STUPAK, BART (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5262 [16MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1684), H4698 [9MY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7221 [27JN]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2530 [14MR]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 720), H2367 [9MR]
———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 1495), H3658 [19AP]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3374 [30MR]
Articles and editorials
Flags Lowered for Crystal Falls Hero—Half-Staff on Friday, Iron Mountain (MI) Daily News, H4977 [15MY]
Scientist Says FDA Called Journal To Block Vioxx Article, Rita Rubin, USA Today, H2531 [14MR]
Soldier's Story, Jim Anderson, Iron Mountain (MI) Daily News, H7040 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 3442), H9708 [3AU]
Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6578 [15JN]
American Association for Cancer Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H11029 [27SE]
Armed Forces: authorize a competitive grant program to assist former members in securing employment in the private sector (see H.R. 3429), H10757 [24SE]
———award a military service medal to members who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in a test of atomic weapons (see H.R. 3471), H13861 [13NO]
———extend time limit for use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the Reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations (see H.R. 1330), H11639 [16OC]
———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H10018 [4AU]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H943 [24JA]
———repeal time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2247), H6439 (see H.R. 2247), H6477 [14JN]
———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), H11729 [17OC]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
Biggio, Craig: tribute (see H. Res. 501), H6827 [20JN]
Brotherhood of the Badge (organization): recognize contribution to war on terrorism through provision of surplus law enforcement equipment to Iraqi police forces (see H. Res. 358), H6009 [5JN]
Bush, President: urge full cooperation by former political appointees, current Administration officials, and friends and associates with congressional investigations (see H. Res. 689), H11027 [27SE]
Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H5532 [21MY]
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), H8293 [23JY]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]
Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 998), H1969 [27FE]
———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H7203 [26JN]
Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H789 [19JA]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H16951 [19DE]
Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 3914), H12456 [1NO]
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), H12456 [1NO]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11777 [18OC]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H6111 [6JN]
Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building, Vassar, MI: designate (see H.R. 2276), H10245 [6SE]
Corps of Engineers: operate and maintain dispersal barriers to prevent spread of aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 553), H758 [18JA]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1063), H1787 [15FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 936), H1414 [8FE]
DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H9656 [2AU]
Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H2620 [15MR]
Dept. of Energy: oversee certain safety, security, and health functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration (see H.R. 703), H986 [29JA]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H4553 [7MY]
———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), H8187 [19JY]
———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), H6181 [7JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 1061), H4487 [3MY]
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]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H9469 (see H.R. 2942), H9545 [1AU]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H943 [24JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain educational benefits (see H.R. 3882), H11935 [23OC]
———develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H2039 [28FE]
———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H8397 [24JY]
———improve processing of benefits claims (see H.R. 3047), H7851 [16JY]
———recodify certain educational assistance programs for members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 1102), H8121 [18JY]
Detroit Tigers (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 488), H6439 (see H. Res. 488), H6476 [14JN]
Diseases: 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), H12385 [31OC]
———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5622 [22MY]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H5928 [24MY]
Dungy, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 225), H2302 [7MR]
Education: reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H887 [23JA]
Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H11491 [10OC]
Estonia: support sovereignty, condemn violence, vandalism, and attacks on embassies, and encourage dialogue with Russia to resolve crisis peacefully (see H. Res. 397), H4914 [10MY]
FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (see H.R. 237), H987 [29JA]
Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]
FCC: request a study on the interference caused by broadband Internet transmission over power lines (see H.R. 462), H7982 [17JY]
FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, improve postmarket drug safety, regulate off-label uses, and clarify liability for approved drugs (see H.R. 2273), H4913 [10MY]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H3018 [23MR]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H6828 [20JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of food and drugs imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 3610), H10695 [20SE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
———require concurrence of all bordering States when a permit for the discharge of pollutants into one of the Great Lakes is issued (see H.R. 3360), H13412 [8NO]
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), H4294 [1MY]
———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), H5532 [21MY]
Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 145), H1416 [8FE]
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H120 [5JA]
Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H9710 [3AU]
———prevent extension of fast-track authority during the 110th Congress (see H. Res. 587), H9277 [31JY]
———prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H4629 [8MY]
———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), H5532 [21MY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 136), H2166 [5MR]
Great Lakes: disapprove dumping of industrial waste (see H. Con. Res. 187), H8398 [24JY]
———establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 1350), H2242 [6MR]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1187), H6111 [6JN]
Health: improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H11729 [17OC]
———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see H.R. 2994), H10696 [20SE]
———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), H3081 [26MR]
———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 583), H2821 [21MR]
———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H1668 [14FE]
———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 1683), H3079 [26MR]
———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H16834 [18DE]
Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2123), H11316 [4OC]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]
Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H16834 [18DE]
Hot Springs National Park: anniversary (see H. Res. 138), H1897 [16FE]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunters for their continued commitment to safety (see H. Con. Res. 193), H9657 [2AU]
Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 4088), H13203 [6NO]
Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 1518), H10157 [5SE]
———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]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H1788 [15FE]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H7433 [28JN]
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), H7657 [11JY]
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]
Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 365), H1211 [5FE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1661), H2956 [22MR]
———adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 4901), H16947 [19DE]
———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 688, 3440), H10320 [7SE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H13523 [9NO]
Lyme Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 337), H4175 [25AP]
Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 33), H3186 [27MR]
Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 259), H3081 [26MR]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H7777 [12JY]
———limit required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads to class II narcotics (see H.R. 3090), H10157 [5SE]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H10696 [20SE]
Medicare: cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1912), H7434 [28JN]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]
———extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H7433 [28JN]
———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H7201 [26JN]
———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 3282), H11729 [17OC]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H2400 [9MR]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H14157 [4DE]
———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), H3364 [29MR]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3277 [28MR]
Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 687), H2039 [28FE]
———provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H3777 [23AP]
———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), H8292 [23JY]
Mexico: express sympathy and pledge urgent support for the victims of flooding in southern Mexico (see H. Res. 812), H13523 [9NO]
Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, Marshall, MI: designate (see H.R. 3446), H9708 [3AU]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H8122 [18JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the Model T Ford and the anniversary of the birthplace of the assembly line in Highland Park, MI (see H.R. 1619), H11250 [3OC]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]
National Cancer Research Month: designate (see H. Res. 448), H11029 [27SE]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 186), H2122 [1MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Football League: congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy on becoming the first African-American head coaches to qualify for the Super Bowl (see H. Res. 90), H1055 [30JA]
National Guard: establish Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to facilitate community reintegration of members returning from active duty (see H.R. 2090), H8397 [24JY]
National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 182), H10321 [7SE]
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: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H344 [10JA]
———authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe (see H.R. 2952), H7777 [12JY]
———settle certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 4115), H13411 [8NO]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H10157 [5SE]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve method of determining adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 2166), H4485 [3MY]
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]
NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H2341 [8MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Trade Enforcement Officer and a Trade Enforcement Division and require identification of trade enforcement priorities (see H.R. 1278), H3363 [29MR]
Ohio: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of flooding and commend persons and organizations working to restore affected areas (see H. Res. 728), H11848 [22OC]
Olympic Games: support ideals and values of the Olympic Movement (see H. Res. 395), H4914 [10MY]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H3696 [19AP]
Pacific Northwest: tribute to local and State first responders and citizens facing severe winter storms (see H. Res. 851), H14494 (see H. Res. 851), H15208 [6DE]
Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]
Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1902), H4754 [9MY]
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), H7491 [10JY]
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]
———strengthen national security and reduce dependence on foreign oil through new vehicle technology and efficiency, use of alternative fuels, and improving rail and public transit usage (see H.R. 1300), H2120 [1MR]
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]
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), H6179 [7JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H6235 [11JN]
Ritcheson, David R.: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H7853 [16JY]
San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 490), H6829 [20JN]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2564), H6006 [5JN]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 17), H944 [24JA]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2032), H13205 [6NO]
Small business: extend current moratorium for complying with certain internal auditing control requirements (see H.R. 2727), H8397 [24JY]
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), H2165 [5MR]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3963), H12104 [25OC]
———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 2943), H11250 [3OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H1471 [12FE]
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 518), H671 [17JA]
Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 1389), H2301 [7MR]
Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains and modernize certain provisions applicable to timber real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1937), H7434 [28JN]
———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), H6008 [5JN]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1419), H4487 [3MY]
———establish financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 2370), H8821 [27JY]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H3279 [28MR]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H9276 [31JY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H15414 [12DE]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H6577 [15JN]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3636), H14158 [4DE]
———impose a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes upon exports and authorize compensatory payments to eligible exporters if certain U.S. trade negotiating objectives are not met (see H.R. 2600), H9711 [3AU]
———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1304), H6111 [6JN]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H10696 [20SE]
———modify alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (see H.R. 2039), H10511 [18SE]
———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H8835 (see H.R. 1772), H9053 [30JY]
———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 1264), H6735 [19JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H3476 [17AP]
———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H4484 [3MY]
Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 3541), H11172 [2OC]
———facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H344 [10JA]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H1149 [31JA]
Tower, Ellen May: tribute (see H. Res. 262), H2956 [22MR]
Turrill Post Office Building, Lapeer, MI: designate (see H.R. 4009), H12237 [30OC]
Twenty-First Century Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H6577 [15JN]
United Kingdom: express gratitude to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for State Visit and reaffirm friendship that exists between the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Res. 412), H5533 [21MY]
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), H790 [19JA]
Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1344 [7FE]
Veterans Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 915), H1412 [8FE]
Vietnam: call for release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 243), H3478 [17AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H4177 [25AP]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 720), H2165 [5MR]
———require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 1747), H3278 [28MR]
Water pollution: reduce water pollution from recreational vessels (see H.R. 2550), H11777 [18OC]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3192), H8741 [26JY]
———establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 1074), H4293 [1MY]
———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H3400 [16AP]
Wonder, Stevie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1566), H2671 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: expedite the prompt return of the remains of deceased members to their loved ones for burial (see H.R. 691), H943 [24JA] (see H.R. 2333), H5053 [15MY]
———extend eligibility for disability retired pay and separation pay to former cadets and midshipman with prior enlisted service who incurred physical disabilites after a certain date (see H.R. 2044), H4175 [25AP]
———extend time limit for the use of education benefits by members of the Selected Reserve and certain members of the Reserve component (see H.R. 3991), H12155 [29OC]
Dept. of State: repeal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 4186), H13959 [14NO]
Dept. of the Interior: modify a certain land grant patent (see H.R. 2121), H4416 [2MY]
———proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the U.S. for that tribe (see H.R. 2120), H4416 [2MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reimburse for motor vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program at the same rate as for private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees (see H.R. 963), H1415 [8FE]
Elections: provide for an additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office (see H.R. 4272), H14156 [4DE]
Flag—U.S.: authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession to order the National flag be flown at half-staff following an active duty death of an Armed Forces member from the Governor's jurisdiction (see H.R. 692), H943 [24JA]
Food industry: provide restrictions on use of carbon monoxide in meat, poultry, and seafood (see H.R. 3115), H8185 [19JY]
FTC: revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 4298), H14250 [5DE]
Great Lakes: prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining (see H.R. 1842, 1844), H3361 [29MR]
Great Lakes Fishery Commission: investigate effects of migratory birds on sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in the Great Lakes (see H.R. 469), H514 [12JA]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H3361 [29MR]
Insurance: make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2391), H5471 [17MY]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H789 [19JA]
Keweenaw National Historical Park: decrease matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations (see H.R. 3704), H11027 [27SE]
Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Alpena, MI: designate (see H.R. 4273), H14156 [4DE]
Medicaid: extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see H.R. 3041), H7776 [12JY]
Medicare: improve payments for academic anesthesiology programs for resident physicians and for academic programs for student registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1932), H3560 [18AP]
Michigan: provide for an additional judgeship for the western district (see H.R. 4187), H13959 [14NO]
Michigan State University: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Res. 325), H3694 [19AP]
National Night Out: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 539), H7656 [11JY]
Native Americans: authorize conveyance and interests of tribal lands by Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 4168), H13859 [13NO]
———clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 1575), H2671 [19MR]
———provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community (see H.R. 2176), H4486 [3MY]
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 2602), H6110 [6JN]
Postal Service: establish certain requirements relating to area mail processing studies (see H.R. 2177), H4486 [3MY]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H2038 [28FE]
Presque Isle Township, MI: provide for the return of the Fresnel Lens to the lantern room atop the Presque Isle Light Station Lighthouse (see H.R. 862), H1271 [6FE]
Railroad Retirement Act: provide that a current connection is not lost by an individual who is misled or misinformed by the Railroad Retirement Board (see H.R. 626), H835 [22JA]
Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3116), H8185 [19JY]
Shatusky, Robert and Verda: relief (see H.R. 1704), H3080 [26MR]
States: require as a condition for off-track wagering that horsemen's groups and host racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and other horseracing personnel (see H.R. 2175), H4486 [3MY]
Taxation: allow distilled spirits to be produced in dwelling houses, connected structures, and certain other premises (see H.R. 3949), H11934 [23OC]
Letters
Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H198 [9JA]
———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H198 [9JA]
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act: H-2B Workforce Coalition, H14229-H14231 [5DE]
Remarks
Adams, Raymond: Ogemaw County, MI, Veterans Alliance Ogemaw County Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2361
Anglers of Au Sable, Inc.: anniversary, E878
Armed Forces: expedite the prompt return of the remains of deceased members to their loved ones for burial, H5262, H5263 [16MY]
———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1568 [14FE], H1799 [16FE]
———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 (H.R. 3793), H15496 [17DE]
Birth Defects Prevention Month: observance, E108
Cedarville, MI: tribute to Cedarville High School boys' basketball team, E681
Cheboygan, MI: anniversary of Cheboygan Memorial Hospital, E2243
Corps of Engineers: criteria for operation and maintenance of harbor dredging projects, H3658, H3659 [19AP]
Delta County, MI: anniversary of Veterans Food Drive, E2567
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5262, H5263 [16MY]
Dept. of Energy: Los Alamos National Laboratory funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H6761 [20JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1684), H4698, H4703 [9MY]
———improve Integrated Border Enforcement Team Program, H4698 [9MY]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6893 [21JN]
Dept. of the Interior: modify a certain land grant patent (H.R. 2121), H7440 [10JY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7221 [27JN]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H6335 [13JN], H13304 [8NO], H13865 [14NO]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H8002 [18JY]
Diseases: support education efforts to increase awareness of the need for folic acid to prevent birth defects, E108
Employment: exempt faith-based organizations and schools from sexual orientation-based hiring requirements and define marriage as under the Defense of Marriage Act, H13243 [7NO]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (H.R. 3685), H13243 [7NO]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6761 [20JN]
EPA: criminal investigation division funding, H7221 [27JN]
———study wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into the Great Lakes, H2367, H2368 [9MR]
Favre, Brett: tribute (H. Res. 697), H11334 [9OC]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2523, H2530, H2531 [14MR]
Fine, Louis: Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E2181
Flag—U.S.: authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession to order the National flag be flown at half-staff following an active duty death of an Armed Forces member from the Governor's jurisdiction (H.R. 692), H4976, H4977 [15MY]
Folic Acid Awareness Week: observance, E108
Food industry: provide restrictions on use of carbon monoxide in meat, poultry, and seafood (H.R. 3115), H8124 [19JY]
Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (H. Res. 15), H130 [9JA]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6893 [21JN]
———modify global gag rule denying U.S. funds to overseas health clinics that use private monies to fund abortions to allow for the provision of contraceptives, H6893 [21JN]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), H11642 [17OC]
Gladstone, MI: tribute to Gladstone Major Girls' All-Stars softball team, E1811
Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H4099 [25AP]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H365
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (H.R. 1843), H14229-H14231 [5DE]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives, H399 [11JA]
Ishpeming, MI: anniversary of Ishpeming Ski Club ski jumping tournament, E387
———anniversary of the Blue Notes Drum and Bugle Corps, E1467
Lafarge North America (company): anniversary of Alpena, MI, cement plant, E1565
Marquette, MI: anniversary of Catholic Diocese of Marquette, E1767
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H445 [12JA]
Menominee, MI: anniversary of Henes Park, E1810
———tribute to Menominee High School 1967 boys' basketball team, E1766
Michigan: anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge, E1643
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act: funding, H8002 [18JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H127, H198, H199 [9JA]
National security: improve communications interoperability for emergency response, H4703 [9MY]
Newberry, MI: anniversary of Bethel Community Church, E1793
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (H.R. 1700), H4973, H4992
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (H.R. 2602), H7040 [25JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5630 [23MY]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H90 [5JA]
Plaunt Transportation, Inc.: anniversary, E1297
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H706 [18JA]
———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, H90 [5JA]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H5632, H5633, H5634 [23MY]
Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), H16883 [19DE]
Rocky Mountain Senior Games: anniversary (H. Res. 290), H4521
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), H9400 [1AU]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H11075 [2OC]
Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (H.R. 518), E865
Taxation: provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), H11075 [2OC]
———repeal oil and gas subsidies, H90 [5JA], H577 [17JA]
Telecommunications: provide grants and other support to achieve communications interoperability in the U.S., H199 [9JA]
Terrorism: first responder interoperable communications funding, H127 [9JA]
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), consideration (H. Res. 801), H13258 [7NO]
Veterans: health care funding, H6335 [13JN]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (H.R. 634), H4976 [15MY]
Votes: position on missed, H3529 [18AP], H5596 [22MY], H12208 [30OC], E1353
Water: application of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage provisions to the non-Federal portions of projects funded through State water pollution control revolving funds, H2355 [9MR]
———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 720), H2355, H2367, H2368 [9MR]
———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 1495), H3658, H3659 [19AP]
Whistleblowing: enhance protection of Government scientists by including as reportable offenses any attempt to suppress publishing or announcing findings in peer reviewed journals or professional meetings, H2530, H2531 [14MR]
Whittemore, MI: anniversary, E1149
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5528 [21MY], H10753 [24SE]
Special order: granted, H55 [4JA], H107 [5JA], H335 [10JA], H432 [11JA], H668 [17JA], H757 [18JA], H787 [19JA], H14246 [5DE]
Transcripts
Gas Price Conspiracy? You Bet! Kai Ryssdal and Jamie Court, National Public Radio, H91 [5JA]
Tributes
Anderegg, Michael, E189
Benac, Daniel A., E2568
Calery, Ronald, E900
Campbell, John, E770
Grisso, Jim, E2540
Hackmeier, Daniel, E475
Hodge, James, E188
Inman, Larry, E353
LaJoie, W.W. (Frenchie), E169
Maki, Phyllis, E633
Marquette, MI: anniversary of First Presbyterian Church, E1247
Revord, Lillian B. Thorton, E1091
Shimmens, Patricia, E2242
Ubbelohde, Robert and Susan, E1072