FUDGE, MARCIA L. (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———provide assistance to expand, improve, support, and promote higher education in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 4392), H15501 [16DE]

African Americans: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients and contributions of Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 185), H3749 [23MR]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H6074 [2JN]

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

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H5792 [19MY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H13386 [1DE]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 51), H8303 [16JY]

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), H8100 [14JY]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H11167 [8OC]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H11111 [7OC]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans (see H. Res. 868), H11740 [23OC]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors (see H.R. 2699), H11298 [13OC]

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

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H11111 [7OC]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H11111 [7OC]

———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]

Australia: recognize apology offered to the aboriginal people and its significance as a gesture of healing (see H. Res. 242), H3401 [12MR]

Bass, Karen: tribute (see H. Res. 49), H1046 [4FE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 83), H1080 [9FE] (see H. Res. 185), H3749 [23MR]

Black Music Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H6077 [2JN]

Black Stuntmen's Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 190), H9899 [23SE]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

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

Business and industry: develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (see H. Res. 444), H5793 [19MY]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1855), H6015 [21MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and place an educational display in the Capitol Visitor Center to explain the significance of the naming of Emancipation Hall (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5581 [13MY]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H5400 [7MY]

———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), H4064 [26MR]

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), H527 [26JA]

———award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1278), H11581 [21OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H91 [8JA]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins to recognize and commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H.R. 3712), H14446 [9DE]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H11458 [15OC]

Coalition of Black Stuntmen and Women: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 190), H9899 [23SE]

Colleges and universities: create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges (see H.R. 4196), H13629 (see H.R. 4196), H14373 [8DE]

Confucius: tribute (see H. Res. 784), H10069 [29SE]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 3148), H7945 [9JY]

Conservation of energy: establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 4099), H15504 [16DE]

———establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings (see H.R. 1778), H15503 [16DE]

Contracts: authorize use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable ``green'' commodities and services and other related items by State and local governments (see H.R. 1766), H7947 [9JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H1521 [12FE]

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

Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building, Stow, OH: designate (see H.R. 3788), H11297 [13OC]

Correctional institutions: provide alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 61), H12141 [29OC]

Courts: create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see H.R. 4089), H13355 [19NO]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H1159 [10FE]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see H.R. 1608), H6415 [9JN]

———exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H9205 [30JY]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H13629 (see H.R. 3149), H14372 [8DE]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4734 [23AP]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see H.R. 3639), H11167 [8OC]

Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H15504 [16DE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4841 [27AP]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2272), H5306 [6MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4688 [22AP]

Czisny, Alissa: tribute (see H. Res. 467), H8101 [14JY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: award grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology (see H.R. 3083), H7703 [26JN]

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

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 484), H11111 [7OC]

———submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H7706 [26JN]

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), H13069 [17NO]

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

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

———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]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H13002 [16NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

———designate health empowerment zones (see H.R. 2233), H5096 [4MY]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H4130 [30MR]

———establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science (see H.R. 4053), H13467 [2DE]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2730), H11458 [15OC]

———provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, research, and surveillance (see H.R. 3856), H11514 [20OC]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 911), H1079 [9FE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants and assistance to local governments and others to design and implement policies and programs that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment (see H.R. 932), H4130 [30MR]

———reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H2924 [3MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H6619 [11JN]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1412), H3145 [10MR]

———fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see H.R. 3695), H14744 [10DE]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

———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), H7946 [9JY]

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), H14742 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 3511), H11298 [13OC]

———require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 685), H7146 [23JN]

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), H8495 [21JY]

———establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 1664), H4130 [30MR]

———provide Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for a voluntary employees' beneficiary association for former Delphi Corp., employees (see H.R. 3455), H9443 [10SE]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (see H. Con. Res. 76), H3705 [19MR]

———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]

———restrict use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for domestic purposes (see H.R. 1761), H4688 [22AP]

———use amounts made available under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief for homeowners and affordable rental housing (see H.R. 3766), H13002 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 1550), H4584 [21AP] (see H.R. 2640), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain Armed Forces, Public Health Service, and NOAA Corps members to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3657), H13069 [17NO]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who have served 20 years on active duty to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3577), H13069 [17NO]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H12197 [2NO]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3554), H11111 [7OC]

———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), H13520 [3DE]

Developing countries: prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries (see H.R. 2932), H9731 [17SE]

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: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H9207 [30JY]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

———prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1995), H13266 [18NO]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H14744 [10DE]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2413), H9807 [22SE]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 2275), H11458 [15OC]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see H.R. 2788), H12588 [6NO]

District of Columbia: express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates (see H. Res. 612), H7740 [7JY]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 3245), H8873 [27JY]

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

———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 265), H7250 [24JN]

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

———express support for efforts to increase financial literacy in the U.S. and recognizing the work of John Hope Bryant to raise awareness about the importance of financial and economic literacy (see H. Res. 65), H1080 [9FE]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H5485 [12MY]

———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (see H.R. 1569), H3526 [17MR]

———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]

Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to carry out election administration improvement plans (see H.R. 253), H91 [8JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H6076 [2JN]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H13466 [2DE]

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), H13267 [18NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H6156 [3JN]

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), H9808 [22SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: nullify certain regulations, restore prior regulations, and direct the Dept. of Labor to revise certain additional regulations (see H.R. 2161), H4998 [29AP]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H7446 [25JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H11516 [20OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H7837 [8JY]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see H.R. 3380), H9491 [14SE]

———enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H5000 [29AP]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (see H.R. 1325), H3053 [5MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see H. Res. 357), H4733 [23AP]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 815), H7837 [8JY]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H9342 [8SE]

———provide funding for capacity-building to microfinance service providers (see H.R. 1987), H9442 [10SE]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4251 (see H. Res. 302), H4250 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]

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), H7947 [9JY]

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

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]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 12), H8356 [17JY]

Grant, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 221), H3077 [6MR]

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), H9281 [31JY]

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]

———support temporary protected status for nationals currently residing in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 165), H8410 [20JY]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 3419), H9205 [30JY]

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

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H3056 [5MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H6076 [2JN]

———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]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H6156 [3JN]

Health care facilities: 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 for a competitive loan repayment program for primary care physicians volunteering part-time at community health centers (see H.R. 1185), H3835 [24MR]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3221), H8184 [15JY]

High-Performance Computing Act: authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research (see H.R. 2020), H5401 [7MY]

Horne, Lena: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 67), H11582 [21OC]

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), H5400 [7MY]

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

Insurance: improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (see H.R. 3799), H11297 [13OC]

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

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1558), H5400 [7MY]

———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]

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), H5400 [7MY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H7706 [26JN]

James, LeBron: National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award recipient (see H. Res. 422), H5399 [7MY]

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), H6016 [21MY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 546), H6806 [15JN]

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 659), H8810 [24JY]

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]

Medicare: continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 2176), H9442 [10SE]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H11458 [15OC]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H8356 [17JY]

———provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs (see H.R. 3185), H13355 [19NO]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H11297 [13OC]

Miami University: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H1044 [4FE]

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

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H3528 [17MR]

Mother's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 388), H5170 [5MY]

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

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H9281 [31JY]

———recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H11869 [27OC]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6415 [9JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 35), H1080 [9FE]

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

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H5713 [18MY]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 534), H7707 [26JN]

National Computer Science Education Week: designate (see H. Res. 558), H8873 [27JY]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 797), H10519 [6OC]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9343 [8SE]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13356 [19NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H11166 [8OC]

National Firefighters Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 729), H10521 [6OC]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see H. Res. 370), H4840 [27AP]

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7447 [25JN]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2632), H8009 [10JY]

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

National Science and Technology Council: establish committee with responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies (see H.R. 1709), H5400 [7MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 157), H6972 [17JN]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5307 [6MY]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 211), H3055 [5MR]

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

NeighborWorks America (organization): provide funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities (see H.R. 1848), H4396 [1AP]

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

New York, NY: tribute to New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for educating Americans about the African-American migration (see H. Con. Res. 42), H9282 [31JY]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H2632 [24FE]

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

Obama, President: tribute (see H. Res. 133), H1045 [4FE]

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

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H922 [3FE]

———provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H4688 [22AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 47), H1080 [9FE]

Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H11298 [13OC]

Poland: recognize anniversary of Soviet and Nazi invasion, strengthen NATO and European Union alliances, and honor historic ties with the U.S. (see H. Res. 715), H10071 [29SE]

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), H5062 [30AP]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H9899 [23SE]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H11168 [8OC]

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

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H4524 [2AP]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H1520 [12FE]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H11582 [21OC]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 441), H7948 [9JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H6076 [2JN]

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), H11165 [8OC]

Schomburg, Arthur: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 43), H9282 [31JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H6902 [16JN]

Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]

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), H13629 (see H.R. 2006), H14372 [8DE]

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

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (see H.R. 2299), H5397 [7MY]

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

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

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE] (see H.R. 3672), H10069 [29SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H6266 [4JN]

Stokes, Carl B.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5169 [5MY]

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), H5401 [7MY]

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

Takamiyama Daigoro: honor contributions to Sumo wrestling and to U.S.-Japan relations (see H. Res. 479), H6307 [8JN]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H5893 [20MY]

———allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 1405), H3528 [17MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1250), H6619 [11JN]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H5063 [30AP]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 3486), H10070 [29SE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H14743 [10DE]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2628), H13355 [19NO]

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

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5671 [15MY]

———make child tax credit refundable (see H.R. 452), H162 [9JA]

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

———provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology (see H.R. 2963), H7084 [19JN]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see H.R. 155), H8025 [13JY]

Taylor, Koko: tribute (see H. Res. 668), H8585 [22JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H8184 [15JY]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5667 [14MY]

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]

Truth in Lending Act: extend protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 1456), H11167 [8OC]

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. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (see H.R. 2131), H4839 [27AP]

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. Interagency Council on Homelessness: reform (see H.R. 2141), H4914 [28AP]

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]

Unemployment: recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

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

University of Southern California: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 153), H1159 [10FE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303, 333), H11111 [7OC]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H11298 [13OC]

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

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2030), H6619 [11JN]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (see H.R. 1145), H4583 [21AP]

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

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5712 [18MY]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H8101 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit: prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts (see H.R. 2794), H6537 [10JN]

———protect homebuyers from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 2108), H4838 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2136), H4914 [28AP]

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

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 996), H15508 [23DE]

Letters

Congressional Black Caucus priorities relative to jobs package: Representatives Barbara Lee and Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus, H14856 [14DE]

Remarks

Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment: monitor adequacy of health care workforce and report workforce shortages, H14861 [14DE]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H4766 [27AP]

Black History Month: observance, H1647, H1651, H1652 [23FE]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (H.R. 1855), H6300 [8JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H12988 [16NO]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Glenville High School football team, E2932 [10DE]

———tribute to MC\2\STEM School: tribute, H4766 [27AP]

Congress: response of the 111th Congress to women's issues, H12986, H12988 [16NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3092, H3096 [9MR], H5695 [18MY]

———legislative priorities, H3419 [16MR], H3724 [23MR], H4763 [27AP], H6298, H6302 [8JN], H9478, H9479 [14SE]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, H14757 [11DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H3423, H3425 [16MR]

———protect homebuyers from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 2108), H12989 [16NO]

Dept. of State: appoint special envoy to Sudan, H3727 [23MR]

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 (S. 181), H12988 [16NO]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), H11373 [14OC]

Economy: importance of job creation, H6298, H6302 [8JN], H14851, H14859, H14860, H14861 [14DE]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H4766 [27AP]

———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), H14679 [10DE], H14757 [11DE], E2971 [11DE]

Education: address dropout rates among girls, H12989 [16NO]

Foreign aid: provide funding for capacity-building to microfinance service providers, H9480 [14SE]

Foreign countries: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, H9479 [14SE]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (H. Res. 301), H4107 [30MR]

Haiti: make nationals eligible for temporary protected status, H3731 [23MR]

Hard Hatted Women (organization): tribute to Tradeswomen TOOLS (Training, Outreach, Opportunity, Leadership and Support) program, H12989 [16NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H5695, H5699, H5700 [18MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8397, H8400, H8401 [20JY], H8860, H8862, H8865 [27JY], H11370, H11371, H11373 [14OC], H11808 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12865 [7NO], H12989 [16NO], H14861 [14DE]

———provide for use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers (H.R. 3124), H14861 [14DE]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H14861 [14DE]

Housing: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and stop mortgage fraud and predatory lending, H3423, H3425 [16MR]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: anniversary of first Presidential campaign, H13075 [18NO]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals, H3731 [23MR]

LIHEAP: funding, H4766 [27AP]

Miami University: anniversary (H. Res. 128), H1104 [10FE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4763, H4766 [27AP]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings, H14679 [10DE]

Social Security: impact of benefit levels on living standards of senior citizens, H11370 [14OC]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3672), H11373 [14OC]

Sudan: humanitarian crisis in Darfur, H3727 [23MR]

Unemployment: rates, H14851, H14859, H14860, H14861 [14DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, E2934 [10DE]

Votes: position on missed, E1731 [13JY]

Voting: importance of right to vote, H11773, H11774, H11775 [26OC]

———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections, H11775 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H5697 [18MY]

Tributes

Capers, Jean Murrell, H1651 [23FE]

Chisholm, Shirley, H4111 [30MR]

Dalley, George A., E1656 [7JY]

Earls, Julian, H1652 [23FE]

Embry, Wayne R., H1651 [23FE]

Jones, Stephanie, H4112 [30MR]

Jordan, Barbara, H4111 [30MR]

Kucinich, Frank, Jr., E1650 [7JY]

Meek, Carrie, H4111 [30MR]

Turner, John B., H1651 [23FE]

Walker, William O., H1651 [23FE]