LEVIN, SANDER M. (a Representative from Michigan)
Appointments
Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, H1071 [31JA]
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, H1316 [7FE]
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), H11640 [16OC]
African Americans: recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (see H. Res. 162), H1668 [14FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8741 [26JY]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1830), H3360 [29MR]
Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3029), H11071 [1OC]
———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H10626 [19SE]
———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1464), H4416 [2MY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: provide for payment of death gratuity relative to members without a surviving spouse who are survived by a minor child (see H.R. 1115), H2303 [7MR]
———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), H14158 [4DE]
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), H14249 [5DE]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 230), H11549 [15OC]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H8742 [26JY]
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), H1154 [31JA]
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]
Children and youth: repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H2301 [7MR]
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]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1507), H2486 [13MR]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H11071 [1OC]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H12385 [31OC]
Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2596), H10157 [5SE]
Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 369), H10434 [17SE]
Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building, Vassar, MI: designate (see H.R. 2276), H10245 [6SE]
Corps of Engineers: operate and maintain dispersal barriers to prevent spread of aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 553), H758 [18JA]
Courts: restore habeas corpus for those detained by the U.S. and repeal prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims (see H.R. 1416), H7777 [12JY]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H435 [11JA]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H10434 [17SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H3364 [29MR]
Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see H.R. 2064), H8743 [26JY]
Dept. of Education: establish a Student Aid Reward Program to ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1010), H3724 [20AP]
Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 364), H3362 [29MR]
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 the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H1969 [27FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H945 [24JA]
———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H4294 [1MY]
Detroit Tigers (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 488), H6439 (see H. Res. 488), H6476 [14JN]
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), H6405 [13JN]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H7656 [11JY]
———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H4629 [8MY]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 328), H1790 [15FE]
Dungy, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 225), H2302 [7MR]
Ecology and environment: develop a methodology for, and complete a national assessment of, geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide (see H.R. 1267), H4487 [3MY]
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H3081 [26MR]
Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 729), H4416 [2MY]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 1055), H1668 [14FE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4050 [24AP]
Fair Labor Standards Act: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 2674), H7777 [12JY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H10157 [5SE]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H11548 [15OC]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2122 [1MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 725), H11549 [15OC]
———clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H6735 [19JN]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
———require concurrence of all bordering States when a permit for the discharge of pollutants into one of the Great Lakes is issued (see H.R. 3360), H13205 [6NO]
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), H7011 [22JN]
———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), H3399 [16AP]
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H120 [5JA]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H2571 [14MR]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H3081 [26MR]
Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 1352), H7340 [27JN]
Foreign trade: prohibit the revocation of waivers of the competitive need limitation under the Generalized System of Preferences program unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 3427), H9707 [3AU]
———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]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2478), H7852 [16JY]
Great Lakes: disapprove dumping of industrial waste (see H. Con. Res. 187), H8187 [19JY]
———establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 1350), H2303 [7MR]
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), H1970 [27FE]
Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 819), H4204 [26AP]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H988 [29JA]
———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 1683), H3477 [17AP]
———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), H11491 [10OC]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H3401 [16AP]
Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H4293 [1MY]
———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1273 [6FE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]
History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (see H.R. 3981), H15318 [11DE]
House of Representatives: establish a staff exchange program with the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada (see H. Res. 96), H944 [24JA]
Houston Dynamo (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 867), H15470 [13DE]
Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H14251 [5DE]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10076 [4SE]
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (see H.R. 677), H1969 [27FE]
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 relations: call on People's Republic of China to respect human rights of refugees from Democratic People's Republic of Korea (see H. Con. Res. 234), H11848 [22OC]
International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H1416 [8FE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1153 [31JA]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H5928 [24MY]
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]
Jews: recognize anniversaries of the Mass Movement for Soviet Jewish Freedom and the Freedom Sunday Rally for Soviet Jewry in Washington, DC (see H. Res. 759), H11776 [18OC]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2852), H11847 [22OC]
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]
Lea, Tom: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H7202 [26JN]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H1209 [5FE]
Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see H. Res. 356), H11395 [9OC]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]
Medicaid: improve requirements for items and services furnished in or through an educational program or setting to children, including children with developmental, physical, or mental health needs (see H.R. 1017), H2243 [6MR]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H16950 [19DE]
Medicare: expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H7011 [22JN]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1926), H4754 [9MY]
———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 3282), H11549 [15OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H3476 [17AP]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H110 [5JA]
———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims and prohibit inclusion of pharmacy information (see H.R. 1474), H5293 [16MY]
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), H8121 [18JY]
Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, Marshall, MI: designate (see H.R. 3446), H11172 [2OC]
Michigan State University: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Res. 325), H3694 [19AP]
Middle East: call for release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah (see H. Res. 107), H2166 [5MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2262), H8397 [24JY]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H7983 [17JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the Model T Ford and the anniversary of the birthplace of the assembly line in Highland Park, MI (see H.R. 1619), H11070 [1OC]
National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 258), H4488 [3MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 296), H4915 [10MY]
National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H3364 [29MR]
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3778 [23AP]
National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 1847), H3361 [29MR]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (see H.R. 1239), H3477 [17AP]
National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 770), H12156 [29OC]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H572 [16JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H8122 [18JY]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H3724 [20AP]
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. 819), H14158 [4DE]
Nuclear energy: establish an international regime for the assured supply of nuclear fuel and authorize contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency to establish of a nuclear fuel bank (see H.R. 885), H5724 [23MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H6735 [19JN]
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 2602), H6110 [6JN]
Pavarotti, Luciano: tribute (see H. Res. 708), H11171 [2OC]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 291), H3562 [18AP]
Political campaigns: clarify disclosure requirements of identifying information within certain campaign communications (see H.R. 894), H5532 [21MY]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H6736 [19JN]
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]
———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]
Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H3183 [27MR]
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), H2486 [13MR]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H7011 [22JN]
Public welfare programs: extend SSI for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants and collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud (see H.R. 2608), H6179 [7JN]
Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 715), H11316 [4OC]
Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2452), H11316 [4OC]
Ships and vessels: require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (see H.R. 801), H1897 [16FE]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3046), H7851 [16JY]
———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H6331 [12JN]
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 518), H671 [17JA]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H7012 [22JN]
Taxation: 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), H3081 [26MR]
———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 income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 1540), H2619 [15MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]
———extend special rule for recognition of gain on dispositions to implement FERC or State electric restructuring policy (see H.R. 2463), H5723 [23MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H2400 [9MR]
———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H1969 [27FE]
———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 686), H943 [24JA]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 3160), H8396 [24JY]
———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 3820), H11490 [10OC]
———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]
———require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities transactions (see H.R. 878), H3476 [17AP]
———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1840), H3360 [29MR]
———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H4484 [3MY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H1472 [12FE]
Tongass National Forest: provide additional protections for lands (see H.R. 3757), H11315 [4OC]
Turrill Post Office Building, Lapeer, MI: designate (see H.R. 4009), H12237 [30OC]
Ukraine: elections (see H. Res. 713), H11492 [10OC]
———urge parties of current political crisis to abide by agreement calling for a new round of parliamentary elections and to ensure a free and transparent democratic system (see H. Con. Res. 189), H8292 [23JY]
———urge parties of current political crisis to act responsibly and use dialogue to resolve crisis and ensure a free and transparent democratic system (see H. Con. Res. 115), H3475 [17AP]
Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2122 [1MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H3724 [20AP]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 260), H3185 [27MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
Wonder, Stevie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1566), H2671 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Elections: provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions (see H.R. 1523), H2570 [14MR]
McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 2161), H4485 [3MY]
Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H4291 [1MY]
———clarify treatment of indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities (see H.R. 3501), H10319 [7SE]
———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1813), H3359 [29MR]
———modify alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (see H.R. 2039), H4175 [25AP]
———modify the energy efficient appliance credit for certain newer appliances (see H.R. 2137), H4484 [3MY]
———permanently extend deduction for contributions of food inventory by all corporations (see H.R. 3976), H12103 [25OC]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4484 [3MY]
———provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 3418), H9707 [3AU]
———treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income (see H.R. 2834), H7010 [22JN]
Trade Act: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4341), H15215 [10DE]
Cost Estimates
FAA Extension Act (H.R. 3540): CBO, H10718 [24SE]
Remarks
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend authorities (H.R. 1830), H7271, H7276 [27JN]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), H1104
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2991
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4324
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), Senate amendment, H5905
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1727 [15FE]
Budget: pay-as-you-go requirement, H15373 [12DE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7542
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 44), H8214, H8215, H8216 [23JY]
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), H7542
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), H4444
Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), H13940
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6885 [21JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (H.R. 327), H2778
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H625
Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (H.R. 1281), H7047
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), H13239
Faygo Beverages, Inc.: anniversary, E1739
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (H. Res. 15), H226
Ford, William C., Jr.: Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit City of Detroit Boneh Kehillah Award recipient, E790
Foreign aid: modify global gag rule denying U.S. funds to overseas health clinics that use private monies to fund abortions to allow for the provision of contraceptives, H6885 [21JN]
Foreign trade: reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), H12287, H12333 [31OC]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 2316), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5745
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H383
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6140
House of Representatives: implement ethics reform and improve oversight of lobbyist activities and travel guidelines, H37
House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H37
Iraq: provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13940
———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), H7699, H7714
Joseph, Mel: March of Dimes Foundation Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E2112
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
Lawrence Technological University: tribute to solar decathlon team, E2134
Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients (H.R. 2317), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5745
Mark, Florine: Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Jewish Community Boneh Kehillah Award recipient, E787
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 2262), H12409
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H218
NATO: endorse further enlargement and facilitate the timely admission of Albania, Croatia, Republic of Georgia, Macedonia, and Ukraine (H.R. 987), E497
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), H723
———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, H14442
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H5635
Rossmann, Barbara: March of Dimes Foundation Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E2114
Securities Exchange Act: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (H.R. 1257), H3711
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), H9401 [1AU]
———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H16854
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10884
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (H.R. 518), H3796
Taxation: enhance taxpayer protections and outreach (H.R. 1677), H3423
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), H11290 [4OC]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), Senate amendment, H16770 [18DE]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), H13460
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), Senate amendment, H16893 [19DE]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3540), H10718 [24SE]
———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (H.R. 1813), E700
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 2776), E1801
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 4351), H15373 [12DE]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), H1858
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10884
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, E2192
Trade Act: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (H.R. 3375), H10798, H10799, H10800 [25SE]
———extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (H.R. 4341), H15269, H15270 [11DE]
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13279 [7NO], H13305 [8NO]
———implementation (H.R. 3688), consideration (H. Res. 801), H13260 [7NO]
Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933, E2430
———authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933, E2430
Votes: position on missed, H13917 [14NO], E116
Water: application of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage provisions to the non-Federal portions of projects funded through State water pollution control revolving funds, H2358 [9MR]
———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 720), H2358 [9MR]
———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 1495), H3608
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H510 [12JA], H757 [18JA], H3721 [20AP], H12235 [30OC], H13408 [8NO]
Tributes
Cooper, Stephen C., E308
O'Lear, Patrick, E2002