GRAYSON, ALAN (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7378 [25JN]

Articles and editorials

Body Count at Home, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York (NY) Times, H9706 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: establish the Health Technology Program (see H.R. 3560), H12588 [6NO]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H6620 [11JN]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H8809 [24JY]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H13266 [18NO]

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), H8185 [15JY]

———improve support and services for members and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families (see H. Res. 443), H6620 [11JN]

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

———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), H601 [27JA]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H5063 [30AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H12588 [6NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H91 [8JA]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

Children and youth: foster resilience in African-American youth (see H. Res. 419), H5486 [12MY]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7085 [19JN]

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

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H5000 [29AP]

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), H443 [21JA]

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

Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building, White Springs, FL: designate (see H.R. 3667), H11869 [27OC]

Colleges and universities: provide tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2456), H6539 [10JN]

———recognize valuable contributions of the extension offices of land-grant universities (see H. Res. 740), H9962 [24SE]

Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H2603 [23FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8410 [20JY]

Computers: prohibit installation of certain peer-to-peer file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer (see H.R. 1319), H3438 [16MR]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3126), H7836 [8JY]

Consumers: establish additional payday loan disclosure requirements and preempt certain State laws (see H.R. 1846), H6904 [16JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H12456 [5NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H2603 [23FE]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1103), H8302 [16JY]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H8302 [16JY]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see H.R. 1977), H8303 [16JY]

Credit: permanently increase conforming loan limits for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations (see H.R. 2483), H5791 [19MY]

———protect and enhance consumer and business access to credit and urge credit issuers not to cut credit lines or raise interest rates (see H. Res. 553), H6972 [17JN]

Crime: prevent, promote awareness of, and educate the public on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 3040), H8495 [21JY]

Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: remove ineligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits of individuals who participate in a strike (see H.R. 3048), H12457 [5NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish medical surveillance system identifying Armed Forces members exposed to chemical hazards from waste disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan and prohibit disposal producing toxic levels (see H.R. 2419), H7250 [24JN]

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

Dept. of Education: 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), H8586 [22JY]

———anniversary of Title VI international education programs (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5668 [14MY]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H5097 [4MY]

———establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 2081), H5486 [12MY]

———establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3037), H8810 [24JY]

———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), H6904 [16JN]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2089), H8495 [21JY]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 1578), H9207 [30JY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5486 [12MY]

Dept. of Energy: promote development of practical fusion energy (see H.R. 3177), H8008 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1457), H5400 [7MY]

———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), H8873 [27JY]

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

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2003), H4735 [23AP]

———provide for acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities (see H.R. 1685), H5400 [7MY]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H5485 [12MY]

———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 HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 3734), H11582 [21OC]

———reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H3105 [9MR]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H6904 [16JN]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1412), H7706 [26JN]

———establish the National Parents Corps Program (see H.R. 3075), H9671 [16SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H14826 [11DE]

———make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14827 [11DE]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H13069 [17NO]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H11714 [22OC]

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), H12141 [29OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the U.S. manufacturing industry (see H.R. 2936), H9999 [25SE]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3232), H8301 [16JY]

———require purchase of certain bonds to return State and local entities to where they would have been had emergency assistance not been provided to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (see H.R. 467), H5169 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assign a higher priority status for hospital care and medical services provided to certain veterans who are Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 1197), H8410 [20JY]

———establish Committee on Care of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury (see H.R. 1546), H8495 [21JY]

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (see H.R. 1098), H4130 [30MR]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3337), H8809 [24JY]

———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), H3835 [24MR]

———restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and restore headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons (see H.R. 4044), H12586 [6NO]

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H6009 [21MY]

———reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see H.R. 3820), H11456 [15OC]

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

Diseases: continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H7706 [26JN]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 186), H4840 [27AP]

———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), H9962 [24SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1330), H5400 [7MY]

Education: expand grant programs for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 2036), H5401 [7MY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H5400 [7MY]

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H6538 [10JN]

———provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools (see H.R. 2403), H6620 [11JN]

———recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 586), H7446 [25JN]

———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]

Election Assistance Commission: establish a Vote by Mail grant program (see H.R. 1604), H6014 [21MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see H.R. 2054), H8809 [24JY]

Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building, Pompano Beach, FL: designate (see H.R. 1271), H4583 [21AP]

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), H7741 [7JY]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 1723), H5667 [14MY]

EPA: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize pesticide use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of such use (see H.R. 4159), H13385 [1DE]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H6538 [10JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H15503 [16DE]

Families and domestic relations: encourage development and implementation of a comprehensive, global strategy for preservation and reunification of families and provision of permanent parental care for orphans (see H.R. 3070), H9207 [30JY]

———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), H8356 [17JY]

———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), H6077 [2JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 912), H1079 [9FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from establishing a travel or conference policy that takes into account the perception of a possible event location as a resort or vacation destination (see H.R. 3392), H9055 [29JY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11297 [13OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H4583 [21AP]

FEMA: provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods (see H.R. 1264), H4027 [25MR]

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: anniversary of candidacy to be Vice President (see H. Res. 634), H9282 [31JY]

Florida Keys Scenic Highway: Dept. of Transportation All-American Road designee (see H. Res. 917), H13266 [18NO]

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see H.R. 1398), H5400 [7MY]

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), H13002 [16NO]

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

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), H3338 [11MR]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8008 [10JY]

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), H13002 [16NO]

Grant, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 221), H8810 [24JY]

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), H5485 [12MY]

Haiti: provide for professional exchanges with Haiti (see H.R. 417), H13001 [16NO]

Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 593), H8496 [21JY]

Hazardous substances: enhance public awareness of potential health effects posed by mercury (see H. Res. 648), H11516 [20OC]

Health: authorize medical simulation enhancement programs (see H.R. 855), H8302 [16JY]

———prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability status (see H.R. 2744), H8410 [20JY]

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

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H6744 [12JN]

———provide for use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers (see H.R. 3124), H7836 [8JY]

———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), H10408 [30SE]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H4841 [27AP]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H6620 [11JN]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see H.R. 936), H5063 [30AP]

———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]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H5406 [11MY]

———forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2561), H8708 [23JY]

Hillel—The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: recognize contributions to college campus communities (see H. Res. 493), H6075 [2JN]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H5793 [19MY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H6539 [10JN]

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), H6619 [11JN]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H5485 [12MY]

Howard University School of Law: anniversary (see H. Res. 684), H8959 [28JY]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H12588 [6NO]

Information technology: provide grants to community colleges to improve accessibility of computer labs and training for those seeking to improve computer literacy and information technology skills (see H.R. 2060), H4841 [27AP]

Insurance: extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 3966), H13002 [16NO]

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

———require 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), H4130 [30MR]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H4064 [26MR]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5486 [12MY]

———prohibit executive departments from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran (see H.R. 3284), H9962 [24SE]

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 (see H. Res. 34), H163 [9JA]

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 364), H4839 [27AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (see H.R. 1873), H8410 [20JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: urge the granting of clemency to Laura Ling and Euna Lee and support efforts to secure their release (see H. Res. 555), H8010 [10JY]

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: help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law (see H.R. 2822), H6617 [11JN]

———provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence (see H.R. 2418), H8873 [27JY]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H8410 [20JY]

Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building, Port Charlotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 2470), H5712 [18MY]

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

———include vision restoration therapy devices and associated software used to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain injury within the definition of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2951), H7022 [18JN]

———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), H3438 [16MR]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H12588 [6NO]

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

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

Mississippi University for Women: anniversary (see H. Res. 239), H6539 [10JN]

Motor vehicles: require manufacturers that the Government has an ownership interest in or that has an outstanding Government loan to purchase liability insurance (see H.R. 3088), H8410 [20JY]

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

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

National Aerospace Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 167), H8409 [20JY]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 438), H5666 [14MY]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 1469), H9962 [24SE]

National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws: establish (see H.R. 635), H6807 [15JN]

National Day on Writing: recognize and support (see H. Res. 524), H6414 [9JN]

National Early Educator Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 99), H4841 [27AP]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see H. Res. 370), H5406 [11MY]

National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see H.R. 327), H4397 [1AP]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8357 [17JY]

National Kids' Philanthropy Day: designate (see H. Res. 452), H8960 [28JY]

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

National Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 459), H8303 [16JY]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see H.R. 3321), H12588 [6NO]

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

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

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 105), H5401 [7MY]

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H9281 [31JY]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 934), H7023 [18JN]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H6538 [10JN]

Pensacola, FL: anniversary (see H. Res. 166), H1608 [13FE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H4584 [21AP]

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), H2925 [3MR]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H10070 [29SE]

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), H4735 [23AP]

———provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see H.R. 2909), H8356 [17JY]

POW: make certain improvements in laws applicable to detention of individuals at U.S. detainment facilities (see H.R. 3728), H13002 [16NO]

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

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

Read for the Record Day: designate (see H. Res. 741), H10000 [25SE]

Red Cross Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 311), H4584 [21AP]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 1775), H4841 [27AP]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 3535), H9962 [24SE]

Rosenzveig, Charles H.: tribute (see H. Res. 283), H3835 [24MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H5667 [14MY]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H5401 [7MY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H8495 [21JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 2006), H6539 [10JN]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H6539 [10JN]

Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office, Dade City, FL: designate (see H.R. 1516), H3437 [16MR]

Small business: authorize certain debt refinancing (see H.R. 2527), H6539 [10JN]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for people with disabilities for entitlement to disability and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2263), H6619 [11JN]

———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]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9808 [22SE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H8356 [17JY]

St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 480), H195 [13JA]

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), H5893 [20MY]

Taxation: allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 3409), H11111 [7OC]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H9397 [9SE]

———allow expensing of certain real property (see H.R. 3178), H8008 [10JY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H8495 [21JY]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H8586 [22JY]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 422), H4397 [1AP]

———increase, make permanent, and index for inflation the deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and modify definition of eligible educator to include preschool educators (see H.R. 3164), H9999 [25SE]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5000 [29AP]

———modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 517), H6807 [15JN]

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 1993), H4841 [27AP]

———provide a credit to employers for the cost of implementing wellness programs (see H.R. 1897), H6076 [2JN]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H5400 [7MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H4734 [23AP]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———provide tax credit parity for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 2626), H12456 [5NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H5792 [19MY]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H9962 [24SE]

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

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5170 [5MY]

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), H9738 [21SE]

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), H7248 [24JN]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 1078), H1605 [13FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: honor sacrifice of Stephen T. Johns, acknowledge relationship between African Americans and Jewish Americans, and encourage cooperation to combat hate-related violence (see H. Con. Res. 154), H7024 [18JN]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2799), H8356 [17JY]

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 Florida: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 58), H195 [13JA]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 517), H8101 [14JY]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 4045), H12587 [6NO]

———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), H13069 [17NO]

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

Weather: authorize NASA and NOAA to procure, launch, and operate the next generation of weather forecasting satellites (see H.R. 3654), H15503 [16DE]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H9280 [31JY]

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

———increase awareness of the existence of, and overcome, gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training (see H.R. 1144), H2631 [24FE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4841 [27AP]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 216), H13385 [1DE]

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), H4524 [2AP]

World's Fair: support full U.S. participation in the Shanghai 2010 Expo (see H. Res. 509), H6539 [10JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 1664), H3748 [23MR]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H8959 [28JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: require that employers provide a minimum amount of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2564), H6009 [21MY]

Insurance: require motor vehicle insurers to provide coverage of bodily injuries in insurance policies (see H.R. 4071), H13001 [16NO]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H5168 [5MY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H11739 [23OC]

Descriptions

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3221): Provisions on Prohibition on Awarding Contracts, Grants, or Other Federal Funds to, or Engaging in Activities That Promote Certain Indicted Organizations, E2375 [25SE]

Lists

Deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance identified by congressional districts, H12351-H12353 [4NO]

Quotations

``Art of War'': Sun Tzu, H13375 [1DE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence, H13375 [1DE]

———require the Inspectors General of certain U.S. agencies to include in their audits and reports the impact of development assistance on the social, economic, and political empowerment of women, H6492 [10JN]

———strategy for continued U.S. military presence, H14887 [15DE], H15485 [16DE]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H3689 [19MR]

AmeriCorps: National Civilian Community Corps funding, H3547 [18MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit increase of members serving in Afghanistan, H14887 [15DE]

Business and industry: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), H9222 [31JY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3547 [18MR]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), H5140 [5MY]

Darden Restaurants, Inc.: tribute, E2381 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7359, H7363, H7381 [25JN], E1743 [13JY]

———use cost or price as the predominant factor in solicitations for defense procurement contracts, E1743 [13JY]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6492 [10JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4287 [1AP], E742 [23MR]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (H. Res. 686), H9468 [14SE]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H7381 [25JN]

Foreign policy: promote policy of peace, H14953 [15DE]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6492 [10JN]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (H.R. 1207), H9537 [15SE]

GAO: report on defense contract cost overruns, H7363 [25JN]

Health: deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance, H11558 [21OC], H12031-H12034 [28OC], H12350-H12355 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8890 [28JY], H9706 [17SE], H10044 [29SE], H10127 [30SE], H11148 [8OC], H11558 [21OC], H12031 [28OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12350 [4NO], H15486 [16DE]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), E2375 [25SE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H15485 [16DE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (H.R. 2245), H5137 [5MY], H8385, H8386, H8387 [20JY], E1061 [5MY]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (H.R. 1675), H8381, H8384 [20JY]

National Hurricane Research Center: funding, H7643 [26JN]

National Women's History Month: observance, E812 [30MR]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7643 [26JN]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H927 [4FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 52), H215 [14JA]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3809 [24MR]

Votes: position on missed, H9165 [30JY], H10040 [29SE], E3006 [15DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Health: characterization of Republican health care plan, H10092 [30SE]

Special order: granted, H3701 [19MR], H5166 [5MY], H8584 [22JY], H9051 [29JY], H9488 [14SE], H9653 [16SE], H9726 [17SE], H10067 [29SE], H10406 [30SE], H11108 [7OC], H11163 [8OC], H11512 [20OC], H11579 [21OC], H11866 [27OC], H13264 [18NO], H13463 [2DE], H14444 [9DE], H14825 [11DE], H14978 [15DE], H15494 [16DE]

Statements

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act: Leo Hindery, H9222 [31JY]