SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H2901 [3MR]

Conferee: H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H11826 [27OC]

———H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H9970 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Kennel Club: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 160), H7838 [8JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 2842), H6618 [11JN]

Armed Forces: commend Navy SEALS, Matthew McCabe, Jonathan Keefe, and Julio Huertas for capturing alleged terrorist, Ahmed Hashim Abed, in Iraq and support members serving in harm's way (see H. Res. 988), H15502 [16DE]

Aviation: recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services pursuant to their authority over public health, patient safety, and medical services and care (see H.R. 978), H3105 [9MR]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 418), H5793 [19MY]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see H. Res. 356), H4733 [23AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H36 [6JA]

Business and industry: ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 1588), H3640 [18MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 131), H6416 [9JN]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2602 [23FE]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12141 [29OC]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4064 [26MR]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 1802), H5000 [29AP]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7948 [9JY]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1587), H3640 [18MR]

Corps of Engineers: extend the authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of certain permits (see H.R. 4165), H13521 [3DE]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 473), H6013 [21MY]

———prevent lawsuits for weight gain or obesity against food or non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, distributors, trade associations, or sellers that comply with statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 812), H2836 [25FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 634), H484 [22JA]

Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H6745 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H9279 [31JY]

Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see H.R. 4393), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2875), H7147 [23JN]

———require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (see H.R. 2294), H5397 [7MY]

Dept. of Energy: promote development of practical fusion energy (see H.R. 3177), H8810 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H11714 [22OC]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H2603 [23FE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit prosecution of unprivileged enemy combatants (see H.R. 4111), H14744 [10DE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see H.R. 4072), H13387 [1DE]

Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 1354), H5485 [12MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (see H.R. 4060), H13267 [18NO]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4063 [26MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H13002 [16NO]

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (see H.R. 1577), H3835 [24MR]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 4110), H13629 (see H.R. 4110), H14372 [8DE]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3640 [18MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (see H. Res. 251), H3526 [17MR]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H9442 [10SE]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H5064 [30AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions relative to Title I funding (see H.R. 2958), H7022 [18JN]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1247 [11FE]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 391), H15503 [16DE]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H8495 [21JY]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H9671 [16SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exclude certain small health care practices from Red Flag Guidelines (see H.R. 2345), H5483 [12MY]

———provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (see H.R. 3763), H11165 [8OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 42), H12288 [3NO]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H68 [7JA]

Federal Agency Sunset Commission: establish (see H.R. 393), H4582 [21AP]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3339), H12588 [6NO]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see H.R. 3380), H14877 [14DE]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 1404), H3144 [10MR]

Firearms: modify Federal regulations allowing current and former law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across State lines (see H.R. 3752), H12365 [4NO]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 17), H2875 [26FE]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H8025 [13JY]

Flag Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 420), H6016 [21MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 8), H3056 [5MR] (see H.J. Res. 47), H5793 [19MY]

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted and add protection of infrastructure in rural communities (see H.R. 4233), H15504 [16DE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H4915 [28AP]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8960 [28JY]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see H.R. 3571), H9548 [15SE]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1300), H2979 [4MR]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H13002 [16NO]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 1086), H12288 [3NO]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H5061 [30AP]

———require that any major health care reform bill considered on the House floor should be available for viewing (see H. Res. 721), H9443 [10SE]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 1671), H3748 [23MR]

Health care professionals: provide for a loan repayment program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages (see H.R. 1930), H4521 [2AP]

Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station, Nampa, ID: designate (see H.R. 2162), H4998 [29AP]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 783), H11168 [8OC]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H8009 [10JY]

House of Representatives: require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H12142 [29OC]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H9962 [24SE]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 3749), H11110 [7OC]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE] (see H.R. 1934), H5308 [6MY]

Investments: help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (see H.R. 2021), H5401 [7MY]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H7741 [7JY]

Israel: support right of self-defense against imminent military or nuclear threat from Iran and other countries and organizations (see H. Res. 557), H7447 [25JN]

Italy: express condolences to the citizens and support for Italian Government in aftermath of devastating earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region (see H. Res. 430), H5793 [19MY]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H12364 [4NO]

———secure smuggling routes on the U.S.-Mexico border and better prevent the smuggling of narcotics and weapons across the border (see H.R. 2083), H4841 [27AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H4584 [21AP]

Medicare: delay implementation of new hospital geographic wage reclassification criteria until the Dept. of HHS revises the hospital wage index classification system to address certain considerations (see H.R. 2753), H8101 [14JY]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H7249 [24JN]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 394), H5096 [4MY]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H6415 [9JN]

Motor vehicles: report on dealership closings in connection with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies and suspend withdrawal liability to multiemployer plans in connection with such closings (see H.R. 2793), H7086 [19JN]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7147 [23JN] (see H.R. 2750), H6305 [8JN] (see H.R. 2796), H6537 [10JN]

NASA: anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (see H. Res. 607), H8026 [13JY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8185 [15JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H5064 [30AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance (see H. Res. 337), H4735 [23AP]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 507), H6973 [17JN]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H6745 [12JN]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H1159 [10FE]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 373), H7447 [25JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 1176), H2834 [25FE]

National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 403), H5169 [5MY]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see H.R. 1924), H6266 [4JN]

NCAA: demand antitrust investigation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and support establishment of a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system (see H. Res. 68), H382 [15JA]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H4687 [22AP]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

Patents: reform (see H.R. 1260), H3056 [5MR]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H3706 [19MR]

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), H2875 [26FE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 3709), H10456 [1OC]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see H.R. 1431), H4734 [23AP]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (see H.R. 2846), H6973 [17JN]

———promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land (see H.R. 1111), H6014 [21MY]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production (see H.R. 2300), H5397 [7MY] (see H.R. 2828), H6617 [11JN]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2300), H6745 [12JN]

Public lands: ensure public access to Federal land and to airspace over Federal land (see H.R. 2025), H4685 [22AP]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H8873 [27JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1885), H4519 [2AP]

———provide incentives for residential housing market (see H.R. 1903), H5892 [20MY]

———require State and local compliance with constitutional mandates and prevent abuses of power relative to eminent domain (see H. Res. 575), H7145 [23JN]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 1799, 1799), H4841 [27AP]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 131), H1045 [4FE]

SBA: modernize Small Business Development Centers (see H.R. 1845), H5582 [13MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 2607), H6011 [21MY]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2287), H5307 [6MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2632 [24FE]

Space policy: anniversary of Moon landing, celebrate success of the U.S human space flight program, and recognize accomplishments of NASA's human space flight centers (see H. Con. Res. 117), H7838 [8JY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 55), H3438 [16MR]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1126), H5308 [6MY]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1203), H5712 [18MY]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 1948), H4522 [2AP]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H12288 [3NO]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 154), H3105 [9MR]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3004), H8810 [24JY]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 173), H163 [9JA]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H527 [26JA]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H7023 [18JN]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H5668 [14MY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3758), H13521 [3DE]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5892 [20MY]

———maintain current standards of the Federal mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 130), H5891 [20MY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4525 [2AP]

———prevent pending tax increases and provide additional tax reductions to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 301), H325 [14JA]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see H.R. 1245), H7023 [18JN]

———provide a credit to individuals who pay their mortgages on time (see H.R. 1317), H3146 [10MR]

———provide a payroll tax holiday for small businesses (see H.R. 1836), H5308 [6MY]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1509), H5892 [20MY]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H12044 [28OC]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H3056 [5MR]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H12364 [4NO]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 240), H163 [9JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 205), H35 [6JA]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes (see H.R. 3905), H11869 [27OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H4524 [2AP]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see H.R. 155), H875 [2FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 982), H1246 [11FE]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3612), H12588 [6NO]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H13003 [16NO]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H6266 [4JN]

Television: permit satellite carriers to retransmit signals of certain noncommercial, educational television stations outside their local markets (see H.R. 3498), H9278 [31JY]

Transportation: provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 1220), H3338 [11MR]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6013 [21MY]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund: establish (see H.R. 3202), H8099 [14JY]

Wichita State University: tribute to men's and women's bowling teams (see H. Res. 455), H9443 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H2925 [3MR]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 191), H35 [6JA]

Idaho: authorize continued use of certain water diversions on National Forest System lands in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (see H.R. 3538), H9341 [8SE]

———permit certain commercial vehicles to use certain interstate system highways for purposes of providing significant savings in the transportation of goods (see H.R. 969), H1158 [10FE] (see H.R. 2179), H4999 [29AP]

———promote economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land, designate certain land as Boulder-White Cloud Management Area, and add land to National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 192), H35 [6JA]

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: rename as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (see H.R. 545), H325 [14JA]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11756 [26OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8338 [17JY]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H9866 [23SE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7779 [8JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), earmark declaration, E1681 [8JY], E2534 [14OC]

American Dental Association: anniversary (H. Res. 204), H5421, H5422 [12MY]

Appropriations: allow consideration of additional amendments to appropriations legislation, H7779 [8JY]

———legislative process, H7410, H7411 [25JN]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration, E467 [26FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, earmark declaration, E2950 [10DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H563 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1559 [13FE]

BLM: prohibit funding for construction of a wildfire facility in Carson City, NV, H7427 [25JN]

Boise, ID: tribute to organizers and volunteers of Special Olympics World Winter Games, E1008 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7356 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), earmark declaration, E1561 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E2107 [31JY], E3036 [17DE]

———national missile defense system funding through reductions in defense environmental cleanup funding, H7356 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: improve innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide additional options for deploying energy technologies, H8119 [15JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), earmark declaration, E1567 [24JN], E2579 [20OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7403, H7407, H7409, H7410, H7411, H7413, H7427 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12058, H12065 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7392 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1611 [26JN], E2658 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to instruct conferees, H11756, H11758, H11759 [26OC]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H11756 [26OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), earmark declaration, E1714 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), earmark declaration, E1987 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 961), H14460 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1943 [24JY], E2950 [10DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8119 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), earmark declaration, E1796 [15JY], E2527 [14OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), motion to recommit, H8338 [17JY]

EPA: national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions funding, H7409 [25JN]

———prohibit implementation of rule requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems, H11756, H11758, H11759 [26OC]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (H.R. 3763), H11469 [20OC]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), earmark declaration, E1806, E1816 [16JY]

Forest Service: wildland fire suppression funding, H7403 [25JN]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H8338 [17JY]

Highlands Conservation Act: funding, H7413 [25JN]

National Nurses Week: recognize (H. Res. 192), H5418 [12MY]

National Park Service: improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

Owyhee Initiative Agreement: implementation, E764 [25MR]

Point of order, H7779 [8JY]

Rice, Karen: Public Lands Foundation Outstanding Public Lands Professional Technician award recipient, E70 [13JA]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), motion to recommit, H7779 [8JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), earmark declaration, E1469 [17JN]

Unemployment: rates, H8908 [28JY]

Votes: position on missed, H997 [4FE]

Tributes

Cook, Kevin, E1101 [7MY]

Lindsay, John, E2329 [22SE]

Tubbs, Treena, E2124 [31JY]

Tyborowski, Terry, E1083 [7MY]