McGOVERN, JAMES P. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Iraq War: George McGovern, E327 [12FE]

Recognition of Craig C. Mello for Receipt of Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: by, E1245 [11JN]

Amendments

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6736 [19JN], H6920 [21JN]

Appointments

Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, H15392 [12DE]

Articles and editorials

All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows, Karen DeYoung, Washington (DC) Post, H16888 [19DE]

Blessed Is the Full Plate, Anna Quindlen, Newsweek (publication), H15485 [17DE]

Congressman-Priest Drinan Dies, Mark Feeney, Boston (MA) Globe, H962 [29JA]

Cupboards Are Bare at Food Banks, Philip Rucker, Washington (DC) Post, H15486 [17DE]

`Look at Darfur,' Armenians Say Genocide Remembrance Resonates, Mike Elfland, Worcester (MA) Telegram and Gazette, H3757 [23AP]

More Families Seek Aid, Wendy Koth, USA Today, H15487 [17DE]

Road Home, New York (NY) Times, H7469 [10JY]

Sudan—UN Reports New Displacement in West Darfur, UN News Service, H8731 [26JY]

U.S. Troop Buildup in Iraq Falling Short, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H7666 [12JY]

Violence Impedes Relief Effort in Darfur, UN Food Agency Warns, UN News Service, H8731 [26JY]

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), H3778 [23AP]

Africa: improve health care capacity and retention of health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and other diseases and reduce maternal and child mortality (see H.R. 3812), H11490 [10OC]

———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]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see H. Con. Res. 238), H12238 [30OC]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H2571 [14MR]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 32), H15414 [12DE]

Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6578 [15JN]

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

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H6009 [5JN]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 160), H10017 [4AU]

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

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]

Animals: 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), H11250 [3OC]

———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), H7982 [17JY]

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

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3562 [18AP]

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

Argentina: anniversary of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association bombing in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 188), H8743 [26JY]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2417), H6236 [11JN]

———commend volunteers and other individuals who provide support to families and children of deployed members (see H. Con. Res. 181), H7491 [10JY]

———enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 718), H1211 [5FE]

———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), H8293 [23JY]

———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), H1565 [13FE] (see H.R. 1347), H2242 [6MR]

———extend time limit for use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the Reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations (see H.R. 1330), H2487 [13MR]

———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 diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 3051), H7851 [16JY]

———increase basic pay (see H. Con. Res. 162), H6112 [6JN]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H13960 [14NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H15215 [10DE]

———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H14157 [4DE]

———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), H1969 [27FE]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H945 [24JA]

———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H.R. 353), H252 [9JA]

———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 for payment of death gratuity relative to members without a surviving spouse who are survived by a minor child (see H.R. 1115), H2039 [28FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H4293 [1MY]

———provide support and assistance for families of National Guard and Reserve members undergoing deployment (see H.R. 1541), H3185 [27MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H943 [24JA]

———reimburse tuition for programs of education interrupted by military service, defer student loans, and reduce interest rates during periods of military service (see H.R. 2910), H10757 [24SE]

———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.R. 3119), H11491 [10OC] (see H.J. Res. 14), H887 [23JA] (see H. Con. Res. 33), H572 [16JA]

———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), H12740 [5NO]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H2672 [19MR]

———urge collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force (see H. Res. 163), H5533 [21MY]

Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 68), H2672 [19MR]

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]

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), H10363 [10SE]

Bangladesh: express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of Cyclone Sidr (see H. Res. 842), H14156 [4DE]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 3972), H12103 [25OC] (see H.R. 4044), H12453 [1NO]

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

Boise, ID: congratulate for being chosen to host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games (see H. Res. 380), H7012 [22JN]

Border Patrol: request Presidential commute of sentences for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean to time served (see H. Con. Res. 267), H14494 (see H. Con. Res. 267), H15208 [6DE]

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]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H8743 [26JY]

Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 1702), H3080 [26MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 44), H6661 [18JN]

———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), H12021 [24OC]

Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1154 [31JA]

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

Business and industry: allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities (see H.R. 4066), H14158 [4DE]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H3778 [23AP]

Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 95), H4205 [26AP]

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see H. Res. 427), H7657 [11JY]

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]

Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries: establish (see H.R. 3558), H10509 [18SE]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 4857), H16946 [19DE]

Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H9710 [3AU]

Charles, Ray: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2781), H9711 [3AU]

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

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

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H7070 [25JN]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H7011 [22JN]

———make grants to carry out activities to prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities (see H.R. 468), H11316 [4OC]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 1004), H1471 [12FE]

———prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2842), H7983 [17JY]

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

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H4914 [10MY]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H11847 [22OC]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2511), H12238 [30OC]

———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), H8821 [27JY]

Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]

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), H7435 [28JN]

———condemn discrimination, harassment, imprisonment, torture, and execution of its prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 821), H15318 [11DE]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H2122 [1MR]

Civil liberties: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces or intelligence operatives (see H.R. 4660), H15467 [13DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H2341 [8MR]

Civil War—U.S.: commend George J. Stannard and the Second Vermont Brigade upon anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (see H. Res. 529), H7853 [16JY]

Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (see H. Con. Res. 104), H7203 [26JN]

———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), H1055 [30JA]

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

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

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

Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H789 [19JA]

———establish a demonstration loan program for nontraditional students (see H.R. 3378), H11395 [9OC]

———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), H12739 [5NO]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 642), H3561 [18AP]

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

Colorado Rockies (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 816), H15209 [6DE]

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

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 662), H6235 [11JN]

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: establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety (see H.R. 3461), H11777 [18OC]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: condemn violence in eastern region and recognize threat such violence poses to the overall peace of the Great Lakes region (see H. Res. 795), H12739 [5NO]

Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery: establish (see H.R. 2522), H6182 [7JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H15208 [6DE]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11729 [17OC]

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

———establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2596), H6405 [13JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H11639 [16OC]

———require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2740), H7203 [26JN]

———require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 369), H945 [24JA]

———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]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H8835 (see H. Res. 101), H9054 [30JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H4914 [10MY]

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), H2745 [20MR]

CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 4266), H14156 [4DE]

———require certain manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products (see H.R. 1699), H6008 [5JN]

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

Crime: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 400), H1272 [6FE]

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

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H435 [11JA]

Criveanu, Theodor: Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority Righteous Among the Nations honoree for efforts to save Romanian Jews during the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 256), H13859 [13NO]

Cuba: allow U.S. nationals and permanent residents to visit family members in Cuba (see H.R. 757), H1150 [31JA]

———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), H6955 [21JN]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 624), H1272 [6FE]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H941 [24JA]

Cyprus: support positive actions aimed at opening additional crossing points along the cease-fire line, thereby contributing to reunification efforts (see H. Res. 407), H7853 [16JY]

———support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H11317 [4OC]

Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1472 [12FE]

Dams: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1098), H3777 [23AP]

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: make grants to community-based organizations and local redevelopment agencies operating in low-income areas to promote increased access to healthy foods (see H.R. 45), H3080 [26MR]

———reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H2620 [15MR]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 292), H122 [5JA]

Dept. of Defense: close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 2212), H5473 [17MY]

———phase out the use of private military contractors (see H.R. 4102), H13295 [7NO]

———require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see H.R. 2064), H10157 [5SE]

Dept. of Education: create a pilot program to increase the number of graduate educated nurse faculty to meet the future need for qualified nurses (see H.R. 2384), H6236 [11JN]

———establish a Student Aid Reward Program to ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1010), H3017 [23MR]

———make grants to high-need local educational agencies to establish teaching residency programs (see H.R. 2617), H6179 [7JN]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 171), H2571 [14MR]

———promote installation of fire alarm detection systems or other fire prevention technologies in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1409), H3562 [18AP]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H5473 [17MY]

———suspend implementation of an absolute priority issued relative to Upward Bound program (see H.R. 2700), H8187 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 3197), H10157 [5SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H5927 [24MY]

———authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies (see H.R. 2097), H6661 [18JN]

———establish Office of Correctional Public Health (see H.R. 3710), H11250 [3OC]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H2244 [6MR]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 4230), H14082 [15NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 1061), H6404 [13JN]

———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), H8821 [27JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish a program to provide financial assistance to certain homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making home mortgage payments from their call to active military duty (see H.R. 2599), H6578 [15JN]

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

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H10433 [17SE]

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

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), H835 [22JA]

———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), H8835 (see H.R. 3114), H9053 [30JY]

———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 Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H252 [9JA]

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

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H7491 [10JY]

———provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2046), H6181 [7JN]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H5292 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation: require congressional approval of certain large loans (see H.R. 1181), H2122 [1MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H13205 [6NO]

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

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 67), H4914 [10MY]

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

———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 2199), H5533 [21MY]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H3560 [18AP]

———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), H15209 [6DE]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H9469 (see H.R. 3175), H9546 [1AU]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H4912 [10MY]

———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), H7203 [26JN]

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), H4629 [8MY]

———protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 3995), H14158 [4DE]

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), H4629 [8MY]

———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]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H15470 [13DE]

———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), H3562 [18AP]

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

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H8186 [19JY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H4051 [24AP]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H14157 [4DE]

———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), H4629 [8MY]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H4915 [10MY]

———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H3363 [29MR]

———provide activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women relative to ovarian and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2468), H7777 [12JY]

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

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 328), H1790 [15FE]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 1391), H2301 [7MR]

———improve safety and oversight (see H.R. 1561), H4553 [7MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H2571 [14MR]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 4060), H12454 [1NO]

———establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 2111), H5473 [17MY]

———establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H4965 [14MY]

———establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3842), H11638 [16OC]

———establish task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12 (see H.R. 2609), H7657 [11JY]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H4627 [8MY]

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

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 2668), H12455 [1NO]

———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]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H343 [10JA]

Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, Woonsocket, SD: designate (see H.R. 2654), H6234 [11JN]

Election Assistance Commission: develop and adopt guidelines for electronic poll books in the same manner as voluntary voting system guidelines are developed (see H.R. 756), H9710 [3AU]

———establish a Vote by Mail grant program (see H.R. 1667), H6956 [21JN]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H2166 [5MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA] (see H.R. 684), H943 [24JA]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H10511 [18SE]

———provide expanded resources, technical assistance, reasonable accountability, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs (see H.R. 3055), H11028 [27SE]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 1055), H1668 [14FE]

Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H10757 [24SE]

———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]

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

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 2003), H7783 [13JY]

Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (see H.R. 4220), H14082 [15NO]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H7982 [17JY]

Families and domestic relations: establish and expand programs using multiple networks to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support to foster children and their families (see H.R. 4198), H14081 [15NO]

———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), H13296 [7NO]

Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]

FDA: improve ability to ensure drug safety (see H.R. 788), H6331 [12JN]

———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), H6008 [5JN]

———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), H3081 [26MR]

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), H4485 [3MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]

Finucane, Patrick: urge full and impartial inquiry into murder of human rights lawyer by British-loyalist paramilitaries (see H. Con. Res. 20), H836 [22JA]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H13523 [9NO]

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), H1897 [16FE]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 3895), H11776 [18OC]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3484), H13861 [13NO]

———improve safety of meat and poultry products through enhanced traceability (see H.R. 3485), H13861 [13NO]

———provide restrictions on use of carbon monoxide in meat, poultry, and seafood (see H.R. 3115), H11316 [4OC]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1148), H2671 [19MR]

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

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), 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), H5472 [17MY]

———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 2367), H5470 [17MY]

Foreign policy: build operational readiness in civilian agencies to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activities in countries or regions in transition from conflict or civil strife (see H.R. 1084), H16949 [19DE]

———condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H7852 [16JY]

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

———end use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world (see H.R. 2620), H9711 [3AU]

———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]

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

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H10626 [19SE]

———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), H1151 [31JA]

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), H12104 [25OC]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 89), H2400 [9MR]

FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 1008), H1563 [13FE]

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 136), H2166 [5MR]

Gonzales, Attorney General: express no confidence in performance of duties and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5531 [21MY]

———require Committee on the Judiciary (House) investigation on potential impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors (see H. Res. 589), H9712 [3AU]

Greece: extend condolences for loss of life and destruction caused by raging fires (see H. Res. 629), H10157 [5SE]

———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]

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), H1212 [5FE]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H4914 [10MY]

Haiti: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 522), H671 [17JA]

———urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts (see H. Res. 241), H10321 [7SE]

Hamer, Fannie Lou Townsend: tribute (see H. Res. 221), H2341 [8MR]

Hazardous substances: ban sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080), collect and destroy remaining stocks, compensate for any turned in for destruction, and prohibit Government use of certain predator control devices (see H.R. 4775), H16832 [18DE]

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), H5928 [24MY]

———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H6577 [15JN]

———improve Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 1344), H2242 [6MR]

———increase governmental assistance, broaden access for publicly supported home and community-based services, and improve training and supervision of caretakers for the disabled and senior citizens (see H. Res. 791), H13861 [13NO]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H3363 [29MR]

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

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H887 [23JA]

———promote preventive health care (see H.R. 853), H4176 [25AP]

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H6008 [5JN]

———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), H5927 [24MY]

———reorient the nation's health care system towards prevention, wellness, and self care (see H.R. 2633), H6180 [7JN]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 477), H887 [23JA]

Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H3362 [29MR]

———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H4967 [14MY]

Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H1565 [13FE]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 4202), H14081 [15NO]

Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 1520), H9710 [3AU]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H9657 [2AU]

Human rights: encourage abolition of modern-day slavery (see H. Res. 55), H1417 [8FE]

———modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H13411 [8NO]

Hurricanes: express sympathy and support for the people and governments of the countries of Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico which have suffered from Hurricanes Felix, Dean, and Henriette (see H. Res. 642), H10319 [7SE]

———waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1144), H2244 [6MR]

Hyde, Henry J.: tribute (see H. Res. 843), H15209 [6DE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10245 [6SE]

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

———reform (see H.R. 1645), H3279 [28MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove provisions rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 3337), H10363 [10SE]

Income: provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island (see H.R. 2375), H5471 [17MY]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 526), H671 [17JA] (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA] (see H.R. 821), H12739 [5NO]

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), H6736 [19JN]

Institute of the Sisters of Mercy: anniversary (see H. Res. 175), H2166 [5MR]

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]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 11), H253 [9JA]

———require reports on requests for information about intelligence community officers, employees, or agents and amend definition of covert agent to include agents who ever served outside the U.S. (see H.R. 488), H672 [17JA]

International Day of Non-Violence: observance (see H. Res. 653), H16835 [18DE]

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15414 [12DE]

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), H1565 [13FE]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H10434 [17SE]

Iran: clarify that the use of force against Iran is not authorized by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq, any resolution previously adopted, or any other provision of law (see H.J. Res. 64), H15738 [17DE]

———condemn persecution of labor rights advocates (see H. Con. Res. 203), H10363 [10SE]

Iraq: assist refugees and the internally displaced population by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, increasing border security, and easing resettlement (see H.R. 3674), H10939 [26SE]

———call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H. Res. 41), H516 [12JA]

———establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 714), H1055 [30JA]

———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]

———prohibit an increase in the number of private security contractors (see H.R. 3695), H11071 [1OC]

———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), H5293 [16MY]

———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (see H.R. 2451), H5723 [23MY]

———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation (see H.R. 508), H670 [17JA]

Irving, Barrington A.: tribute to the youngest and first person of African descent to fly solo around the world (see H. Res. 661), H12104 [25OC]

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), H2957 [22MR]

Kosovo: support independence (see H. Res. 309), H4968 [14MY]

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]

Lafayette: tribute (see H. Res. 171), H1790 [15FE]

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), H988 [29JA]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 678), H942 [24JA]

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

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3440), H10320 [7SE]

Lewis, Jerry: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3035), H8122 [18JY]

LIHEAP: provide additional appropriations for home heating aid (see H.R. 4275), H14156 [4DE]

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

Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see H. Res. 356), H6112 [6JN]

Makem, Tommy: tribute (see H. Res. 768), H12239 [30OC]

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

McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]

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

Medicaid: ensure beneficiary access to generic drugs by setting pharmacy reimbursement based on retail acquisition cost and to promote use of generic drugs (see H.R. 3140), H12104 [25OC]

———ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H11935 [23OC]

———improve requirements for items and services furnished in or through an educational program or setting to children, including children with developmental, physical, or mental health needs (see H.R. 1017), H12455 [1NO]

———limit required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads to class II narcotics (see H.R. 3090), H10757 [24SE]

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

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 2050), H6578 [15JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H14157 [4DE]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 1983), H6439 (see H.R. 1983), H6476 [14JN]

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

Medicare: eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 1809), H9468 (see H.R. 1809), H9545 [1AU]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H13296 [7NO]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H5927 [24MY]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H13523 [9NO]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H5928 [24MY]

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

———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2399 [9MR]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H6577 [15JN]

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

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

———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 beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H3017 [23MR]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H6181 [7JN]

———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 certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H13296 [7NO]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 2053), H10363 [10SE]

———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H2672 [19MR]

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

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H4175 [25AP]

———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), H8292 [23JY]

Mexico: authorize assistance to improve security and promote economic development (see H.R. 502), H6181 [7JN]

———express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of flooding in southern Mexico (see H. Res. 812), H13523 [9NO]

Middle East: require the President to seek to institute a regional diplomatic plan (see H.R. 3797), H12104 [25OC]

Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H2745 [20MR]

Military Order of the Purple Heart: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1417 [8FE]

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]

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), H11172 [2OC]

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), H3364 [29MR]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2694), H11934 [23OC]

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 Association for College Admission Counseling: anniversary (see H. Res. 212), H10511 [18SE]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 91), H2486 [13MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1743), H6331 [12JN]

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H2401 [9MR]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4754 [9MY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H515 [12JA]

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), H2822 [21MR]

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

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H7982 [17JY]

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

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 442), H5926 [24MY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H435 [11JA]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H11028 [27SE]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H8821 [27JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 2087), H4291 [1MY]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 2070), H14084 [15NO]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 2864), H11172 [2OC]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H11778 [18OC]

———recognition of Roger D. Kornberg for chemistry, Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for physiology or medicine, and John C. Mather and George F. Smoot for physics (see H. Res. 316), H4052 [24AP]

Nord, Nancy A.: express no confidence in performance of duties as Acting CPSC Chair and urge the President to request her resignation (see H. Res. 803), H13523 [9NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 222), H2401 [9MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H7070 [25JN]

Ocean Isle Beach, NC: offer condolences to victims of house fire which killed University of South Carolina and Clemson University students (see H. Res. 777), H12385 [31OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: redesignate the Special Textile Negotiator as the Chief Textiles Negotiator and confer the rank of Ambassador upon that position (see H.R. 504), H670 [17JA]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H3778 [23AP]

Our Military Kids, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 313), H3475 [17AP]

Pakistan: observe anniversary of 2005 earthquake and continue to support rebuilding efforts in response to conditions caused by that earthquake (see H. Con. Res. 242), H12103 [25OC]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H6112 [6JN]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1790 [15FE]

Pavarotti, Luciano: tribute (see H. Res. 708), H11171 [2OC]

Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H342 [10JA]

Phoenix House (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 616), H11251 [3OC]

Political campaigns: clarify disclosure requirements of identifying information within certain campaign communications (see H.R. 894), H1897 [16FE]

———reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1614), H4417 [2MY] (see H.R. 2817), H6955 [21JN]

———require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 1298), H16950 [19DE]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4554 [7MY]

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

———express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 198), H9468 (see H. Con. Res. 198), H9544 [1AU]

Power resources: allow U.S. persons to participate in energy development offshore from Cuba and other nearby countries (see H.R. 3182), H15738 [17DE]

———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 development and use of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies (see H.R. 2036), H11172 [2OC]

———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]

———provide for the energy independence of the U.S. (see H.R. 1133), H3777 [23AP]

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

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 887), H12238 [30OC]

Public documents: enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public (see H.R. 3548), H10433 [17SE]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1919), H3560 [18AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H3363 [29MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 307), H3562 [18AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H6404 [13JN]

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

———recognize right to call a Constitutional Convention to exercise right of self-determination and establish mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision (see H.R. 1230), H7203 [26JN]

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (see H.R. 1434), H3724 [20AP]

Radio: nullify Copyright Royalty Board decision increasing royalty rates for webcasters and reform the royalty rate-setting standard that applies to commercial Internet radio royalty arbitrations (see H.R. 2060), H7657 [11JY]

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

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

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]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3132), H8292 [23JY]

Saudi Arabia: note the absence of human rights as a topic in U.S.-Saudi strategic dialogue and urge the President to include this subject in working level discussions with Saudi counterparts (see H. Con. Res. 202), H11029 [27SE]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 901), H1565 [13FE]

———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), H8187 [19JY]

———recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 121), H3778 [23AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 17), H1152 [31JA]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see H.R. 1469), H3375 [30MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2032), H5622 [22MY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Res. 227), H2672 [19MR]

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), H10697 [20SE]

Small business: foster development of minority-owned small businesses (see H.R. 1985), H5533 [21MY]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3692), H11026 [27SE]

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), H15414 [12DE]

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

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2357), H5470 [17MY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for benefits (see H.R. 1953), H5725 [23MY]

———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]

———extend State Children's Health Insurance Program, streamline enrollment under that program and Medicaid, and provide a healthy savings tax credit for purchase of children's health coverage (see H.R. 2147), H4754 [9MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 2772), H6734 [19JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6957 [21JN]

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H7491 [10JY]

Sudan: condemn attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Haskanita, Darfur region (see H. Res. 740), H11640 [16OC]

———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), H5532 [21MY]

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

———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H1968 [27FE]

———prohibit importation of gum arabic from Sudan (see H.R. 3464), H14250 [5DE]

———recognize and commend efforts of the U.S. public and advocacy groups to raise awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur (see H. Res. 573), H8618 [25JY]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries (see H.R. 752), H3561 [18AP]

Taunton River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 415), H434 [11JA]

Taxation: allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 868), H1342 [7FE]

———allow 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), H10363 [10SE]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 898), H1897 [16FE]

———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), H6008 [5JN]

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

———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H5470 [17MY]

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

———establish a temporary surtax to offset the current costs of the Iraq war (see H.R. 3948), H11934 [23OC]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3363 [29MR]

———exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the U.S. (see H.R. 1974), H3694 [19AP]

———expand availability and repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 1871), H3696 [19AP]

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

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1748), H6735 [19JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H5928 [24MY]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 1820), H4417 [2MY]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H8821 [27JY]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H3363 [29MR]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1498), H2485 [13MR]

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

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H12739 [5NO]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H1211 [5FE]

———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), H11495 [12OC]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 686), H2744 [20MR]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H11491 [10OC]

———modify the energy efficient appliance credit for certain newer appliances (see H.R. 2137), H4915 [10MY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H6008 [5JN]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H6181 [7JN]

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

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

———provide a credit for residential biomass fuel property expenditures (see H.R. 3107), H8185 [19JY]

———provide a credit for teachers in schools with significant number of limited-English-proficient students and a deduction for English-as-a-second-language certification expenses (see H.R. 1377), H2301 [7MR]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H6439 (see H.R. 1422), H6476 [14JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H3561 [18AP]

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

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see H.R. 600), H1055 [30JA]

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

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H344 [10JA]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 1687), H6331 [12JN]

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: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 734), H1054 [30JA]

———authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (see H.R. 2095), H6332 [12JN]

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

———condemn recent murders of Christian workers and express support for efforts to investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for the murders under charges of terrorism (see H. Res. 420), H5531 [21MY]

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

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

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

U.N.: 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), H6405 [13JN]

U.N. Emergency Peace Service: create in order to facilitate intervention in the early stages of humanitarian crises (see H. Res. 213), H10626 [19SE]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H6111 [6JN]

Uganda: call on Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army to recommit to a political solution and recommence vital peace talks and urge U.S. and international support for the peace process (see H. Con. Res. 80), H4051 [24AP]

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), H344 [10JA]

University of Central Arkansas: anniversary (see H. Res. 436), H6112 [6JN]

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

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 784), H1151 [31JA]

———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), H1153 [31JA]

———provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2385), H6182 [7JN]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H2571 [14MR]

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

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H10697 [20SE]

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins American Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 630), H10511 [18SE]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 1747), H4487 [3MY]

Wildlife: establish a global animal information network for surveillance to combat the threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals (see H.R. 1405), H2340 [8MR]

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

———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), H4293 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4014), H16835 [18DE]

———provide job protection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4015), H16835 [18DE]

———provide unemployment insurance to those who are separated from their employment as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4016), H16835 [18DE]

Wonder, Stevie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1566), H2822 [21MR]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 265), H15215 [10DE]

World Red Cross Red Crescent Day: observance (see H. Res. 378), H6009 [5JN]

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 Freedom Support Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2446), consideration (see H. Res. 453), H6006 [5JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3161), consideration (see H. Res. 581), H8819 [27JY] (see H. Res. 599), H9466 (see H. Res. 599), H9543 [1AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (see H. Res. 893), H16945 [19DE]

Archeology: provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 554), H758 [18JA]

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

Colombia: recognize Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and support efforts to ensure that internally displaced people receive assistance and protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully (see H. Res. 426), H5621 [22MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), consideration (see H. Res. 364), H4415 [2MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3222), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 614), H9704 [3AU]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), consideration (see H. Res. 818), H13858 [13NO]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), consideration (see H. Res. 633), H10156 [5SE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 893), H16945 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration of Senate amendment—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 873), H15464 [13DE]

Diseases: support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H2243 [6MR]

Explosives: limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions (see H.R. 1755), H3357 [29MR]

Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H4484 [3MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (S. 1927), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 614), H9704 [3AU]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 613), H9704 [3AU]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 1938), H3693 [19AP]

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

———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (see H.R. 2237), H4752 [9MY]

Max Volterra Post Office Building, Attleboro, MA: designate (see H.R. 3952), H12020 [24OC]

Medicare: protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H11728 [17OC]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 2262), consideration (see H. Res. 780), H12236 [30OC]

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), consideration (see H. Res. 66), H571 [16JA]

———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—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 873), H15464 [13DE]

Puerto Rico: recognize service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 443), H5926 [24MY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3929), H11933 [23OC]

Securities Exchange Act: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (H.R. 1257), consideration (see H. Res. 301), H3473 [17AP]

Sharp, Waitstill and Martha: tribute (see H. Res. 52), H435 [11JA]

Taxation: equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H2435 [12MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), consideration (see H. Res. 809), H13411 [8NO]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 675), H10755 [24SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2623 [16MR], H11779 [22OC]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H4105 [25AP], H9219 [31JY]

Letters

Food Stamp program eligibility determination process: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H9213 [31JY]

———several civil rights organizations, H9213 [31JY]

———several labor unions, H9213 [31JY]

Iraq Study Group recommendations implementation: John D. Podesta, Lawrence Korb, and Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress, H7667 [12JY]

Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, H4428 [3MY]

———David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, H4427 [3MY]

———Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, H4427 [3MY]

———Judy and Dennis W. Shepard, Matthew Shepard Foundation, H4427 [3MY]

———several State Attorneys General, H4422 [3MY]

Permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: several Representatives, H898 [24JA]

Recognize the service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces: Anibal Acevedo-Vila, Governor of Pureto Rico, H10485 [18SE]

Recognize Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and support efforts to ensure that internally displaced Colombian people receive assistance and protection needed to rebuild their lives successfully: several organizations, H7611 [11JY]

State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization: several Representatives, H10807 [25SE]

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation funding: Waldo Albarracin Sanchez, H6924 [21JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, H4426 [3MY]

Statements of support from law enforcement for H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, H4425 [3MY]

Motions

House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 86), H900 [24JA]

Taxation: provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675), H10804 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2623 [16MR], H5057 [16MY], H7437 [10JY]

Press releases

Colombia—Flaws in Registering Displaced People Leads to Denial of Services: Sean Garcia and Andrea Lari, Refugees International (organization), H7612 [11JY]

Colombia—Increasing Violence Requires More Security, Humanitarian Services: Sean Garcia and Andrea Lari, Refugees International (organization), H7611 [11JY]

Governor Patrick Announces Massachusetts's New Life Science Initiative, H6117 [7JN]

Internal Displacement in Colombia and Its Impact in Afro-Colombian Territories and Communities: Association of Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES), E1553 [18JY]

Remarks

Afghanistan Freedom Support Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2446), consideration (H. Res. 453), H6042, H6043, H6044, H6045 [6JN]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration (H. Res. 574), H8677 [26JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3161), consideration (H. Res. 581), H9212, H9214, H9215, H9217, H9218 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3161), consideration (H. Res. 599), H9579, H9580, H9583, H9590 [2AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 893), H16860, H16862, H16887, H16888 [19DE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H15508, H15509, H15511 [17DE], H16860, H16862 [19DE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), consideration (H. Res. 261), H2865 [22MR]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 332), H4123 [25AP]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 438), H5734 [24MY]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1690 [15FE]

———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), consideration (H. Res. 157), H1482 [13FE]

———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (S. 233), H311 [10JA]

———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 (H.R. 3793), H15496 [17DE]

———specify minimum time periods between deployment of units and members of the military to Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3159), consideration (H. Res. 601), H9551 [2AU]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H3756 [23AP]

Auburn, MA: tribute to the Auburn Democratic Town Committee honorees, E546 [14MR]

Budget: pay-as-you-go requirement, H13420, H13424 [9NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), consideration (H. Res. 531), H7498 [11JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 275), H3194 [28MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), consideration (H. Res. 370), H4509, H4510, H4511, H4514, H4515, H4516 [7MY]

Buonomo, Paula Rowse: Shrewsbury, MA, Democratic Town Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award recipient, E2241 [25OC]

Clinton, MA: anniversary of Clinton Exchange Club, E52 [9JA]

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), consideration (H. Res. 531), H7498 [11JY]

Colombia: allocation of foreign aid, H6751 [20JN]

———recognize Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and support efforts to ensure that internally displaced people receive assistance and protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully (H. Res. 426), H7610 [11JY], E1553 [18JY]

Committee on House Administration (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 368), H4421 [3MY]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 75), H731 [18JA]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H13421 [9NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), consideration (H. Res. 364), H4421, H4423, H4424, H4428 [3MY]

Cuba: democracy assistance programs funding, H6835, H6837 [21JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H676 [18JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H4796 [10MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, H16860 [19DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), consideration (H. Res. 818), H13904, H13905, H13908, H13910, H13911, H13914 [14NO]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), consideration (H. Res. 633), H10164, H10165, H10166 [6SE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6835, H6837, H6920, H6921, H6922, H6923, H6924, H6926 [21JN], E1393 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration (H. Res. 498), H6751 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 893), H16860, H16862, H16887, H16888 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), consideration of Senate amendment—same-day consideration (H. Res. 873), H15508, H15509, H15511 [17DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H13423 [9NO]

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), H8905, H8907, H8908, H8910, H8911 [30JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H4514 [7MY]

Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H627 [17JA]

Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, Woonsocket, SD: designate (H.R. 2654), H10330 [10SE]

Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (H.R. 4220), H15485 [17DE]

Food and Friends (organization): tribute, H9056 [31JY]

Food Stamp Act: strengthen (H.R. 2129), H4969 [15MY], H5475 [21MY]

Food stamps: tribute to participants in the Food Stamp Challenge, H4969 [15MY], H5057 [16MY], H5467 [17MY], H5475 [21MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (H.R. 3138), H9218 [31JY]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H385 [11JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), consideration (H. Res. 464), H6116 [7JN]

House of Representatives: implement ethics reform and improve oversight of lobbyist activities and travel guidelines, H32, H33, H34, H35, H36 [4JA]

———legislative process, H892 [24JA]

———revise Page Board membership to equalize minority and majority party members and to include a member representing parents of pages and a member representing former pages (H.R. 475), unanimous-consent request, H678 [18JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H32, H33, H34, H35, H36 [4JA], H80, H81 [5JA]

———open versus restrictive rules, H682, H686 [18JA], H10165, H10166 [6SE], H13419 [9NO]

———permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 86), H891, H892, H894, H896, H898, H899 [24JA]

———public disclosure of Committee on Rules (House) recorded votes, H80, H81 [5JA]

Housing: 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), amendment process, H10164 [6SE]

Hunger: reduce, H3194 [28MR]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H408 [11JA]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H311 [10JA], H408 [11JA], H4806 [10MY], H10128 [5SE], H10164 [6SE]

———prevent withholding of information on corruption within the Iraqi Government (H. Res. 734), consideration (H. Res. 741), H11558, H11559 [16OC]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H7469 [10JY], H13905, H13908, H13910, H13911, H13914 [14NO], H16860 [19DE]

———provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (H.R. 746), H1121 [31JA]

———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (H.R. 2237), H4797, H4804 [10MY]

———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (H.R. 2237), motion to recommit, H4806 [10MY]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 533), H7665 [12JY]

Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (H.R. 521), H951 [29JA]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H295 [10JA]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Craig C. Mello for physiology or medicine, E1245 [11JN]

Palitsch, Jason: Shrewsbury, MA, Democratic Town Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Youth Award recipient, E2245 [25OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10803 [25SE]

Peeples, Emily: Shrewsbury, MA, Democratic Town Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Youth Award recipient, E2244 [25OC]

Power resources: facilitate development of markets for alternative fuels and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection (H.R. 547), consideration (H. Res. 133), H1353 [8FE]

———invest in renewable and alternative energy, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 873), H15508, H15509, H15511 [17DE]

———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), H675, H676, H677, H680, H686 [18JA]

Puerto Rico: recognize service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces (H. Res. 443), H10485 [18SE]

Savageau, Rachel: Shrewsbury, MA, Democratic Town Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Youth Award recipient, E2246 [25OC]

SBA: improve access to capital programs (H.R. 1332), consideration (H. Res. 330), H4103, H4104 [25AP]

Securities Exchange Act: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation (H.R. 1257), consideration (H. Res. 301), H3499, H3501, H3504, H3505 [18AP]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (H.R. 569), H2256 [7MR]

Sharp, Waitstill and Martha: tribute (H. Res. 52), H803 [22JA]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H12086 [25OC]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10803, H10804, H10806, H10807, H10808, H10810, H10813 [25SE], H11752 [18OC]

Sudan: anniversary of congressional resolution declaring genocide in Darfur region, H8730 [26JY]

———encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region (H. Res. 422), H5960 [5JN]

———human rights violations in Darfur, H8730 [26JY]

———recognize and commend efforts of the U.S. public and advocacy groups to raise awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur (H. Res. 573), H12114 [29OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), consideration (H. Res. 809), H13417, H13418, H13419, H13420, H13424 [9NO]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H13417 [9NO]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675), H10803, H10804, H10806, H10807, H10808, H10810, H10813 [25SE]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11752 [18OC]

———rates, H4511, H4515 [7MY]

Water: application of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage provisions to the non-Federal portions of projects funded through State water pollution control revolving funds, H2349, H2350 [9MR]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 720), consideration (H. Res. 229), H2349, H2350 [9MR]

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation: funding, H6920, H6921, H6922, H6923, H6924, H6926 [21JN], E1393 [22JN]

Worcester, MA: tribute to Guild of Saint Agnes, E1116 [22MY]

———tribute to Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute robotics team, E867 [26AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H335 [10JA], H1148 [31JA], H3775 [23AP], H10154 [5SE], H11488 [10OC]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 613) (H. Rept. 110-298), H9704 [3AU]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 72, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 893) (H. Rept. 110-498), H16945 [19DE]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN Energy) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 66) (H. Rept. 110-2), H571 [16JA]

Consideration of H.R. 1257, Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 301) (H. Rept. 110-96), H3473 [17AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 364) (H. Rept. 110-120), H4415 [2MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2262, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 780) (H. Rept. 110-416), H12236 [30OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2446, Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 453) (H. Rept. 110-174), H6006 [5JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2786, Dept. of HUD Programs for Housing Assistance for Native Americans Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 633) (H. Rept. 110-316), H10156 [5SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3161, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 581) (H. Rept. 110-265), H8819 [27JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 599) (H. Rept. 110-290), H9466, H9543 [1AU]

Consideration of H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 809) (H. Rept. 110-438), H13411 [8NO]

Consideration of H.R. 4156, Dept. of Defense Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 818) (H. Rept. 110-448), H13858 [13NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764, Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 893) (H. Rept. 110-498), H16945 [19DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 976, Small Business Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 675) (H. Rept. 110-346), H10755 [24SE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of H.R. 3222, Dept. of Defense Appropriations and S. 1927, Protect America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 614) (H. Rept. 110-299), H9704 [3AU]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 6, Energy Independence and Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 873) (H. Rept. 110-493), H15464 [13DE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764, Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 873) (H. Rept. 110-493), H15464 [13DE]

Statements

Worcester, MA, Armenian Genocide Observance: by, H3756 [23AP]

Summaries

Payment Errors and Trafficking Within Food Stamp Program: GAO, H5468 [17MY]

Tables

Cities reporting rising demand for food and shelter, H15487 [17DE]

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (U.S. Army School of the Americas) graduates, H6925 [21JN]

Tributes

Donoghue, Michael J., E1657 [31JY]

Drinan, Robert F., H961 [29JA], H1184 [5FE]

Dunham, David F., E1486 [11JY]

Largess, Robert, E2106 [10OC]

Madaus, Edward, E1116 [22MY]

Mello, Craig C., E49 [9JA]

Ricca, Joseph, E2242 [25OC]

Rucho, Vasil and Florence, E1458 [29JN]

Senechal, Roger and Diane, E1077 [17MY]