MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (H.R. 1851), H7751 [12JY]
Appointments
Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H2377 [9MR]
Committee To Escort French President Nicolas Sarkozy Into the House Chamber, H13210 [7NO]
Conferee: H.R. 1, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act, H7878 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H3400 [16AP]
Air pollution: provide a reduction in the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy consumed by vehicles and aircraft (see H.R. 2215), H4628 [8MY]
———reduce emissions of ozone depleting substances in order to protect the climate and stratospheric ozone layer (see H.R. 3448), H10435 [17SE]
America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H3724 [20AP]
American Association for Cancer Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H11071 [1OC]
American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H7432 [28JN]
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 71), H2571 [14MR]
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), H9711 [3AU] (see H.R. 3327), H9654 [2AU]
Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H6007 [5JN]
———establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 1232), H2303 [7MR]
———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6332 [12JN]
Archdiocese of New York: anniversary (see H. Res. 345), H7491 [10JY]
Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1246), H2038 [28FE]
———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 207), H1054 [30JA]
———improve benefits and services for members, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans (see H.R. 1354), H2242 [6MR]
———prohibit funding for any covert action in Iran, or to carry out any military action in the absence of imminent threat, in accordance with international law and requirements for congressional authorization (see H.R. 770), H4051 [24AP]
———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 3990), H12155 [29OC]
———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.J. Res. 14), H3778 [23AP]
———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), H15738 [17DE]
Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 68), H4052 [24AP]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H4051 [24AP]
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), H2487 [13MR]
Atomic Energy Act: improve and strengthen the safety inspection process of nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3491), H10245 [6SE]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Aviation: improve air carrier passenger services (see H.R. 1303), H2120 [1MR]
BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H11172 [2OC]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H1471 [12FE]
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1154 [31JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]
Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H8293 [23JY]
———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), H11934 [23OC]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]
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), H2302 [7MR]
———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H6181 [7JN]
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), H945 [24JA]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1275), H10626 [19SE]
Colorado Rockies (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 816), H15415 [12DE]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 662), H11316 [4OC]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H1153 [31JA]
Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 3914), H11846 [22OC]
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: express that the Senate should initiate bipartisan process to give its advice and consent to ratification (see H. Res. 882), H15738 [17DE]
Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 964), H1415 [8FE]
Constitution—U.S.: anniversary of signing (see H. Res. 646), H10940 [26SE]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H14158 [4DE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H944 [24JA]
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network: establish (see H.R. 3643), H14158 [4DE]
Courts: preserve right of habeas corpus (see H.R. 1189), H4416 [2MY]
———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), H4487 [3MY]
———restore right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror (see H.R. 2826), H8821 [27JY]
CPSC: require certain manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products (see H.R. 1699), H6008 [5JN]
Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 936), H1414 [8FE]
———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), H253 [9JA]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H2401 [9MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H3364 [29MR]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H3477 [17AP]
———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), H5725 [23MY]
———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H14250 [5DE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports (see H.R. 1413), H2340 [8MR]
———develop strategy to prevent over-classification of homeland security information and promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security information (see H.R. 4806), H16833 [18DE]
———prohibit approval of chemical facility site security plans unless the facility meets or exceeds State or local security requirements (see H.R. 1530), H2619 [15MR]
———tribute to employees for efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation (see H. Res. 134), H1344 [7FE]
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 2074), H10434 [17SE]
———express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5623 [22MY]
Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: establish (see H.R. 808), H3081 [26MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 359), H1153 [31JA]
———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]
———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), H16834 [18DE]
———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H1211 [5FE]
Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 1216), H4416 [2MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H1272 [6FE]
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), H3562 [18AP]
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), H4051 [24AP]
———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H1564 [13FE]
———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), H12238 [30OC]
———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H12385 [31OC]
———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 1030), H7656 [11JY]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H4965 [14MY]
———establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1713), H7852 [16JY]
———establish national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (see H.R. 1738), H11548 [15OC]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H3724 [20AP]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H8742 [26JY]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H5473 [17MY]
Drugs: improve safety and oversight (see H.R. 1561), H2670 [19MR]
Ecology and environment: authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits (see H.R. 823), H4553 [7MY]
———declare U.S. policy on international climate cooperation and authorize assistance to promote clean and efficient energy technologies in foreign countries (see H.R. 2420), H5620 [22MY]
Education: establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans (see H.R. 890), H3724 [20AP]
———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 916), H1413 [8FE]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H12739 [5NO]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 1055), H1668 [14FE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4050 [24AP]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H14157 [4DE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H11491 [10OC]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]
———revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and enhance postmarket authorities relative to the safety of drugs (see H.R. 2900), H7430 [28JN]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H16945 [19DE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H4204 [26AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H4967 [14MY]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
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: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H2486 [13MR]
Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H14250 [5DE]
Food industry: provide restrictions on use of carbon monoxide in meat, poultry, and seafood (see H.R. 3115), H8185 [19JY]
Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H6181 [7JN]
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), H8293 [23JY]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H7490 [10JY]
Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H4051 [24AP]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1297), H2120 [1MR]
Fry, Varian: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Res. 743), H12156 [29OC]
Government: require acquisition of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 2112), H14250 [5DE]
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]
Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H9655 [2AU]
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), H1472 [12FE]
———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H3477 [17AP]
———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H6007 [5JN]
———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 2464), H15317 [11DE]
———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see H.R. 2994), H14157 [4DE]
———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H9468 (see H.R. 583), H9545 [1AU]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H1472 [12FE]
———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H11777 [18OC]
———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), H11639 [16OC]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H4209 [30AP]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H4967 [14MY]
Higher Education Act: prevent veterans' contributions to education benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 100), H987 [29JA]
Hinduism: issue postage stamp in commemoration of the Diwali festival (see H. Res. 113), H1212 [5FE]
———recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 245, 747), H12022 [24OC]
Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H16950 [19DE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H12155 [29OC]
Hostelling International USA (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 249), H16951 [19DE]
Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 1852), H6181 [7JN]
Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H13411 [8NO]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H16950 [19DE]
———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]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H1150 [31JA]
International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15414 [12DE]
International relations: call on People's Republic of China to respect human rights of refugees from Democratic People's Republic of Korea (see H. Con. Res. 234), H11729 [17OC]
International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H2166 [5MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H670 [17JA]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H8293 [23JY]
———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2880), H12384 [31OC]
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H. Res. 41), H253 [9JA]
———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H672 [17JA]
———provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis and assist Iraqi refugees (see H.R. 2265), H10626 [19SE]
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), H4052 [24AP]
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, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 214), H12238 [30OC]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H988 [29JA]
Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H1153 [31JA]
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), H1897 [16FE]
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), H14085 [15NO]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]
Max Volterra Post Office Building, Attleboro, MA: designate (see H.R. 3952), H12020 [24OC]
McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]
Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2066), H4204 [26AP]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H5725 [23MY]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H9654 [2AU]
———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), H6236 [11JN]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H13205 [6NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H5472 [17MY]
———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 1809), H3359 [29MR]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H4553 [7MY]
———limit penalty for late enrollment under part B and exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 2591), H6110 [6JN]
———provide health care benefits to all Americans (see H.R. 2034), H4175 [25AP]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H110 [5JA]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H5292 [16MY]
———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H5621 [22MY]
Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H4487 [3MY]
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), H5928 [24MY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H15414 [12DE]
National Association for College Admission Counseling: anniversary (see H. Res. 212), H10157 [5SE]
National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 258), H5929 [24MY]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 91), H2486 [13MR]
National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H12456 [1NO]
National Cancer Research Month: designate (see H. Res. 448), H11071 [1OC]
National Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 3631), H10696 [20SE]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 186), H7071 [25JN]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5622 [22MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H9276 [31JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3368), H14157 [4DE]
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), H2303 [7MR]
National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 718), H11394 [9OC]
National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Inc.: authorize a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and others that fought for independence during the American Revolution (see H.R. 1693), H11316 [4OC]
National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1731), H8821 [27JY]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H343 [10JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H12238 [30OC]
New England National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1528), H11548 [15OC]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H11495 [12OC]
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. 804), H13204 [6NO] (see H. Res. 819), H14158 [4DE]
Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H3777 [23AP]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H3562 [18AP]
Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation does not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (see H.R. 710), H1565 [13FE]
Pacific Northwest: tribute to local and State first responders and citizens facing severe winter storms (see H. Res. 851), H14494 (see H. Res. 851), H15208 [6DE]
Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1902), H3475 [17AP]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H11492 [10OC]
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———promote energy independence and security (see H.R. 3220), H8833 (see H.R. 3220), H9052 (see H.R. 3221), H8834 (see H.R. 3221), H9052 [30JY]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H2038 [28FE]
———provide for the energy independence of the U.S. (see H.R. 1133), H3777 [23AP]
Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 958), H1415 [8FE]
Product safety: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of certain children's products and child care articles that contain phthalates (see H.R. 4030), H12384 [31OC]
Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H3183 [27MR]
Public Health Service Act: revise and expand the drug discount program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2606), H14084 [15NO]
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), H5724 [23MY]
Public utilities: disclose to consumers the fuels and sources of electric energy purchased from electric utilities (see H.R. 2196), H4553 [7MY]
———establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H3017 [23MR]
Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (see H.R. 1248), H11548 [15OC]
Richards, Ann: tribute (see H. Res. 42), H1417 [8FE]
Roads and highways: inspect highway tunnels (see H.R. 409), H434 [11JA]
———support goals and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash victims (see H. Con. Res. 87), H4554 [7MY]
Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Res. 227), H4052 [24AP]
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: provide nationwide subpoena authority for actions brought under such fund (see H.R. 3921), H11846 [22OC]
Sharp, Waitstill and Martha: tribute (see H. Res. 52), H435 [11JA]
Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 649), H1153 [31JA]
———ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1535), H2619 [15MR]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3963), H12104 [25OC]
———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), H11250 [3OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H2671 [19MR]
Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H6828 [20JN]
Sudan: 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]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H11933 [23OC]
Taunton River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 415), H10370 [14SE]
Taxation: disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2345), H5290 [16MY]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H2435 [12MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H11777 [18OC]
———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H4293 [1MY]
———improve and extend certain energy-related tax incentives (see H.R. 1385), H2301 [7MR]
———include heavier vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 2715), H6437 (see H.R. 2715), H6475 [14JN]
———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), H12739 [5NO]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2682), H6330 [12JN]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H12104 [25OC]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H3695 [19AP]
———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H8821 [27JY]
Technology: increase use and research of sustainable building design technology (see H.R. 1259), H2118 [1MR]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H117 [5JA]
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), H10757 [24SE]
Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (see H.R. 1401), H2340 [8MR]
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), H4052 [24AP]
U.N. Emergency Peace Service: create in order to facilitate intervention in the early stages of humanitarian crises (see H. Res. 213), H14251 [5DE]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 278), H121 [5JA]
Valenti, Jack: tribute (see H. Res. 361), H4292 [1MY]
Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1417 [8FE]
———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 1570), H9710 [3AU]
Whistleblowing: streamline administration of whistleblower protections for private sector employees (see H.R. 4047), H12454 [1NO]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H3400 [16AP]
World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 196), H2437 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H111 [5JA]
Armed Forces: prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H.R. 353), H252 [9JA]
Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change (see H.R. 1961), H3694 [19AP]
Computers: provide for a comprehensive nationwide inventory of existing broadband service (see H.R. 3919), H11846 [22OC]
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2320), H5053 [15MY]
Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1560), H2670 [19MR]
———issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see H. Res. 543), H7776 [12JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish additional authorities to ensure the safe and effective use of drugs and establish whistleblower protections for certain individuals (see H.R. 1165), H1894 [16FE]
Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 1352), H2242 [6MR]
Health: improve process for the development of needed pediatric medical devices (see H.R. 1494), H2485 [13MR]
Karinge, Esther: relief (see H.R. 1485), H2436 [12MR]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H2485 [13MR]
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 617), H9709 [3AU]
National Aphasia Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 523), H7340 [27JN]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2341 [8MR]
Power resources: establish efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas distributors (see H.R. 2529), H5925 [24MY]
Privacy: strengthen Federal authority to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 948), H1414 [8FE]
Public buildings: promote use of energy and water efficiency measures in Federal buildings and energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2528), H5925 [24MY]
Refuse disposal: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 4238), H14082 [15NO]
Tariff: reliquidate certain entries of gemifloxacin (see H.R. 4707), H15469 [13DE]
Taxation: provide a credit for the conversion of hybrid motor vehicles to plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 2966), H7489 [10JY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: publish a summary statement of the scientific basis for a decision concerning the listing or de-listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations (see H.R. 3459), H10016 [4AU]
Obituaries
Paul Leventhal, Who Opposed Commercial Use of Nuclear Power, Dies at 69, Dennis Hevesi, New York (NY) Times, E832
Paul Leventhal; Led Nuclear Control Institute, Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, Washington (DC) Post, E832
Poems
``Red Sox We Proudly Honor Today,'' by, E2275
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2930
———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, H5908
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 39), E13
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1526 [13FE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E853
Aviation: improve cargo screening on passenger planes, H192 [9JA], H8793 [27JY]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute, E2275
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 106), E1866
Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change, H5068 [16MY]
———address security risks posed by global climate change (H.R. 1961), E801
———global warming, H10943 [27SE]
———reduction of greenhouse gases through fuel efficiency and renewable fuels, H16654 [18DE]
Computers: provide for a comprehensive nationwide inventory of existing broadband service (H.R. 3919), H13557, H13559, H13560 [13NO], E2196
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (H.R. 2320), E1062
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), consideration (H. Res. 403), H5068 [16MY]
———install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in all facilities, H5068 [16MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3222), H9978
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), H13941
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1684), H4667
———develop regulations for transport of high hazardous materials, H3111
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7094
Dept. of the Treasury: clarify that existing legal prohibitions on the misuse of departmental names and symbols extend to misleading Internet sites bearing similarities to the IRS Internet site, H3422
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H7927
Director of National Intelligence: remove requirement to complete a National Intelligence Estimate on global climate change, H4895, H4896 [10MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6676 [19JN]
FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and enhance postmarket authorities relative to the safety of drugs (H.R. 2900), H7604 [11JY]
———revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and enhance postmarket authorities relative to the safety of drugs (H.R. 3580), H10596 [19SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish additional authorities to ensure the safe and effective use of drugs and establish whistleblower protections for certain individuals (H.R. 1165), E390
Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons, H9978
———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 (H.R. 1352), E474
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: funding, H11963
Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), conference report, H13881
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H368 [11JA]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), H4895, H4896 [10MY]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (H.R. 1400), E1586
Iraq: provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13941
———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), H7714
———require the President of the U.S. and senior diplomatic and military officials to develop a plan for the redeployment of U.S. forces (H.R. 3087), H11123
Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (H. Con. Res. 152), H5951
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), H2077
Malden, MA: anniversary of Malden Catholic High School, E741
———make tenants of the Heritage Apartments eligible for enhanced housing vouchers after prepayment of Dept. of HUD mortgage and transfer of the property, H7751 [12JY]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (H. Res. 61), H530
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H485
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H292
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H16654, H16750
National Aphasia Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 523), E1425
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H192 [9JA]
———implement recommendations (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 567), H8793 [27JY]
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), H1992
NIH: funding, H7927
Ohio: allow transfer of U.S. Housing Act section 8 housing assistance payment contracts in Franklin and Hailton Counties, OH, H7751 [12JY]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (H.R. 1700), E1059
Outer Continental Shelf: maintain moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions and provide oil companies with incentives to renegotiate certain leases, H7094
Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, H2603, H2604 [15MR]
———increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil, H2603, H2604 [15MR]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H707 [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, H14443
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 66), H684 [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), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 846), H14261 [6DE]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 877), H16654 [18DE]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9848 [4AU]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration (H. Res. 615), H9717 [4AU]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H5633 [23MY]
Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), H16885
Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (H.R. 1483), H11963
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, H9848 [4AU]
Refuse disposal: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 4238), E2452
Securities Exchange Act: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (H.R. 1257), H3539
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment, H1992
———require all containers shipped to the U.S. be scanned for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading on the vessel for shipment, H192 [9JA]
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), H9495
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10882
Taxation: enhance taxpayer protections and outreach (H.R. 1677), H3422
———provide a credit for the conversion of hybrid motor vehicles to plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (H.R. 2966), E1480
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 2776), consideration (H. Res. 615), H9717 [4AU]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10882
Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), H13554, H13555, H13556 [13NO]
———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 251), H6257, H6259 [12JN]
Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (H.R. 1401), H3111
Tsongas, Representative: permission to take oath of office for the House of Representatives prior to receipt of certificate of election, H11734 [18OC]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: publish a summary statement of the scientific basis for a decision concerning the listing or de-listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations (H.R. 3459), E1778
U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (H.R. 1851), H7751 [12JY]
Votes: position on missed, E2666
Rules
Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H3393 [16AP]
Tributes
Drinan, Robert F., H959 [29JA], H1183 [5FE]
Forsberg, Randall, E2210
Leventhal, Paul, E832
Marcellino, William F. (Babe), E1041
Meehan, Representative, H7408 [28JN]
Tsongas, Representative, H11734 [18OC]