LaHOOD, RAY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5245 [16MY]

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, H6567 [15JN]

Charlie Norwood funeral attendees, H1782 [15FE]

Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, H7002 [22JN]

Paul E. Gillmor funeral attendees, H10368 [14SE]

Select Intelligence Oversight Panel of Committee on Appropriations (House), H863 [23JA]

Articles and editorials

Elmwood—City Mourns Loss of Marine, Peoria (IL) Journal Star, E1156 [25MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 618), H834 [22JA]

Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (see H. Res. 726), H11640 [16OC]

Agriculture: provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 1371), H2301 [7MR]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H11639 [16OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8741 [26JY]

Animals: establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 1232), H7982 [17JY]

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3478 [17AP]

Archdiocese of New York: anniversary (see H. Res. 345), H4629 [8MY]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 718), H1211 [5FE]

———impose a temporary moratorium on the discharge of members for personality disorder (see H.R. 3167), H8397 [24JY]

———improve benefits and services for members, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans (see H.R. 1354), H2242 [6MR]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H4966 [14MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H11777 [18OC]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H1790 [15FE]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 657), H2571 [14MR]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 243), H6956 [21JN]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H2822 [21MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H943 [24JA]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service for members of the Ready Reserve in active Federal status or on active duty for significant periods (see H.R. 1428), H2745 [20MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H3695 [19AP]

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

———expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941 (see H.R. 2267), H12739 [5NO]

Border Patrol: request congressional pardon for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean (see H.R. 563), H759 [18JA]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 230), H11848 [22OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]

Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H9657 [2AU]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 255), H2400 [9MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H3363 [29MR]

Charlie Norwood Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA: designate (see H.R. 1808), H3359 [29MR]

Chavez, Hugo: condemn move toward nationalized energy industry in Venezuela (see H. Res. 560), H8185 [19JY]

Chicago, IL: congratulate for being chosen U.S. representative in competition to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee (see H. Con. Res. 118), H3561 [18AP]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H9711 [3AU]

Coal: provide for research, development, and demonstration of coal gasification technology as an energy source in ethanol production (see H.R. 931), H1413 [8FE]

Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H789 [19JA]

———provide with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities (see H.R. 1316), H2164 [5MR]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H670 [17JA]

Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H14083 [15NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2401 [9MR]

Congress: pledge faithful support to members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way (see H.R. 511), H887 [23JA]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H3017 [23MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1767), H3696 [19AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1890), H3474 [17AP]

———require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 1889), H3474 [17AP]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1063), H1787 [15FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H435 [11JA]

Cuba: allow U.S. nationals and permanent residents to visit family members in Cuba (see H.R. 757), H1150 [31JA]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H1417 [8FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H2820 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to U.S. Transportation Command (see H. Res. 640), H10511 [18SE]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: enter into an agreement with the Air Force to use Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions (see H.R. 1333), H2241 [6MR]

———provide for ceremonies on or near Independence Day to administer oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 2405), H7783 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H252 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits (see H.R. 1490), H2621 [15MR]

———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H3185 [27MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 4104), H13413 [8NO]

Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H6578 [15JN]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H5927 [24MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H8186 [19JY]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H7983 [17JY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 28), H7852 [16JY]

Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building, Fairbury, IL: designate (see H.R. 2300), H4966 [14MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2380), H11548 [15OC]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H1969 [27FE]

Education: 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), H5725 [23MY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H343 [10JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: strengthen mentoring programs (see H.R. 2611), H6736 [19JN]

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), H2121 [1MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H6956 [21JN]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H9469 (see H.R. 2905), H9545 [1AU]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 63), H2821 [21MR]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H986 [29JA]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2401 [9MR]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 1869), H7203 [26JN]

———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), H2121 [1MR]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 73), H1344 [7FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 9), H2487 [13MR] (see H.J. Res. 12), H2401 [9MR]

Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin (see H. Res. 657), H10434 [17SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H10246 [6SE]

Hamilton, Alexander: tribute (see H. Res. 54), H516 [12JA]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 2677), H8187 [19JY]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H6111 [6JN]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H8187 [19JY]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H8186 [19JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1668 [14FE]

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), H13205 [6NO]

House of Representatives: require each piece included in a mass mailing sent by a Member as franked mail to include a statement of the costs of producing and mailing the mass mailing (see H.R. 2788), H11028 [27SE]

House Rules: require all committees post recorded votes on their web sites within 48 hours (see H. Res. 231), H8187 [19JY]

Hyde, Henry J.: tribute (see H. Res. 843), H14156 [4DE]

Illinois: defend right of employers to employee verification (see H. Res. 685), H11027 [27SE]

Illinois State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 57), H515 [12JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10370 [14SE]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 371), H341 [10JA]

———reform (see H.R. 1645), H2956 [22MR]

Indianapolis Colts (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 130), H1345 [7FE]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H1416 [8FE]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 989), H3777 [23AP]

Iraq: require President to report on extent of progress of Iraqi cooperation with U.S. stability efforts, achieving security for its citizens, and denying terrorists a sanctuary (see H.R. 1062), H1787 [15FE]

Jamestown, VA: anniversary of settlement (see H. Con. Res. 117), H3696 [19AP]

Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 929), H1413 [8FE]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H671 [17JA]

Lewis, Jerry: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3035), H9469 (see H.R. 3035), H9545 [1AU]

Libraries: authorize Perkins loan forgiveness for students who perform public service as librarians in low-income schools and public libraries (see H.R. 1877), H3778 [23AP]

Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H3724 [20AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H8186 [19JY]

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

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 154), H9710 [3AU]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H7201 [26JN]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H11777 [18OC]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 864), H8186 [19JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H8397 [24JY]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]

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), H2436 [12MR]

Military Order of the Purple Heart: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 49), H7852 [16JY]

Minimum wage: apply to American Samoa (see H.R. 509), H670 [17JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3333), H9654 [2AU]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H4913 [10MY]

Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency with the goal of reducing the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles (see H.R. 656), H941 [24JA]

National Guard: support (see H. Res. 542), H11640 [16OC]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: exclude certain non-defense funds from the matching requirements (see H.R. 1034), H1564 [13FE]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 584), H9712 [3AU]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 265), H3017 [23MR]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 537), H11029 [27SE]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1731), H3562 [18AP]

National Pet Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 142), H5725 [23MY]

National School Lunch Act: permit simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions (see H.R. 1740), H3278 [28MR]

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

National Watermelon Month: designate (see H. Res. 578), H11729 [17OC]

Natural gas: oppose efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply or prices of natural gas in the world market (see H. Res. 500), H7203 [26JN]

Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, Princeton, IL: designate (see H.R. 2825), H6956 [21JN]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 108), H3478 [17AP]

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

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4205 [26AP]

Power resources: promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (see H.R. 370), H341 [10JA]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 25), H343 [10JA]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1919), H3560 [18AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H3017 [23MR]

Radio: nullify Copyright Royalty Board decision increasing royalty rates for webcasters and reform the royalty rate-setting standard that applies to commercial Internet radio royalty arbitrations (see H.R. 2060), H5725 [23MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 322), H3777 [23AP]

Science: provide for educational partnerships between science museums and national laboratories (see H.R. 3955), H13960 [14NO]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 473), H2821 [21MR] (see H.R. 3654), H11029 [27SE]

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), H8293 [23JY]

———extend State Children's Health Insurance Program, streamline enrollment under that program and Medicaid, and provide a healthy savings tax credit for purchase of children's health coverage (see H.R. 2147), H4485 [3MY]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H2164 [5MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H515 [12JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]

Special days and holidays: recognize importance of Christmas and the Christian faith (see H. Res. 847), H14494 (see H. Res. 847), H15208 [6DE]

Sudan: encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 422), H5623 [22MY]

———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H3476 [17AP]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H15209 [6DE]

Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2332), H11847 [22OC]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 721), H1417 [8FE]

———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), H6008 [5JN]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3785), H11492 [10OC]

———deny refinery expensing to owners of refineries permitted to increase the discharge of pollutants into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 3276), H9466 (see H.R. 3276), H9543 [1AU]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H11491 [10OC]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 610), H834 [22JA]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H9710 [3AU]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1498), H4176 [25AP]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H6577 [15JN]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H4051 [24AP]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3396), H9706 [3AU]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H3695 [19AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 192), H6577 [15JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H3777 [23AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H8186 [19JY]

Television: mandate satellite carriage of qualified noncommercial educational television stations (see H.R. 4221), H14082 [15NO]

———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), H4051 [24AP]

Terrorism: compensate relatives of U.S. citizens killed as a result of the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa (see H.R. 2828), H7777 [12JY]

Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (see H.R. 3432), H10902 [25SE]

Transportation Security Administration: designate special security zones at airports (see H.R. 4177), H13958 [14NO]

U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad: support efforts to preserve religious and cultural sites and condemn Lithuanian Government for allowing construction on a Jewish cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 255), H13960 [14NO]

University of Wyoming: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 384), H5294 [16MY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 784), H1151 [31JA]

———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), H1344 [7FE] (see H.R. 333), H1416 [8FE]

———extend eligibility for combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services retirees that are retired with fewer than twenty years of creditable service (see H.R. 89), H1344 [7FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 176), H7852 [16JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 663), H10625 [19SE]

Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2025), H4174 [25AP]

World War II: tribute to Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program for efforts to preserve, protect, and restore artistic and cultural treasures in Allied-occupied countries (see H. Con. Res. 48), H3725 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1625), H2821 [21MR]

House of Representatives: prevent certain mass mailings from being sent as franked mail (see H.R. 2687), H6330 [12JN]

Tariff: carbamic acid (see H.R. 4825), H16833 [18DE]

———carfentrazone (see H.R. 4822), H16833 [18DE]

———N-[[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]-3-(ethylsul onyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide and application adjuvants (see H.R. 4820), H16833 [18DE]

———sulfentrazone (see H.R. 4823), H16833 [18DE]

———3-(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide (see H.R. 4824), H16833 [18DE]

———2-amino-4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazine (see H.R. 4821), H16833 [18DE]

———2-methyl-4-methoxy-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triazine (see H.R. 4819), H16833 [18DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5727 [24MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), H1108 [31JA]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2919 [22MR]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1636 [14FE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): establish a Select Intelligence Oversight Panel (H. Res. 35), H206 [9JA]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (H.R. 2003), H11102 [2OC]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (H.R. 811), H10082 [5SE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1678 [1AU]

Hyde, Henry J.: tribute (H. Res. 843), H14146 [4DE]

Illinois: anniversary of Nature Conservancy (organization) chapter, E1081 [17MY]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (H.R. 521), H950 [29JA]

Lebanon: express concern for democratic institutions and support for administration of justice upon those responsible for the assassination of Lebanese public figures opposing Syrian control (H. Res. 548), H10778 [25SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2869 [22MR]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (H.R. 1483), H11956 [24OC]

Social Security: reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10873 [25SE]

Syria: condemn continued interference in the internal affairs of Lebanon (H. Res. 738), H11503 [15OC]

Taxation: provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10873 [25SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H15407 [12DE]

Tribute, H9232 [31JY], H11503 [15OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S10781 [2AU]

Tributes

Desilets, Ben, H5728 [24MY]

Ghiglieri, James, E442 [1MR]

Haas, Karen L., H1490 [13FE]

Kirkeeng-Kincaid, Teresa, E1140 [23MY]

Nisser, John M., E262 [5FE]

Solomon, Ben, H15394 [12DE]

Zaidan, Abdallah, E262 [5FE]