SHEA-PORTER, CAROL (a Representative from New Hampshire)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9443 [10SE]

Afghanistan: express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6077 [2JN]

———promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 2214), H6155 [3JN]

Africa: acknowledge significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance (see H. Con. Res. 128), H8708 [23JY]

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

AID: establish the Health Technology Program (see H.R. 3560), H11791 [26OC]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H11711 [22OC]

———issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H4584 [21AP]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1045 [4FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H8184 [15JY]

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), H12197 [2NO]

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]

———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), H7446 [25JN]

———express condolences to families and friends of victims of shooting at the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq (see H. Res. 471), H6013 [21MY]

———express gratitude for service of Coast Guard and Marine Corps aircraft pilots and crewmembers lost off the coast of California (see H. Res. 891), H13003 [16NO]

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

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans, commend those currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ensure receipt of adequate combat training (see H. Res. 904), H13001 [16NO]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors (see H.R. 2699), H13386 [1DE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H14446 [9DE]

———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), H4583 [21AP]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H2980 [4MR]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (see H.R. 2990), H7251 [24JN]

———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), H923 [3FE]

———recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (see H. Res. 408), H5307 [6MY]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H5000 [29AP]

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

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 624), H875 [2FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H442 [21JA]

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]

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

Canada Day: observance (see H. Res. 519), H6539 [10JN]

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), H1604 [13FE]

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

China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H9397 [9SE]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1278), H10520 [6OC]

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), H9342 [8SE]

Coastal zones: develop a Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal State waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 365), H158 [9JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H5893 [20MY]

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), H4128 [30MR]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H3438 [16MR]

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

Courts: provide in personam jurisdiction in actions against contractors performing contracts abroad relative to seriously injured individuals working for the U.S. in connection with contractor activities (see H.R. 2349), H9999 [25SE]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H4063 [26MR]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H9443 [10SE]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H2875 [26FE]

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

Crime: combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see H.R. 1173), H12197 [2NO]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H10408 [30SE]

Dartmouth College: anniversary of Dartmouth Outing Club (see H. Res. 776), H11168 [8OC]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H9397 [9SE]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see H.R. 3166), H7946 [9JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish NOAA and a National Climate Enterprise (see H.R. 2685), H6154 [3JN]

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), H5664 [14MY]

———establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 666), H493 [23JA]

———improve and expand suicide prevention and community healing and response training under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (see H.R. 2836), H6618 [11JN]

———promote reform and independence in the oversight of weapons system acquisition (see H.R. 2101), H4838 [27AP]

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

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H12142 [29OC]

———allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see H.R. 2597), H6010 [21MY]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H12288 [3NO]

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see H.R. 2579), H8356 [17JY]

———establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services and provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning (see H.R. 3800), H11297 [13OC]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5401 [7MY]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H12457 [5NO]

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

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 1378), H11581 [21OC]

———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 Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H4840 [27AP]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 3242), H9342 [8SE]

———provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, research, and surveillance (see H.R. 3856), H11514 [20OC]

———provide services for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption (see H.R. 1505), H6415 [9JN]

———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), H5096 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H9900 [23SE]

Dept. of HUD: 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), H14982 [15DE]

Dept. of Justice: fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see H.R. 3695), H12045 [28OC]

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

———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 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), H1521 [12FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3145 [10MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: restrict use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for domestic purposes (see H.R. 1761), H4062 [26MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

———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), H777 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H9281 [31JY]

———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), H4251 [31MR]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see H.R. 949), H12197 [2NO]

———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), H9441 [10SE]

———increase vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance (see H.R. 1821), H12197 [2NO]

———make certain improvements in the service disabled veterans' insurance program (see H.R. 2713), H9397 [9SE]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H9281 [31JY]

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

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H4840 [27AP]

Disasters: express condolences for loss of life and injuries caused by earthquakes and tsunami in American Samoa and Samoa and support relief efforts to survivors (see H. Res. 816), H11166 [8OC]

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

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H9899 [23SE]

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H3835 [24MR]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H9397 [9SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H3056 [5MR]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H8026 [13JY]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 2275), H8586 [22JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H11458 [15OC]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9397 [9SE]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 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), H5582 [13MY]

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

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]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H4583 [21AP]

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), H1249 [11FE]

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), H7086 [19JN]

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

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H15504 [16DE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H3706 [19MR]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H3078 [6MR]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H3146 [10MR]

Federal agencies and departments: require an annual report on contract oversight (see H.R. 1360), H3528 [17MR]

Federal employees: provide for transportation of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal employees who die while or as a result of performing official duties (see H.R. 2711), H9397 [9SE]

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

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), H3835 [24MR]

Federal Reserve Act: provide for lending authority for certain securities purchases (see H.R. 2551), H7023 [18JN]

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

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1770), H11458 [15OC]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 1584), H8356 [17JY]

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

Food: establish a pilot program that requires schools to post nutritional content information and to teach students how to make healthy food selections (see H.R. 2322), H5668 [14MY]

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), H6415 [9JN]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

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

Hazardous substances: enhance public awareness of potential health effects posed by mercury (see H. Res. 648), H11516 [20OC]

———phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 2190), H8810 [24JY]

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]

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

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see H.R. 2360), H5893 [20MY]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H9397 [9SE]

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

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6744 [12JN]

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

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

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H6016 [21MY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H10457 [1OC]

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), H7024 [18JN]

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), H12198 [2NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3578), H13467 [2DE]

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), H4734 [23AP]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1092), H3402 [12MR] (see H.R. 1558), H4584 [21AP]

———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]

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

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

Investments: regulation of futures transactions involving energy commodities, regulate credit default swaps, and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H6077 [2JN]

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

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

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

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: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H8708 [23JY]

McCourt, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 743), H9731 [17SE]

Medicaid: 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), H11581 [21OC]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H5712 [18MY]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 1142), H9550 [15SE]

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

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

———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1051), H8356 [17JY]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H4519 [2AP]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H11167 [8OC]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H4026 [25MR]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H12198 [2NO]

———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), H7838 [8JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H493 [23JA] (see H.R. 4255), H14982 [15DE]

———strengthen post-employment restrictions (see H.R. 2259), H6015 [21MY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1361), H3054 [5MR]

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 771), H11299 [13OC]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species (see H.R. 2062), H9491 [14SE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H8009 [10JY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 699), H2836 [25FE]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see H. Res. 599), H8303 [16JY]

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

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H6266 [4JN]

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

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H923 [3FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H5307 [6MY]

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), H4249 [31MR]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 110), H6156 [3JN]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 507), H6620 [11JN]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H11166 [8OC]

National Drug Facts Chat Day: recognize importance (see H. Res. 728), H9443 [10SE]

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

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see H. Res. 370), H4840 [27AP]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H7837 [8JY]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H10408 [30SE]

National Military Family Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 861), H11791 [26OC]

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

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3589), H11167 [8OC]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H9808 [22SE]

National security: 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]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5486 [12MY]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 211), H3055 [5MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H325 [14JA]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (see H. Res. 773), H12198 [2NO]

———tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see H. Con. Res. 129), H9397 [9SE]

New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (see H. Res. 159), H1248 [11FE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H13386 [1DE]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H37 [6JA]

NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program and a national undersea research program (see H.R. 366), H158 [9JA]

———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), H12142 [29OC]

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

Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army: recognize service, sacrifice, honor, and professionalism (see H.J. Res. 44), H8586 [22JY]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]

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), H4584 [21AP]

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), H3438 [16MR]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1607 [13FE]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H5063 [30AP]

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

Peterborough, NH: recognize MacDowell Colony for contribution to arts around the world and the cultural heritage of the U.S. (see H. Res. 842), H11458 [15OC]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H3706 [19MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H4584 [21AP]

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), H2886 [2MR]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H5400 [7MY]

———provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 1686), H5400 [7MY]

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

Presidential Commission on Women: establish (see H.R. 1887), H4519 [2AP]

Privacy: establish limitations on use of whole-body imaging technology for aircraft passenger screening (see H.R. 2027), H5667 [14MY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H14827 [11DE]

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), H7837 [8JY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H5096 [4MY]

Public utilities: enhance security of U.S. public water systems (see H.R. 3258), H10520 [6OC]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6156 [3JN]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 26), H2886 [2MR]

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

REAL ID Act: repeal provisions on State requirements for security of identification cards and driver's licenses and reinstitute negotiated rulemaking and guidelines for such documents (see H.R. 3471), H13069 [17NO]

Red Cross Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 311), H4584 [21AP]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 441), H7707 [26JN]

Senior citizens: authorize additional appropriations for the family caregiver support program and for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information (see H.R. 519), H324 [14JA]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H12288 [3NO]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 1289), H12364 [4NO]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 4054), H12587 [6NO]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H11713 [22OC]

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

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (see H. Res. 329), H4584 [21AP]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6077 [2JN]

Takamiyama Daigoro: honor contributions to Sumo wrestling and to U.S.-Japan relations (see H. Res. 479), H6416 [9JN]

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

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2601), H6011 [21MY]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses (see H.R. 2826), H6617 [11JN]

———allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 1405), H6266 [4JN]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1470), H6155 [3JN]

———consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see H.R. 518), H324 [14JA]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H8100 [14JY]

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

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3666), H13387 [1DE]

———extend credit for nonbusiness energy property and include biomass heating appliances in energy-efficient building property (see H.R. 2080), H11167 [8OC]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H9999 [25SE]

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

———increase, make permanent, and index for inflation the deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and modify definition of eligible educator to include preschool educators (see H.R. 3164), H7946 [9JY]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 460), H194 [13JA]

———increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 2298), H5793 [19MY]

———modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 517), H324 [14JA]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 4070), H13521 [3DE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H9491 [14SE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H13354 [19NO]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H3641 [18MR]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H12457 [5NO]

———provide commuter flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 971), H1158 [10FE]

———provide credits to small businesses and their employees for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3115), H7740 [7JY]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1792), H11516 [20OC]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H10519 [6OC]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9671 [16SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H5308 [6MY]

Television: permit satellite carriers to retransmit signals of certain noncommercial, educational television stations outside their local markets (see H.R. 3498), H9278 [31JY]

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), H9731 [17SE]

Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (see H. Res. 291), H4584 [21AP]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5000 [29AP]

Travel and tourism: require operators of international travel websites to provide information to consumers on potential health risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (see H.R. 3099), H13467 [2DE]

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

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (see H. Con. Res. 139), H11168 [8OC]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see H. Res. 747), H11168 [8OC]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3756), H11299 [13OC]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H3835 [24MR]

———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), H381 [15JA]

———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 and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H13386 [1DE]

Voting: 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), H13467 [2DE]

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

Washington (State): honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H9207 [30JY]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H9280 [31JY]

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

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5712 [18MY]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H7741 [7JY]

World War II: tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see H. Res. 259), H4689 [22AP]

———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (see H. Res. 494), H9207 [30JY]

Year of the Military Family: designate (see H. Con. Res. 64), H2874 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: limit requirements of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay (see H.R. 2302), H5397 [7MY]

———provide an equitable process for recovery of overpayments erroneously paid due to no fault of the members and expand discretion for remission or cancellation of indebtedness (see H.R. 2771), H6413 [9JN]

———recognize spouses of members who are serving in combat or have served in combat through the presentation of an official lapel button (see H.R. 4043), H12586 [6NO]

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

Bankruptcy: protect medical debt homeowners and caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see H.R. 901), H1043 [4FE]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: nullify certain regulations, restore prior regulations, and direct the Dept. of Labor to revise certain additional regulations (see H.R. 2161), H4998 [29AP]

New Hampshire: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 899), H12587 [6NO]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]

Tariff: bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI) (see H.R. 3062), H7445 [25JN]

———liquidation or reliquidation of large newspaper printing presses and components thereof (see H.R. 224), H37 [6JA]

Veterans: ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (see H.R. 190), H35 [6JA]

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

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H579 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), H5603 [14MY]

Armed Forces: provide an equitable process for recovery of overpayments erroneously paid due to no fault of the members and expand discretion for remission or cancellation of indebtedness (H.R. 2771), E1355 [9JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3112 [10MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4422 [2AP]

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

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H14886 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7347 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11122 [8OC]

———debar from contracting any company found to have jeopardized the health or safety of Government personnel or found guilty of contract fraud (H.R. 2825), H6542 [11JN]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), insert H.R. 2101 language in lieu and pass (H. Res. 432), H5527 [13MY]

———prohibit disposal of hazardous waste using open-air burn pits during contingency operations of more than one year, H7347 [25JN]

———promote reform and independence in the oversight of weapons system acquisition (H.R. 2101), passage (H. Res. 432), H5527 [13MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 775), H4274 [1AP]

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), H118 [9JA]

Education: student financial aid programs, H9601 [16SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: nullify certain regulations, restore prior regulations, and direct the Dept. of Labor to revise certain additional regulations (H.R. 2161), E1008 [29AP]

Federal employees: make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (H.R. 1804), H4274 [1AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7257 [25JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8900 [28JY], H9060 [30JY], H11817 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12870 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12603 [7NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9601 [16SE]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H394 [21JA]

International Women's Day: observance, E614 [10MR]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 914), H13321 [19NO]

Privacy: establish limitations on use of whole-body imaging technology for aircraft passenger screening, H6207 [4JN]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 240), H3452 [17MR]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H254 [14JA]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6207 [4JN]

Veterans: ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (H.R. 190), E22 [6JA]

Votes: position on missed, H12300 [4NO]

World Pneumonia Day: observance (H. Res. 863), H12255 [3NO]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 240), H3452 [17MR]

Tributes

Kirk, Joshua, H11388 [15OC]

Ouellette, Michael W., H4029 [26MR]