SLAUGHTER, LOUISE McINTOSH (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), H5019 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11123 [8OC]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H7401 [25JN]

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

Committee to escort German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, into the House Chamber, H12201 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Billions in U.S. Aid Never Reached Pakistan Army, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press (news service), H11116 [8OC]

E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection, Michael Moss, New York (NY) Times, H10535 [7OC]

Vote for Safer Food, New York (NY) Times, H9132 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AmeriCorps: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (see H. Res. 453), H5712 [18MY]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H9807 [22SE]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H13266 [18NO]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 613), H9808 [22SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H13386 [1DE]

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

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

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

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H14827 [11DE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H11581 [21OC]

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]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: address need for constitutional reform and sustained U.S. engagement in partnership with the European Union (see H. Res. 171), H4027 [25MR]

Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 1595), H3641 [18MR]

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

Canada Day: observance (see H. Res. 519), H6306 [8JN]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: designate (see H.R. 1397), H3104 [9MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see H.R. 577), H3338 [11MR]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 916), H3706 [19MR]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

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), H5667 [14MY]

———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]

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

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash (see H. Res. 183), H2602 [23FE]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H14446 [9DE]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 682), H525 [26JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3126), H8410 [20JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H163 [9JA]

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

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H2632 [24FE]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see H.R. 1608), H8809 [24JY]

———permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see H.R. 527), H1045 [4FE]

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

Crime: improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3401), H14827 [11DE]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H10457 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H12197 [2NO]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H14827 [11DE]

———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. 3287), H8873 [27JY]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H2980 [4MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H10520 [6OC]

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), H13002 [16NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H14826 [11DE]

Dept. of State: establish and maintain existing libraries and resource centers at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to provide information about U.S. culture, society, and history (see H.R. 909), H1044 [4FE]

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), H3402 [12MR]

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), H10070 [29SE]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9808 [22SE] (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), H3402 [12MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H10520 [6OC]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1211), H5308 [6MY]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H13466 [2DE]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H3144 [10MR]

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), H14877 [14DE]

———protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H11581 [21OC]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see H.R. 1964), H15503 [16DE]

———address the lack of adequate housing as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and commit to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic (see H. Con. Res. 137), H14982 [15DE]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 2408), H12197 [2NO]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H10070 [29SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H5097 [4MY]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H14877 [14DE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H11581 [21OC]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H8101 [14JY]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 2275), H9999 [25SE]

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

El Salvador: anniversary of shooting of Jesuit priests and others at University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas (see H. Res. 761), H9807 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H4027 [25MR]

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

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

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see H.R. 2114), H4839 [27AP]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H9807 [22SE]

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), H3146 [10MR]

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

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H11111 [7OC]

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

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

Financial institutions: enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H14827 [11DE]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705), H6155 [3JN]

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

1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office, Chester, NY: designate (see H.R. 2877), H6806 [15JN]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 2426), H13267 [18NO]

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

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H9056 [29JY]

Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 20), H486 [22JA]

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), H6015 [21MY]

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

Frederic Remington Post Office Building, Ogdensburg, NY: designate (see H.R. 2090), H5063 [30AP]

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), H4397 [1AP] (see H.R. 1207), H6973 [17JN]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: designate (see H.R. 774), H1046 [4FE]

Global Youth Service Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 353), H4687 [22AP]

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

Government regulations: make certain regulations have no force or effect (see H.R. 570), H380 [15JA]

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

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 2190), H13386 [1DE]

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), H11713 [22OC]

———ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see H. Con. Res. 48), H1248 [11FE]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H3835 [24MR]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2980 [4MR]

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

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H3105 [9MR]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H3525 [17MR]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 716), H3749 [23MR]

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

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H11167 [8OC]

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), H8009 [10JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H13466 [2DE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 753), H9730 [17SE] (see H. Res. 762), H9807 [22SE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H7146 [23JN]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 2414), H6744 [12JN]

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), H2875 [26FE]

———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), H5893 [20MY]

———further competition in the insurance industry (see H.R. 1583), H9670 [16SE]

———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]

———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 Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H13520 [3DE]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 194), H3056 [5MR]

Investments: regulate futures transactions involving energy commodities and credit default swaps and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H5666 [14MY]

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), H9056 [29JY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H9207 [30JY]

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), H1045 [4FE]

IRS: repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H4734 [23AP]

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]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H13354 [19NO]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H4027 [25MR]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H2632 [24FE]

Medicare: eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H13069 [17NO]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1844), H11111 [7OC]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H14982 [15DE]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H11581 [21OC]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2049), H14827 [11DE]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H8495 [21JY]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 1038), H1518 [12FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H9900 [23SE]

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

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 771), H10071 [29SE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H10520 [6OC]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H5664 [14MY]

Motion pictures: authorize grants for organizations that use documentary films to promote understanding of the U.S. abroad and understanding of global perspectives and other countries in the U.S. (see H.R. 1976), H4523 [2AP]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 613), H9808 [22SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 2171), H4998 [29AP] (see H.R. 2256), H5168 [5MY]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 1816), H11581 [21OC]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance (see H. Res. 337), H4735 [23AP]

National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties: establish (see H.R. 104), H4063 [26MR]

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

National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 412), H5307 [6MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H13521 [3DE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (see H.R. 4190), H14446 [9DE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H11791 [26OC]

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

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 211), H3106 [9MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H3748 [23MR]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H3438 [16MR]

New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (see H. Res. 856), H11712 [22OC]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 985), H1247 [11FE]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (see H.R. 3502), H9731 [17SE]

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

Northwestern University: tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 824), H11384 [14OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H9807 [22SE]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

Onondaga Community College: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 563), H9738 [21SE]

———tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 561), H9738 [21SE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H14446 [9DE]

Peace Corps: 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), H15504 [16DE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 158), H34 [6JA] (see H.R. 1826), H8495 [21JY]

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), H3438 [16MR]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H13387 [1DE]

Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building, Riverhead, NY: designate (see H.R. 3250), H9900 [23SE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H13266 [18NO]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H11111 [7OC]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H1159 [10FE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H603 [27JA]

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

Renewable energy: include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and include such fuels in the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit (see H.R. 3460), H15503 [16DE]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: 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), H15503 [16DE]

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), H4064 [26MR]

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), H9807 [22SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H3527 [17MR]

Stan Lundine Post Office Building, Jamestown, NY: designate (see H.R. 918), H1079 [9FE]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 562), H9738 [21SE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 3674), H10069 [29SE]

Taxation: 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), H2926 [3MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1250), H4525 [2AP]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H11581 [21OC]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 528), H3641 [18MR] (see H.R. 3486), H9277 [31JY]

———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]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9670 [16SE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H13386 [1DE]

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

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9731 [17SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H2632 [24FE]

Terrorism: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H9441 [10SE]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H13386 [1DE]

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

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 3012), H7248 [24JN]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 1078), H1605 [13FE]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H4838 [27AP]

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), H14982 [15DE]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H5792 [19MY]

———establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2138), H9807 [22SE]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 3402), H13386 [1DE]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 618), H1159 [10FE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H13467 [2DE]

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

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 739), H13466 [2DE]

———recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 98), H13521 [3DE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H6155 [3JN]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H8960 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H525 [26JA] (see H. Res. 92), H600 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 168), H1517 [12FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 158), H1246 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 545), H6805 [15JN]

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

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): increase membership (see H. Res. 97), H780 [28JA]

Committee on Rules (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 120), H1044 [4FE]

Congress: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 172), H9206 [30JY]

———consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 1), H36 [6JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 808), H11165 [8OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 961), H14445 [9DE]

Eckert, Beverly: tribute (see H. Res. 201), H2886 [2MR]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), consideration (see H. Res. 691), H9054 [29JY]

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]

Health: 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]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

House of Representatives: fixing the hour of daily meeting (see H. Res. 10), H37 [6JA]

Immigration: require reports on the effectiveness and impacts of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 2670), H6075 [2JN]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 4161), H13385 [1DE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 4160), H13385 [1DE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1506), H3401 [12MR]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (see H. Res. 552), H6902 [16JN]

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]

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), H11166 [8OC]

Violence Against Women Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 738), H9490 [14SE]

Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act: provide for certain payments from the Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund (see H.R. 4057), H12587 [6NO]

Factsheets

Swine Production, Diseases and Antimicrobial Consumption: National Food Institute, Danish Technical University, H10534 [7OC]

Letters

Non-therapeutic use of antibiotics on livestock prohibition: Frank M. Aarestrup, National Food Institute, Danish Technical University, H10534 [7OC]

Motions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate relationship between earmark requests made by Members and source and timing of campaign contributions by certain lobbyists (H. Res. 425), H5445 [12MY]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H19 [6JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10533, H10534 [7OC]

Appropriations: legislative process, H6910 [17JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607, H608, H609, H610, H615, H617 [28JA]

Armed Forces: reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (H.R. 840), E186 [3FE]

Barrow, M. Pope, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 635), H8018 [13JY]

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

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash, H1588 [13FE]

———express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash (H. Res. 183), H2807 [25FE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): increase membership (H. Res. 97), H750 [28JA]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): hold inquiry on potential impeachment of Samuel B. Kent (H. Res. 424), H5444 [12MY]

Congress: consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (H. Con. Res. 1), H21 [6JA]

Credit: limit credit line on college student accounts, require approval for credit increases on co-signed accounts, require credit check to open accounts, and prohibit multiple accounts for certain applicants, H5020 [30AP]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), H5020 [30AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, H11117 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11115 [8OC]

———prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S., H11391 [15OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 829), H11391 [15OC]

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

Eckert, Beverly: tribute (H. Res. 201), H2935 [4MR], E514 [2MR]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 3518), E2165 [31JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5918 [21MY]

———improve airline safety and pilot training (H.R. 3371), H11335 [14OC]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), consideration (H. Res. 691), H9132, H9134, H9137 [30JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (H.R. 1549), H10533, H10534 [7OC], E689 [17MR]

Harris Corp.: tribute to production of Falcon III AN/PRC-152(c) radio, E2280 [16SE]

Health: 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 (H.R. 463), E86 [14JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12924 [7NO], H14378 [9DE], E2922, E2932 [10DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598, H12605, H12615, H12620 [7NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H12924 [7NO], H14378 [9DE], E2922, E2932 [10DE]

House of Representatives: fixing the hour of daily meeting (H. Res. 10), H21 [6JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H10, H17, H19 [6JA]

———open versus restrictive rules, H608, H609 [28JA]

Immigration: require reports on the effectiveness and impacts of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (H.R. 2670), E1284 [2JN]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598 [7NO]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (H.R. 4161), E2848 [1DE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (H.R. 4160), E2848 [1DE]

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (H.R. 1506), H12977 [16NO]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 2882), E1439 [17JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 552), H6910, H6916 [17JN]

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), H6321, H6322, H6323 [9JN]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (H.R. 3786), E2493 [8OC]

Violence Against Women Act: anniversary (H. Res. 738), H9460 [14SE]

Votes: correction, E2321 [21SE]

———position on missed, H1261 [12FE], H3674 [19MR], H3718 [23MR], H4717 [23AP], H5370 [7MY], H6584 [11JN], H6981, H6991 [18JN], H8664 [23JY], H8793 [24JY], H8935 [28JY], H9389 [9SE], H9842, H9866 [23SE], H10122 [30SE], H11142 [8OC], H12301 [4NO], H13495 [3DE], H14804 [11DE], H14994 [16DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H14741 [10DE]

Reports

Broken Promises—The Death of Deliberative Democracy: by, Committee on Rules (House), H6856 [16JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 111-156), H6805 [15JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 808) (H. Rept. 111-289), H11165 [8OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 961) (H. Rept. 111-368), H14445 [9DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 691) (H. Rept. 111-235), H9054 [29JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2847, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 552) (H. Rept. 111-158), H6902 [16JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 903) (H. Rept. 111-330), H12586 [6NO]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 158) (H. Rept. 111-15), H1246 [11FE]

Rules

Committee on Rules (House), H51-H53 [7JA]

Summaries

House Rules Adoption and Amendments (H. Res. 5), H11-H13 [6JA]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, H12598 [7NO]

McHugh, Sec. of the Army, H12040 [28OC]