SCHWARTZ, ALLYSON Y. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9853 [4AU]
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), H11548 [15OC]
Afghanistan: condemn terrorist bombing and express condolences to the people of Afghanistan and the members of Wolesi Jirga (see H. Res. 811), H13523 [9NO]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H941 [24JA]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H15215 [10DE]
Anaheim Ducks (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 471), H7657 [11JY]
Animals: strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6332 [12JN]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H435 [11JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 718), H1565 [13FE]
———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]
———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H10018 [4AU]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H945 [24JA]
———provide for certain members of the Selected Reserve to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1211), H1967 [27FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H943 [24JA]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H13205 [6NO]
———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 3780), H13960 [14NO]
Army: expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941 (see H.R. 2267), H14084 [15NO]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Bangladesh: urge the dropping of all pending charges against journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (see H. Res. 64), H572 [16JA]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H9710 [3AU]
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1154 [31JA]
Carson, Rachel: tribute (see H. Res. 450), H5927 [24MY]
Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H7070 [25JN]
———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H14084 [15NO]
———promote youth financial education (see H.R. 4335), H15738 [17DE]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H15208 [6DE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H2241 [6MR]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H16950 [19DE]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Colleges and universities: authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies (see H.R. 1716), H3183 [27MR]
———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 642), H11171 [2OC]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H11029 [27SE]
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), H11491 [10OC]
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]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H14084 [15NO]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 814), H1210 [5FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H343 [10JA]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H2400 [9MR]
Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1472 [12FE]
Dams: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1098), H4176 [25AP]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H3185 [27MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H3477 [17AP]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H4176 [25AP]
———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H4176 [25AP]
Dept. of Energy: 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]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H9710 [3AU]
———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see H.R. 2477), H14250 [5DE]
———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), H5473 [17MY]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 1132), H2166 [5MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow filing of orphan petitions by individuals for at least two years after approval of advanced processing application (see H.R. 628), H1153 [31JA]
———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 917), H1897 [16FE]
Dept. of Justice: express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5623 [22MY]
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), H4293 [1MY]
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), H5622 [22MY]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H10017 [4AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H943 [24JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H251 [9JA]
———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H3778 [23AP]
———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H3693 [19AP]
———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]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H11491 [10OC]
———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), H16950 [19DE]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H11639 [16OC]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2119 [1MR]
Education: assist States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs available and economically affordable for families of all children (see H.R. 2859), H7201 [26JN]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2373), H5470 [17MY]
———provide for a statewide early childhood education professional development and career system (see H.R. 3966), H15209 [6DE]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
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), H13960 [14NO]
Engineering: establish eligibility of individuals for a loan forgiveness program for professional engineers to provide incentives for current engineers or students pursuing engineering or science degrees (see H.R. 3634), H15209 [6DE]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H9710 [3AU]
FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 2802), H16950 [19DE]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]
FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H4176 [25AP]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H4293 [1MY]
———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 985), H2401 [9MR]
———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2892), H13205 [6NO]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1479), H2436 [12MR]
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: 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), H4204 [26AP]
Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H13960 [14NO]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H834 [22JA]
Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H8821 [27JY]
———reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (see H.R. 3920), H11846 [22OC]
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), H2121 [1MR]
Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, University City, MO: designate (see H.R. 1617), H3562 [18AP]
Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 2677), H14157 [4DE]
———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), H2340 [8MR]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H945 [24JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H15469 [13DE]
Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2123), H4483 [3MY]
Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see H.R. 772), H4967 [14MY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H1565 [13FE]
House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (see H. Res. 24), H120 [5JA]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H10696 [20SE]
India: address ongoing problem of untouchability (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6182 [7JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 821), H2486 [13MR]
Indonesia: commend democratic elections in Aceh and express support for further democratic development and implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (see H. Res. 238), H8822 [27JY]
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), H13959 [14NO]
———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), H14084 [15NO]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H670 [17JA]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H8743 [26JY]
———regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H789 [19JA]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H2672 [19MR]
———express concern about threatening behavior of current regime and activities of terrorist organizations sponsored by that regime in Latin America (see H. Res. 435), H5724 [23MY]
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H. Res. 41), H836 [22JA]
———prevent establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 46), H987 [29JA]
———provide for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability (see H. Res. 97), H1273 [6FE]
———require the President of the U.S. and senior diplomatic and military officials to develop a plan for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.R. 3087), H8120 [18JY]
Israel: support upgrade in relationship with NATO to that of leading member of NATO's Mediterranean dialogue and to a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace (see H. Res. 235), H8293 [23JY]
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]
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 319), H2821 [21MR]
Kosovo: support independence (see H. Res. 309), H4052 [24AP]
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]
Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post Office, Jessup, PA: designate (see H.R. 3911), H12156 [29OC]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 678), H1417 [8FE]
Lesotho: commend enactment of law improving the status of married women and encourage efforts toward gender equity (see H. Res. 294), H6828 [20JN]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H2571 [14MR]
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), H7435 [28JN]
Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office, Hughesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2765), H7071 [25JN]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H10157 [5SE]
———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 1983), H14084 [15NO]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H2620 [15MR]
———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1479), H2436 [12MR]
———ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3057), H8743 [26JY]
———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H6008 [5JN]
———establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services so that direct payment to speech-language pathologists may be made (see H.R. 1774), H3357 [29MR]
———establish Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and apply improved practices in care management for beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions (see H.R. 4327), H14493 (see H.R. 4327), H15207 [6DE]
———expand number of beneficiaries eligible for coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2805), H12104 [25OC]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H2399 [9MR]
———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 4138), H13522 [9NO]
———improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (see H.R. 2914), H13960 [14NO]
———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 4206), H14081 [15NO]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H6577 [15JN]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 1190), H4914 [10MY]
———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), H10320 [7SE]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H11395 [9OC]
———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H9468 (see H.R. 1665), H9545 [1AU]
———provide coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) (see H.R. 4055), H12454 [1NO]
———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2567), H6828 [20JN]
———provide for guaranteed issue of supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon initial enrollment (see H.R. 1282), H4204 [26AP]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 864), H6181 [7JN]
———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H13960 [14NO]
———require prescription drug plans using formularies to cover all drugs in certain specified therapeutic categories and establish protective requirements for coverage determinations on such drugs (see H.R. 3061), H9711 [3AU]
———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), H14084 [15NO]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H6235 [11JN]
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]
Michael A. Marzano Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Hermitage, PA: designate (see H.R. 1594), H3696 [19AP]
Middle East: call for release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah (see H. Res. 107), H1565 [13FE]
———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]
———require the President to seek to institute a regional diplomatic plan (see H.R. 3797), H11935 [23OC]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Missing Children's Assistance Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2517), H8743 [26JY]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H4205 [26AP]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H1153 [31JA]
Nate DeTample Post Office Building, Morrisville, PA: designate (see H.R. 3297), H9467 (see H.R. 3297), H9544 [1AU]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 112), H4051 [24AP]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
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), H1969 [27FE]
National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 281), H4295 [1MY]
National Missing Persons Day: establish (see H. Res. 303), H8398 [24JY]
National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 537), H15209 [6DE]
National Teen Driver Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 165), H6110 [6JN]
National Women's Friendship Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 205), H10626 [19SE]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H344 [10JA]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H15317 [11DE]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H9656 [2AU]
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]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H15317 [11DE]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4417 [2MY]
Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see H.R. 1302), H4176 [25AP]
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), H7434 [28JN]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H2038 [28FE]
———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]
Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3080 [26MR]
Public Health Service Act: revise and expand the drug discount program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2606), H14084 [15NO]
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), H5533 [21MY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H2121 [1MR]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H1897 [16FE]
Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (see H.R. 1434), H2398 [9MR]
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), H5725 [23MY]
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), H1970 [27FE]
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area: include Butler County, PA (see H.R. 1083), H1789 [15FE]
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), H3477 [17AP]
Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2357), H5470 [17MY]
———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), 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), H5726 [23MY]
———identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H435 [11JA]
Taxation: allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 868), H1342 [7FE]
———allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H4417 [2MY]
———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), H4416 [2MY]
———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (see H.R. 3314), H12739 [5NO]
———allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit individual retirement accounts and facilitate similar savings by the self-employed (see H.R. 2167), H4485 [3MY]
———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), H9704 [3AU]
———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H10901 [25SE]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H4205 [26AP]
———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2345), H5290 [16MY]
———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H5470 [17MY]
———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 benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3279 [28MR]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (see H.R. 3648), H10900 [25SE]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H4627 [8MY]
———exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the U.S. (see H.R. 1974), H4176 [25AP]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 1876), H10756 [24SE]
———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 1540), H3477 [17AP]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]
———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 610), H834 [22JA]
———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 1820), H11316 [4OC]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3636), H13960 [14NO]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H5054 [15MY]
———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H6332 [12JN]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1498), H4176 [25AP]
———include heavier vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 2715), H6437 (see H.R. 2715), H6475 [14JN]
———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3605), H14158 [4DE]
———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 2021), H8618 [25JY]
———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1813), H3359 [29MR]
———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H10939 [26SE]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H4629 [8MY]
———modify the energy efficient appliance credit for certain newer appliances (see H.R. 2137), H4484 [3MY]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4484 [3MY]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1509), H2621 [15MR]
———permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 1810), H3359 [29MR]
———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H2241 [6MR]
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 2776), H6734 [19JN]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 976), H1472 [12FE]
———reform alternative minimum tax on corporations (see H.R. 3694), H13412 [8NO]
———S corporation reform (see H.R. 4840), H16946 [19DE]
———simplify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1147), H4204 [26AP]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H3278 [28MR]
U.N. Security Council: charge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide because of his call for the destruction of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 21), H887 [23JA]
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), H4294 [1MY]
Ukraine: elections (see H. Res. 713), H11549 [15OC]
University and College Union: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 467), H7071 [25JN]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 784), H1345 [7FE]
———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1472 [12FE]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1153 [31JA]
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1286), H2119 [1MR]
Women: authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 3514), H16835 [18DE]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H4176 [25AP]
World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3080 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children and youth: prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2842), H7010 [22JN]
Contracts: ensure Federal agencies consider the environmentally preferable features and practices of a vendor in purchase of meeting and conference services (see H.R. 3037), H7776 [12JY]
CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 4266), H14156 [4DE]
Disasters: protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 1099), H1789 [15FE]
Medicare: protect enrollees eligible for prescription drug benefit coverage from abusive marketing practices (see H.R. 2307), H4966 [14MY]
———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see H.R. 4296), H14250 [5DE]
National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 507), H6827 [20JN] (see H. Res. 513), H7070 [25JN]
Tariff: Epilink 701 (see H.R. 4267), H14156 [4DE]
———pure dicumyl peroxide (see H.R. 4519), H15413 [12DE]
Taxation: allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 898), H1343 [7FE]
———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 3770), H11315 [4OC]
———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H671 [17JA]
———modernize treatment of biomedical research corporations (see H.R. 3264), H9275 [31JY]
Lists
Organizations supporting State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H7848 [16JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H7997 [18JY], H8745 [27JY], H10247 [7SE]
Remarks
Abington Township, PA: tribute to Abington Senior High School participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, E2344
Appropriations: making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2934 [22MR]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1769 [15FE]
Budget: balance, H3249 [28MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3249 [28MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), H4764 [10MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), conference report, H5366 [17MY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H16839 [19DE]
Contracts: ensure Federal agencies consider the environmentally preferable features and practices of a vendor in purchase of meeting and conference services, H9854 [4AU]
Education: authorize appropriations for basic research and research infrastructure in science and engineering, and for support of graduate fellowships (H.R. 363), H4054 [25AP]
Foreign trade: enforcement of environmental standards in future free trade agreements, H5609 [22MY]
———enforcement of labor standards in future free trade agreements, H5603, H5605, H5608, H5609 [22MY]
———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H5603, H5606 [22MY]
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H375 [11JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), consideration (H. Res. 464), H6120 [7JN]
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Council Migration Service of Philadelphia: anniversary, E625
House Democracy Assistance Commission: establish (H. Res. 24), H998 [30JA]
Iraq: 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), H7695 [12JY]
———require the President of the U.S. and senior diplomatic and military officials to develop a plan for the redeployment of U.S. forces (H.R. 3087), H11119 [2OC]
Lansdale, PA: tribute to Peak Center (organization) participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, E2349
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H182
National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 513), H7049, H7050 [25JN]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (H.R. 1700), H13947 [14NO], E1068
Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Free Library of Philadelphia Holmesburg Branch, E1285
———anniversary of Philadelphia Fire Dept. Engine Co. 52, E2043
———condemn violence against police officers, H13947 [14NO]
———tribute to designation of Temple Beth Sholom as National Historic Landmark, E770
———tribute to George Washington High School participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, E2346
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), H696 [18JA]
———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, H14254 [6DE]
———national energy policy, H4971 [15MY]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9854 [4AU]
Small business: expand opportunities for investments in small business (H.R. 3567), H10996 [27SE]
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), H8745 [27JY], H9480 [1AU], H10247 [7SE]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H12077 [25OC]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10630 [20SE], H10875 [25SE], H11174 [3OC], H11642 [17OC], H11737 [18OC]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H3249 [28MR], H4034 [24AP], H7661 [12JY], H7841, H7842, H7843, H7844, H7845, H7846, H7847, H7848 [16JY]
Springfield Township, PA: anniversary of Wyndmoor Hose Co. No. 1, E773
———tribute to Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, E2348
Taxation: allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel, H1857
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), H13460
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3996), Senate amendment, H16895 [19DE]
———modernize treatment of biomedical research corporations (H.R. 3264), E1689
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 2776), H9939 [4AU]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H13460
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 4351), H15378 [12DE]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), H1857
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10875 [25SE]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11174 [3OC], H11642 [17OC], H11737 [18OC]
———rates, H3249 [28MR]
Terrorism: first responder interoperable communications funding, H182
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13285 [7NO]
Upper Dublin Township, PA: tribute to adoption of environmentally conscious practices and use of alternative energy sources, E2468
———tribute to Upper Dublin High School participation in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, E2341
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2954 [22MR], H4049 [24AP], H13956 [14NO]
Tributes
Lavengood, Martin B., H7997 [18JY]
Onley, Francesca, E2464