ROSKAM, PETER J. (a Representative from Illinois)

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]

———recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy (see H. Con. Res. 429), H9974 [25SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H4061 [15MY]

Armed Forces: close loopholes in the prohibition on the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on military installations (see H.R. 5821), H2442 [16AP]

———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]

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

———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]

Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 1122), H2761 [24AP]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2012 [3AP]

Boston Celtics (basketball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 376), H6728 [17JY]

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), H1155 [27FE]

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

Buckley, William F., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1016), H1220 [4MR]

Children and youth: require schools and libraries that receive discounted Internet access services to educate minors about safe online behavior (see H.R. 6145), H7058 [23JY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 2493), H5580 [18JN]

Colorado: express condolences to victims and community impacted by church shootings (see H. Res. 886), H295 [16JA]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see H.R. 1185), H8477 [18SE]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see H.R. 1185), H8477 [18SE]

Congress: condition adjournment on enactment of comprehensive energy legislation (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8275 [16SE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 1359), H4877 [3JN]

Corporations: require officers to repay bonus amounts received during a year in which their company is subject to a taxpayer bailout, as well as the two previous years (see H.R. 6987), H8577 [22SE]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: clarify applicability of certain provisions to credit monitoring services (see H.R. 2885), H622 [6FE]

Crime: ensure sex offenders who travel between States must register with appropriate State and local authorities (see H.R. 5475), H1004 [21FE]

Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H6577 [15JY]

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 HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H2853 [29AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H4061 [15MY]

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), H5215 [10JN]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H10300 [27SE]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 3995), H4454 [21MY]

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and a dedicated e-mail address in order to receive communications from prescribers (see H.R. 2012), H2853 [29AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H2487 [17AP]

FDIC: create a net worth certificate program (see H.R. 7226), H10641 [29SE]

Federal agencies and departments: repeal requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5656), H5581 [18JN]

Financial institutions: advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, modify credit union regulatory standards and burdens, and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 6312), H5865 [23JN]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 5841), H2486 [17AP]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1079), H2554 [22AP]

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (see H.R. 5440), H2948 [30AP]

FTC: explicitly prohibit the sending of text messages containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 5769), H2223 [10AP]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend contributions to Housing Trust Fund during conservatorship of such enterprises and repay costs of such conservatorship and HOPE for Homeowners loan program (see H.R. 6955), H8476 [18SE]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H4975 [4JN]

Housing: provide needed housing reform (see H.R. 5857), H2551 [22AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide citizenship for certain children of U.S. servicemen born overseas during the Vietnam and Korean Wars (see H.R. 4007), H6407 [10JY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H8128 [15SE]

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), H5045 [5JN]

Iraq: support idea that coalition victory is possible (see H. Con. Res. 315), H4062 [15MY]

Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building, New Lenox, IL: designate (see H.R. 6681), H7628 [30JY]

Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building, West Frankford, IL: designate (see H.R. 6061), H3885 [14MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: observe anniversary of birth and recognize the role the Declaration of Independence played in belief development (see H. Con. Res. 281), H456 [23JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H1342 [5MR]

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

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

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 5611), H2071 [8AP]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H3021 [1MY]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2552 [22AP]

National Carriage Driving Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1128), H3187 [7MY]

National Corvette Day: designate (see H. Res. 970), H5483 [17JN]

National Guard: recognize dedication and honorable service of members who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start (see H. Res. 1306), H6176 [26JN]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H5581 [18JN]

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

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H3109 [6MY]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 1271), H5407 [12JN]

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 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), H8478 [18SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1375), H8128 [15SE]

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

Nevada: tribute to Army and Air National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 358), H5111 [9JN]

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

Northern Illinois University: express condolences to those affected by shooting incident (see H. Res. 1007), H1183 [28FE]

Northern Kentucky University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 1147), H3021 [1MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H. Res. 1282), H5730 [19JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 6108), H5581 [18JN]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H872 [12FE]

Pelosi, Speaker: express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices (see H. Res. 1135), H3187 [7MY]

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), H2443 [16AP]

———suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (see H.R. 7277), H10867 [9DE]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations (see H.R. 2279), H5580 [18JN]

Power resources: provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects (see H.R. 2208), H5797 [20JN]

———secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (see H.R. 3089), H5215 [10JN]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 39), H5215 [10JN]

Race Day in America: designate (see H. Res. 931), H480 [28JA]

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

Shimkus, Representative: tribute (see H. Res. 1223), H4831 [22MY]

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

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H8019 [10SE]

———protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card (see H.R. 5405), H942 [13FE]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (see H.R. 6707), H7785 [31JY]

Taxation: allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for a portion of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees (see H.R. 6030), H3776 [13MY]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 6813), H7807 [1AU]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H10828 [3OC]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 6419), H6175 [26JN]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H. Con. Res. 333), H5797 [20JN]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 2020), H8578 [22SE]

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

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

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 5109), H455 [23JA]

———reduce corporate marginal income tax rates (see H.R. 4995), H294 [16JA]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H558 [29JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H349 [17JA]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 5793), H8397 [17SE]

Texas: tribute to wine and winegrape industry (see H. Con. Res. 216), H2659 [23AP]

Turkey: observance of Republic Day (see H. Res. 769), H25 [15JA]

University of Mary Washington: anniversary (see H. Res. 1387), H10133 [26SE]

Winona State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1133), H3778 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: clarify that certain conversions of engines and motor vehicles from conventional to clean alternative fuels will not require additional certifications (see H.R. 7268), H10828 [3OC]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 5827), H2442 [16AP]

Illinois: commend Federal and local law enforcement for illegal immigration crackdown in Chicago area and urge implementation of employee verification technology (see H. Res. 1380), H7164 [24JY]

Pink Prayer Day: designate (see H. Res. 1412), H7808 [1AU]

Power resources: develop advanced and alternative energy and increased domestic energy production to achieve American energy independence (see H.R. 6824), H7808 [1AU] (see H.R. 6868), H8018 [10SE]

Railroads: designate a rail right-of-way as a corridor for inter-suburban commuter rail (see H.R. 6476), H6406 [10JY]

Tariff: bulk aspirin (see H.R. 5330), H813 [7FE]

Motions

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), H6681 [17JY]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H6212 [8JY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (H.R. 2493), H6684 [17JY]

Coins: alter metallic composition of the 1-cent coin and require a prompt review and report, with recommendations, for cost-saving changes in the metallic content of other circulating U.S. coins (H.R. 4036), H3098 [6MY]

Dept. of HUD: improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), H1049, H1051 [26FE]

———increase oversight of program to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and grants to States for related costs in order to prevent fraud and abuse, H3157 [7MY]

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

———provide that development and rehabilitation of utilities and utility services shall be eligible affordable housing activities under the Indian Housing Block Grant Program, H6681, H6682 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins (H.R. 5512), H3098 [6MY]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10918 [10DE]

Federal agencies and departments: repeal requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (H.R. 5656), H6684 [17JY]

Hanover Park, IL: anniversary, E139 [7FE]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali, E2163 [30SE]

Hooker, Charles: Character Counts in Elmhurst, IL, Coalition Mayor for a Day Essay Contest winner, H7063 [24JY]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, H3299 [8MY], H7003 [23JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H7003 [23JY]

NASA: alternative fuels for commerical aviation funding through reductions in Deep Space Climate Observatory funding, H5290 [11JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), consideration (H. Res. 1257), H5290 [11JN]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (H. Res. 424), E719 [24AP]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (H. Res. 1124), E1054 [23MY]

National Teacher Day: establish (H. Res. 952), H3043 [5MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), motion to instruct conferees, H6681, H6682 [17JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H6212 [8JY]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations (H.R. 2279), H6684 [17JY]

———gasoline price levels, H6212 [8JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H6212 [8JY], H6681, H6682, H6683, H6687 [17JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendment, H7003 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3299 [8MY]

———provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects (H.R. 2208), H6684 [17JY]

———secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (H.R. 3089), H6684 [17JY]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (H. Res. 1377), E2167 [30SE]

Roselle, IL: tribute to Kids Against Hunger (organization) Fox Valley chapter, E357 [11MR]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (H.R. 6707), H10162 [27SE]

Taxation: establish tax credit for biofuel vehicles, H4332 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), consideration (H. Res. 1212), H4332, H4333 [21MY]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (H.R. 4081), E1749 [10SE]

Votes: position on missed, E933 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H9969 [25SE]

Tributes

Colliander, Reid, E719 [24AP]

Khan, Moon, E1619 [30JY]

LaHood, Representative, H9962 [25SE]

Lichter, William T., E118 [6FE]

Mefferd, Thomas O., E134 [7FE]

Rooney, Sean, E1707 [8SE]

Weller, Representative, H9962 [25SE]