DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments

Technology: develop the next generation of parental control technology (S. 602), H10808 [3OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act, H3856 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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 Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 972), H944 [13FE]

Arizona State University: tribute to softball team (see H. Res. 1323), H6408 [10JY]

Armed Forces: improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 6268), H5730 [19JN]

———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), H10132 [26SE]

Aurora, CO: convey certain non-Federal land to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to be used for construction of a veterans medical facility (see H.R. 6591), H8128 [15SE]

Aviation: establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights (see H.R. 5788), H2760 [24AP]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H2854 [29AP]

Baytown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 934), H872 [12FE]

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

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H25 [15JA]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H25 [15JA]

Brown, James: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 27), H295 [16JA]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H3777 [13MY]

———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H5328 [11JN]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 5466), H2012 [3AP]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election (see H. Res. 1529), H10976 [10DE]

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

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Continental Congress: anniversary of meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ (see H. Con. Res. 351), H7059 [23JY]

Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network: establish (see H.R. 3643), H1074 [26FE]

Correctional institutions: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 4063), H1221 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see H.R. 6553), H8050 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 3769), H2854 [29AP]

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), H995 [14FE]

———increase planning and funding for health promotion programs (see H.R. 5835), H2485 [17AP]

———provide for national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner (see H.R. 5979), H6343 [9JY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see H.R. 3267), H5111 [9JN]

———reauthorize the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2915), H2151 [9AP]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H2266 [14AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H5215 [10JN]

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 Veterans Affairs: carry out quality assurance activities relative to administration of disability compensation (see H.R. 5709), H6473 [14JY]

———improve basic educational assistance program (see H.R. 5684), H2854 [29AP]

———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5229), H1074 [26FE]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H1702 [13MR]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: tribute (see H. Res. 1348), H6734 [21JY]

Dietz, Danny P.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4927), H2225 [10AP]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H5111 [9JN]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1532), H5215 [10JN]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 6884), H8049 [11SE]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 6567), H8276 [16SE]

———improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship (see H.R. 4450), H8477 [18SE]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H5730 [19JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H5481 [17JN]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H7165 [24JY]

———reduce incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish position of National Diabetes Coordinator (see H.R. 4836), H2012 [3AP]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (see H.R. 3366), H1221 [4MR]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services (see H. Res. 987), H994 [14FE]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H5482 [17JN]

———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H5408 [12JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H3885 [14MY]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H25 [15JA]

FDA: establish a program of fees relative to generic new animal drugs (see H.R. 6433), H6408 [10JY]

———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), H943 [13FE]

———revise and extend the animal drug user fee program (see H.R. 6432), H6408 [10JY]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H1539 [11MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 6381), H6173 [26JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H995 [14FE]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 96), H2853 [29AP]

———require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition (see H.R. 5266), H7809 [1AU]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs (see H.R. 7169), H10131 [26SE]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H2070 [8AP]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1148), H1221 [4MR]

Food stamps: repeal denial of eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 5802), H5329 [11JN]

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), H1032 [25FE]

Health: ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see H.R. 6569), H7308 [29JY]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 5897), H10331 [28SE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (see H.R. 6210), H5730 [19JN]

———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), H6010 [24JN]

———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H7307 [29JY]

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

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H5797 [20JN]

———recognize contributions of patient participants in clinical trials (see H. Res. 248), H1074 [26FE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1653), H6229 [8JY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H6177 [26JN]

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), H5482 [17JN]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (see H.R. 3981), H1221 [4MR]

Homeless: strengthen and expand substance abuse and mental health services to persons experiencing homelessness (see H.R. 4129), H390 [22JA]

Insurance: 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]

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), H7854 [8SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 4611), H2225 [10AP]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1889 [1AP]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2066), H10700 [2OC]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see H.R. 7212), H10331 [28SE]

———include all public clinics for the distribution of pediatric vaccines (see H.R. 4990), H6342 [9JY]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H1889 [1AP]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1588), H871 [12FE]

———delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 6252), H5865 [23JN]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see H.R. 2897), H1973 [2AP]

———establish budget neutral demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 6725), H8478 [18SE]

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

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 748), H2853 [29AP]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see H.R. 4296), H871 [12FE]

———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), H1618 [12MR]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1134), H2658 [23AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H1341 [5MR]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 988), H4151 [19MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 280), H871 [12FE]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 424), H2152 [9AP]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2659 [23AP]

National Estate Planning Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 732), H6178 [26JN] (see H. Res. 1499), H9974 [25SE]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1260), H5214 [10JN]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 134), H4061 [15MY]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 369), H3187 [7MY]

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

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2016 [4AP]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2855 [29AP]

National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 952), H1002 [19FE]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 972), H944 [13FE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 331), H3020 [1MY]

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

Palmer, Arnold: tribute (see H. Res. 1152), H3187 [7MY]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1771 [14MR]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 5535), H7629 [30JY]

Petroleum: establish an interagency working group to identify factors that affect pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products and make appropriate recommendations (see H.R. 6238), H5327 [11JN]

Petty Officer 2d Class Danny Dietz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Aurora, CO: designate (see H.R. 6511), H7059 [23JY]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H7809 [1AU]

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 26), H295 [16JA]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

Product safety: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of certain children's products and child care articles that contain phthalates (see H.R. 4030), H4975 [4JN]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H5111 [9JN]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H1031 [25FE]

Ships and vessels: recognize role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LST) in conflicts since World War II and the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on such ships (see H. Res. 1316), H6408 [10JY]

Social Security: nullify effectiveness of a guidance letter proposing rules relative to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5998), H3402 [8MY]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1308), H2151 [9AP]

States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see H.R. 5560), H1822 [31MR]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 6172), H6674 [16JY]

———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 1540), H3108 [6MY]

———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), H622 [6FE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 5804), H4975 [4JN]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H25 [15JA]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 1422), H995 [14FE]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 6407), H6473 [14JY]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 4126), H6177 [26JN]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H6406 [10JY]

Television: address digital television transition in border States (see H.R. 5435), H6230 [8JY]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H8276 [16SE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 5689), H2010 [3AP]

———make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable (see H.R. 5912), H5111 [9JN]

Veterans: presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H5111 [9JN]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 5461), H1074 [26FE]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see H. Res. 1022), H1341 [5MR]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H2071 [8AP]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H7629 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Denver, CO: tribute to East High School for winning the We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition (see H. Res. 1261), H5214 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit implementation or enforcement of proposed rule limiting patients' access to basic reproductive health care services and information (see H.R. 7310), H10867 [9DE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 7141), H10130 [26SE]

———provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 6089), H4320 [20MY]

Health care professionals: expand training, improve recruitment and retention, and increase incentives for those serving rural and urban underserved areas (see H.R. 7302), H10856 [20NO]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (see H.R. 6469), H6406 [10JY]

Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 7140), H10130 [26SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 7231), H10642 [29SE]

Social Security: promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see H.R. 6393), H6174 [26JN]

Water: enhance ability of drinking water utilities to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies (see H.R. 6297), H5579 [18JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2357 [16AP]

Letters

Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act: Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union, E364 [12MR]

———Gary D. Maynard, American Correctional Association, E363 [12MR]

———Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., E364 [12MR]

———Lee Grossman, Autism Society of America, E364 [12MR]

———Vivian Hanson Meehan, National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, E364 [12MR]

Lists

East High School, Denver, CO, We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution championship team members, H6505 [15JY]

Motions

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), H10807 [3OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), Senate amendment, H4042 [15MY]

Denver, CO: tribute to East High School for winning the We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition (H. Res. 1261), H6505 [15JY]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10408 [29SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1108), H7574 [30JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), E1316 [23JN]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research, H1225 [5MR]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H4042 [15MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), H5909 [24JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, H6525 [15JY]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1289 [5MR]

National Foot Health Awareness Month: observance, E459 [1AP]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), H8668 [23SE], H10807 [3OC]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, H7582 [30JY]

Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10408 [29SE]

Technology: develop the next generation of parental control technology (S. 602), H10807 [3OC]

Tributes

Crookston, Duncan C., E275 [28FE]

Diamond, Gregory M., E1638 [31JY]

Figa, Phillip S., E25 [16JA]

Good, Shannon, E1637 [31JY]

Kopel, Gerald and Dolores, E1229 [12JN], E1313 [23JN]

Lantos, Tom, E184 [13FE]

Noel, Rachel Bassette, E278 [28FE]

Weil, Jack B., E279 [28FE]