage (see H. Res. 680), H11492 [10OC]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H4293 [1MY]

Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H11489 [10OC]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H3358 [29MR]

Dept. of Education: address conflicts of interest associated with use of advisory committees and technical assistance providers in the administration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 3718), H11170 [2OC]

———require acceptance of certifications of permanent and total disability by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of student loan discharge (see H.R. 4046), H12454 [1NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H3693 [19AP]

Education: award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish centers of excellence for teacher education (see H.R. 4045), H12453 [1NO]

Employment: prohibit discrimination against certain family members caring for recovering members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3993), H12236 [30OC]

FTC: revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 372), H341 [10JA]

Medicare: waive the prescription drug benefit late enrollment penalty and fully subsidize any such penalties subsequently imposed for part D subsidy-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1310), H2164 [5MR]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: observance (see H. Res. 371), H4486 [3MY]

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (see H.R. 1434), H2398 [9MR]

Small business: expand opportunities for investments in small business (see H.R. 3567), H10509 [18SE]

Small Business Act: improve veterans' programs (see H.R. 4253), H14155 [4DE]

Tariff: Bayderm bottom DLV-N (see H.R. 4554), H15465 [13DE]

———ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers (see H.R. 4555), H15465 [13DE]

———iminodisuccinate (see H.R. 4556), H15465 [13DE]

———o-chlorotoluene (see H.R. 4553), H15465 [13DE]

———ortho-phenylphenol (see H.R. 4552), H15465 [13DE]

Taxation: make permanent certain tax benefits relating to elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3983), H12155 [29OC]

———make permanent the expensing of certain environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 3984), H12155 [29OC]

———provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them (see H.R. 3827), H11547 [15OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3377 [16AP], H6407 [14JN], H8745 [27JY], H13961 [15NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2305 [8MR], H5625 [23MY], H6186 [11JN], H15418 [13DE]

Remarks

Aliquippa, PA: tribute to Tyler Youth Group, Inc., E1496 [12JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H6359 [13JN]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), H1137, H1138, H1140 [31JA], H1955 [27FE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), conference report, H4164, H4167 [25AP]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4737, H4741 [9MY]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), H6103 [6JN]

Armed Forces: ensure that States have sufficient National Guard forces available at all times, H4739 [9MY]

———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1706 [15FE]

———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (H.R. 3793), H15495 [17DE], H16648 [18DE]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H6102 [6JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1196, H1197, H1198, H1200 [5FE], H1348 [8FE], H2294 [7MR], H6664 [19JN]

———balance, H2749 [21MR]

———deficit, H1198 [5FE], H6654, H6655, H6658, H6659 [18JN], H6664 [19JN], H16822 [18DE], H16936 [19DE]

———pay-as-you-go requirement, H13950 [14NO], H16934 [19DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7536 [11JY]

Chinese New Year: observance, E293 [7FE]

Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), H7536 [11JY]

———make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), conference report, H12000 [24OC]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H762 [19JA], H3484 [18AP], H12375 [31OC], H16937, H16938 [19DE]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 61), H16940 [19DE]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H6655 [18JN], H16823 [18DE]

Cranberry Township, PA: anniversary of Sherwood Oaks (organization), E1951 [24SE]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), consideration (H. Res. 825), H13964 [15NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H649, H651, H652, H654, H655 [17JA], H1142 [31JA], H2305 [8MR], H5058 [16MY], H5626 [23MY], H6654 [18JN], H11175 [3OC], H15418 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5258 [16MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), conference report, H15349 [12DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 860), H15326 [12DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H13951 [14NO]

———making appropriations, H12376 [31OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), H13948, H13951 [14NO]

———treatment of injured soldiers and living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, H2291, H2292, H2293, H2296 [7MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), H6359 [13JN], H6658 [18JN]

Dept. of Labor: job training for dislocated workers program funding, H13949 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, H6102 [6JN]

———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 2199), H5676 [23MY]

———quality of health care administered at health care facilities, H2291, H2292, H2293, H2294, H2296 [7MR]

———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injuries, H7424 [28JN]

———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury, H15326, H15349 [12DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H12376 [31OC], H12746 [6NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6336 [13JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H12376 [31OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), conference report, H12746 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), veto, H13865, H13948, H13949 [14NO]

Education: increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, H7536 [11JY]

———reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H649 [17JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H16935 [19DE]

Fadgen, Brett: Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council Pennsylvania Paramedic of the Year award recipient, E1881 [17SE]

Falconi, Lou: Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, E1417 [26JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation, H5258 [16MY]

———allow use by families of National Guard and Army Reserve members during the deployment and return of troops, H15326 [12DE]

Foreign trade: enforce U.S. safety regulations on imported products, H12372, H12373, H12374 [31OC]

Georgia: anniversary of marinas, power production, recreation, and boating on Lake Sidney Lanier (H. Res. 354), H6186, H6187 [11JN]

Gibsonia, PA: Pine-Richland Middle School named National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ``School to Watch'', E1371 [21JN]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, E470 [6MR]

Head Start Program: amend criteria for resource allocation for technical assistance and training to include consideration of barriers in rural areas to professional development, parent involvement, home visits and health screening, H4370 [2MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4370 [2MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1041, H1044, H1046 [30JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H354 [11JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6106 [6JN]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 179), H7429 [28JN]

———impact of partisanship, H654 [17JA], H1140 [31JA]

Hulings, Brittany: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, E1411 [26JN]

Investments: establish a bright-line standard of majority stock ownership for determining whether a venture capital firm is affiliated with the companies in which it invests, H11005 [27SE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H7424, H7427 [28JN]

———call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H7427 [28JN]

———improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H2297 [7MR]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13948, H13951 [14NO]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), H2169 [6MR]

Medicare: funding, H1197 [5FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H472 [12JA]

Michael A. Marzano Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Hermitage, PA: designate (H.R. 1594), E690 [29MR]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's hockey team (H. Res. 325), H4519, H4520 [7MY]

Middle East: condemn attacks against Israel by Hamas and reaffirm commitment to support Israel's right to exist, H10229, H10230 [6SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H6659 [18JN]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: observance (H. Res. 371), H4521, H4522 [7MY]

Pittsburgh, PA: Rand McNally & Co., most livable city designee, H4735 [9MY]

Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H652 [17JA]

———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), Senate amendment, H16937 [19DE]

———national energy policy, H4739, H4740, H4741, H4743 [9MY]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, H2297 [7MR]

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (H.R. 1434), H3734 [23AP]

Rebich, Lois: Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year award recipient, E886 [26AP]

Rocky Mountain Senior Games: anniversary (H. Res. 290), H4520, H4521 [7MY]

Small business: expand opportunities for investments in small business (H.R. 3567), H10995, H11005 [27SE]

Small Business Act: improve veterans' programs (H.R. 4253), H14222 [5DE]

Social Security: extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), H9484 [1AU]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H12000 [24OC], H12078 [25OC]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H8299 [24JY], H10876 [25SE], H10906 [26SE], H11209 [3OC], H11555 [16OC], H11714, H11715, H11716, H11718 [17OC]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H4055 [25AP], H7841 [16JY]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding to reduce shortfalls in State allotments, H1200 [5FE]

Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), H12762 [6NO]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H1197 [5FE], H12371 [31OC]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10876 [25SE], H10906 [26SE]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11209 [3OC], H11555 [16OC], H11714, H11715, H11716, H11718 [17OC]

———provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them, H12762 [6NO]

Terrorism: first responder interoperable communications funding, H1958 [27FE]

Treaties and agreements: application of fast-track authority to trade agreements relative to impact on employment and the economy, H2152, H2153 [5MR]

Veterans: health care funding, H1137 [31JA], H1955, H1957 [27FE], H2294 [7MR], H6336 [13JN], H7424 [28JN], H12746 [6NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4749 [9MY]

Tributes

Becker, George, H2042 [1MR]

Brown, Calvin C., E1603 [24JY]

Falconi, Lou, E247 [1FE]

Foster, Erick M., E1882 [17SE]

Green, Donald, H4970 [15MY]

Hagopian, Vasken, E759 [17AP]

Hays, Paul, H4168 [25AP]

Kemp, Kathleen, E747 [17AP]

Kramer, Harry and Barbara, E1163 [25MY]

Siebert, Todd M., E422 [28FE]

Sliger, Bernard F., E2138 [15OC]

Whale, Brandon and Spencer, E2045 [2OC]