MICHAUD, MICHAEL H. (a Representative from Maine)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1585, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H14182 [5DE]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H8606 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act: establish integrated English literacy and civics education programs (see H.R. 2214), H5622 [22MY]
Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (see H. Res. 726), H11490 [10OC]
Agriculture: continue and expand upon efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops and enhance competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 1600), H5472 [17MY]
Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6578 [15JN]
American Association for Cancer Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H11029 [27SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H9657 [2AU]
Anaheim Ducks (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 471), H7657 [11JY]
Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1464), H6008 [5JN]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 799), H1208 [5FE]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3364 [29MR]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: allow active member to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits (see H.R. 3298), H9657 [2AU]
———enhance 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), H10434 [17SE]
———expedite the prompt return of the remains of deceased members to their loved ones for burial (see H.R. 691), H2744 [20MR]
———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]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 23), H836 [22JA]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H2302 [7MR]
———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 3990), H12155 [29OC]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H6661 [18JN]
———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.J. Res. 14), H2122 [1MR]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H13205 [6NO]
———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H4554 [7MY]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 3972), H12103 [25OC] (see H.R. 4044), H12453 [1NO]
Biomass Research and Development Act: include heating fuel produced from biomass in the definition of biobased fuel (see H.R. 3101), H8184 [19JY]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H6956 [21JN]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H9710 [3AU]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 45), H6331 [12JN]
———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2685), H6330 [12JN]
Bush, President: censure (see H. Res. 530), H7490 [10JY]
———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), H1417 [8FE]
———report on programs that authorize or require gathering of information on U.S. persons established pursuant to the ``all necessary and appropriate force'' clause in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (see H.R. 2211), H6661 [18JN]
———urge full cooperation by former political appointees, current Administration officials, and friends and associates with congressional investigations (see H. Res. 689), H11729 [17OC]
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), H4294 [1MY]
Charleston, SC: honor and express condolences to families of firefighters killed in warehouse fire (see H. Con. Res. 172), H7341 [27JN]
Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H8293 [23JY]
———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H4204 [26AP]
———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H4294 [1MY]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H15208 [6DE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H5927 [24MY]
Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 620), H1153 [31JA]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a grant program to ensure coastal access for commercial and recreational fishermen and other water-dependent businesses (see H.R. 3223), H10363 [10SE]
Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H3279 [28MR]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H1897 [16FE]
Congressional Trade Office: establish (see H.R. 548), H758 [18JA]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H13205 [6NO]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3372), H9705 [3AU]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H2437 [12MR]
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), H8821 [27JY]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 814), H1210 [5FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]
———provide increased imprisonment for certain offenses by public officials (see H.R. 2402), H5622 [22MY]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H672 [17JA]
Cuba: allow U.S. nationals and permanent residents to visit family members in Cuba (see H.R. 757), H2341 [8MR]
———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 624), H2400 [9MR]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H2400 [9MR]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H3363 [29MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend and enhance farm, nutrition, and community development programs (see H.R. 2144), H5473 [17MY]
———reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H2620 [15MR]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H4416 [2MY]
———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H7490 [10JY]
———suspend implementation of an absolute priority issued relative to Upward Bound program (see H.R. 2700), H8187 [19JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4310), H16950 [19DE]
———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), H3477 [17AP]
———conduct a survey of research available on methamphetamine addiction and treatment (see H.R. 3433), H9707 [3AU]
———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 2063), H5725 [23MY]
———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 4230), H14082 [15NO]
———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H4294 [1MY]
———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H9707 [3AU]
Dept. of Homeland Security: enter into an agreement with the Air Force to use Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions (see H.R. 1333), H2241 [6MR]
———establish a Rural Policing Institute at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (see H.R. 1028), H4487 [3MY]
———establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office (see H.R. 884), H1969 [27FE]
———implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 1061), H2122 [1MR]
Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H13523 [9NO]
———clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see H.R. 545), H1272 [6FE]
———express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5725 [23MY]
———provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs (see H.R. 4134), H13522 [9NO]
———provide grants for Internet safety education programs (see H.R. 3577), H11847 [22OC]
———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 2941), H7432 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior: clarify authority relative to management of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park (see H.R. 1179), H6008 [5JN]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H2821 [21MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H8122 [18JY]
———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H7491 [10JY]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H10320 [7SE]
Dept. of Transportation: limit authority to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border (see H.R. 1773), H4294 [1MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award a grant to a private, nonprofit entity to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline targeted to and staffed by veterans (see H.R. 2219), H4628 [8MY]
———change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H12104 [25OC]
———conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see H.R. 4204), H14081 [15NO]
———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]
———establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility (see H.R. 1240), H2571 [14MR]
———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H6955 [21JN]
———improve housing loan benefit program (see H.R. 4539), H15465 [13DE]
———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H2401 [9MR]
———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H11395 [9OC]
———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H3693 [19AP]
Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H11847 [22OC]
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]
Diseases: 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), H11729 [17OC]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H1788 [15FE]
———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H8618 [25JY]
———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H4292 [1MY]
———provide activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women relative to ovarian and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2468), H10757 [24SE]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H3018 [23MR]
Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 4060), H12454 [1NO]
———establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans (see H.R. 890), H1343 [7FE]
———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see H.R. 2343), H7657 [11JY]
———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H2672 [19MR]
———improve elementary and secondary education (see H.R. 4305), H14492 (see H.R. 4305), H15206 [6DE]
———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 916), H2436 [12MR]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 684), H943 [24JA]
———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H16948 [19DE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4050 [24AP]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H7983 [17JY]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2164 [5MR]
FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (see H.R. 237), H1969 [27FE]
———reform Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3004), H9277 [31JY]
———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H7852 [16JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: apply minimum wage and overtime protections to certain home health workers (see H.R. 3582), H13960 [14NO]
Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 474), H6235 [11JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H8618 [25JY]
FDA: provide authority to order recalls of contaminated human and pet food, establish a notification system for such contamination, and improve regulation of human and pet food supply (see H.R. 2108), H11548 [15OC]
———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), H2486 [13MR]
Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 3246), H9275 [31JY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H15738 [17DE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H5927 [24MY]
Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 1537), H3562 [18AP]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H114 [5JA]
Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 2625), H6957 [21JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 12), H5929 [24MY]
Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1148), H11548 [15OC]
Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5928 [24MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H5724 [23MY]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H3477 [17AP]
———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: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 1352), H2242 [6MR]
———reaffirm U.S. commitments to Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (see H. Res. 525), H10363 [10SE]
Foreign trade: prevent extension of fast-track authority during the 110th Congress (see H. Res. 587), H8834 (see H. Res. 587), H9053 [30JY]
———prohibit entry or negotiations to enter into any bilateral or regional trade agreement for two years (see H.R. 294), H3777 [23AP]
———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]
———reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (see H.R. 3920), H11846 [22OC]
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), H1970 [27FE]
Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program (see H.R. 1533), H3364 [29MR]
Health: improve Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 1344), H3185 [27MR]
———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H5054 [15MY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H14158 [4DE]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H5927 [24MY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]
Homeless: authorize a pilot program within the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD to prevent at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness (see H.R. 4161), H13859 [13NO]
Hostelling International USA (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 249), H15215 [10DE]
House Ethics Commission: establish (see H.R. 1754), H5532 [21MY]
House Rules: strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 484), H6331 [12JN]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunters for their continued commitment to safety (see H. Con. Res. 193), H8835 (see H. Con. Res. 193), H9054 [30JY]
Hurricanes: waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1144), H1893 [16FE]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10434 [17SE]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H9276 [31JY]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1328), H7490 [10JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 821), H4051 [24AP]
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (see H.R. 677), H1211 [5FE]
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), H4293 [1MY]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H4967 [14MY]
———provide coverage of screening mammography for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 2708), H6404 [13JN]
International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15414 [12DE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H2621 [15MR]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H5472 [17MY]
———regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H789 [19JA]
Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 2347), H8397 [24JY]
———enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H4629 [8MY]
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 787), H2121 [1MR] (see H. Res. 41), H988 [29JA]
———establish a sunset for the authorization for use of military force against Iraq (see H.R. 2605), H6179 [7JN]
———establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 714), H987 [29JA]
———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]
———provide for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability (see H. Res. 97), H944 [24JA]
———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H672 [17JA]
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), H3279 [28MR]
Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H7982 [17JY]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H945 [24JA]
Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H1211 [5FE]
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), H2571 [14MR]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H13523 [9NO]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [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), H10077 [4SE]
———establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category of individuals for coverage under State programs (see H.R. 1376), H12455 [1NO]
———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2066), H5622 [22MY]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H11639 [16OC]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H6331 [12JN]
———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 1983), H4554 [7MY]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H2620 [15MR]
———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H4914 [10MY]
———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H8121 [18JY]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1177), H4914 [10MY]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H3018 [23MR]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H9656 [2AU]
———improve payments for academic anesthesiology programs for resident physicians and for academic programs for student registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1932), H10076 [4SE]
———improve prescription drug program (see H.R. 3025), H7775 [12JY]
———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1823), H3360 [29MR]
———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H12104 [25OC]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 2122), H8397 [24JY]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H2120 [1MR]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H3017 [23MR]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 864), H12103 [25OC]
———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H11250 [3OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H5927 [24MY]
———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), H4487 [3MY]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H4293 [1MY]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3277 [28MR]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H3777 [23AP]
———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), H987 [29JA]
Mexico: express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of flooding in southern Mexico (see H. Res. 812), H13523 [9NO]
Michael Bilirakis Dept. of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 4264), H14156 [4DE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H3364 [29MR]
NAFTA: assess impact, require further negotiation of certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4329), H14493 (see H.R. 4329), H15207 [6DE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 91), H2486 [13MR]
National Cancer Research Month: designate (see H. Res. 448), H11029 [27SE]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 112), H3475 [17AP]
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 Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H9276 [31JY]
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 296), H3778 [23AP]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 25), H4915 [10MY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: require disclosure of information on the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles (see H.R. 1029), H10434 [17SE]
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), H1969 [27FE]
National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H1895 [16FE]
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3362 [29MR]
National Suffragists Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3361 [29MR]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H572 [16JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H11639 [16OC]
New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 3543), H10757 [24SE]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H8121 [18JY]
No Child Left Behind Act: reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 2864), H15469 [13DE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H11549 [15OC]
Nord, Nancy A.: express no confidence in performance of duties as Acting CPSC Chair and urge the President to request her resignation (see H. Res. 804), H13204 [6NO]
Northern Border Economic Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 1548), H2620 [15MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H12384 [31OC]
———provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees (see H.R. 2435), H5621 [22MY]
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: implement recommendations to ensure that the Dept. of Defense accounts for all small weapons procured by the Iraqi Security Forces (see H.R. 529), H1472 [12FE]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: reform Trade Advisory Committee system to ensure that a broad range of views are represented and accommodated in developing U.S. trade policy (see H.R. 3204), H10077 [4SE]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4417 [2MY]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4554 [7MY]
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H2038 [28FE]
Product safety: require third-party verification of compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards promulgated by the CPSC (see H.R. 3499), H12021 [24OC]
Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H4553 [7MY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H3363 [29MR]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H6181 [7JN]
Radio: nullify Copyright Royalty Board decision increasing royalty rates for webcasters and reform the royalty rate-setting standard that applies to commercial Internet radio royalty arbitrations (see H.R. 2060), H4488 [3MY]
REAL ID Act: repeal provisions on State requirements for security of identification cards and driver's licenses and reinstitute negotiated rulemaking and guidelines for such documents (see H.R. 1117), H1892 [16FE]
Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 1678), H3079 [26MR]
San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 490), H6829 [20JN]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see H.R. 731), H2571 [14MR]
———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2284), H4913 [10MY]
———reauthorize procurement programs and activities (see H.R. 1873), H4051 [24AP]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (see H.R. 3058), H11935 [23OC]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 17), H944 [24JA]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H3778 [23AP]
Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 569), H1272 [6FE]
Small business: provide support for small business concerns (see H.R. 2133), H14157 [4DE]
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), H3081 [26MR]
———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1111), H1892 [16FE]
———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), H14158 [4DE]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1668), H3017 [23MR]
———protect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) (see H.R. 4807), H16833 [18DE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H7434 [28JN]
Sudan: encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 422), H5929 [24MY]
———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H886 [23JA]
Taxation: allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves (see H.R. 4244), H14083 [15NO]
———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), H3364 [29MR]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 721), H2243 [6MR]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains and modernize certain provisions applicable to timber real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1937), H8121 [18JY]
———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), H5724 [23MY]
———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3363), H9704 [3AU]
———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H5929 [24MY]
———double child tax credit for the first year, expand dependent care tax credit, and provide relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2902), H7852 [16JY]
———establish a program of Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are worker-owned savings accounts to be used for worker education and training (see H.R. 2901), H7430 [28JN]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3279 [28MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]
———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 610), H1790 [15FE]
———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 2578), H6109 [6JN]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H4487 [3MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H5054 [15MY]
———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H4417 [2MY]
———impose a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes upon exports and authorize compensatory payments to eligible exporters if certain U.S. trade negotiating objectives are not met (see H.R. 2600), H6110 [6JN]
———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H8186 [19JY]
———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H1417 [8FE]
———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H10434 [17SE]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H6111 [6JN]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H10157 [5SE]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11777 [18OC]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H7777 [12JY]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H2241 [6MR]
———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H6111 [6JN]
———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 1491), H3364 [29MR]
———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H4914 [10MY]
———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 3319), H9654 [2AU]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 976), H1472 [12FE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H4967 [14MY]
Technology: promote deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies (see H.R. 3893), H11776 [18OC]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H117 [5JA]
Television: further inform consumers about the transition to digital television (see H.R. 2566), H7341 [27JN]
———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), H9468 (see H.R. 1687), H9545 [1AU]
Treaties and agreements: provide greater accountability in reviewing the national security considerations of free trade agreements (see H.R. 3214), H8820 [27JY]
U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 2114), H4415 [2MY]
———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), H6578 [15JN]
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.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: allow U.S. citizens to bring civil actions against persons who fail to perform an act or duty (see H.R. 4180), H13959 [14NO]
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]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 784), H5927 [24MY]
———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2400 [9MR] (see H.R. 333), H3561 [18AP]
———extend eligibility for combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services retirees that are retired with fewer than twenty years of creditable service (see H.R. 89), H4487 [3MY]
———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 797), H2165 [5MR]
———increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension and provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient (see H.R. 1137), H1893 [16FE]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]
———modify rate of reimbursement of State and local agencies administering education benefits (see H.R. 3065), H10511 [18SE]
———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H9654 [2AU]
———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 4052), H16835 [18DE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H3724 [20AP]
Voitier, Doris: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage Award recipient (see H. Res. 251), H4629 [8MY]
Water pollution: reduce water pollution from recreational vessels (see H.R. 2550), H14157 [4DE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H4293 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Acadia National Park: acquire certain private lands, provide an intermodal transportation center, and extend the advisory commission (see H.R. 2251), H4752 [9MY]
Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see H.R. 2064), H4204 [26AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: guarantee home equity conversion mortgages for elderly veteran homeowners (see H.R. 2475), H5922 [24MY]
———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 2199), H4627 [8MY]
Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1910), H3559 [18AP] (see H.R. 1992), H3776 [23AP]
Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (see H.R. 2263), H4912 [10MY]
Southeast Asia: provide for the automatic acquisition of U.S. citizenship by certain individuals (see H.R. 1607), H2744 [20MR]
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: withdraw (see H.R. 4124), H13411 [8NO]
Veterans: expand scope of educational programs for which accelerated payments of assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used (see H.R. 1824), H3360 [29MR]
———make certain improvements in the provision of health care (see H.R. 2874), H7338 [27JN]
Remarks
Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (H. Res. 726), H12115
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3161), H9638 [2AU]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1764, H1765 [15FE]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7542
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 124), H4494 [7MY]
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), H7542
Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for wood utilization research, H9638 [2AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (H.R. 327), H2774 [21MR]
———establish a program to provide readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, H8897
———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 2199), H5674 [23MY]
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation, H11132 [2OC]
East Millinocket, ME: anniversary, E304
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H578 [17JA]
Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (H.R. 3246), H10381 [17SE], H11281 [4OC]
Foreign trade: enforcement of labor standards in future free trade agreements, H6643, H6644 [18JN]
———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H5524, H5525 [21MY]
———U.S. deficit, H6642 [18JN]
Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Customhouse, Duluth, MN: designate (S. 521), H3740 [23AP]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), H2072
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (H.R. 521), H950 [29JA]
Lewiston, ME: National Civic League All-America City Award recipient, E1338
Lewiston Maineiacs (hockey team): tribute, E957
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H437 [12JA]
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H283 [10JA]
Occupational Therapy Month: observance, E779
Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, Princeton, IL: designate (H.R. 2825), E1865
Patents: reform (H.R. 1908), H10222 [6SE], H10280 [7SE]
———reform (H.R. 1908), consideration (H. Res. 636), H10252 [7SE]
Sudan: condemn attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Haskanita, Darfur region (H. Res. 740), H12115
———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), H12115
Treaties and agreements: application of fast-track authority to trade agreements relative to impact on employment and the economy, H2149, H2150, H2151, H2153, H2154, H2155, H2156 [5MR], H3060, H3062, H3063, H3065, H3066 [26MR], H6214, H6215, H6216, H6217, H6218, H6219 [11JN], H6641, H6643, H6644, H6645, H6646, H6647 [18JN]
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H3061 [26MR]
U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H6214, H6215, H6216, H6217, H6218, H6219 [11JN], H6242 [12JN]
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13285, H13291 [7NO], H13305, H13311 [8NO]
———implementation (H.R. 3688), consideration (H. Res. 801), H13260 [7NO]
———ratification, H6214, H6215, H6216, H6217, H6218, H6219 [11JN], H6242 [12JN], H10738 [24SE], H11049 [1OC], H11535 [15OC], H12137 [29OC], H12715 [5NO]
Veterans: establish a financial assistance program to facilitate provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing, H8897
———make certain improvements in the provision of health care (H.R. 2874), H8897
Viger, Wayne: National Association of Letter Carriers National Hero of the Year Award recipient, E1942
Votes: position on missed, E1656
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H8615 [25JY]
Special order: granted, H5051 [15MY], H10753 [24SE], H11068 [1OC], H11168 [2OC], H11546 [15OC], H12154 [29OC], H12737 [5NO]
Tributes
Demers, Dale E., E22
Dunton, Stephanie, E389
McAleney, Mary, E1312
Paradis, Ross and Judy, E307
Pattenaude, Richard, E1201
Ross, James, E1923
Sims, John H., Jr., E847
Wilson, Alden, E2208