MALONEY, CAROLYN B. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), H14011 [15NO]

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), H11490 [10OC]

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), H1668 [14FE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H941 [24JA]

``America'': anniversary of first use of name (see H. Res. 287), H3362 [29MR]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H7491 [10JY]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H10940 [26SE]

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]

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), H12156 [29OC]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H6235 [11JN]

———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), H1343 [7FE]

———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6009 [5JN]

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1464), H4416 [2MY]

Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 209), H2437 [12MR]

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3696 [19AP]

Archdiocese of New York: anniversary (see H. Res. 345), H4209 [30AP]

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

Armed Forces: authorize a competitive grant program to assist former members in securing employment in the private sector (see H.R. 3429), H10757 [24SE]

———authorize members receiving outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to receive such care through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1546), H2620 [15MR]

———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), H6828 [20JN]

———extend period during which certain deployed members may receive reimbursement for privately purchased helmet pads that provide better protection than military-issued pads (see H.R. 588), H1668 [14FE] (see H.R. 1347), H2242 [6MR]

———honor all Americans serving and condemn attack by broadcaster Rush H. Limbaugh III, on the integrity and professionalism of some of those Americans (see H. Con. Res. 221), H11070 [1OC]

———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]

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

———increase basic pay (see H. Con. Res. 162), H6661 [18JN]

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

———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 23), H836 [22JA]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H887 [23JA]

———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H.R. 353), H435 [11JA]

———provide for certain members of the Selected Reserve to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1211), H1967 [27FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H2399 [9MR]

———recognize dedication and honorable service of military nurses (see H. Con. Res. 90), H2436 [12MR]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 3990), H12155 [29OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H6235 [11JN]

———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.R. 3119), H11935 [23OC] (see H.J. Res. 14), H1565 [13FE] (see H. Con. Res. 33), H1211 [5FE]

———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]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 2189), H4552 [7MY]

———urge collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force (see H. Res. 163), H1668 [14FE]

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

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

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H2303 [7MR]

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

———commend democracy efforts and call for release by Burmese Government (see H. Con. Res. 200), H10435 [17SE]

Aviation: improve air carrier passenger services (see H.R. 1303), H4753 [9MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 3609), H10695 [20SE]

Berkeley College: anniversary (see H. Res. 342), H4204 [26AP]

Birnbaum, Jacob: tribute (see H. Res. 137), H1344 [7FE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H2122 [1MR]

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H4050 [24AP]

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

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

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2744 [20MR]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 44), H7491 [10JY]

———waive annual renewal requirement for import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, and expand visa ban, blocking of assets, and other prohibited activities (see H.R. 3890), H11775 [18OC]

Bush, President: censure (see H. Res. 530), H7490 [10JY]

———censure relative to the war in Iraq (see H. Res. 625), H10017 [4AU]

———censure relative to undermining the rule of law and separation of powers and disregarding statutes (see H. Res. 626), H10017 [4AU]

———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]

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see H. Res. 427), H6957 [21JN]

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

Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H2570 [14MR]

Cheney, Vice President: censure relative to the war in Iraq (see H. Res. 625), H10017 [4AU]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H4293 [1MY]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 1004), H11729 [17OC]

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H11316 [4OC]

———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), H7656 [11JY]

China, People's Republic of: call for release from custody Huseyin Celil and the children of Rebiya Kadeer and refrain from further cultural and religious suppression against Uyghur people (see H. Res. 497), H7071 [25JN]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H119 [5JA]

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), H1897 [16FE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H2241 [6MR]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 2019), H4554 [7MY]

Clarence L. Irving, Sr., Post Office Building, Jamaica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4826), H16833 [18DE]

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), H988 [29JA]

———enact a mandatory national program to slow, stop and reverse emissions of greenhouse gases (see H. Con. Res. 96), H2821 [21MR]

———reduce Federal Government's contribution to global warming through efficiency in management and operations (see H.R. 2635), H6332 [12JN]

———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), H887 [23JA]

———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]

———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), H10076 [4SE]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 642), H2400 [9MR]

Collins, Francis: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4576), H15466 [13DE]

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), H3185 [27MR]

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), H7434 [28JN]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Constantino Brumidi for display in the Capital Visitor Center (see H.R. 1313), H2164 [5MR]

Congressional Commission on Civic Service: establish (see H.R. 1819), H7490 [10JY]

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

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H15215 [10DE]

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), H13523 [9NO]

———prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 1870), H3473 [17AP]

———require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 369), H672 [17JA]

———require certain departments and agencies to provide to Congress copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of a certain amount for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 897), H1343 [7FE]

———require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 3854), H11638 [16OC]

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

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2033), H4175 [25AP]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1943), H8397 [24JY]

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), H3724 [20AP]

———restore right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror (see H.R. 2826), H10696 [20SE]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 871), H6404 [13JN]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2320), H5053 [15MY]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (see H.R. 3915), H11846 [22OC]

Crime: impose surcharges on unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and victims of crime, provide offsets on amounts collected by the Dept. of Justice for Federal agencies, and increase assessments imposed on convicted persons (see H.R. 2878), H11639 [16OC]

———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]

``Crime, Violence, and Development—Trends, Costs, and Policy Options in the Caribbean'': recognize contribution of U.N. and World Bank Group report to understanding crime and violence levels in the Caribbean region (see H. Res. 865), H15317 [11DE]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 2819), H7203 [26JN]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 624), H2744 [20MR]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H2744 [20MR]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H9709 [3AU] (see H. Res. 627), H10017 [4AU]

———support U.N.-brokered agreement between Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relative to reunification (see H. Res. 405), H5053 [15MY]

Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1273 [6FE]

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

Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 528), H945 [24JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to food stamps by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to certain nonprofit groups to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 206), H117 [5JA]

———reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H3018 [23MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 2212), H7490 [10JY]

———prohibit sale of parts for F-14 fighter aircraft (see H.R. 1441), H6235 [11JN]

———recognize important contributions of military ground robotics and continue funding and development for unmanned ground vehicles (see H. Con. Res. 113), H3562 [18AP]

———require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see H.R. 2064), H5725 [23MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 3463), H10157 [5SE]

———establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3637), H12456 [1NO]

———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]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H2822 [21MR]

———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), H4417 [2MY]

———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 1132), H2166 [5MR]

———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: implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 1061), H2122 [1MR]

———prohibit from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security (see H.R. 1633), H2821 [21MR]

———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), H12021 [24OC]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 644), H886 [23JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 923), H1472 [12FE]

———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 2941), H7432 [28JN]

Dept. of Labor: make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy (see H.R. 669), H942 [24JA]

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

Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3114), H8185 [19JY]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H8293 [23JY]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating Oak Point and North Brother Island in the Bronx, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 214), H118 [5JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H10077 [4SE]

———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 2761), H6660 [18JN]

———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), H8618 [25JY]

———reauthorize the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2440), H5621 [22MY]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H6735 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: require congressional approval of certain large loans (see H.R. 1181), H1895 [16FE]

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), H941 [24JA]

———conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see H.R. 4204), H14158 [4DE]

———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]

———improve pension program (see H.R. 1272), H2119 [1MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H11548 [15OC]

———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H4294 [1MY]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see H.R. 2965), H13412 [8NO]

———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), H6180 [7JN]

Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]

Dink, Hrant: condemn murder of Turkish journalist (see H. Res. 102), H987 [29JA]

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]

———enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 1198), H11934 [23OC]

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 3355), H10077 [4SE]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 2831), H7010 [22JN]

———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), H1970 [27FE]

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), H8293 [23JY]

———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), H11317 [4OC]

———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), H3400 [16AP]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 3005), H10511 [18SE]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5293 [16MY]

———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), H6331 [12JN]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H4487 [3MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H1788 [15FE]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H16834 [18DE]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H6439 (see H.R. 1881), H6476 [14JN]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H9276 [31JY]

———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H2571 [14MR]

———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]

E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building, Port Jervis, NY: designate (see H.R. 3196), H11250 [3OC]

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), H5724 [23MY]

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]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H8821 [27JY]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H10511 [18SE]

———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 access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 2017), H4050 [24AP]

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

———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), H2166 [5MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H11316 [4OC]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 1055), H2039 [28FE]

Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H11029 [27SE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4050 [24AP]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H2620 [15MR]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2164 [5MR]

Esfandiari, Haleh: call for immediate and unconditional release by Iran (see H. Res. 430), H6009 [5JN]

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

Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 984), H1565 [13FE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H7070 [25JN]

———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H6661 [18JN]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H6576 [15JN]

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), H4967 [14MY]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see H.R. 923), H1472 [12FE]

FDA: provide authority to order recalls of contaminated human and pet food, establish a notification system for such contamination, and improve regulation of human and pet food supply (see H.R. 2108), H10756 [24SE]

———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), H986 [29JA]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2244 [6MR]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 985), H1565 [13FE]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H16945 [19DE]

———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2892), H7434 [28JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 962), H10434 [17SE]

———reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1342 [7FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H14084 [15NO]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see H.R. 2537), H10434 [17SE]

FEMA: provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods (see H.R. 920), H1413 [8FE]

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), H2619 [15MR]

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

Finucane, Patrick: urge full and impartial inquiry into murder of human rights lawyer by British-loyalist paramilitaries (see H. Con. Res. 20), H672 [17JA]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1784), H3358 [29MR]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H12456 [1NO]

Flag—U.S.: authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession to order the National flag be flown at half-staff following an active duty death of an Armed Forces member from the Governor's jurisdiction (see H.R. 692), H943 [24JA]

Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5725 [23MY]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H344 [10JA]

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), H7491 [10JY]

———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), H7434 [28JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H15469 [13DE]

———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 2367), H6112 [6JN]

Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6182 [7JN]

———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), H7012 [22JN]

———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]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 3905), H15470 [13DE]

———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H11491 [10OC]

———provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy and clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 782), H1273 [6FE]

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]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 136), H1669 [14FE]

Gonzales, Attorney General: censure relative to undermining the rule of law and separation of powers and disregarding statutes (see H. Res. 626), H10017 [4AU]

———require Committee on the Judiciary (House) investigation on potential impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors (see H. Res. 589), H9657 [2AU]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 1350), H2957 [22MR]

Greece: extend condolences for loss of life and destruction caused by raging fires (see H. Res. 629), H10076 [4SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H. Res. 228), H2341 [8MR]

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), H1154 [31JA]

Haiti: urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts (see H. Res. 241), H2486 [13MR]

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

Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, University City, MO: designate (see H.R. 1617), H3562 [18AP]

Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H11395 [9OC]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 819), H1210 [5FE]

———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H3477 [17AP]

———improve vaccine safety research (see H.R. 1973), H3694 [19AP]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H5532 [21MY]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H3777 [23AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H988 [29JA]

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

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H6661 [18JN]

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

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H5532 [21MY]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2123), H11316 [4OC]

Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H6180 [7JN]

———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 245), H11395 [9OC] (see H. Res. 747), H11729 [17OC]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (see H.R. 3981), H12155 [29OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H12739 [5NO]

Homeless Assistance Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 561), H8185 [19JY]

———consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H3400 [16AP]

Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H3018 [23MR]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H514 [12JA]

Housing: preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 44), H4628 [8MY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1427), H2745 [20MR]

Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H2570 [14MR]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H1565 [13FE]

Human rights: encourage abolition of modern-day slavery (see H. Res. 55), H1055 [30JA]

Hurricanes: 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: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 1287), H3363 [29MR]

———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]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 607), H10435 [17SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA] (see H.R. 821), H3476 [17AP]

Indonesia: commend democratic elections in Aceh and express support for further democratic development and implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (see H. Res. 238), H8822 [27JY]

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), H16834 [18DE]

———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), H2956 [22MR]

———streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 1065), H1788 [15FE]

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

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), H670 [17JA]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H3279 [28MR]

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

Iranian Americans: condemn bigotry, violence, and discrimination against (see H. Res. 476), H6235 [11JN]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 663), H1055 [30JA] (see H. Res. 41), H887 [23JA]

———prevent establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 46), H987 [29JA]

———prevent withholding of information on corruption within the Iraqi Government (see H. Res. 734), H11494 [12OC]

———protect members of the Armed Forces and provide for their withdrawal (see H.R. 455), H988 [29JA]

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

———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation (see H.R. 508), H1896 [16FE]

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), H1669 [14FE]

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), H11848 [22OC]

Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H7982 [17JY]

Johnson, Shawn: tribute (see H. Res. 684), H11492 [10OC]

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

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]

Korea, Republic of: recognize strong alliance with the U.S. and express appreciation for efforts in the global war on terrorism (see H. Res. 295), H5055 [15MY]

Kosovo: support independence (see H. Res. 309), H3562 [18AP]

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), H7339 [27JN]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H945 [24JA]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 4611), H15466 [13DE]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H1211 [5FE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 4901), H16947 [19DE]

———establish an awards mechanism to honor Federal officers injured in the line of duty (see H.R. 4056), H12454 [1NO]

Libraries: authorize Perkins loan forgiveness for students who perform public service as librarians in low-income schools and public libraries (see H.R. 1877), H4629 [8MY]

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]

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

Malaysia: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 518), H8743 [26JY]

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

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 440), H513 [12JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H8121 [18JY]

———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]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H2620 [15MR]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H14084 [15NO]

———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 access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 4206), H14081 [15NO]

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

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 1190), H3476 [17AP]

———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), H10756 [24SE]

———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H2120 [1MR]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H2400 [9MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H2121 [1MR]

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

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims and prohibit inclusion of pharmacy information (see H.R. 1474), H5622 [22MY]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 2053), H8397 [24JY]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]

———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]

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]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 130), H4754 [9MY]

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), H3724 [20AP]

Middle East: call for release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah (see H. Res. 107), H1345 [7FE]

Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H3724 [20AP]

Military Order of the Purple Heart: extend eligibility for associate membership to the spouse and siblings of Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 1119), H1892 [16FE]

Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc.: establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor military spouses throughout history (see H.R. 3026), H9469 (see H.R. 3026), H9545 [1AU]

``Milwaukee Brides Walk'': commemorate and recognize all brides marches in protest of domestic violence (see H. Res. 649), H10369 [14SE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2262), H8397 [24JY]

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]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 323), H251 [9JA]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to all victims of terrorism (see H.R. 3707), H12104 [25OC]

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

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H3279 [28MR]

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 AmeriCorps Week: observance (see H. Res. 385), H4968 [14MY]

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 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 Consumer Protection Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 94), H1154 [31JA]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H1152 [31JA]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 85), H6009 [5JN]

National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3279 [28MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H9276 [31JY]

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 Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 477), H6235 [11JN]

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), H4416 [2MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H4205 [26AP]

National Museum of Wildlife Art of the U.S., Jackson, WY: designate (see H.R. 754), H1150 [31JA]

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

National Resource Center on Children and Disasters: establish (see H.R. 3495), H12238 [30OC]

National School Lunch Act: permit simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions (see H.R. 1740), H3477 [17AP]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 3189), H10435 [17SE]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3401 [16AP]

National Stalking Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1055 [30JA]

———establish (see H. Res. 852), H14494 (see H. Res. 852), H15208 [6DE]

National Suffragists Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3361 [29MR]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 770), H12156 [29OC]

National Women's Friendship Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 205), H10626 [19SE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 144), H4754 [9MY]

National Zoo Keeper Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 509), H6956 [21JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H344 [10JA]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H13205 [6NO]

———require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H15465 [13DE]

New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H8122 [18JY]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H2956 [22MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 2087), H13412 [8NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H12456 [1NO]

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), H13204 [6NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]

North Aleutian Basin Planning Area: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 1957), H4488 [3MY]

Northern Ireland: honor anniversary of first integrated school and further encourage desegregation of schools and teacher training colleges (see H. Res. 692), H11028 [27SE]

———reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 222), H2302 [7MR]

———support new power-sharing Government (see H. Res. 482), H7071 [25JN]

NSF: establish a global warming education program (see H.R. 1728), H6404 [13JN]

———establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H2341 [8MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H6111 [6JN]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H11394 [9OC]

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

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

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 291), H3562 [18AP]

Pehle, John: tribute (see H. Res. 226), H5294 [16MY]

Percy Sutton Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 954), H5532 [21MY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1614), H4417 [2MY]

———require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 1298), H2120 [1MR]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4968 [14MY]

Power resources: improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1945), H4176 [25AP]

———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), H2038 [28FE]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 670), H1472 [12FE]

———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]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 1255), H2166 [5MR]

———require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (see H.R. 1254), H2166 [5MR]

———regulate judicial use of Presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress (see H.R. 3045), H11639 [16OC]

Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H6236 [11JN]

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

Public housing: ensure that operating and capital assistance is provided for certain previously assisted public housing dwelling units (see H.R. 1235), H2037 [28FE]

———exempt residents 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), H434 [11JA]

———repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 458), H1055 [30JA]

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), H2571 [14MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 307), H3475 [17AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H3561 [18AP]

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

———recognize service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 443), H8122 [18JY]

Railroads: establish rail worker emergency training program (see H.R. 535), H1472 [12FE]

Real estate: require escrows for certain mortgage loans, improve mortgage servicing, promote sustainable homeownership opportunities, and improve appraisal process (see H.R. 3837), H12740 [5NO]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see H. Res. 185), H10435 [17SE]

———victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 1678), H3079 [26MR]

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

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

Robert Merrill Postal Station, New Rochelle, NY: designate (see H.R. 2778), H6734 [19JN]

Saudi Arabia: urge to overturn the sentence against rape victim known as the ``Qatif Girl'' (see H. Res. 857), H15470 [13DE]

SBA: improve access to capital programs (see H.R. 1332), H3696 [19AP]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 901), H1343 [7FE]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 1346), H2242 [6MR]

———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), H13412 [8NO]

Securities: eliminate exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges (see H.R. 2868), H7201 [26JN]

Securities Exchange Act: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (see H.R. 1257), H2303 [7MR]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H4488 [3MY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2032), H4294 [1MY]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: provide nationwide subpoena authority for actions brought under such fund (see H.R. 3921), H11846 [22OC]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2452), H5723 [23MY]

Ships and vessels: express importance of protecting cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensure perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice (see H. Res. 652), H10433 [17SE]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 210), H10626 [19SE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H341 [10JA]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 649), H941 [24JA]

———ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1535), H6181 [7JN]

———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), H10626 [19SE]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H7983 [17JY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) (see H.R. 4807), H16833 [18DE]

———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]

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), H6009 [5JN]

———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H572 [16JA]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H5293 [16MY]

———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), H11847 [22OC]

———allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit individual retirement accounts and facilitate similar savings by the self-employed (see H.R. 2167), H11729 [17OC]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see H.R. 1818), H6008 [5JN]

———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), H3363 [29MR]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2345), H5290 [16MY]

———double child tax credit for the first year, expand dependent care tax credit, and provide relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2902), H8187 [19JY]

———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 discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (see H.R. 3648), H10900 [25SE]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H11070 [1OC]

———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), H5532 [21MY]

———expand availability and repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 1871), H4176 [25AP]

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

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

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H2165 [5MR]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H6332 [12JN]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H6735 [19JN]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax incentives (see H.R. 1385), H5054 [15MY]

———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 moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H7656 [11JY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H10696 [20SE]

———modify rules for charitible contributions of fractional gifts (see H.R. 3881), H11935 [23OC]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H12156 [29OC]

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

———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), H11316 [4OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H11316 [4OC]

Television: protect important existing television band devices in the unassigned, non-licensed television channels from harmful interference from new devices (see H.R. 1320), H4051 [24AP]

———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), H5472 [17MY]

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

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H4051 [24AP]

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

Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H12739 [5NO]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H11775 [18OC]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3684), H12021 [24OC]

———urge International Commission of the International Tracing Service (ITS) to ratify Bonn Accords Treaty amendments to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany (see H. Res. 240), H2486 [13MR]

Truth in Lending Act: prohibit fees by creditors for payments on credit card accounts by electronic fund transfers (see H.R. 873), H1342 [7FE]

Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (see H.R. 1456), H2399 [9MR]

———reject claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 199), H15209 [6DE]

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), H2039 [28FE]

———provide support to the U.N. Population Fund to carry out activities to save women's lives, limit incidence of abortion and maternal mortality associated with unsafe abortion, and promote access to family planning (see H.R. 2604), H6236 [11JN]

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), H2487 [13MR]

U.S. attorneys: recognize past and present contributions (see H. Res. 247), H5533 [21MY]

U.S. Fire Administration: provide assistance to firefighting task forces (see H.R. 1351), H2242 [6MR]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H6828 [20JN]

University and College Union: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 467), H6236 [11JN]

University of California, Los Angeles: tribute to women's water polo team (see H. Res. 493), H7435 [28JN]

Veterans: correct inequity in eligibility for military retired pay based on nonregular service for certain members of Reserve components completing their service before 1966 (see H.R. 737), H1054 [30JA]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H11548 [15OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H2957 [22MR]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H13412 [8NO]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H3476 [17AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H4177 [25AP]

Voting: promote participation of absent overseas voters in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4173), H14158 [4DE]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 1747), H15414 [12DE]

Women: establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 1074), H1788 [15FE]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H4176 [25AP]

———issue semipostal to afford a convenient means by which the public may contribute towards acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 996), H1471 [12FE]

———provide job protection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4015), H13960 [14NO]

———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), H13960 [14NO]

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 757), H11776 [18OC]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 2404), H5531 [21MY]

Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H3477 [17AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 947), H1414 [8FE]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1895 [16FE]

Anthony, Susan B.: honor legacy on third Monday in February (see H.R. 856), H1271 [6FE]

Business and industry: permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see H.R. 4301), H14492 (see H.R. 4301), H15206 [6DE]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 494), H6660 [18JN]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2596), H6110 [6JN]

Contracts: improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and strengthen accountability of Government-wide suspension and debarment system (see H.R. 3033), H7775 [12JY]

Crime: require that recommended national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations include a recommendation that rape victims be offered information about emergency contraceptives (see H.R. 3318), H9654 [2AU]

Cyprus: support positive actions aimed at opening additional crossing points along the cease-fire line, thereby contributing to reunification efforts (see H. Res. 407), H5054 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H1789 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations (see H.R. 2832), H7010 [22JN]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H1788 [15FE]

———establish program to medically monitor individuals exposed to toxins in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York, NY, and provide medical treatment for such individuals (see H. Res. 128), H1272 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide improved and up-to-date communications equipment for the New York City Fire Dept. (see H.R. 3199), H8742 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (see H.R. 1164), H1894 [16FE]

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), H3723 [20AP]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 3425), H9707 [3AU]

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), H7201 [26JN]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide individuals the ability to control access to their credit reports (see H.R. 3316), H9654 [2AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2792), H6827 [20JN]

———expand (see H.R. 1369), H2301 [7MR]

FDA: conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether requirements provide sufficient information on risks (see H.R. 945), H1414 [8FE]

Federal Credit Union Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H10510 [18SE]

Federal employees: ensure that at least two-thirds of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 3158), H8396 [24JY] (see H.R. 3799), H11489 [10OC]

———prevent membership by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, Federal judges, or certain political appointees in a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (see H. Con. Res. 107), H3361 [29MR]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: establish a telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal or State banking agency (see H.R. 4332), H14493 (see H.R. 4332), H15207 [6DE]

Financial institutions: eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (see H.R. 4049), H12454 [1NO]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2478), H5922 [24MY]

Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 148), H1416 [8FE]

———urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 2526), H5925 [24MY]

Immigration: provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see H.R. 1071), H1788 [15FE]

Insurance: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2931), H7431 [28JN]

IRS: establish office to focus on internal revenue laws violations by persons under investigation for commercial sex acts and increase monetary penalty limitations for tax fraud (see H.R. 3424), H9707 [3AU]

———provide enhanced protection for the IRS and its employees (see H.R. 2527), H5925 [24MY]

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), H4292 [1MY]

National Academy of Engineering: provide study on improving the accuracy of the collection of oil, condensate, and natural gas royalties from Federal and Indian land leases (see H.R. 435), H513 [12JA]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 556), H758 [18JA]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 1638), H2955 [22MR] (see H.R. 3543), H10433 [17SE]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 1452), H2399 [9MR]

Qatari-American Friendship Day: observance (see H. Res. 396), H4914 [10MY]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2865), H7201 [26JN]

Social Security: reduce the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits (see H.R. 732), H1054 [30JA]

Tariff: stick and golf umbrellas (see H.R. 2866), H7201 [26JN]

Taxation: allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 4164), H13859 [13NO]

———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (see H.R. 1817), H3359 [29MR]

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), H1414 [8FE]

Turkey: urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Res. 373), H4486 [3MY]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 2114), H4415 [2MY]

Voting: prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud (see H.R. 4237), H14082 [15NO]

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

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2236), H4751 [9MY]

———strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights by establishing a Dept. of State Office of International Women's Rights and a U.S. Commission on International Women's Rights (see H.R. 3728), H11171 [2OC]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 3713), H11070 [1OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2673 [20MR]

Letters

Dept. of Justice anti-human trafficking policies and strategies: Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, H14115-H14117 [4DE]

Foreign Investment and National Security Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7458 [10JY]

———Robert S. Nichols, Financial Services Forum, H7458 [10JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H16647 [18DE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women, H6052 [6JN], E1396 [22JN]

———promote empowerment of women (H.R. 947), E295 [8FE]

Afghanistan Freedom Support Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2446), H6052 [6JN]

``America'': anniversary of first use of name (H. Res. 287), H7608 [11JY], E698 [30MR]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 71), E750 [17AP]

American Society of Business Publication Editors: tribute to national editorial conference, E1673 [1AU]

Amtrak: funding, E1615 [25JY]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249), H4186 [26AP]

Anthony, Susan B.: honor legacy on third Monday in February (H.R. 856), E267 [6FE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H16911 [19DE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2994 [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, E904 [1MY]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), E1043 [14MY]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), Senate amendment, H5907 [24MY]

Archdiocese of New York: anniversary (H. Res. 345), E1613 [25JY]

Argentina: anniversary of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association bombing in Buenos Aires (H. Con. Res. 188), E1681 [2AU]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1750 [15FE]

———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H.R. 353), E93 [12JA]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E840 [24AP]

BLM: payment in lieu of taxes program funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, E1435 [28JN]

Budget: deficit, H3262, H3264 [28MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7541 [11JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3260, H3262, H3264 [28MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H10889 [25SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H3785 [24AP], H6012 [6JN]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (H. Res. 494), E1321 [18JN]

Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), H7541 [11JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): establish a Select Intelligence Oversight Panel (H. Res. 35), H205 [9JA]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: require report comparing amount of foreign investment regulations in the U.S. with those in other countries, H2002 [28FE]

———require report on the impact of foreign investment on U.S. jobs, H2004 [28FE]

Computers: improve cyber data security, H674 [18JA]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 1), H9208 [31JY]

Contracts: improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and strengthen accountability of Government-wide suspension and debarment system (H.R. 3033), E1519 [13JY]

———reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government (H.R. 1362), H2583 [15MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification, H1177 [5FE]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), H13981, H14012 [15NO]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), consideration (H. Res. 825), H13966 [15NO]

———require lenders offer borrowers the option of a mortgage without a pre-payment penalty, H14012 [15NO]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (H.R. 137), E655 [28MR]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1561 [19JY]

———independence anniversary, E2003 [27SE]

———support positive actions aimed at opening additional crossing points along the cease-fire line, thereby contributing to reunification efforts (H. Res. 407), E2003 [27SE], E2256 [25OC]

———support U.N.-brokered agreement between Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relative to reunification (H. Res. 405), E2105 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), H13866 [14NO], H13963 [15NO], E2433 [15NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1092), E366 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations (H.R. 2832), E1388 [22JN]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (H.R. 1072), E367 [15FE]

———establish program to medically monitor individuals exposed to toxins in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York, NY, and provide medical treatment for such individuals, H10211, H10213, H10214, H10215, H10216, H10217 [6SE], H10248 [7SE]

———establish program to medically monitor individuals exposed to toxins in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York, NY, and provide medical treatment for such individuals (H. Res. 128), H4743, H4745, H4747, H4748, H4749 [9MY], E270 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), H6499 [15JN]

———provide improved and up-to-date communications equipment for the New York City Fire Dept. (H.R. 3199), E1633 [26JY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 644), H1908 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (H.R. 1164), E391 [17FE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6894 [21JN], E1396 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), Senate amendment, H16911 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), E1435, E1437 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to have armed escort authority for protecting IRS employees, H11191 [3OC]

———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 2761), H10529, H10547 [19SE]

———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 2761), Senate amendment, H16765 [18DE]

———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 4299), H15360 [12DE]

———increase the insurance industry's yearly deductible under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, H10547 [19SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H7927 [17JY], H8086, H8087 [18JY], H8157 [19JY], E1632 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), conference report, E2387 [9NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3074), E1615 [25JY]

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (H.R. 3355), H13340 [8NO]

———provide health benefits to rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers whose health was adversely affected by the 9/11 disaster, H7927 [17JY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 579), H8910 [30JY]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (H.R. 3425), E1731 [3AU]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1433), H2849 [22MR]

Dutch-American Friendship Day: establish (H. Res. 89), H2415 [12MR]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2824 [22MR]

Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs available and economically affordable for families of all children (H.R. 2859), H7344 [28JN], E1415 [26JN]

———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 (H. Res. 406), E1364 [20JN]

———value of quality preschool education programs, H5728 [24MY]

Electric power: revise the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of electric power lines, E1395 [22JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, H13223, H13248 [7NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), H13233, H13248 [7NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), consideration (H. Res. 793), H13223 [7NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), E1395 [22JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H3785 [24AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (H.R. 2792), E1365 [20JN]

FDA: conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether requirements provide sufficient information on risks (H.R. 945), E301 [9FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2527 [14MR]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), consideration (H. Res. 239), H2512 [14MR]

———prevent membership by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, Federal judges, or certain political appointees in a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (H. Con. Res. 107), E708 [30MR]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: establish a telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal or State banking agency (H.R. 4332), E2516 [6DE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish Affordable Housing Fund, H5380 [17MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6894 [21JN]

———limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (H.R. 2929), E1637 [27JY]

———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, H6894 [21JN]

Foreign trade: reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), H12283 [31OC]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (H.R. 1309), H2505 [14MR]

———strengthen (S. 2488), E2637 [19DE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 2478), E1148 [25MY]

GAO: release of report relative to status of U.S. work-family policies, H7662 [12JY]

Gillmor, Paul E.: tribute (H. Res. 632), H10125 [5SE]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 2316), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5745 [24MY]

Greece: extend condolences for loss of life and destruction caused by raging fires (H. Res. 629), H10081 [5SE]

———observance of Oxi Day, E2257 [25OC]

———recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (H. Res. 148), E299 [9FE], E1077 [17MY]

———urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (H.R. 2526), E1161 [25MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (H. Res. 228), H2453 [13MR]

Greenspan, Alan: characterization of Bush administration in recently published memoirs, H10763 [25SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4336 [2MY]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H384 [11JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6139 [7JN]

Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole: National Arts Club of New York City Gold Medal of Honor recipient, E211 [30JA]

Hour Children (organization): anniversary, E806 [19AP]

Housing: assist in provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 1227), H2695 [20MR]

———establish a commission to perform an examination of current foreclosure and mortgage lending crisis and make recommendations to address such problems (H.R. 3666), H11230 [3OC]

———modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (H.R. 1852), H10453 [18SE]

———prohibit housing government-sponsored enterprises from purchasing certain high-risk mortgages, H2490 [14MR]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1427), H5380 [17MY]

———support homeownership and responsible lending (H. Res. 526), H7448, H7449 [10JY]

Immigration: provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (H.R. 1071), E368 [15FE]

Inspector General Act: enhance independence of Inspectors General and create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (H.R. 928), H11191 [3OC]

Insurance: coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 2931), E1439 [28JN]

International Women's Day: observance, E502 [9MR]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, E93 [12JA]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13866 [14NO], H13963 [15NO], E2433 [15NO]

———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), H7710 [12JY]

IRS: compile report on characteristics of households not claiming tax credits, H3484 [18AP]

———establish office to focus on internal revenue laws violations by persons under investigation for commercial sex acts and increase monetary penalty limitations for tax fraud (H.R. 3424), E1733 [3AU]

Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (H. Res. 121), E1702 [2AU]

Krikos, Inc.: tribute, E209 [30JA]

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), E470 [6MR]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (H.R. 521), E213 [30JA]

Law enforcement: Southwest Border Prosecuter Initiative funding through reductions in the Bureau of the Census funding, H8436 [25JY]

Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients (H.R. 2317), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5745 [24MY]

McCall, Dirk: Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee, Inc., honoree, E211 [30JA]

Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H481 [12JA]

Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (H. Res. 328), H3752 [23AP]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H293 [10JA]

National Academy of Engineering: provide study on improving the accuracy of the collection of oil, condensate, and natural gas royalties from Federal and Indian land leases (H.R. 435), E105 [12JA]

National Archives and Records Administration: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group final report, E2046 [2OC]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H210 [9JA]

———implement recommendations (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 567), H8792 [27JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, E1437 [28JN]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (H.R. 556), H1988, H2002, H2004 [28FE]

———ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (H.R. 556), Senate amendment, H7451, H7457, H7458 [10JY]

———ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (H.R. 556), consideration (H. Res. 195), H1985 [28FE]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 289), E841 [24AP]

New York, NY: anniversary of Lenox Hill Hospital, E2311 [1NO]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 1638), H4743 [9MY], H15419 [13DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 3543), H16647 [18DE], E1890 [17SE]

———prohibit funding for American Ballet Theatre, H8086, H8087 [18JY]

———subway transit projects funding, E1615 [25JY]

———tribute to Carnegie Hall cultural exchange program, E2496 [5DE]

———tribute to Little Missionary's Day Nursery Sara Curry Award recipients, E210 [30JA]

———tribute to New York Blood Center, E549 [14MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (H.R. 2102), E2164 [17OC]

NIH: public access of journal articles published by private and nonprofit publishers, E1632 [26JY]

Orphans International Worldwide (organization): tribute, E2312 [1NO]

Panpaphian Association of America, Inc.: tribute to award recipients, E2623 [19DE]

Percy Sutton Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 954), E1834 [7SE]

Phoenix House (organization): anniversary, E2154 [16OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H8157 [19JY]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (H.R. 1452), E504 [9MR]

Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H723 [18JA]

———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), Senate amendment, E2641 [19DE]

———national energy policy, H5999-H6001 [5JN]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9733 [4AU]

Qatari-American Friendship Day: observance (H. Res. 396), E1012 [10MY]

Queens, NY: tribute to Public School 234 participation in ``Adopt a Unit'' initiative, E429 [28FE]

Roberto, Joseph: 23rd Street Association, Inc., Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E801 [19AP]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8436 [25JY], E1662 [31JY]

Securities: eliminate exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges (H.R. 2868), H11868 [23OC]

Securities Exchange Act: limit shareholders advisory votes on executive compensation packages to those that exceed average compensation for comparable positions within the same industry, H3545 [18AP]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (H.R. 1257), H3545 [18AP]

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), H9498 [1AU]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), E2263 [29OC]

Supreme Court: decision on partial-birth abortions, H3563 [19AP]

Taxation: allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (H.R. 4164), E2402 [14NO]

———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (H.R. 1817), E708 [30MR]

———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), H11295 [4OC]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), E2391 [13NO]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, E2391 [13NO]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 4351), H15378 [12DE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (H.R. 3887), H12244 [31OC], H14114 [4DE]

Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (H.R. 1401), E705 [30MR]

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 (H.R. 946), E306 [9FE]

Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (H.R. 1456), E1561 [19JY]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (H.R. 2114), E935 [2MY]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (H.R. 1851), consideration (H. Res. 534), H7724 [12JY]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13278 [7NO]

UJA-Federation of New York: anniversary, E1367 [20JN]

University and College Union: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (H. Res. 467), E1536 [17JY]

Unsung Heroes Helping Heroes, Inc.: tribute, E1297 [14JN]

Votes: position on missed, E88 [12JA], E470 [6MR], E1017 [10MY], E1103 [21MY], E1441 [28JN], E2055 [3OC], E2164 [17OC], E2361 [8NO]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: strike provision relative to national security whistleblower rights, H2512 [14MR]

Women: strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights by establishing a Dept. of State Office of International Women's Rights and a U.S. Commission on International Women's Rights, E502 [9MR]

———strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights by establishing a Dept. of State Office of International Women's Rights and a U.S. Commission on International Women's Rights (H.R. 3728), E2040 [2OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1207 [5FE], H2338 [8MR], H4049 [24AP], H7980 [17JY], H10361 [10SE], H10899 [25SE], H11068 [1OC], H11248 [3OC], H11931 [23OC], H14151 [4DE]

Statements

Democrats in Congress Are Working To Help Families Stay in Their Homes: by, H13982 [15NO]

National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act: Executive Office of the President, H1989 [28FE]

Tributes

Bilirakis, Michael, E415 [28FE]

Christen, Barbara L., E1296 [14JN]

Epstein, Larry, E1471 [10JY]

Galanos, Alexis, E2256 [25OC]

Henrikson, C. Robert, E1418 [26JN]

Markham, Angie, E2626 [19DE]

Martin, George, H15419 [13DE]

Meloni, Antonio, E2633 [19DE]

Schachter, Carol, E1366 [20JN]

Tenaglia, Nick, E2629 [19DE]