MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1591, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, H3672 [19AP]
———H.R. 3093, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H13388 [8NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 3442), H9708 [3AU]
American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H7432 [28JN]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8835 (see H.R. 3195), H9053 [30JY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 799), H1208 [5FE]
Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 718), H6007 [5JN]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H10434 [17SE]
———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), H13296 [7NO]
———revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and the militia to address interference with State or Federal law (see H.R. 869), H6007 [5JN]
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]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H9710 [3AU]
Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]
Children and youth: 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), H8187 [19JY]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H7011 [22JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1063), H1787 [15FE]
Dept. of Labor: revise Federal Mine Safety and Health Act regulations to require that belt haulage entries not be used to ventilate active working places in mines (see H.R. 576), H788 [19JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H9469 (see H.R. 2942), H9545 [1AU]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H5472 [17MY]
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), H4487 [3MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H3185 [27MR]
Ecology and environment: develop a methodology for, and complete a national assessment of, geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide (see H.R. 1267), H5532 [21MY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H16949 [19DE]
Electric power: revise the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of electric power lines (see H.R. 809), H6956 [21JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see H.R. 806), H1897 [16FE]
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), H7777 [12JY]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 861), H2121 [1MR]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H4204 [26AP]
———prevent extension of fast-track authority during the 110th Congress (see H. Res. 587), H8834 (see H. Res. 587), H9053 [30JY]
———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H4205 [26AP]
———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]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (see H.R. 3981), H13413 [8NO]
———mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunters for their continued commitment to safety (see H. Con. Res. 193), H9711 [3AU]
Iraq: 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), H6440 (see H. Res. 121), H6477 [14JN]
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]
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), H16950 [19DE]
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 3616), H10695 [20SE]
Medicare: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H6735 [19JN]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H7656 [11JY]
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 808), H13412 [8NO]
Mexico: prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area until certain conditions are met to ensure the safety of such operations (see H.R. 1756), H3401 [16AP]
Military Order of the Purple Heart: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1897 [16FE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H343 [10JA]
Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect and enhance the health of miners (see H.R. 2769), H6734 [19JN]
———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (see H.R. 2768), H6734 [19JN]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H10018 [4AU]
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 273), H16948 [19DE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H343 [10JA]
National Women's Friendship Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 205), H10626 [19SE]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H344 [10JA]
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), H2341 [8MR]
Phoenix Mercury (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 654), H10697 [20SE]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H11071 [1OC]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 900), H1343 [7FE]
Railroads: ensure competition, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes (see H.R. 2125), H6405 [13JN]
Robstown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 785), H12456 [1NO]
San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 490), H6829 [20JN]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2564), H16950 [19DE]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 210), H10626 [19SE]
Social Security: 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), H7012 [22JN]
Surface Transportation Assistance Act: clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project (see H.R. 1984), H3723 [20AP]
Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H15209 [6DE]
———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), H12238 [30OC]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H4293 [1MY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H16834 [18DE]
———modify the refined coal credit to include qualified coal waste sludge recycling (see H.R. 1976), H3723 [20AP]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H2122 [1MR]
———permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt in order to improve such facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 1959), H6578 [15JN]
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), H3079 [26MR]
Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (see H.R. 2095), H6404 [13JN]
Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 358), H1969 [27FE]
———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), H1896 [16FE]
———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), H1896 [16FE]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 176), H10626 [19SE]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H7340 [27JN]
Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins American Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 630), H10757 [24SE]
Wichita State University: tribute to women's bowling team (see H. Res. 472), H10697 [20SE]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3192), H8741 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Grafton, WV: reinstate hydroelectric license for FERC project (see H.R. 2793), H6827 [20JN]
Roads and highways: extend Corridor O of the Appalachian Development Highway System from its current southern terminus at I-68 near Cumberland, MD, to Corridor H, which stretches from Weston, WV, to Strasburg, VA (see H.R. 4827), H16833 [18DE]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3093), H8184 [19JY]
Motions
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8673 [26JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H8761 [27JY]
———strike increased price supports for sugar, H8761 [27JY]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1831 [16FE]
ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, H8481 [25JY]
Border Patrol: prohibit funding to enforce judgment against agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean, H8485, H8486 [25JY]
Bureau of the Census: funding, H8433 [25JY]
Correctional institutions: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, H8644 [26JY]
Dept. of Commerce: East Coast Shellfish Research Institute funding, H8637 [26JY]
———International Trade Administration funding, H8433 [25JY]
———National Telecommunications and Information Administration funding through reductions in Dept. of Justice funding, H8437 [25JY]
———prohibit funding for business class or first class airline travel, H8480 [25JY]
———prohibit funding for National Textile Center, H8632 [26JY]
Dept. of Justice: allow public-private competition or certain other activities relative to competition for contracts at the Bureau of Prisons or the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., H8469 [25JY]
———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H8450 [25JY]
———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program gun crime and gang violence reduction funding through reductions in criminal offender reentry programs funding, H8461, H8462 [25JY]
———Court Appointed Special Advocates program funding, H8439 [25JY]
———Criminal Records Upgrade Program grants funding, H8481 [25JY]
———establish a Tristate Task Force to combat human trafficking, H8482 [25JY]
———first responder interoperable communications funding, H8644 [26JY]
———immigration law enforcement capabilities funding, H8674 [26JY]
———Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force program funding, H8475 [25JY]
———Law Enforcement Tribute Act Program funding, H8471 [25JY]
———National Center for Missing & Exploited Children funding, H8458 [25JY]
———Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program State formula grants funding, H8449 [25JY]
———Office on Violence Against Women funding, H8456 [25JY]
———prohibit funding for contravention of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, H8491 [25JY]
———prohibit funding for contravention of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act relative to employment eligibility verification, H8491 [25JY]
———prohibit funding to enforce court decision on granting asylum to certain nationals of the People's Republic of China who are subject to forced sterilization policies, H8638 [26JY]
———prohibit funding to enforce penalties against electioneering communications organizations, H8633 [26JY]
———Public Safety Officers' Benefits Office funding, H8460 [25JY]
———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H8445, H8446 [25JY], H8674 [26JY]
———Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs funding through reductions in general administration funding, H8471 [25JY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7184, H7185 [26JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), motion to instruct conferees, H13387 [8NO]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3074), H8339 [24JY]
Ecology and environment: ecosystem-based monitoring funding, H8634 [26JY]
EEOC: prohibit funding for litigation expenses against employers that require employees to speak English, H8626 [26JY], H13387 [8NO]
FBI: investigation of Representative Mollohan funding relative to conflict of interest due to his position as Chair of Committee on Appropriations (House) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, H8452 [25JY]
Federal employees: limit attendance at foreign conferences, H8664 [26JY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7362 [28JN]
Friends of the Cheat (organization): prohibit funding for Rails-to-Trails Program, H8339 [24JY]
Immigration: prohibit funds from being used to employ illegal aliens, H8655 [26JY]
ITC: funding through reductions in NOAA funding, H8440 [25JY]
Law enforcement: Southwest Border Prosecuter Initiative funding through reductions in the Bureau of the Census funding, H8435 [25JY]
NASA: funding, H8472 [25JY]
———improve safety standards and oversight of International Space Station, H8646 [26JY]
———Minority University Research and Education Programs funding, H8473 [25JY]
New Martinsville, WV: prohibit funding for the Wetzel County Courthouse, H7184, H7185 [26JN]
NOAA: hurricane research funding, H8443 [25JY]
———Protective Species Research and Management funding for sea turtles monitoring and protection enforcement, H8438, H8439 [25JY]
———red tide algae bloom research funding, H8442 [25JY]
———Western Pacific Fishery Demonstration Projects funding, H8441 [25JY]
NSF: Math and Science Partnership Program funding through reductions in Dept. of Commerce management salaries and expenses funding, H8447, H8448 [25JY]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: funding, H8473 [25JY]
Santa Cruz, CA: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary visitors center funding, H8458 [25JY]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8654 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8420, H8433, H8435, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8443, H8445, H8446, H8447, H8448, H8449, H8450, H8452, H8456, H8457, H8458, H8460, H8461, H8462, H8469, H8471, H8472, H8473, H8475, H8477, H8479, H8480, H8481, H8482, H8485, H8486, H8491 [25JY], H8626, H8628, H8629, H8632, H8633, H8634, H8637, H8638, H8639, H8644, H8646, H8654, H8655, H8664 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), consideration (H. Res. 562), H8414 [25JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), motion to instruct conferees, H13387 [8NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), motion to recommit, H8674 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), unanimous-consent agreement, H8457 [25JY]
University of Maine: prohibit funding for Lobster Institute, H8628 [26JY]
Valparaiso University: prohibit funding for meteorological equipment, H8629 [26JY]
Victims of Crime Act: funding, H8477 [25JY]
Violence Against Women Act: Court Training and Improvements Program funding, H8479 [25JY]
West Virginia University: prohibit funding for the Small Business Incubator, H7362 [28JN]
Remarks in House relative to
FBI: investigation of Representative Mollohan funding relative to conflict of interest due to his position as Chair of Committee on Appropriations (House) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, H8451-H8453 [25JY]
Reports filed
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3093) (H. Rept. 110-240), H8184 [19JY]
Tables
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8423-H8427 [25JY]
Tributes
Byrd, Senator, E1392
Martin, Christopher, E301