LARSEN, RICK (a Representative from Washington)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Amtrak: reauthorize (see H.R. 6003), H3402 [8MY]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 1143), H4151 [19MY]

Armed Forces: commend military support groups for efforts to support servicemen and their families (see H. Res. 1200), H6826 [22JY]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H3050 [5MY]

———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), H8019 [10SE]

———recognize exceptional sacrifice of Army National Guard 69th Infantry Regiment in support of Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 991), H1446 [10MR]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H2012 [3AP]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H6577 [15JY]

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

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H2760 [24AP]

Bureau of Prisons: provide stab-resistant personal body armor to all correctional officers and require such officers to wear such armor while on duty (see H.R. 6462), H9974 [25SE]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 930), H559 [29JA]

China, People's Republic of: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see H. Res. 1195), H3885 [14MY]

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

Coast Guard: recognize heritage (see H. Res. 1382), H7307 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil and use proceeds to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage research (see H.R. 6067), H6177 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish a Flexibility Incentive Grant Pilot Program to provide incentives to States and counties to establish new sources of revenue for transit projects and services (see H.R. 1606), H7629 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see H.R. 6625), H8019 [10SE]

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

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see H. Res. 543), H25 [15JA]

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]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 6209), H6089 [25JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H7956 [9SE]

———clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2169), H8398 [17SE]

FHA: revise requirements for seller-financed downpayments for certain insured mortgages for single-family housing and authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages (see H.R. 6694), H8276 [16SE]

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]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see H.R. 5404), H4833 [22MY]

Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H10643 [29SE]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2092), H7808 [1AU]

Grand Coulee Dam: anniversary (see H. Res. 1374), H7164 [24JY]

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), H4061 [15MY]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2356 [15AP]

Jacob Lawrence Post Office Building, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 6187), H4974 [4JN]

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

Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway, Los Angeles County, CA: designate (see H.R. 4131), H871 [12FE]

Korea, Republic of: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 5443), H1703 [13MR]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H7956 [9SE]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2554 [22AP]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H2760 [24AP]

Medicare: improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (see H.R. 2914), H4832 [22MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 5953), H3018 [1MY]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 988), H4833 [22MY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1143), H4151 [19MY]

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

National Facial Protection Month: support (see H. Res. 1062), H1890 [1AP]

National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 892), H943 [13FE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H4322 [20MY]

National Trails System Act: provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (see H.R. 6740), H7786 [31JY]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H6230 [8JY]

Nautilus (U.S.S.): anniversary of crossing the North Pole (see H. Res. 1067), H2659 [23AP]

Nevada: tribute to Army and Air National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 358), H6178 [26JN]

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5926), H2947 [30AP]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1188 [3MR]

———condemn use of television programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian children (see H. Res. 1069), H2659 [23AP]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1973 [2AP]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1919), H8049 [11SE]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see H.R. 6364), H6088 [25JN]

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

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H871 [12FE]

Taxation: exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 1540), H7789 [31JY]

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

Thailand: anniversary of relations with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 290), H871 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a system to process acquisitions of certain real property of the Samish Indian Nation into trust (see H.R. 6405), H6175 [26JN]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize and expand (see H.R. 6746), H7786 [31JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2765 [29AP], H3409 [13MY], H5413 [17JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9087 [24SE]

Remarks

Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), H2809 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4758, H4761 [22MY]

———counter-weapons of mass destruction and terrorism funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4761 [22MY]

———national missile defense system funding, H4758 [22MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), H2809 [29AP]

Israel: independence anniversary, E1702 [1AU]

Journal: question of approval, H10869 [10DE]

Mount Vernon, WA: anniversary of Skagit Valley Hospital, E658 [17AP]

National Drug Court Month: observance, H4457 [22MY]

North Cascades National Park: anniversary, H9087 [24SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), H2809 [29AP]

Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness, H2809 [29AP]

Tributes

Thiessen, Janet E., E646 [17AP]