LYNCH, STEPHEN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6503 [10JN]

Economy: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14710 [10DE]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6503 [10JN]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6205 [4JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (see H. Res. 341), H4735 [23AP]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see H.R. 2182), H5308 [6MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H13387 [1DE]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H3835 [24MR]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H13002 [16NO]

Ann-Marie Blute Post Office, Shrewsbury, MA: designate (see H.R. 4017), H12364 [4NO]

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), H9807 [22SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H2836 [25FE]

———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), H7144 [23JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 1695), H9962 [24SE]

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

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]

Census: allow mail carriers to serve in temporary enumerator positions in connection with the 2010 decennial census (see H.R. 3167), H8007 [10JY]

———provide that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited (see H.R. 3855), H11714 [22OC]

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), H7023 [18JN]

———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), H6307 [8JN]

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), H6156 [3JN]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1751), H7446 [25JN]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3836 [24MR]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H4915 [28AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H923 [3FE]

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

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

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H11298 [13OC]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H7446 [25JN]

———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 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), H11869 [27OC]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H13002 [16NO]

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), H4524 [2AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1242), H9807 [22SE]

———reiterate requirement to submit a report on terrorism financing in accordance with the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see H.R. 3387), H9055 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 734), H12044 [28OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3835 [24MR]

———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), H13002 [16NO]

———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), H8809 [24JY]

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 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), H6266 [4JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7022 [18JN]

District of Columbia: express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates (see H. Res. 612), H7740 [7JY]

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

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

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: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H4840 [27AP]

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), H8303 [16JY]

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

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

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 626), H484 [22JA]

———improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks (see H.R. 1722), H4026 [25MR]

———make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 1804), H4249 [31MR]

———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), H6263 [4JN]

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

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

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]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H13002 [16NO]

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), H12588 [6NO]

———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H13002 [16NO]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705), H6973 [17JN]

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

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 252), H4584 [21AP]

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

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for establishment of a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1700), H8410 [20JY]

Haiti: make nationals eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 144), H1520 [12FE]

———support temporary protected status for nationals currently residing in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 165), H8810 [24JY]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H8495 [21JY]

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

———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), H8185 [15JY]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H8495 [21JY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H11167 [8OC]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE]

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

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: 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), H11298 [13OC]

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]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H10520 [6OC]

Medicare: provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H7249 [24JN]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H6266 [4JN]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1608 [13FE]

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

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11791 [26OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11791 [26OC]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H6267 [4JN]

National Kids' Philanthropy Day: designate (see H. Res. 452), H8586 [22JY]

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

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

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

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H163 [9JA]

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

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

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]

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), H5582 [13MY]

Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H11298 [13OC]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]

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]

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]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (see H.R. 4291), H15509 [23DE]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H10070 [29SE]

Rialto, CA: tribute to Eisenhower High School boys' basketball team (see H. Res. 321), H4689 [22AP]

Roads and highways: inspect highway tunnels (see H.R. 2232), H5095 [4MY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H6744 [12JN]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]

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]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 186), H9731 [17SE]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2875 [26FE]

Sri Lanka: ensure safety and release of internally displaced persons in camps, call for independent operation and oversight of such camps, and allow foreign access to oversee rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 711), H12198 [2NO]

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), H6016 [21MY]

Taiwan: express condolences in the aftermath of the typhoon that struck the central and southern regions of the island (see H. Res. 733), H9808 [22SE]

———tribute to accession to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (see H. Res. 887), H12288 [3NO]

Taxation: allow a credit for installation of residential micro-combined heat and power property (see H.R. 2328), H5793 [19MY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H5485 [12MY]

———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), H6307 [8JN]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1203), H2835 [25FE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 147), H6155 [3JN]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H6744 [12JN]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H7250 [24JN]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H9207 [30JY]

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

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

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H3338 [11MR]

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

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H7147 [23JN]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 305), H4582 [21AP]

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

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

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

U.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]

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), H7146 [23JN]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 89), H781 [28JA]

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

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H5063 [30AP]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1032), H3402 [12MR]

Workers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 375), H4915 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Boston, MA: provide enhanced voucher rental assistance for residents of certain federally assisted low-income housing (see H.R. 3117), H7740 [7JY]

Dept. of HUD: provide for semiannual actuarial studies of FHA mortgage insurance program (see H.R. 2467), H5712 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (see H.R. 1129), H2601 [23FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: reauthorize the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 1856), H4396 [1AP]

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: establish the National Center on Liver Disease Research (see H.R. 1128), H2601 [23FE]

Pensions: automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (see H.R. 1263), H2923 [3MR]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 1686), H3833 [24MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4129 [30MR]

Letters

Improved Financial and Commodity Markets Oversight and Accountability Act: Representative Peterson, Committee on Agriculture (House), H6285 [8JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H6285 [8JN]

Kingman and Heritage Islands Act: Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H10564 [7OC]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H10564 [7OC]

Public Service Recognition Week: John Berry, OPM, H5112 [5MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3712 [23MR]

Remarks

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H6086, H6089, H6090 [3JN]

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (H. Res. 341), H4850, H4852 [28AP]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 112), H1267, H1269 [12FE]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary of Daughters of Penelope (H. Res. 209), H11181, H11182 [13OC]

American Kennel Club: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 160), H14841, H14842 [14DE]

Ann-Marie Blute Post Office, Shrewsbury, MA: designate (H.R. 4017), H13574, H13575 [8DE]

Armed Forces: provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H.R. 2990), H7164 [24JN]

Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building, Portola, CA: designate (H.R. 3319), H11469, H11470 [20OC]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 435), H6279 [8JN]

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 (H. Res. 340), H4848, H4849, H4850 [28AP]

Black History Month: observance (H. Res. 83), H2615, H2616, H2618 [24FE]

Boston Cares (organization): tribute, E2581 [20OC]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (H. Res. 356), H6277 [8JN]

Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building, Rochester, NY: designate (H.R. 1595), H4852, H4853 [28AP]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 127), H7716, H7718 [7JY]

Carl B. Smith Post Office, Island Falls, ME: designate (H.R. 2173), H6087, H6089, H6090 [3JN]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: designate (H.R. 1397), H5109, H5110 [5MY]

China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO): tribute, E2577 [20OC]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (H. Res. 725), H10018, H10019 [29SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), E90 [14JA]

Clyde Hichborn Post Office, Howland, ME: designate (H.R. 2174), H10562, H10563 [7OC]

Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building, White Springs, FL: designate (H.R. 3667), H13363, H13364 [1DE]

Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr., Post Office Building, Springfield, IL: designate (S. 234), H2619, H2620 [24FE]

Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office, Erath, LA: designate (H.R. 2972), H8464 [21JY]

Constitution Day: support and honor (H. Res. 734), H10019, H10020 [29SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, H11118 [8OC]

Dedication Day: honor Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (H. Res. 736), H12175, H12176 [2NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11118, H11119 [8OC]

———termination of pay-for-performance personnel system, H11119 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow for voluntary usage of personal protective equipment during any public health emergency, H7188 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), H7188 [24JN]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6503 [10JN]

———report on Special Immigrant Visa Programs for certain Iraqis and Afghanis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government in both Afghanistan and Iraq, H6503 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7872 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (H.R. 1129), H7713 [7JY]

District of Columbia: expand allowable uses for Kingman and Heritage Islands (H.R. 2092), H10563, H10565 [7OC]

———permit nonjudicial employees of the court system and other court-related services to include service prior to conversion to Federal status in determining retirement eligibility, H11119 [8OC]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (H.R. 2971), H9766, H9767 [22SE]

Economy: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14711, H14712 [10DE]

Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building, Pompano Beach, FL: designate (H.R. 1271), H5113, H5114 [5MY]

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (H.R. 885), H6284, H6285, H6286 [8JN]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), H6223, H6225, H6229, H6231, H6234, H6236 [4JN]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), motion to recommit, H6238 [4JN]

———ensure those called to active duty are able count time of military service toward total time of employment for benefit purposes, H6236 [4JN]

———make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (H.R. 1804), H4272 [1AP]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, H11118 [8OC]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, H11118 [8OC]

———provide for transportation of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal employees who die while or as a result of performing official duties (H.R. 2711), H13576, H13578 [8DE]

———require employees to use all accrued leave before receiving additional paid parental leave, H6234 [4JN]

———require OPM to consider the impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income employees, H6236 [4JN]

———terminate additional paid parental leave for Federal employees if the deficit in any fiscal year exceeds a certain level, H6238 [4JN]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), H14835, H14837 [14DE]

Filipino American History Month: observance (H. Res. 780), H12172, H12173 [2NO]

Financial institutions: limit financial institutions and major swap participants to certain ownership percentage in derivatives clearing organizations, H14711, H14712 [10DE]

1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office, Chester, NY: designate (H.R. 2877), H11180, H11181 [13OC]

Flag Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 420), H6282, H6283, H6284 [8JN]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6503 [10JN]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (H. Res. 320), H4539, H4540, H4542 [21AP]

Frederic Remington Post Office Building, Ogdensburg, NY: designate (H.R. 2090), H6084, H6086 [3JN]

George Kell Post Office, Swifton, AR: designate (H.R. 3634), H13361, H13362, H13363 [1DE]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: designate (H.R. 774), H5107, H5109 [5MY]

Greater Media, Inc.: Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award recipient, E253 [12FE]

GSA: extend authority for relocation expenses test programs for Federal employees (S. 1825), H12975 [16NO]

Harpers Ferry, WV: anniversary of John Brown's raid (H. Res. 568), H11995, H11996, H11997 [28OC]

Harvey, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 223), H4072, H4073 [30MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12175 [2NO]

Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station, Nampa, ID: designate (H.R. 2162), H5437, H5438 [12MY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 783), H11997, H11998, H11999 [28OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H12173, H12175, H12176 [2NO]

Information technology: improve effectiveness of Government collection, analysis, and dissemination of business information using modern interactive data technologies, H14838 [14DE]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), H14928 [15DE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 254), H4543, H4544 [21AP]

John J. Shivnen Post Office Building, Garden City, MI: designate (H.R. 2215), H9764 [22SE]

John S. Wilder Post Office Building, Somerville, TN: designate (H.R. 1817), H6081, H6084 [3JN]

John Scott Challis, Jr., Post Office, Freedom, PA: designate (H.R. 987), H3404 [16MR]

Johnson, Jim: tribute (H. Res. 693), H10015, H10016 [29SE]

Journal: question of approval, H2633 [25FE]

Kalas, Harry: tribute (H. Res. 350), H8466, H8467, H8468 [21JY]

Kentucky: tribute to volunteers for efforts in responding to ice storm (H. Res. 214), H4544, H4545, H4547 [21AP]

Kile G. West Post Office Building, Georgetown, TX: designate (H.R. 2422), H6758 [15JN]

kile G. West Post Office Building, Georgetown, TX: designate (H.R. 2422), H6759 [15JN]

Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building, St. Charles, MO: designate (H.R. 1218), H3716, H3717 [23MR]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: designate (H.R. 2325), H6757, H6758 [15JN]

Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building, Port Charlotte, FL: designate (H.R. 2470), H6759, H6760 [15JN]

Lim Poon Lee Post Office, San Francisco, CA: designate (H.R. 3119), H8458, H8460 [21JY]

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (H. Res. 139), H1269, H1270 [12FE]

Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute (H. Res. 566), H8465 [21JY]

Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office, McLain, MS: designate (H.R. 1284), H3409 [16MR]

McCourt, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 743), H13366, H13367 [1DE]

McHugh, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of the Army, H6086 [3JN]

Mother's Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 388), H5436 [12MY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 178), H3713, H3715 [23MR]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 534), H8462, H8463 [21JY]

National Firefighters Memorial Day: designate (H. Res. 729), H11999, H12001 [28OC]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (H. Res. 370), H5433, H5434 [12MY]

National Job Corps Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 163), H9765 [22SE]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 16), H10013, H10014 [29SE]

National Men's Health Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 142), H7714, H7715 [7JY]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (H. Con. Res. 84), H5434 [12MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 727), H13364, H13365, H13366 [1DE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 779), H14839, H14840 [14DE]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 112), H1267, H1269 [12FE]

New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (H. Res. 159), H12174, H12175 [2NO]

Newman, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 18), H2612, H2613, H2615 [24FE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (H. Res. 790), H11992, H11993, H11995 [28OC]

Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building, Harrison, NJ: designate (H.R. 3539), H12976 [16NO]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 47), H2636, H2639 [25FE]

Pensions: automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (H.R. 1263), H4272 [1AP]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (H. Res. 110), H1263, H1267 [12FE]

Point of order, H6284 [8JN], H12975 [16NO]

Points of Light Institute: anniversary, E2581 [20OC]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (H.R. 22), H9505 [15SE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H6086, H6089, H6090 [3JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (H. Res. 299), H5111, H5112, H5113 [5MY], E807 [30MR]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (H. Res. 942), H14840, H14841 [14DE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (H. Res. 441), H9763, H9764 [22SE]

Rex E. Lee Post Office Building, Provo, UT: designate (H.R. 3547), H10561, H10562 [7OC]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 131), H3085, H3086 [9MR]

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]

Roy Rondeno, Sr., Post Office Building, New Orleans, LA: designate (H.R. 3951), H13573, H13574 [8DE]

Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office, Dade City, FL: designate (H.R. 1516), H4547, H4548 [21AP]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 186), H10016, H10017 [29SE]

Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building, Ballwin, MO: designate (H.R. 1217), H3408, H3409 [16MR]

Stan Lundine Post Office Building, Jamestown, NY: designate (H.R. 918), H3715, H3716 [23MR]

Transportation Security Administration: allow for voluntary usage of personal protective equipment during any public health emergency, H6205, H6206 [4JN]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6205, H6206 [4JN]

Vietnamese Refugees Day: designate (H. Res. 342), H4853, H4855 [28AP]

W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building, Smithfield, UT: designate (H.R. 3767), H12974, H12975 [16NO]

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (H. Res. 742), H13360, H13361 [1DE]

Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building, Sparta, GA: designate (H.R. 663), H1272, H1273 [12FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: taking down of words, H6089 [3JN]

Leave of absence: granted, H8871 [27JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Congressional Record: striking of words, H6089 [3JN]

Tributes

Avey, Michael S., E1476 [17JN]

Fratalia, Francesco (Kid), E263 [12FE]

Galante, Francis, E1188 [18MY]

Hurley, John J. (Wacko), E544 [4MR]

Kennedy, Edward M., H10050 [29SE]