SCHIFF, ADAM B. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), H4903 [10MY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3093, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H13388 [8NO]
Juanita Millender-McDonald funeral attendees, H4212 [1MY]
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel of Committee on Appropriations (House), H863 [23JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 947), H1414 [8FE]
African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H4177 [25AP]
Agriculture: continue and expand upon efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops and enhance competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 1600), H4754 [9MY]
———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H941 [24JA]
Air pollution: reduce air pollution from marine vessels (see H.R. 2548), H7434 [28JN]
America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H10902 [25SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H10435 [17SE]
Animal Welfare Act: prohibit dog fighting ventures (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]
———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), H11321 [5OC]
———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6735 [19JN]
———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1464), H7011 [22JN]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3478 [17AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1246), H10017 [4AU]
———ensure dignity in care for members recovering from injuries (see H.R. 1268), H3018 [23MR]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H10902 [25SE]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H5292 [16MY]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H3778 [23AP]
———reimburse tuition for programs of education interrupted by military service, defer student loans, and reduce interest rates during periods of military service (see H.R. 2910), H11028 [27SE]
———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), H12385 [31OC]
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]
Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, Baldwin Park, CA: designate (see H.R. 625), H2121 [1MR]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Bangladesh: express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of Cyclone Sidr (see H. Res. 842), H14156 [4DE]
———urge the dropping of all pending charges against journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (see H. Res. 64), H1565 [13FE]
Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, Fontana, CA: designate (see H.R. 3569), H11729 [17OC]
BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H7983 [17JY]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12740 [5NO]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H2302 [7MR]
Buck Owens Post Office, Bakersfield, CA: designate (see H.R. 1384), H7852 [16JY]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 44), H7012 [22JN]
Bush, President: report on programs that authorize or require gathering of information on U.S. persons pursuant to ``all necessary and appropriate force'' clause in Authorization for Use of Military Force (see H.R. 2211), H4627 [8MY]
California: provide emergency tax relief for persons affected by wildfires (see H.R. 3987), H12385 [31OC]
———tribute to first responders and support victims of wildfires (see H. Res. 778), H12237 [30OC]
Carlson, Robert: tribute (see H. Res. 841), H15415 [12DE]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 706), H986 [29JA]
Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 76), H759 [18JA]
Children and youth: make grants to carry out activities to prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities (see H.R. 468), H835 [22JA]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H10320 [7SE]
———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), H7776 [12JY]
Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H988 [29JA]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H3777 [23AP]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H10363 [10SE]
Civil War—U.S.: tribute to Edward D. Cohota and Joseph L. Pierce and other veterans of Asian descent (see H. Res. 415), H15209 [6DE]
Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (see H. Con. Res. 104), H5622 [22MY]
———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]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 451), H514 [12JA]
———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1275), H7656 [11JY]
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 To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H670 [17JA]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H13205 [6NO]
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: express that the Senate should initiate bipartisan process to give its advice and consent to ratification (see H. Res. 882), H15738 [17DE]
Computers: encourage foreign governments to legalize all computer software used by such governments (see H. Res. 414), H5472 [17MY]
Congressional Commission on Civic Service: establish (see H.R. 1819), H4417 [2MY]
Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery: establish (see H.R. 2522), H6182 [7JN]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H14158 [4DE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H944 [24JA]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H4753 [9MY]
Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see H.R. 3753), H11314 [4OC]
———establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (see H.R. 34), H111 [5JA]
CPSC: establish a swimming pool safety grant program to encourage States to improve their pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about pool and spa safety (see H.R. 1721), H3183 [27MR]
Crime: establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish arsonist registries and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a national arsonist registry and notification program (see H.R. 1759), H3357 [29MR]
———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]
———protect federally funded public safety officers (see H.R. 1149), H1893 [16FE]
———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), H343 [10JA]
Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H11029 [27SE]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H10320 [7SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H2820 [21MR]
Dept. of Education: continue to waive certain regulatory requirements relative to the use of aid funds for restarting school operations after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1262), H2118 [1MR]
Dept. of Energy: conduct geothermal energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program (see H.R. 2304), H6735 [19JN]
———establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program (see H.R. 2447), H9657 [2AU]
———establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 1838), H3360 [29MR]
———reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program (see H.R. 1933), H5473 [17MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 2165), H6111 [6JN]
———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 3944), H11934 [23OC]
———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 3825), H12385 [31OC]
———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H14084 [15NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports (see H.R. 1413), H3477 [17AP]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 174), H4416 [2MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see H.R. 3845), H11638 [16OC]
———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]
———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H2743 [20MR]
Dept. of State: develop strategies for foreign democracy promotion, train employees on and create incentives for such promotion, and require Foreign Service members to do more to reach out to foreign audiences (see H.R. 982), H1470 [12FE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 359), H3278 [28MR]
———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), H4294 [1MY]
———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7852 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2046), H9710 [3AU]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H4176 [25AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2571 [14MR]
———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H7433 [28JN]
———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 463), H514 [12JA]
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]
Dink, Hrant: condemn murder of Turkish journalist (see H. Res. 102), H987 [29JA]
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]
———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H1564 [13FE]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5293 [16MY]
———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), H6828 [20JN]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H7776 [12JY]
———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), H4553 [7MY]
———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H9468 (see H.R. 1881), H9545 [1AU]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2119 [1MR]
Education: establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans (see H.R. 890), H3724 [20AP]
———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H4627 [8MY]
———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 916), H1413 [8FE]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1608), H3724 [20AP]
Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 729), H10901 [25SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: strengthen mentoring programs (see H.R. 2611), H6179 [7JN]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4050 [24AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who have a certain level of child support arrearages (see H.R. 491), H835 [22JA]
FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]
———reduce backlog in processing requests made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the National Name Check Program (see H.R. 3828), H15414 [12DE]
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), H7203 [26JN]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H4553 [7MY]
———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), H12385 [31OC]
FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H986 [29JA]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H6828 [20JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H4485 [3MY]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 1537), H4416 [2MY]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H114 [5JA]
Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H14158 [4DE]
Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (see H. Res. 544), H8822 [27JY]
Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H6439 (see H.R. 2129), H6477 [14JN]
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H435 [11JA]
Foreign aid: limit funding to establish a permanent military base agreement with Iraq or exercise U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources (see H.R. 2929), H8293 [23JY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance (see H.R. 3356), H9704 [3AU]
Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6009 [5JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
Frank, Anne: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 37), H1895 [16FE]
FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 1008), H1563 [13FE]
Gallo, Ernest: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 88), H2400 [9MR]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H10246 [6SE]
Gore, Albert, Jr.: tribute for Academy Award-winning documentary, ``An Inconvenient Truth'' (see H. Res. 197), H2401 [9MR]
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), H3478 [17AP]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H4753 [9MY]
Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 819), H1210 [5FE]
———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H4553 [7MY]
———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), H5292 [16MY]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H121 [5JA]
———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Higher Education Act: prevent veterans' contributions to education benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 100), H2436 [12MR]
History: commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (see H. Res. 272), H3080 [26MR]
———mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H514 [12JA]
House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (see H. Res. 24), H120 [5JA]
House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2248), H4752 [9MY]
House Rules: strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 484), H6331 [12JN]
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), H4488 [3MY]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H1565 [13FE]
Human rights: encourage abolition of modern-day slavery (see H. Res. 55), H1669 [14FE]
———modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H13411 [8NO]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 1938), H6735 [19JN]
Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1512), H2486 [13MR]
———expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (see H.R. 1312), H2164 [5MR]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H4628 [8MY]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H1150 [31JA]
Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (see H.R. 4279), H14249 [5DE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1565 [13FE]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H7433 [28JN]
Iraq: prevent establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 46), H987 [29JA]
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]
Jews: recognize anniversaries of the Mass Movement for Soviet Jewish Freedom and the Freedom Sunday Rally for Soviet Jewry in Washington, DC (see H. Res. 759), H11776 [18OC]
Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 553), H7982 [17JY]
Jordan: commend continued commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation (see H. Res. 575), H8835 (see H. Res. 575), H9054 [30JY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2852), H8293 [23JY]
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]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 678), H942 [24JA]
Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 988), H2302 [7MR]
Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of the Port of Los Angeles (see H. Res. 822), H13860 [13NO]
Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see H. Res. 356), H7491 [10JY]
Marisol Heredia Post Office Building, El Monte, CA: designate (see H.R. 4185), H13959 [14NO]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]
McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H7777 [12JY]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H11777 [18OC]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H14158 [4DE]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H2122 [1MR]
———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), H10756 [24SE]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H5927 [24MY]
———provide exception to limit on reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period when one is ordered to active duty in a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3007), H7655 [11JY]
———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), H5293 [16MY]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H6235 [11JN]
Middle East: express grave concern for Iran and Syria's continued and systematic violations of U.N. resolutions relative to Lebanon (see H. Res. 690), H13205 [6NO]
Military Order of the Purple Heart: extend eligibility for associate membership to the spouse and siblings of Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 1119), H1892 [16FE]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 566), H6007 [5JN]
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), H8397 [24JY]
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), H836 [22JA]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]
NASA: redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (see H.R. 3245), H9275 [31JY]
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 273), H16948 [19DE]
National Academy of Sciences: provide for a study to identify the proper response to the growth of Internet gambling (see H.R. 2140), H4915 [10MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Day of Readiness and Vigilance: establish (see H. Con. Res. 208), H10757 [24SE]
National Foster Care Month: observance (see H. Res. 263), H3401 [16AP]
National Foster Parents Day: support (see H. Res. 179), H3401 [16AP]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 25), H4915 [10MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1157), H2822 [21MR]
———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 715), H987 [29JA]
National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 29), H790 [19JA]
National Night Out: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 539), H7656 [11JY]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H7982 [17JY]
National Suffragists Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3361 [29MR]
National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 442), H6332 [12JN]
Native American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), H13859 [13NO]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H515 [12JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H12739 [5NO]
———require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H15738 [17DE]
———tribute to veterans (see H. Res. 744), H11729 [17OC]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H10157 [5SE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H14158 [4DE]
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 1957), H5054 [15MY]
NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H2341 [8MR]
Nuclear energy: establish an international regime for the assured supply of nuclear fuel and authorize contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency to establish of a nuclear fuel bank (see H.R. 885), H5724 [23MY]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H3696 [19AP]
Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 2918), H7431 [28JN]
Patents: reform (see H.R. 1908), H3559 [18AP]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 291), H4295 [1MY]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H3562 [18AP]
———prevent closure or consolidation of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1055 [30JA]
Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see H.R. 1302), H3363 [29MR]
Power resources: ensure the U.S. leads in developing and manufacturing new energy technologies, grow the economy, create highly trained and skilled jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2809), H6955 [21JN]
———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), H9657 [2AU]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H4967 [14MY]
———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]
Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1919), H3560 [18AP]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H5622 [22MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 307), H3562 [18AP]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H2121 [1MR]
Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see H. Res. 185), H8822 [27JY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3929), H11933 [23OC]
San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 123), H114 [5JA]
San Marino: recognize close relationship with the U.S. and commemorate bilateral exchange of Ambassadors (see H. Con. Res. 236), H11639 [16OC]
Schools: establish State infrastructure banks to improve financing of school construction and renovation (see H.R. 2573), H6007 [5JN]
Ships and vessels: express importance of protecting cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensure perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice (see H. Res. 652), H11848 [22OC]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H341 [10JA]
———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), H10902 [25SE]
———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), H113 [5JA]
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), H1415 [8FE]
Sudan: encourage the People's Republic of China use of influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 422), H6009 [5JN]
———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H987 [29JA]
Taxation: allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see H.R. 1818), H3359 [29MR]
———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), H14250 [5DE]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H3364 [29MR]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 551), H758 [18JA]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H2435 [12MR]
———exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the U.S. (see H.R. 1974), H11316 [4OC]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H10902 [25SE]
———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H945 [24JA]
———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H4915 [10MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H4487 [3MY]
———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H945 [24JA]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit (see H.R. 2298), H6735 [19JN]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H3081 [26MR]
———modify rules relative to clean energy renewable bonds (see H.R. 1821), H4417 [2MY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H1667 [14FE]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H5928 [24MY]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H2241 [6MR]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 976), H1565 [13FE]
Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 3541), H11029 [27SE]
———facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H435 [11JA]
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), H8121 [18JY]
Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H11071 [1OC]
Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (see H.R. 1456), H6235 [11JN]
U.S. attorneys: recognize past and present contributions (see H. Res. 247), H4294 [1MY]
United Kingdom: express gratitude to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for State Visit and reaffirm friendship that exists between the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Res. 412), H5533 [21MY]
University of California, Los Angeles: tribute to women's water polo team (see H. Res. 493), H7012 [22JN]
University of Central Arkansas: anniversary (see H. Res. 436), H6112 [6JN]
Valenti, Jack: tribute (see H. Res. 361), H4292 [1MY]
Venezuela: respect a free and independent media and avoid censorship against media and freedom of expression (see H. Con. Res. 77), H2121 [1MR]
Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H3363 [29MR]
Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H11071 [1OC]
Vietnam: condemn conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy activists, call for their immediate release and of all political and religious prisoners, and encourage democracy efforts (see H. Res. 447), H6829 [20JN]
Voitier, Doris: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage Award recipient (see H. Res. 251), H5929 [24MY]
Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 1747), H4754 [9MY]
Winton, Nicholas: tribute (see H. Res. 583), H8820 [27JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
World Intellectual Property Day: support goals (see H. Res. 314), H3476 [17AP]
World War II: honor the service and sacrifice of glider pilots (see H. Con. Res. 42), H2401 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 93), H2620 [15MR]
Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10363 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1054 [30JA]
Computers: better assure cyber-security (see H.R. 2290), H4965 [14MY]
Crime: increase and enhance resources and penalties relative to the investigation and prosecution of violent gangs and expand and improve gang prevention programs (see H.R. 3547), H10433 [17SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (see H.R. 2631), H6180 [7JN]
Gonzales, Attorney General: express no confidence in performance of duties and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5531 [21MY]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 11), H110 [5JA]
Law enforcement: improve efforts to reduce gang activity and violent crime (see H.R. 1582), H2742 [20MR]
National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3184 [27MR]
Nuclear weapons: establish the transfer of any nuclear weapon, device, material, or technology to terrorists as a crime against humanity (see H.R. 2254), H4752 [9MY]
Political action committees: prohibit from making payments to a candidate's spouse and require report on disbursements made to immediate family members (see H.R. 2630), H6180 [7JN]
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (see H.R. 1835), H3360 [29MR]
Treaties and agreements: sanction countries that withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (see H. Con. Res. 228), H11315 [4OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1574 [14FE]
Black History Month: observance, H1400 [8FE]
Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H76 [5JA]
Burbank, CA: anniversary of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, E1828
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 106), H3755 [23AP]
———speech on Iraq, H398 [11JA]
Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (H. Res. 76), E686
Climate: global warming, H1394 [8FE]
Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H6368 [13JN]
Crime: establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish arsonist registries and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a national arsonist registry and notification program (H.R. 1759), H14197 [5DE]
Davidson, Robert C., Jr.: Morehouse College Bennie Leadership Award recipient, E200
Democratic Party: national agenda, H775 [19JA]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), H6368 [13JN]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6805 [20JN]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of associated resources (H.R. 3998), E2520
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8141, H8144, H8147, H8151 [19JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H8141, H8144, H8147, H8151 [19JY]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8368, H8371 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3074), H8368, H8371 [24JY]
Dink, Hrant: condemn murder of Turkish journalist, H1117 [31JA]
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), E152
FBI: prohibit funding for certain exigent circumstance letters to U.S. citizens, businesses, banks, firms or any other entity that retains personal identity information about citizens, H8642 [26JY]
Flintridge Foundation: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation Community Award recipient, E1204
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants, H14047 [15NO]
———amend to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance (H.R. 3356), H9689 [3AU]
———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), H14047 [15NO]
Garrett, Mike: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation Leadership Award recipient, E1206
Glendale, CA: anniversary of Glendale Adventist Academy, E827
———anniversary of Glendale Public Library, E2193
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), E154
House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H76 [5JA]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), H4904 [10MY]
———reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted, H4904 [10MY]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H398 [11JA]
———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), H7697 [12JY]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: encourage commitment to joint statement to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs, H1570 [14FE]
Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Autry National Center, E1589
———anniversary of La Salle High School, E769
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, H775 [19JA]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (H. Res. 328), H3755 [23AP]
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H256 [10JA], H775 [19JA]
NASA: funding, E1639
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H181
National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, H922 [24JA]
Pasadena, CA: anniversary of Mayfield Junior School and Mayfield Senior School, E548
———anniversary of Orange Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends, E2109
———anniversary of Orange Grove Monthly Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, E2128
———anniversary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pasadena, E1200
Pasadena Symphony Association: anniversary, E1957
Pasadena-Foothills Association of Realtors: anniversary, E1485
Political action committees: prohibit from making payments to a candidate's spouse and require report on disbursements made to immediate family members (H.R. 2630), H8231, H8233, H8234 [23JY]
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), H733 [18JA]
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor, E2520
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8651, H8652, H8654, H8658, H8661, H8662 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8642, H8651, H8652, H8654, H8658, H8661, H8662 [26JY], E1639
Social Security: extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), E1722
Temple City, CA: anniversary of Temple Beth David, E1236
Typecraft Wood & Jones (company): anniversary, E2176
Votes: position on missed, E998
Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America: anniversary, E559
World Press Freedom Day: observance, H4475, H4478, H4479, H4480 [3MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H55 [4JA], H107 [5JA], H432 [11JA], H510 [12JA], H757 [18JA], H787 [19JA], H939 [24JA], H1148 [31JA], H1411 [8FE], H2117 [1MR], H2338 [8MR], H2397 [9MR], H2618 [15MR], H2954 [22MR], H3355 [29MR], H3721 [20AP], H3775 [23AP], H5920 [24MY], H7773 [12JY], H8183 [19JY], H8818 [27JY]
Tributes
Acosta, Diane, E534
Arzoumanian, Gevork, E2345
Callaghan, Patricia, E533
Campos, Margarita, E530
Cherng, Peggy Tsiang, E535
Cowart, Faye, E1202
Jarahian, Jasik (Jasmen), E534
Kawaratani, Lilian, E577
Kossler, James, E772
Meyers, Carole, E2127
Skinner, Tyrone, H1979 [28FE]
Smith, Janet Barrie, E536
Stewart, Carla J., H1449 [12FE]
Tramel, Sarah, E532
Van de Kamp, John K., E825
Westhoff, Christopher, E1448
York, Margaret, E529