SCOTT, DAVID (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (see H. Con. Res. 341), H5329 [11JN]

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]

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

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 4930), H2854 [29AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H3020 [1MY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H2553 [22AP]

———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), H3404 [8MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1153), H2855 [29AP]

Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina: anniversary of bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina (see H. Con. Res. 385), H6230 [8JY]

Bangladesh: elections (see H. Res. 1402), H7788 [31JY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 942), H479 [28JA]

Black Music Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 372), H5407 [12JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H3108 [6MY]

Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 2686), H1973 [2AP]

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H7165 [24JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 930), H996 [14FE]

Caribbean nations: urge continued humanitarian assistance to countries affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna (see H. Con. Res. 438), H10300 [27SE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5329 [11JN]

Challenger (space shuttle): anniversary of crash (see H. Res. 943), H479 [28JA]

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

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

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

China, People's Republic of: call for end to human rights abuses of citizens, cease repression of Tibetan and Uyghur people, and end support for Governments of Sudan and Burma (see H. Res. 1370), H7309 [29JY]

———express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see H. Res. 1195), H3885 [14MY]

Congressional Club: anniversary (see H. Res. 1026), H1540 [11MR]

Corps of Engineers: conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern U.S. (see H.R. 5587), H1538 [11MR]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 4449), H1032 [25FE]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3021), H3403 [8MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see H.R. 5686), H1973 [2AP]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate use of HOPE VI grant amounts by certain public housing agencies that have suffered project delays due to catastrophes or emergencies (see H.R. 6347), H6177 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H5482 [17JN]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Office of Insurance Information (see H.R. 5840), H7165 [24JY]

Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr., Post Office Building, Albany, GA: designate (see H.R. 6859), H8018 [10SE]

Drugs: eliminate certain increased penalties and minimum mandatory penalties for cocaine offenses, and use resulting savings for drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users (see H.R. 5035), H480 [28JA]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H2855 [29AP]

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), H4831 [22MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H2151 [9AP]

Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp.: establish (see H.R. 4135), H10700 [2OC]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 2802), H3885 [14MY]

FDIC: establish a systematic mortgage modification program (see H.R. 7326), H10975 [10DE]

First Lieutenant Noah Harris Ellijay Post Office Building, Ellijay, GA: designate (see H.R. 6847), H7955 [9SE]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (see H.R. 6849), H8478 [18SE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 370), H5214 [10JN]

Health: 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]

———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), H3885 [14MY]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 3750), H2658 [23AP]

———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3187), H3885 [14MY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H3777 [13MY]

Human rights: defeat campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the U.N. Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries (see H. Res. 1361), H6824 [22JY]

Ikeda, Daisaku: tribute (see H. Res. 844), H5045 [5JN]

India: condemn terrorist attacks in Mumbai, urge Pakistan to investigate possible connection to groups based in Pakistan, and bolster U.S. counterterrorism cooperation with India (see H. Res. 1532), H10976 [10DE]

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]

International Day of Non-Violence: observance (see H. Res. 653), H2554 [22AP]

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

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), H4878 [3JN]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2267 [14AP]

Joint Action Plan Between Brazil and the U.S. To Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality: support values and goals (see H. Res. 1254), H5409 [12JN]

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

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 1237), H4974 [4JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of assassination (see H. Res. 1061), H1821 [31MR]

Latvia: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 1405), H10845 [19NO]

Liberia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 6655), H7627 [30JY]

Lloyd, Earl: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 286), H557 [29JA]

Mandela, Nelson: tribute (see H. Res. 1090), H3051 [5MY]

Manufactured Housing Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1010), H4062 [15MY]

Marshall, Thurgood: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 381), H6009 [24JN]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2152 [9AP]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H7853 [8SE]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H1889 [1AP]

Medicare: increase payments for physicians' services (see H.R. 5445), H993 [14FE]

Middle East: condemn restrictions on freedom of the press and expression and concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic material, Holocaust denial, and incitement to violence in the Arab media (see H. Res. 1127), H2948 [30AP]

Minnesota: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 923), H2488 [17AP]

Motor vehicles: require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see H.R. 6559), H7956 [9SE]

National Bioenergy Partnership: establish (see H.R. 6738), H7786 [31JY]

National Black Arts Festival: anniversary (see H. Res. 1286), H6010 [24JN]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1296), H6674 [16JY]

National Criminal Justice Month: establish (see H. Res. 945), H943 [13FE]

National GEAR UP Day: designate (see H. Res. 1311), H6408 [10JY]

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

National Homeownership Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1010), H4062 [15MY]

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

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H8579 [22SE]

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

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

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

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1085), H3021 [1MY]

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

New York Giants (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 960), H815 [7FE]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 2410), H10642 [29SE]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1889 [1AP]

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), H1221 [4MR]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H558 [29JA]

Pran, Dith: tribute (see H. Res. 1109), H2444 [16AP]

Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office, Lula, GA: designate (see H.R. 3532), H350 [17JA]

Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H2488 [17AP]

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

Religion: support spirit of peace and desire for unity displayed in the letter from leading Muslim scholars, and in the Pope Benedict XVI response (see H. Con. Res. 374), H7165 [24JY]

SEC: enhance effectiveness of enforcement, corporation finance, trading and markets, investment management, and examination programs (see H.R. 6513), H6673 [16JY]

Seeds of Peace (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 337), H2852 [29AP]

Senior citizens: improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see H.R. 6478), H6406 [10JY]

Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Officer Building, Bremen, GA: designate (see H.R. 6092), H4454 [21MY]

Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building, Cleveland, GA: designate (see H.R. 3936), H350 [17JA]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1453), H8579 [22SE]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 5510), H1822 [31MR]

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

Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 2091), H943 [13FE]

———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]

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

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 5793), H5408 [12JN]

Terrorism: condemn attacks in Casablanca, Morocco, and Algiers, Algeria (see H. Res. 889), H815 [7FE]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 4934), H1702 [13MR] (see H.R. 5749), H2267 [14AP]

University of Mary Washington: anniversary (see H. Res. 1387), H7956 [9SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H1031 [25FE]

William `Bill' Clay Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5395), H1418 [6MR]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see H. Res. 1022), H3021 [1MY]

Workers Memorial Day: observance (see H. Res. 1154), H2759 [24AP]

Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building, Sparta, GA: designate (see H.R. 6956), H8476 [18SE]

Zimbabwe: commend efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer relative to campaign of violence and intimidation against political opposition members (see H. Res. 1270), H5581 [18JN]

———condemn postelection violence and call for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis (see H. Res. 1230), H4832 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Africa: anniversary of bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (see H. Res. 1461), H8477 [18SE]

Honore, Russell L.: tribute (see H. Res. 944), H479 [28JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 5611), H1700 [13MR]

Letters

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act: Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H1842 [1AP]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1842 [1AP]

Remarks

Africa: anniversary of bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (H. Res. 1461), H8643, H8644, H8645 [23SE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, H3808 [14MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, H4407 [21MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H5469 [17JN]

———deficit, H5465, H5469 [17JN]

———extend pay-as-you-go requirement (H.R. 2686), H5465, H5469 [17JN]

China, Republic of: require the Depts. of State and Defense to provide briefings on recent discussions and potential transfer of defense articles or services (H.R. 6646), H8628 [23SE]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (H.R. 2040), H1841, H1842, H1843, H1844 [1AP]

Congressional Club: anniversary (H. Res. 1026), E977 [20MY]

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), H4944 [4JN]

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

———HOPE for Homeowners loan program funding, H10767 [3OC]

———make all assistance to States to acquire foreclosed housing in the form of loans, H3173 [7MY]

———make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and grants to States for related costs (H.R. 5818), H3157, H3173 [7MY]

———make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and grants to States for related costs (H.R. 5818), consideration (H. Res. 1174), H3121 [7MY]

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

Douglasville, GA: tribute to Chestnut Log Middle School reading team, E459 [1AP]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10767 [3OC]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H2324 [15AP]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H497 [29JA]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), concur in Senate amendment, H792 [7FE]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (H. Res. 1130), E797 [1MY]

Europe: commend countries that passed laws for the restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated by Nazi or Communist regimes, and encourage other countries to pass such laws (H. Con. Res. 371), H8645, H8646, H8647 [23SE]

FHA: create a voluntary program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market, H3135 [7MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), Senate amendment, H1697, H1698, H1699 [13MR]

Germany: anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass (H. Res. 1435), H8637, H8638 [23SE]

Honore, Russell L.: tribute (H. Res. 944), H1011 [25FE]

House of Representatives: establish the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (H. Res. 1451), H8638, H8639, H8643 [23SE]

———impact of partisanship, H3141 [7MY]

———secret session, unanimous-consent agreement, H1697, H1698, H1699 [13MR]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, H3135, H3140, H3141 [7MY], H3296 [8MY], H6991 [23JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H6991 [23JY]

Insurance: establish health savings accounts, H2316 [15AP]

IRS: prohibit use of private debt collection companies, H2316 [15AP]

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs: tribute (H. Res. 1415), H7830 [8SE]

Jonesboro, GA: tribute to Jonesboro High School mock trial team, E975 [20MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of assassination (H. Res. 1061), H1861 [1AP]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: promote respect for fundamental human rights (H.R. 5834), Senate amendments, H8659, H8661 [23SE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10767 [3OC]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (H.R. 5611), H8363, H8367, H8368 [17SE]

National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day: establish (H. Res. 49), H2826 [29AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H7952 [9SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H5465 [17JN], H6207 [8JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H6207, H6210 [8JY], H7952 [9SE]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1175), H3135, H3140, H3141 [7MY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendment, H6991 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3296 [8MY]

Riverdale, GA: anniversary, E1394 [8JY]

Scott, Charlie: Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association inductee, E877 [8MY]

Taxation: conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, and assist low-income taxpayers (H.R. 5719), H2316 [15AP]

———conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, and assist low-income taxpayers (H.R. 5719), consideration (H. Res. 1102), H2302 [15AP]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen grave markers of veterans (H.R. 3480), H4109 [19MY]

Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (H. Res. 1314), H8633, H8634 [23SE]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen, E279 [28FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2352 [15AP], H4318 [20MY], H6470 [14JY]

Tributes

Battle, Donald, E1795 [16SE]

Davis, Warren G., H6450 [14JY]

Forest Park, GA: anniversary, E1636 [31JY]

Kennedy, Senator, H4287, H4288 [20MY]

Marcus, Kenneth E., H4287 [20MY]