KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 800), H920 [3FE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see H.R. 2995), H11516 [20OC]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H3399 [12MR]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 233), H922 [3FE]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 613), H11111 [7OC]

Armed Forces: encourage military departments to maximize opportunities for space-available travel for members in a leave or pass status who are traveling between December 18, 2009, and January 3, 2010 (see H. Con. Res. 220), H14827 [11DE]

———ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (see H.R. 4088), H13068 [17NO]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H4999 [29AP]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H601 [27JA]

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 435), H5581 [13MY]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see H.R. 388), H159 [9JA]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

Children and youth: recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see H. Res. 210), H2980 [4MR]

———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), H4525 [2AP]

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

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

Colleges and universities: recognize valuable contributions of the extension offices of land-grant universities (see H. Res. 740), H9808 [22SE]

Congress: prohibit consideration of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities (see H.R. 2512), H5890 [20MY]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H4841 [27AP]

Cornell, Robert: tribute (see H. Res. 481), H6013 [21MY]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 1531), H5582 [13MY]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 1530), H5400 [7MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR] (see H.R. 1528), H5400 [7MY]

Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: develop a secure electronic method of forwarding the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty to the appropriate State or local office of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1872), H5582 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 2081), H4732 [23AP]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H13386 [1DE]

———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), H8873 [27JY]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H3105 [9MR]

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

———publish physical activity guidelines for the general public (see H.R. 3851), H11514 [20OC]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H15503 [16DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see H.R. 1499), H8809 [24JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3527 [17MR]

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), H5308 [6MY]

———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), H5096 [4MY]

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: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2109), H5170 [5MY]

———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]

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

Early Detection Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 158), H7947 [9JY]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: make any local educational agency receiving funds under part A of title I or public charter school eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant (see H.R. 1313), H3402 [12MR]

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

———reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (see H.R. 558), H380 [15JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H8026 [13JY]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 1054), H9550 [15SE]

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

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (see H.R. 885), H3527 [17MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H8809 [24JY]

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

Financial institutions: authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H13387 [1DE]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 81), H91 [8JA]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 2426), H5665 [14MY]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H6619 [11JN]

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]

Harvey, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 223), H3146 [10MR]

Health: ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4525 [2AP]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———facilitate State innovation in national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 78), H3834 [24MR] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H4581 [21AP]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2926 [3MR]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H6015 [21MY]

———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), H3525 [17MR]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H3707 [19MR]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H5791 [19MY]

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]

Historic buildings and sites: assist citizens, public and private institutions, and governments in planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic battles were fought on American soil (see H.R. 548), H527 [26JA]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H8009 [10JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]

House of Representatives: require posting on the Office of the Clerk Internet site a record of recorded votes taken in the House and require Members to link their Internet sites to such record (see H. Res. 287), H4026 [25MR]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H196 [13JA]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 270), H3705 [19MR]

———recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 3749), H11110 [7OC]

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

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 2414), H7086 [19JN]

Ingram, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 970), H14981 [15DE]

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]

Investments: increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

IRS: repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H920 [3FE]

La Follette, Robert M., Sr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2317), H5398 [7MY]

———mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2318), H5398 [7MY]

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]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H6077 [2JN]

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

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H3748 [23MR]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (see H.R. 3092), H7704 [26JN]

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

Medicare: continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 2176), H5667 [14MY]

———coverage of intravenous immune globulin for in-home treatments of primary immune deficiency diseases and of certain disposable pumps as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1765), H5667 [14MY]

———distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2251), H5406 [11MY]

———ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see H.R. 1392), H5667 [14MY]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———expand development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services and implement a performance-based payment methodology for such services (see H.R. 1776), H8100 [14JY]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 2124), H8303 [16JY]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (see H.R. 1430), H5667 [14MY]

———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2201), H5060 [30AP]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H3399 [12MR]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H4519 [2AP]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see H.R. 668), H493 [23JA]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7021 [18JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H4524 [2AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H8355 [17JY]

Members of Congress: deny automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H71 [7JA]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 4255), H15509 [23DE]

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

Middle East: anniversary of peace treaty between Egypt and Israel (see H. Res. 282), H4064 [26MR]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species (see H.R. 2062), H5170 [5MY]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H6076 [2JN]

``Milwaukee Brides Walk'': commemorate and recognize all brides marches in protest of domestic violence (see H. Res. 735), H9442 [10SE]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 699), H601 [27JA]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7838 [8JY]

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 Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 613), H11111 [7OC]

National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 2256), H6415 [9JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H5064 [30AP]

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

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 996), H15508 [23DE]

National Coaches Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 6), H8873 [27JY]

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

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

National Facial Protection Month: support (see H. Res. 193), H4689 [22AP]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 112), H5401 [7MY]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5063 [30AP]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H4916 [28AP]

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4064 [26MR]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: recognize (see H. Res. 503), H6265 [4JN]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 104), H4687 [22AP]

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

National Trails Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 475), H6013 [21MY]

Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 46), H5061 [30AP]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H3641 [18MR]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of school integration (see H. Res. 901), H12587 [6NO]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 985), H3749 [23MR]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H9281 [31JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H14446 [9DE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H10456 [1OC]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H4999 [29AP]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

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

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H12588 [6NO]

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

Poland: anniversary of parliamentary elections (see H. Res. 504), H6265 [4JN]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H8303 [16JY]

Political ethics: prohibit an authorized campaign committee of a Member of Congress from accepting contributions from any entity for which the candidate sought a congressional earmark (see H.R. 2038), H5486 [12MY]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H3438 [16MR]

Power resources: promote biogas production (see H.R. 1158), H2631 [24FE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H7740 [7JY]

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

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 131), H1045 [4FE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]

Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 2006), H5308 [6MY]

Social Security: 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), H8025 [13JY]

Society of Thoracic Surgeons: anniversary of National Database (see H. Con. Res. 202), H11712 [22OC]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 1352), H8708 [23JY]

State News (Michigan State University publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 487), H9397 [9SE]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (see H.R. 3410), H9205 [30JY]

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), H5401 [7MY]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H10000 [25SE]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 1912), H4735 [23AP]

———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 3409), H9205 [30JY]

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

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 2756), H6306 [8JN]

———clarify capital gain or loss treatment of the sale or exchange of mitigation credits earned by restoring wetlands (see H.R. 3609), H12588 [6NO]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2447), H6015 [21MY]

———eliminate restriction on reducing Federal refunds for past-due State tax obligations of out-of-state residents when the State has a reciprocal agreement to reduce State refunds for Federal tax obligations (see H.R. 2303), H6904 [16JN]

———expand availability of saver's credit, make credit refundable, and make Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 1961), H4522 [2AP]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 1677), H6619 [11JN]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H5582 [13MY]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 422), H5062 [30AP]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions (see H.R. 4226), H13627 (see H.R. 4226), H14371 [8DE]

———increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 3050), H7445 [25JN]

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

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

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H9729 [17SE]

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

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power (see H.R. 4149), H15504 [16DE]

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

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H13387 [1DE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H10457 [1OC]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H921 [3FE]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H2835 [25FE]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H3054 [5MR]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H4519 [2AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 2188), H5060 [30AP]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see H. Res. 747), H11384 [14OC]

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]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 517), H8101 [14JY]

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. 333), H5169 [5MY]

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]

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

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H525 [26JA]

Women: establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3312), H9282 [31JY]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1520), H3437 [16MR]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 3671), H10069 [29SE]

Ecology and environment: require return to the American people of all proceeds raised under any Federal climate change legislation (see H.R. 2757), H6306 [8JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H3640 [18MR]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see H.R. 2565), H6009 [21MY]

Fort McCoy, WI: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 69), H3055 [5MR]

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), H5484 [12MY]

Higher Education Act: forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2561), H6009 [21MY]

IRS: verify income eligibility of persons for certain Dept. of Agriculture payments and benefits (see H.R. 1609), H3703 [19MR]

Medicare: amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see H.R. 2758), H6306 [8JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 2844), H6742 [12JN]

———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (see H.R. 2858), H6743 [12JN]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 866), H11739 [23OC]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2213), H5061 [30AP]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 2807), H6538 [10JN]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1470), H3399 [12MR]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H9670 [16SE]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 2106), H4838 [27AP]

———extend the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Services members serving outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2562), H6009 [21MY]

———make certain disaster relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4052), H12587 [6NO]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H324 [14JA]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 2910), H6971 [17JN]

———treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1718), H4026 [25MR]

———treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2105), H4838 [27AP]

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H9441 [10SE]

Remarks

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H4005 [25MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H635, H738 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, E874 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), H5604 [14MY]

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 (H.R. 2920), H8533 [22JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), E874 [2AP]

Buffalo City, WI: anniversary, E1890 [22JY]

Delafield, WI: anniversary of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, E2240 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Administration loan funding, H5604 [14MY]

Earth Day: observance, E944 [22AP]

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), E3004 [15DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12955 [7NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), E2317 [17SE]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (H. Res. 40), H270 [14JA]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: amend and reauthorize (H.R. 3537), E2539 [15OC]

La Crosse, WI: Gundersen Lutheran Hospital Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Care recipient of National Quality Measures for Breast Centers highest level of distinction, E724 [19MR]

Medicare: improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H12955 [7NO]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (H. Res. 866), E2787 [17NO]

North Dakota: provide disaster assistance for victims of flooding, H4006 [25MR]

Pete's Hamburgers, Inc.: anniversary, E1618 [26JN]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7658 [26JN]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11601 [22OC]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12073 [29OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14404 [9DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), H10552 [7OC]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters, H14404 [9DE]

———rates, H738 [28JA]

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: anniversary (H. Res. 730), H11188 [13OC]

Votes: correction, H468 [22JA]

———position on missed, E1111 [11MY], E1369 [10JN], E2754 [9NO], E2968 [11DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6303 [8JN]

Tributes

Pomeroy, Representative, H4006 [25MR]