LARSON, JOHN B. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Appointments
Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H2377 [9MR]
Committee To Escort French President Nicolas Sarkozy Into the House Chamber, H13210 [7NO]
Committee To Escort the President, H880 [23JA]
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]
Conferee: H.R. 1, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act, H7878 [17JY]
National Historical Publications and Records Commission, H7559 [11JY]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, H958 [29JA]
Articles and editorials
Ambush, Robert J. Rader, Hartford (CT) Courant, E2352
They'll Break the Bad News on 9/11, Frank Rich, New York (NY) Times, H7058 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H11549 [15OC]
African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H5929 [24MY]
Agriculture: continue and expand upon efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops and enhance competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 1600), H4754 [9MY]
———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H3081 [26MR]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H11495 [12OC]
Amistad (Freedom Schooner): tribute to transatlantic voyage to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom (see H. Res. 522), H7340 [27JN]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H3081 [26MR]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H11777 [18OC]
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), H1565 [13FE]
———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1246), H2038 [28FE]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H945 [24JA]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H1345 [7FE]
———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.J. Res. 14), H573 [16JA] (see H. Con. Res. 33), H760 [18JA]
———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), H14085 [15NO]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H4176 [25AP]
———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), H8741 [26JY]
———urge collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force (see H. Res. 163), H1668 [14FE]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H3183 [27MR]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H15470 [13DE]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H1968 [27FE]
Border Patrol: request Presidential commute of sentences for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean to time served (see H. Con. Res. 267), H15470 [13DE]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H11395 [9OC]
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), H5929 [24MY]
Business and industry: allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities (see H.R. 4066), H14158 [4DE]
———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H5928 [24MY]
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), H7070 [25JN]
———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H9710 [3AU]
———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H15738 [17DE]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H14157 [4DE]
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), H2241 [6MR]
Civil War—U.S.: tribute to Edward D. Cohota and Joseph L. Pierce and other veterans of Asian descent (see H. Res. 415), H5472 [17MY]
Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change (see H.R. 1961), H3694 [19AP]
———conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 620), H945 [24JA]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H670 [17JA]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): respond to indictment or the filing of charges against a Member of the House by empaneling an investigative subcommittee to review the allegations (see H. Res. 451), H6007 [5JN]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11026 [27SE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Summer of Service grant programs (see H.R. 1880), H3474 [17AP]
Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, Suffield, CT: designate (see H.R. 3325), H9654 [2AU]
Courts: preserve right of habeas corpus (see H.R. 1189), H1895 [16FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]
———restore fairness relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2286), H4913 [10MY]
Death on the High Seas Act: limit application to maritime accidents (see H.R. 2989), H8821 [27JY]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H7011 [22JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend and enhance farm, nutrition, and community development programs (see H.R. 2144), H4484 [3MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 632), H885 [23JA]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H4753 [9MY]
———establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 2165), H6111 [6JN]
———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 3825), H12385 [31OC]
Dept. of HUD: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing and increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 2926), H7431 [28JN]
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]
Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 808), H8397 [24JY]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3114), H8835 (see H.R. 3114), H9053 [30JY]
———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]
———study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in Clinton, TN, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2695), H12238 [30OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H8122 [18JY]
———provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2046), H14157 [4DE]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H3476 [17AP]
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]
———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]
———establish an ombudsman (see H.R. 2192), H4967 [14MY]
———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H5928 [24MY]
———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), H5927 [24MY]
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]
Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 3995), H13861 [13NO]
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 3355), H10077 [4SE]
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), H7777 [12JY]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H11548 [15OC]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1560), H3477 [17AP]
———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 1188), H14157 [4DE]
———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see H. Res. 288), H3362 [29MR]
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]
———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 3209), H9657 [2AU]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Eightmile River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 986), H1470 [12FE]
Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H2119 [1MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H5725 [23MY]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H3185 [27MR]
FDA: provide authority to order recalls of contaminated human and pet food, establish a notification system for such contamination, and improve regulation of human and pet food supply (see H.R. 2108), H4754 [9MY]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H3363 [29MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
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), 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), H944 [24JA]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]
Firearms: implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see H.R. 2666), H12739 [5NO]
Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5928 [24MY]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H3363 [29MR]
———reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (see H.R. 3920), H11846 [22OC]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
Gambling: clarify applicability of certain laws to games of skill and establish certain requirements with respect to such games (see H.R. 2610), H8121 [18JY]
Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 24), H9277 [31JY]
Guatemala: express sympathy to families of women and girls murdered and encourage the Guatemalan Government to bring an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 100), H2621 [15MR]
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), H7655 [11JY]
———improve Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 1344), H4293 [1MY]
———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H1055 [30JA]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H945 [24JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see H.R. 506), H670 [17JA]
———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H14250 [5DE]
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), H5293 [16MY]
House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (see H. Res. 78), H789 [19JA]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H4294 [1MY]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H5473 [17MY]
———reform admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 2504), H7434 [28JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 2538), H7203 [26JN]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1328), H3724 [20AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA]
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), H1150 [31JA]
International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15414 [12DE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H670 [17JA]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H789 [19JA]
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 787), H1417 [8FE]
———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H672 [17JA]
———provide for withdrawal of Armed Forces and authorize assistance for Iraq (see H.R. 645), H1417 [8FE]
———provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis and assist Iraqi refugees (see H.R. 2265), H6957 [21JN]
———require the Dept. of Defense to commence reduction of the number of U.S. forces to a limited presence by a certain date (see H.R. 2956), H7777 [12JY]
IRS: repeal authority to use private debt collection companies, delay implementation of withholding taxes on Government contractors, and revise tax rules on expatriation (see H.R. 3056), H7981 [17JY]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 121), H3081 [26MR]
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]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 678), H942 [24JA]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3440), H10320 [7SE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H1209 [5FE]
Makem, Tommy: tribute (see H. Res. 768), H14251 [5DE]
Malaysia: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 518), H8743 [26JY]
McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H3477 [17AP]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H4967 [14MY]
Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 2549), H6735 [19JN]
———ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3057), H7981 [17JY]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H6956 [21JN]
———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 4206), H14158 [4DE]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H14084 [15NO]
———improve prescription drug program (see H.R. 3025), H7775 [12JY]
———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1823), H3401 [16AP]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H3477 [17AP]
———remove prescription drug benefit late enrollment penalty and extend the initial enrollment period (see H.R. 1521), H2570 [14MR]
———require prescription drug plans using formularies to cover all drugs in certain specified therapeutic categories and establish protective requirements for coverage determinations on such drugs (see H.R. 3061), H7981 [17JY]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H110 [5JA]
———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H4209 [30AP]
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), H2671 [19MR]
Mexico: express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of flooding in southern Mexico (see H. Res. 812), H13523 [9NO]
Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H3364 [29MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H5928 [24MY]
Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 120), H1152 [31JA]
National Academy of Sciences: provide for a study to identify the proper response to the growth of Internet gambling (see H.R. 2140), H4484 [3MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
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), H1969 [27FE]
National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H1895 [16FE]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H7982 [17JY]
National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 442), H6332 [12JN]
Native American Heritage Day: designate (see H.R. 3585), H11029 [27SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H13859 [13NO]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H343 [10JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H8122 [18JY]
New England National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1528), H2570 [14MR]
New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H7433 [28JN]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 2102), H5473 [17MY]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H9276 [31JY]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 2087), H9656 [2AU]
Nord, Nancy A.: express no confidence in performance of duties as Acting CPSC Chair and urge the President to request her resignation (see H. Res. 803, 804), H13204 [6NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4294 [1MY]
Pacific Northwest: tribute to local and State first responders and citizens facing severe winter storms (see H. Res. 851), H14494 (see H. Res. 851), H15208 [6DE]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H7776 [12JY]
Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]
Petroleum: prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline (see H.R. 2283), H4913 [10MY]
Political action committees: prohibit from making payments to a candidate's spouse and require report on disbursements made to immediate family members (see H.R. 2630), H6180 [7JN]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4968 [14MY]
POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 156), H5292 [16MY]
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]
———promote energy independence and security (see H.R. 3220), H8833 (see H.R. 3220), H9052 (see H.R. 3221), H8834 (see H.R. 3221), H9052 [30JY]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H4753 [9MY]
———provide for the energy independence of the U.S. (see H.R. 1133), H3777 [23AP]
———provide incentives for the use of hydrogen fuel (see H.R. 805), H4204 [26AP]
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), H12453 [1NO]
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), H4176 [25AP]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H6404 [13JN]
Puerto Rico: make residents eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3431), H11029 [27SE]
———recognize service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 443), H8293 [23JY]
Robstown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 785), H12456 [1NO]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 901), H1343 [7FE]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (see H.R. 3058), H11395 [9OC]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3046), H7851 [16JY]
———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), H14158 [4DE]
———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), H6957 [21JN]
Springer, George C., Sr.: tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1054 [30JA]
States: support acquisition of hybrid motor vehicles to satisfy certain fleet requirements (see H.R. 3226), H8834 (see H.R. 3226), H9052 [30JY]
Taxation: allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 868), H1342 [7FE]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1524), H14157 [4DE]
———allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit individual retirement accounts and facilitate similar savings by the self-employed (see H.R. 2167), H4485 [3MY]
———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 898), H1424 [9FE]
———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3363), H9704 [3AU]
———consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2458), H5723 [23MY]
———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2345), H5290 [16MY]
———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H5470 [17MY]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (see H.R. 3648), H10900 [25SE]
———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), H4627 [8MY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H15208 [6DE]
———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H4293 [1MY]
———extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 3735), H11171 [2OC]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H3081 [26MR]
———limit authority of States and localities to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States and localities (see H.R. 3359), H14085 [15NO]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H10511 [18SE]
———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 196), H4292 [1MY]
———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 686), H943 [24JA]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H6956 [21JN]
———modify tax credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds (see H.R. 1965), H4294 [1MY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H5724 [23MY]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4484 [3MY]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1509), H2486 [13MR]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H4051 [24AP]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1888), H3474 [17AP]
———provide credit rate parity for all renewable resources under the electricity production credit (see H.R. 1924), H6404 [13JN]
———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H4294 [1MY]
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 2776), H6734 [19JN]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 976), H1472 [12FE]
———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 3765), H11315 [4OC]
———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 2488), H5923 [24MY]
———simplify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1147), H3777 [23AP]
———treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income (see H.R. 2834), H7010 [22JN]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H4914 [10MY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H117 [5JA]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H4051 [24AP]
Tongass National Forest: provide additional protections for lands (see H.R. 3757), H11315 [4OC]
Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 358), H2121 [1MR]
———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), H2121 [1MR] (see H.R. 333), H2165 [5MR]
———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H2121 [1MR]
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1286), H2119 [1MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H9657 [2AU]
———establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 1074), H1788 [15FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: repeal authorization of use against Iraq (see H.R. 1292), H2120 [1MR]
Commission on the Tax Treatment of Hedge Funds and Private Equity: establish (see H.R. 3417), H9707 [3AU]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 56), H515 [12JA]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to urban communities to provide violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents in such communities (see H.R. 854), H1271 [6FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for more equitable geographic allocation of funds (see H.R. 3455), H10016 [4AU]
Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 2521), H5924 [24MY]
House of Representatives: election of officers (see H. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 526), H671 [17JA]
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 296), H3399 [16AP]
Taxation: assist families to save and invest by modifying the saver's credit that matches retirement savings of low-income families (see H.R. 527), H671 [17JA]
———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]
———permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 1810), H3359 [29MR]
———provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 3947), H11934 [23OC]
———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 3416), H9707 [3AU]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H575 [17JA]
Letters
National Guard equipment shortages: M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, H2983
Poems
``Ghost of Abercrombie,'' Representative Pascrell, E1778
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), E1648
Appropriations: making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2924 [22MR], H2983
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4213 [1MY]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), H4865
Armed Forces: improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status (H.R. 1538), H3217
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq, H7059 [25JN]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1681 [15FE]
Bawuah-Edusei, Kwame: visit to Connecticut, E556
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 230), E2312
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3331
Children and youth: control youth violence in schools and neighborhoods, H15445 [13DE]
Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change, H4889
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (H.R. 512), H1224
Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 323), H3673 [19AP]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 56), H440 [12JA]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), H4448
David, George: CNBC, Inc., Leadership in Human Capital Practices award recipient, E705
Dept. of Commerce: East Coast Shellfish Research Institute funding, H8637 [26JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (H.R. 632), H6031
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1684), H4668
Dept. of Justice: investigate firing of U.S. attorneys, H2940 [22MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 2761), H10543
———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 2761), Senate amendment, H16765 [18DE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6531
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (H.R. 3355), H13352 [8NO]
———require State insurance programs to adopt internationally recognized building code standards and encourage development of comprehensive land use and zoning plans that include natural hazard mitigation, H13352 [8NO]
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 (H.R. 2831), H8949
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H624
Eightmile River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 986), H8953 [30JY]
Farmington Co.: anniversary, E2541
Foreign aid: limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (H.R. 2929), H8411
Ghana: anniversary, E556
Government: improve congressional oversight of programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H2940 [22MR]
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H383
House of Representatives: election of officers (H. Res. 1), H6 [4JA]
———tribute to House Fellows Program participants, E1706
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), H4889
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H7056, H7058, H7059, H7060 [25JN]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H7056, H7058, H7060, H7061, H7062 [25JN]
———require the Dept. of Defense to commence reduction of the number of U.S. forces to a limited presence by a certain date (H.R. 2956), H7690 [12JY]
———require the President of the U.S. and senior diplomatic and military officials to develop a plan for the redeployment of U.S. forces (H.R. 3087), H11117 [2OC]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (H. Res. 121), E1664
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), H2068
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H461 [12JA]
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H297
Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (H. Res. 120), H1291
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H212
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 296), H5013 [15MY]
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1987
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), H722
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting Federal condemnation of land, H8953 [30JY]
SBA: reauthorize procurement programs and activities (H.R. 1873), H4723
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8637 [26JY]
Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (H.R. 569), H2257
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), H9480 [1AU]
Taxation: exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), Senate amendment, H16771 [18DE]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), H13449 [9NO]
———provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), H12761 [6NO]
———provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 884), H16772, H16784, H16787, H16788 [18DE]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H13449 [9NO]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal, E664
Veterans: health care funding, H6531
Votes: position on missed, H2139
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2163 [5MR], H2239 [6MR], H4749 [9MY], H6733 [19JN]
Special order: granted, H2036 [28FE], H15310 [11DE], H15407 [12DE], H15462 [13DE], H16830 [18DE]
Tributes
Belden, Richard, E2019
Carson, Julia, H16810 [18DE]
Dwyer, Paul E., E918
Hardy, Gail P., E1767
King, Yolanda D., E1150
Meskill, Thomas, H12336 [31OC]
Picone, Jo, E2015
Rader, Bernard, E2352
Stone, Deanne C., E413
Tillman, Emma Faust, E221