PIERLUISI, PEDRO R. (a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abarbanel, Gail: tribute to founding of Rape Treatment Center at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and creating the Fast Track Forensics Program to speed up DNA processing (see H. Res. 716), H9398 [9SE]

Air pollution: include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions (see H.R. 2386), H5580 [13MY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (see H.R. 2099), H5401 [7MY]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 879), H13003 [16NO]

American Veterans Congressional Internship Program: establish (see H.R. 2683), H6154 [3JN]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H4397 [1AP]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4583 [21AP]

Armed Forces: anniversary of activation of Army Reserve Echo Co., 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry Regiment in the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam (see H. Con. Res. 199), H12142 [29OC]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H11868 [27OC]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H9730 [17SE]

———ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (see H.R. 4088), H13068 [17NO]

———express condolences to families and friends of victims of shooting at the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq (see H. Res. 471), H6013 [21MY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H6076 [2JN]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans, commend those currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ensure receipt of adequate combat training (see H. Res. 904), H14827 [11DE]

———improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see H.R. 3420), H9205 [30JY]

———improve support and services for members and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families (see H. Res. 443), H6156 [3JN]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H9807 [22SE]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H601 [27JA]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (see H.R. 744), H2926 [3MR]

Binghamton, NY: express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association (see H. Res. 340), H4581 [21AP]

Black Music Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H6416 [9JN]

BLM: dedicate a portion of wind and solar energy project rental fees for administrative costs of processing applications for new wind and solar projects (see H.R. 2662), H6415 [9JN]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit placement of statues honoring a citizen of each U.S. territory in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 2791), H6537 [10JN]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5713 [18MY]

Census: express importance of having a census that is complete and accurate (see H. Res. 521), H6414 [9JN]

———provide that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited (see H.R. 3855), H11582 [21OC]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H6155 [3JN]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (see H. Res. 362), H4733 [23AP]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H6307 [8JN]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 36), H781 [28JA]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Res. 230), H3145 [10MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H91 [8JA]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H11516 [20OC]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 42), H8809 [24JY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see H.R. 1425), H8708 [23JY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see H.R. 1425), H8708 [23JY]

Consolidated Natural Resources Act: make technical corrections to provisions applying Federal immigration laws to the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3770), H11165 [8OC]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H6014 [21MY]

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2196), H6415 [9JN]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 860), H1080 [9FE]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H3749 [23MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4734 [23AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4841 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H9962 [24SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish NOAA and a National Climate Enterprise (see H.R. 2685), H6154 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H13267 [18NO]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5060 [30AP]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H12457 [5NO]

Dept. of Energy: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (see H.R. 2385), H5580 [13MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

———designate health empowerment zones (see H.R. 2233), H5096 [4MY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H2924 [3MR]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1139), H3642 [18MR]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1412), H5400 [7MY]

———improve defendants' payment of restitution to crime victims and unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and provide for equitable retirement treatment of assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 4091), H13068 [17NO]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

———make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1741), H4841 [27AP]

Dept. of Labor: permit establishment of Job Corps centers in territories (see H.R. 3181), H8008 [10JY]

———prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (see H.R. 2113), H5170 [5MY]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H11298 [13OC]

———establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 3511), H11298 [13OC]

———extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3940), H12142 [29OC]

———make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 1354), H4583 [21AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5400 [7MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for relief of homeowners and neighborhoods (see H.R. 3068), H8810 [24JY]

———use amounts repaid to the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief to displaced and low-wage workers (see H.R. 4357), H15509 [23DE]

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. 734), H1159 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H6267 [4JN]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3554), H9900 [23SE]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see H.R. 1335), H3053 [5MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H4583 [21AP]

Developing countries: provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems (see H.R. 52), H4397 [1AP]

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H6077 [2JN]

———express condolences for loss of life and injuries caused by earthquakes and tsunami in American Samoa and Samoa and support relief efforts to survivors (see H. Res. 816), H11166 [8OC]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H91 [8JA]

Diseases: address the lack of adequate housing as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and commit to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic (see H. Con. Res. 137), H6075 [2JN]

———catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 1402), H6973 [17JN]

———continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H2926 [3MR]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 2408), H7146 [23JN]

———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. 2987), H7085 [19JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]

District of Columbia: eliminate all federally imposed mandates over the local budget process, financial management, and the borrowing of money (see H.R. 1045), H13466 [2DE]

———eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws (see H.R. 960), H13466 [2DE]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 3245), H8302 [16JY]

———reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 2855), H6743 [12JN]

———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 265), H7740 [7JY]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H2981 [4MR]

El Salvador: express solidarity with people affected by Hurricane Ida, commend recovery efforts, and make funding available to help mitigate effects of recent natural disasters (see H. Con. Res. 213), H13267 [18NO]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H9807 [22SE]

———provide paid sick leave to employees who are recommended by their employer or public health authorities to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put others at risk (see H.R. 3991), H12287 [3NO]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (see H.R. 1910), H5308 [6MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H13629 (see H.R. 4116), H14372 [8DE]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H12588 [6NO]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11516 [20OC]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1174), H5000 [29AP]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see H. Res. 357), H4733 [23AP]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (see H.R. 1080), H3835 [24MR]

Global Youth Service Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 353), H4687 [22AP]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H2602 [23FE]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H3056 [5MR]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H4915 [28AP]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H4999 [29AP]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H6415 [9JN]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H7145 [23JN]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H4584 [21AP]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3221), H8356 [17JY]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H3145 [10MR]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 783), H10069 [29SE]

Home Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 543), H6904 [16JN]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H2875 [26FE]

Immigration: provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 2681), H8303 [16JY]

———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H11713 [22OC]

Independence Day: support a national and international celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of the U.S., focused on the Greater Philadelphia, PA, Region (see H. Res. 986), H15502 [16DE]

Indonesia: express condolences and support in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the island of Sumatra (see H. Res. 810), H11299 [13OC]

Information technology: provide grants to community colleges to improve accessibility of computer labs and training for those seeking to improve computer literacy and information technology skills (see H.R. 2060), H6076 [2JN]

Insurance: prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1558), H5063 [30AP]

———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. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

Inter-American Foundation: anniversary (see H. Res. 858), H11712 [22OC]

Iran: demand immediate disclosure of existence of any additional nuclear-related facilities and provide unfettered access to Qom enrichment facility (see H. Res. 782), H10069 [29SE]

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 364), H6077 [2JN]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 546), H6806 [15JN]

Kent, Samuel B.: impeach (see H. Res. 520), H6414 [9JN]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3707 [19MR]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 509), H4583 [21AP]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 73), H387 [16JA]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4263), H14742 [10DE]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H5000 [29AP]

———provide payment parity for certain territories (see H.R. 2680), H6154 [3JN]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9962 [24SE]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H4519 [2AP]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H3055 [5MR]

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 3365), H9900 [23SE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3090), H7704 [26JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7706 [26JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H6415 [9JN]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see H.R. 482), H6076 [2JN]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 439), H5713 [18MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H6077 [2JN]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 109), H2926 [3MR]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: establish (see H. Res. 737), H9490 [14SE]

National Hurricane Preparedness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 387), H5097 [4MY]

National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see H.R. 327), H4026 [25MR]

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7706 [26JN]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8810 [24JY]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H10521 [6OC]

National Military Family Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 861), H12142 [29OC]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 105), H5308 [6MY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5307 [6MY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H3438 [16MR]

———tribute to New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for educating Americans about the African-American migration (see H. Con. Res. 42), H12365 [4NO]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 893), H12456 [5NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 934), H3338 [11MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H5170 [5MY]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H5400 [7MY]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H10519 [6OC]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H1604 [13FE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 754), H9808 [22SE]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H5792 [19MY]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]

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. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train new land managers, and promote public service (see H.R. 1612), H6539 [10JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H14743 [10DE]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4689 [22AP]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3718), H10456 [1OC]

———make residents eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2839), H6618 [11JN]

———provide residents who participate in cafeteria plans under Puerto Rican tax laws an exclusion from employment taxes comparable to exclusion that applies to cafeteria plans under U.S. laws (see H.R. 1025), H7085 [19JN]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (see H.R. 1589), H8100 [14JY]

———include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H8100 [14JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H5308 [6MY]

Schomburg, Arthur: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 43), H12365 [4NO]

Senate: constitutional amendment on elections to fill Senate vacancies (see H.J. Res. 21), H1248 [11FE]

Senior citizens: improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see H.R. 1021), H5097 [4MY]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see H.R. 886), H1607 [13FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H12288 [3NO]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H8586 [22JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2582), H6010 [21MY]

Summitt, Pat: tribute (see H. Res. 196), H5486 [12MY]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5401 [7MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2886 [2MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 1912), H5308 [6MY]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 433), H6076 [2JN]

———clarify tax credit eligibility for electricity produced from certain renewable resources in certain U.S. possessions and other areas (see H.R. 2884), H6902 [16JN]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H6076 [2JN]

———expand credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources and investment energy credit to include ocean thermal energy conversion projects (see H.R. 2885), H6902 [16JN]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H5671 [15MY]

———extend eligibility under new markets tax credit for community development entities created or organized in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 473), H194 [13JA]

———extend the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Services members serving outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2562), H6156 [3JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H5485 [12MY]

———provide nonbusiness energy property credit and residential energy efficient property tax incentives to residents of certain U.S. possessions (see H.R. 2886), H6902 [16JN]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (see H.R. 681), H525 [26JA]

Territories: treat American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands as States for certain criminal justice programs (see H.R. 3353), H8960 [28JY]

Terrorism: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H9441 [10SE]

Thatcher, Margaret: tribute (see H. Res. 378), H5309 [6MY]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H4735 [23AP]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H8495 [21JY]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12288 [3NO]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see H.R. 3045), H9282 [31JY]

U.S. Men's National Soccer Team: tribute (see H. Res. 606), H7705 [26JN]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see H.R. 1474), H5792 [19MY]

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. 303), H9550 [15SE] (see H.R. 333), H9442 [10SE]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2243), H5168 [5MY]

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2134), H4914 [28AP]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H4735 [23AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]

Zimbabwe: recognize threat to international security and basic human dignity posed by the decline of economic, humanitarian, and human rights conditions in Zimbabwe (see H. Res. 238), H4064 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: expand geographical coverage of TRICARE Prime to include Puerto Rico and Guam (see H.R. 1809), H4249 [31MR]

Medicare: increase inpatient hospital payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1501), H3401 [12MR]

———provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1502), H3401 [12MR]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

———repeal limitation on authorized uses of former bombardment area on Culebra and prohibition on Federal Government responsibility for decontamination of the area (see H.R. 1958), H4522 [2AP]

Taxation: provide a special rule for allocating the cover over of distilled spirits taxes between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2122), H4839 [27AP]

Letters

Prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S.: by, H6884 [16JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H532 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, H6884 [16JN]

Armed Forces: provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H.R. 2990), H7165 [24JN]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (H. Res. 230), H5071 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4659 [22AP]

———make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs (H.R. 1741), H6327 [9JN]

Federal employees: transition personnel in nonforeign areas eligible to receive cost-of-living allowance to locality pay, H7165 [24JN]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 44), H1615 [23FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H11799 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12214 [3NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 817), H11752, H11753, H11755 [26OC]

Northwestern University: tribute to women's lacrosse team (H. Res. 824), H11751, H11752 [26OC]

Puerto Rico: anniversary of Congress granting U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, H2891 [3MR]

———inclusion in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H532 [27JA]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team (H. Res. 562), H11750, H11751 [26OC]

University of Iowa: tribute to wrestling team (H. Res. 368), H11748, H11749, H11750 [26OC]

Weber State University: anniversary (H. Res. 854), H11747, H11748 [26OC]