MORAN, JAMES P. (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5256, H5274 [16MY], H5346 [17MY]

SBA: update and expand procurement programs (H.R. 3867), H12182 [30OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3222, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H12480 [5NO]

Jo Ann Davis funeral attendees, H11493 [12OC]

Articles and editorials

Reflections After the Killings, Robert S. Weiner and Jay Jacob Wind, Washington (DC) Post, E926 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 1964), H3694 [19AP]

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

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), H11549 [15OC]

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H1968 [27FE]

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

———promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 1726), H3277 [28MR]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H3724 [20AP]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H7432 [28JN]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 74), H13204 [6NO]

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), H11029 [27SE] (see H.R. 3327), H9654 [2AU]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H2119 [1MR]

———promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats (see H.R. 1947), H3693 [19AP]

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

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1464), H4914 [10MY]

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H1417 [8FE]

Archeology: provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 554), H3363 [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), H11029 [27SE]

———commend volunteers and other individuals who provide support to families and children of deployed members (see H. Con. Res. 181), H7433 [28JN]

———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), H6403 [13JN]

———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), H2341 [8MR]

———improve certain compensation, health care, and education benefits for individuals who serve on active duty in a Reserve component of the uniformed services (see H.R. 4247), H14083 [15NO]

———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]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H2624 [16MR]

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

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

———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.J. Res. 14; H. Con. Res. 33), H760 [18JA]

———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), H13861 [13NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H5472 [17MY]

———urge collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force (see H. Res. 163), H11848 [22OC]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H6331 [12JN]

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

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

———reinstate ban on possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1859), H6111 [6JN]

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), H10902 [25SE]

Aviation: improve air carrier passenger services (see H.R. 1303), H2120 [1MR]

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

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

Boise, ID: congratulate for being chosen to host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games (see H. Res. 380), H6332 [12JN]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12740 [5NO]

Brazil: recognize relationship with the U.S., commend reduction of dependence on oil, and recognize importance of U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding on biofuels cooperation (see H. Res. 651), H10758 [24SE]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H8742 [26JY]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2957 [22MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 44), H7012 [22JN]

———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), H13296 [7NO]

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

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

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

Business and industry: permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see H.R. 4301), H16835 [18DE]

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see H. Res. 427), H7071 [25JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (see H. Con. Res. 123), H3724 [20AP]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 79), H2165 [5MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (see H. Con. Res. 124), H3724 [20AP]

Caribbean nations: authorize assistance to fund educational development and exchange programs (see H.R. 176), H4051 [24AP]

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

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

———impeach (see H. Res. 333), H7491 [10JY]

Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 16), H111 [5JA]

———reduce nutrient loads in the Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers in making changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management (see H.R. 1766), H3357 [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), H15469 [13DE]

———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H8618 [25JY]

———make grants to carry out activities to prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities (see H.R. 468), H835 [22JA]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 1004), H11171 [2OC]

———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 adoption of children with special needs (see H.R. 4091), H15414 [12DE]

———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), H8187 [19JY]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H13296 [7NO]

———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]

———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), H6661 [18JN]

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]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H2401 [9MR]

Citizenship: assist lawfully-admitted aliens in becoming U.S. citizens by removing certain bureaucratic barriers (see H.R. 1379), H4051 [24AP]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 998), H1969 [27FE]

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

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H7203 [26JN]

Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (see H. Con. Res. 104), H6957 [21JN]

———conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 620), H988 [29JA]

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

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

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

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas (see H.R. 1907), H4914 [10MY]

Colleges and universities: ensure textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable (see H.R. 3512), H15209 [6DE]

———limit excessive fluctuations in tuition to help students and families plan for college costs (see H.R. 4149), H16950 [19DE]

———provide grants to universities and colleges for development of student success services that will improve college persistence and prepare students for the workplace (see H.R. 3450), H16950 [19DE]

Colombia: recognize contributions of, combat racial discrimination against, and ensure proper execution of assistance programs designated for Afro-Colombians (see H. Res. 618), H10077 [4SE]

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), H2486 [13MR]

Commission on Economic Indicators: establish (see H.R. 1150), H1893 [16FE]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 662), H5472 [17MY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H1153 [31JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H13205 [6NO]

Congressional Commission on Civic Service: establish (see H.R. 1819), H3477 [17AP]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H3017 [23MR]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11777 [18OC]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 1510), H2486 [13MR]

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

Contracts: 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), H1417 [8FE]

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

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Summer of Service grant programs (see H.R. 1880), H7011 [22JN]

Correctional institutions: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 4063), H13413 [8NO]

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), H4416 [2MY]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 814), H1210 [5FE]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 1461), H14157 [4DE]

Crime: impose surcharges on unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and victims of crime, provide offsets on amounts collected by the Dept. of Justice for Federal agencies, and increase assessments imposed on convicted persons (see H.R. 2878), H7339 [27JN]

———prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 2711), H6437 (see H.R. 2711), H6474 [14JN]

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

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H253 [9JA]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 2819), H6955 [21JN]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 624), H1565 [13FE]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H2039 [28FE]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H2166 [5MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 1649), H4417 [2MY]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1649), H5726 [23MY]

———provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 293), H122 [5JA]

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

———reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H3185 [27MR]

———reform commodity programs, increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs, and reduce the national budget deficit (see H.R. 2720), H7203 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a missile defense system (see H.R. 2274), H6111 [6JN]

———establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 3769), H11640 [16OC]

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

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 2323), H8821 [27JY]

———create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3439), H16950 [19DE]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 171), H4292 [1MY]

———promote availability and use of the Federal student financial aid Internet site (see H.R. 1522), H3696 [19AP]

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

Dept. of Energy: provide grants for research, development, and demonstration projects on cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure to enable retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol (see H.R. 395), H1272 [6FE]

———study potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers plan travel and avoid delays (see H.R. 157), H572 [16JA]

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]

———conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3334), H16834 [18DE]

———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), H7340 [27JN]

———develop an antimicrobial resistance research strategic plan (see H.R. 3697), H15209 [6DE]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1634), H7433 [28JN]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H4416 [2MY]

———provide for child care workforce development initiatives (see H.R. 3870), H15215 [10DE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H8187 [19JY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H15470 [13DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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), H12455 [1NO]

———restore jurisdiction over the Office for National Capital Region Coordination (see H.R. 2240), H4752 [9MY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 174), H4292 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H11250 [3OC]

———clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see H.R. 545), H988 [29JA]

———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 923), H3185 [27MR]

———express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5623 [22MY]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H3400 [16AP]

———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (see H.R. 719), H11028 [27SE]

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

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

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 1975), H3723 [20AP]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in Clinton, TN, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2695), H12455 [1NO]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H8186 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H11028 [27SE]

———provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2046), H12103 [25OC]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H943 [24JA]

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), H12021 [24OC]

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

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (see H.R. 1448), H2487 [13MR]

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

Developing countries: increase U.S. participation in health programs that alleviate disease and premature death and strengthen health care systems (see H. Con. Res. 247), H13204 [6NO]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H8835 (see H.R. 3175), H9053 [30JY]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H5928 [24MY]

———provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems (see H.R. 2185), H4552 [7MY]

———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]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1727), H3562 [18AP]

———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), H12385 [31OC]

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

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 2831), H7777 [12JY]

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), H2620 [15MR]

———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), H6578 [15JN]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H10902 [25SE]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1532), H2822 [21MR]

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

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H7852 [16JY]

———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), H3477 [17AP]

———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), H4417 [2MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H3724 [20AP]

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

———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2729), H8122 [18JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1560), H3400 [16AP]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 1188), H15208 [6DE]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H6735 [19JN]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H7011 [22JN]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H5622 [22MY]

———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H10696 [20SE]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H6957 [21JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H3400 [16AP]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (see H.R. 3563), H10757 [24SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 3425), H15209 [6DE]

———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see H. Res. 288), H3362 [29MR]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 328), H1969 [27FE]

Education: celebrate accomplishments of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and recognize need to further the goal of educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 406), H5053 [15MY]

———establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 2572), H8743 [26JY]

———establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3842), H15209 [6DE]

———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), H8187 [19JY]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H15209 [6DE]

———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), H4294 [1MY]

———provide additional student loan forgiveness to teachers of foreign languages (see H.R. 1718), H4051 [24AP]

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

———provide for the use of longitudinal data systems (see H.R. 3253), H15414 [12DE]

———provide grants to States to ensure students exit middle grades prepared for success in a high school with a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for postsecondary education and the workplace (see H.R. 3406), H15470 [13DE]

———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1608), H3724 [20AP]

Elections: prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 101), H344 [10JA]

———prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 1281), H2119 [1MR]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 729), H1211 [5FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1224), H4176 [25AP] (see H.R. 3257), H10757 [24SE]

———amend certain accountability and assessment provisions (see H.R. 1711), H6577 [15JN]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 684), H943 [24JA]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H12238 [30OC]

———provide a waiver from sanctions for certain States, local educational agencies, and schools (see H.R. 1622), H2820 [21MR]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 2903), H7852 [16JY]

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

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

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H2672 [19MR]

EPA: require large publicly traded companies and significant emitters of greenhouse gases to report their emissions (see H.R. 2651), H13205 [6NO]

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

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

Ethiopia: anniversary (see H. Res. 550), H8822 [27JY]

———encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 2003), H3776 [23AP]

Eurasia Foundation: authorize grants (see H.R. 2949), H9657 [2AU]

European Union: recognize importance of working with the U.S. to strengthen the transatlantic market (see H. Res. 338), H11640 [16OC]

Explosives: limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions (see H.R. 1755), H6008 [5JN]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H4629 [8MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 2392), H6661 [18JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H9276 [31JY]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see H.R. 923), H3185 [27MR]

———improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 297), H4204 [26AP] (see H.R. 2640), H6234 [11JN]

———include in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft (see H.R. 1167), H6111 [6JN]

———reduce backlog in processing requests made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the National Name Check Program (see H.R. 3828), H12021 [24OC]

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), H4415 [2MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]

———revise regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content of a food on the label and in the labeling of the food when such content is below a certain level (see H.R. 3783), H15209 [6DE]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H4628 [8MY]

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 2232), H4751 [9MY]

———amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H2671 [19MR]

———increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 1948), H3693 [19AP]

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

———provide that the National Security Personnel System shall not apply to certain defense laboratories (see H.R. 2007), H3777 [23AP]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1479), H6828 [20JN]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H5054 [15MY]

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council: establish (see H.R. 3892), H11776 [18OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 725), H11549 [15OC]

———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]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H4487 [3MY]

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

———improve tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers, and enhance penalties for gun trafficking (see H.R. 1895), H6111 [6JN]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H11071 [1OC]

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 145), H1416 [8FE]

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 Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5928 [24MY]

Foreign aid: limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (see H.R. 2929), H7491 [10JY]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H834 [22JA]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2092), H7434 [28JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H4416 [2MY]

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), H6577 [15JN]

———condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H4294 [1MY]

———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]

———prohibit use of funds for training and equipping the Iraqi Security Forces (see H.R. 3134), H11495 [12OC]

Foreign Service: extend comparability pay adjustments to employees serving overseas and authorize a death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of employees who die as a result of injuries sustained while on duty (see H.R. 3202), H15209 [6DE]

Foreign trade: address impact of globalization, reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers (see H.R. 3801), H11489 [10OC]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2478), H15317 [11DE]

Gambling: clarify applicability of certain laws to games of skill and establish certain requirements with respect to such games (see H.R. 2610), H7983 [17JY]

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

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H10077 [4SE]

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

Gore, Albert, Jr.: tribute for Academy Award-winning documentary, ``An Inconvenient Truth'' (see H. Res. 197), H2122 [1MR]

Greece: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 2526), H16950 [19DE]

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), H1273 [6FE]

Haiti: urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts (see H. Res. 241), H4754 [9MY]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 505), H1969 [27FE]

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]

———reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H15317 [11DE]

Health: establish a program to provide financial incentives for the establishment of interactive personal health records (see H.R. 1368), H3363 [29MR]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 3507), H15470 [13DE]

———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), H4553 [7MY]

———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), H6661 [18JN]

———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), H2437 [12MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H2821 [21MR]

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

———promote preventive health care (see H.R. 853), H3400 [16AP]

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

———provide for approval of similar biological products (see H.R. 1956), H7983 [17JY]

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

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (see H.R. 1968), H9656 [2AU]

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see H.R. 506), H4293 [1MY]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H6577 [15JN]

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

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 410), H516 [12JA]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H1893 [16FE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]

Hispanic Heritage Foundation: tribute for recognizing the next generation of Latino role models for their academic achievements and community service (see H. Con. Res. 197), H11071 [1OC]

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

———commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (see H. Res. 272), H3778 [23AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H8293 [23JY]

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

Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H3185 [27MR]

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

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 1852), H6577 [15JN]

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

Human rights: encourage abolition of modern-day slavery (see H. Res. 55), H1273 [6FE]

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1691), H8121 [18JY]

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), H10364 [10SE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1512), H12384 [31OC]

———disapprove rule requiring certain lawful permanent residents to apply for a new Permanent Resident Card (see H.J. Res. 51), H13297 [7NO]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10370 [14SE]

———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), H4051 [24AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1328), H2241 [6MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (see H.R. 4188), H15414 [12DE]

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), H1345 [7FE]

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]

———provide additional limitations on pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2833), H10757 [24SE]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 11), H759 [18JA]

———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), H1565 [13FE]

International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers: observance (see H. Res. 489), H7012 [22JN]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H1416 [8FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H670 [17JA]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H8742 [26JY]

Iranian Americans: condemn bigotry, violence, and discrimination against (see H. Res. 476), H10321 [7SE]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 787), H2302 [7MR] (see H. Res. 41), H344 [10JA]

———implement Iraq Study Group recommendations (see H.R. 2574), H6007 [5JN]

———prohibit an increase in the number of private security contractors (see H.R. 3695), H11317 [4OC]

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

———provide for withdrawal of Armed Forces and authorize assistance for Iraq (see H.R. 645), H1272 [6FE]

———provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis and assist Iraqi refugees (see H.R. 2265), H8397 [24JY]

———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation (see H.R. 508), H4051 [24AP]

———submit to the Iraqi Government a draft bilateral status-of-forces agreement (see H. Con. Res. 231), H11778 [18OC]

Israel: support right to self defense in face of imminent nuclear or military threat from Syria (see H. Res. 674), H10903 [25SE]

Jamestown, VA: anniversary of settlement (see H. Con. Res. 117), H3561 [18AP]

Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 121), H1669 [14FE]

Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H8188 [19JY]

Jordan: commend continued commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation (see H. Res. 575), H9277 [31JY]

Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 319), H123 [5JA]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5723 [23MY]

Korea, Republic of: recognize strong alliance with the U.S. and express appreciation for efforts in the global war on terrorism (see H. Res. 295), H5929 [24MY]

Ku Klux Klan (organization): condemn recent actions (see H. Res. 693), H14158 [4DE]

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), H2166 [5MR]

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

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

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1661), H2956 [22MR]

Lea, Tom: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H7202 [26JN]

Lesotho: commend enactment of law improving the status of married women and encourage efforts toward gender equity (see H. Res. 294), H4052 [24AP]

Lewis, Jerry: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3035), H8835 (see H.R. 3035), H9053 [30JY]

Malaria Awareness Day: observance (see H. Res. 389), H8835 (see H. Res. 389), H9054 [30JY]

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

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

Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H15414 [12DE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2066), H6578 [15JN]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H3477 [17AP]

———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), H13523 [9NO]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility (see H.R. 1878), H6577 [15JN]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2131), H7070 [25JN]

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

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1479), H6828 [20JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1588), H3364 [29MR]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 2065), H6957 [21JN]

———disapprove rule relative to coverage of the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients (see H.J. Res. 54), H16951 [19DE]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H3081 [26MR]

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

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 4206), H15215 [10DE]

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

———improve quality of care in skilled nursing facilities through requiring the reporting of expenditures for nursing (see H.R. 3784), H15470 [13DE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see H.R. 2058), H6578 [15JN]

———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), H6578 [15JN]

———protect enrollees eligible for prescription drug benefit coverage from abusive marketing practices (see H.R. 2307), H7012 [22JN]

———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), H7983 [17JY]

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

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

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 3282), H15470 [13DE]

———provide coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) (see H.R. 4055), H15318 [11DE]

———provide for guaranteed issue of supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon initial enrollment (see H.R. 1282), H3695 [19AP]

———reform physician payment and modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (see H.R. 1046), H10434 [17SE]

———require public reporting of health care-associated infections data and establish pilot program for incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence (see H.R. 1174), H15208 [6DE]

———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), H4293 [1MY]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 687), H4487 [3MY]

———provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H1424 [9FE]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 130), H5293 [16MY]

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), H2436 [12MR]

Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H4416 [2MY]

Minidoka Internment National Monument: adjust boundary to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial (see H.R. 161), H116 [5JA]

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

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2262), H5928 [24MY]

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), H3081 [26MR]

———promote development and use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 589), H1211 [5FE]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2694), H6440 (see H.R. 2694), H6477 [14JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]

NASA: anniversary of Langley Research Center (see H. Con. Res. 222), H11171 [2OC]

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

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction archival research database and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 390), H342 [10JA]

National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 258), H4295 [1MY]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 424), H5929 [24MY]

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

National Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 3631), H15738 [17DE]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 62), H1970 [27FE]

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

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 264), H3364 [29MR]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H3562 [18AP]

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

National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3364 [29MR]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 74), H13204 [6NO]

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

National Fire Fighter Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 695), H12239 [30OC]

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 3733), H15318 [11DE]

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]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 715), H6735 [19JN]

National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System: establish (see H.R. 2342), H5290 [16MY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H1895 [16FE]

National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day: establish (see H. Res. 49), H6578 [15JN]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 671), H11029 [27SE]

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

National Pet Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 142), H5622 [22MY]

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), H7011 [22JN]

National Stalking Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 852), H15470 [13DE]

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

National Telework Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 224), H11729 [17OC]

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (see H.R. 1239), H4416 [2MY]

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

Native American Heritage Day: designate (see H.R. 3585), H10624 [19SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H13859 [13NO]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H343 [10JA]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H14157 [4DE]

NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1868), H4209 [30AP]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H4294 [1MY]

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

Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H11640 [16OC]

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: support new power-sharing Government (see H. Res. 482), H6957 [21JN]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1867), H4209 [30AP]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: conduct a study on prescription drug take-back programs (see H.R. 2223), H6661 [18JN]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4294 [1MY]

Our Military Kids, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 313), H3778 [23AP]

Pacific Northwest: tribute to local and State first responders and citizens facing severe winter storms (see H. Res. 851), H14494 (see H. Res. 851), H15208 [6DE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H4295 [1MY]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6578 [15JN]

Patents: reform (see H.R. 1908), H9656 [2AU]

Patriotism: prescribe that members of the Armed Forces and veterans out of uniform may render the military salute during hoisting, lowering, or passing of flag (see H.R. 3380), H11172 [2OC]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H3476 [17AP]

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

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 291), H3362 [29MR]

Pehle, John: tribute (see H. Res. 226), H2672 [19MR]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H1211 [5FE]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H5294 [16MY]

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

Power resources: express need for a nationwide diversified energy portfolio (see H. Con. Res. 153), H5621 [22MY]

———improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1945), H4488 [3MY]

———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]

———promote energy independence and security (see H.R. 3220), H9711 [3AU]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 670), H942 [24JA]

———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]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (see H.R. 4040), H15414 [12DE]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 887), H15414 [12DE]

Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H3183 [27MR]

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), H12238 [30OC]

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]

———secure and conserve Federal public lands and natural resources along the international land borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 2593), H10902 [25SE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H5292 [16MY]

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

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H2121 [1MR]

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

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (see H.R. 1434), H3081 [26MR]

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), H4294 [1MY]

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), H2039 [28FE]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see H.R. 3397), H15209 [6DE]

Roads and highways: support goals and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash victims (see H. Con. Res. 87), H2341 [8MR]

Safety: extend program of grants for rape prevention education (see H.R. 774), H3279 [28MR]

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]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2284), H4913 [10MY]

Schools: 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]

———express that secondary schools should consider starting school after 9 o'clock in the morning (see H. Con. Res. 227), H16835 [18DE]

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

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 3654), H11395 [9OC]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see H.R. 1469), H3279 [28MR]

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), H6661 [18JN]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Res. 227), H3364 [29MR]

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

Social Security: combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 1688), H5622 [22MY]

———ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1353), H10756 [24SE]

———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), H15209 [6DE]

———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), H4485 [3MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H1471 [12FE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 274), H2486 [13MR]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H3364 [29MR]

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 1389), H2301 [7MR]

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1388), H2301 [7MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Haskanita, Darfur region (see H. Res. 740), H11848 [22OC]

———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), H5623 [22MY]

———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), H8398 [24JY]

———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H435 [11JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S. (see H. Res. 431), H6182 [7JN]

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), H2121 [1MR]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H12021 [24OC]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H11933 [23OC]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 1127), H4416 [2MY]

Taxation: allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds (see H.R. 1865), H3473 [17AP]

———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), H5293 [16MY]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 898), H1472 [12FE]

———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), H1892 [16FE]

———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), H11316 [4OC]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H15317 [11DE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H4205 [26AP]

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

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

———establish financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 2370), H7777 [12JY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3185 [27MR]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees and Armed Forces members on active duty under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2363), H10756 [24SE]

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

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

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H1272 [6FE]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H4487 [3MY]

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

———include heavier vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 2715), H6828 [20JN]

———increase and extend certain renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (see H.R. 3807), H11549 [15OC]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H1417 [8FE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H10320 [7SE]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H5927 [24MY]

———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), H9711 [3AU]

———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), H3477 [17AP]

———provide a credit for the conversion of hybrid motor vehicles to plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 2966), H7489 [10JY]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H8742 [26JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H6181 [7JN]

———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 3416), H10757 [24SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H5054 [15MY]

Telecommunications: improve communications interoperability for emergency response (see H.R. 338), H11639 [16OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H3399 [16AP]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see H.R. 3402), H10157 [5SE]

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), H3401 [16AP]

Terrorism: compensate relatives of U.S. citizens killed as a result of the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa (see H.R. 2828), H8187 [19JY]

Tobacco products: make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable (see H.R. 2932), H15209 [6DE]

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

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H12385 [31OC]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (see H.R. 2095), H5622 [22MY]

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

Tutu, Desmond M.: tribute (see H. Res. 34), H7012 [22JN]

U.N.: ensure members meet obligations to women agreed to in resolution on women, peace, and security, and implement international law protecting rights of women and girls during and after conflicts (see H. Res. 146), H4294 [1MY]

———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), H6661 [18JN]

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

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), H2745 [20MR]

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

Valenti, Jack: tribute (see H. Res. 361), H5929 [24MY]

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), H11172 [2OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1344 [7FE]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H11549 [15OC]

Vietnam: call for release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 243), H3081 [26MR]

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

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation to Federal employees or defense contractors who suffered disability or death due to exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 972), H1415 [8FE]

Virginia: designate additional National Forest System lands as wilderness, establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, and develop trail plans for wilderness and scenic areas (see H.R. 1011), H1563 [13FE]

Virginia State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 182), H1896 [16FE]

Virginia Tech University: express condolences to victims and the university community impacted by campus shootings (see H. Res. 306), H3475 [17AP]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system (see H.R. 401), H433 [11JA]

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1286), H2119 [1MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 720), H2165 [5MR]

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), H8293 [23JY]

———prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4014), H13960 [14NO]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 2395), H13960 [14NO]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2236), H6735 [19JN]

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

———provide unemployment insurance to those who are separated from their employment as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4016), H13960 [14NO]

Women's World Cup: tribute to U.S. women's soccer team (see H. Res. 754), H11935 [23OC]

Wonder, Stevie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1566), H2671 [19MR]

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library: authorize a grant for contributions toward establishment (see H.R. 1664), H3185 [27MR]

World Red Cross Red Crescent Day: observance (see H. Res. 378), H6182 [7JN]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 196), H2122 [1MR]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H5725 [23MY]

Zimbabwe: condemn recent violence against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society (see H. Con. Res. 100), H3080 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H1343 [7FE]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: call for continuation of congressional staff-led tours (see H. Res. 815), H13522 [9NO]

Caulfield, John T.: tribute (see H. Res. 156), H1471 [12FE]

Civil War—U.S.: require imitation war items be clearly marked as copies (see H.R. 4125), H13411 [8NO]

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]

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 2533), H5925 [24MY]

———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see H.R. 2780), H6735 [19JN]

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 808), H13412 [8NO]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 265), H3017 [23MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 289), H3362 [29MR]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see H.R. 1294), H2120 [1MR]

Sudan: 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]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H3017 [23MR]

Veterans: tribute to soldiers that served the top secret units for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service under the project name ``Post Office Box 1142'' (see H. Res. 753), H11728 [17OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1419 [9FE]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1294, Federal recognition of the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes, E451 [1MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1419 [9FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H8719 [26JY]

Alexandria, VA: grand reopening of T.C. Williams High School, E2126 [12OC]

———Mount Vernon Recreation Center recipient of Heart of Potomac West Award, E339 [13FE]

American Society for Training & Development: tribute to Employee Learning Week, E1529 [16JY]

Animals: enforce pay-as-you-go requirement relative to prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros, H4188 [26AP]

———restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249), H4188 [26AP]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H16906 [19DE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2899 [22MR], H2960 [23MR]

———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), H4125 [25AP]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4319 [2MY]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), H5729 [24MY]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1530 [13FE]

BLM: Wild Horse and Burro Management Program funding, H7109 [26JN]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H11643 [17OC]

Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H79 [5JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: call for continuation of congressional staff-led tours (H. Res. 815), E2380 [9NO]

Civil War—U.S.: require imitation war items be clearly marked as copies (H.R. 4125), E2368 [8NO]

Committee on Appropriations (House): establish a Select Intelligence Oversight Panel (H. Res. 35), H202 [9JA]

Contracts: require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts (H.R. 2740), H11220 [3OC]

Courts: restore right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror, H5338 [17MY], H6739 [20JN]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (H.R. 137), H3034 [26MR]

Davis, Jo Ann: tribute (H. Res. 717), H11372 [9OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1058 [31JA], H6337 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform commodity programs, increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs, and programs that benefit socially disadvantaged farmers, H8719 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5273, H5274, H5275 [16MY]

———close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6014 [6JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, H16906 [19DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), consideration (H. Res. 818), H13913 [14NO]

———permit the U.S. to enter into a temporary military base agreement with Iraq, H5273 [16MY]

———require report on plans to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H5274, H5275 [16MY]

Dept. of Labor: allow public-private competition or certain other activities relative to competition for contracts, H7945 [17JY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6877, H6886, H6951 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2764), Senate amendment, H16906 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7109, H7115 [26JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (H.R. 2895), H11418 [10OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H13195 [6NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H7945 [17JY], H8156 [19JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), conference report, H13195 [6NO], E2377 [9NO]

Diplomats: allow prosecution for exploitation of domestic workers, H14118 [4DE]

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

———establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1905), H3585, H3590 [19AP]

Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H611 [17JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, H13236 [7NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), H13236 [7NO]

Esfandiari, Haleh: call for immediate and unconditional release by Iran, E1168 [25MY]

———call for immediate and unconditional release by Iran (H. Res. 430), H5965 [5JN]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (H.R. 2003), H11102 [2OC]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 2640), H6346 [13JN]

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (H.R. 2533), E1164 [25MY]

Firearms: gun control, H3699 [20AP], E926 [2MY]

Foreign aid: limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (H.R. 2929), H8404, H8408 [25JY]

———modify global gag rule denying U.S. funds to overseas health clinics that use private monies to fund abortions to allow for the provision of contraceptives, H6886 [21JN]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H7080 [26JN]

Foreign trade: reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), H12332 [31OC]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6138 [7JN]

Holman, Jim: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E115 [16JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H79 [5JA]

International Commission on Missing Persons: funding, H6877 [21JN]

International relations: call on People's Republic of China to respect human rights of refugees from Democratic People's Republic of Korea (H. Con. Res. 234), H12112 [29OC]

Iran: National Intelligence Estimate regarding discontinuation of nuclear program, H14088 [4DE], H14163 [5DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H255 [10JA], H11937 [24OC]

———investigation into private security contractors, H11176 [3OC], E2000 [27SE]

———provide a strategy for stabilizing Iraq and withdrawing U.S. troops, H12242 [31OC]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13913 [14NO], H16906 [19DE]

———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), H7698 [12JY]

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), H2058 [1MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H6995 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2771), H6995 [22JN]

Medicaid: permit States flexibility in requiring children to have satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility, H9497 [1AU]

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: anniversary (H. Res. 808), H13597 [13NO]

Molecular Imaging Week: observance, E1022 [11MY]

Moran, Kate P.: Commonwealth Academy Recognition for Educators (CARE) Award recipient, E927 [2MY]

Morgan, Joseph C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E757 [17AP]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H171 [9JA]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, E1192 [5JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 1157), H11643 [17OC], E1025 [11MY]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (H.R. 715), H11643 [17OC]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 289), H3736 [23AP]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 1294), H4605 [8MY], E450 [1MR]

———Federal recognition of the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 1294), consideration (H. Res. 377), H4563, H4564, H4565 [8MY]

Nicholson, Robert: Air Force Association DW Steele Chapter Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1530 [16JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1867), E940 [3MY]

O'Rourke, Evan C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E757 [17AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow offshore drilling for natural gas beyond 25 miles from the coastline, H7115 [26JN]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 291), H4616 [8MY]

Piemonte, Christopher A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E757 [17AP]

Pierce, William E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E757 [17AP]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H8156 [19JY]

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), Senate amendment, H14163 [5DE], H14442 [6DE]

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (H.R. 1434), H3734 [23AP]

SBA: conduct study to determine if Federal contractors are filing frivolous protests to extend length of current contracts and offer recommendations to discourage practice, H12182 [30OC]

———update and expand procurement programs (H.R. 3867), H12182 [30OC]

Social Security: extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H9497 [1AU]

———extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), H9406 [1AU]

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

———extend transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence education program, and certain other Medicare and Medicaid support programs (H.R. 3668), E1997 [27SE]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10761 [25SE], E1982 [26SE]

St. Louis, Joshua P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E757 [17AP]

Sudan: 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), H12113 [29OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), H13457, H13461 [9NO]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H13457, H13461 [9NO]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10761 [25SE], E1982 [26SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 643), H10343 [10SE]

———bring Osama bin Laden and other leaders of al-Qaeda to justice, H9188 [31JY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (H.R. 3887), H14118 [4DE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H6951 [21JN]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13291 [7NO]

Veterans: tribute to soldiers that served the top secret units for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service under the project name ``Post Office Box 1142'' (H. Res. 753), H11759 [18OC]

Vietnam: call for release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience (H. Res. 243), E924 [2MY]

Virginia: designate additional National Forest System lands as wilderness, establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, and develop trail plans for wilderness and scenic areas (H.R. 1011), consideration (H. Res. 763), H11891 [23OC]

Virginia Tech University: express condolences to victims and the university community impacted by campus shootings (H. Res. 306), H3490 [18AP]

Votes: position on missed, H222 [9JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5721 [23MY], H11636 [16OC], H11773 [18OC]

Statements

Arrest in Tehran of Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Program: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, H5965 [5JN]

Condemn Arrest and Detention of Haleh Esfandiari in Iran: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, E1168 [25MY]

Tributes

Christensen, John H., E1545 [17JY]

Cohn, Deborah, E1139 [23MY]

Connelly, Richard J., E202 [29JA]

Dearman, Bill, E1321 [18JN], E1415 [26JN]

Dumaine, Carol, E1326 [18JN]

Gongadze, Myroslava, E1324 [18JN]

Jackson, Judith, E1101 [21MY]

Messmer, Edward, E1325 [18JN]

Molzahn, William R., E2431 [15NO]

Richardson, Laura, E1984 [26SE]

Simon, Ernest A., E1122 [22MY]

Smuzynski, Alvin W., E2256 [25OC]

Spero, Deborah J., E1633 [26JY]

Tieger, Susan, E1322 [18JN]

Williams, Bennie E., E1208 [6JN]

Williams, David, E1330 [18JN]