PASTOR, ED (a Representative from Arizona)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H4151 [19MY]

American Red Cross: commend emergency communications services provided to military servicemembers and their families (see H. Res. 937), H943 [13FE]

Arizona: withdraw Tusayan Ranger District and BLM-managed Federal land in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 5583), H2151 [9AP]

Arizona State University: tribute to softball team (see H. Res. 1323), H6343 [9JY]

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2225 [10AP]

———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), H6342 [9JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H2487 [17AP]

———provide an additional increase in rates of military basic pay for members above the pay increase proposed by the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 5481), H2012 [3AP]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (see H.R. 5609), H1700 [13MR]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H2071 [8AP]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1153), H3021 [1MY]

ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 5869), H2760 [24AP]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H9974 [25SE]

Baytown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 934), H815 [7FE]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3404 [8MY]

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H1155 [27FE]

Border Patrol: impose requirements on searches of laptop computers and other similar devices (see H.R. 6702), H7956 [9SE]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H1417 [6MR]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2266 [14AP]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H4832 [22MY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 645), H6728 [17JY]

Children and youth: authorize additional appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 6332), H5796 [20JN]

———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H622 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 5444), H993 [14FE]

———provide States with incentives, flexibility, and resources to develop child welfare services that focus on improving circumstances of children (see H.R. 4207), H622 [6FE]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2511), H456 [23JA]

———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), H2947 [30AP]

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

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 4461), H2553 [22AP]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H8050 [11SE]

Correctional institutions: provide for the redress of prison abuses (see H.R. 4109), H3020 [1MY]

Courts: provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the U.S. (see H.R. 5913), H4151 [19MY]

Credit: permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see H.R. 6076), H5215 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1554), H1445 [10MR]

———phase out the use of private military contractors (see H.R. 4102), H622 [6FE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 4449), H2553 [22AP]

———create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3439), H1889 [1AP]

———establish Office of International and Foreign Language Education and designate the head of such office as an Assistant Sec. (see H.R. 5179), H943 [13FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct demonstration project for administering influenza vaccine to elementary and middle school students in qualified low-income schools (see H.R. 4251), H622 [6FE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 2552), H3050 [5MY]

———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), H1221 [4MR]

Dept. of HUD: make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and grants to States for related costs (see H.R. 5818), H2948 [30AP]

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H1341 [5MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 5180), H1032 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 1975), H1418 [6MR]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in Clinton, TN, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2695), H456 [23JA]

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]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H10867 [9DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a presumption of service connection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 5454), H1155 [27FE]

———establish a program to provide readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 2689), H5729 [19JN]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (see H.R. 2790), H1702 [13MR]

———increase rates of basic educational assistance (see H.R. 5663), H2760 [24AP]

———periodically update plans and specifications for specially adapted housing furnished to veterans (see H.R. 5664), H2760 [24AP]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see H.R. 6625), H8019 [10SE]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see H.R. 2965), H995 [14FE]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see H.R. 3001), H2266 [14AP]

———increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability (see H.R. 3834), H995 [14FE]

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), H1004 [21FE]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H4877 [3JN]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H1889 [1AP]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H1032 [25FE]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 2241), H2487 [17AP]

Drugs: target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 4545), H1155 [27FE]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (see H.R. 3366), H995 [14FE]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H4151 [19MY]

Education: establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3842), H1822 [31MR]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H1445 [10MR]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H2553 [22AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H3777 [13MY]

———amend (see H.R. 648), H1539 [11MR]

Employment: establish a living wage and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1050), H5328 [11JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2792), H1702 [13MR]

———permit leave for victims, and immediate family members of victims, of violent crime and domestic violence to attend court proceedings relating to such crimes (see H.R. 5845), H4151 [19MY]

Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp.: establish (see H.R. 4135), H1188 [3MR]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 2802), H2012 [3AP]

FDA: reverse policy eliminating access to medication containing estriol (see H. Con. Res. 342), H5329 [11JN]

Federal employees: ensure that at least two-thirds of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 3799), H1822 [31MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H480 [28JA]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 4651), H1539 [11MR]

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council: establish (see H.R. 3892), H1822 [31MR]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H995 [14FE]

Frank Sinatra Day: designate (see H. Res. 1144), H3110 [6MY]

GSA: reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for 2008 general elections and for costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting results (see H.R. 5036), H622 [6FE]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H456 [23JA]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H5482 [17JN]

———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8397 [17SE]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 6680), H7628 [30JY]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 3750), H1342 [5MR]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 2676), H2553 [22AP]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H2487 [17AP]

Health care facilities: require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (see H.R. 6126), H5329 [11JN]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1134), H2760 [24AP]

———provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 5924), H4833 [22MY]

Heston, Charlton: tribute (see H. Res. 1091), H2225 [10AP]

Housing: allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters (see H.R. 6116), H10828 [3OC]

Immigration: authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. college or university in science, technology, engineering, or math to be admitted for permanent residence (see H.R. 6039), H5215 [10JN]

———eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories (see H.R. 5921), H5215 [10JN]

———provide for safe and humane policies and procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention, and processing of aliens in immigration enforcement operations (see H.R. 3980), H1822 [31MR]

———provide relief for surviving spouses and children (see H.R. 6034), H5408 [12JN]

———recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future (see H.R. 5882), H5215 [10JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: protect the well-being of soldiers and their families (see H.R. 6020), H5215 [10JN]

———remove provisions rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 3337), H1618 [12MR]

India: condemn terrorist attacks in Mumbai, urge Pakistan to investigate possible connection to groups based in Pakistan, and bolster U.S. counterterrorism cooperation with India (see H. Res. 1532), H10867 [9DE]

Insurance: make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2391), H4832 [22MY]

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), H4976 [4JN]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 354), H4150 [19MY]

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

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 4611), H457 [23JA]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 6427), H6728 [17JY]

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: funding (see H.R. 6892), H10132 [26SE]

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

———permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs (see H.R. 5748), H4151 [19MY]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H6407 [10JY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H1342 [5MR]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H9085 [23SE]

———ensure access to recreational therapy in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4248), H2012 [3AP]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1078), H2070 [8AP]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H622 [6FE]

———expand number of beneficiaries eligible for coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2805), H1772 [14MR]

———extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 6394), H6174 [26JN]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H2553 [22AP]

———improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (see H.R. 2914), H2070 [8AP]

———permit a physician assistant to order or provide post-hospital extended care services, home health services, and hospice care (see H.R. 1178), H1445 [10MR]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 154), H4321 [20MY]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 2244), H4877 [3JN]

———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), H2853 [29AP]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]

———provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by critical access hospitals and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2159), H2553 [22AP]

———reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2922), H1618 [12MR]

———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), H5408 [12JN]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 6654), H10132 [26SE]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see H.R. 5176), H5730 [19JN]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1134), H3778 [13MY]

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: support goals (see H. Res. 339), H457 [23JA]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 289), H871 [12FE]

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 273), H25 [15JA]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 5606), H2071 [8AP]

National Day of the Cowboy: designate (see H. Res. 984), H2488 [17AP]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 195), H4061 [15MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H5581 [18JN]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2444 [16AP]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 6363), H7165 [24JY]

National Miner's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1006), H6408 [10JY]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2554 [22AP]

National Park Service: establish a National Park Centennial Fund (see H.R. 3094), H2658 [23AP]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 5662), H3020 [1MY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 331), H3110 [6MY]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H6728 [17JY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 3543), H2854 [29AP] (see H.R. 6594), H8477 [18SE]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 6950), H8475 [18SE]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H815 [7FE]

Postal Service: modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 6217), H6577 [15JY]

———provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H295 [16JA]

Power resources: prevent excessive speculation in derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation to those capable of producing or taking delivery of the commodities (see H.R. 6264), H5797 [20JN]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see H.R. 6330), H5796 [20JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: express that the President should not issue pardons to senior members of his administration during the final 90 days of his term of office (see H. Res. 1531), H10867 [9DE]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H1221 [4MR]

Product safety: require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls (see H.R. 5069), H349 [17JA]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen copper (see H.R. 6831), H8397 [17SE]

Rodriguez, Juan A. (Chi-Chi): tribute (see H. Res. 1029), H1540 [11MR]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5524), H2225 [10AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3132), H1889 [1AP]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 1446), H8276 [16SE]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see H.R. 4833), H558 [29JA]

Shipping industry: require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel (see H.R. 5977), H4322 [20MY]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 6485), H8477 [18SE]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for benefits (see H.R. 1953), H4832 [22MY]

———provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas (see H.R. 4688), H814 [7FE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 5447), H1221 [4MR]

Sudan: urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see H. Res. 1245), H5798 [20JN]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H1772 [14MR]

Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H2224 [10AP]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H4322 [20MY]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 2014), H2070 [8AP]

———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 1264), H2070 [8AP]

Television: address digital television transition in border States (see H.R. 5435), H5797 [20JN]

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]

Veterans: encourage model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students (see H.R. 5143), H559 [29JA]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such individuals (see H.R. 4071), H1446 [10MR]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H10856 [20NO]

———issue veterans health care stamp (see H.R. 4116), H943 [13FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: amend presumptions of exposure for veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 6562), H7956 [9SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (see H.R. 5315), H2225 [10AP]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 3423), H8477 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project (see H.R. 6754), H7787 [31JY]

Native Americans: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (see H.R. 7024), H9084 [23SE]

Ramirez Vasquez, Alfredo: relief (see H.R. 6888), H8049 [11SE]

Walnut Canyon National Monument: direct the Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain adjacent lands in Arizona (see H.R. 5751), H2150 [9AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3053 [6MY], H4455 [22MY], H9087 [24SE]

Remarks

House of Representatives: secret session, unanimous-consent agreement, H1691 [13MR]

National Crittenton Foundation: anniversary, E651 [17AP]

Tributes

Anderson, Joseph P., E510 [4AP]

Dupnik, Clarence W., E616 [15AP]