WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (H.R. 2016), H2112 [9AP]

Articles and editorials

For House Democratic Leaders, Rural Counties Are Not a Priority, Portland (OR) Oregonian, H10064 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 127), H871 [12FE]

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]

Alice Norris Post Office Building, Oregon City, OR: designate (see H.R. 6584), H8397 [17SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H4454 [21MY]

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), H2760 [24AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H1822 [31MR] (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H995 [14FE]

———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]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H943 [13FE]

Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 1122), H3051 [5MY]

Aviation: provide incentives for the production and use of unconventional aviation fuels (see H.R. 6131), H4829 [22MY]

Berkeley, CA: rescind funds appropriated for certain local entities and transfer such funds to the Marine Corps (see H.R. 5222), H995 [14FE]

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

Borderline Personality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1005), H1446 [10MR]

Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting rescue operations (see H. Res. 1283), H5580 [18JN]

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

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2853 [29AP]

California State University, Fresno: tribute to baseball team (see H. Res. 1327), H6342 [9JY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 645), H6674 [16JY]

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), H6577 [15JY]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1042), H4878 [3JN]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H995 [14FE]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 2493), H4877 [3JN]

———waive applicable volume requirement for renewable fuels if the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or the fuel is not commercially available in the required volume (see H.R. 6136), H4829 [22MY]

Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H995 [14FE]

Crime: provide penalties for sex offenders who access social networking websites (see H.R. 3144), H7058 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: expand authority to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation (see H.R. 6376, 6378), H6173 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: making supplemental appropriations for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 5180), H995 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H6343 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers (see H.R. 1527), H6473 [14JY]

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: recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 1229), H5409 [12JN]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2659 [23AP]

Federal agencies and departments: repeal requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5656), H4833 [22MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1079), H2761 [24AP]

Fire prevention: establish a Federal fund to facilitate wildand fire suppression activities, encourage wildland fire suppression cost controls, and reduce wildfire risks (see H.R. 5648), H2487 [17AP]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 5541), H2487 [17AP]

Flag Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1219), H5046 [5JN]

Forests: establish a program to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land (see H.R. 5263), H2659 [23AP]

Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building, Rancho Mirage, CA: designate (see H.R. 6085), H5045 [5JN]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 6404), H6175 [26JN]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 6864), H8050 [11SE]

Health: provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H456 [23JA]

Helen Berg Post Office Building, Corvallis, OR: designate (see H.R. 6585), H8397 [17SE]

Higher Education Act: improve participation in higher education of, and increase opportunities in employment for, residents of rural areas (see H.R. 4139), H1032 [25FE]

House of Representatives: prohibit adjournment until approval of a bill to establish a comprehensive national energy plan addressing energy conservation and expansion of renewable and conventional energy sources (see H. Res. 1391), H7790 [31JY]

Immigration: provide relief for surviving spouses and children (see H.R. 6034), H7308 [29JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H6825 [22JY]

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), H6343 [9JY]

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

John W. Keys III Powerplant, Grand Coulee, WA: designate (see H.R. 7023), H10856 [20NO]

Judie Hammerstad Post Office Building, Lake Oswego, OR: designate (see H.R. 6489), H7165 [24JY]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H3109 [6MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H350 [17JA]

Louisa Swain Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 378), H8019 [10SE]

Major Arthur Chin Post Office Building, Beaverton, OR: designate (see H.R. 5220), H557 [29JA]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H2761 [24AP]

National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 858), H390 [22JA]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 1411), H8579 [22SE]

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

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H6230 [8JY]

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

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), H3108 [6MY]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 334), H3051 [5MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 671), H6578 [15JY]

National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 952), H557 [29JA]

North Platte, NE: recognize as Rail Town USA (see H. Con. Res. 408), H7788 [31JY]

NSF: provide grants to strengthen the capacity of high schools and colleges to provide instruction in nanotechnology (see H.R. 2436), H25 [15JA]

Nuclear energy: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 6132), H7058 [23JY]

———establish a program for providing scholarships for nuclear science and nuclear engineering students (see H.R. 6135), H4829 [22MY]

Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program: tribute (see H. Res. 1321), H6229 [8JY]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2443 [16AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1132), H2659 [23AP]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 6139), H4830 [22MY]

Power resources: promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 5236), H621 [6FE]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6384), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 6709), H7809 [1AU]

Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H1074 [26FE]

Radio: require radios used in satellite digital radio service be capable of receiving terrestrial digital radio signals (see H.R. 7157), H10131 [26SE]

Robertson, Alice M.: tribute (see H. Res. 1272), H5407 [12JN]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]

Social Security: extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6788), H7806 [1AU]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5961), H3050 [5MY]

Standing Bear (Ponca Native American Chief): tribute (see H. Res. 1043), H1618 [12MR]

Sue Miller Post Office Building, Salem, OR: designate (see H.R. 6586), H8397 [17SE]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 6172), H8276 [16SE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 551), H558 [29JA]

———extend relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5031), H348 [17JA]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 6896), H8127 [15SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H2443 [16AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H7955 [9SE]

Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (see H.R. 5696), H2010 [3AP]

Vera Katz Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 6904), H8397 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which certain hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted (see H.R. 6787), H7806 [1AU]

Medicare: exempt from critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans (see H.R. 6557), H6733 [21JY]

States: provide for secure rural schools and counties and enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 6779), H7806 [1AU]

Letters

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act modernization and streamlining: J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, H1024-H1026 [25FE]

Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act: Representative DeFazio, H4926 [4JN]

Motions

Transportation: promote increased use of public transportation and alternative fuels in providing public transportation (H.R. 6052), H6140 [26JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2555 [23AP], H3779 [14MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), H10053 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), consideration (H. Res. 1507), H10063, H10064 [26SE]

BLM: ensure National Landscape Conservation System policies do not supersede or change previously-enacted management principles governing the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area, H2112 [9AP]

———establish the National Landscape Conservation System (H.R. 2016), H2112 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), earmark declaration, E1056, E1075 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E2067 [27SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories (H.R. 6184), H6283 [9JY]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 5541), H6288 [9JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), H1021, H1022, H1023, H1024, H1027 [25FE]

Geisen, Mike: Council of Chief State School Officers National Teacher of the Year award recipient, E778 [30AP]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H9890 [25SE]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H9890, H9939 [25SE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1490), H9890 [25SE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1503), H10053, H10054 [26SE]

Oregon: anniversary of Hillcrest Orchard, E2082 [27SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 6108), H6142 [26JN]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H4925 [4JN], H6283 [9JY]

Point of order, H10064 [26SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4925 [4JN], H6283 [9JY]

———secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (H.R. 3089), H6142 [26JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (H.R. 3058), H2557 [23AP], H2662 [24AP], H2865 [30AP], H2953 [1MY], H3057 [6MY], H3191 [8MY], H3780 [14MY], H3890 [15MY], H4158 [20MY], H4326 [21MY], H4925 [4JN]

———reauthorize, H9890, H9900, H9901, H9939, H9940 [25SE], H10002, H10054, H10063, H10064 [26SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief, H10002 [26SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1501), H9900, H9901 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1502), H9939, H9940 [25SE]

Transportation: promote increased use of public transportation and alternative fuels in providing public transportation (H.R. 6052), motion to recommit, H6141, H6142 [26JN]

———provide funding to restore school bus services cut back due to increasing fuel prices giving preference to rural and suburban areas that cover larger distances, H6141, H6142 [26JN]

Virginia Tech University: anniversary of campus shootings, E631 [16AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4826 [22MY]

Special order: granted, H2549 [22AP]

Tributes

Brown, Georgette, E1387 [26JN]

Cooper, Scott, E2374 [10DE]

Hanneman, Craig, E2145 [28SE]

Kinnel, Monica Ruhl, E1105 [3JN]

Lundy, Chuck, E49 [18JA]

Schiess, Tom, E935 [15MY]

Thomas, Bob, Sr., E1713 [8SE]

Zerzan, Charles J., Jr., E1107 [3JN]