STARK, FORTNEY PETE (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Fixing Health Care, Representative Schwartz, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E1587 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6539 [10JN]

———promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 2214), H8960 [28JY]

Africa: acknowledge significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance (see H. Con. Res. 128), H7838 [8JY]

Agreement Between the U.S. and Iraq on the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces From Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities During Their Temporary Presence in Iraq: express that agreement is advisory and not legally binding (see H. Res. 72), H382 [15JA]

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3480), H9443 [10SE]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H15504 [16DE]

———issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H5308 [6MY]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H3145 [10MR]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H3053 [5MR]

———treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 80), H602 [27JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H9280 [31JY]

Arizona: withdraw Tusayan Ranger District and BLM-managed Federal land in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 644), H1520 [12FE]

Armed Forces: 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), H2924 [3MR]

———ensure that members separated from active duty receive employment assistance, job training assistance, other transitional services, and a psychological evaluation (see H.R. 1963), H6415 [9JN]

———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), H2836 [25FE]

———improve support and services for members and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families (see H. Res. 443), H6904 [16JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4840 [27AP]

———prohibit increase of members serving in Afghanistan (see H.R. 3699), H10455 [1OC]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H6076 [2JN]

———prohibit retaliatory personnel actions against members who testify about their sexual orientation in a congressional hearing or regarding the policy on homosexuality in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4180), H13466 [2DE]

———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]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H921 [3FE]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 4269), H14743 [10DE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H10070 [29SE]

Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building, Portola, CA: designate (see H.R. 3319), H8707 [23JY]

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), H2836 [25FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H68 [7JA]

Bass, Karen: tribute (see H. Res. 49), H387 [16JA]

Budget: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see H.R. 3772), H11165 [8OC]

Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see H.R. 4351), H15499 [16DE]

California: anniversary of East Bay Regional Park District (see H. Con. Res. 211), H12587 [6NO]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (see H.R. 2442), H5665 [14MY]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 127), H6077 [2JN]

Census: provide that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited (see H.R. 3855), H12142 [29OC]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1820), H4249 [31MR]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 4317), H14981 [15DE]

———improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers (see H.R. 1931), H4521 [2AP]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H1604 [13FE]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see H. Res. 210), H2980 [4MR]

———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), H3053 [5MR]

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]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 36), H90 [8JA]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 3604), H9729 [17SE]

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

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H7446 [25JN]

Colleges and universities: create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges (see H.R. 4196), H14877 [14DE]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1751), H4688 [22AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 3503), H9278 [31JY]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see H.R. 42), H6014 [21MY]

Consumers: establish additional payday loan disclosure requirements and other protections (see H.R. 1214), H4251 [31MR]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H2874 [26FE]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1866), H4518 [2AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H163 [9JA]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H780 [28JA]

Correctional institutions: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 2450), H15509 [23DE]

Courts: clarify availability of Federal habeas corpus relief for a person who is sentenced to death though actually innocent (see H.R. 3986), H13467 [2DE]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H7446 [25JN]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H9443 [10SE]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H15503 [16DE]

———protect consumers from usury (see H.R. 1640), H4251 [31MR]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4688 [22AP]

Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H14826 [11DE]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 1531), H7446 [25JN]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 1530), H7446 [25JN]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR] (see H.R. 1528), H7446 [25JN]

Day of the African Child: observance (see H. Res. 550), H9207 [30JY]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H9548 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt unemployment benefits from the income asset test to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program eligibility (see H.R. 4163), H13521 [3DE]

———improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 176), H922 [3FE]

———make grants to establish community gardens (see H.R. 3225), H8708 [23JY]

———provide for resolution of certain discrimination claims by women farmers and reform loan system in order to end gender discrimination (see H.R. 4264), H15504 [16DE]

———repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 329), H6076 [2JN]

Dept. of Defense: adopt a screening program to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce suicide among veterans (see H.R. 1308), H4734 [23AP]

———develop a comprehensive strategy to increase the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases in the military (see H. Con. Res. 28), H3056 [5MR]

———submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H6415 [9JN]

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), H13387 [1DE]

———allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see H.R. 2597), H6156 [3JN]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 3545), H9396 [9SE]

———establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H9999 [25SE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H13386 [1DE]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see H.R. 2558), H8495 [21JY]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 3636), H9899 [23SE]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4524 [2AP]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H13069 [17NO]

———provide for acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities (see H.R. 1685), H4130 [30MR]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3315), H8707 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see H.R. 1499), H4064 [26MR]

———establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H5306 [6MY]

———provide for ceremonies on or near Independence Day to administer oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 2363), H5484 [12MY]

Dept. of HUD: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 2246), H8356 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (see H.R. 823), H921 [3FE]

———award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 2616), H6011 [21MY]

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

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 1978), H4523 [2AP]

———provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to increase number of law enforcement officers in cities with the highest crime rates (see H.R. 3154), H8495 [21JY]

———provide incentive grants to promote alternatives to incarcerating delinquent juveniles (see H.R. 3838), H11791 [26OC]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H920 [3FE]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H8808 [24JY]

———provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H9342 [8SE]

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), H1246 [11FE]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1520), H6415 [9JN]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H6076 [2JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1696), H4130 [30MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H7085 [19JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct unused Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to Making Home Affordable Program (see H.R. 1764), H5308 [6MY]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1068), H1604 [13FE]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians (see H.R. 3355), H13550 [7DE]

———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), H777 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acknowledge receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by veterans (see H.R. 1982), H4579 [21AP]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H9491 [14SE]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H2602 [23FE]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans (see H.R. 2583), H6539 [10JN]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H8410 [20JY]

Developing countries: prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries (see H.R. 2932), H10408 [30SE]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H6266 [4JN]

Disabled: ensure individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet protocol-based communications and video programming technologies (see H.R. 3101), H9731 [17SE]

———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), H4130 [30MR]

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: establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 1230), H9342 [8SE]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H10070 [29SE]

———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]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H13002 [16NO]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 3245), H9671 [16SE]

———allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2835), H6618 [11JN]

———concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 1466), H3399 [12MR]

———eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relative to crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2178), H6415 [9JN]

———eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use (see H.R. 2943), H8356 [17JY]

———provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 3939), H11868 [27OC]

———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 265), H2925 [3MR]

Economy: require a portion of an economic recovery package be directed to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (see H.R. 598), H386 [16JA]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H7947 [9JY]

———assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (see H.R. 2184), H5097 [4MY]

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

———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (see H.R. 1569), H10457 [1OC]

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H601 [27JA]

———stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 2710), H6263 [4JN]

———strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 3249), H8960 [28JY]

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

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

———establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see H.R. 3277), H8494 [21JY]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2054), H4686 [22AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 2460), H5711 [18MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H781 [28JA]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see H.R. 981), H5667 [14MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H11298 [13OC]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3047), H7445 [25JN]

———support efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement for parents and other employees to spend time with a new infant or adopted child (see H.R. 2339), H6415 [9JN]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H15504 [16DE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H7837 [8JY]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H7085 [19JN]

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

Federal agencies and departments: require an annual report on contract oversight (see H.R. 1360), H3528 [17MR]

Federal aid programs: use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H12141 [29OC]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 626), H3706 [19MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H5890 [20MY]

———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 697), H12141 [29OC]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 1346), H3054 [5MR]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H3525 [17MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]

Financial institutions: enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H7250 [24JN]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2324), H8009 [10JY]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 875), H1520 [12FE]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see H.R. 3077), H13467 [2DE]

———develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H9730 [17SE]

———provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs (see H. Con. Res. 63), H2835 [25FE]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 252), H3527 [17MR]

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

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), H4064 [26MR]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

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

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain companies convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3679), H10407 [30SE]

Government regulations: delay implementation of agency rules adopted within the final 90 days of the final term a President serves (see H.R. 34), H2875 [26FE]

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for establishment of a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1700), H9670 [16SE]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H780 [28JA]

Haiti: make nationals eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 144), H3078 [6MR]

Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 593), H8303 [16JY]

Hazardous substances: enhance public awareness of potential health effects posed by mercury (see H. Res. 648), H8100 [14JY]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 615), H6076 [2JN]

Health: ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see H. Con. Res. 48), H1248 [11FE]

———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]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3200), H8099 [14JY] (see H.R. 3962), H12140 [29OC]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H3438 [16MR]

———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]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H4064 [26MR]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H4914 [28AP]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2273), H5306 [6MY]

———tribute to Barnes Jewish Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Integris Baptist Hospital for completion of successful 16-person kidney transplant (see H. Res. 664), H12588 [6NO]

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see H.R. 1859), H4396 [1AP]

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

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 798), H11740 [23OC]

Homosexuality: address health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and eliminate barriers in accessing quality health care (see H.R. 3001), H8356 [17JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H2603 [23FE]

Housing: protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (see H.R. 1247), H3706 [19MR]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 416), H7742 [7JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3710), H10456 [1OC]

Immigration: allow, and establish conditions for, temporary admission of nonimmigrant aliens to the U.S. to receive medical treatment (see H.R. 1033), H7705 [26JN]

———allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H1517 [12FE]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1314), H7023 [18JN]

———eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated (see H.R. 1870), H4688 [22AP]

———permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the U.S. as a temporary visitor (see H.R. 937), H3078 [6MR]

———protect children affected by certain immigration laws (see H.R. 3531), H14446 [9DE]

———provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 2681), H7147 [23JN]

———provide penalties for individuals who engage in schemes to defraud aliens (see H.R. 1992), H6904 [16JN]

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

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H4734 [23AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see H.R. 2709), H6263 [4JN]

———restore certain provisions relative to the definition of aggravated felony (see H.R. 938), H3078 [6MR]

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

———permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (see H.R. 2740), H12142 [29OC]

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]

Intelligence services: enhance transparency and accountability within the intelligence community for activities performed under Federal contracts (see H.R. 963), H2603 [23FE]

International Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H14982 [15DE]

International Criminal Court: commend for issuing a warrant for arrest of Sudanese President Omar H.A. al-Bashir and express hope that this will be a step towards achieving peace and stability in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 241), H3439 [16MR]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 194), H3056 [5MR]

Iran: negotiate an ``Incidents at Sea Agreement'' (see H. Con. Res. 94), H9057 [29JY]

Iraq: assist refugees and the internally displaced population by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, increasing border security, and easing resettlement (see H.R. 578), H603 [27JA]

———deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H9808 [22SE]

IRS: repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H920 [3FE]

Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H6306 [8JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (see H.R. 1873), H4584 [21AP]

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: reduce the rape kit forensic analysis backlog (see H.R. 4114), H13351 [19NO]

Lim Poon Lee Post Office, San Francisco, CA: designate (see H.R. 3119), H7740 [7JY]

Marine mammals: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H8708 [23JY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

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

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

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 3961), H12140 [29OC]

———stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 4373), H15500 [16DE]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1361), H6973 [17JN]

Mental Health America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H1248 [11FE]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H5666 [14MY]

Middle East: commend efforts to teach the history of both Israelis and Palestinians to students in Israel and the West Bank to foster mutual understanding, respect, and tolerance (see H. Res. 511), H6265 [4JN]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 699), H601 [27JA]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H2875 [26FE]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2926 [3MR]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 35), H779 [28JA]

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 Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 585), H381 [15JA]

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 255), H10409 [30SE]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1521 [12FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws: establish (see H.R. 635), H8495 [21JY]

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

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 4161), H13385 [1DE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 4160), H13385 [1DE]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 205), H11790 [26OC]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H5097 [4MY]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see H.R. 3321), H11791 [26OC]

———increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see H.R. 3705), H13467 [2DE]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 363), H5170 [5MY]

———establish a border protection strategy and address ecological and environmental impacts of border security infrastructure, measures, and activities (see H.R. 2076), H5097 [4MY]

———establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 1800), H4129 [30MR]

Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 46), H5061 [30AP]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H3641 [18MR]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of school integration (see H. Res. 901), H13003 [16NO]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (see H. Res. 75), H603 [27JA]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H9342 [8SE]

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

Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see H. Res. 267), H7447 [25JN]

Nuclear weapons: recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 333), H8708 [23JY]

———reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 278), H8960 [28JY]

Oakland, CA: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Res. 290), H4063 [26MR]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H382 [15JA]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H4130 [30MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1906), H4520 [2AP]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H780 [28JA]

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H780 [28JA]

———provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H2836 [25FE]

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), H6973 [17JN]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 158), H34 [6JA] (see H.R. 1826), H9397 [9SE]

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), H4582 [21AP]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H9442 [10SE]

Poverty: express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 102), H7024 [18JN]

———provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see H.R. 2909), H7251 [24JN]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H13002 [16NO]

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 welfare programs: repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3053), H8708 [23JY]

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

REAL ID Act: repeal provisions on State requirements for security of identification cards and driver's licenses and reinstitute negotiated rulemaking and guidelines for such documents (see H.R. 3471), H9277 [31JY]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 1511), H3436 [16MR]

Refuse disposal: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 2046), H11713 [22OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H3703 [19MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H5168 [5MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H12142 [29OC]

SBA: establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (see H.R. 3771), H11299 [13OC]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H8410 [20JY]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student's parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 1091), H1605 [13FE]

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), H5484 [12MY]

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 461), H7742 [7JY]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (see H.R. 3888), H11580 [21OC]

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), H13001 [16NO]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 1289), H3706 [19MR]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

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

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (see H.R. 3329), H8808 [24JY] (see H.R. 3329), H9962 [24SE]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 2209), H6077 [2JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H9397 [9SE]

Sri Lanka: ensure safety and release of internally displaced persons in camps, call for independent operation and oversight of such camps, and allow foreign access to oversee rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 711), H11168 [8OC]

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

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

Taiwan: resume normal diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 18), H6077 [2JN]

Taxation: 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), H6014 [21MY]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2085), H4732 [23AP]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H13629 (see H.R. 1205), H14372 [8DE]

———establish an auction and revenue collection mechanism for a carbon market that ensures price stability with environmental integrity (see H.R. 1666), H3748 [23MR]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H3055 [5MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1543), H3642 (see H.R. 1586), H3640 [18MR]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 460), H387 [16JA]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 891), H3835 [24MR]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H12588 [6NO]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H9729 [17SE]

———prevent overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans (see H.R. 4126), H13352 [19NO]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (see H.R. 3933), H11867 [27OC]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H12288 [3NO]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H3641 [18MR]

———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 1337), H3146 [10MR]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of greenhouse gas emission substances (see H.R. 1683), H3833 [24MR]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H2603 [23FE]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H2923 [3MR]

———simplify and improve the current education tax incentives (see H.R. 386), H196 [13JA]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H2875 [26FE]

Television: provide for carriage and display of public, educational, and government channels in a manner consistent with commercial channels (see H.R. 3745), H12288 [3NO]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 1443), H4525 [2AP]

———permit private vanpool contractors providing public transportation to purchase rolling stock and credit certain expenditures toward the local matching share of public transportation projects costs (see H.R. 1571), H4130 [30MR]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 305), H1520 [12FE]

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1895), H13550 [7DE]

———require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range plans and improvement programs (see H.R. 803), H920 [3FE]

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), H12365 [4NO]

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: reform (see H.R. 2141), H5063 [30AP]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H13521 [3DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3548), H9441 [10SE]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 291), H442 [21JA] (see H.R. 4183), H13550 [7DE]

———provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws (see H.R. 290), H442 [21JA]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9205 [30JY]

Universal Children's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 928), H13354 [19NO]

University of California, Davis: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H5666 [14MY]

Veterans: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees (see H.R. 2474), H6077 [2JN]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H2926 [3MR]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 403), H4129 [30MR]

———provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1544), H4584 [21AP]

Video games: require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content (see H.R. 231), H2603 [23FE]

Vietnam: call for release of imprisoned bloggers and cyber activists and respect Internet freedom (see H. Res. 672), H9492 [14SE]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H6902 [16JN]

———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 3335), H8809 [24JY]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund: establish (see H.R. 3202), H15503 [16DE]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 618), H442 [21JA]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H5308 [6MY]

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]

———strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights by establishing a Dept. of State Office of International Women's Rights and a U.S. Commission on International Women's Rights (see H.R. 606), H5400 [7MY]

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), H3338 [11MR]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1522), H5000 [29AP]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H8303 [16JY]

Zamora y Diaz, Pedro P.: tribute (see H. Res. 308), H7024 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (see H.R. 2691), H6154 [3JN]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 1723), H4026 [25MR]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent (see H.R. 3827), H11457 [15OC]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 194), H35 [6JA]

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (see H.R. 193), H35 [6JA]

Taxation: reduce carbon dioxide emissions by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content (see H.R. 594), H381 [15JA]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1423), H3145 [10MR]

Letters

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: J. James Rohack, AMA, H13296 [19NO]

Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H9912 [24SE]

———Chris Koyanagi, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, H9911 [24SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H9912 [24SE]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, H9912 [24SE]

———Margaret L. Baptiste, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H9912 [24SE]

———Vicki Gottlich, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., H9913 [24SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting comparative effectiveness research provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1571 [13FE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H13297 [19NO]

Press releases

AARP Applauds New Bill To Help Seniors Struggling in Tough Economy: AARP, H9912 [24SE]

Remarks

Abode Services (organization): anniversary, E861 [2AP]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H7669 [26JN]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), Senate amendments, H3983 [25MR]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3663 [19MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H634, H743 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1570, H1581 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5627 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, E1471 [17JN]

Association of Bay Area Governments: anniversary of Bay Trail Project, E1271 [2JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4426 [2AP]

California: anniversary of East Bay Regional Park District, E2169 [31JY]

Children and youth: provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (H.R. 2691), E1288 [3JN]

Chu, Representative: permission to take oath of office for the House of Representatives prior to receipt of certificate of election, H8200 [16JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H134 [9JA]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3552 [18MR]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, H11138 [8OC]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary of Berkeley Bay Area Alumnae chapter, E653 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, H11138 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), E2091 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), Senate amendment, H15418 [16DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), E117 [21JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8760 [24JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3983 [25MR]

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 (H.R. 11), H124 [9JA]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H15418 [16DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), E2974 [11DE]

Education: student financial aid programs, E2320 [17SE]

———student loan programs, E2320 [17SE]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 1723), E767 [25MR]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent (H.R. 3827), E2561 [15OC]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), E873 [2AP]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), H6231 [4JN]

Fremont, CA: anniversary of California School for the Deaf, E1198 [19MY]

———anniversary of Fremont Family Resource Center, E975 [27AP]

Friends of Children With Special Needs (organization): tribute, E2651 [28OC]

Government: permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), H15421 [16DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E1587 [26JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12856, H12954 [7NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), E2320 [17SE]

Kidango (organization): tribute, E922 [22AP]

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 (H.R. 1409), E620 [10MR]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H9911 [24SE]

———provide a 2-year adjustment to sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H13318 [19NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13296, H13300, H13301, H13302, H13304 [19NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), motion to recommit, H13318 [19NO]

Oakland, CA: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (H. Res. 290), H4203 [31MR]

Pakistan: authorize democratic, economic, social development, and security assistance (H.R. 1886), H6574 [11JN]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7669 [26JN]

Public debt: ceiling, H15421 [16DE]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (H.R. 194), E18 [6JA]

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (H.R. 193), E22 [6JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H255 [14JA]

Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3663 [19MR]

———rates, H743 [28JA]

———reduce carbon dioxide emissions by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content (H.R. 594), E100 [15JA]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (H.R. 1423), E611 [10MR]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13489 [3DE]

Torello, Robin: California 10th Senatorial District Woman of the Year award recipient, E767 [25MR]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), H9773 [22SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1038 [4FE], H1653 [23FE], H2922 [3MR], H3103 [9MR], H4911 [28AP], H4995 [29AP], H5058 [30AP], H5094 [4MY], H5472 [12MY]

Subpoena Notices

Superior Court for Yolo County, CA, H12535 [6NO]

Summaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

AmeriCare Health Care Act (H.R. 193), E23 [6JA]

Tributes

Chu, Representative, H8200 [16JY]

Doggett, Leonard (Bud), E1156 [14MY]

Dunn, Michael, E147 [27JA]

Emanuele, Guy, E910 [21AP]

Garamendi, Representative, H12379 [5NO]

Grant, Surlene G., E221 [9FE]

Gruhn, Albin, E1240 [21MY]

Kears, David J., E1351 [9JN]

Maltester, Jack, E1119 [12MY]

Noyes, Elizabeth (Jackie), E2508 [13OC]

Orloff, Thomas J., E2608 [22OC]