MARKEY, BETSY (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3596 [18MR]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), H5853 [20MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3365 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 3509), H9278 [31JY]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H9443 [10SE]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H15503 [16DE]

Armed Forces: 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), H9730 [17SE]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H9397 [9SE]

———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), H14827 [11DE]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors (see H.R. 2699), H10070 [29SE]

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

———lift restrictions on certain benefits for military technicians and repeal prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians (see H.R. 3336), H13386 [1DE]

———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), H4734 [23AP]

———prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of members (see H.R. 2304), H7837 [8JY]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H11713 [22OC]

Averett University: anniversary (see H. Res. 347), H5668 [14MY]

Black Music Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H6013 [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), H6074 [2JN]

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

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]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see H.R. 2288), H5307 [6MY]

Business and industry: evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (see H.R. 662), H780 [28JA]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 177), H9808 [22SE]

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), H7947 [9JY]

China: urge release of incarcerated democratic activist Liu Xiaobo (see H. Con. Res. 151), H9738 [21SE]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9550 [15SE]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]

Colorado: authorize construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (see H.R. 172), H34 [6JA]

———provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (see H.R. 1000), H1247 [11FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8496 [21JY]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H5063 [30AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4688 [22AP]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see H.R. 3639), H11111 [7OC]

Credit cards: establish limits on certain fees for accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 3977), H12141 [29OC]

Crime: provide increased imprisonment for certain offenses by public officials (see H.R. 90), H2925 [3MR]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 177), H9808 [22SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H11167 [8OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see H.R. 2476), H7146 [23JN]

———establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H10457 [1OC]

Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see H.R. 4393), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: 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]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 3545), H9396 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see H.R. 3648), H9961 [24SE]

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

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H6266 [4JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award grants to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity to be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases (see H.R. 1150), H2631 [24FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center (see H.R. 3417), H9205 [30JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 4171), H13465 [2DE]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see H.R. 2156), H4914 [28AP]

———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), H12456 [5NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H11516 [20OC]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (see H.R. 174), H3527 [17MR]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 32), H11383 [14OC]

———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]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H4583 [21AP]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H11298 [13OC]

———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), H2886 [2MR]

Diseases: continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H7706 [26JN]

———improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2109), H11516 [20OC]

———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]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see H.R. 2788), H12588 [6NO]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9283 [31JY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see H.R. 1828), H12141 [29OC]

Energy Independence Month: observance (see H. Res. 318), H5064 [30AP]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H12365 [4NO]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3339), H15503 [16DE]

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1770), H4063 [26MR]

———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1174), H3749 [23MR]

Financial institutions: authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H13467 [2DE]

———exempt well-managed community-based depository institutions from certain capitalization, debt, and accounting requirements to ensure access to credit by small businesses and family farms (see H. Res. 943), H14744 [10DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H11790 [26OC]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H10520 [6OC]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 1332), H4734 [23AP]

Forest Service: reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of national forests and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4398), H15501 [16DE]

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), H7446 [25JN]

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H9281 [31JY]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H9281 [31JY]

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

Health: 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), H5582 [13MY]

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

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H6744 [12JN]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H5893 [20MY]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6973 [17JN]

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]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H2875 [26FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H4397 [1AP]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 2414), H5793 [19MY]

———provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers and sheepherders (see H.R. 1660), H5792 [19MY]

Information technology: provide grants to community colleges to improve accessibility of computer labs and training for those seeking to improve computer literacy and information technology skills (see H.R. 2060), H4731 [23AP]

Insurance: 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), H8009 [10JY]

Johnson, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 693), H9671 [16SE]

Kentucky: tribute to volunteers for efforts in responding to ice storm (see H. Res. 214), H3528 [17MR]

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), H11111 [7OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H4735 [23AP]

Medicaid: require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H13386 [1DE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H5400 [7MY]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H1520 [12FE]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 1970), H7706 [26JN]

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

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 3365), H11516 [20OC]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see H.R. 1101), H3642 [18MR]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H11516 [20OC]

———restore payments for home oxygen therapy through the beneficiary's period of medical need (see H.R. 2373), H6744 [12JN]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2692), H6807 [15JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 1597), H8960 [28JY] (see H.R. 4255), H14827 [11DE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H6415 [9JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H9900 [23SE]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H8026 [13JY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H6619 [11JN]

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

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 438), H5666 [14MY]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 534), H7707 [26JN]

National Community College Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 338), H4581 [21AP]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 507), H6265 [4JN]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 3464), H11167 [8OC]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H10457 [1OC]

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2632), H8101 [14JY]

National Park and Recreation Month: designate (see H. Res. 288), H6620 [11JN]

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

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H11458 [15OC]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13629 (see H. Res. 864), H14373 [8DE]

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

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2632 [24FE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H6539 [10JN]

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), H3527 [17MR]

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

Privacy: protect commercial and government data from data breaches (see H. Con. Res. 193), H13467 [2DE]

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), H7086 [19JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 1799), H7146 [23JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 171), H34 [6JA]

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

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H10070 [29SE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H10070 [29SE]

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

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1956), H13266 [18NO]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H5793 [19MY]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 2672), H10457 [1OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1203), H7947 [9JY]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see H.R. 2964), H11298 [13OC]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1470), H7146 [23JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 433), H8100 [14JY]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1250), H6619 [11JN]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 953), H9807 [22SE]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H4395 [1AP]

———encourage increased access to alternative fuels (see H.R. 1757), H4398 [1AP]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 173), H34 [6JA]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H5712 [18MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H5063 [30AP]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H6307 [8JN]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 422), H6538 [10JN]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H6076 [2JN]

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

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 1993), H12044 [28OC]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 3227), H10457 [1OC]

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

———provide a credit for property certified by the EPA under the WaterSense program (see H.R. 1908), H4520 [2AP]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1509), H6266 [4JN] (see H.R. 3615), H9806 [22SE]

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H14827 [11DE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H11582 [21OC]

———provide employers a credit for reimbursing employee carpooling expenses (see H.R. 2367), H7446 [25JN]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H4524 [2AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H8356 [17JY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H7837 [8JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H9999 [25SE]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3612), H10458 [1OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H13386 [1DE]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H6904 [16JN]

———provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 1220), H8100 [14JY]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9738 [21SE]

Truth in Lending Act: provide coverage for credit cards issued to small businesses (see H.R. 3457), H11516 [20OC]

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]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2135), H4914 [28AP]

Veterans: 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. 303), H2925 [3MR] (see H.R. 333), H8356 [17JY]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H10070 [29SE]

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

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

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), H4999 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and enhance access to mental health counseling (see H.R. 3368), H8959 [28JY]

Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 926), H1080 [9FE]

Colorado: designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest (see H.R. 419), H161 [9JA]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see H.R. 3959), H12044 [28OC]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 3781), H11166 [8OC]

Motor vehicles: amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 3275), H8494 [21JY]

Read Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 146), H1158 [10FE]

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

Roosevelt National Forest: provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances to correct effects of an erroneous land survey (see H.R. 1858), H4396 [1AP]

Small business: authorize certain debt refinancing (see H.R. 2527), H5891 [20MY]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 561), H380 [15JA]

———allow expensing of certain real property (see H.R. 3178), H8008 [10JY]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power (see H.R. 4149), H13353 [19NO]

W.D. Farr Post Office Building, Greeley, CO: designate (see H.R. 4238), H13628 (see H.R. 4238), H14371 [8DE]

Remarks

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H9498 [15SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H9498 [15SE]

Clean Air Act: clarify definition of renewable biomass under renewable fuel standard and renewable electricity standard, H7663 [26JN]

Colorado: tribute to Commissioners of Agriculture, E641 [11MR]

Community service: increase funding for organizations to support individuals enrolled in full-time national service positions, H3596 [18MR]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3596, H3597 [18MR]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (H.R. 3639), H12313 [4NO]

Credit cards: provide that issuers that impose a freeze on increases to interest rates, fees, and contract terms would be exempt from accelerated date requiring application of excess payments to highest rate balance, H12313 [4NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1913), H4947 [29AP]

Dept. of Education: establish Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Schools, H5512 [13MY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5512 [13MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8140 [15JY]

EPA: establish wastewater and stormwater reuse and recycling technology demonstration program, H4709 [23AP]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), E1221 [20MY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), H13098 [18NO]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), H4037 [26MR]

———require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy to include a system to study effects of invasive species and implement fire safety programs focused on eradication of such species, H4037 [26MR]

Intrado Communications, Inc.: anniversary, E2899 [7DE]

Motor vehicles: amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (H.R. 3275), E1862 [21JY]

———provide for a program of research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles, H8140 [15JY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7663 [26JN], E2092 [31JY]

———national energy policy, H4847 [28AP]

———strengthen siting authority within the Western Interconnection, H7663 [26JN]

Read Across America Day: designate (H. Res. 146), H2896 [3MR]

Read for the Record Day: designate (H. Res. 741), H10472 [6OC]

Roosevelt National Forest: provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances to correct effects of an erroneous land survey (H.R. 1858), H9292 [8SE], E843 [1AP]

Small business: authorize certain debt refinancing (H.R. 2527), E1219 [20MY]

———encourage awareness of energy saving techniques and programs, H5853 [20MY]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), H5853 [20MY]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H253 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H966 [4FE]

Taxation: allow expensing of certain real property (H.R. 3178), E1725 [10JY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family and condemn murder of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (H. Res. 529), H6592 [11JN]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (H. Res. 971), H14915 [15DE]

Votes: position on missed, H469 [22JA], H5912 [21MY], H7855 [9JY], E1221 [20MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3365 [12MR]

———require States to use water pollution control revolving funds capital grants to provide assistance to certain smaller muncipalities, H3365 [12MR]

Water Research and Development Initiative: assess role of Federal water research funding in the development of the next generation of scientists and engineers, H4712 [23AP]

———implement (H.R. 1145), H4709, H4712 [23AP]

Windsor, CO: tribute to Windsor High School marching band, E112 [21JA]