DeFAZIO, PETER A. (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7345 [25JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4305 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H323 [14JA]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H3053 [5MR]

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]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H2980 [4MR]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H2926 [3MR]

———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]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H8026 [13JY]

Barry L. Bell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 2557), H6009 [21MY]

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), H6267 [4JN]

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]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3621), H11167 [8OC]

Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see H.R. 4351), H15499 [16DE]

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), H6155 [3JN]

———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: 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]

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

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H6904 [16JN]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4584 [21AP]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H3706 [19MR]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1866), H11111 [7OC]

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

Corps of Engineers: extend the authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of certain permits (see H.R. 4165), H13521 [3DE]

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 984), H2926 [3MR]

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]

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

Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H14826 [11DE]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt unemployment benefits from the income asset test to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program eligibility (see H.R. 4163), H13629 (see H.R. 4163), H14372 [8DE]

———provide loans to support conversion of energy generation or heating and cooling systems to use of renewable biomass and installation of necessary equipment (see H.R. 4227), H13627 (see H.R. 4227), H14371 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: debar from contracting any company found to have jeopardized the health or safety of Government personnel or found guilty of contract fraud (see H.R. 2825), H6617 [11JN]

———establish registries of current and former Armed Forces members exposed to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards and provide health care to veterans exposed to such hazards (see H.R. 2389), H5580 [13MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H3402 [12MR]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H6014 [21MY]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3315), H13629 (see H.R. 3315), H14372 [8DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify use of funds relative to certain homeland security grants (see H.R. 3837), H11457 [15OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (see H.R. 2381), H10520 [6OC]

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

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 2305), H9281 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 2523), H8960 [28JY]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H9280 [31JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H6265 [4JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the U.S. manufacturing industry (see H.R. 2936), H8495 [21JY]

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

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see H. Res. 714), H9280 [31JY]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H3438 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H6415 [9JN]

———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]

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

———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), H4840 [27AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve coordination to better provide care to Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 1681), H9281 [31JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H5667 [14MY]

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: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H8495 [21JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H11298 [13OC]

———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), H4583 [21AP]

———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), H2981 [4MR]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 2971), H7084 [19JN]

Drugs: allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2835), H7147 [23JN]

———prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 858), H1520 [12FE]

———reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 2855), H7947 [9JY]

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

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9443 [10SE]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H2981 [4MR]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3010), H12142 [29OC]

Electric power: provide additional authorities to protect critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack (see H.R. 2195), H9281 [31JY]

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

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

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), H1607 [13FE]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H6620 [11JN]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 3995), H13355 [19NO]

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

FDIC: limit authority to engage in activities relating to systemic risk without a congressional declaration of a financial emergency (see H.R. 2657), H6620 [11JN]

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: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H6077 [2JN]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11384 [14OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H3525 [17MR]

Federal Transit Administration: alter requirements relative to recommendations for fixed guideway projects funding (see H.R. 4367), H15500 [16DE]

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]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375), H15500 [16DE]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705), H7250 [24JN]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 1404), H3835 [24MR]

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

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 875), H1042 [4FE]

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), H5713 [18MY]

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]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H3105 [9MR]

FTC: prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see H.R. 2669), H6620 [11JN]

———review volume usage service plans of major broadband Internet service providers to ensure that such plans are fairly based on cost (see H.R. 2902), H8708 [23JY]

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

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H780 [28JA]

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]

———apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H3642 [18MR]

———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), H2603 [23FE]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H7446 [25JN]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H4735 [23AP]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 1671), H6266 [4JN]

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

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 3295), H8585 [22JY]

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]

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

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H7706 [26JN]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H8586 [22JY]

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

———create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all U.S. workers are legally able to work (see H.R. 1096), H1606 [13FE]

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

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]

———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), H6014 [21MY]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5582 [13MY]

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: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H8873 [27JY]

Marine mammals: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H13354 [19NO]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H5892 [20MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H5712 [18MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

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

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H9281 [31JY]

———improve access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1137), H5063 [30AP]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H4130 [30MR]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 1077), H4525 [2AP]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H7706 [26JN]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see H.R. 1101), H8586 [22JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H5400 [7MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1597), H3749 [23MR]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H11111 [7OC]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H2926 [3MR]

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 2781), H9282 [31JY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H6015 [21MY]

———recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H11168 [8OC]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6305 [8JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8100 [14JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H4689 [22AP]

National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties: establish (see H.R. 104), H442 [21JA]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1030), H11516 [20OC]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2632), H8356 [17JY]

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 313), H4397 [1AP]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 247), H3836 [24MR]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 1800), H8356 [17JY]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 367), H5064 [30AP]

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

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H780 [28JA]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H5793 [19MY]

Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see H. Res. 267), H3705 [19MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H8100 [14JY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H9397 [9SE]

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), H5892 [20MY]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H485 [22JA]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 3709), H12588 [6NO]

———promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 1190), H2834 [25FE]

Product safety: establish a comprehensive process to inform consumers about food and product recalls (see H.R. 3076), H11791 [26OC]

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), H6744 [12JN]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see H.R. 890), H3402 [12MR]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H1045 [4FE]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H8586 [22JY]

———prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 4288), H14826 [11DE]

Red Cross Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 311), H4841 [27AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 3617), H9806 [22SE]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student's parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 1091), H1605 [13FE]

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]

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), H13466 [2DE]

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: recognize anniversary of arrival in Hawaii and commend the education of youth in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4251 [31MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H4582 [21AP]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1956), H6015 [21MY]

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 2756), H9342 [8SE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H8586 [22JY]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H6619 [11JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H4064 [26MR]

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

———impose a tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds (see H.R. 1801), H4129 [30MR]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 2319), H5398 [7MY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9491 [14SE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H9282 [31JY]

———prevent overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans (see H.R. 4126), H13352 [19NO]

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

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

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H2875 [26FE] (see H.R. 1806), H13629 (see H.R. 1806), H14372 [8DE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H14743 [10DE]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of greenhouse gas emission substances (see H.R. 1683), H4525 [2AP]

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

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H14982 [15DE]

Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H3438 [16MR]

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

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

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3786), H11714 [22OC]

———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]

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), H11868 [27OC]

Unemployment: provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4183), H13466 [2DE]

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

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9282 [31JY]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H4915 [28AP]

———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), H89 [8JA]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

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

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (see H. Res. 742), H9962 [24SE]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 3206), H8810 [24JY]

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), H3105 [9MR]

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

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H8495 [21JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H4524 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for retention on active duty after demobilization of members of Reserve components following extended deployments in contingency operations or homeland defense mission (see H.R. 3358), H8959 [28JY]

———tribute to meritorious service of aviators shot down over, or otherwise forced to land in, hostile territory yet evaded enemy capture or were captured but subsequently escaped (see H. Res. 925), H13353 [19NO]

CFTC: take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see H.R. 2869), H6805 [15JN]

Clean Air Act: modify definition of the term ``renewable biomass'' (see H.R. 2364), H5484 [12MY]

Dept. of the Interior: grant economy-related contract extensions of certain timber contracts with timber purchasers (see H.R. 3759), H11165 [8OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1068), H1604 [13FE]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 1875), H4518 [2AP]

Insurance: further competition in the insurance industry (see H.R. 1583), H3640 [18MR]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species (see H.R. 2062), H4731 [23AP]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H1606 [13FE]

———designate Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area and segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild or recreational rivers (see H.R. 2888), H6902 [16JN]

Oregon Caves National Monument: modify boundary and designate certain rivers and creeks as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 2889), H6902 [16JN]

Rogue River: designate certain tributaries as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 2890), H6902 [16JN]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H5484 [12MY]

Social Security: provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorneys representing prevailing parties in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 1735), H4061 [26MR]

Taxation: impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

Television: ensure access to basic broadcast television after the digital television transition (see H.R. 2867), H6805 [15JN]

Veterans: match pension amount paid to surviving spouses of veterans who served during a period of war to the pension amount paid to such veterans (see H.R. 2673), H6154 [3JN]

Essays

Preventing Extortion: Jack Churchill, E2666 [29OC]

Letters

Rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project: Sharon Konopa, Mayor of Albany, OR, E3044 [17DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1047 [9FE]

Remarks

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H7151 [24JN], H7450 [26JN]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3687 [19MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H496 [26JA], H573 [27JA], H712, H718 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1279 [12FE], H1592 [13FE]

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

Aviation: require inclusion on the no fly list certain detainees housed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6167, H6178 [4JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4133 [31MR], H4400 [2AP]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H73 [8JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12055 [29OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (H.R. 3810), H11357 [14OC]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H1084 [10FE]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4305 [1AP]

———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, H3791 [24MR]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4305 [1AP]

Economy: Government bailout of automobile industry, H5807 [20MY]

———impact of tax cuts, H496 [26JA], H1279 [12FE], H2610 [24FE]

———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), E2980 [11DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H94 [9JA], H165 [13JA]

Education: student financial aid programs, H9674 [17SE]

EPA: prohibit implementation of rule requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems, H12055 [29OC]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), H9021 [29JY]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: posting of quarterly profits, H11385 [15OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6419 [10JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8898 [28JY], H11805 [27OC], H12014 [28OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12218 [3NO], H12292 [4NO], H12369 [5NO], H12552, H12555 [6NO], H12592 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12617 [7NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9674 [17SE]

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), H109 [9JA]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H9917 [24SE]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species (H.R. 2062), H13533 [7DE]

Molalla River: compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government designates portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13278 [19NO]

———designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (H. Res. 908), H13275, H13278 [19NO]

Motor vehicles: impact of closure of dealerships on employment levels, H5807 [20MY]

Oregon: rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project, E3044 [17DE]

———tribute to Central Lincoln People's Utility District, E2773 [16NO]

———tribute to Emerald People's Utility District, E2772 [16NO]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7151 [24JN], H7450 [26JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), H9863, H9865 [23SE]

———reauthorize Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H12014 [28OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H9917 [24SE], H11357 [14OC]

Taxation: rates, H4133 [31MR]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H496 [26JA], H13008 [17NO], H13552, H13601 [8DE]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H712 [28JA]

———transit capital funding, H718 [28JA]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6178, H6197, H6198 [4JN]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), consideration (H. Res. 474), H6167 [4JN]

———clarify standards used to issue emergency regulations or security directives, H6197, H6198 [4JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3076 [6MR], H5094 [4MY], H7082 [19JN], H12195 [2NO], H13548 [7DE]

Special order: granted, H86 [8JA], H158 [9JA], H192 [13JA], H321 [14JA], H378 [15JA], H440 [21JA], H483 [22JA], H522 [26JA], H600 [27JA], H776 [28JA], H918 [3FE], H1038 [4FE], H1077 [9FE], H1154 [10FE], H1233 [11FE], H1516 [12FE], H1600 [13FE], H1653 [23FE], H2832 [25FE], H2868 [26FE], H2885 [2MR], H2922 [3MR], H2977 [4MR], H3052 [5MR], H3076 [6MR], H3103 [9MR], H3142 [10MR], H3336 [11MR], H3398 [12MR], H3433 [16MR], H3524 [17MR], H3638 [18MR], H3701 [19MR], H3746 [23MR], H3832 [24MR], H4024 [25MR], H4060 [26MR], H4126 [30MR], H4248 [31MR], H4515 [2AP], H4576 [21AP], H4684 [22AP], H4729 [23AP], H4836 [27AP], H4911 [28AP], H4995 [29AP], H5058 [30AP], H5094 [4MY], H5166 [5MY], H5304 [6MY], H5396 [7MY], H5472 [12MY], H5577 [13MY], H5662 [14MY], H5710 [18MY], H8097 [14JY], H8183 [15JY], H8300 [16JY], H8353 [17JY], H8408 [20JY], H8493 [21JY], H8584 [22JY], H8705 [23JY], H8807 [24JY], H9803 [22SE], H9896 [23SE], H9960 [24SE], H9996 [25SE], H10516 [6OC], H11108 [7OC], H11163 [8OC], H11381 [14OC], H11455 [15OC], H11512 [20OC], H11579 [21OC], H11710 [22OC], H11737 [23OC], H11788 [26OC], H11866 [27OC], H12041 [28OC], H12138 [29OC], H12195 [2NO], H12285 [3NO], H12362 [4NO], H12453 [5NO], H12582 [6NO], H12999 [16NO], H13066 [17NO], H13264 [18NO], H13340 [19NO], H13383 [1DE], H13463 [2DE], H13517 [3DE], H13625 [8DE], H14444 [9DE], H14741 [10DE], H14825 [11DE], H14875 [14DE], H14978 [15DE], H15494 [16DE]

Tributes

Klonoski, James R., E227 [10FE]