MILLER, BRAD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: develop strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, reduce violence, and move toward sustainable peace in regions of Chad, Central African Republic, and Sudan (see H. Res. 1011), H2152 [9AP]

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (see H. Con. Res. 341), H5111 [9JN]

AMA: recognize contributions of African-American doctors on the occasion of apology to the National Medical Association for racial prejudices and wrongdoings (see H. Con. Res. 403), H7787 [31JY]

American Pharmacists Month: designate (see H. Res. 1437), H9086 [23SE]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 1650), H4832 [22MY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H7854 [8SE]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 2189), H622 [6FE]

Bangladesh: elections (see H. Res. 1402), H7788 [31JY]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H2553 [22AP]

Bhutan: commemorate participation in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commend commitment to conducting parliamentary elections (see H. Res. 1307), H6408 [10JY]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H2012 [3AP]

Business and industry: require disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources and allow shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks (see H.R. 6066), H8276 [16SE]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (see H.R. 6377), H6173 [26JN]

Children and youth: prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2842), H8019 [10SE]

———promote youth financial education (see H.R. 4335), H390 [22JA]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H1702 [13MR]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1074 [26FE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: condemn sexual violence and call on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence (see H. Res. 1227), H4831 [22MY]

———condemn violence in eastern region and recognize threat such violence poses to the overall peace of the Great Lakes region (see H. Res. 795), H3110 [6MY]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see H. Res. 1159), H5216 [10JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H2553 [22AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H1539 [11MR]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: add sites (see H.R. 4199), H4832 [22MY]

DEA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 369), H5797 [20JN]

Dept. of Commerce: create an Office of Domestic Product Promotion (see H.R. 6573), H7789 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: implement a pain care initiative (see H.R. 5465), H3050 [5MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 2165), H5729 [19JN]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H1539 [11MR]

———reauthorize the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2915), H6010 [24JN]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H622 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish an Office of National School Preparedness and Response (see H.R. 5766), H2223 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H4975 [4JN]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H5482 [17JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 5180), H1155 [27FE]

———require Bureau of Prisons provision of secure storage areas in prison facilities for employees authorized to carry a firearm (see H.R. 5674), H6177 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil or gas leases on certain tracts in the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf until it is determined whether to list the polar bear as a threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 5058), H871 [12FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7809 [1AU]

———establish Office of Insurance Information (see H.R. 5840), H7809 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see H.R. 4204), H25 [15JA]

———establish a presumption of service connection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 5454), H4833 [22MY]

———expand access to hospital care for veterans in urban areas (see H.R. 4915), H480 [28JA]

———provide a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 5561), H2554 [22AP]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see H.R. 5148), H1184 [28FE]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 3995), H480 [28JA]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H3050 [5MY]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H3020 [1MY]

———improve screening and treatment of cancers and provide survivorship services (see H.R. 2353), H9085 [23SE]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H4976 [4JN]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (see H.R. 7307), H10856 [20NO]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H7854 [8SE]

Employment: direct the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Labor to conduct a joint study on fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas (see H.R. 3646), H1074 [26FE]

———protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 1643), H3019 [1MY]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see H.J. Res. 79), H6010 [24JN]

Federal employees: provide lump-sum payments to certain employees who retire with a substantial amount of unused sick leave (see H.R. 5573), H4833 [22MY]

Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H10643 [29SE]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H622 [6FE]

Foreign policy: build operational readiness in civilian agencies to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activities in countries or regions in transition from conflict or civil strife (see H.R. 1084), H813 [7FE]

Foreign Service: extend comparability pay adjustments to employees serving overseas and authorize a death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of employees who die as a result of injuries sustained while on duty (see H.R. 3202), H3109 [6MY]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 7090), H9973 [25SE]

Germany: anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass (see H. Res. 1435), H8127 [15SE]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 5580), H4878 [3JN]

Health: expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (see H.R. 5549), H4975 [4JN]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 3750), H1772 [14MR]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see H.R. 5942), H8050 [11SE]

Health care professionals: provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 3404), H3109 [6MY]

Helms, Jesse: tribute (see H. Res. 1325), H6342 [9JY]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 1169), H3018 [1MY]

Immigration: allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants to renew their period of authorized admission in 5-year increments (see H.R. 5060), H558 [29JA]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H295 [16JA]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 2221), H8397 [17SE]

Insurance: require coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 2820), H1702 [13MR]

———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), H7165 [24JY]

International Renewable Energy Agency: establish (see H.R. 5529), H1703 [13MR]

International Year of Sanitation: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2225 [10AP]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5215 [10JN]

Iraq: require congressional approval to maintain a U.S. military presence and accept the principle of setting a timetable for redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 1329), H7169 [28JY]

———urge government to recognize Israel's right to exist and to establish diplomatic relations with Israel (see H. Res. 1249), H5730 [19JN]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2554 [22AP]

Jordan, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 1242), H5043 [5JN]

Law enforcement: provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence (see H.R. 1069), H1188 [3MR]

Liberia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 6655), H9085 [23SE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H6408 [10JY]

Manufactured Housing Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1010), H4976 [4JN]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2071 [8AP]

———impose a moratorium on certain payment restrictions (see H.R. 4355), H6342 [9JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H8276 [16SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H2760 [24AP]

———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), H6177 [26JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H456 [23JA]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H8578 [22SE]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 5704), H4454 [21MY]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H2553 [22AP]

———establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services so that direct payment to speech-language pathologists may be made (see H.R. 1774), H6674 [16JY]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H8049 [11SE]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 5426), H8578 [22SE]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 154), H6407 [10JY]

———provide for guaranteed issue of supplemental policies for disabled and renal disease beneficiaries upon initial enrollment (see H.R. 1282), H4832 [22MY]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see H.R. 4296), H8019 [10SE]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 6654), H7627 [30JY]

Middle East: recognize non-governmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Res. 1369), H7058 [23JY]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5854), H7854 [8SE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H4832 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see H.R. 6323), H6577 [15JY]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2694), H25 [15JA]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 6063), H5111 [9JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 5611), H2012 [3AP]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 70), H2267 [14AP]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5216 [10JN]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 1271), H5865 [23JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1010), H4976 [4JN]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H8579 [22SE]

National Prader-Willi Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1386), H8128 [15SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 672), H8276 [16SE]

National Watermelon Month: designate (see H. Res. 578), H814 [7FE]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H2553 [22AP]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 3543), H5482 [17JN] (see H.R. 6594), H8050 [11SE]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1222 [4MR]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H6342 [9JY]

Pran, Dith: tribute (see H. Res. 1109), H2554 [22AP]

Public Health Service Act: revise and expand the drug discount program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2606), H6734 [21JY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 1073), H2761 [24AP]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 5632), H5581 [18JN]

Religion: support spirit of peace and desire for unity displayed in the letter from leading Muslim scholars, and in the Pope Benedict XVI response (see H. Con. Res. 374), H7165 [24JY]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see H.R. 4833), H6177 [26JN]

SBA: establish the Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change and the Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse (see H.R. 5402), H870 [12FE]

Seeds of Peace (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 337), H2852 [29AP]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H4059 [15MY]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H4832 [22MY]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 1629), H1772 [14MR]

States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see H.R. 5560), H1417 [6MR]

Sudan: condemn ongoing sales of arms to belligerents and call for the cessation of such sales and expansion of U.N. embargo on arms sales to Sudan (see H. Res. 1462), H8477 [18SE]

———establish a program to assist Sudanese refugees in the U.S. known as the ``Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan'' to voluntarily return to southern Sudan to assist in reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3054), H2658 [23AP]

———urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see H. Res. 1245), H5483 [17JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H7956 [9SE]

———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3363), H8477 [18SE]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H2553 [22AP]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 1929), H4832 [22MY]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 2020), H5481 [17JN]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H25 [15JA]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (see H.R. 6640), H7809 [1AU]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H3019 [1MY]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H8397 [17SE]

Technology: authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development (see H.R. 5940), H3017 [1MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 211), H6577 [15JY]

Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation: establish to encourage outstanding graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal Government (see H.R. 6160), H5730 [19JN]

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), H2948 [30AP]

U.S. Commission To Monitor Slavery and Its Eradication in Sudan: establish (see H.R. 3844), H7308 [29JY]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (see H.R. 4847), H1446 [10MR]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 332), H2854 [29AP]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H2488 [17AP]

World Refugee Day: observance (see H. Res. 1290), H6578 [15JY]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H5481 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: provide an alternate procedure for the prosecution of certain criminal contempts referred for prosecution by the House of Representatives (see H.R. 6508), H6673 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: require reporting on certain authoritative legal interpretations issued by the Dept., including the Office of Legal Counsel (see H.R. 6929), H8396 [17SE]

Diseases: establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services (see H.R. 5485), H1031 [25FE]

EPA: increase research, synthesis of research findings, and production of scientific information on chemicals and expedite listing of information in the Integrated Risk Information System (see H.R. 7234), H10642 [29SE]

Science: establish a process for the management of biospecimen collections by Federal agencies (see H.R. 7158), H10131 [26SE]

Tariff: ethofumesate in bulk or mixtures (see H.R. 5476), H1004 [21FE]

World Habitat Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1486), H9085 [23SE]

Remarks

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (H. Res. 980), adoption (H. Res. 982), H951 [14FE]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: add sites (H.R. 4199), H6190 [8JY]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10405 [29SE]

Greensboro, NC: anniversary, H3754 [13MY], E904 [13MY]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (H.R. 3981), H6184 [8JY]

House of Representatives: recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 979), adoption (H. Res. 982), H951 [14FE]

Housing: clarify that State laws and local ordinances on foreclosure and foreclosed properties are not preempted by Federal law, H3296 [8MY]

———provide needed housing reform, H3292, H3296 [8MY]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3292, H3296 [8MY]

Raleigh, NC: tribute to Enloe High School chorus, E901 [13MY]

Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10405 [29SE]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (H.R. 4847), H1984 [3AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3774 [13MY]