TIERNEY, JOHN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5267 [16MY], H5344 [17MY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6858 [21JN]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2536 [14MR]

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), H10465 [18SE]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H648 [17JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2082, intelligence services appropriations, H14132 [4DE]

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), H4488 [3MY]

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), H11848 [22OC]

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

———promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 1726), H15414 [12DE]

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

Animals: 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), H2401 [9MR]

———restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 249), H1565 [13FE]

———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see H.R. 2327), H6009 [5JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]

Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1246), H2038 [28FE]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H15469 [13DE]

———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H.R. 353), H435 [11JA]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H4487 [3MY]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 3990), H12155 [29OC]

———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H. Con. Res. 33), H1897 [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 (see H.R. 3793), H12021 [24OC]

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

———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), H4554 [7MY]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H10076 [4SE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H15209 [6DE]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 3972), H12103 [25OC] (see H.R. 4044), H12453 [1NO]

Border Patrol: request Presidential commute of sentences for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean to time served (see H. Con. Res. 267), H15318 [11DE]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H1471 [12FE]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H11395 [9OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see H.R. 2669), H6828 [20JN]

Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1154 [31JA]

———urge full cooperation by former political appointees, current Administration officials, and friends and associates with congressional investigations (see H. Res. 689), H11027 [27SE]

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]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 148), H5929 [24MY]

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2851), H11070 [1OC]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H1896 [16FE]

———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H8618 [25JY]

———promote youth financial education (see H.R. 4335), H14493 (see H.R. 4335), H15207 [6DE]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H9656 [2AU]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H12456 [1NO]

———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), H15469 [13DE]

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

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 620), H1055 [30JA]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 451), H835 [22JA]

———make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (see H.R. 2669), H6828 [20JN]

Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11549 [15OC]

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), H7434 [28JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H11847 [22OC]

———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), H1417 [8FE]

Courts: restore habeas corpus for those detained by the U.S. and repeal prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims (see H.R. 1416), H5532 [21MY]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 814), H1791 [15FE]

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), H435 [11JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 654), H5927 [24MY]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 620), H12740 [5NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H2620 [15MR]

———reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H.R. 1616), H3364 [29MR]

Dept. of Education: establish a Student Aid Reward Program to ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1010), H1669 [14FE]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1092), H6111 [6JN]

———make grants to high-need local educational agencies to establish teaching residency programs (see H.R. 2617), H6179 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H5927 [24MY]

———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), H16950 [19DE]

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

Dept. of Labor: make administrative determination of unpaid wages owed for certain Fair Labor Standards Act violations in the New Orleans, LA, region after Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3875), H11778 [18OC]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H4487 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 327), H516 [12JA]

———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H16950 [19DE]

———repeal offset from surviving spouse annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation and annuity authority for certain dependents (see H.R. 1589), H11395 [9OC]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see H.R. 2965), H13412 [8NO]

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), H4294 [1MY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 2831), H7777 [12JY]

Diseases: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H11395 [9OC]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H4965 [14MY]

———establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1713), H4487 [3MY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1064), H5532 [21MY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1560), H6008 [5JN]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H3562 [18AP]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H11639 [16OC]

———provide additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 74), H1895 [16FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H2119 [1MR]

———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H15215 [10DE]

Ecology and environment: authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits (see H.R. 823), H10363 [10SE]

Education: eliminate tuition sensitivity provision in the Pell Grant program (see H.R. 990), H1969 [27FE]

———establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans (see H.R. 890), H1343 [7FE]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H9467 (see H.R. 3289), H9544 [1AU]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2204), H4627 [8MY]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 2017), H6181 [7JN]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2373), H5470 [17MY]

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

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

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

Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see H.R. 3481), H12104 [25OC]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H5293 [16MY]

ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity for certain retired airline pilots (see H.R. 2103), H5928 [24MY]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 268), H3279 [28MR]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 268), H4295 [1MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H15469 [13DE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 2802), H7434 [28JN]

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), H5928 [24MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H8293 [23JY]

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), H2122 [1MR]

———increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 1948), H3693 [19AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 962), H5927 [24MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H4485 [3MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H114 [5JA]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H11935 [23OC]

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

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2092), H11316 [4OC]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H5724 [23MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: reiterate exclusivity as the sole authority to permit conduct of electronic surveillance and streamline procedures authorizing surveillance (see H.R. 3782), H11394 [9OC]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 1352), H2242 [6MR]

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H6578 [15JN]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1297), H2120 [1MR]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2478), H7012 [22JN]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 2216), H11847 [22OC]

Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H9655 [2AU]

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]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H4967 [14MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H10245 [6SE]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]

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

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see H.R. 506), H670 [17JA]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H4051 [24AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H1209 [5FE]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 4137), H14158 [4DE]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H514 [12JA]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H4628 [8MY]

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H1150 [31JA]

———provide additional limitations on pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2833), H13412 [8NO]

———provide coverage of screening mammography for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 2708), H10696 [20SE]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1655), H10756 [24SE]

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15414 [12DE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H670 [17JA]

Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 594), H789 [19JA]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq (see H. Res. 41), H1565 [13FE]

———prevent withholding of information on corruption within the Iraqi Government (see H. Res. 734), H11494 [12OC]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see H.J. Res. 18), H3562 [18AP]

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]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 804), H1209 [5FE]

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), H6828 [20JN]

Max Volterra Post Office Building, Attleboro, MA: designate (see H.R. 3952), H12020 [24OC]

Medicaid: 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), H2303 [7MR]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H15215 [10DE]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3932), H11933 [23OC]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1845), H6008 [5JN]

———ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3057), H10246 [6SE]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H10939 [26SE]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H6331 [12JN]

———expand number of beneficiaries eligible for coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2805), H10363 [10SE]

———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), H8821 [27JY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1926), H6181 [7JN]

———limit penalty for late enrollment under part B and exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 2591), H11321 [5OC]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 154), H6007 [5JN]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H13412 [8NO]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 2122), H6181 [7JN]

———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H10076 [4SE]

———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), H10697 [20SE]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2567), H6006 [5JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H12103 [25OC]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 2888), H10077 [4SE]

———require public reporting of health care-associated infections data and establish pilot program for incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence (see H.R. 1174), H10756 [24SE]

———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]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 621), H1790 [15FE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H6007 [5JN]

———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), H4754 [9MY]

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), H2436 [12MR]

Military Commissions Act: improve and enhance due process and appellate procedures (see H.R. 1415), H3364 [29MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H4205 [26AP]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1743), H6008 [5JN]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 590), H10903 [25SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: require disclosure of information on the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles (see H.R. 1029), H10434 [17SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1157), H1969 [27FE]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 715), H987 [29JA]

National Seafood Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 125), H6332 [12JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H343 [10JA]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H13205 [6NO]

New England National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1528), H4553 [7MY]

NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H3724 [20AP]

NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H2121 [1MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2049), H4203 [26AP]

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), H11640 [16OC]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 2808), H6955 [21JN]

Pakistan: call for end to state of emergency (see H. Res. 810), H14158 [4DE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H434 [11JA]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H342 [10JA]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4629 [8MY]

———provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H15738 [17DE]

Power resources: establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program (see H.R. 2847), H7069 [25JN]

———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]

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]

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), H4176 [25AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H2121 [1MR]

Puerto Rico: recognize service of the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers during the Korean War and all Puerto Ricans serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 443), H8122 [18JY]

Radio: nullify Copyright Royalty Board decision increasing royalty rates for webcasters and reform the royalty rate-setting standard that applies to commercial Internet radio royalty arbitrations (see H.R. 2060), H4967 [14MY]

Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (see H.R. 1248), H11316 [4OC]

Roads and highways: inspect highway tunnels (see H.R. 409), H434 [11JA]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release (see H.R. 1346), H2242 [6MR]

Sharp, Waitstill and Martha: tribute (see H. Res. 52), H435 [11JA]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1111), H1892 [16FE] (see H.R. 2357), H6182 [7JN]

———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), H12456 [1NO]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H8186 [19JY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) (see H.R. 4807), H16833 [18DE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace: appoint (see H. Res. 143), H11640 [16OC]

Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H7852 [16JY]

Taunton River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 415), H10370 [14SE]

Taxation: 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), H2487 [13MR]

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

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

———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H2435 [12MR]

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

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H4487 [3MY]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 550), H4051 [24AP]

———increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (see H.R. 539), H1896 [16FE]

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

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H10626 [19SE]

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

Terrorism: condemn attacks in Casablanca, Morocco, and Algiers, Algeria (see H. Res. 310), H3475 [17AP]

Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3232), H11847 [22OC]

Truth in Lending Act: extend protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 946), H10902 [25SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1416 [8FE]

———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), H2957 [22MR]

Veterans Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 915), H1412 [8FE]

Whistleblowing: streamline administration of whistleblower protections for private sector employees (see H.R. 4047), H12454 [1NO]

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), H4487 [3MY]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: improve (see H.R. 3662), H11395 [9OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish (see H.R. 3706), H11027 [27SE]

Education: strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2690), H6330 [12JN]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2164 [5MR]

FDA: improve ability to ensure drug safety (see H.R. 788), H1151 [31JA]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 3507), H10319 [7SE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1614), H2744 [20MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1737 [15FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7537 [11JY]

Classified information: limit Members of Congress who can receive information about sensitive subjects, H2537 [14MR]

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), H7537 [11JY]

Danvers, MA: anniversary of St. John's Preparatory School, E2031 [1OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1585), H5267 [16MY]

———national missile defense system funding, H5267 [16MY]

Dept. of HUD: provide mortgage insurance premium refunds to eligible borrowers of FHA insured loans that were closed but not endorsed prior to a certain date, H10465 [18SE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), H6858, H6859, H6930 [21JN]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, H4331 [2MY]

———reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H604 [17JA]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), H2537 [14MR]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 985), motion to recommit, H2541 [14MR]

———extend whistleblower protection coverage to employees who report violations of Federal guidelines relative to religious expression in the workplace, H2541 [14MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (S. 1927), H9955 [4AU]

———amend to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance (H.R. 3356), H9688 [3AU]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), H4331 [2MY]

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), H10465 [18SE]

Iraq: prevent withholding of information on corruption within the Iraqi Government (H. Res. 734), H11578 [16OC]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), H2059 [1MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), H272 [10JA]

Pakistan: basic education programs funding, H6858, H6859 [21JN]

———foreign military financing funding, H6930 [21JN]

Pelosi, Speaker: request for non-stop flights on military aircraft to home district, H1379 [8FE]

Power resources: establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program, H9724 [4AU]

———facilitate development of markets for alternative fuels and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection (H.R. 547), H1379 [8FE]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9724 [4AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3775 [23AP]

Tributes

Darby, Abner W., E2061 [3OC]

O'Leary, Leonard F., E1202 [6JN]