COSTELLO, JERRY F. (a Representative from Illinois)

Articles and editorials

Costly New Drugs—A Crisis for One Family, a Quandry for U.S., St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, E2842 [1DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: accelerate development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities (see H.R. 1689), H3833 [24MR]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H9343 [8SE]

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), H9807 [22SE]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), 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), H2603 [23FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 1695), H9807 [22SE]

Aurora, IL: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy recipient of Intel Corp., Schools of Distinction Star Innovator award (see H. Res. 862), H14446 [9DE]

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), H8185 [15JY]

Buehrle, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 703), H9279 [31JY]

Business and industry: establish congressional review of Presidential decisions on ITC recommendations for relief for businesses jeopardized by a surge of Chinese imports (see H.R. 471), H10070 [29SE]

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

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 177), H10521 [6OC]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H9730 [17SE]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6743 [12JN]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12289 [3NO]

Chrysler LLC: request the President furnish the House of Representatives with information on communications with Chrysler LLC relative to plant closings (see H. Res. 462), H6267 [4JN]

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: create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges (see H.R. 4196), H14982 [15DE]

———provide tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2456), H5711 [18MY]

Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr., Post Office Building, Springfield, IL: designate (see H.R. 516), H324 [14JA]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 3503), H9443 [10SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H922 [3FE]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1587), H9342 [8SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H4062 [26MR]

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

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 634), H9491 [14SE]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 177), H10521 [6OC]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2272), H5306 [6MY]

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

de Veuster, Damien: canonization (see H. Res. 786), H10458 [1OC]

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

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

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H12198 [2NO]

———allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see H.R. 2597), H6267 [4JN]

———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 2593), H9282 [31JY]

———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]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5306 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: ensure consideration of water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 3598), H13386 [1DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H10070 [29SE]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 3003), H9999 [25SE]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H5891 [20MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3401 [12MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the U.S. manufacturing industry (see H.R. 2936), H7021 [18JN]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

Dept. of Transportation: promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see H.R. 3720), H13355 [19NO]

———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), H8586 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain Armed Forces members who have served 20 years on active duty to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3577), H11869 [27OC]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H6267 [4JN]

———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), H4840 [27AP]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see H.R. 949), H9397 [9SE]

———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), H10520 [6OC]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see H.R. 1335), H5892 [20MY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H4840 [27AP]

———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), H4583 [21AP]

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), H9397 [9SE]

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

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2413), H7837 [8JY]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 2275), H11740 [23OC]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 2608), H6077 [2JN]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H8586 [22JY]

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

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H923 [3FE]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H5582 [13MY]

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]

———strengthen mentoring programs (see H.R. 913), H1079 [9FE]

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]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 915), H1079 [9FE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 1512), H3436 [16MR] (see H.R. 3607), H9737 [21SE] (see H.R. 4217), H13627 (see H.R. 4217), H14370 [8DE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H3438 [16MR]

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

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

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

———waive the cost-share requirement under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program for certain grants (see H.R. 2759), H7447 [25JN]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3173), H8101 [14JY]

Flags: ensure the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 2546), H8410 [20JY]

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), H3836 [24MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2378), H5580 [13MY]

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), H6538 [10JN]

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

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H29 [6JA]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman and review procedures available to obtain the return of abducted children (see H. Res. 125), H1608 [13FE]

Harris County, TX: Aldine Independent School District recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education (see H. Res. 791), H10456 [1OC]

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), H6155 [3JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H923 [3FE]

Health care facilities: tribute to Barnes Jewish Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Integris Baptist Hospital for completion of successful 16-person kidney transplant (see H. Res. 664), H12972 [7NO]

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), H6973 [17JN]

Illinois: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 936), H13354 [19NO]

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

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), H4841 [27AP]

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), H5400 [7MY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H9442 [10SE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 254), H4130 [30MR]

Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 595), H381 [15JA]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5097 [4MY]

———support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see H. Res. 34), H163 [9JA]

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

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H2886 [2MR]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1693), H5485 [12MY]

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

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H5097 [4MY]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2692), H8708 [23JY]

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

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

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H7086 [19JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6539 [10JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H7086 [19JN]

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

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 117), H1044 [4FE]

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

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H5309 [6MY]

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 313), H4397 [1AP]

National Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 459), H8708 [23JY]

National Science and Technology Council: establish committee with responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies (see H.R. 1709), H5400 [7MY]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 367), H4916 [28AP]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (see H. Res. 84), H526 [26JA]

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

Northwestern University: tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 531), H7707 [26JN] (see H. Res. 824), H11384 [14OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H10520 [6OC]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6743 [12JN]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]

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), H12365 [4NO]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H10520 [6OC]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H9056 [29JY]

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]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H11516 [20OC]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H3402 [12MR]

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

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H1045 [4FE]

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

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 441), H7147 [23JN]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 1775), H4735 [23AP]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H8009 [10JY]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H10520 [6OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H5484 [12MY]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H4840 [27AP]

———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]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE] (see H.R. 3672), H10069 [29SE]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 4054), H14982 [15DE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H1045 [4FE]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H11581 [21OC]

———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), H3749 [23MR]

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

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

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H3706 [19MR]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 1512), H3436 [16MR] (see H.R. 3607), H9737 [21SE] (see H.R. 4217), H13627 (see H.R. 4217), H14370 [8DE]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (see H.R. 3439), H13629 (see H.R. 3439), H14372 [8DE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H13355 [19NO]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 537), H13629 (see H.R. 537), H14372 [8DE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3011), H7741 [7JY]

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

Taylor, Koko: tribute (see H. Res. 668), H8585 [22JY]

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

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H8009 [10JY]

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

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12198 [2NO]

Unemployment: recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H2926 [3MR]

———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), H5400 [7MY] (see H.R. 333), H9442 [10SE]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6013 [21MY]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H8708 [23JY]

Wachira, Daniel: relief (see H. Res. 254), H4130 [30MR]

Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: require notification for mass layoffs that occur at more than one site of an employer and increase penalties for violations (see H.R. 2077), H5308 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alton, IL: extend deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project (see H.R. 2938), H7021 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: terminate certain easements held on land owned by Caseyville, IL, and associated contractual arrangements with the village (see H.R. 511), H324 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (see H.R. 568), H380 [15JA]

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

FEMA: suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired (see H.R. 3415), H9205 [30JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H389 [20JA]

Remarks

Alton, IL: extend deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project (H.R. 2938), H8449, H8450 [21JY]

Caseyville, IL: anniversary of Bethel Baptist Church, E2383 [29SE]

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash (H. Res. 183), E465 [26FE]

Collinsville, IL: anniversary of Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 360, E2791 [17NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: terminate certain easements held on land owned by Caseyville, IL, and associated contractual arrangements with the village (H.R. 511), H9514 [15SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8645 [23JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5916, H5921, H5923, H5965, H5966, H5970, H5971 [21MY]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1512), H3534 [18MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3607), H9837 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4217), H13595 [8DE]

———extend whistleblower protections to employees, H5970 [21MY]

———improve airline safety and pilot training (H.R. 3371), H11328, H11333, H11337 [14OC]

———overturn FAA-imposed wage and work rules contract for air traffic controllers and amend contract impasse procedures, H5916 [21MY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal, H8645 [23JY]

———require biennial inspections of foreign aircraft repair stations, H5916, H5921, H5923, H5965, H5966 [21MY]

———study radar signal locations impact on development of renewable energy technologies, H5971 [21MY]

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 (H. Res. 252), E924 [22AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12911 [7NO]

Houston, TX: anniversary of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (H. Con. Res. 138), H11338 [14OC]

Israel: independence anniversary, E1090 [7MY]

———support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip and condemn the end of the ceasefire by Hamas, E29 [7JA]

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (H. Res. 139), H1271 [12FE]

Meyer, Russ: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (H. Res. 719), H11340 [14OC]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (H. Res. 84), H500, H504 [26JA]

O'Fallon, IL: anniversary of Bank of O'Fallon, E2275 [15SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (H. Res. 426), E1230 [21MY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7659 [26JN]

Schewe, Rick: Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council George R. Badgley Labor Man of the Year award recipient, E2371 [25SE]

Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse, Rockford, IL: designate (S. 520), H3995, H3996 [25MR]

Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 1512), H3534 [18MR]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3607), H9837 [23SE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4217), H13595 [8DE]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (H. Res. 867), H12242 [3NO]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3352 [12MR]

———impact of requiring State water pollution control funded projects to comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H3352 [12MR]

Tributes

Becker, Erwin C. (Red), E1213 [20MY]

Callahan, Dan, E2842 [1DE]

Dunham, Russell, E938 [22AP]

Frierson, Melvin, E2930 [10DE]

Harrington, Jay, E2834 [19NO]

Poole, Roger E., E720 [19MR]

Quigley, Representative, H4549 [21AP]

Statham, Harry, E2794 [18NO]