HOLT, RUSH D. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony: President Obama, E1399 [12JN]

Road to Justice and Peace: Raymond Lesniak, E267 [12FE]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7366, H7376 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9582 [16SE]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6494 [10JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H359 [15JA]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6494 [10JN]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1024 [4FE]

House Democracy Assistance Commission, H6545 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see H.R. 3721), H10518 [6OC]

Air pollution: provide for creation of a Federal greenhouse gas registry (see H.R. 232), H69 [7JA]

al-Megrahi, Abdel Baset: condemn release of convicted terrorist from a prison in Scotland to return home to Libya (see H. Res. 732), H9442 [10SE]

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

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary of Daughters of Penelope (see H. Res. 209), H5893 [20MY]

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), H4840 [27AP]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H780 [28JA]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H10408 [30SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H7740 [7JY]

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), H9281 [31JY]

Armed Forces: allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (see H.R. 569), H380 [15JA]

———allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 1478), H9281 [31JY]

———authorize taxpayers to designate a portion of tax payments to a National Military Family Relief Fund to assist families of members who are serving in, or have served in, Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 1175), H12456 [5NO]

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

———ensure that 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), H1159 [10FE]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H2834 [25FE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 1305), H2979 [4MR]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H1248 [11FE]

———prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of members (see H.R. 2304), H6267 [4JN]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 704), H923 [3FE]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H601 [27JA]

———recognize significant contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program (see H. Res. 812), H13069 [17NO]

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

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see H.R. 2058), H8708 [23JY]

———specify minimum time periods between deployment of units and members of the military to Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1052), H1519 [12FE] (see H.R. 3449), H9275 [31JY]

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

Aurora, IL: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy recipient of Intel Corp., Schools of Distinction Star Innovator award (see H. Res. 862), H14982 [15DE]

Binghamton, NY: express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association (see H. Res. 340), H4581 [21AP]

Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (see H.R. 657), H485 [22JA]

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), H6415 [9JN]

———establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 404), H160 [9JA]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see H. Res. 739), H9490 [14SE]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see H. Res. 356), H4733 [23AP]

Brandeis, Louis D.: anniversary of retirement from Supreme Court (see H. Res. 905), H13387 [1DE]

Brodeur, Martin: tribute (see H. Res. 293), H6156 [3JN]

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), H7741 [7JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 56), H7086 [19JN]

Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 167), H9343 [8SE]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 39), H196 [13JA]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see H.R. 577), H2836 [25FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 1662), H4525 [2AP]

Children and youth: establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see H.R. 1347), H8009 [10JY]

———help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 729), H6619 [11JN]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H3527 [17MR]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H3053 [5MR]

China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H7948 [9JY]

———anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 489), H6075 [2JN]

———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), H486 [22JA]

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the ``Freedom Summer'' of 1964 (see H. Con. Res. 166), H8355 [17JY]

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), H11384 [14OC]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H11384 [14OC]

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), H4584 [21AP]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see H.R. 1425), H3145 [10MR]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see H.R. 1425), H3145 [10MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2632 [24FE]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 1388), H3402 [12MR]

Conservation of energy: establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings (see H.R. 1778), H5308 [6MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H325 [14JA]

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 984), H3402 [12MR]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H443 [21JA]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see H.R. 1977), H9281 [31JY]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H11516 [20OC]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4584 [21AP]

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

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

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

Dedication Day: honor Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H. Res. 736), H11740 [23OC]

Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 231), H5793 [19MY]

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), H11111 [7OC]

———establish NOAA and a National Climate Enterprise (see H.R. 2685), H7741 [7JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish medical surveillance system identifying Armed Forces members exposed to chemical hazards from waste disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan and prohibit disposal producing toxic levels (see H.R. 2419), H9281 [31JY]

———prohibit closure of Fort Monmouth, NJ, notwithstanding Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations (see H.R. 1003), H1521 [12FE]

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

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

———establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see H.R. 4330), H15498 [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]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5060 [30AP]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see H.R. 3006), H8960 [28JY]

Dept. of Energy: ensure consideration of water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 3598), H13386 [1DE]

———implement Clean Cities Program (see H.R. 3488), H9277 [31JY]

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

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), H5667 [14MY]

———establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 1490), H3400 [12MR]

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

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H9899 [23SE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H5400 [7MY]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2730), H9207 [30JY]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H2875 [26FE]

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

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H6156 [3JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for ceremonies on or near Independence Day to administer oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 2363), H8009 [10JY]

———secure domestic sources of radiological materials that could be used to make a radiological dispersion device against access by terrorists (see H.R. 2070), H4732 [23AP]

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), H11515 [20OC]

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

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

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 1978), H11581 [21OC]

———prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (see H.R. 4283), H14826 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (see H.R. 2113), H4839 [27AP]

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

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H11516 [20OC]

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), H5097 [4MY]

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

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H13354 [19NO]

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

———use amounts made available under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief for homeowners and affordable rental housing (see H.R. 3766), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of Transportation: expand the Safe Routes to School Program to high schools (see H.R. 4021), H12364 [4NO]

———make grants for certain streetcar projects (see H.R. 2163), H7446 [25JN]

———modify authority to make grants for new fixed guideway capital projects (see H.R. 2164), H7446 [25JN]

———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), H13266 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H9207 [30JY]

———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), H4397 [1AP]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for pension benefits (see H.R. 3485), H11516 [20OC]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1211), H3749 [23MR]

———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), H11298 [13OC]

———increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning (see H.R. 950), H3749 [23MR]

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

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H2980 [4MR]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H9899 [23SE]

———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), H779 [28JA]

Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (see H.R. 1702), H9397 [9SE]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H9342 [8SE]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H7837 [8JY]

Diplomacy: support work of citizen diplomacy organizations and encourage convening of a Presidential Summit on Global Citizen Diplomacy (see H. Res. 569), H8708 [23JY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see H.R. 1721), H5400 [7MY]

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: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 1402), H5400 [7MY]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 186), H91 [8JA]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H14877 [14DE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H1156 [10FE]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 2987), H7085 [19JN]

———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), H12588 [6NO]

———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), H11713 [22OC]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2873 [26FE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H9057 [29JY]

———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see H. Res. 346), H4582 [21AP]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 1466), H9056 [29JY]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see H. Res. 701), H9443 [10SE]

Ecology and environment: establish an integrated Federal program to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification (see H.R. 2192), H5060 [30AP]

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

———encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9057 [29JY]

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

———increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 655), H527 [26JA]

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

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

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see H.R. 254), H603 [27JA]

———prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 512), H6538 [10JN]

———prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see H.R. 97), H4129 [30MR]

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

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H4027 [25MR]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H3640 [18MR]

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

———require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 2511), H5890 [20MY]

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

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

———provide paid sick leave to employees who are recommended by their employer or public health authorities to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put others at risk (see H.R. 3991), H13069 [17NO]

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (see H.R. 3106), H9282 [31JY]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H6076 [2JN]

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]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see H.R. 981), H3338 [11MR]

FAA: improve airline safety and pilot training (see H.R. 3371), H9054 [29JY]

Families and domestic relations: support efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement for parents and other employees to spend time with a new infant or adopted child (see H.R. 2339), H6973 [17JN]

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

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 agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (see H.R. 885), H1043 [4FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 673), H1159 [10FE]

———ensure pay parity for Federal employees serving at Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst (see H.R. 2714), H6263 [4JN]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H1157 [10FE]

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

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H5400 [7MY]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H32 [6JA]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2324), H8810 [24JY]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 81), H31 [6JA]

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

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H7446 [25JN]

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

———provide funding for capacity-building to microfinance service providers (see H.R. 1987), H14982 [15DE]

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), H3836 [24MR]

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), H5580 [13MY]

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

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

Greece: independence anniversary (see H.J. Res. 39), H3104 [9MR] (see H. Res. 273), H3705 [19MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman and review procedures available to obtain the return of abducted children (see H. Res. 125), H1249 [11FE]

Harvey, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 223), H3146 [10MR]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 2190), H8708 [23JY]

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), H4064 [26MR]

———ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see H. Con. Res. 48), H5308 [6MY]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 1661), H6266 [4JN]

———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]

———facilitate State innovation in national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 78), H3834 [24MR] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H4581 [21AP]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H2834 [25FE]

———integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda (see H. Res. 271), H7742 [7JY]

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

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H5308 [6MY]

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

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H6015 [21MY]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H6415 [9JN]

Health care facilities: require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 3104), H8026 [13JY]

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see H.R. 1460), H3528 [17MR]

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

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

———amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see H.R. 1615), H6744 [12JN]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness provisions to include speech-language pathologists (see H.R. 209), H5582 [13MY]

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

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), H780 [28JA]

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

Homosexuality: address health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and eliminate barriers in accessing quality health care (see H.R. 3001), H7741 [7JY]

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

House of Representatives: establish select committee to review national security laws, policies, and practices (see H. Res. 383), H8357 [17JY]

———permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H4840 [27AP]

Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 893), H1043 [4FE]

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), H5308 [6MY]

———provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 182), H3078 [6MR]

———provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (see H.R. 1340), H11298 [13OC]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status (see H.R. 3290), H8584 [22JY]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H3749 [23MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see H.R. 2709), H8810 [24JY]

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

Insurance: establish standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage, improve transparency and accountability, and establish Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight (see H.R. 2427), H7741 [7JY]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (see H.R. 1085), H6076 [2JN]

———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]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

International Criminal Court: commend for issuing a warrant for arrest of Sudanese President Omar H.A. al-Bashir and express hope that this will be a step towards achieving peace and stability in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 241), H7948 [9JY]

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), H4915 [28AP]

———call for renewed focus on ``Green Movement'' which embraces yearning of Iranian people seeking freedom, human rights, and fundamental elements of democracy (see H. Res. 888), H14744 [10DE]

———condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see H. Res. 175), H6807 [15JN]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H14446 [9DE]

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

———prohibit executive departments from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran (see H.R. 3284), H9671 [16SE]

Iraq: assist refugees and the internally displaced population by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, increasing border security, and easing resettlement (see H.R. 578), H380 [15JA]

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

Jim Saxton Post Office Building, Mount Holly, NJ: designate (see H.R. 986), H1247 [11FE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

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

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (see H. Res. 139), H1160 [10FE]

Macedonia: work within U.N. framework process with Greece to find a mutually-acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all international uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see H. Res. 486), H6307 [8JN]

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]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 556), H6619 [11JN]

———promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H9670 [16SE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H6076 [2JN]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 868), H12364 [4NO]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H12141 [29OC]

———remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 619), H13386 [1DE]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H780 [28JA]

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

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see H.R. 1643), H5400 [7MY]

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

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H4398 [1AP]

———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), H10070 [29SE]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H9442 [10SE]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H8809 [24JY]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see H.R. 1101), H1606 [13FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H2632 [24FE]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see H.R. 2525), H6077 [2JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (see H.R. 2390), H7741 [7JY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1361), H9397 [9SE]

Mental Health America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H2603 [23FE]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H6156 [3JN]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H5170 [5MY]

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

Morristown National Historical Park: authorize expansion (see H.R. 118), H1248 [11FE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H6415 [9JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7706 [26JN]

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

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

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

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 90), H526 [26JA]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 748), H923 [3FE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 382), H5062 [30AP]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 793), H10457 [1OC]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 653), H6076 [2JN]

National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties: establish (see H.R. 104), H3055 [5MR]

National Computer Science Education Week: designate (see H. Res. 558), H9057 [29JY]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H196 [13JA]

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

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 92), H4397 [1AP]

National DVT Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 231), H5793 [19MY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 117), H1044 [4FE]

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

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H. Res. 95), H602 [27JA]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: exclude certain non-defense funds from the matching requirements (see H.R. 207), H486 [22JA]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H9207 [30JY]

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

National Men's Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 142), H6155 [3JN]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H11299 [13OC]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5401 [7MY]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H4916 [28AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H10071 [29SE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 56), H443 [21JA]

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), H5000 [29AP]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 363), H6267 [4JN]

———establish a border protection strategy and address ecological and environmental impacts of border security infrastructure, measures, and activities (see H.R. 2076), H5712 [18MY]

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

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

Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 46), H5793 [19MY]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H1045 [4FE]

New York, NY: anniversary of Stonewall gay-rights riots (see H. Res. 433), H5713 [18MY]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H3146 [10MR]

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

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 758), H2980 [4MR]

NOAA: establish education and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts of climate change in coastal watershed regions (see H.R. 3644), H13069 [17NO]

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

Nuclear weapons: recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 333), H6267 [4JN]

———reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 278), H13267 [18NO]

———support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H10456 [1OC]

Nurses: improve training and workforce development, promote and facilitate academic-practice collaborations, and enhance recruitment and retention of home healthcare nurses (see H.R. 1928), H9738 [21SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H4731 [23AP]

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), H1080 [9FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 1736), H5000 [29AP]

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

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see H.R. 2584), H11713 [22OC]

Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building, Harrison, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3539), H9341 [8SE]

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

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H526 [26JA]

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

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]

Pell, Claiborne: tribute (see H. Res. 50), H195 [13JA]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see H.R. 1191), H5667 [14MY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H4250 [31MR]

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), H3055 [5MR]

———discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 101), H780 [28JA]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H603 [27JA]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H11516 [20OC]

Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 89), H5063 [30AP]

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]

———sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 2807), H11384 [14OC]

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), H4525 [2AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H3402 [12MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4689 [22AP]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H3146 [10MR]

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

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1885), H4519 [2AP]

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

Rosenzveig, Charles H.: tribute (see H. Res. 283), H4584 [21AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (see H.R. 1589), H3640 [18MR]

———include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H5168 [5MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H6904 [16JN]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit assistance (see H.R. 792), H875 [2FE]

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]

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

Sewage disposal: ensure that publicly owned treatment plants monitor for and report sewer overflows (see H.R. 753), H2926 [3MR]

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

Smart Irrigation Month: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 118), H6077 [2JN]

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), H5400 [7MY]

———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 payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see H.R. 2840), H8960 [28JY]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 2209), H5061 [30AP]

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

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H919 [3FE]

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), H11516 [20OC]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H7741 [7JY]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to educational recipients (see H.R. 3465), H11111 [7OC]

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]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 55), H3438 [16MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H9442 [10SE]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H12365 [4NO]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1126), H7023 [18JN]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]

———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), H2835 [25FE]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1470), H5400 [7MY]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 705), H601 [27JA]

———enhance incentives for renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3834), H11457 [15OC]

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

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H3146 [10MR]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 3670), H10069 [29SE]

———expand the rehabilitation credit for older buildings (see H.R. 3715), H10456 [1OC]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H6267 [4JN]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2625), H9207 [30JY]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H1607 [13FE] (see H.R. 832), H3078 [6MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1518), H3528 [17MR]

———improve commuting and transportation options (see H.R. 3271), H9282 [31JY]

———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), H1080 [9FE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4250 [31MR]

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 1993), H9962 [24SE]

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

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

———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 1337), H3053 [5MR]

———provide special rules for charitable contributions of alternative energy property for educational purposes (see H.R. 1249), H5667 [14MY]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H3056 [5MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H6538 [10JN]

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

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H2835 [25FE]

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

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H6266 [4JN]

Terrorism: improve gathering of human intelligence through effective interrogation and detention of suspects and bring terrorists to justice through effective, constitutional prosecution (see H.R. 591), H381 [15JA]

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), H6416 [9JN]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H9282 [31JY]

———ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 1443), H10408 [30SE]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5582 [13MY]

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: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 3904), H12045 [28OC]

U.N.: 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), H5170 [5MY]

U.N. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance: prohibit funding for and participation in Durban Review Conference and its preparatory activities (see H. Res. 42), H3078 [6MR]

U.S. Men's National Soccer Team: tribute (see H. Res. 606), H7705 [26JN]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H7086 [19JN]

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]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see H.R. 1474), H4915 [28AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions and authority to issue national security letters (see H.R. 3845), H12288 [3NO]

Veterans: expand authorized concurrent receipt of disability pay from the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability (see H.R. 593), H1045 [4FE]

———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), H486 [22JA]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H12142 [29OC]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2573), H13467 [2DE]

Voting: prevent voter caging (see H.R. 103), H4129 [30MR]

———reimburse States for costs incurred to track and confirm receipt of voted absentee ballots for Federal elections and make information on receipt of such ballots available online (see H.R. 2510), H6539 [10JN]

———require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 3957), H15504 [16DE]

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 328), H89 [8JA]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 618), H2926 [3MR]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H4841 [27AP]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H3749 [23MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H9282 [31JY]

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

———increase awareness of the existence of, and overcome, gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training (see H.R. 1144), H6415 [9JN]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H9443 [10SE]

World Pneumonia Day: observance (see H. Res. 863), H11739 [23OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942 (see H.R. 2598), H13069 [17NO]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H603 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 146), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1694), H3834 [24MR]

American Veterans Congressional Internship Program: establish (see H.R. 2683), H6154 [3JN]

Children and youth: require Depts. of State and Justice to take certain actions against specified foreign nationals in international child abductions (see H.R. 3487), H9277 [31JY]

China: 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]

Dept. of Defense: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 2983), H7085 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 4065), H12971 [7NO]

———establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 2081), H4732 [23AP]

Dept. of Energy: provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 579), H381 [15JA]

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

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see H.R. 3273), H8494 [21JY]

Help America Vote Act: clarify treatment of provisional ballots cast in Federal elections (see H.R. 3552), H9441 [10SE]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6155 [3JN]

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

Medicare: include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see H.R. 2777), H6414 [9JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure low-income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3152), H7946 [9JY]

National Commission on Anthrax Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 1248), H2886 [2MR]

Taxation: extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 2725), H6264 [4JN]

Transportation: establish national transportation objectives and performance targets to assess progress toward meeting national transportation objectives (see H.R. 2724), H6264 [4JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: place reasonable safeguards on the use of surveillance and other authorities (see H.R. 4005), H12287 [3NO]

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

———require States to accept absentee ballots of overseas voters which are transmitted to the State election official by express mail and reimburse such voters for the costs of using express mail (see H.R. 2082), H4732 [23AP]

———strengthen protections against wrongful removal of individuals from official list of eligible voters and wrongful denial of applications for voter registration (see H.R. 3835), H11457 [15OC]

Water: encourage efficiency (see H.R. 2368), H5484 [12MY]

Workforce Investment Act: include workforce investment programs on the Internet (see H.R. 145), H33 [6JA]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H4580 [21AP]

Letters

Help America Vote Act funding: several organizations, H8236 [16JY]

Remarks

Afghanistan: strategy for continued U.S. military presence, H14953 [15DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), H7802 [8JY], E1731 [13JY]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), H2880, H2881 [2MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), Senate amendments, H3978 [25MR]

———establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 1694), H4529 [21AP]

Appropriations: making continuing, H9975 [25SE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, E2992 [14DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H1088 [10FE], E172, E175 [2FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1572, H1590 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5624 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, H6882 [16JN]

Armed Forces: ensure that members of the Individual Ready Reserve who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan receive quarterly counseling calls from properly trained personnel, H7379 [25JN]

Aviation: improve cargo screening on passenger planes, E1384 [11JN]

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), E1928 [24JY]

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

China: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (H. Res. 489), E1288 [3JN]

———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 (H. Res. 226), H3308 [11MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H129, H135 [9JA]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), E577 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), E1307 [4JN]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), E1075 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 456), H5810 [20MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), E1131 [13MY]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (H.R. 3639), H12308 [4NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, H11137, H11139 [8OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1913), consideration (H. Res. 372), H4935 [29AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify standards for organic certification, H7802 [8JY], E1731 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7367, H7368, H7379 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, H11137, H11139 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H9084 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), Senate amendment, H15417 [16DE]

———prohibit funding for Kinetic Energy Interceptor program, H9084 [30JY]

———require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces, H7367, H7368 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5504 [13MY]

———Math and Science Partnership program funding, H8759 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for South River, NJ, automated remote electric and water meters installation project, H8159 [15JY]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9582 [16SE]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies to include agricultural and construction nonroad equipment, H9582 [16SE]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs, H5504 [13MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (H.R. 579), E100 [15JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, H11408 [15OC]

———strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), E819 [31MR]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), E975 [27AP]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6439, H6494 [10JN]

———report on changes in treaty and U.S. laws that could help improve compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, H6494 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), E1737 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: take lands in Yuma County, AZ, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe (H.R. 326), H2878, H2879 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), E1607 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12065 [29OC], E2724 [5NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: facilitate the auction of assets owned by financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to determine the value and expedite the sale of such assets, H359, H360 [15JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, H5810 [20MY]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H359, H360 [15JA], E171 [2FE]

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), H6356 [9JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8759, H8784 [24JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3978 [25MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H3286 [11MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8644 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, E2992 [14DE]

Dingell, Representative: tribute to becoming the longest serving Member of the House of Representatives (H. Res. 154), E258 [12FE]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 11), H124 [9JA]

Diseases: revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), E2605 [22OC]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H15469 [16DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), E2994 [14DE]

Education: student loan programs, H9565 [16SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8159 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, E2477 [8OC]

FAA: improve airline safety and pilot training (H.R. 3371), H11337 [14OC]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal, H8644 [23JY]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), E2154 [31JY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), E875 [2AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8212, H8213, H8235, H8236 [16JY], E1845 [20JY]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, H5810 [20MY]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (H.R. 81), H2879, H2880 [2MR]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6439, H6494 [10JN]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (H. Res. 320), H4543 [21AP]

Government: permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), H15429 [16DE]

———prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations, H9975 [25SE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman, H6494 [10JN]

———urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman and review procedures available to obtain the return of abducted children (H. Res. 125), H3303 [11MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H9501 [15SE], H11810 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12875 [7NO]

Help America Vote Act: polling place accessibility and protection and advocacy for the disabled funding, H8759 [24JY]

———State grants funding, H8235, H8236 [16JY]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), consideration (H. Res. 746), H9565 [16SE]

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 (H.R. 548), H2882, H2883 [2MR]

Holdren, John P.: nomination to be Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, H3080 [9MR]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (H.R. 1327), E2526 [14OC]

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), H105 [9JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, E1607 [26JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report, H9975 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration (H. Res. 559), H7028, H7029, H7030 [19JN]

———Office of Technology Assessment funding, H7028 [19JN]

Lesniak, Raymond: Memorial de Caen International Human Rights Competition winner, E267 [12FE]

Lubchenco, Jane: nomination to be NOAA Administrator, H3080 [9MR]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), E2855 [1DE], E2892 [3DE]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 35), E253 [12FE]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 793), E2599 [21OC]

National Commission on Anthrax Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (H.R. 1248), H2954 [4MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, E2724 [5NO]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, E2724 [5NO]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 117), E254 [12FE]

NOAA: extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (H.R. 844), H2883, H2884 [2MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (H.R. 1736), H6272 [8JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H8784 [24JY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7646, H7654 [26JN]

———energy research and development funding, H7646 [26JN]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11601 [22OC]

Public debt: ceiling, H15429 [16DE]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), E1509 [19JN]

Shanksville, PA: commend community and Flight 93 ambassadors for efforts to protect temporary memorial and to establish permanent Flight 93 National Memorial and encourage completion of memorial (H. Res. 795), H10476 [6OC]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), E1251 [21MY]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), E2754 [9NO]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), E2754 [9NO]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), E101 [15JA]

Sri Lanka: prohibit assistance under Foreign Military Financing Program, E1737 [13JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, E130 [22JA]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses, E2749 [6NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), E2938 [10DE]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (H.R. 2725), E2938 [10DE]

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

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 722), E2225 [9SE]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (H. Res. 505), H6324 [9JN]

Transportation: transit capital funding, E172 [2FE]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), E1384 [11JN]

Trenton, NJ: anniversary of tenure as U.S. Capital, E3056 [17DE]

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), E1399 [12JN]

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

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), Senate amendment, E2749 [6NO], E2756 [9NO]

Votes: correction, E2563 [15OC]

———position on missed, E463 [26FE], E1128 [12MY], E1379 [11JN], E1492 [18JN], E2011 [27JY]

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, H11139 [8OC]

———prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud, H11139 [8OC]

———provide for auditable, independent verification of ballots and ensure the security of voting systems, H8212, H8213 [16JY]

———reimburse States for costs incurred to track and confirm receipt of voted absentee ballots for Federal elections and make information on receipt of such ballots available online (H.R. 2510), H8940 [28JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5395 [7MY], H6741 [12JN], H12285 [3NO]

Special order: granted, H1516 [12FE], H1600 [13FE], H2922 [3MR], H2977 [4MR], H14978 [15DE], H15494 [16DE]

Tributes

Armstrong, Darrell L., H11519 [21OC]

Christian, Stephen M., E2455 [6OC], E2512 [13OC]

Kennedy, Edward M., H10056 [29SE]

Sheehy, Michael W., H2610 [24FE]