SUTTON, BETTY (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), H14031 [15NO]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8399 [24JY]

Appointments

Paul E. Gillmor funeral attendees, H10368 [14SE]

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]

Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (see H. Res. 726), H11490 [10OC]

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H3778 [23AP]

———recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (see H. Res. 162), H1897 [16FE]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see H. Con. Res. 238), H12456 [1NO]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H941 [24JA]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 122), H11492 [10OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H8741 [26JY]

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3029), H12739 [5NO]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H6008 [5JN]

———ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H6181 [7JN]

Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3696 [19AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H12021 [24OC]

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), H10626 [19SE]

———authorize a competitive grant program to assist former members in securing employment in the private sector (see H.R. 3429), H12456 [1NO]

———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), H6181 [7JN]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H11491 [10OC]

———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), H3400 [16AP]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 3051), H7851 [16JY]

———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H10018 [4AU]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H1417 [8FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H3400 [16AP]

———recognize performance in Iraq, begin redeployment of National Guard units, and ensure protection of the States (see H.R. 2539), H5925 [24MY]

———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), H11729 [17OC]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 2189), H4552 [7MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1222), H2672 [19MR]

———terminate national security waiver used to deny payment of high-deployment allowance to members serving lengthy or numerous deployments and expand eligibility for such allowance (see H.R. 3381), H11640 [16OC]

———transfer contact information for a member who is being medically separated or retired to the State department or agency for veterans affairs where the veteran intends to reside (see H.R. 3191), H11172 [2OC]

———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1707), H6331 [12JN]

Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H15470 [13DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 3609), H11491 [10OC]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 4044), H13205 [6NO]

———improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H10900 [25SE]

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H12103 [25OC]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H11171 [2OC]

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), H6736 [19JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H10076 [4SE]

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), H3364 [29MR]

Business and industry: require certain large Government contractors to disclose the names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers (see H.R. 3928), H15470 [13DE]

Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 95), H2621 [15MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: call for continuation of congressional staff-led tours (see H. Res. 815), H15415 [12DE]

———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]

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]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H4554 [7MY]

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 1386), H15208 [6DE]

———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), H3081 [26MR]

Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H12022 [24OC]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H2571 [14MR]

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), H2621 [15MR]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H3777 [23AP]

Civil War—U.S.: tribute to Edward D. Cohota and Joseph L. Pierce and other veterans of Asian descent (see H. Res. 415), H11492 [10OC]

Colleges and universities: disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 592), H988 [29JA]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 642), H1417 [8FE]

Colombia: recognize Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and support efforts to ensure that internally displaced people receive assistance and protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully (see H. Res. 426), H5621 [22MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1507), H3562 [18AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 512), H1153 [31JA]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 4328), H14493 (see H.R. 4328), H15207 [6DE]

Community development corporations: recognize importance (see H. Res. 71), H10902 [25SE]

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: express that the Senate should initiate bipartisan process to give its advice and consent to ratification (see H. Res. 882), H15738 [17DE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H15414 [12DE]

Congressional Trade Office: establish (see H.R. 548), H758 [18JA]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11026 [27SE]

Consumers: protect from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling (see H.R. 3081), H10626 [19SE]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 2061), H10902 [25SE]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3372), H9705 [3AU]

———establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2596), H9711 [3AU]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H8835 (see H.R. 3010), H9053 [30JY]

———require certain departments and agencies to provide to Congress copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of a certain amount for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 897), H10434 [17SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H2341 [8MR]

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]

Courts: restore right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror (see H.R. 2826), H11172 [2OC]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H835 [22JA]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H6404 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to community colleges and advanced technology education centers to support education and training of technicians in bioenergy and other agriculture-based, renewable energy resources (see H.R. 872), H3363 [29MR]

———reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H3185 [27MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software Institute (see H.R. 3466), H11071 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: address conflicts of interest associated with use of advisory committees and technical assistance providers in the administration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 3718), H11777 [18OC]

———establish a Student Aid Reward Program to ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1010), H3017 [23MR]

———establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 1051), H1667 [14FE]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H11491 [10OC]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 171), H3278 [28MR]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers and their spouses (see H.R. 3748), H11640 [16OC]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 1971), H6439 (see H.R. 1971), H6476 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H6181 [7JN]

———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), H5725 [23MY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 1072), H1788 [15FE]

———make grants to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing homes, hospice facilities and other appropriate facilities (see H.R. 2882), H11316 [4OC]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H14250 [5DE]

———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), H14250 [5DE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants to assist cities with a vacant housing problem (see H.R. 3498), H11071 [1OC]

———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), H7491 [10JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H10433 [17SE]

———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]

———express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5623 [22MY]

———provide grants for Internet safety education programs (see H.R. 3577), H11029 [27SE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H3696 [19AP]

Dept. of State: establish the Global Service Fellowship Program (see H.R. 3698), H11027 [27SE]

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), H1969 [27FE]

———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), H10902 [25SE]

———provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3111), H8185 [19JY]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1674), H3778 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H7491 [10JY]

———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H988 [29JA]

Dept. of Transportation: limit authority to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border (see H.R. 1773), H4914 [10MY]

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), H12104 [25OC]

———conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see H.R. 4204), H14158 [4DE]

———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H8397 [24JY]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 67), H5054 [15MY]

———improve treatment and services provided to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders (see H.R. 4053), H13523 [9NO]

———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H3778 [23AP]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H12156 [29OC]

Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: expand and intensify research (see H. Res. 524), H10902 [25SE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1727), H4629 [8MY]

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), H7491 [10JY]

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), H3562 [18AP]

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H2401 [9MR]

———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), H4968 [14MY]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H11549 [15OC]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 1030), H2401 [9MR]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H6236 [11JN]

———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), H4629 [8MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 1113), H8186 [19JY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064, 1064), H3476 [17AP]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1560), H7656 [11JY]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 1188), H11934 [23OC]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H13412 [8NO]

———make permanent the authority of the Postal Service to issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1236), H3400 [16AP]

———provide activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women relative to ovarian and cervical cancer (see H.R. 2468), H5723 [23MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H3477 [17AP]

———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H3478 [17AP]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 1391), H3400 [16AP]

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), H4753 [9MY]

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]

———ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 567), H836 [22JA]

———establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H6009 [5JN]

———establish task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12 (see H.R. 2609), H10018 [4AU]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 1779), H3358 [29MR]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H10077 [4SE]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 1623), H4487 [3MY]

———improve the quality of classroom learning by empowering States to develop performance-based assessments that measure higher order thinking skills (see H.R. 2846), H10018 [4AU]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 2017), H6008 [5JN]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2373), H10077 [4SE]

———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1608), H2744 [20MR]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H836 [22JA]

Elections: prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 101), H7340 [27JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4629 [8MY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H7490 [10JY]

FAA: suspend authority to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for such activities relative to air traffic control facilities and services (see H.R. 2443), H6735 [19JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H6576 [15JN]

Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]

FDA: provide authority to order recalls of contaminated human and pet food, establish a notification system for such contamination, and improve regulation of human and pet food supply (see H.R. 2108), H9468 (see H.R. 2108), H9545 [1AU]

———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), H3695 [19AP]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 698), H1791 [15FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H3476 [17AP]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H2621 [15MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of food and drugs imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 3610), H12739 [5NO]

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), H9704 [3AU]

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), H7433 [28JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]

Firefighters: provide loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4152), H14158 [4DE]

Food Stamp Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2129), H5928 [24MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 619), H9710 [3AU]

Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6182 [7JN]

———denounce practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, honor killings, and other gender-based persecutions, and encourage participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women (see H. Res. 32), H10697 [20SE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H2401 [9MR]

———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), H4294 [1MY]

———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]

George B. Lewis Post Office Building, Blue Creek, OH: designate (see H.R. 2077), H4209 [30AP]

Glenn, John: anniversary of piloting the first manned orbital space mission of the U.S. (see H. Res. 252), H2621 [15MR]

Gore, Albert, Jr.: tribute for Academy Award-winning documentary, ``An Inconvenient Truth'' (see H. Res. 197), H8835 (see H. Res. 197), H9054 [30JY]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 1350), H2957 [22MR]

Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, University City, MO: designate (see H.R. 1617), H3562 [18AP]

Hazardous substances: ban sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080), collect and destroy remaining stocks, compensate for any turned in for destruction, and prohibit Government use of certain predator control devices (see H.R. 4775), H16832 [18DE]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 819), H1210 [5FE]

———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H3477 [17AP]

———improve Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 1344), H3400 [16AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3185 [27MR]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H1668 [14FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 477), H1472 [12FE]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H13205 [6NO]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (see H.R. 1317), H9656 [2AU]

———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: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 281), H6180 [7JN]

———require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Res. 687), H11027 [27SE]

Higher Education Act: expand definition of independent student to include homeless youth (see H.R. 601), H10363 [10SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (see H.R. 840), H8834 (see H.R. 840), H9053 [30JY]

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: modify boundary (see H.R. 2197), H5928 [24MY]

Horticulture: extend laws governing importation of plants to plants illegally harvested outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1497), H4753 [9MY]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H11317 [4OC]

Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H13411 [8NO]

Hurricanes: waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1144), H1893 [16FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H14250 [5DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 526), H887 [23JA] (see H.R. 627), H835 [22JA]

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (see H.R. 677), H1345 [7FE]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H2166 [5MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H6181 [7JN]

Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H1668 [14FE]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H5532 [21MY]

Iraq: redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (see H.R. 2237), H4752 [9MY]

———require the Iraqi Government to match the amount of U.S. assistance awarded for reconstruction (see H.R. 1325), H3724 [20AP]

———support efforts of the Iraq Neighbors Process Ministerial meeting and encourage the ongoing engagement of the international community to stabilize Iraq and achieve peace in the Middle East (see H. Con. Res. 243), H12155 [29OC]

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), H6957 [21JN]

John Herschel Glenn, Jr., Post Office Building, Cambridge, OH: designate (see H.R. 3052), H7851 [16JY]

Johnson, Shawn: tribute (see H. Res. 684), H11848 [22OC]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway, Los Angeles County, CA: designate (see H.R. 4131), H13521 [9NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5723 [23MY]

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]

———strengthen ability to combat public corruption (see H.R. 1872), H6181 [7JN]

Libraries: authorize Perkins loan forgiveness for students who perform public service as librarians in low-income schools and public libraries (see H.R. 1877), H10363 [10SE]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H. Res. 668), H10696 [20SE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H4176 [25AP]

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), H13523 [9NO]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H4553 [7MY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H12454 [1NO]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 2065), H4754 [9MY]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H6735 [19JN]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H9711 [3AU]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H4967 [14MY]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H15414 [12DE]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H8186 [19JY]

———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), H7656 [11JY]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H7011 [22JN]

———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 1223), H2672 [19MR]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H9276 [31JY]

———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]

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), H3476 [17AP]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 566), H6331 [12JN]

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), H10696 [20SE]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (see H.R. 2768), H10696 [20SE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H15414 [12DE]

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), H10018 [4AU]

———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]

NAFTA: assess impact, require further negotiation of certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4329), H14493 (see H.R. 4329), H15207 [6DE]

National Association for College Admission Counseling: anniversary (see H. Res. 212), H10511 [18SE]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 91), H2486 [13MR]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H12104 [25OC]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]

National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 858), H15317 [11DE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H10757 [24SE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H988 [29JA]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 715), H1472 [12FE]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 72), H3018 [23MR]

National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Inc.: authorize a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and others that fought for independence during the American Revolution (see H.R. 1693), H3080 [26MR]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: observance (see H. Res. 371), H4554 [7MY]

National Volunteer Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 293), H3478 [17AP]

National Women's Friendship Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 205), H10626 [19SE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 144), H4968 [14MY]

Native American Heritage Day: designate (see H.R. 3585), H11549 [15OC] (see H.J. Res. 62), H13859 [13NO]

Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H12238 [30OC]

New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H8122 [18JY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 3543), H12238 [30OC]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H8121 [18JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Albert Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for peace (see H. Res. 735), H12456 [1NO]

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), H13204 [6NO] (see H. Res. 804), H13413 [8NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]

NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H1896 [16FE]

———provide grants to strengthen the capacity of high schools and colleges to provide instruction in nanotechnology (see H.R. 2436), H15317 [11DE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: reform Trade Advisory Committee system to ensure that a broad range of views are represented and accommodated in developing U.S. trade policy (see H.R. 3204), H12156 [29OC]

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), H3562 [18AP]

Our Military Kids, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 313), H4417 [2MY]

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]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H3478 [17AP]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 18), H6007 (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6009 [5JN]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H4628 [8MY]

Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 291), H4295 [1MY]

Petroleum: prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline (see H.R. 2283), H10320 [7SE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H1896 [16FE]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4295 [1MY]

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), H15738 [17DE]

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), H2038 [28FE]

———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]

President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: implement recommendations (see H.R. 3645), H10755 [24SE]

Presidents of the U.S: regulate judicial use of Presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress (see H.R. 3045), H9469 (see H.R. 3045), H9545 [1AU]

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]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 887), H2621 [15MR]

Public buildings: install energy-efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in construction, alteration, and maintenance (see H.R. 1705), H3477 [17AP]

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), H12739 [5NO]

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]

———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), H2121 [1MR]

Rachel Carson Post Office Building, Springdale, PA: designate (see H.R. 1434), H3724 [20AP]

Racial relations: express that hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for intimidation and which under certain circumstances can be investigated and prosecuted as a criminal act (see H. Res. 826), H14158 [4DE]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see H.R. 3397), H12156 [29OC]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (see H.R. 3438), H11549 [15OC]

Schools: improve safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 2352), H5291 [16MY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H3477 [17AP]

Ships and vessels: express importance of protecting cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensure perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice (see H. Res. 652), H10433 [17SE]

Social Security: combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 1688), H7656 [11JY]

———eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see H.R. 685), H3695 [19AP]

———extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see H.R. 3533), H10902 [25SE]

———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), H1471 [12FE]

Staff Sergeant Omer T. ``O.T.'' Hawkins Post Office, Cherry Fork, OH: designate (see H.R. 2078), H4209 [30AP]

Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1126), H2244 [6MR]

Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H3695 [19AP]

———recognize and commend efforts of the U.S. public and advocacy groups to raise awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur (see H. Res. 573), H11029 [27SE]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project (see H.R. 1984), H3723 [20AP]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries (see H.R. 752), H7340 [27JN]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1524), H6331 [12JN]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2345), H5290 [16MY]

———disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel in the case of fuel coproduced with petroleum, natural gas, or coal feedstocks (see H.R. 2361), H5470 [17MY]

———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H3778 [23AP]

———expand availability and repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 1871), H3473 [17AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H11548 [15OC]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H945 [24JA]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H6439 (see H.R. 2234), H6477 [14JN]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H6111 [6JN]

———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 2075), H15209 [6DE]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1498), H10434 [17SE]

———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), H13296 [7NO]

———impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and invest revenues from such tax in renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2372), H5533 [21MY]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax incentives (see H.R. 1385), H4416 [2MY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H3476 [17AP]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H945 [24JA]

———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), H4967 [14MY]

———make permanent the use of qualified mortgage bonds to finance residences for veterans without regard to the first-time homebuyer requirement (see H.R. 3742), H11249 [3OC]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H11491 [10OC]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4554 [7MY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 3160), H8396 [24JY]

———provide a credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 1331), H3018 [23MR]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 3820), H12238 [30OC]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H3777 [23AP]

———provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 1772), H10434 [17SE]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 3319), H9654 [2AU]

———provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 3418), H9707 [3AU]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H6404 [13JN]

———restrict use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2136), H4484 [3MY]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H3278 [28MR]

Technology: promote deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies (see H.R. 3627), H11777 [18OC]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 1687), H3079 [26MR]

Tongass National Forest: provide additional protections for lands (see H.R. 3757), H11315 [4OC]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H12156 [29OC]

Transportation Security Administration: issue regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair stations performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air transportation (see H.R. 1981), H7490 [10JY]

———provide certain personnel management requirements (see H.R. 3212), H9711 [3AU]

Treaties and agreements: provide greater accountability in reviewing the national security considerations of free trade agreements (see H.R. 3214), H10077 [4SE]

U.N. Emergency Peace Service: create in order to facilitate intervention in the early stages of humanitarian crises (see H. Res. 213), H4210 [30AP]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen grave markers of veterans (see H.R. 3480), H10902 [25SE]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: allow U.S. citizens to bring civil actions against persons who fail to perform an act or duty (see H.R. 4180), H15209 [6DE]

———withdraw (see H.R. 4124), H13411 [8NO]

Vanik, Charles A.: tribute (see H. Res. 669), H10903 [25SE]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 3249), H13296 [7NO]

———expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 358), H4753 [9MY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H10157 [5SE]

———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see H.R. 2005), H6111 [6JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1344 [7FE]

———provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (see H.R. 3040), H9711 [3AU]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H13412 [8NO]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 237), H10511 [18SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: anniversary of construction and dedication (see H. Res. 326), H3724 [20AP]

Voting: require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 2457), H6440 (see H.R. 2457), H6477 [14JN]

Winton, Nicholas: tribute (see H. Res. 583), H8820 [27JY]

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), H2401 [9MR]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 2404), H5531 [21MY]

Women's World Cup: tribute to U.S. women's soccer team (see H. Res. 754), H13297 [7NO]

Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Akron, OH: anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (see H. Con. Res. 143), H4553 [7MY]

Animal Welfare Act: prohibit dog fighting ventures (see H.R. 3219), H8820 [27JY]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249), consideration (see H. Res. 331), H4049 [24AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), consideration (see H. Res. 531), H7488 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 637), H10244 [6SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), consideration (see H. Res. 275), H3183 [27MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 409), H5290 [16MY]

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), consideration (see H. Res. 531), H7488 [10JY]

———make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 637), H10244 [6SE]

Contracts: require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts (H.R. 2740), consideration (see H. Res. 702), H11170 [2OC]

Dept. of HHS: provide authority to order a mandatory recall of any product that is regulated by the FDA (see H.R. 2099), H4292 [1MY]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 2272), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 602), H9466 (see H. Res. 602), H9543 [1AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H16948 [19DE]

Federal agencies and departments: require an annual report on contract oversight (see H.R. 2198), H4553 [7MY]

Housing: establish a commission to perform an examination of current foreclosure and mortgage lending crisis and make recommendations to address such problems (see H.R. 3666), H10901 [25SE]

Inspector General Act: enhance independence of Inspectors General and create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (H.R. 928), consideration (see H. Res. 701), H11170 [2OC]

NIST: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration (see H. Res. 350), H4291 [1MY]

OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl (H.R. 2693), consideration (see H. Res. 678), H10900 [25SE]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (H.R. 1483), consideration (see H. Res. 765), H11846 [22OC]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice to consumers of an upcoming adjustment or reset date with respect to hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see H.R. 3705), H11027 [27SE]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H9562 [2AU]

Remarks

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend authorities (H.R. 1830), H7277 [27JN]

Animal Welfare Act: prohibit dog fighting ventures (H.R. 3219), H11498 [15OC]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249), consideration (H. Res. 331), H4180, H4181 [26AP]

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), H4775 [10MY]

———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]

Armed Forces: improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status (H.R. 1538), consideration (H. Res. 274), H3202 [28MR]

———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1724 [15FE]

———oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), consideration (H. Res. 157), H1486 [13FE]

Barnhart, Mark: Humane Society of the U.S., and National District Attorneys Association Humane Law Enforcement Award recipient, H11498 [15OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), consideration (H. Res. 531), H7496, H7503 [11JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 637), H10255, H10258 [7SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3322 [29MR], H3676 [19AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 275), H3192, H3195, H3196, H3198, H3199 [28MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 409), H5355, H5359 [17MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H2562 [14MR], H3676 [19AP]

Contracts: reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government (H.R. 1362), H2564 [14MR]

———reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government (H.R. 1362), consideration (H. Res. 242), H2577 [15MR]

———require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 702), H11177, H11178, H11179, H11180, H11181, H11182 [3OC]

———require lenders notify homeowners with hybrid adjustable rate mortgages before interest rates are due to reset, H14031, H14033 [15NO]

Dann, Mark: Humane Society of the U.S., and National District Attorneys Association Humane Law Enforcement Award recipient, H11498 [15OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H776 [19JA]

Dept. of Commerce: Manufacturing Extension Partnership funding, H9557 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), consideration (H. Res. 818), H13910 [14NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2642), H11896 [23OC]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (H.R. 1727), H11518 [15OC]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1905), consideration (H. Res. 317), H3570 [19AP]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 2272), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 602), H9557, H9562 [2AU]

Education: reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 65), H590 [17JA]

Elyria, OH: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, E87 [12JA]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2564 [14MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7373 [28JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (H.R. 3138), H9557, H9562 [2AU]

Foreign trade: enforcement of labor standards in future free trade agreements, H6646 [18JN]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H5523, H5525 [21MY], H6832 [21JN]

———reauthorize trade adjustment assistance and extend to service workers and firms (H.R. 3920), consideration (H. Res. 781), H12248 [31OC]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (H.R. 1309), H2564 [14MR]

Gillmor, Paul E.: tribute (H. Res. 632), H10121 [5SE]

Glenn, John: anniversary of piloting the first manned orbital space mission of the U.S. (H. Res. 252), H4223 [1MY]

Government: improve congressional oversight of programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H2559, H2560, H2562, H2564, H2565 [14MR]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 2316), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5740 [24MY]

———restore constitutional checks and balances and protections against Federal abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, H12009, H12013, H12015 [24OC]

Hall, Representative John J.: report on trip to Iraq to improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H12013 [24OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), consideration (H. Res. 348), H4308 [2MY]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), consideration (H. Res. 464), H6119 [7JN]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H2565 [14MR]

———implement ethics reform and improve oversight of lobbyist activities and travel guidelines, H33 [4JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 6), H33 [4JA]

———enforce existing rules on earmarks, H10910 [26SE]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (H.R. 1852), consideration (H. Res. 650), H10443 [18SE]

Inspector General Act: enhance independence of Inspectors General and create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (H.R. 928), consideration (H. Res. 701), H11182, H11185 [3OC]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H10603, H10607, H10608 [19SE]

———call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H10603, H10604, H10607, H10608 [19SE]

———investigation into private security contractors, H11178 [3OC]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13910 [14NO]

———redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq (H.R. 2237), consideration (H. Res. 387), H4775 [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), H7768, H7769, H7771, H7772 [12JY]

———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), H7670 [12JY]

———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), H2043, H2045, H2048, H2053 [1MR]

Linking Employment, Abilities, and Potential (LEAP) (organization): tribute, H11518 [15OC]

Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients (H.R. 2317), consideration (H. Res. 437), H5740 [24MY]

Lockhart, Gregory: Humane Society of the U.S., and National District Attorneys Association Humane Law Enforcement Award recipient, H11498 [15OC]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, E92, E96 [12JA]

Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H473 [12JA]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H274 [10JA], E129 [17JA]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H14257 [6DE]

National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 215), H15277 [11DE]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (H.R. 556), consideration (H. Res. 195), H1984 [28FE]

NIST: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4302, H4303, H4306 [2MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: funding, H8473 [25JY]

OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl (H.R. 2693), consideration (H. Res. 678), H10908, H10910 [26SE]

———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), H14257 [6DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (H.R. 1255), H2564 [14MR]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (H.R. 1483), consideration (H. Res. 765), H11894, H11896 [23OC]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), H7863 [17JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8473 [25JY]

Small Business Act: improve trade programs (H.R. 2992), H10028 [4SE]

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), consideration (H. Res. 594), H9295 [1AU]

Taxation: adjust estimated tax payment safe harbor based on income for the preceding year in the case of individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds a certain amount (H.R. 1906), consideration (H. Res. 317), H3570 [19AP]

Transportation: improve rail and surface transportation security (H.R. 1401), consideration (H. Res. 270), H3091 [27MR]

Treaties and agreements: application of fast-track authority to trade agreements relative to impact on employment and the economy, H2154, H2156 [5MR], H6217, H6218 [11JN], H6642, H6646, H6647 [18JN]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H6217, H6218 [11JN]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H13289 [7NO]

———ratification, H6217, H6218 [11JN]

Veterans: health care funding, H2564 [14MR]

Votes: position on missed, H9210 [31JY], H16795 [18DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8831, H9049 [30JY], H9273 [31JY]

Special order: granted, H787 [19JA], H7653 [11JY], H9465, H9541 [1AU], H15310 [11DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2272, America Creating Opportunities To Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (America COMPETES) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 602) (H. Rept. 110-293), H9466, H9543 [1AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2669, College Cost Reduction and Access Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 637) (H. Rept. 110-320), H10244 [6SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. Con. Res. 21, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2007-2012: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 409) (H. Rept. 110-156), H5290 [16MY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 99, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2007-2012: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 275) (H. Rept. 110-79), H3183 [27MR]

Consideration of H.R. 249, Restore Prohibition on Commercial Sale and Slaughter of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 331) (H. Rept. 110-109), H4049 [24AP]

Consideration of H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 203) (H. Rept. 110-26), H2037 [28FE]

Consideration of H.R. 928, Improving Government Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 701) (H. Rept. 110-358), H11170 [2OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1483, Celebrating America's Heritage Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 765) (H. Rept. 110-405), H11846 [22OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1868, Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 350) (H. Rept. 110-118), H4291 [1MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2669, College Cost Reduction Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 531) (H. Rept. 110-224), H7488 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2693, Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 678) (H. Rept. 110-349), H10900 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2740, MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 702) (H. Rept. 110-359), H11170 [2OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2831, Fair Pay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 579) (H. Rept. 110-263), H8819 [27JY]

Resignations

Committee on the Budget (House), H7719 [12JY]

Tributes

Aynes, Richard L., H7636 [11JY]

Vanik, Charles A., E2235 [24OC]