LEWIS, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H8128 [19JY]

Appointments

Charlie Norwood funeral attendees, H1782 [15FE]

Committee To Escort French President Nicolas Sarkozy Into the House Chamber, H13210 [7NO]

Juanita Millender-McDonald funeral attendees, H4212 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 1964), H4488 [3MY]

Africa: improve health care capacity and retention of health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and other diseases and reduce maternal and child mortality (see H.R. 3812), H11847 [22OC]

———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), H11729 [17OC]

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H1968 [27FE]

———recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (see H. Res. 162), H1897 [16FE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H1417 [8FE]

Alaska: tribute to Army National Guard 3d Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (see H. Con. Res. 240), H12740 [5NO]

Ali, Muhammad: tribute (see H. Res. 58), H515 [12JA]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H10077 [4SE]

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

Animal Welfare Act: prohibit dog fighting ventures (see H.R. 3219), H10363 [10SE]

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), H7775 [12JY]

———ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H11070 [1OC]

———promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats (see H.R. 1947), H12103 [25OC]

———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6439 [14JN]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 209), H4754 [9MY]

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3364 [29MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2417), H7203 [26JN]

———allow active member to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits (see H.R. 3298), H9657 [2AU]

———enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for service (see H.R. 513), H7656 [11JY]

———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]

———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 207), H945 [24JA]

———impose a temporary moratorium on the discharge of members for personality disorder (see H.R. 3167), H11071 [1OC]

———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]

———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), H13205 [6NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H5622 [22MY]

———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), H11316 [4OC]

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

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

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

Aviation: improve air carrier passenger services (see H.R. 1303), H11028 [27SE]

Barton College: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 329), H4915 [10MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H1968 [27FE]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H11171 [2OC]

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

Brown, James: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 27), H7203 [26JN]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 563), H9469 (see H. Res. 563), H9546 [1AU]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H12103 [25OC]

Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 1702), H4487 [3MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see H.R. 2669), H7071 [25JN]

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]

———urge full cooperation by former political appointees, current Administration officials, and friends and associates with congressional investigations (see H. Res. 689), H11027 [27SE]

Business and industry: permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see H.R. 4301), H16835 [18DE]

Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 95), H1791 [15FE]

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]

Caribbean nations: authorize assistance to fund educational development and exchange programs (see H.R. 176), H4051 [24AP]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 148), H5533 [21MY]

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

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

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 1473), H2435 [12MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H2243 [6MR]

———increase the effectiveness of international child abduction remedies (see H.R. 2518), H5924 [24MY]

———promote youth financial education (see H.R. 4335), H14493 (see H.R. 4335), H15207 [6DE]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H4554 [7MY]

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H2301 [7MR]

———update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1363), H4753 [9MY]

China, Republic of: lift restrictions on U.S. visits by elected officials and strengthen foreign policy dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 136), H7491 [10JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H344 [10JA]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 237), H11639 [16OC]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 998), H1471 [12FE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H3279 [28MR]

Climate: 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), H1272 [6FE]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]

Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H7982 [17JY]

———increase limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority for historically Black colleges and universities capital financing (see H.R. 4154), H13858 [13NO]

———make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (see H.R. 2669), H7071 [25JN]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 642), H1417 [8FE]

Colombia: recognize contributions of, combat racial discrimination against, and ensure proper execution of assistance programs designated for Afro-Colombians (see H. Res. 618), H9709 [3AU]

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), H4416 [2MY]

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish (see H.R. 3706), H11847 [22OC]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H1416 [8FE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H1211 [5FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8743 [26JY]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11491 [10OC]

Consumers: protect from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling (see H.R. 3081), H10626 [19SE]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3372), H9705 [3AU]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H7774 [12JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H944 [24JA]

Correctional institutions: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 4063), H12454 [1NO]

———provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1943), H3725 [20AP]

———reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 178), H12739 [5NO]

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), H7852 [16JY]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 871), H1472 [12FE]

CPSC: increase civil penalties for certain violations relating to children's products containing lead (see H.R. 4850), H16946 [19DE]

Credit unions: clarify congressional intent for provision of affordable financial services in underserved areas (see H.R. 3113), H9657 [2AU]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (see H.R. 3992), H12740 [5NO]

———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), H4204 [26AP]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 624), H4293 [1MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H3561 [18AP]

———prohibit use of funds to implement certain regulations that restrict travel to Cuba for educational activities (see H.R. 177), H4175 [25AP]

Death on the High Seas Act: limit application to maritime accidents (see H.R. 2989), H7655 [11JY]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H3185 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H4051 [24AP]

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

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H4293 [1MY]

———reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (see H.R. 2707), H6578 [15JN]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H5293 [16MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 1838), H4967 [14MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 3197), H8742 [26JY]

———study potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers plan travel and avoid delays (see H.R. 157), H2243 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H7433 [28JN]

———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]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H9707 [3AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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), H7491 [10JY]

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]

———provide financial assistance for the development and reuse of brownfields (see H.R. 43), H987 [29JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see H.R. 3845), H12104 [25OC]

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

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H3400 [16AP]

———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 2941), H9711 [3AU]

Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 808), H1209 [5FE]

Dept. of State: establish the Global Service Fellowship Program (see H.R. 3698), H11027 [27SE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 1975), H5928 [24MY]

———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), H6403 [13JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H10696 [20SE]

———provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 3133), H9657 [2AU]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H943 [24JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (see H.R. 2790), H11172 [2OC]

———improve veterans reemployment rights and exempt certain claims from arbitration (see H.R. 3393), H14085 [15NO]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H7203 [26JN]

———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H9710 [3AU]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H12238 [30OC]

———provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the U.S. and international financial institutions by low-income countries (see H.R. 2634), H7657 [11JY]

Discrimination: condemn existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urge States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue (see H. Res. 118), H1472 [12FE]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 1553), H10510 [18SE]

———call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (see H. Res. 335), H9712 [3AU]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H11071 [1OC]

———enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see H.R. 1192), H1967 [27FE]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5622 [22MY]

———establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1713), H7852 [16JY]

———establish national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (see H.R. 1738), H14084 [15NO]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H6577 [15JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H5724 [23MY]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H4417 [2MY]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H4968 [14MY]

———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H3400 [16AP]

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

———provide activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women relative to ovarian and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2468), H10320 [7SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2119 [1MR]

———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]

Drugs: target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 4545), H15465 [13DE]

Ecology and environment: codify executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations and implement EPA and GAO recommendations on environmental justice (see H.R. 1103), H2122 [1MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H2302 [7MR]

Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs available and economically affordable for families of all children (see H.R. 2859), H9276 [31JY]

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

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H11029 [27SE]

———improve high school graduation rate of foster youth (see H. Res. 733), H11491 [10OC]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H13412 [8NO]

———improve the quality of classroom learning by empowering States to develop performance-based assessments that measure higher order thinking skills (see H.R. 2846), H13296 [7NO]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2373), H5470 [17MY]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 916), H1413 [8FE]

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

———strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2690), H6330 [12JN]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H2119 [1MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see H.R. 3978), H12103 [25OC]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H11847 [22OC]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 1055), H2166 [5MR]

Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H11777 [18OC]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H7657 [11JY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H3364 [29MR]

Endangered Species Act: suspend provisions during periods of drought relative to agencies that manage Federal river basins that are located in regions affected by the drought (see H.R. 3847), H11638 [16OC]

Ethiopia: anniversary (see H. Res. 550), H8743 [26JY]

———encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 2003), H7490 [10JY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H7340 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 2392), H5471 [17MY]

———increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and continue to work with States to reduce incidences of abuse and neglect (see H. Res. 299), H3778 [23AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H14084 [15NO]

FCC: report on measures being taken to inform the public of the transition to digital format television broadcasting (see H.R. 2917), H7431 [28JN]

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

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H3561 [18AP]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H6404 [13JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H4485 [3MY]

———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), H3400 [16AP]

———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), H2486 [13MR]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H15209 [6DE]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 183), H1896 [16FE]

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 145), H6736 [19JN]

Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5622 [22MY]

Foreign aid: limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (see H.R. 2929), H7657 [11JY]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H2571 [14MR]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2092), H7434 [28JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H13860 [13NO]

Foreign policy: denounce practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, honor killings, and other gender-based persecutions, and encourage participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women (see H. Res. 32), H7434 [28JN]

———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), H2242 [6MR]

———reaffirm U.S. commitments to Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (see H. Res. 525), H9712 [3AU]

———recognize that violence poses an increasingly serious threat to peace and stability in Central America and support expanded cooperation to combat crime and violence (see H. Res. 564), H8619 [25JY]

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H13960 [14NO]

———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]

Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr., Post Office Building, Columbus, GA: designate (see H.R. 2309), H4966 [14MY]

Garang de Mabior, John: tribute (see H. Res. 98), H944 [24JA]

Georgia: tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to wildfires (see H. Res. 828), H14083 [15NO]

Gibson, Althea: tribute (see H. Res. 707), H11251 [3OC]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 900), H16949 [19DE]

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), H1273 [6FE]

Haiti: urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts (see H. Res. 241), H7657 [11JY]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 2216), H4628 [8MY]

Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H9655 [2AU]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 3507), H10319 [7SE]

———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), H1969 [27FE]

———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H4553 [7MY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H2437 [12MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H942 [24JA]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H945 [24JA]

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H11028 [27SE]

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

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (see H.R. 1968), H7434 [28JN]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H11639 [16OC]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H3185 [27MR]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening (see H.R. 822), H1345 [7FE]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 477), H790 [19JA]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 410), H516 [12JA]

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

Higher Education Act: prevent veterans' contributions to education benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 100), H987 [29JA]

Hillary, Barbara: tribute to first African American woman to reach the North Pole (see H. Res. 466), H6110 [6JN]

History: commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (see H. Res. 272), H3080 [26MR]

Homeless: establish task force to examine homelessness and make recommendations to alleviate causes and effects (see H.R. 3385), H10697 [20SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H1969 [27FE]

Housing: preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 44), H1896 [16FE]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H2166 [5MR]

Human rights: encourage abolition of modern-day slavery (see H. Res. 55), H435 [11JA]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 551), H7852 [16JY]

———waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1144), H1893 [16FE]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H4628 [8MY]

———reform (see H.R. 750), H4416 [2MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove provisions rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 3337), H14250 [5DE]

India: address ongoing problem of untouchability (see H. Con. Res. 139), H4292 [1MY]

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 Day of Non-Violence: observance (see H. Res. 653), H15470 [13DE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1565 [13FE]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H10370 [14SE]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H2672 [19MR]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 787), H1417 [8FE] (see H. Res. 41), H573 [16JA]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H672 [17JA]

———provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 746), H1149 [31JA]

———provide for withdrawal of Armed Forces and authorize assistance for Iraq (see H.R. 645), H886 [23JA]

———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation (see H.R. 508), H760 [18JA]

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]

Irving, Barrington A.: tribute to the youngest and first person of African descent to fly solo around the world (see H. Res. 661), H11729 [17OC]

Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building, Lithonia, GA: designate (see H.R. 4203), H15318 [11DE]

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), H4417 [2MY]

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]

John Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building, Hinesville, GA: designate (see H.R. 3470), H11729 [17OC]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 214), H13205 [6NO]

Jordan: commend continued commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation (see H. Res. 575), H8742 [26JY]

Jordan, Barbara: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 275), H16949 [19DE]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway, Los Angeles County, CA: designate (see H.R. 4131), H13521 [9NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5723 [23MY]

Kansas City, MO: recognize founding of Negro Leagues (see H. Con. Res. 114), H3696 [19AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of launching of the Poor People's Campaign and organization of the Poor People's Army (see H. Con. Res. 161), H5926 [24MY]

Ku Klux Klan (organization): condemn recent actions (see H. Res. 693), H11317 [4OC]

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]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H988 [29JA]

Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office, Piney Woods, MS: designate (see H.R. 3233), H9657 [2AU]

Lesotho: commend enactment of law improving the status of married women and encourage efforts toward gender equity (see H. Res. 294), H6828 [20JN]

Liechtenstein: support U.S. efforts to strengthen relationship and recognize anniversary of independence (see H. Res. 233), H3081 [26MR]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H. Res. 668), H10696 [20SE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H1209 [5FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H15209 [6DE]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 584), H789 [19JA]

Malaysia: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 518), H8822 [27JY]

Medicaid: establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category of individuals for coverage under State programs (see H.R. 1376), H7776 [12JY]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H14084 [15NO]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H12104 [25OC]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H13861 [13NO]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 820), H4628 [8MY]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H7656 [11JY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H4487 [3MY]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]

———extend increased payments for ground ambulance services (see H.R. 2164), H10076 [4SE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1926), H5622 [22MY]

———improve prescription drug program (see H.R. 3025), H7775 [12JY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 1190), H6404 [13JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 2122), H7983 [17JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H6956 [21JN]

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

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H1472 [12FE]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 2053), H9468 (see H.R. 2053), H9545 [1AU]

———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H5622 [22MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: limit monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 932), H1413 [8FE]

Members of Congress: display within the Capitol Visitor Center an exhibit depicting the contributions of African Americans who served in Congress during Reconstruction and Post Reconstruction Eras (see H.R. 47), H435 [11JA]

———prohibit use of representational allowance to provide any vehicle which does not use alternative fuels (see H.R. 277), H2165 [5MR]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H3695 [19AP]

———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]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 130), H5725 [23MY]

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), H7340 [27JN]

Middle East: call for release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah (see H. Res. 107), H1417 [8FE]

Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H7852 [16JY]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 566), H759 [18JA]

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), H10902 [25SE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H7774 [12JY] (see H.R. 3333), H9654 [2AU]

———recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 140), H4486 [3MY]

Missing Children's Assistance Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2517), H8743 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H2485 [13MR]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2694), H8743 [26JY]

Muir Woods National Monument: anniversary (see H. Res. 868), H15739 [17DE]

Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 120), H1152 [31JA]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]

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 Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction archival research database and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 390), H760 [18JA]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 35), H836 [22JA]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 186), H3478 [17AP]

National Commission on Detainee Treatment: establish (see H.R. 3244), H9275 [31JY]

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

National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3364 [29MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H10757 [24SE]

National Health Information Technology Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 149), H5622 [22MY]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 25), H4915 [10MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 135), H1344 [7FE]

National Homeless Youth Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 527), H7433 [28JN]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 182), H11549 [15OC]

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), H4553 [7MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H3364 [29MR]

National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Inc.: authorize a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and others that fought for independence during the American Revolution (see H.R. 1693), H3562 [18AP]

National Men's Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 138), H4968 [14MY]

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

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1731), H4176 [25AP]

National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H11317 [4OC]

National Suffragists Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 105), 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), H2037 [28FE]

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), H435 [11JA]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 3543), H10433 [17SE]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H9656 [2AU]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H14158 [4DE]

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), H13523 [9NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees (see H.R. 2435), H7434 [28JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: reform Trade Advisory Committee system to ensure that a broad range of views are represented and accommodated in developing U.S. trade policy (see H.R. 3204), H9469 (see H.R. 3204), H9546 [1AU]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 18), H1344 [7FE] (see H. Con. Res. 108), H3361 [29MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: accept late filings in certain cases of unintentional delay (see H.R. 1778), H4914 [10MY]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H434 [11JA]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H10076 [4SE]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H6112 [6JN]

Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see H.R. 1302), H3018 [23MR]

———express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 198), H14251 [5DE]

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 26), H988 [29JA]

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]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 670), H1897 [16FE]

———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]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 887), H2957 [22MR]

Public buildings: require restroom gender parity in Federal buildings (see H.R. 693), H7490 [10JY]

Public Health Service Act: revise and expand the drug discount program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2606), H10434 [17SE]

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), H3476 [17AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H5622 [22MY]

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), H7434 [28JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 900), H1343 [7FE]

———recognize right to call a Constitutional Convention to exercise right of self-determination and establish mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision (see H.R. 1230), H3695 [19AP]

Racial relations: express that hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for intimidation and which under certain circumstances can be investigated and prosecuted as a criminal act (see H. Res. 826), H13959 [14NO]

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), H4488 [3MY]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 635), H10697 [20SE]

Richards, Ann: tribute (see H. Res. 42), H1417 [8FE]

Ritcheson, David R.: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H7655 [11JY]

Roads and highways: support goals and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash victims (see H. Con. Res. 87), H2672 [19MR]

Rutgers University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 300), H3475 [17AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3132), H10077 [4SE]

Schools: improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 2928), H7431 [28JN]

———improve safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 2352), H6236 [11JN]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Res. 227), H3478 [17AP]

Social Security: combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 1688), H4487 [3MY]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3046), H7851 [16JY]

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (see H.R. 1841), H3360 [29MR]

———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), H11729 [17OC]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H2121 [1MR]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding to reduce shortfalls in State allotments (see H.R. 1489), H2485 [13MR]

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H2437 [12MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Haskanita, Darfur region (see H. Res. 740), H11548 [15OC]

———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]

———establish a program to assist Sudanese refugees in the U.S. known as the ``Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan'' to voluntarily return to southern Sudan to assist in reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3054), H7852 [16JY]

———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H435 [11JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S. (see H. Res. 431), H5724 [23MY]

Surgeon General: ensure independence from political interference (see H.R. 3447), H9708 [3AU]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries (see H.R. 752), H1897 [16FE]

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 bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H12103 [25OC]

———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (see H.R. 3314), H16834 [18DE]

———allow designation of tax payments to provide Head Start funding, reduce the national debt, and provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans instead of supporting the war in Iraq (see H.R. 3125), H8821 [27JY]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see H.R. 1818), H6735 [19JN]

———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), H1892 [16FE]

———clarify treatment of indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities (see H.R. 3501), H10319 [7SE]

———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]

———enhance taxpayer protections and outreach (see H.R. 1677), H3079 [26MR]

———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]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 3016), H12385 [31OC]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 2578), H8121 [18JY]

———extend and expand certain rules relative to housing in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 1562), H2670 [19MR]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H1472 [12FE]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H10076 [4SE]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H1897 [16FE]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H4417 [2MY]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax incentives (see H.R. 1385), H6828 [20JN]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H945 [24JA]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 2021), H4050 [24AP]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H2120 [1MR]

———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1813), H3359 [29MR]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H2671 [19MR]

———modify penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers (see H.R. 4318), H15414 [12DE]

———modify the earned income tax credit for single, childless workers (see H.R. 2951), H13412 [8NO]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11549 [15OC]

———permanently extend deduction for contributions of food inventory by all corporations (see H.R. 3976), H14250 [5DE]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4484 [3MY]

———permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 1810), H3359 [29MR]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 3160), H8396 [24JY]

———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H2241 [6MR]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H11028 [27SE]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 3918), H13412 [8NO]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H1790 [15FE]

———provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 3418), H9707 [3AU]

———provide for a recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices (see H.R. 2305), H6112 [6JN]

———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]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H5622 [22MY]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1840), H3696 [19AP]

———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H4484 [3MY]

———simplify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1147), H7433 [28JN]

———treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income (see H.R. 2834), H7010 [22JN]

Technology: increase use and research of sustainable building design technology (see H.R. 1259), H2118 [1MR]

Telephones: continue in effect and expand the Lifeline Assistance Program and the Link Up Program (see H.R. 42), H1896 [16FE]

———facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H572 [16JA]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 1687), H5725 [23MY]

Tongass National Forest: provide additional protections for lands (see H.R. 3757), H11315 [4OC]

Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (see H.R. 3432), H9707 [3AU]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (see H.R. 2095), H9656 [2AU]

Transportation Security Administration: provide certain personnel management requirements (see H.R. 3212), H14250 [5DE]

Tutu, Desmond M.: tribute (see H. Res. 34), H7434 [28JN]

Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H13204 [6NO]

U.N.: ensure members meet obligations to women agreed to in resolution on women, peace, and security, and implement international law protecting rights of women and girls during and after conflicts (see H. Res. 146), H7491 [10JY]

U.N. Security Council: charge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide because of his call for the destruction of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 21), H253 [9JA]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H3017 [23MR]

Uganda: call on Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army to recommit to a political solution and recommence vital peace talks and urge U.S. and international support for the peace process (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2165 [5MR]

United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 375), H4486 [3MY]

University and College Union: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 467), H6110 [6JN]

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

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 3249), H9275 [31JY]

———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see H.R. 2005), H6111 [6JN]

———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), H9710 [3AU]

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act: include homeless status in the definition of ``hate crime'' for the purposes of Federal sentencing provisions (see H.R. 2217), H4628 [8MY]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H8187 [19JY]

———prohibit election officials from requiring an individual to provide photo identification as a condition for voting in a Federal election (see H.R. 4026), H12383 [31OC]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 1381), H2301 [7MR]

———require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 2457), H5723 [23MY]

Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building, Kansas City, MO: designate (see H.R. 3572), H10902 [25SE]

Walter Carl Jordan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Albany, GA: designate (see H.R. 2899), H7430 [28JN]

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins American Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 630), H10076 [4SE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 189), H4488 [3MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]

Women's World Cup: tribute to U.S. women's soccer team (see H. Res. 754), H11935 [23OC]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 265), H14251 [5DE]

World Diabetes Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 211), H12238 [30OC]

Zindler, Marvin H.: tribute (see H. Res. 585), H8834 (see H. Res. 585), H9052 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H4175 [25AP]

Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery: establish (see H.R. 2522), H5925 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]

Disabled: increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability (see H.R. 3834), H11547 [15OC]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]

Medicare: establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see H.R. 2897), H7430 [28JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H1967 [27FE]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H758 [18JA]

Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see H.R. 4061), H12454 [1NO]

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), H2570 [14MR]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 1921), H3560 [18AP]

———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]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H1967 [27FE]

Cost Estimates

Katrina Housing Tax Relief Act (H.R. 1562): CBO, E675 [28MR]

Letters

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H6746 [20JN]

———John G. Brittain, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (organization), H6745 [20JN]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (organization), H6746 [20JN]

Lists

Consideration resolutions from the 109th Congress that added text of House-passed bills to underlying bill, H3599 [19AP]

Remarks

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 (H. Res. 726), H12118 [29OC]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H16906 [19DE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks, H2641 [19MR]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1795 [16FE]

Atlanta, GA: anniversary of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, E2129 [15OC]

———opening of New World of Coca-Cola, E1175 [25MY]

Aviation: use of portable oxygen systems on airplanes, H8374 [24JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: prohibit funding for finalization or implementation of proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation, H8128, H8130 [19JY]

Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery: establish (H.R. 2522), E1171 [25MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), H4438 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H16906 [19DE]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (H.R. 923), H6745 [20JN], E312 [9FE]

Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (H.R. 808), E282 [7FE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), Senate amendment, H16906 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility project to modernize inpatient wards at the medical center in Atlanta, GA (H.R. 4143), E2645 [19DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H8128, H8130 [19JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3074), H8374 [24JY]

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), H9221 [31JY]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1905), H3594, H3599 [19AP]

Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H614 [17JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), H13237 [7NO]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (H.R. 923), H6745 [20JN], E312 [9FE]

Foreign trade: reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), H12289 [31OC]

House of Representatives: institute a pay-as-you-go rule, H3598 [19AP]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2641 [19MR]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H7082 [26JN], H7210 [27JN], H7345 [28JN], H16906 [19DE]

———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), H7686 [12JY]

IRS: repeal authority to use private debt collection companies, delay implementation of withholding taxes on Government contractors, and revise tax rules on expatriation (H.R. 3056), H11454 [10OC]

Julian, Percy L.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 34), E252 [5FE]

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), H2069 [1MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (H. Res. 61), H520 [16JA]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (H.R. 1193), E402 [27FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H465 [12JA]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H286 [10JA]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: develop motor coach and school bus safety standards, H8374 [24JY]

Norwood, Charlie: tribute (H. Res. 159), H1615, H1622 [14FE]

Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (H.R. 4061), E2343 [7NO]

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), H692 [18JA]

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), H9406 [1AU]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H12074 [25OC]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H11741 [18OC]

Taxation: adjust estimated tax payment safe harbor based on income for the preceding year in the case of individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds a certain amount (H.R. 1906), H3594, H3599 [19AP]

———enhance taxpayer protections and outreach (H.R. 1677), H3417, H3419, H3422 [17AP]

———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), consideration (H. Res. 703), H11259 [4OC]

———extend and expand certain rules relative to housing in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (H.R. 1562), H3151, H3153 [27MR]

———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 2776), H9943 [4AU]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), H1858 [16FE]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11741 [18OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 1194), E400 [27FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 643), H10339 [10SE]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13305 [8NO]

Votes: position on missed, H6151 [7JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2669 [19MR], H4049 [24AP], H8831, H9049 [30JY], H11488 [10OC], H16830 [18DE]

Tributes

Bond, Julia Washington, E2458 [16NO]

Broun, Representative, H8466 [25JY]

Carson, Julia, H16813 [18DE]

Flynt, John J., Jr., H7252 [27JN]

Halberstam, David, H4027 [24AP]

Millender-McDonald, Juanita, H3782 [24AP]