MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H713 [28JA]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H5768 [19MY]

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H199 [14JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abarbanel, Gail: tribute to founding of Rape Treatment Center at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and creating the Fast Track Forensics Program to speed up DNA processing (see H. Res. 716), H11714 [22OC]

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 2802), H9342 [8SE]

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9343 [8SE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 4356), H15499 [16DE]

Air France (airline company): express condolences to families of victims of Flight 447 crash (see H. Res. 512), H6620 [11JN]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H7023 [18JN]

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3480), H9277 [31JY]

———issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H8809 [24JY]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H10457 [1OC]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H3528 [17MR]

Ann-Marie Blute Post Office, Shrewsbury, MA: designate (see H.R. 4017), H12364 [4NO]

Argentina: anniversary of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association bombing in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 156), H7086 [19JN]

Arizona: withdraw Tusayan Ranger District and BLM-managed Federal land in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 644), H5667 [14MY]

Armed Forces: encourage military departments to maximize opportunities for space-available travel for members in a leave or pass status who are traveling between December 18, 2009, and January 3, 2010 (see H. Con. Res. 220), H14827 [11DE]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H2924 [3MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4583 [21AP]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (see H.R. 2990), H7144 [23JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H6009 [21MY]

Atomic Energy Act: require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries (see H.R. 547), H379 [15JA]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 624), H780 [28JA]

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

BLM: dedicate a portion of wind and solar energy project rental fees for administrative costs of processing applications for new wind and solar projects (see H.R. 2662), H7947 [9JY]

———establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 404), H1045 [4FE]

BLS: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 152), H7024 [18JN]

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: extend authority (see H.R. 318), H89 [8JA]

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), H1604 [13FE]

———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), H3438 [16MR]

China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H9057 [29JY]

———recognize plight of Tibetan people on anniversary of the Dalai Lama being forced into exile and call for an effort to bring about a durable and peaceful solution to the Tibet issue (see H. Res. 226), H3104 [9MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 926), H13387 [1DE]

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

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), H11111 [7OC]

Clinton, William J.: congratulate and support appointment as U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti (see H. Res. 801), H11517 [20OC]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H15503 [16DE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1751), H6307 [8JN]

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

Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 400), H160 [9JA]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H4839 [27AP]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H37 [6JA]

Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network: establish (see H.R. 3426), H9206 [30JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H325 [14JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Semester of Service grant program (see H.R. 1152), H2631 [24FE]

———establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (see H.R. 1151), H2631 [24FE]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (see H.R. 1153), H2631 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see H.R. 1154), H2631 [24FE]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H484 [22JA]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see H.R. 3639), H11791 [26OC]

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

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

Dartmouth College: anniversary of Dartmouth Outing Club (see H. Res. 776), H14827 [11DE]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H12457 [5NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H15503 [16DE]

———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), H7837 [8JY]

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

———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), H5667 [14MY]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see H.R. 756), H2926 [3MR]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H8100 [14JY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 2868), H6805 [15JN]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1139), H2602 [23FE]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 908), H1044 [4FE]

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

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H1246 [11FE]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H6265 [4JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H13266 [18NO]

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

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 2428), H5665 [14MY]

———study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 734), H4734 [23AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 3885), H11791 [26OC]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H2980 [4MR]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for pension benefits (see H.R. 3485), H12365 [4NO]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H5401 [7MY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 307), H2926 [3MR]

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: address the lack of adequate housing as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and commit to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic (see H. Con. Res. 137), H6075 [2JN]

———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]

———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]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2926 [3MR]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7022 [18JN]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 2275), H11740 [23OC]

Early Detection Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 158), H7742 [7JY]

Education: stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 2710), H12142 [29OC]

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), H8101 [14JY]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H381 [15JA]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H7023 [18JN]

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

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]

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

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H9342 [8SE]

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

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2324), H13629 (see H.R. 2324), H14372 [8DE]

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

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 2426), H6539 [10JN]

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), H13355 [19NO]

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

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

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H325 [14JA]

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), H2978 [4MR]

———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), H603 [27JA]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H6266 [4JN]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2926 [3MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H13387 [1DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H6744 [12JN]

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

Historic buildings and sites: assist citizens, public and private institutions, and governments in planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic battles were fought on American soil (see H.R. 548), H527 [26JA]

———mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H4580 [21AP]

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), H7947 [9JY]

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8008 [10JY]

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

Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1353), H3054 [5MR]

———protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (see H.R. 1247), H5169 [5MY]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 416), H5399 [7MY]

Hunger: address global hunger and improve food security through development and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy (see H.R. 2817), H6807 [15JN]

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

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

———eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated (see H.R. 1870), H4518 [2AP]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H9342 [8SE]

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

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H7085 [19JN]

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), H6266 [4JN]

———demand immediate disclosure of existence of any additional nuclear-related facilities and provide unfettered access to Qom enrichment facility (see H. Res. 782), H10521 [6OC]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H7086 [19JN]

———negotiate an ``Incidents at Sea Agreement'' (see H. Con. Res. 94), H7741 [7JY]

Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H13267 [18NO]

Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 254), H4027 [25MR]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5000 [29AP]

———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]

Italy: express condolences to the citizens and support for Italian Government in aftermath of devastating earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region (see H. Res. 430), H5713 [18MY]

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), H6077 [2JN]

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]

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]

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

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H1520 [12FE]

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

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 3184), H8024 [13JY]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H7146 [23JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H8025 [13JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H2980 [4MR]

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

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 771), H12045 [28OC]

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

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1160 [10FE]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2632 [24FE]

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

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 Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H5668 [14MY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H5097 [4MY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1044 [4FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H91 [8JA]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

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

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H11740 [23OC]

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

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4064 [26MR]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 247), H3749 [23MR]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 363), H4734 [23AP]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H486 [22JA]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H13466 [2DE]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 758), H9397 [9SE]

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

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

———establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H3438 [16MR]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: tribute to Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation (see H. Res. 654), H8410 [20JY]

Pakistan: condemn release of Abdul Q. Khan, who operated an illicit nuclear proliferation network, require accounting of activities of network, and condition assistance on nonproliferation commitments (see H. Res. 164), H1608 [13FE]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H160 [9JA]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H6155 [3JN]

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), H12365 [4NO]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1706), H4025 [25MR]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H10520 [6OC]

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), H4129 [30MR]

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), H4916 [28AP]

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

Power resources: address known cybersecurity threats and provide emergency authority to address future threats to the reliability of the bulk power system (see H.R. 2165), H4998 [29AP]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (see H.R. 2454), H5671 [15MY] (see H.R. 2998), H7144 [23JN]

———encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing and other buildings, and create sustainable communities (see H.R. 2336), H5399 [7MY]

———use tradable greenhouse gas emission allowances to assist home heating consumers in reducing costs through programs to deliver cost-effective efficiency programs and other assistance (see H.R. 2371), H5484 [12MY]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train new land managers, and promote public service (see H.R. 1612), H6415 [9JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4735 [23AP]

Public utilities: enhance security of U.S. public water systems (see H.R. 3258), H8409 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6904 [16JN]

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

———inspect highway tunnels (see H.R. 2232), H5095 [4MY]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 87), H7024 [18JN]

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), H9442 [10SE]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see H.R. 886), H13266 [18NO]

———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]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2632 [24FE]

Sri Lanka: ensure safety and release of internally displaced persons in camps, call for independent operation and oversight of such camps, and allow foreign access to oversee rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 711), H12288 [3NO]

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), H5486 [12MY]

Taiwan: express condolences in the aftermath of the typhoon that struck the central and southern regions of the island (see H. Res. 733), H9442 [10SE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H14982 [15DE]

———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see H.R. 4168), H14827 [11DE]

———extend the nonbusiness energy property credit for property placed in service in 2008 (see H.R. 1134), H4130 [30MR]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 891), H1043 [4FE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H7146 [23JN]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure (see H.R. 760), H778 [28JA]

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

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see H.R. 3125), H7836 [8JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H3105 [9MR]

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), H4519 [2AP]

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.N.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 146), H6306 [8JN]

———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]

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), H7146 [23JN]

United Arab Emirates: restrict nuclear cooperation (see H.R. 364), H158 [9JA]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H6744 [12JN]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 89), H526 [26JA]

Wachira, Daniel: relief (see H. Res. 254), H4027 [25MR]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1032), H1518 [12FE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H6015 [21MY]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H11868 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H29 [6JA]

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 147), H1158 [10FE]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2514), H5890 [20MY]

Disabled: ensure individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet protocol-based communications and video programming technologies (see H.R. 3101), H7704 [26JN]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see H. Res. 516), H6306 [8JN]

FCC: establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 3458), H9276 [31JY]

International Renewable Energy Agency: encourage U.S. membership (see H. Res. 177), H1607 [13FE]

Karinge, Esther: relief (see H.R. 492), H196 [13JA]

Medicare: provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (see H.R. 2560), H6009 [21MY]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see H. Res. 599), H7705 [26JN]

Power resources: prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (see H.R. 790), H875 [2FE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H3437 [16MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see H.R. 890), H1043 [4FE]

———establish an energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors (see H.R. 889), H1043 [4FE]

Radioactive substances: promote production of molybdenum-99 for medical isotope production and condition and phase out export of highly enriched uranium for production of medical isotopes (see H.R. 3276), H8494 [21JY]

Refuse disposal: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 2046), H4686 [22AP]

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

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (see H.R. 2908), H6971 [17JN]

Tariff: electrical transformers (see H.R. 3984), H12197 [2NO]

———high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 3983), H12197 [2NO]

Travel and tourism: require operators of international travel websites to provide information to consumers on potential health risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (see H.R. 3099), H7704 [26JN]

United Arab Emirates: express disfavor regarding proposed agreement for cooperation concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (see H.J. Res. 55), H6012 [21MY]

Letters

American Medical Isotopes Production Act: Lisa M. Price, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Inc., H12404 [5NO]

———Michael M. Graham, Society of Nuclear Medicine, H12405 [5NO]

———Roy W. Brown, Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., H12405 [5NO]

———Sam Nunn and Charles B. Curtis, Nuclear Threat Initiatives (organization), H12404 [5NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H567 [27JA], H713 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1561, H1569 [13FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 39), E20 [6JA]

Aviation: improve cargo screening on passenger planes, H9386 [9SE]

Barrow, M. Pope, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 635), H8019 [13JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Edward W. Brooke III (S. Con. Res. 43), H11542 [21OC]

Chemicals: allow Federal chemical facility regulations to preempt State and local regulations that may hinder the Federal program, H12518 [6NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions (H.R. 1841), H7621 [26JN]

Climate: characterization of e-mails stolen from University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, H13608, H13612 [8DE]

———global warming, H13608, H13612 [8DE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): tribute to staff, H7686, H7687 [26JN]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (H.R. 2514), E1219 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantee Program funding, H9237 [31JY]

———provide grants for new technologies that conserve energy, H713 [28JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H9386 [9SE]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), H12414, H12419 [5NO], H12517, H12518, H12524, H12527 [6NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), motion to recommit, H12533 [6NO]

———prohibit civil suits by uninjured third parties relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12527 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for protection of chemical facilities where such regulations would result in job losses under certain economic conditions, H12533 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12524 [6NO]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6490 [10JN]

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), H6354 [9JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), H9237 [31JY]

Dingell, Representative: tribute to becoming the longest serving Member of the House of Representatives (H. Res. 154), H1172 [11FE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), E1887 [22JY]

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), H14442 [9DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, E2489 [8OC]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), H9013 [29JY]

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 (H. Res. 252), E962 [23AP]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6490 [10JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12903, H12956 [7NO]

International Renewable Energy Agency: encourage U.S. membership (H. Res. 177), E280 [13FE]

Israel: independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 111), H5076 [4MY]

———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), H112 [9JA]

Medicare: provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (H.R. 2560), E1236 [21MY]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (H. Res. 599), H9759 [22SE], E1624 [26JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H9386 [9SE]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security, H9386 [9SE]

NRC: accelerate approval of certain licenses for nuclear powerplants, E2489 [8OC]

Perkins School for the Blind: Library of Congress Talking Book Library of the Year award recipient, E1513 [19JN]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7621, H7649, H7675 [26JN]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11600 [22OC]

———prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (H.R. 790), E172 [2FE]

———promote research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies through a system of grants and prizes on the scale of the Manhattan Project, H7675 [26JN]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (H.R. 890), E197 [4FE]

———establish an energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors (H.R. 889), E204 [4FE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (H.R. 515), H13424 [2DE]

———promote production of molybdenum-99 for medical isotope production and condition and phase out export of highly enriched uranium for production of medical isotopes (H.R. 3276), H12401, H12403, H12404, H12406 [5NO]

Refuse disposal: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 2046), E934 [22AP]

SBA: eligibility of companies backed with venture capital under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7763 [8JY]

———enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7763 [8JY]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H256 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H973 [4FE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 2866), E1419 [15JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 2908), E1464 [17JN]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), E161 [28JA]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), H994 [4FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 722), H9386 [9SE]

Treaties and agreements: ensure that any international climate change agreements protect intellectual property rights related to energy or environmental technologies, H6490 [10JN]

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), H6592 [11JN]

Votes: correction, H4309 [1AP]

———position on missed, H9244 [31JY], E2119 [31JY]

World Environment Day: observance, E1339 [8JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1600 [13FE]

Rules

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H1590-H1592 [13FE]

Tributes

Conte, Corinne L., E1075 [6MY]

Kennedy, Edward M., H10047, H10050, H10051, H10052, H10054 [29SE]