WYNN, ALBERT RUSSELL (a Representative from Maryland)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H870 [12FE]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 5852), H4151 [19MY]

Armed Forces: honor the sacrifice of mothers who have deployed to theaters of combat on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 992), H1890 [1AP]

———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), H1973 [2AP]

———repeal authorization of use against Iraq and implement a plan for withdrawal (see H.R. 3938), H622 [6FE]

Baltimore National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5279), H812 [7FE]

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

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

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H2948 [30AP]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 1776), H2853 [29AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (see H. Con. Res. 309), H1220 [4MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 311), H1417 [6MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (see H. Con. Res. 308), H1220 [4MR]

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

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see H.R. 5540), H1341 [5MR]

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

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1431), H871 [12FE]

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

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1031 [25FE]

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]

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

Dept. of Defense: implement a pain care initiative (see H.R. 5465), H1822 [31MR]

Dept. of Education: 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 Justice: making supplemental appropriations for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 5180), H1703 [13MR]

———reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program (see H.R. 5057), H2012 [3AP]

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), H3408 [12MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5229), H620 [6FE]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 1198), H1618 [12MR]

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), H995 [14FE]

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), H4151 [19MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H622 [6FE]

Employment: provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 5774), H2659 [23AP]

EPA: establish a working group to assist Federal agencies develop criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations (see H.R. 5132), H814 [7FE]

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

Families and domestic relations: encourage States to enact joint custody laws so that more children are raised with the benefits of having both parents in their lives (see H. Con. Res. 241), H2659 [23AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 6029), H3776 [13MY]

FEMA: provide funding for Emergency Food and Shelter Program for housing-related assistance needed to prevent homelessness of families in connection with foreclosures on their residences (see H.R. 5894), H2948 [30AP]

Food: acknowledge existence of global food crisis (see H. Con. Res. 344), H3186 [7MY]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (see H.R. 5152), H814 [7FE]

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

GAO: reform (see H.R. 5683), H2554 [22AP]

Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 24), H4833 [22MY]

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), H558 [29JA]

Health: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H1701 [13MR]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (see H.R. 5549), H1772 [14MR]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 2464), H1074 [26FE]

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

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 1169), H3018 [1MY]

Inglewood, CA: anniversary (see H. Res. 962), H996 [14FE]

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]

Iraq: provide for recovery and stability (see H.R. 5488), H2151 [9AP]

———recognize impact of financial costs of war on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities (see H. Res. 1019), H3110 [6MY]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2225 [10AP]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 353), H4064 [16MY] (see H. Con. Res. 354), H4150 [19MY]

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

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

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

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1974 [2AP]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see H.R. 5173), H814 [7FE]

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

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 280), H352 [18JA]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 424), H1772 [14MR]

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1053), H1822 [31MR]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2554 [22AP]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2152 [9AP]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H2486 [17AP]

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

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

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H623 [6FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1132), H2761 [24AP]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H295 [16JA]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H1974 [2AP]

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

SBA: establish the Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change and the Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse (see H.R. 5402), H870 [12FE]

Small business: encourage provision of financial education to employees and give such businesses preferential status when applying for Federal contracts, loans, and other assistance (see H.R. 5965), H3109 [6MY]

Sudan: establish a program to assist Sudanese refugees in the U.S. known as the ``Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan'' to voluntarily return to southern Sudan to assist in reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3054), H622 [6FE]

———prohibit importation of gum arabic from Sudan (see H.R. 3464), H622 [6FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (see H.R. 3452), H622 [6FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 5784), H2265 [14AP]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 1921), H1889 [1AP]

———establish infrastructure foundation for the hydrogen economy (see H.R. 5746), H2150 [9AP]

———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), H1539 [11MR]

———provide an additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4029), H295 [16JA]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 2160), H456 [23JA]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H2853 [29AP]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 5793), H4061 [15MY]

Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building, Suitland, MD: designate (see H.R. 5599), H1618 [12MR]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1418), H1702 [13MR]

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

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 4934), H480 [28JA]

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), H995 [14FE]

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

William `Bill' Clay Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5395), H1221 [4MR]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see H. Res. 1022), H2071 [8AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit: provide forbearance from foreclosures of subprime mortgages in the determination of a consumer credit score (see H.R. 5500), H1074 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: revise and extend the chemical facility security program (see H.R. 5533), H1341 [5MR]

Letters

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Charles E. Coger and Joan L. Wharton, One Church, One Child of Maryland, Inc., E1121 [3JN]

———James H. Scully, Jr., American Psychiatric Association, E1122 [3JN]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, E1120 [3JN]

———Linda Wharton-Boyd and Courtney Lang, National Minority Mental Health Task Force, E1121 [3JN]

———Lynn J. Goodloe, National Alliance on Mental Illness, E1121 [3JN]

———Mark A. Nordenberg, University of Pittsburgh, E1121 [3JN]

———Nancy Carter, National Alliance on Mental Illness, E1121 [3JN]

———several individuals, E1120 [3JN]

Resignation from the House of Representatives: by, H2495 [22AP]

Remarks

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 302), H1787, H1789 [31MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1106), H4120, H4121 [19MY]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 134), H4121, H4122, H4123 [19MY], E1120 [3JN]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, H396 [23JA]

YMCA: tribute to YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, E896 [13MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H552 [29JA], H617 [6FE]

Resignations

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2228 [14AP]

House of Representatives, H2495 [22AP]

Tributes

Jackson, Michael, E536 [8AP]