MILLER, GEORGE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 5876), H5959 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2914 [30AP]

Education: ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), H2462 [17AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), H736 [7FE]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H60 [16JA]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act, H2123 [9AP]

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

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), H1540 [11MR]

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 5534), H2760 [24AP]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 6598), H7790 [31JY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 5852), H7854 [8SE]

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

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2948 [30AP]

———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), H2224 [10AP]

Aviation: establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights (see H.R. 5788), H2354 [15AP]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H622 [6FE]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H558 [29JA]

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H2852 [29AP]

Burma: condemn undemocratic constitution and scheduled referendum (see H. Con. Res. 317), H2225 [10AP]

Bush, President: remove authority to waive certain provisions of defense authorization legislation (see H.R. 5167), H555 [29JA]

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 6111), H4453 [21MY]

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

Chi Mui Post Office Building, San Gabriel, CA: designate (see H.R. 5477), H1772 [14MR]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (see H.R. 6307), H5865 [23JN]

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

———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), H1221 [4MR]

———provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (see H.R. 6375), H6089 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: end crackdown in Tibet and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama to negotiate solution respecting distinctive Tibetan language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms (see H. Res. 1077), H2011 [3AP]

Civil Liberties Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1357), H6727 [17JY]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 5129), H455 [23JA]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1155 [27FE]

Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 285), H557 [29JA]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 5563), H1445 [10MR]

Conservation of energy: impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow a tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants to reduce mass transit fees (see H.R. 6000), H3402 [8MY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H6407 [10JY]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 871), H558 [29JA]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H811 [7FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: improve enforcement (see H.R. 4851), H8276 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels (see H.R. 5536), H2443 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense: phase out the use of private military contractors (see H.R. 4102), H1032 [25FE]

Dept. of Education: extend certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief (see H.R. 6890), H8126 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 6022), H3778 [13MY]

———suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs (see H.R. 5473), H3777 [13MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H1074 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring and use fees for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects (see H.R. 6256), H5406 [12JN]

———prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (see H.R. 6251), H5406 [12JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2046), H1155 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5595), H2267 [14AP]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H1418 [6MR]

Ecology and environment: reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and direct revenues to public interests (see H.R. 6316), H5728 [19JN]

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (see H.R. 5140), H479 [28JA]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H4452 [21MY]

———provide grants for expanded learning time schools and programs (see H.R. 3642), H4877 [3JN]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 5873), H2552 [22AP]

ERISA: exempt employee benefit plans providing disability benefits from preemption for State tort actions to recover damages arising from failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits (see H.R. 6142), H4830 [22MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take additional leave, parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 7233), H10642 [29SE]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 6029), H6473 [14JY]

———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), H2486 [17AP]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see H.J. Res. 79), H5111 [9JN]

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 5353), H3020 [1MY]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 6209), H6010 [24JN]

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. 5718), H2069 [8AP] (see H.R. 5781), H2265 [14AP]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 5541), H2071 [8AP]

Firefighters: commending firefighters from California and throughout the U.S. for their courageous actions and sacrifices in fighting the California wildfires (see H. Res. 1322), H6343 [9JY]

Food industry: require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 992), H390 [22JA]

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

GAO: provide additional authorities (see H.R. 6388), H6174 [26JN]

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

Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building, San Jose, CA: designate (see H.R. 6558), H6733 [21JY]

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), H348 [17JA]

Hazardous substances: reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see H.R. 6100), H6177 [26JN]

Health: national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8276 [16SE]

Higher Education Act: authorize a program to prepare teachers for digital age learners (see H.R. 5848), H2486 [17AP]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

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

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), H3776 [13MY]

Insurance: provide coverage of screening mammography for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 2708), H480 [28JA]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see H.R. 5615), H1701 [13MR]

International Whaling Commission: end commercial, coastal, and community-based whaling and strengthen whale conservation efforts (see H. Con. Res. 350), H5329 [11JN]

Iraq: provide for congressional consultation relative to certain long-term agreements and ensure that such agreements are in the form of a treaty to which the Senate has given advice and consent (see H.R. 4959), H390 [22JA]

Mai, Mukhtar: tribute (see H. Res. 538), H1703 [13MR]

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

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H7853 [8SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 5702), H2011 [3AP]

Mental health: extend parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits (see H.R. 4848), H622 [6FE]

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

Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 365), H4831 [22MY]

National Academy of Sciences: provide for a study of potential impacts of climate change on water resources and water quality (see H.R. 5770), H2224 [10AP]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2855 [29AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H. Res. 1097), H2224 [10AP]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see H. Res. 1162), H2853 [29AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 5808), H2355 [15AP]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 5809), H2355 [15AP]

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

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2948 [30AP]

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1379), H7309 [29JY]

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

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

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2553 [22AP]

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

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H8019 [10SE]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 1522), H10700 [2OC]

Nuclear weapons: reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 1045), H6578 [15JY]

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 6382), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 7327), H10975 [10DE]

———technical corrections relative to ERISA (see H.R. 6143), H4830 [22MY]

Phelps, Michael: tribute for participation in Olympic games (see H. Res. 1418), H7853 [8SE]

Poverty: express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 198), H390 [22JA]

Power resources: reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (see H.R. 6899), H8127 [15SE]

Public welfare programs: increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 6657), H7627 [30JY]

Puerto Rico: provide for NSF and NASA utilization of the Arecibo Observatory (see H.R. 3737), H7308 [29JY]

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex: establish (see H.R. 6479), H6577 [15JY]

Skaggs Island, CA: transfer Naval Security Group Activity from the Dept. of the Navy to the Dept. of the Interior for conversion into a national wildlife refuge (see H.R. 5844), H2486 [17AP]

Social Security: establish a trust fund with proceeds from Internet gambling taxes to provide opportunities to individuals who are, or were, in foster care and individuals in declining sectors of the economy (see H.R. 6501), H6576 [15JY]

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

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (see H.R. 3452), H7308 [29JY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 7098), H9973 [25SE]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 1820), H9974 [25SE]

———impose a tax on securities transactions (see H.R. 7125), H10130 [26SE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 5804), H2355 [15AP]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H4877 [3JN]

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

U.S. Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century: establish (see H.R. 5976), H3108 [6MY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 4934), H350 [17JA] (see H.R. 6867), H8128 [15SE]

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]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 7180), H10299 [27SE]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 5461), H1822 [31MR]

Wildlife: protect captive wildlife and make technical corrections to certain laws (see H.R. 4933), H293 [16JA]

Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 757), H3778 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

AARP: anniversary (see H. Res. 1464), H8477 [18SE]

Congress: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 379), H6009 [24JN] (see H. Con. Res. 398), H7628 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see H.R. 6889), H8126 [15SE]

Dept. of HHS: require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 5876), H2657 [23AP] (see H.R. 6358), H6009 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H1219 [4MR]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (see H.R. 6660), H7627 [30JY]

Education: ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (see H.R. 5715), H2069 [8AP]

Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building, Richmond, CA: designate (see H.R. 6286), H5481 [17JN]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3018 [1MY]

Immigration: provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (see H.R. 6536), H6726 [17JY]

Mendocino National Forest: provide for an exchange of certain lands (see H.R. 6159), H4830 [22MY]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (see H.R. 5838), H2485 [17AP]

Selective Service System: amend laws relative to registration (see H.R. 7216), H10641 [29SE]

Conference reports

Higher Education Opportunity Act (H.R. 4137), H7353-H7517 [30JY]

Cost Estimates

Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act (H.R. 5715): CBO, E621 [15AP]

Letters

Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration: several organizations, E1447 [14JY]

Federal Family Education Loan Program: by, Committee on Education and Labor (House), S1723 [7MR]

Lists

National organizations supporting H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, E1447 [14JY]

Motions

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 2857), H1397 [6MR]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H2972 [1MY]

Remarks

AARP: anniversary (H. Res. 1464), H8525 [22SE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, H3817 [14MY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), H6058, H6061, H6062, H6067, H6069 [25JN], E1446 [14JY]

———restore intent and protections (S. 3406), H8286, H8288, H8290, H8291, H8292, H8294 [17SE], E1841 [18SE]

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

Bankruptcy: make certain privately issued student loans dischargeable, H759 [7FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H4942 [4JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of national energy policy, H6091 [26JN]

California Conservation Corps: anniversary of Backcountry Trails Program, E1753 [10SE]

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (H.R. 2851), H7546 [30JY]

China, People's Republic of: end crackdown in Tibet and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama to negotiate solution respecting distinctive Tibetan language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms (H. Res. 1077), H2058 [8AP]

Civil rights: delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations and develop technical assistance materials to assist small businesses with compliance, H7696 [31JY]

———delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations until a study is conducted examining effect on employer recruiting and hiring, H7694 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H7678, H7687, H7694, H7696, H7698 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), motion to recommit, H7702, H7703 [31JY]

Colleges and universities: adopt policy on a working relationship of campus security personnel with State and local law enforcement agencies for the investigation of felonies or a report of a missing student, H776 [7FE]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 2857), H1349 [6MR]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 2857), motion to recommit, H1395, H1396, H1398 [6MR]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 5563), H1468, H1494, H1496, H1497 [11MR]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 379), H5949 [24JN]

———adjournment (H. Con. Res. 398), H7517 [30JY], H7776 [31JY], H7849 [8SE]

Conservation of energy: encourage energy conservation techniques, H4963 [4JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: require criminal background checks for all federally funded national service provision positions, H1398 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: allow children who have lost a military parent or guardian in Iraq or Afghanistan to receive the maximum Pell Grant award, H766 [7FE]

———allow educational agencies whose energy costs have risen by at least fifty percent to use grants and low-interest loans for maintenance of public educational facilities, H4959, H4960 [4JN]

———authorize competitive grant system to allow institutions of higher education to create data systems to track and manage individual student data, H777 [7FE]

———conduct a study on providing student loan eligibility to less than half-time students and make recommendations on establishing a pilot program, H770 [7FE]

———develop annual benchmarks for college tuition increases, H758 [7FE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to community college students who volunteer to mentor at-risk children, H771 [7FE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to principals and school administrators who work in low-income school districts, H768 [7FE]

———extend the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program audit reporting requirements, H757 [7FE]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4937, H4938, H4942 [4JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), consideration (H. Res. 1234), H4928, H4932, H4933 [4JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), corrections in engrossment, H4961 [4JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), motion to recommit, H4959, H4960 [4JN]

———public school facilities energy efficiency improvements funding, H4938 [4JN]

———require colleges and universities submit an annual report disclosing the amount of their endowment spent for the purpose of containing college cost, H766 [7FE]

———review and revise regulations concerning prohibited guaranty agency inducements to eligible lenders, H2463 [17AP]

———simplify Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, H769 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 5876), H5950, H5955, H5959 [24JN]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 5876), consideration (H. Res. 1276), H5737 [20JN]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 6358), H6075, H6078 [25JN]

Dept. of HUD: eliminate requirement that HOPE VI Program funded projects comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H325 [17JA]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H325 [17JA]

Dept. of Labor: award grants to provide rehabilitation services to current and former miners suffering from mental health impairments, H65 [16JA]

———eliminate delays by certain mine operators in providing supplies of breathable air for use by miners who may become trapped, H61, H64 [16JA]

———exempt organic dust in food grain from standards relative to worker exposure to combustible dust if standards would increase the domestic price of such food grain, H2920 [30AP]

———increase time permitted for installation of fire-resistant conveyor belts, H61, H64 [16JA]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2909, H2914, H2916, H2917, H2918 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), corrections in engrossment, H2922 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), motion to recommit, H2920 [30AP]

———personal coal dust monitors funding, H61, H64 [16JA]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (H.R. 6660), E1632 [31JY]

———require study on substance abuse by miners and authorize establishment of a substance abuse testing and treatment program if deemed necessary, H45, H46, H61, H64 [16JA]

———require substance abuse testing for miners, H73 [16JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 3111), H1194 [4MR]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), E686 [22AP]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10392 [29SE], H10788 [3OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H505 [29JA]

Education: ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), H2394, H2398 [16AP], H2456, H2462, H2463, H2464, H2465 [17AP]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), Senate amendments, H2984, H2987 [1MY]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), consideration (H. Res. 1107), H2364, H2365 [16AP]

———ensure protection from undue political influence in classroom environmental education, H8449 [18SE]

———Pell Grants and Perkins Loans funding, H781 [7FE]

———permit loan limit increases for undergraduate students and families, H2462 [17AP]

———require Dept. of Education and Dept. of Treasury study group to evaluate feasibility of alternative market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, H756 [7FE]

———temporarily classify medical bill payments as extenuating circumstances which shall not interfere with the ability to receive Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans for tuition, H2465 [17AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (H.R. 3036), motion to recommit, H8449 [18SE]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E2237 [3OC]

Equal Pay Day: observance, E686 [22AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (H.R. 2744), H4097 [19MY]

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 (H.R. 5781), H5604 [19JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, H1395, H1396 [6MR]

GAO: conduct study to determine the impact of raising loan limits on tuition, fees, room and board, and private loan borrowing, H2464 [17AP]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), Senate amendment, H2961, H2972, H2976 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 340), H2982 [1MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), H641, H749, H751, H752, H756, H757, H758, H759, H766, H768, H769, H770, H771, H774, H776, H777 [7FE]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), conference report, H7658, H7661, H7662, H7670 [31JY]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), corrections in engrossment, H783 [7FE]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), motion to recommit, H781 [7FE]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), unanimous-consent agreement, H7269 [29JY]

———extend programs (S. 2733), H1498, H1499 [11MR]

———extend programs (S. 3180), H6075 [25JN]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, H3199 [8MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H781 [7FE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1829 [1AP], H1894 [2AP]

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), H5915 [24JN]

Mendocino National Forest: provide for an exchange of certain lands (H.R. 6159), H8498 [22SE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1290 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10788 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 6983), H8618 [23SE], E2078, E2086 [27SE]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H45, H46, H47, H49, H50, H52, H61, H64, H65, H66, H67, H68, H70 [16JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), motion to recommit, H73 [16JA]

———provide relief to mine operators who pay fines in a timely fashion and establish trust fund consisting of mine safety civil penalities to be used for mine safety inspections and investigations, H66 [16JA]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (H.R. 5838), E652 [17AP]

National Research Council: conduct a study to identify duplicative and unnecessary regulations placed on institutions of higher education, H752 [7FE]

Paycheck Fairness Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H7698 [31JY]

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 6382), H6252 [9JY]

Point of order, H1395 [6MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4932 [4JN], H7702, H7703 [31JY]

———promote energy independence and security, H49 [16JA]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3199 [8MY]

———reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), H8214 [16SE], H8291 [17SE]

———reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), consideration (H. Res. 1433), H8162 [16SE]

Public welfare programs: connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, and improve incentives for adoption (H.R. 6893), E2047 [27SE]

RichmondBUILD, Inc.: FBI Director's Community Leadership Award recipient, E2372 [10DE]

Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10392 [29SE]

Teach for America, Inc.: funding, H774 [7FE]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), H5273 [11JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5916 [24JN], E585 [10AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1810 [31MR], H1886 [1AP], H1971 [2AP], H2009 [3AP], H2066 [8AP], H2147 [9AP], H2219 [10AP], H4971 [4JN], H5040 [5JN], H5211 [10JN], H5326 [11JN], H5405 [12JN]

Reports filed

Activities During the 110th Congress: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H. Rept. 110-923), H10997 [3JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act Intent and Protections Restoration: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3195) (H. Rept. 110-730), H5864 [23JN]

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5522) (H. Rept. 110-601), H2551 [22AP]

Education Begins at Home Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2343) (H. Rept. 110-818), H7805 [1AU]

Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5715) (H. Rept. 110-583), H2265 [14AP]

Higher Education Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4137) (H. Rept. 110-803), H7627 [30JY]

No Child Left Inside Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3036) (H. Rept. 110-754), H6405 [10JY]

Paycheck Fairness Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1338) (H. Rept. 110-783), H7169 [28JY]

Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5876) (H. Rept. 110-669), H4828 [22MY]

21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3021) (H. Rept. 110-623), H3401 [8MY]

Tributes

Apling, Richard, E1094 [23MY]

Burgelin, Louis B., E277 [28FE]

D'Agostino, Angelo, E109 [29JA]

Graff, Thomas J., E351 [11MR]

Graham, Philmore, E870 [8MY]

O'Brien, Pat, E2066 [27SE], E2139 [28SE]

Perschbacher, Rex R., E1117 [3JN]

Prather, Susan, E1750 [10SE]