SOLIS, HILDA L. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9868 [4AU]
Appointments
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H2599 [15MR]
Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H2377 [9MR]
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]
Juanita Millender-McDonald funeral attendees, H4212 [1MY]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3265 [28MR]
Articles and editorials
Waning Hopes in Juarez, After Murders of Hundreds of Women, Statue of Limitations Takes Hold, Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington (DC) Post, H4934 [14MY]
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]
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act: establish integrated English literacy and civics education programs (see H.R. 2214), H4627 [8MY]
Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 947), H2341 [8MR]
African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H8743 [26JY]
Agriculture: assist socially disadvantaged farmers, create research, conservation, and market viability incentives, improve worker conditions, provide healthier food, and address hunger and poverty (see H.R. 2401), H5530 [21MY]
———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]
Air pollution: reduce emissions of ozone depleting substances in order to protect the climate and stratospheric ozone layer (see H.R. 3448), H10511 [18SE]
Allen, Frances E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 95), H3696 [19AP]
America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H10757 [24SE]
American Association for Cancer Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H11395 [9OC]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8741 [26JY]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3364 [29MR]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: 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]
———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H. Con. Res. 3), H6440 (see H. Con. Res. 3), H6477 [14JN]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 23), H516 [12JA]
———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 3990), H12155 [29OC]
———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), H13523 [9NO]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H9710 [3AU]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H8186 [19JY]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, Fontana, CA: designate (see H.R. 3569), H11491 [10OC]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H1968 [27FE]
BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H11777 [18OC]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 230), H11490 [10OC]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H8742 [26JY]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H16950 [19DE]
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 1702), H3080 [26MR]
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]
California: provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance for agricultural producers, manufacturers, and workers and appropriate funds for Pacific salmon emergency disaster assistance (see H.R. 925), H1413 [8FE]
———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]
Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]
Carlson, Robert: tribute (see H. Res. 841), H15215 [10DE]
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), H1791 [15FE]
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 a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H7982 [17JY]
———improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers (see H.R. 3411), H9706 [3AU]
———increase the effectiveness of international child abduction remedies (see H.R. 2518), H5924 [24MY]
———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), H6181 [7JN]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H10434 [17SE]
———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), H10370 [14SE]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H12104 [25OC]
Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H2122 [1MR]
Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Res. 347), H4292 [1MY]
Citizenship: assist lawfully-admitted aliens in becoming U.S. citizens by removing certain bureaucratic barriers (see H.R. 1379), H2301 [7MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H2241 [6MR]
Climate: address security risks posed by global climate change (see H.R. 1961), H3694 [19AP]
———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), H834 [22JA]
———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), H3777 [23AP]
Colombia: recognize contributions of, combat racial discrimination against, and ensure proper execution of assistance programs designated for Afro-Colombians (see H. Res. 618), H9709 [3AU]
Colorado Rockies (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 816), H15415 [12DE]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H670 [17JA]
Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 3914), H11846 [22OC]
Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 964), H1415 [8FE]
———provide for a comprehensive nationwide inventory of existing broadband service (see H.R. 3919), H11846 [22OC]
Congressional Cemetery: anniversary (see H. Res. 698), H12740 [5NO]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11491 [10OC]
Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2596), H10320 [7SE]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H11639 [16OC]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H944 [24JA]
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network: establish (see H.R. 3643), H14158 [4DE]
Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1943), H4417 [2MY]
———reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 178), H4487 [3MY]
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2320), H13296 [7NO]
Credit unions: clarify congressional intent for provision of affordable financial services in underserved areas (see H.R. 3113), H9657 [2AU]
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), H5532 [21MY]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 936), H1414 [8FE]
———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H4209 [30AP]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H515 [12JA]
Cuba: allow U.S. nationals and permanent residents to visit family members in Cuba (see H.R. 757), H1150 [31JA]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H1417 [8FE]
Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1472 [12FE]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H9468 (see H.R. 1154), H9545 [1AU]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to community-based organizations and local redevelopment agencies operating in low-income areas to promote increased access to healthy foods (see H.R. 45), H7656 [11JY]
———reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H4051 [24AP]
———reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H2820 [21MR]
Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services and provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning (see H.R. 3419), H9707 [3AU]
———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H11934 [23OC]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H3778 [23AP]
———award grants to urban communities to provide violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents in such communities (see H.R. 854), H10510 [18SE]
———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), H10076 [4SE]
———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] (see H.R. 3825), H14085 [15NO]
———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H2401 [9MR]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 1132), H2341 [8MR]
———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H9707 [3AU]
Dept. of Homeland Security: 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), H6828 [20JN]
———specify that the most populous urban areas are eligible for Urban Area Security Initiative grants (see H.R. 296), H1211 [5FE]
Dept. of HUD: establish a program to provide financial assistance to certain homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making home mortgage payments from their call to active military duty (see H.R. 2599), H6578 [15JN]
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]
———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H3696 [19AP]
———require State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funds awarded to States and political subdivisions be distributed within 120 days of the annual application period (see H.R. 3836), H11847 [22OC]
———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 2941), H9277 [31JY]
Dept. of State: enhance diplomatic relations with foreign countries and promote domestic business interests abroad by establishing a grant program to promote international travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3670), H12021 [24OC]
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]
———establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3114), H9469 (see H.R. 3114), H9545 [1AU]
———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]
———provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3111), H8185 [19JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H11935 [23OC]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H7776 [12JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H8618 [25JY]
Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H9277 [31JY]
———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H9276 [31JY]
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), H7983 [17JY]
———authorize grants to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to racial and ethnic minorities (see H.R. 2736), H6576 [15JN]
———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 1031), H1564 [13FE]
———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), H12238 [30OC]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H4965 [14MY]
———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), H9276 [31JY]
———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), H10434 [17SE]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H7776 [12JY]
———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H11172 [2OC]
———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H15469 [13DE]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1567), H7656 [11JY]
———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H11171 [2OC]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H11639 [16OC]
———provide activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women relative to ovarian and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2468), H10320 [7SE]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H7490 [10JY]
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]
———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H10245 [6SE]
———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 916), H1413 [8FE]
———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), H9706 [3AU]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H13296 [7NO]
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), H6404 [13JN]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3561 [18AP]
Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 2003), H7783 [13JY]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H9468 (see H.R. 1125), H9545 [1AU]
———suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H9468 (see H.R. 2443), H9545 [1AU]
Fair Labor Standards Act: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 2674), H9276 [31JY]
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), H5471 [17MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H9276 [31JY]
FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 2802), H7434 [28JN]
FDA: provide explicit authorization for the Office of Women's Health, improve regulation of breast implants, and convene a scientific workshop on use of emergency contraception by women under 18 (see H.R. 2503), H5923 [24MY]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H1790 [15FE]
———revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and enhance postmarket authorities relative to the safety of drugs (see H.R. 2900), H7430 [28JN]
Federal agencies and departments: direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 4652), H15467 [13DE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H6404 [13JN]
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), H5725 [23MY]
———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), H3724 [20AP]
———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]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]
Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 145), H4177 [25AP]
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), H7852 [16JY]
———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H2571 [14MR]
Foreign policy: recognize that violence poses an increasingly serious threat to peace and stability in Central America and support expanded cooperation to combat crime and violence (see H. Res. 564), H8619 [25JY]
Foreign trade: prevent extension of fast-track authority during the 110th Congress (see H. Res. 587), H8834 (see H. Res. 587), H9053 [30JY]
———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H4754 [9MY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 1008), H1563 [13FE]
———prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2478), H9276 [31JY]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H4553 [7MY]
Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, University City, MO: designate (see H.R. 1617), H3562 [18AP]
Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (see H.R. 1534), H6331 [12JN]
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]
———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 2464), H13412 [8NO]
———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see H.R. 2994), H15209 [6DE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1472 [12FE]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]
———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H14157 [4DE]
———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), H12238 [30OC]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H3401 [16AP]
———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3187), H10018 [4AU]
———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H9711 [3AU]
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), H5927 [24MY]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Hispanic Americans: recognize service, courage, and patriotism of those who served and continue to serve in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 253), H13522 [9NO]
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), H11492 [10OC]
Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H3018 [23MR]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H672 [17JA]
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]
Houston Dynamo (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 867), H15470 [13DE]
Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1512), H2486 [13MR]
———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 371), H341 [10JA]
———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]
———provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 1176), H3724 [20AP]
———provide lawful permanent resident status to the immediate family members of military service personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 3687), H13412 [8NO]
———reform (see H.R. 750), H4416 [2MY] (see H.R. 1645), H2956 [22MR]
———waive inadmissability based on misrepresentation for an immediate relative of certain Armed Forces members and extend nonimmigrant visa program for spouses and children of such members (see H.R. 1745), H5928 [24MY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: remove provisions rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 3337), H9655 [2AU]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1328), H2241 [6MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H13296 [7NO] (see H.R. 821), H13959 [14NO]
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 coverage of screening mammography for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 2708), H6404 [13JN]
International 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), H3724 [20AP]
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H.R. 787), H2121 [1MR] (see H. Res. 41), H573 [16JA]
———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H672 [17JA]
———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation (see H.R. 508), H1896 [16FE]
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), H3778 [23AP]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 521), H988 [29JA]
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]
McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]
Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H13296 [7NO]
———establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category of individuals for coverage under State programs (see H.R. 1376), H10510 [18SE]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H6008 [5JN]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H9654 [2AU]
———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), H7011 [22JN]
———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H9710 [3AU]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (see H.R. 2914), H14250 [5DE]
———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), H7340 [27JN]
———improve payments for academic anesthesiology programs for resident physicians and for academic programs for student registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1932), H7983 [17JY]
———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), H7777 [12JY]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H8186 [19JY]
———provide for guaranteed issue of supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon initial enrollment (see H.R. 1282), H14250 [5DE]
———provide health care benefits to all Americans (see H.R. 2034), H4175 [25AP]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 864), H7070 [25JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H6577 [15JN]
———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), H5928 [24MY]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H3695 [19AP]
———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]
``Milwaukee Brides Walk'': commemorate and recognize all brides marches in protest of domestic violence (see H. Res. 649), H10369 [14SE]
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), H11639 [16OC]
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), H2485 [13MR]
Muir Woods National Monument: anniversary (see H. Res. 868), H15470 [13DE]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]
National Cancer Research Month: designate (see H. Res. 448), H11395 [9OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H1417 [8FE]
National Hispanic Media Week: designate (see H. Res. 277), H8822 [27JY]
National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 169), H7203 [26JN]
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), H9276 [31JY]
National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System: establish (see H.R. 2342), H6661 [18JN]
National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H3401 [16AP]
National Minority Donor Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 555), H8398 [24JY]
National Missing Persons Day: establish (see H. Res. 303), H8398 [24JY]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H7982 [17JY]
Native American Heritage Day: designate (see H.R. 3585), H10624 [19SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H13859 [13NO]
Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 3), H6736 [19JN] (see H.J. Res. 68), H15316 [11DE]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H12238 [30OC]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H9276 [31JY]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 2087), H14084 [15NO]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H11495 [12OC]
NSF: establish a global warming education program (see H.R. 1728), H3696 [19AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H5293 [16MY]
———provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees (see H.R. 2435), H6009 [5JN]
Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H3777 [23AP]
OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl (see H.R. 2693), H6403 [13JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 2918), H7431 [28JN]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 108), H3361 [29MR]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H1211 [5FE]
Phoenix Mercury (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 654), H10697 [20SE]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4554 [7MY]
Poverty: express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 198), H9468 (see H. Con. Res. 198), H9544 [1AU]
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———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), H4753 [9MY]
Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 958), H1415 [8FE]
———strengthen Federal authority to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 948), H1414 [8FE]
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), H12453 [1NO]
———prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of certain children's products and child care articles that contain phthalates (see H.R. 4030), H12384 [31OC]
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), H6661 [18JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H3476 [17AP]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H3017 [23MR]
Puerto Rico: provide for NSF and NASA utilization of the Arecibo Observatory (see H.R. 3737), H12021 [24OC]
———recognize right to call a Constitutional Convention to exercise right of self-determination and establish mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision (see H.R. 1230), H2037 [28FE]
Robstown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 785), H12456 [1NO]
Rutgers University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 300), H3475 [17AP]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3132), H8292 [23JY]
San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 123), H114 [5JA]
San Jose State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 365), H11848 [22OC]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 901), H2121 [1MR]
———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), H8186 [19JY]
———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 2928), H7431 [28JN]
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), H12455 [1NO]
Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3692), H11549 [15OC]
Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1111), H1892 [16FE]
———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see H.R. 2870), H8122 [18JY]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3963), H12104 [25OC]
———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), H11250 [3OC]
———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H2164 [5MR]
———prohibit implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing health coverage to children in need under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3555), H10433 [17SE]
———protect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) (see H.R. 4807), H16833 [18DE]
———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 2943), H7432 [28JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H7434 [28JN]
Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H4487 [3MY]
Surgeon General: ensure independence from political interference (see H.R. 3447), H9708 [3AU]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 129), H9657 [2AU]
Taxation: allow designation of tax payments to provide Head Start funding, reduce the national debt, and provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans instead of supporting the war in Iraq (see H.R. 3125), H8821 [27JY]
———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), H7776 [12JY]
———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]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 551), H4753 [9MY]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H10320 [7SE]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3279 [28MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H10017 [4AU]
———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]
———include heavier vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 2715), H7657 [11JY]
———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), H12739 [5NO]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 3160), H8396 [24JY]
———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 3319), H9654 [2AU]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H4629 [8MY]
———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H4484 [3MY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H117 [5JA]
———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see H.R. 3402), H13960 [14NO]
Terrorism: condemn attacks in Casablanca, Morocco, and Algiers, Algeria (see H. Res. 310), H3475 [17AP]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H11935 [23OC]
Transportation: provide for mass transportation services that provide temporary substitute highway traffic service as a result of an emergency (see H.R. 2783), H10246 [6SE]
U.N.: 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), H9711 [3AU]
U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H11250 [3OC]
Ukraine: elections (see H. Res. 713), H11315 [4OC]
University of California, Los Angeles: tribute to women's water polo team (see H. Res. 493), H15739 [17DE]
University of Central Arkansas: anniversary (see H. Res. 436), H6112 [6JN]
University of Southern California: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 126), H1211 [5FE]
Valenti, Jack: tribute (see H. Res. 361), H4915 [10MY]
Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H3724 [20AP]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H2122 [1MR]
———prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4014), H16835 [18DE]
———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 2395), H9276 [31JY]
———provide job protection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see H.R. 4015), H16835 [18DE]
———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), H16835 [18DE]
World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 265), H15415 [12DE]
Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Air pollution: reduce air pollution from marine vessels (see H.R. 2548), H5926 [24MY]
Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, Baldwin Park, CA: designate (see H.R. 625), H835 [22JA]
California: designate certain lands as wilderness, certain rivers as wild and scenic, salmon restoration areas, and establish Sacramento River National Recreation Area and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 860), H1271 [6FE]
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), H514 [12JA]
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), H252 [9JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 542), H672 [17JA]
Diseases: improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship (see H.R. 4450), H15316 [11DE]
Ecology and environment: codify executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations and implement EPA and GAO recommendations on environmental justice (see H.R. 1103), H1789 [15FE]
Education: establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3842), H11638 [16OC]
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), H944 [24JA]
Health: provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (see H.R. 1968), H3694 [19AP]
———require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (see H.R. 398), H343 [10JA]
Homeless: strengthen and expand substance abuse and mental health services to persons experiencing homelessness (see H.R. 4129), H13412 [8NO]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H123 [5JA]
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), H10319 [7SE]
Immigration: provide for safe and humane policies and procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention, and processing of aliens in immigration enforcement operations (see H.R. 3980), H12103 [25OC]
Marisol Heredia Post Office Building, El Monte, CA: designate (see H.R. 4185), H13959 [14NO]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H7774 [12JY]
Power resources: establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program (see H.R. 2847), H7069 [25JN]
Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 1747), H3278 [28MR]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H2343 [9MR], H2573 [15MR], H4555 [8MY], H7855 [17JY], H16645 [18DE]
Letters
Express sympathy to families of Guatemalan women and girls murdered and encourage the Guatemalan Government to bring an end to these crimes: several immigrant advocacy organizations, H4244 [1MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H10513 [19SE], H11397 [10OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H12160 [30OC]
Appropriations: making supplemental for disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses and Western States for fisheries, wildland firefighting, and rural schools (H.R. 2207), consideration (H. Res. 387), H4776 [10MY]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2930
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4218 [1MY]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), consideration (H. Res. 387), H4776 [10MY]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq, H314 [10JA]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1524 [13FE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E857
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H4530 [7MY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1477 [13FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7542
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3085 [27MR], H3305 [29MR]
Civil rights: anniversary of Mendez v. Westminster decision which ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in California schools (H. Res. 721), E2233
———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H6013 [6JN]
Climate: global warming, H7082 [26JN], H10941 [27SE]
———require report on impact of global climate change on developing countries, H9868, H9869 [4AU]
Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), H7542
Congress: tribute to Artistic Discovery student art competition participants, E1027
Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3305 [29MR]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1592), H4447
Democratic Party: national agenda, H840 [23JA], H3085 [27MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency backlog of naturalization applications, H15322 [12DE]
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 (H.R. 359), H7439 [10JY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7082 [26JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (H.R. 2895), H11398 [10OC]
Dialogue on Diversity (organization): tribute to public policy forum, E495
Diseases: provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities, H3761 [23AP]
Economy: promote investment in green products and services to increase employment opportunities for workers in underserved communities, H5537 [22MY]
Education: establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (H.R. 3842), E2149
———reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H618, H624
EPA: funding, H3305 [29MR]
Ferrera, America: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award recipient, H10411 [17SE]
———Golden Globes award recipient, H579 [17JA]
Foreign trade: reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), E2305
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 1595), H4561 [8MY]
Guatemala: express sympathy to families of women and girls murdered and encourage the Guatemalan Government to bring an end to these crimes (H. Res. 100), H4244, H4245 [1MY]
Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4334
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1178 [5FE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H374 [11JA]
———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (H.R. 1968), H5059 [16MY]
History: commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (H. Res. 272), H4237 [1MY]
House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H61 [5JA]
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 (H. Res. 642), H10782
Immigration: reform (S. 1348), H5987 [5JN]
———tribute to immigrant members of the military, H5987 [5JN], H16649 [18DE]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H994 [30JA], H4218 [1MY], E1859
———call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H2545 [14MR]
———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (H.R. 2237), consideration (H. Res. 387), H4776 [10MY]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 533), H7671 [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), consideration (H. Res. 203), H2047 [1MR]
Los Angeles, CA: observance of Denim Day, E905
Medicaid: amend rules governing citizenship documentation requirements for children enrolling in State Children's Health Insurance Program, H13864 [14NO]
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H454 [12JA]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes, H4933 [14MY], H10048 [4SE]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (H. Res. 328), H3751 [23AP]
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H283 [10JA]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3014), H8124 [19JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), conference report, E1861
National Minority Health Month: observance, H3758, H3760, H3761, H3764 [23AP]
Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty, H12160 [30OC]
Power resources: establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program, H9737 [4AU]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 846), H14258 [6DE]
———invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 877), H16652 [18DE]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9737, H9868, H9869 [4AU]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), unanimous-consent agreement, H9869 [4AU]
San Diego, CA: tribute to Tri-Caucus Health Disparities Summit, H8124 [19JY]
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), H8402 [25JY], H9471 [1AU]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H13864 [14NO]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), consideration (H. Res. 774), H12036 [25OC]
———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H16851 [19DE]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10875 [25SE], H11211 [3OC], H11939 [24OC]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H3759 [23AP]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding to reduce shortfalls in State allotments, H1178 [5FE]
Taxation: provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), Senate amendments, H10875 [25SE]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11211 [3OC], H11939 [24OC]
Television: portrayal of Hispanic Americans, H10411 [17SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1861
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (H.R. 3887), E2510
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H6408 [14JN]
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13307
Univision Communications, Inc.: tribute to launch of ``Al Punto'' news show, E2145
Votes: position on missed, H4120
Votes in House: condemn practice of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time, H61 [5JA]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H335 [10JA], H432 [11JA], H668 [17JA], H1053 [30JA], H1148 [31JA], H1207 [5FE], H2569 [14MR], H3557 [18AP], H4550 [7MY], H4910 [10MY], H4954 [14MY], H6003 [5JN], H10071 [4SE], H10431 [17SE], H11488 [10OC], H11546 [15OC]
Tributes
Aguillen, Dean, E2512
Estrada, Richard, H10513 [19SE]
Heredia, Marisol, E1900
McCarthy, Leo T., E337
Renteria, Esther, E468
Velasquez, Eleonor, E1857