EHLERS, VERNON J. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4949 [4JN]

SBA: improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 5819), H2613 [23AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4137, College Opportunity and Affordability Act, H7280 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 618), H4151 [19MY]

African Americans: honor inventors, past and present, for their leadership, courage, and significant contributions to our national competitiveness (see H. Res. 966), H813 [7FE]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War I veterans (see H.R. 6696), H8276 [16SE]

American Pharmacists Month: designate (see H. Res. 1437), H8478 [18SE]

American Religious History Week: designate (see H. Res. 888), H7169 [28JY]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 345), H3186 [7MY]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 1143), H5111 [9JN]

Architect of the Capitol: provide for appointment by House and Senate leaderships and the chairs and ranking members of congressional committees with jurisdiction (see H.R. 6656), H7627 [30JY]

Armed Forces: deny Federal funds to any State, city, county, or other political subdivision that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office (see H.R. 5462), H993 [14FE]

———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]

———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), H6825 [22JY]

———permit members assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Dept. of Defense at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the House exercise facility (see H. Res. 1068), H1889 [1AP]

———retain certain active members otherwise retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but still medically able to perform noncombat-related specialties or duties (see H.R. 5868), H2854 [29AP]

———take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members and their dependents are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections (see H. Con. Res. 388), H6229 [8JY]

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

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

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2070 [8AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for ceremonies and activities held in connection with the opening of the Capitol Visitor Center to the public (see H. Con. Res. 435), H10131 [26SE]

———authorize use of rotunda for a ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of our troops and their families in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and throughout the world (see H. Con. Res. 313), H1445 [10MR]

———require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates (see H.R. 3779), H1418 [6MR]

Capitol Police: make technical corrections to laws affecting certain administrative authorities (see H.R. 5972), H3108 [6MY]

———tribute (see H. Res. 645), H7059 [23JY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 916), H24 [15JA]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 411), H8049 [11SE]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 137), H5797 [20JN]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H943 [13FE]

Constitution—U.S.: authorize printing of pocket version (see H. Con. Res. 395), H7058 [23JY]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 4157), H6674 [16JY]

Dept. of Commerce: use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census (see H. Res. 1262), H5328 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: collect absentee ballots of overseas uniformed services voters for Federal elections and deliver ballots to State election officials prior to the closing of the polls (see H.R. 5673), H1888 [1AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 4449), H622 [6FE]

———establish Office of International and Foreign Language Education and designate the head of such office as an Assistant Sec. (see H.R. 5179), H556 [29JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 6532), H6726 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand access to hospital care for veterans in urban areas (see H.R. 4915), H295 [16JA]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 1246), H5044 [5JN]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H6342 [9JY]

———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H1822 [31MR]

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), H4452 [21MY]

———establish an accurate and reliable graduation rate for measuring student academic achievement (see H.R. 2862), H350 [17JA]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2552 [22AP]

Families and domestic relations: call upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children (see H. Res. 1076), H2011 [3AP]

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of an established and published schedule of penalties (see H.R. 6296), H5579 [18JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1079), H2267 [14AP]

Focus—HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 327), H2355 [15AP]

4-H National Youth Science Day: designate (see H. Res. 1390), H8277 [16SE]

General Motors Corp.: anniversary (see H. Res. 1445), H8276 [16SE]

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

Graham, Billy: tribute (see H. Res. 1358), H6733 [21JY]

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (see H.R. 6577), H7057 [23JY]

Health: 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]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H1821 [31MR]

House of Representatives: authorize Members to use funds designated for official duties to sponsor and conduct academic and community service competitions among school students and permit use of offices for charitable events (see H. Res. 1160), H5045 [5JN]

———establish the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (see H. Res. 1451), H8579 [22SE]

———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), H7629 [30JY]

———provide replacement of lost income to House employees serving on active duty for a period of more than thirty days (see H.R. 6608), H7164 [24JY]

———provide that the usual day for paying salaries may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration (House) (see H.R. 5493), H1889 [1AP]

Howe, Gordie: tribute (see H. Res. 1064), H7854 [8SE]

International Joint Commission, U.S. and Canada: adopt water level management plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River that meets certain criteria (see H. Res. 1146), H3051 [5MY]

John J. Shivnen Post Office Building, Garden City, MI: designate (see H.R. 6836), H8397 [17SE]

Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Alpena, MI: designate (see H.R. 4273), H3777 [13MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H1188 [3MR]

Medicare: ensure access to recreational therapy in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4248), H5408 [12JN]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H622 [6FE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3020 [1MY]

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), H5729 [19JN]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1143), H5111 [9JN]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 352), H4060 [15MY]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 5606), H6342 [9JY]

National Corvette Day: designate (see H. Res. 970), H5730 [19JN]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 917), H24 [15JA]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 994), H1540 [11MR]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H5329 [11JN]

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

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

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H5730 [19JN]

National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day: establish (see H. Res. 49), H457 [23JA]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H8478 [18SE]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 908), H25 [15JA]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H349 [17JA]

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

National Workplace Wellness Week: recognize (see H. Con. Res. 405), H9085 [23SE]

Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H5729 [19JN]

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

Office of the Architect of the Capitol: establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 5159), H555 [29JA]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2355 [15AP]

Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see H.R. 4061), H558 [29JA]

———suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (see H.R. 7277), H10856 [20NO]

Pepper, Claude: tribute (see H. Res. 1116), H6408 [10JY]

Project SEED Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 418), H8478 [18SE]

Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H1974 [2AP]

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), H1184 [28FE]

Railroads: provide competitive development and operation of high-speed rail corridor projects (see H.R. 5644), H1770 [14MR]

Ride, Sally K.: anniversary of the first U.S. woman in space (see H. Res. 1313), H6343 [9JY]

Robertson, Alice M.: tribute (see H. Res. 1272), H8478 [18SE]

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

Roosevelt, Theodore: tribute (see H. Res. 1352), H7309 [29JY]

Smithsonian Institution: carry out certain construction projects (see H.R. 6627), H7306 [29JY]

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

———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), H1822 [31MR]

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

Taxation: allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 3109), H8578 [22SE]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5737), H5111 [9JN]

———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 2734), H2224 [10AP]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see H.R. 5984), H3185 [7MY]

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

Television: extend expiration date of digital-to-analog converter box coupons (see H.R. 6763), H7787 [31JY]

———protect important existing television band devices in the unassigned, non-licensed television channels from harmful interference from new devices (see H.R. 1320), H1155 [27FE]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve: expand boundaries (see H.R. 6204), H7165 [24JY]

Transportation: establish Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers (see H.R. 5161), H871 [12FE]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (see H.R. 4847), H1822 [31MR]

Veterans: celebrate partnership between the Government and State veterans homes (see H. Res. 1335), H6407 [10JY]

Voting: encourage States to enact laws requiring photo identification to vote in elections (see H. Con. Res. 357), H4976 [4JN]

Women: recognize efforts and contributions of outstanding women scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians in the U.S. and around the world on Mother's Day (see H. Res. 1180), H3186 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building, Ionia, MI: designate (see H.R. 5479), H1031 [25FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (see H.R. 6460), H6405 [10JY]

House of Representatives: require a bipartisan panel of Members in the selection of an individual for appointment as Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 1524), H10699 [2OC]

Rokita, Todd: tribute to Indiana Sec. of State for leadership and dedication in protecting the integrity of election process and increasing voter confidence in all elections (see H. Res. 1170), H3018 [1MY]

Remarks

Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building, Ionia, MI: designate (H.R. 5479), H2561 [23AP]

American Religious History Week: designate (H. Res. 888), H5475 [17JN]

Armed Forces: permit members assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Dept. of Defense at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the House exercise facility (H. Res. 1068), H2298 [15AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (H. Res. 1360), H6838 [23JY]

———authorize use of rotunda for a ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of our troops and their families in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and throughout the world (H. Con. Res. 313), H1432 [10MR]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Michael E. DeBakey (S. Con. Res. 71), H2298 [15AP]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 306), H1432 [10MR]

———use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 68), H1165 [28FE]

Capitol Police: make technical corrections to laws affecting certain administrative authorities (H.R. 5972), H4903 [4JN]

———tribute (H. Res. 645), H6839 [23JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2830), H2668 [24AP]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2830), consideration (H. Res. 1126), H2589 [23AP]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): establish (S. Con. Res. 67), H1165 [28FE]

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program: establish (H.R. 6475), H7900, H7901, H7902 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), earmark declaration, E992 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education, E165 [12FE], E1684 [1AU]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4950 [4JN]

———prohibit local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of public educational facilities to purchase carbon offsets with such funds, H4950 [4JN]

———Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program funding, E165 [12FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E2022 [26SE]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10931 [10DE]

Education: require an independent evaluation of distance education programs, E165 [12FE]

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of an established and published schedule of penalties (H.R. 6296), H6535, H6536 [15JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (H.R. 6460), H8345 [17SE]

———remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (H.R. 6460), Senate amendment, H10157 [27SE]

Grand Rapids, MI: anniversary of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, E1722 [8SE]

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (H.R. 6577), H8516 [22SE]

———grant congressional consent and approval (S.J. Res. 45), H8516 [22SE]

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 (H.R. 5036), H2293, H2296 [15AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (H.R. 811), H2293 [15AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), E165 [12FE]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), conference report, E1684 [1AU]

House of Representatives: dismiss election contest relative to the office of Representative from the Thirteenth Congressional District of Florida (H. Res. 989), H1016 [25FE]

———ensure that all Members, committees, and offices are alerted of the dangers of electronic attacks on computers and information systems used in carrying out their official duties (H. Res. 1263), H5286 [11JN]

———provide replacement of lost income to House employees serving on active duty for a period of more than thirty days (H.R. 6608), H7898 [9SE]

———provide that employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer are given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically (H. Res. 1207), H7896 [9SE]

———provide that the usual day for paying salaries may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 5493), H2297 [15AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5959), H6622 [16JY]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway, Los Angeles County, CA: designate (H.R. 4131), H10144 [27SE]

Library of Congress: reauthorize sound recording and film preservation programs (H.R. 5893), H4900 [4JN]

McCarter, John W.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 25), H1249 [5MR]

Members of Congress: encourage proper maintenance of congressional papers (H. Con. Res. 307), H1254 [5MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), H5388 [12JN]

———encourage collaboration with other Federal agencies and the aerospace industry to sustain and expand the aerospace industry workforce, H5388 [12JN]

National Research Council: conduct a study to identify duplicative and unnecessary regulations placed on institutions of higher education, E165 [12FE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (H. Res. 932), H422 [23JA]

Office of the Architect of the Capitol: establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center (H.R. 5159), H1253 [5MR]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: work with other Government agencies and the aerospace industry regarding development and expansion of the aerospace industry workforce, H6622 [16JY]

Peace Corps: anniversary, E289 [4MR]

Point of order, H7897, H7903 [9SE]

Political campaigns: permit candidates for Federal office to designate an individual authorized to disburse funds from the candidate's campaign committees in the event of the death of the candidate (H.R. 3032), H6534, H6535 [15JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H7897, H7898, H7902 [9SE]

SBA: eligibility of companies backed with venture capital under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2617 [23AP]

———grant priority to companies making significant contributions to energy efficiency under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2615 [23AP]

———grant priority to transportation and infrastructure research under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, H2619 [23AP]

———grant priority to veterans under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2619 [23AP]

———improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 5819), H2600, H2603, H2613, H2614, H2615, H2617, H2619 [23AP]

———improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 5819), consideration (H. Res. 1125), H2581 [23AP]

———maintain current level of funding for set-asides for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2581, H2613, H2614 [23AP]

Ships and vessels: establish vessel ballast water management requirements, H2589 [23AP], H2668 [24AP]

U.S. Physics Team: tribute, E1031 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, H3152 [7MY], H8286 [17SE], E1881 [24SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5040 [5JN]

Tribute, E573 [10AP]

Tributes

Gleich, Robert A., Jr., E1874 [24SE]