BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4794 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abbas, Mahmoud: urge Palestinian Authority President to abrogate anti-Israel articles in the Fatah Constitution (see H. Res. 758), H10331 [28SE]

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]

Agriculture: provide emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the FDA public health advisory regarding tomatoes (see H.R. 6581), H7308 [29JY]

Air pollution: accelerate development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities (see H.R. 6258), H8477 [18SE]

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), H3886 [14MY]

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]

America Saves Week: support (see H. Res. 957), H621 [6FE] (see H. Res. 996), H1031 [25FE]

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

American Religious History Week: designate (see H. Res. 888), H457 [23JA]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (see H.R. 5546), H7058 [23JY]

Armed Forces: anniversary of integration (see H. Con. Res. 297), H994 [14FE]

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

———delay any presumption of death in connection with the kidnapping in Iraq or Afghanistan of a retired member to ensure the continued payment of the member's retired pay (see H.R. 6140), H5581 [18JN]

———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]

———express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 953), H623 [6FE]

———honor the sacrifice of mothers who have deployed to theaters of combat on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 992), H1222 [4MR]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 6268), H8276 [16SE]

———lift restrictions on certain benefits for military technicians and repeal prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians (see H.R. 6438), H9085 [23SE]

———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), H8578 [22SE]

———permit members of the Selected Reserves and Reserve components to re-enter their military service and receive Reserve Education Assistance Program benefits if they previously earned such benefit (see H.R. 3099), H295 [16JA]

———provide alternative retired pay and disability compensation rates for members with a combat-related disability, with such rates based on the average monthly salary for high school graduates (see H.R. 1732), H5729 [19JN]

———provide an additional increase in rates of military basic pay for members above the pay increase proposed by the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 5481), H1221 [4MR]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H1772 [14MR]

———reduce post traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related stress disorders among military personnel (see H.R. 3256), H456 [23JA]

———require payment of monthly special pay to members whose active duty service is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism (see H.R. 6205), H10331 [28SE]

———tribute to families of servicemembers (see H. Con. Res. 295), H1772 [14MR]

Army: tribute to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles (see H. Res. 1080), H2444 [16AP]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1791), H479 [28JA]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 4044), H2356 [15AP]

———improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 3652), H10828 [3OC]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H1703 [13MR]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: address continuing effects of the genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (see H. Res. 679), H814 [7FE]

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

Brown, Monica L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2443 [16AP]

Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 2686), H2012 [3AP]

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H3051 [5MY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 645), H6674 [16JY]

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), H4831 [22MY]

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

———connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (see H. Res. 1332), H7166 [24JY]

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

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2511), H456 [23JA]

China, People's Republic of: condemn violence against Tibetan protesters and use of Internet censorship and surveillance, urge compliance with criminal law, and provide information and access to all persons detained (see H. Res. 1075), H2011 [3AP]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 5129), H814 [7FE]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1184 [28FE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: condemn sexual violence and call on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence (see H. Res. 1227), H5046 [5JN]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see H. Res. 1159), H2852 [29AP]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H6825 [22JY]

Corps of Engineers: conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern U.S. (see H.R. 5587), H1618 [12MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H2443 [16AP]

Credit cards: limit amount of interchange fee imposed on sale of motor vehicle fuel (see H.R. 6620), H7854 [8SE]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: anniversary (see H. Res. 968), H813 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: implement a pain care initiative (see H.R. 5465), H994 [14FE]

———make a grant to the National D-Day Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National World War II Museum (see H.R. 2923), H2224 [10AP]

———take steps to appoint doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 294), H8276 [16SE]

Dept. of Education: establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 6293), H7629 [30JY]

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), H4059 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (see H.R. 3618), H350 [17JA]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (see H.R. 5989), H5408 [12JN]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H2070 [8AP]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see H.R. 6215), H7308 [29JY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H390 [22JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (see H.R. 6098), H5581 [18JN]

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

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

———promptly and thoroughly investigate complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and the Help America Vote Act (see H. Con. Res. 424), H10828 [3OC]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 6503), H7789 [31JY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H1539 [11MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7809 [1AU]

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), H3050 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas (see H.R. 3458), H8276 [16SE]

———establish a presumption of service connection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 5454), H4975 [4JN]

———expand and improve health care services available to veterans for substance use disorders (see H.R. 5554), H1417 [6MR]

———expand authority to provide counseling for family members of veterans receiving non-service-connected treatment (see H.R. 6439), H8276 [16SE]

———improve disability compensation evaluation procedure for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders (see H.R. 5448), H1418 [6MR]

———provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5595), H2554 [22AP]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 6032), H5730 [19JN]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H2012 [3AP]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3175), H9085 [23SE]

Disabled: increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability (see H.R. 3834), H814 [7FE]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H349 [17JA]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 3544), H3186 [7MY]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 3005), H943 [13FE]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 6884), H8049 [11SE]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H1155 [27FE]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 6203), H5043 [5JN]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H995 [14FE]

———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H7790 [31JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 6691), H7784 [31JY]

Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H5581 [18JN]

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), H3187 [7MY]

Education: establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H7789 [31JY]

———provide grants to States to ensure students exit middle grades prepared for success in a high school with a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for postsecondary education and the workplace (see H.R. 3406), H6177 [26JN]

———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]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2659 [23AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H2659 [23AP]

Employment: treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the U.S. Government as American employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 5602), H2152 [9AP]

Fair Housing Act: commemorate anniversaries of enactment and later enactment of amending legislation (see H. Res. 1095), H2151 [9AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 89), H5045 [5JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 2744), H1445 [10MR]

Federal employees: provide lump-sum payments to certain employees who retire with a substantial amount of unused sick leave (see H.R. 5573), H4322 [20MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 6381), H7629 [30JY]

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

Flag Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1219), H4976 [4JN]

Flag—U.S.: require flags flown on Federal buildings and property be made in the U.S. (see H. Res. 1182), H5409 [12JN]

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), H8050 [11SE]

Food stamps: repeal denial of eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 5802), H2554 [22AP]

Frank Sinatra Day: designate (see H. Res. 1144), H3187 [7MY]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: designate (see H. Res. 1017), H7630 [30JY]

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

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

Haiti: recognize goals and ideals of Flag Day (see H. Res. 1204), H5045 [5JN]

———transfer real property of former U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince to Haitian Government (see H.R. 6335), H6728 [17JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 3339), H6230 [8JY]

Health: authorize medical simulation enhancement programs (see H.R. 4321), H871 [12FE]

———ensure health care for women and health care for all in national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 400), H7787 [31JY]

———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]

———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8128 [15SE]

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see H.R. 506), H4453 [21MY]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H456 [23JA]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see H.R. 5669), H2487 [17AP]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H623 [6FE]

———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), H3885 [14MY]

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see H.R. 6652), H7790 [31JY]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 3404), H5044 [5JN]

———recognize and support work of community health workers (see H. Res. 1406), H7788 [31JY]

Heston, Charlton: tribute (see H. Res. 1091), H2267 [14AP]

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

Housing: recognize importance of homeownership and encourage participation in Congress Building America program (see H. Con. Res. 383), H8397 [17SE]

———support goal of increased and sustainable homeownership and recognize importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal (see H. Con. Res. 392), H6727 [17JY]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5927), H10867 [9DE]

———modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4114), H4975 [4JN]

Inglewood, CA: anniversary (see H. Res. 962), H1155 [27FE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H1821 [31MR]

———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), H814 [7FE]

———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), H6825 [22JY]

International Year of Sanitation: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2443 [16AP]

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), H6178 [26JN]

Iraq: require U.S. funding for reconstruction or training for Iraqi security forces be treated as loans and establish a joint U.S.-Iraqi trust fund for mutually agreed-upon reconstruction projects (see H.R. 5899), H3109 [6MY]

———urge government to recognize Israel's right to exist and to establish diplomatic relations with Israel (see H. Res. 1249), H5216 [10JN]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2152 [9AP]

Jews: commit to prioritizing the fight against anti-Semitism and promote tolerance at home and abroad (see H.J. Res. 84), H4975 [4JN]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 214), H6090 [25JN]

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

Kenya: call for a peaceful resolution to current electoral crisis (see H. Con. Res. 283), H623 [6FE]

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

Labeling: require ratings labels on video games and prohibit sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors (see H.R. 5990), H5045 [5JN]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H1618 [12MR]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 688), H3108 [6MY]

Lloyd, Earl: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 286), H623 [6FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H350 [17JA]

Malaria Awareness Day: observance (see H. Res. 389), H3886 [14MY]

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

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), H2071 [8AP]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H7058 [23JY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H350 [17JA]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see H.R. 5173), H1342 [5MR]

Medicare: delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 6252), H5865 [23JN]

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 1809), H479 [28JA]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 5704), H10700 [2OC]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H5111 [9JN]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designating certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 4218), H995 [14FE]

———improve provision of telehealth services (see H.R. 6163), H7789 [31JY]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 5585), H8050 [11SE]

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

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1134), H2948 [30AP]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5854), H8397 [17SE]

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

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10133 [26SE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H2853 [29AP]

Motor vehicles: encourage increased production of natural gas vehicles and provide tax incentives for natural gas vehicle infrastructure (see H.R. 6570), H8397 [17SE]

———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), H7789 [31JY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 289), H812 [7FE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see H. Res. 1364), H8020 [10SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 6056), H3884 [14MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1191), H3886 [14MY]

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

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 280), H350 [17JA]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2659 [23AP]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H6473 [14JY]

National Day of the Cowboy: designate (see H. Res. 984), H2488 [17AP]

National GEAR UP Day: designate (see H. Res. 1311), H6343 [9JY]

National Golf Day: designate (see H. Res. 1115), H2443 [16AP]

National Guard: empower the National Guard, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see H.R. 5603), H2443 [16AP]

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

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 671), H7790 [31JY]

National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1328), H6728 [17JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 672), H3778 [13MY]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1149), H2855 [29AP]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 393), H7790 [31JY]

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), H2659 [23AP]

National Year of the Bible: observance (see H. Con. Res. 284), H7790 [31JY]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H5730 [19JN]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 6594), H8128 [15SE]

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

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include certain nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 3822), H3186 [7MY]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 6950), H8578 [22SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1132), H2659 [23AP]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary (see H. Res. 1000), H6408 [10JY]

Pope Benedict XVI: U.S. visit (see H. Res. 838), H2071 [8AP]

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), H25 [15JA]

Power resources: prevent excessive speculation in derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation to those capable of producing or taking delivery of the commodities (see H.R. 6264), H6177 [26JN]

———promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 5437), H7809 [1AU]

———promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 5236), H6177 [26JN]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6709), H7785 [31JY]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

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

Product safety: require development of a multi-stage product testing process to ensure compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards (see H.R. 3903), H350 [17JA]

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

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 1073), H2225 [10AP]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 1783), H295 [16JA]

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. 2713), H2760 [24AP] (see H.R. 5510), H2948 [30AP]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for benefits (see H.R. 1953), H6577 [15JY]

———waive recent work requirement for eligibility for disability benefits for individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 2944), H2658 [23AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 5447), H2356 [15AP]

Sudan: codify existing sanctions until certain conditions relative to a just and lasting peace are met (see H.R. 6416), H6175 [26JN]

———condemn ongoing sales of arms to belligerents and call for the cessation of such sales and expansion of U.N. embargo on arms sales to Sudan (see H. Res. 1462), H10643 [29SE]

Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2332), H8397 [17SE]

Taxation: 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), H6010 [24JN]

———increase tobacco products excise tax and dedicate revenues to the war on cancer (see H.R. 6791), H9085 [23SE]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 6896), H8578 [22SE]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H2443 [16AP]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 5700), H3109 [6MY]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 5134), H456 [23JA]

———provide benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated (see H.R. 7021), H9084 [23SE]

———provide direct access to electronic tax return filing (see H.R. 5801), H2948 [30AP]

———repeal dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 1264), H2012 [3AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H5044 [5JN]

Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the territories of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 2), H3404 [8MY]

Transportation: provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 3098), H2443 [16AP]

Tubman, Harriet: designate national day of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H1341 [5MR]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen grave markers of veterans (see H.R. 3480), H457 [23JA]

United Service Organizations: recognize contribution to morale and welfare of our servicemen and women and their families (see H.J. Res. 50), H1772 [14MR]

Veterans: celebrate partnership between the Government and State veterans homes (see H. Res. 1335), H8276 [16SE]

———presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H8276 [16SE]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H6342 [9JY]

Vietnam Veterans Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1231), H5730 [19JN]

West Virginia University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 938), H456 [23JA]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 6127), H5408 [12JN]

William `Bill' Clay Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5395), H870 [12FE]

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

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H1342 [5MR]

World Refugee Day: observance (see H. Res. 1290), H6674 [16JY]

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

Zimbabwe: condemn decision to hold run-off Presidential election (see H. Res. 1337), H6728 [17JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (see H.R. 5609), H1700 [13MR]

Congressional Club: anniversary (see H. Res. 1026), H1417 [6MR]

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

Tariff: 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]morpholine (see H.R. 5412), H942 [13FE]

———4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzaldehyde (see H.R. 5409), H942 [13FE]

———methyl (E)-methoxyimino-2(2-o-tolyoxymethyl)phenyl) acetate (kresoxim methyl) (see H.R. 5411), H942 [13FE]

———paraquat dichloride (1,1'dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride) (see H.R. 5408), H942 [13FE]

———3-oxido-5-oxo-4-propionylcyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid calcium salt (see H.R. 5410), H942 [13FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), E941 [15MY]

Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (H.R. 3229), H5169 [10JN]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, H4794 [22MY]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (H.R. 5609), E407 [13MR]

Army: require public disclosure of names of students and instructors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H4799 [22MY]

Army Reserve: anniversary (H.J. Res. 70), H2023 [8AP]

Attapulgus, GA: anniversary of Second Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, E1738 [9SE]

Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting rescue operations, E1303 [20JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), conference report, H4999 [5JN]

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

Columbus, GA: tribute to Kendrick High School girls' basketball team, E686 [22AP]

Congressional Club: anniversary (H. Res. 1026), H4087 [19MY], E327 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4794, H4799 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H311 [17JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7719 [31JY]

Douglas, GA: tribute to George Washington Carver High School football team, E20 [16JA]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10406 [29SE], H10790 [3OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of assassination (H. Res. 1061), H1864 [1AP]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10790 [3OC]

Stork Medical, LLC: tribute, E1750 [10SE]

Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10406 [29SE]

Votes: position on missed, E202 [14FE], E238 [26FE], E612 [15AP], E1553 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1029 [25FE], H7161 [24JY]

Tributes

Brown, Frank D., E143 [7FE]

DuBose, Edward O., E21 [16JA]

Lovejoy, Keith, E1581 [29JY]

Morman, Annette, E1565 [25JY]

Wojdakowski, Walter, E2258 [19NO]