SPACE, ZACHARY T. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6334 [12JN], H6757 [20JN]
Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4369 [2MY]
Appointments
Paul E. Gillmor funeral attendees, H10368 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs and establish National Institutes for Food and Agriculture (see H.R. 2398), H5530 [21MY]
Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H4553 [7MY]
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1895 [16FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8741 [26JY]
Animals: establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 1232), H10510 [18SE]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 799), H1208 [5FE]
Armed Forces: allow active member to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits (see H.R. 3298), H15738 [17DE]
———authorize members receiving outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to receive such care through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1546), H2620 [15MR]
———commend volunteers and other individuals who provide support to families and children of deployed members (see H. Con. Res. 181), H7433 [28JN]
———enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 718), H3363 [29MR]
———enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for service (see H.R. 513), H11639 [16OC]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H15738 [17DE]
———express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 87), H1970 [27FE]
———increase basic pay (see H. Con. Res. 162), H12740 [5NO]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H4293 [1MY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H10370 [14SE]
———reimburse tuition for programs of education interrupted by military service, defer student loans, and reduce interest rates during periods of military service (see H.R. 2910), H10366 [11SE]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H12385 [31OC]
———revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and the militia to address interference with State or Federal law (see H.R. 869), H2243 [6MR]
———study needs of wounded women warriors (see H.R. 2394), H6182 [7JN]
———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]
———tribute to 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10697 [20SE]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H16951 [19DE]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Border Patrol: request congressional pardon for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean (see H.R. 563), H4487 [3MY]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H6956 [21JN]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2744 [20MR]
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), H2437 [12MR]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H2339 [8MR]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 1473), H11847 [22OC]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H2243 [6MR]
———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H12104 [25OC]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H9656 [2AU]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H13523 [9NO]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H7340 [27JN]
Colleges and universities: establish a demonstration loan program for nontraditional students (see H.R. 3378), H10435 [17SE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7434 [28JN]
Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Constantino Brumidi for display in the Capital Visitor Center (see H.R. 1313), H8397 [24JY]
Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 2054), H6578 [15JN]
Computers: establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety (see H.R. 3461), H12238 [30OC]
———provide for a comprehensive nationwide inventory of existing broadband service (see H.R. 3919), H11846 [22OC]
Congressional Trade Office: establish (see H.R. 548), H4753 [9MY]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1767), H11548 [15OC]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H14084 [15NO]
Crime: impose surcharges on unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and victims of crime, provide offsets on amounts collected by the Dept. of Justice for Federal agencies, and increase assessments imposed on convicted persons (see H.R. 2878), H12238 [30OC]
———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H1272 [6FE]
Cyprus: support positive actions aimed at opening additional crossing points along the cease-fire line, thereby contributing to reunification efforts (see H. Res. 407), H5054 [15MY]
———support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H9709 [3AU] (see H. Res. 627), H10017 [4AU]
———support U.N.-brokered agreement between Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relative to reunification (see H. Res. 405), H5053 [15MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: tailor rural broadband program to better serve those living in rural areas (see H.R. 2035), H7983 [17JY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software Institute (see H.R. 3466), H12104 [25OC]
Dept. of Energy: prohibit use of Global Nuclear Energy Partnership funds for certain nuclear waste storage (see H.R. 2282), H4913 [10MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 2165), H11028 [27SE]
———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H10510 [18SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct pilot program to deploy mobile biometric identification equipment on maritime vessels for immigration enforcement (see H.R. 2490), H11070 [1OC]
Dept. of Justice: eliminate matching requirement for certain bulletproof armor vest purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof armor vests (see H.R. 3711), H11777 [18OC]
———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see H.R. 3845), H11638 [16OC]
———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (see H.R. 719), H8186 [19JY]
———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), H11548 [15OC]
———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 2941), H7852 [16JY]
Dept. of State: refund passport processing fees and international travel costs as a result of unreasonable delays in passport application processing times (see H.R. 2745), H7491 [10JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H8618 [25JY]
———prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins (see H.R. 3330), H11395 [9OC]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H4293 [1MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: advertise in the national media to promote awareness of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 3681), H12104 [25OC]
———change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H12385 [31OC]
———condition payment of bonuses to certain officers pending reduction in unresolved disability compensation claims (see H.R. 2292), H4965 [14MY]
———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H2671 [19MR]
———establish a Bonus Review Board (see H.R. 4229), H14082 [15NO]
———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see H.R. 4089), H15738 [17DE]
———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 67), H5621 [22MY]
———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H7433 [28JN]
———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), H9656 [2AU]
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: extend authority for establishment of memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 995), H2166 [5MR]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 3926), H15215 [10DE]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5622 [22MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H8742 [26JY]
———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 4), H4754 [9MY]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H5928 [24MY]
Ecology and environment: develop a methodology for, and complete a national assessment of, geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide (see H.R. 1267), H7433 [28JN]
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H3695 [19AP]
———ensure that participants in the Troops to Teachers program may teach at a range of eligible schools (see H.R. 711), H8742 [26JY]
ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity for certain retired airline pilots (see H.R. 2103), H10511 [18SE]
Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (see H.R. 4220), H15738 [17DE]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 2881), H7339 [27JN]
———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H11171 [2OC]
Families and domestic relations: establish and expand programs using multiple networks to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support to foster children and their families (see H.R. 4198), H14081 [15NO]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H10434 [17SE]
Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]
FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H2165 [5MR]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H6008 [5JN]
———establish certain protections for preference eligibles selected for involuntary geographic reassignment (see H.R. 728), H4293 [1MY]
———prevent Government officials from accepting travel from persons having business before their agencies (see H.R. 4121), H13411 [8NO]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H5054 [15MY]
Food industry: enhance State inspection of meat and poultry (see H.R. 2315), H5929 [24MY]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H5927 [24MY]
———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H6008 [5JN]
———provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy and clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 782), H1151 [31JA]
FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 1008), H5927 [24MY]
George B. Lewis Post Office Building, Blue Creek, OH: designate (see H.R. 2077), H4209 [30AP]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 2316), H5533 [21MY]
Greece: extend condolences for loss of life and destruction caused by raging fires (see H. Res. 629), H10076 [4SE]
———recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 148), H1416 [8FE]
———urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 2526), H5925 [24MY]
Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H3695 [19AP]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 3750), H12238 [30OC]
Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H4293 [1MY]
Higher Education Act: expand definition of independent student to include homeless youth (see H.R. 601), H8186 [19JY]
Homeless: establish task force to examine homelessness and make recommendations to alleviate causes and effects (see H.R. 3385), H11316 [4OC]
House Ethics Commission: establish (see H.R. 1754), H4914 [10MY]
House Independent Commission on Standards: establish (see H.R. 4239), H14082 [15NO]
Houston, TX: commend Wings Over Houston Airshow for contribution to the appreciation, understanding, and future of the Armed Forces, the city of Houston, TX, and Ellington Field (see H. Res. 691), H11071 [1OC]
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), H5054 [15MY]
———enforce existing immigration laws and improve border security (see H. Res. 499), H9657 [2AU]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 4088), H13203 [6NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H3695 [19AP]
Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 1518), H10434 [17SE]
———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), H10939 [26SE]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H8834 (see H.R. 1076), H9053 [30JY]
Intellectual property: improve management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement (see H.R. 3578), H11640 [16OC]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H10939 [26SE]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H6008 [5JN]
Johnson, Shawn: tribute (see H. Res. 684), H11848 [22OC]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]
Law enforcement: issuance of special postage stamps to fund gang prevention programs (see H.R. 1070), H8186 [19JY]
———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H987 [29JA]
———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H16947 [19DE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1661), H11028 [27SE]
Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients (see H.R. 2317), H5473 [17MY]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H13960 [14NO]
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), H6236 [11JN]
Medicaid: ensure beneficiary access to generic drugs by setting pharmacy reimbursement based on retail acquisition cost and to promote use of generic drugs (see H.R. 3140), H11028 [27SE]
———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2066), H12103 [25OC]
———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H3477 [17AP]
———limit required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads to class II narcotics (see H.R. 3090), H8187 [19JY]
———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 1983), H10510 [18SE]
Medicare: disapprove rule relative to coverage of the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients (see H.J. Res. 54), H12238 [30OC]
———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H8187 [19JY]
———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H13861 [13NO]
———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2827), H11395 [9OC]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H2821 [21MR]
———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), H10076 [4SE]
———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H15738 [17DE]
Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]
———deny cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 2934), H7491 [10JY]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H3080 [26MR]
Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 18), H11250 [3OC]
Michael Bilirakis Dept. of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 4264), H14156 [4DE]
Military Order of the Purple Heart: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 49), H2122 [1MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect and enhance the health of miners (see H.R. 2769), H10511 [18SE]
———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (see H.R. 2768), H10511 [18SE]
Missing Children's Assistance Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2517), H8743 [26JY]
Mooney, Tom: tribute (see H. Res. 104), H987 [29JA]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H8618 [25JY]
National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 215), H12104 [25OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: require disclosure of information on the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles (see H.R. 1029), H2401 [9MR]
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), H5532 [21MY]
Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H11639 [16OC]
New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H8122 [18JY]
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]
Ohio: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of flooding and commend persons and organizations working to restore affected areas (see H. Res. 728), H11490 [10OC]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4487 [3MY]
Our Military Kids, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 313), H4488 [3MY]
Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]
Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see H.R. 2264), H5533 [21MY]
———prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline (see H.R. 2283), H4913 [10MY]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H6112 [6JN]
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]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H4967 [14MY]
———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 25), H2401 [9MR]
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), H14158 [4DE]
Public documents: enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public (see H.R. 3548), H12238 [30OC]
Public 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), H10940 [26SE]
Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 1483), H2436 [12MR]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H4176 [25AP]
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), H4754 [9MY]
———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 983), H9468 (see H.R. 983), H9545 [1AU]
Railroads: ensure competition, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes (see H.R. 2125), H5533 [21MY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2560), H6006 [5JN]
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), H4554 [7MY]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H8293 [23JY]
———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), H12739 [5NO]
———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), H2671 [19MR]
Staff Sergeant Omer T. ``O.T.'' Hawkins Post Office, Cherry Fork, OH: designate (see H.R. 2078), H4209 [30AP]
Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H7340 [27JN]
Taxation: allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and increase tax liability of parent required to pay such unpaid child support (see H.R. 3258), H9275 [31JY]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H10940 [26SE]
———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see H.R. 1818), H8743 [26JY]
———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), H10245 [6SE]
———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H11317 [4OC]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H1414 [8FE]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (see H.R. 3648), H10900 [25SE]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H7983 [17JY]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H3696 [19AP]
———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H7657 [11JY]
———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H4628 [8MY]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H7983 [17JY]
———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H7011 [22JN]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H15317 [11DE]
———modify tax credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds (see H.R. 1965), H5928 [24MY]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H11317 [4OC]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H11028 [27SE]
———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H9656 [2AU]
———provide incentives for improving mine safety (see H.R. 3486), H12021 [24OC]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2116), H5055 [15MY]
———reduce estate tax by increasing unified credit, lowering maximum rate, restoring exclusion for family-owned business interests, and excluding value of decedent's principal residence (see H.R. 4042), H12453 [1NO]
———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see H.R. 3874), H13523 [9NO]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H6735 [19JN]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H11172 [2OC]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H15469 [13DE]
Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H11321 [5OC]
Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (see H.R. 2095), H5533 [21MY]
Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (see H.R. 1456), H2399 [9MR]
———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Res. 373), H4486 [3MY]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 278), H4628 [8MY]
Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 3249), H9275 [31JY]
———expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 358), H2121 [1MR]
———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), H1272 [6FE]
———extend eligibility for combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services retirees that are retired with fewer than twenty years of creditable service (see H.R. 89), H10510 [18SE]
———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———improve annual report required on veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 1632), H7852 [16JY]
———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 797), H2039 [28FE]
———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see H.R. 2005), H5533 [21MY]
———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 3008), H8835 (see H.R. 3008), H9053 [30JY]
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 1284), H2672 [19MR]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 176), H7339 [27JN]
———make certain improvements in the provision of health care (see H.R. 2874), H8122 [18JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H2165 [5MR]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 760), H2165 [5MR]
Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H2436 [12MR]
Water pollution: reduce water pollution from recreational vessels (see H.R. 2550), H6440 (see H.R. 2550), H6477 [14JN]
Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Coins: suspend effectiveness of certain regulations relating to the penny, and the authority to prescribe such regulations (see H.R. 3917), H11846 [22OC]
Community development: improve the ability of small communities to coordinate with universities and design professionals in developing a vision to address their local needs (see H.R. 3374), H9705 [3AU]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve the application process for the rural broadband program (see H.R. 2953), H7489 [10JY]
———revise the Resource Conservation and Development Program to require a planning process that is locally led and guarantee funds for the program (see H.R. 2235), H4751 [9MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins (see H.R. 3956), H12020 [24OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-departmental facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to departmental facilities (see H.R. 3819), H11490 [10OC]
Diseases: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3373), H9705 [3AU] (see H.R. 3544), H10433 [17SE]
Food: address emergency shortages in food banks (see H.R. 4788), H16832 [18DE]
Food industry: authorize interstate distribution of State inspected meat and poultry under appropriate circumstances (see H.R. 2876), H7338 [27JN]
Glenn, John: anniversary of piloting the first manned orbital space mission of the U.S. (see H. Res. 252), H2621 [15MR]
Higher Education Act: improve participation in higher education of, and increase opportunities in employment for, residents of rural areas (see H.R. 4139), H13522 [9NO]
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: modify boundary (see H.R. 2197), H4553 [7MY]
John Herschel Glenn, Jr., Post Office Building, Cambridge, OH: designate (see H.R. 3052), H7851 [16JY]
President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: implement recommendations (see H.R. 3645), H10755 [24SE]
Taxation: allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds $3 per gallon (see H.R. 3715), H11070 [1OC]
———exclude from gross income certain amounts of cancellation of indebtedness income on account of a foreclosure on the mortgage secured by the principal residence of the taxpayer (see H.R. 3506), H10319 [7SE]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relative to education (see H.R. 3630), H10696 [20SE]
———extend election to include combat pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income credit and the use of qualified mortgage bonds to finance certain residences for veterans (see H.R. 3629), H10696 [20SE]
———extend enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 3628), H10696 [20SE]
Technology: promote deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies (see H.R. 3627), H10696 [20SE]
Veterans: provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (see H.R. 3040), H7776 [12JY]
Proclamations
Bisel United Methodist Church, Bisel, OH, Anniversary: by, E2444
Dover Baptist Church, Dover, OH, Anniversary: by, E2395
Gnadenhutten Moravian Church, Gnadenhutten, OH, Anniversary: by, E2167
Harold and Diane Keesee recipients of Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award: by, E2555
Holmes County, OH, Red Cross Anniversary: by, E2168
International Association of Administrative Professionals, Zanesville, OH, Chapter Anniversary: by, E2148
Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, OH, Anniversary: by, E2445
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Tuscarawas Valley, OH, Chapter 635, Anniversary: by, E2146
Pomerene Hospital, Millersburg, OH, Anniversary: by, E2169
Pro Muskingum Family and Children First (organization) recipient of Ohio Dept. of Education Asset Builder Award: by, E2557
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Chillicothe, OH, Anniversary: by, E2395
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Loyal Christian Benefit Association Anniversary: by, E2149
Shanesville Lutheran Church, Sugarcreek, OH, Anniversary: by, E2142
Tribute to Al Davies: by, E2510
Tribute to Albert and Elsie Schrader: by, E2117
Tribute to Alex Leas: by, E2491
Tribute to Alisha Hastilow: by, E2497
Tribute to American Soldiers Homecoming: by, E2143
Tribute to Austin Yoder: by, E2481
Tribute to Bailey Van Order: by, E2494
Tribute to Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, OH: by, E2393
Tribute to Casey Cliff: by, E2495
Tribute to Charles D. Davis: by, E2393
Tribute to Chelsea Steen: by, E2516
Tribute to Daniel Wiggins, Sr.: by, E2113
Tribute to Don Myers: by, E2119
Tribute to Donny Beachy: by, E2518
Tribute to Fredericktown, OH: by, E2515
Tribute to Garaway High School Golf Team: by, E2482
Tribute to George Bistis: by, E2446
Tribute to Helen Bass Smith: by, E186
Tribute to Helen Bass-Smith: by, E2115
Tribute to Helen Florence Bayley: by, E2114
Tribute to Hillary Brown: by, E2442
Tribute to Ian Cooke: by, E2441
Tribute to Jack Everett: by, E2392
Tribute to John and Annie Glenn: by, E2443
Tribute to John and Audrey Birney: by, E2116
Tribute to John Decker: by, E2392
Tribute to Joseph Agin: by, E2479
Tribute to Josh Miller: by, E2481
Tribute to Karissa Hastilow: by, E2498
Tribute to Kevin Miller: by, E2478
Tribute to Krista Siegfried: by, E2490
Tribute to Linda Morrow: by, E2391
Tribute to Michael Dague: by, E2480
Tribute to Michelle Brown: by, E2499
Tribute to Mike Felton: by, E2521
Tribute to Norm Gary: by, E2555
Tribute to Ohio Army National Guard 2d Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment: by, E2394
Tribute to Ora E. Anderson Nature Trail: by, E2116
Tribute to Pan-Icarian Brotherhood of America (organization) National Convention: by, E2147
Tribute to Pan-Messinian Federation of USA and Canada: by, E2144
Tribute to Paul E. Bebout: by, E2112
Tribute to Raymond (Skeet) Botdorf: by, E2513
Tribute to Ruby Gilliam: by, E2440
Tribute to Ryan Taggart: by, E2509
Tribute to Scott Nicholls: by, E2442
Tribute to Stella Girkins: by, E2493
Tribute to Todd O'Malley: by, E2118
Tribute to Tyler Gerber: by, E2480
Tribute to Veterans First Foundation: by, E2151
Tuscora Park, New Philadelphia, OH, Anniversary: by, E2171
Zion Reform Church, Winesburg, OH, Anniversary: by, E2170
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H8722 [26JY]
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 71), E777
Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6757, H6758, H6764
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1714 [15FE]
Budget: deficit, H15288 [11DE]
Chillicothe, OH: Ohio (publication) Ohio's Best Hometown designation, H12435
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): respond to indictment or the filing of charges against a Member of the House by empaneling an investigative subcommittee to review the allegations (H. Res. 451), H5972 [5JN]
Computers: provide for a comprehensive nationwide inventory of existing broadband service (H.R. 3919), H13560 [13NO]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1585
———support positive actions aimed at opening additional crossing points along the cease-fire line, thereby contributing to reunification efforts (H. Res. 407), E1585
———support U.N.-brokered agreement between Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relative to reunification (H. Res. 405), E1585
Dept. of Agriculture: reform commodity programs, increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs, and programs that benefit socially disadvantaged farmers, H8722 [26JY]
Dept. of Defense: treatment of injured soldiers and living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, H2171 [6MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for vocational rehabilitation benefits (H.R. 2239), H5680
———provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 2199), H5678
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6336 [13JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6757, H6758, H6764
Gillmor, Paul E.: tribute (H. Res. 632), H10103, H10126 [5SE]
Glenn, John: anniversary of piloting the first manned orbital space mission of the U.S. (H. Res. 252), H4222 [1MY]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 2316), H5759 [24MY], H9056 [31JY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (H. Res. 228), E620
Head Start Program: amend criteria for resource allocation for technical assistance and training to include consideration of barriers in rural areas to professional development, parent involvement, home visits and health screening, H4370 [2MY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4370 [2MY]
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H356 [11JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6127 [7JN]
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: modify boundary (H.R. 2197), H11786
House of Representatives: implement ethics reform and improve oversight of lobbyist activities and travel guidelines, H33 [4JA]
House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H33 [4JA]
John Herschel Glenn, Jr., Post Office Building, Cambridge, OH: designate (H.R. 3052), H10103 [5SE]
Ohio: tribute to members of Army National Guard Sentinel Platoon, 2-174th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, E947
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H5636
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2560), H6042
Social Security: 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), H16855
Taxation: enforce pay-as-you-go requirement relative to providing alternative minimum tax relief, H15288 [11DE]
———exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income (H.R. 3648), H11293 [4OC]
Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey (H.R. 1456), E1585
Veterans: extend period of eligibility after discharge or release for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf Conflict or future hostilities (H.R. 612), H5664
———health care funding, H6336 [13JN]
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1284), E621
Votes: position on missed, E2111
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1965 [27FE]
Tributes
Farmer, Hazel, E2439
Galanos, Alexis, E2258
Malarkey, Bill, E2192
Vanik, Charles A., E2237