BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Articles and editorials

5.7% of U.S. Households Still Unprepared for the Switch to Digital Television, Nielsenmedia.com (Internet site), H587 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H13387 [1DE]

Antitrust policy: restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (see H.R. 3190), H8873 [27JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H13354 [19NO]

Armed Forces: 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), H486 [22JA]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H1080 [9FE]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H1248 [11FE]

———provide a monthly housing stipend for members who have served after September 11, 2001, pursuing education programs offered through distance learning (see H.R. 3467), H9491 [14SE]

———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), H780 [28JA]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see H.R. 2058), H9342 [8SE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H6077 [2JN]

Averett University: anniversary (see H. Res. 347), H4916 [28AP]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 1010), H1517 [12FE]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6077 [2JN]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3621), H9900 [23SE]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H9962 [24SE]

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), H5667 [14MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Colleges and universities: recognize valuable contributions of the extension offices of land-grant universities (see H. Res. 740), H9731 [17SE]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3749 [23MR]

Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 400), H160 [9JA]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (see H.R. 2344), H5483 [12MY]

Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2850), H7147 [23JN]

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 984), H4524 [2AP]

———restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 1508), H6415 [9JN]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H5400 [7MY]

Dartmouth College: anniversary of Dartmouth Outing Club (see H. Res. 776), H11168 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 484), H3641 [18MR]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see H.R. 3006), H7741 [7JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H10457 [1OC]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (see H.R. 3974), H13629 (see H.R. 3974), H14372 [8DE]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H3105 [9MR]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H6307 [8JN]

———establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2891), H7838 [8JY]

———establish grants for newly accredited allopathic medical schools to increase the supply of physicians (see H.R. 3778), H11791 [26OC]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H3402 [12MR]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 3003), H7706 [26JN]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H4519 [2AP]

———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), H780 [28JA]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 2305), H5397 [7MY]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2689), H6154 [3JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5667 [14MY]

Dept. of Transportation: require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 2428), H5665 [14MY]

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]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1211), H4583 [21AP]

———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), H13267 [18NO]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (see H.R. 4073), H13001 [16NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H4583 [21AP]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H9491 [14SE]

———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), H779 [28JA]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 1017), H4397 [1AP]

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), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: coordinate Federal research efforts on, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see H.R. 1570), H5400 [7MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H13386 [1DE]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H9397 [9SE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H9342 [8SE]

———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]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2873 [26FE]

District of Columbia: provide for retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 1015), H6014 [21MY]

Education: provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools (see H.R. 2403), H6415 [9JN]

Election Assistance Commission: establish a Vote by Mail grant program (see H.R. 1604), H3702 [19MR]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 97, 97), H91 [8JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H5582 [13MY]

———make any local educational agency receiving funds under part A of title I or public charter school eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant (see H.R. 1313), H9999 [25SE]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H5485 [12MY]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H1605 [13FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H2923 [3MR]

Federal employees: make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H4583 [21AP]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H12365 [4NO]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H35 [6JA]

Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2378), H5580 [13MY]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

Fragile X Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 611), H9671 [16SE]

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), H8410 [20JY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9397 [9SE]

Government regulations: make certain regulations have no force or effect (see H.R. 570), H380 [15JA]

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), H2978 [4MR]

———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), H3438 [16MR]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H6015 [21MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3105 [9MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H3105 [9MR]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 716), H1080 [9FE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H11516 [20OC]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6973 [17JN]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5893 [20MY]

———provide for a competitive loan repayment program for primary care physicians volunteering part-time at community health centers (see H.R. 1185), H4525 [2AP]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 3295), H8585 [22JY]

Housing Act: preserve rural multifamily housing assistance (see H.R. 2876), H6806 [15JN]

Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 893), H1043 [4FE]

Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

Insurance: prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1558), H5712 [18MY]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H6155 [3JN]

Johnson, Jimmie: tribute (see H. Res. 957), H15504 [16DE]

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]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H6077 [2JN]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4263), H14982 [15DE]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 1142), H6307 [8JN]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H780 [28JA]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services (see H.R. 504), H11515 [20OC]

———cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1693), H6266 [4JN]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1452), H4130 [30MR]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1844), H6155 [3JN]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H1045 [4FE]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 1970), H6155 [3JN]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1051), H6155 [3JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H4251 [31MR]

———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2201), H5060 [30AP]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H9342 [8SE]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H9342 [8SE]

———provide coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 870), H1159 [10FE]

———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), H9808 [22SE]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H7706 [26JN]

———reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2590), H7706 [26JN]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H13550 [7DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H382 [15JA]

———restore payments for home oxygen therapy through the beneficiary's period of medical need (see H.R. 2373), H6077 [2JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 1407), H9670 [16SE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H9342 [8SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H5063 [30AP]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H8303 [16JY]

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. 1816), H4249 [31MR]

National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties: establish (see H.R. 104), H71 [7JA]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H382 [15JA]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3589), H11167 [8OC]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal Government uses to commercial uses (see H.R. 3019), H7249 [24JN]

New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (see H. Res. 159), H9738 [21SE]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs (see H.R. 461), H194 [13JA]

Patents: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see H.R. 3059), H7445 [25JN]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see H.R. 1191), H12364 [4NO]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]

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), H4129 [30MR]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 26), H2886 [2MR]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H9342 [8SE]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H7837 [8JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H6539 [10JN]

SBA: establish Veterans Business Center program (see H.R. 1803), H5712 [18MY]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H3338 [11MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H13386 [1DE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H6015 [21MY]

———establish long-term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced nursing home diversion programs (see H.R. 2852), H10457 [1OC]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2), H194 [13JA]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H1607 [13FE]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H13386 [1DE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H9342 [8SE]

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), H6016 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H5485 [12MY]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H8586 [22JY]

———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), H5485 [12MY]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses in rural and small town areas (see H.R. 3627), H13069 [17NO]

———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), H14877 [14DE]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see H.R. 2964), H9900 [23SE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 147), H12588 [6NO]

———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. 953), H9491 [14SE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H13629 (see H.R. 2492), H14372 [8DE]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 3670), H10069 [29SE]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H6155 [3JN]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H6973 [17JN]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1974), H4523 [2AP]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4584 [21AP]

———prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services (see H.R. 1019), H1517 [12FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3525 [17MR]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H13386 [1DE]

———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), H13387 [1DE]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H6266 [4JN]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H9281 [31JY]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see H.R. 3125), H7836 [8JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H11384 [14OC]

Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (see H.R. 3570), H9548 [15SE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 1443), H5097 [4MY]

———incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning (see H.R. 2782), H6414 [9JN]

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]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 3012), H7741 [7JY]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H4838 [27AP]

University of Mary Washington: anniversary (see H. Res. 77), H781 [28JA]

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. 333), H89 [8JA]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H8495 [21JY]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1032), H1518 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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. 1689), H3833 [24MR]

Jefferson National Forest: convey the New River State Park campground to Virginia (see H.R. 865), H1042 [4FE]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 4175), H13466 [2DE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 985), H1247 [11FE]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see H.R. 2584), H6010 [21MY]

Taxation: regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1083), H1605 [13FE]

Television: reauthorize extension of statutory license for secondary transmissions of superstations and networks and amend the Communications Act relative to such transmissions (see H.R. 2994), H7144 [23JN]

Letters

DTV Delay Act: Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association, H989 [4FE]

———Chris Fischer, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officers-International, Russell B. Laine, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and Larry J. Grorud, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H989 [4FE]

———David K. Rehr, National Association of Broadcasters, H989 [4FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1581 [13FE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (H.R. 1147), H14903, H14904, H14907 [15DE]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (H.R. 1084), H14907, H14908, H14910 [15DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12847 [7NO]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (H.R. 4175), E2867 [2DE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (H.R. 985), H4205, H4207, H4209 [31MR], E242 [11FE]

Point of order, H14907 [15DE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7623 [26JN]

Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program: extend (S. 1694), H11987, H11988 [28OC]

Taxation: regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 1083), H1581 [13FE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), H584, H586, H587, H588, H590, H591 [27JA]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), H984, H988, H991, H993 [4FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), motion to commit, H995 [4FE]

———reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (H.R. 3570), H13441 [2DE]

———require stations currently using spectrum that will interfere with or become public safety spectrum to relinquish spectrum by previously established transition date, H995 [4FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H67 [7JA], H192 [13JA], H440 [21JA]

Tributes

Powers, Darrell (Shifty), E2121 [31JY]