BERRY, MARION (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H13573 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (see H. Res. 341), H4735 [23AP]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H9443 [10SE]

AmeriCorps: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (see H. Res. 453), H5712 [18MY]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 233), H1159 [10FE]

Armed Forces: guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H10408 [30SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

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

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H6903 [16JN]

———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]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 624), H1045 [4FE]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 183), H9731 [17SE] (see H. Res. 739), H9738 [21SE]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]

———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]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1990), H14982 [15DE]

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), H7023 [18JN]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9550 [15SE]

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

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3836 [24MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8873 [27JY]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H2875 [26FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H4735 [23AP]

Corps of Engineers: establish, modify, charge, and collect recreation fees at administered lands and waters (see H.R. 1473), H3400 [12MR]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see H.R. 560), H922 [3FE]

———require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 2450), H13386 [1DE]

Crime: combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see H.R. 1173), H9056 [29JY]

———enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (see H.R. 3702), H11740 [23OC]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 1737), H4061 [26MR]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]

de Veuster, Damien: canonization (see H. Res. 786), H10408 [30SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see H.R. 1222), H6744 [12JN]

———submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H5663 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H12288 [3NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 1490), H5400 [7MY]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H6015 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 3671), H10069 [29SE]

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

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), H6014 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H5169 [5MY]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H8100 [14JY]

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: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 1402), H8960 [28JY]

———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]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13467 [2DE]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2413), H11111 [7OC]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see H. Res. 701), H9443 [10SE]

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), H5671 [15MY]

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H780 [28JA]

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

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

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H4064 [26MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see H.R. 573), H380 [15JA]

FEMA: provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods (see H.R. 1264), H2923 [3MR]

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), H5893 [20MY]

Fragile X Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 611), H8357 [17JY]

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), H5892 [20MY]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H6266 [4JN]

Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 593), H8101 [14JY]

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), H2835 [25FE]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 1661), H6266 [4JN]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see H.R. 1321), H7446 [25JN]

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), H7146 [23JN]

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

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8496 [21JY]

Insurance: 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), H3834 [24MR]

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

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H6014 [21MY]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H9397 [9SE]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (see H.R. 3092), H8303 [16JY]

Medicare: continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (see H.R. 3663), H10069 [29SE]

———ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see H.R. 1392), H4840 [27AP]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 1970), H4523 [2AP]

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (see H.R. 2560), H8100 [14JY]

———provide coverage of substitute adult day care services (see H.R. 3043), H11581 [21OC]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7251 [24JN]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H4840 [27AP]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (see H.R. 362), H158 [9JA]

———reform coverage and reimbursement for home oxygen therapy services (see H.R. 3220), H9491 [14SE]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2692), H7086 [19JN]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H7837 [8JY]

Motor vehicles: prohibit certain restraints of competition adversely affecting automobile dealers (see H.R. 3450), H9276 [31JY]

———recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H11168 [8OC]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6620 [11JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6077 [2JN]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 3464), H9397 [9SE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H9281 [31JY]

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

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4027 [25MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H10409 [30SE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5486 [12MY]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H1159 [10FE]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (see H. Res. 773), H10071 [29SE]

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]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H3056 [5MR]

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

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

Philippines: express condolences to the citizens and support for Philippine Government in aftermath of devastating tropical storms (see H. Res. 800), H11112 [7OC]

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), H2836 [25FE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H5096 [4MY]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H486 [22JA]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H9731 [17SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H6015 [21MY]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 186), H9731 [17SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H5062 [30AP]

———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), H11298 [13OC]

South America: acknowledge growing threat of anti-Semitism in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Argentina (see H. Res. 174), H2836 [25FE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H6805 [15JN]

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (see H. Res. 329), H4524 [2AP]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H10000 [25SE]

Taxation: encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H9342 [8SE]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H875 [2FE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H6619 [11JN]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H10457 [1OC]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H2875 [26FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H8960 [28JY]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H6014 [21MY]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 4154), H13467 [2DE]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9731 [17SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H3437 [16MR]

Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H1080 [9FE]

———permit retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county (see H.R. 3216), H8099 [14JY]

Transportation: provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 1220), H3078 [6MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2799), H7086 [19JN]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 348), H4841 [27AP]

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), H5400 [7MY]

———match pension amount paid to surviving spouses of veterans who served during a period of war to the pension amount paid to such veterans (see H.R. 2673), H6154 [3JN]

Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5792 [19MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H922 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: commend the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Arkansas National Guard upon its completion of a second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 21), H325 [14JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural and livestock producers that suffered losses (see H.R. 4177), H13466 [2DE]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H1247 [11FE]

FEMA: extend public assistance pilot program (see H.R. 1081), H1605 [13FE]

George Kell Post Office, Swifton, AR: designate (see H.R. 3634), H9899 [23SE]

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), H6305 [8JN]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 684), H525 [26JA]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H442 [21JA]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H2978 [4MR]

Taxation: deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 3979), H12197 [2NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9673 [17SE]

Remarks

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 679), E2244 [10SE]

Arkansas State University: anniversary, E824 [31MR]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for Arkansas Biosciences Institute ethanol research project, H8152 [15JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8152 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10430 [1OC]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8241, H8242 [16JY]

George Kell Post Office, Swifton, AR: designate (H.R. 3634), H13362 [1DE]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, E257 [12FE]

Jonesboro, AR: anniversary, E2395 [29SE]

SBA: prohibit funding for Arkansas State University Commercial Driver Training Institute, H8241, H8242 [16JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6956 [17JN]

Stuttgart, AR: prohibit funding for the Art Center of the Grand Prairie, H6956 [17JN]

Votes: correction, H12497 [6NO]

———position on missed, E1052 [4MY]

Tributes

Borlaug, Norman E., H9673 [17SE]

Dixon, Lynda, E2996 [14DE]

Tedford, John G., E422 [25FE]