LOWEY, NITA M. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6882 [21JN]
Appointments
Committee To Escort French President Nicolas Sarkozy Into the House Chamber, H13210 [7NO]
Committee To Escort King Abdullah II (Jordan) Into the House Chamber, H2246 [7MR]
Conferee: H.R. 1, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act, H7878 [17JY]
———H.R. 1591, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, H3672 [19AP]
———H.R. 3043, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H12348 [31OC]
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel of Committee on Appropriations (House), H863 [23JA]
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), H3694 [19AP]
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), H11848 [22OC]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H941 [24JA]
Ali, Muhammad: tribute (see H. Res. 58), H515 [12JA]
America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H10511 [18SE]
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), H10902 [25SE] (see H.R. 3327), H9654 [2AU]
Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H3017 [23MR]
———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6009 [5JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H2671 [19MR]
Armed Forces: 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]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H11847 [22OC]
———extend time limit for use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the Reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations (see H.R. 1330), H4204 [26AP]
———honor all members and civilian personnel serving in harm's way and pledge to debate policy decisions regarding the war in Iraq without attacking the integrity of any person (see H. Res. 706), H11171 [2OC]
———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H4966 [14MY]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H1055 [30JA]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H3400 [16AP]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H14085 [15NO]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H4209 [30AP]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H2621 [15MR]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Bangladesh: urge the dropping of all pending charges against journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (see H. Res. 64), H572 [16JA]
Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 3609), H11729 [17OC]
Birnbaum, Jacob: tribute (see H. Res. 137), H4210 [30AP]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 563), H11251 [3OC]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H4205 [26AP]
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]
Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 95), H9712 [3AU]
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]
Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H2570 [14MR]
Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H7070 [25JN]
———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H11028 [27SE]
———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H10756 [24SE]
———help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 4265), H15470 [13DE]
———prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2842), H7983 [17JY]
———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), H11171 [2OC]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]
Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H344 [10JA]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H3363 [29MR]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H16950 [19DE]
Clarence L. Irving, Sr., Post Office Building, Jamaica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4826), H16833 [18DE]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 494), H6660 [18JN]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1275), H3363 [29MR]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H16835 [18DE]
Community Reinvestment Act: allow financial institution support of a financial literacy program to be taken into account in assessing the institution's record of meeting the community's credit needs (see H.R. 2840), H11172 [2OC]
Computers: establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety (see H.R. 3461), H12238 [30OC]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H3017 [23MR]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11729 [17OC]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3372), H9705 [3AU]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H4488 [3MY]
Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 3136), H14084 [15NO]
———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 871), H1472 [12FE]
Crime: modernize and expand reporting requirements relative to child pornography and expand cooperation in combating child pornography (see H.R. 876), H1897 [16FE]
———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), H343 [10JA]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H2744 [20MR]
Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H11848 [22OC]
Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H789 [19JA]
Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 126), H4052 [24AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H5928 [24MY]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit sale of parts for F-14 fighter aircraft (see H.R. 1441), H4416 [2MY]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H7340 [27JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 2165), H6405 [13JN]
———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 3825), H14085 [15NO]
———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H1788 [15FE]
———make grants to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing homes, hospice facilities and other appropriate facilities (see H.R. 2882), H11316 [4OC]
———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: develop strategy to prevent over-classification of homeland security information and promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security information (see H.R. 4806), H16833 [18DE]
———enhance procurement-related activities (see H.R. 803), H1969 [27FE]
———establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office (see H.R. 884), H1969 [27FE]
———make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products (see H.R. 3815), H11490 [10OC]
———prohibit from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security (see H.R. 1633), H2821 [21MR]
———tribute to employees for efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation (see H. Res. 134), H1344 [7FE]
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]
———provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs (see H.R. 4134), H13522 [9NO]
———provide grants for Internet safety education programs (see H.R. 3577), H11317 [4OC]
———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (see H.R. 719), H2165 [5MR]
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), H7203 [26JN]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H10017 [4AU]
Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 1216), H5293 [16MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept sworn affidavit of veterans who served in combat during Korean War or earlier conflict as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 653), H1153 [31JA]
———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]
———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 463), H514 [12JA]
Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H11070 [1OC]
———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), H12739 [5NO]
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1727), H6111 [6JN]
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), H10756 [24SE]
———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1532), H7011 [22JN]
———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 3005), H10018 [4AU]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H4965 [14MY]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H5927 [24MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H9656 [2AU]
———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2729), H8821 [27JY]
———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 1188), H8742 [26JY]
———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H5929 [24MY]
———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H7011 [22JN]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H7203 [26JN]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2119 [1MR]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 470), H10757 [24SE]
———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]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 328), H1790 [15FE]
E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building, Port Jervis, NY: designate (see H.R. 3196), H11250 [3OC]
Education: celebrate accomplishments of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and recognize need to further the goal of educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 406), H5053 [15MY]
———establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 2572), H8743 [26JY]
———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]
Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H2303 [7MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 684), H943 [24JA]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4205 [26AP]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2164 [5MR]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H10625 [19SE]
———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H5929 [24MY]
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]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend Milk Income Loss Contract Program at 45 percent payment rate and establish minimum price for Class I milk under Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1583), H4176 [25AP]
FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 297), H4175 [25AP] (see H.R. 2640), H6234 [11JN]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H4753 [9MY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2671 [19MR]
———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2892), H14157 [4DE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see H.R. 2537), H7071 [25JN]
———reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 723), H2165 [5MR]
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), H5054 [15MY]
Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1784), H3358 [29MR]
Food industry: prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic (see H.R. 1396), H10902 [25SE]
———prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1396), H11778 [18OC]
Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H14084 [15NO]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 1008), H1563 [13FE]
Gore, Albert, Jr.: tribute for Academy Award-winning documentary, ``An Inconvenient Truth'' (see H. Res. 197), H2745 [20MR]
Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, University City, MO: designate (see H.R. 1617), H3562 [18AP]
Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 2677), H6330 [12JN]
———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), H1210 [5FE]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H988 [29JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H6828 [20JN]
———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8835 (see H. Con. Res. 163), H9054 [30JY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 4202), H14081 [15NO]
Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H2570 [14MR]
Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1512), H6111 [6JN]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H5293 [16MY]
———reform (see H.R. 1645), H5054 [15MY]
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]
———require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy (see H.R. 1746), H10434 [17SE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1655), H9710 [3AU]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 11), H5927 [24MY]
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), H3476 [17AP]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H4293 [1MY]
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), H4205 [26AP]
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), H12022 [24OC]
Jordan: commend continued commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation (see H. Res. 575), H8742 [26JY]
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]
Lake Placid, NY: anniversary of Winter Olympic Games (see H. Res. 521), H7435 [28JN]
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H988 [29JA]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 4901), H16947 [19DE]
Lea, Tom: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H7202 [26JN]
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), H6662 [18JN]
Medicaid: provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2131), H4484 [3MY]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H7656 [11JY]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H14084 [15NO]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]
Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H10696 [20SE]
———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H5927 [24MY]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2399 [9MR]
———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H14158 [4DE]
———improve prescription drug program (see H.R. 3025), H7775 [12JY]
———protect enrollees eligible for prescription drug benefit coverage from abusive marketing practices (see H.R. 2307), H4966 [14MY]
———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H14084 [15NO]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H4293 [1MY]
———provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 616), H10018 [4AU]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H343 [10JA]
———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), H4967 [14MY]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H10696 [20SE]
———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H4209 [30AP]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H8821 [27JY]
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 808), H13412 [8NO]
Military Order of the Purple Heart: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 49), H4488 [3MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Minorities: 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]
Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to all victims of terrorism (see H.R. 3707), H11069 [1OC]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H3400 [16AP]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]
National Commission on Children and Disasters: establish (see H.R. 3495), H12238 [30OC]
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), H4968 [14MY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3368), H14250 [5DE]
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), H3080 [26MR]
National Pet Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 142), H6112 [6JN]
National Resource Center on Children and Disasters: establish (see H.R. 3495), H12238 [30OC]
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), H14084 [15NO]
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), H10245 [6SE]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 2087), H4291 [1MY]
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]
NRC: conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Powerplant, Buchanan, NY (see H.R. 994), H1471 [12FE]
NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H7202 [26JN]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4553 [7MY]
Pacific Northwest: tribute to local and State first responders and citizens facing severe winter storms (see H. Res. 851), H14494 (see H. Res. 851), H15208 [6DE]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 108), H3361 [29MR]
Percy Sutton Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 954), H2401 [9MR]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H342 [10JA]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1614), H5725 [23MY]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H6009 [5JN]
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1565 [13FE]
Power resources: improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1945), H5473 [17MY]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———promote energy independence and security (see H.R. 3220), H9657 [2AU]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H5472 [17MY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 670), H942 [24JA]
Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (see H.R. 4040), H13413 [8NO]
Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 887), H12103 [25OC]
Public buildings: require restroom gender parity in Federal buildings (see H.R. 693), H9276 [31JY]
Public housing: exempt residents of who are determined by the VA to be permanently and totally disabled from the requirement to perform community service to be eligible for such housing (see H.R. 403), H672 [17JA]
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), H5533 [21MY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H6735 [19JN]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H7982 [17JY]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 900), H9468 (see H.R. 900), H9545 [1AU]
———provide for NSF and NASA utilization of the Arecibo Observatory (see H.R. 3737), H11249 [3OC]
Roads and highways: support goals and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash victims (see H. Con. Res. 87), H3081 [26MR]
Saudi Arabia: urge to overturn the sentence against rape victim known as the ``Qatif Girl'' (see H. Res. 864), H15317 [11DE]
Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2865), H9711 [3AU]
Schools: improve safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 2352), H5929 [24MY]
Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2452), H7203 [26JN]
Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 649), H941 [24JA]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3046), H9469 (see H.R. 3046), H9545 [1AU]
———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), H10511 [18SE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]
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), H2744 [20MR]
Taxation: allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and increase tax liability of parent required to pay such unpaid child support (see H.R. 3258), H9275 [31JY]
———allow deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions (see H.R. 3726), H11317 [4OC]
———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 898), H1472 [12FE]
———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), H6439 (see H.R. 1110), H6476 [14JN]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H2435 [12MR]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3400 [16AP]
———expand availability and repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 1871), H4967 [14MY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]
———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 2578), H8121 [18JY]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H9468 (see H.R. 1576), H9545 [1AU]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 418), H887 [23JA]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H3018 [23MR]
———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 3416), H11250 [3OC]
———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 2160), H11395 [9OC]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H886 [23JA]
———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 251), H886 [23JA]
Television: further inform consumers about the transition to digital television (see H.R. 2566), H9468 (see H.R. 2566), H9545 [1AU]
Terrorism: prevent homegrown terrorism (see H.R. 1955), H10510 [18SE]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H1149 [31JA]
Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (see H.R. 1401), H2340 [8MR]
Truth in Lending Act: extend protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 946), H11777 [18OC]
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), H4205 [26AP]
University and College Union: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 467), H7071 [25JN]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H3279 [28MR]
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1286), H8618 [25JY]
Wildlife: establish a global animal information network for surveillance to combat the threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals (see H.R. 1405), H2340 [8MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H1969 [27FE]
———prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4014), H16835 [18DE]
———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 2395), H6009 [5JN]
———provide job protection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4015), H16835 [18DE]
———provide unemployment insurance to those who are separated from their employment as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4016), H16835 [18DE]
Wonder, Stevie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1566), H3400 [16AP]
Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see H. Con. Res. 238), H11728 [17OC]
Aviation: improve airport screening and security (see H.R. 1690), H3079 [26MR]
Children and youth: establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 2409), H5531 [21MY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2412), H5531 [21MY]
Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 2063), H4203 [26AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports (see H.R. 1413), H2340 [8MR]
———issue rules that designate no-fly zones near certain nuclear power plants (see H.R. 3259), H9275 [31JY]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2764), H6660 [18JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (see H.R. 1448), H2399 [9MR]
Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see H.R. 2965), H7489 [10JY]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure that certain tenants are able to return to affordable housing after a major disaster (see H.R. 3422), H9707 [3AU]
Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2524), H5925 [24MY]
———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4331), H14493 (see H.R. 4331), H15207 [6DE]
Education: provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 1156), H1894 [16FE]
FAA: exempt certain local restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction review program (see H.R. 2328), H5053 [15MY]
Families and domestic relations: enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (see H.R. 2052), H4203 [26AP]
FDA: establish a standard for broad-spectrum protection in sunscreen products (see H.R. 3084), H8120 [18JY]
Food: include freshness dates on food labeling (see H.R. 4233), H14082 [15NO]
———require foods containing certain ingredients derived from meat, poultry, or other animal products to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of such ingredients (see H.R. 4234), H14082 [15NO]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H834 [22JA]
———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2092), H4291 [1MY]
Health: reduce childhood obesity (see H.R. 1163), H1894 [16FE]
———set standards for medical diagnostic equipment and establish program to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness and to prevent secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 3294), H9467 (see H.R. 3294), H9544 [1AU]
Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see H.R. 772), H1151 [31JA]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1691), H3079 [26MR]
Medicaid: expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see H.R. 2523), H5925 [24MY]
Medicare: repeal income-related increase in part B premiums (see H.R. 4330), H14493 (see H.R. 4330), H15207 [6DE]
National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1895 [16FE]
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), H1894 [16FE]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 2410), H5531 [21MY]
NRC: retain and redistribute certain collected fines (see H.R. 3228), H8834 (see H.R. 3228), H9052 [30JY]
Nuclear energy: provide certain requirements for the licensing of commercial nuclear facilities (see H.R. 2162), H4485 [3MY]
Product safety: require inclusion of warning labels on Internet and catalogue advertising of certain toys and games (see H.R. 1893), H3474 [17AP]
Robert Merrill Postal Station, New Rochelle, NY: designate (see H.R. 2778), H6734 [19JN]
Schools: enhance penalties for threatening to kill, injure, or intimidate an individual, or to cause property damage, by means of fire or an explosive on school property (see H.R. 4163), H13859 [13NO]
Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 1161), H1894 [16FE]
———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 1158), H1894 [16FE]
———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 1160), H1894 [16FE]
———provide full benefits for disabled widow's and widower's regardless of age (see H.R. 1159), H1894 [16FE]
———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 1162), H1894 [16FE]
Taxation: expand deductions allowed for education-related expenses and allow an earned tuition credit for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 2411), H5531 [21MY]
———restore and reduce estate tax, repeal carryover basis, and increase exclusion equivalent and establish inflation adjustment for unified credit against estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 4235), H14082 [15NO]
———reward individuals who provide volunteer services in times of national need (see H.R. 2439), H5621 [22MY]
Transportation Security Administration: provide certain personnel management requirements (see H.R. 3212), H8820 [27JY]
Truth in Lending Act: prohibit universal defaults on credit card accounts and require minimum payment disclosures for accounts under an open end consumer credit plan (see H.R. 3421), H9707 [3AU]
U.S. Fire Administration: provide assistance to firefighting task forces (see H.R. 1351), H2242 [6MR]
Women: strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 177), H7339 [27JN]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 3423), H9707 [3AU]
Remarks
AID: child and maternal health programs funding, H6854 [21JN]
———Iraq Community Action Program funding, H6857, H6858 [21JN]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), H1093 [31JA]
———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H15523 [17DE], H16911
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2968 [23MR]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), conference report, H4147 [25AP]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1703 [15FE]
Bangladesh: urge the dropping of all pending charges against journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (H. Res. 64), H2449 [13MR]
Buchanan, NY: require a security assessment of Indian Point nuclear powerplant, H10641 [20SE]
Budget: deficit, H6932 [21JN]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization: funding, H6860, H6861 [21JN]
Cuba: democracy assistance programs funding, H6834 [21JN]
Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H16911
Dept. of Homeland Security: address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports (H.R. 1413), H15270, H15271 [11DE], E2608
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), H6354 [13JN]
Dept. of Justice: provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs (H.R. 4134), H13594
Dept. of State: international counterterrorist programs funding through reductions in U.S. contribution to U.N. international peacekeeping missions, H6842, H6843 [21JN]
———International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Programs funding through reductions in U.S. contributions to international organizations, H6845, H6846 [21JN]
———prohibit funding for immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to a national or citizen of a country whose government has refused to extradite individuals indicted for killing a U.S. law enforcement officer, H6928 [21JN]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H6931, H6932, H6936 [21JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6795, H6807, H6809, H6818 [20JN], H6834, H6838, H6839, H6840, H6841, H6842, H6843, H6844, H6845, H6846, H6847, H6848, H6849, H6852, H6853, H6854, H6855, H6857, H6858, H6859, H6860, H6861, H6863, H6867, H6868, H6873, H6877, H6881, H6882, H6883, H6884, H6892, H6898, H6911, H6914, H6923, H6927, H6928, H6929, H6930, H6931, H6932, H6936, H6940, H6941, H6945, H6953 [21JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), Senate amendment, H16911
———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 878), H15523 [17DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7184
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H13196
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H7923 [17JY], H8157
———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), conference report, H13196
Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, H6848, H6849 [21JN]
Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis through reductions in Economic Support Fund and Child Survival and Health Programs funding, H6852, H6853 [21JN]
Egypt: foreign military financing funding, H6914 [21JN]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), H10641 [20SE]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2526
———limit attendance at foreign conferences, H6940 [21JN]
Foreign aid: abstinence and fidelity programs funding to assist in HIV/AIDS prevention, H6863, H6867, H6868 [21JN]
———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6892, H6898 [21JN]
———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, H6882, H6883, H6884, H6892, H6898 [21JN]
———prohibit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq, H6911 [21JN]
———U.S. contributions to international organizations, H6844 [21JN]
Foreign countries: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, H6839 [21JN]
Foreign policy: allocation of counterterrorism assistance, H6873 [21JN]
Foreign trade: trade capacity building funding, H6860 [21JN]
Health care professionals: tribute to oncology nurses, E1770
International Seabed Authority: prohibit funding, H6929 [21JN]
Iraq: implement Iraq Study Group recommendations, H6838, H6839 [21JN]
———implement Iraq Study Group recommendations through reductions in diplomatic and ambassadorial funding, H6839, H6840 [21JN]
———provide assistance to Chaldo-Assyrians and other indigenous Christians, H6859, H6860 [21JN]
———reestablish Iraq Study Group, H6841 [21JN]
Liberia: allocation of foreign aid, H6855 [21JN]
———repeal congressional notification requirement for foreign assistance, H6881 [21JN]
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), E142
Middle East: withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority pending denouncement of terrorism, support of civil liberties, and recognition of Israel's right to exist, H6945 [21JN]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (H. Res. 328), E906
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H190 [9JA]
———implement recommendations (H.R. 1), conference report, H8804 [27JY]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7184
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H7184
National security: require homeland security grants for terrorism preparedness and prevention be awarded based on assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerabilities, H8804 [27JY]
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: extend certain authorities, H6848 [21JN]
Pakistan: basic education programs funding, H6859 [21JN]
———foreign military financing funding, H6930 [21JN]
Palestinians: prohibit funding for direct aid of the Palestinian Authority, H6941 [21JN]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H8157
Robert Merrill Postal Station, New Rochelle, NY: designate (H.R. 2778), H10331 [10SE]
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment, H8804 [27JY]
Social Security: extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H16851 [19DE]
Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region, H8624 [26JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 643), H10340 [10SE]
———first responder interoperable communications funding, H190 [9JA]
Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (H.R. 1401), H3102 [27MR]
Transportation Security Administration: extend certain employee rights and protections to airport screeners, H2526
———provide certain personnel management requirements (H.R. 3212), H8804 [27JY]
U.N.: ensure that members of U.N. peackeeping missions that have engaged in human trafficking or sex crimes are held accountable and punished for their actions, H6846 [21JN]
———U.N. Democracy Fund and U.N. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative funding through reductions in the U.N. Development Program, H6877 [21JN]
U.N. Human Rights Council: withhold U.S. contributions, H6927 [21JN]
Venezuela: Voice of America broadcasting funding, H6847 [21JN]
Votes: correction, H4373
———position on missed, H1860
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation: funding, H6923 [21JN]
Reports filed
Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2764) (H. Rept. 110-197), H6660 [18JN]
Tables
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6797-H6803 [20JN]
Tributes
Gottesman, Ruth L., E2288
Snyder, Harold, E1011