PETERS, GARY C. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H3016 [5MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9579 [16SE]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6504 [10JN]

Economy: 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), H14748 [11DE]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6504 [10JN]

Small Business Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12109 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: designate (see H.R. 2004), H6415 [9JN]

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (see H. Res. 341), H4689 [22AP]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H603 [27JA]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H5582 [13MY]

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

Armed Forces: authorize members to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty (see H.R. 1633), H4734 [23AP]

———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), H5582 [13MY]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H780 [28JA]

———require 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]

Averett University: anniversary (see H. Res. 347), H5668 [14MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H1607 [13FE]

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]

Business and industry: evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (see H.R. 662), H923 [3FE]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (see H.R. 3269), H8494 [21JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 916), H5308 [6MY]

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), H7947 [9JY]

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), H7947 [9JY]

Consumers: establish additional payday loan disclosure requirements and other protections (see H.R. 1214), H13354 [19NO]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H15500 [16DE]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4840 [27AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4520 [2AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce the interval for issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3587), H11582 [21OC]

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H9342 [8SE]

Dept. of Energy: increase amount of direct loans provided to improve facilities for advanced technology vehicles manufacturing (see H.R. 2150), H4914 [28AP]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 1378), H11868 [27OC]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H5308 [6MY]

———establish grants for newly accredited allopathic medical schools to increase the supply of physicians (see H.R. 3778), H15509 [23DE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H6904 [16JN]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H11714 [22OC]

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), H9443 [10SE]

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), H3749 [23MR] (see H.R. 2640), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H4251 [31MR]

Dingell, Representative: tribute to becoming the longest serving Member of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 140), H1080 [9FE] (see H. Res. 154), H1248 [11FE]

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 comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H13386 [1DE]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 2408), H7146 [23JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13355 [19NO]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H8810 [24JY]

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

FDA: improve safety of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in the global market (see H.R. 759), H2632 [24FE]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H3749 [23MR]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H8100 [14JY]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H11790 [26OC]

Financial institutions: return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H11791 [26OC]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705), H6973 [17JN]

Flags: ensure the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 2546), H12044 [28OC]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 409), H6416 [9JN]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H9207 [30JY]

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]

Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2378), H6267 [4JN]

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

George Kell Post Office, Swifton, AR: designate (see H.R. 3634), H12142 [29OC]

Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see H.R. 2736), H6264 [4JN]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 500), H323 [14JA]

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see H.R. 2360), H5484 [12MY]

———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]

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

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (see H.R. 3472), H9550 [15SE]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H9807 [22SE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H11384 [14OC]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

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), H6077 [2JN]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 798), H11384 [14OC]

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), H8009 [10JY]

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

Immigration: require reports on the effectiveness and impacts of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 2670), H6744 [12JN]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 677), H9397 [9SE]

Ingram, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 970), H14981 [15DE]

Insurance: establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly (see H.R. 3051), H7445 [25JN]

Investments: increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

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), H4397 [1AP]

———ensure companies operating in the U.S. that receive Federal funds are not conducting business in Iran (see H.R. 3922), H11739 [23OC]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H6807 [15JN]

Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 595), H381 [15JA]

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]

John J. Shivnen Post Office Building, Garden City, MI: designate (see H.R. 2215), H8185 [15JY]

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]

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (see H. Res. 139), H1080 [9FE]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates (see H. Res. 339), H4581 [21AP]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 73), H387 [16JA]

McCourt, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 743), H9962 [24SE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H7250 [24JN]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see H.R. 904), H6904 [16JN]

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

———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), H6973 [17JN]

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

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4255), H14982 [15DE]

Michigan: congratulate the Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention and Visitors Bureaus for securing the Region II U.S. Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) tournament (see H. Res. 963), H14446 [9DE]

Motor vehicles: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see H.R. 445), H526 [26JA]

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 Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 16), H9808 [22SE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H10521 [6OC]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H10521 [6OC]

New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (see H. Res. 159), H10071 [29SE]

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

Pakistan: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 678), H9443 [10SE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 754), H9900 [23SE]

Pi Day: designate (see H. Res. 224), H3338 [11MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H9442 [10SE]

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), H4524 [2AP]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H11298 [13OC]

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), H6807 [15JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H6014 [21MY]

Read Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 146), H2836 [25FE]

Read for the Record Day: designate (see H. Res. 741), H9490 [14SE]

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

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H8809 [24JY]

———assist States with a high unemployment rate under the equity bonus program (see H.R. 3314), H8707 [23JY]

———waive certain requirements to assist States with a high unemployment rate in carrying out Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 3313), H8707 [23JY]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H3748 [23MR]

Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see H.R. 2733), H12588 [6NO]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H7086 [19JN]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H8410 [20JY]

State News (Michigan State University publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 487), H8810 [24JY]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6016 [21MY]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H8960 [28JY]

———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), H4583 [21AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1470), H5308 [6MY]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 154), H2925 [3MR]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 528), H7085 [19JN] (see H.R. 3486), H9277 [31JY]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H14744 [10DE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H9281 [31JY]

———extend and modify the tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles (see H.R. 3367), H8959 [28JY]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 4042), H12586 [6NO]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 422), H8495 [21JY]

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

———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), H2926 [3MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1974), H14982 [15DE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9056 [29JY]

———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see H.R. 4090), H14827 [11DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H10520 [6OC]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 3227), H11516 [20OC]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H6807 [15JN]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 2024), H4685 [22AP]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1423), H11868 [27OC]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H4397 [1AP]

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]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H9056 [29JY]

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]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12045 [28OC]

———improve transparency and accountability of U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East ensuring funding, employment, or other support is not provided to terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 29), H7024 [18JN]

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]

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), H7706 [26JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3548), H9671 [16SE]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4183), H14827 [11DE]

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

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H9441 [10SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H5485 [12MY]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 89), H11582 [21OC]

War of 1812: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 175), H9279 [31JY]

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

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

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H9057 [29JY]

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]

Year of the Safe Child: designate (see H. Res. 376), H6904 [16JN]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H15503 [16DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 284), H3835 [24MR]

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

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 3246), H8355 [17JY]

Iraq: support religious and ethnic minorities (see H. Res. 944), H13520 [3DE]

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

SEC: provide for rules and standards relative to the election of boards of directors and certain requirements for compensation of executives (see H.R. 2861), H6743 [12JN]

Taxation: allow a business credit for the acquisition of fleet vehicles (see H.R. 2285), H5306 [6MY]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government (see H.R. 1527), H3437 [16MR]

———increase and make refundable the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1500), H3401 [12MR]

———provide a higher education tuition credit in place of existing education tax incentives (see H.R. 1957), H4522 [2AP]

Remarks

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3657 [19MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H576 [27JA]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E959 [23AP]

Art Van Furniture (business): anniversary, E2562 [15OC]

Bloomfield Hills, MI: St. Hugo of the Hills School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2831 [19NO]

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 (H.R. 2920), H9166 [30JY], E2027 [28JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4425 [2AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H130 [9JA]

Credit: allocate payments in excess of the minimum payment to the portion of the remaining balance with the highest interest rate first, H5022 [30AP]

———allow debtor receiving mortgage foreclosure notice to meet pre-filing credit counseling requirement within 30 days after bankruptcy filing, H3016, H3017 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H3016, H3017 [5MR]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), H5022 [30AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1913), E1072 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9571, H9579 [16SE]

———provide funding for retrofitting existing vehicle with advanced vehicle technologies, H9579 [16SE]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6504, H6505 [10JN]

———report on effects of Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative with emphasis on border security and economic impact, H6504, H6505 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7876 [9JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 2751), H6317, H6354 [9JN]

Dingell, Representative: tribute to becoming the longest serving Member of the House of Representatives (H. Res. 154), H1166, H1173, H1175 [11FE]

Economy: 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), H14749, H14750 [11DE]

FDIC: conduct risk-based assessments of financial companies as necessary to pay any shortfall in the Troubled Asset Relief Program that would add to the national debt, H14749, H14750 [11DE]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6504, H6505 [10JN]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), H14941 [15DE]

———prevent proliferation and acquisition of nuclear weapons, H14941 [15DE]

Iraq: support religious and ethnic minorities (H. Res. 944), E2880 [3DE]

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 (H. Res. 34), H108 [9JA]

———U.S. policy, H9873 [23SE]

Kosovo: independence anniversary, E265 [12FE]

Michigan: tribute to Albanian diaspora, H7689 [26JN]

Pontiac, MI: anniversary of New Mount Moriah International Church, E644 [11MR]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11599 [22OC]

Rosenzveig, Charles H.: tribute (H. Res. 283), H5080 [4MY]

SBA: increase maximum amount of stabilization loans and delay repayment of such loans in areas of high unemployment, H12110 [29OC]

Small Business Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12110 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12110 [29OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H203 [14JA]

Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3657 [19MR]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family and condemn murder of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (H. Res. 529), H6590 [11JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), E710 [18MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7247 [24JN], H7701 [26JN], H9896 [23SE]

Tributes

Cox, Caroline, E967 [23AP]

Jones, Douglas P., E1378 [11JN]

Long, Richard, E2554 [15OC]

Poppelreiter, James, E2836 [19NO]