RUSH, BOBBY L. (a Representative from Illinois)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: provide assistance to expand, improve, support, and promote higher education in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 4392), H15501 [16DE]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H6973 [17JN]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H8025 [13JY]

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 members separated from active duty receive employment assistance, job training assistance, other transitional services, and a psychological evaluation (see H.R. 1963), H6266 [4JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4840 [27AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H6267 [4JN]

———expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941 (see H.R. 82), H4524 [2AP]

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

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

Black European Summit: support (see H. Res. 596), H7705 [26JN]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 83), H493 [23JA]

Black Music Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H6077 [2JN]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see H. Res. 356), H4733 [23AP]

Brinker, Nancy Goodman: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 708), H11112 [7OC]

Buehrle, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 703), H9343 [8SE]

Caribbean nations: urge continued humanitarian assistance to countries affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna (see H. Con. Res. 17), H162 [9JA]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 127), H6077 [2JN]

Census: express importance of having a census that is complete and accurate (see H. Res. 521), H13267 [18NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (see H.R. 805), H1159 [10FE]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H10458 [1OC]

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

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 1662), H5712 [18MY]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H1604 [13FE]

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

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 36), H90 [8JA]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Res. 230), H4064 [26MR]

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

Clinton, William J.: congratulate and support appointment as U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti (see H. Res. 801), H10519 [6OC]

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), H11516 [20OC]

———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), H7250 [24JN]

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

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

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 3148), H7945 [9JY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H12456 [5NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H2603 [23FE]

Correctional institutions: restore former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms (see H.R. 1475), H3400 [12MR]

Courts: clarify availability of Federal habeas corpus relief for a person who is sentenced to death though actually innocent (see H.R. 3986), H13355 [19NO]

———provide an exception to the requirement of motion to the court of appeals before filing certain second or subsequent petitions for habeas corpus (see H.R. 3320), H11111 [7OC]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H7946 [9JY]

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), H7741 [7JY]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 1530), H7741 [7JY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4524 [2AP] (see H.R. 1528), H7446 [25JN]

Day of the African Child: observance (see H. Res. 550), H7147 [23JN]

Dedication Day: honor Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H. Res. 736), H9671 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a grant program to assist States in inspecting hotel rooms for bed bugs (see H.R. 2248), H5168 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: adopt a screening program to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce suicide among veterans (see H.R. 1308), H11713 [22OC]

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

Dept. of Education: anniversary of Title VI international education programs (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5581 [13MY]

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

———establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2136), H7837 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H11167 [8OC]

———designate health empowerment zones (see H.R. 2233), H5096 [4MY]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (see H.R. 3974), H12141 [29OC]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H4130 [30MR]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3315), H13355 [19NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H6077 [2JN]

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), H10519 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 2159), H13002 [16NO]

———authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H4733 [23AP]

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

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H4583 [21AP]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H11298 [13OC]

———establish and maintain existing libraries and resource centers at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to provide information about U.S. culture, society, and history (see H.R. 909), H1044 [4FE]

Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 685), H7146 [23JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H2925 [3MR]

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), H4582 [21AP]

———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]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H6807 [15JN]

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: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see H.R. 1964), H11167 [8OC]

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

———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]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H13629 (see H.R. 930), H14372 [8DE]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H13353 [19NO]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2873 [26FE]

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

———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see H. Res. 346), H6416 [9JN]

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

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 3245), H8960 [28JY]

———concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 1466), H5485 [12MY]

———eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relative to crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2178), H6266 [4JN]

———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 265), H922 [3FE]

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

———express support for efforts to increase financial literacy in the U.S. and recognizing the work of John Hope Bryant to raise awareness about the importance of financial and economic literacy (see H. Res. 65), H325 [14JA]

———recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 586), H7446 [25JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H4583 [21AP]

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), H9807 [22SE]

Europe: recognize persons of African descent (see H. Res. 595), H7705 [26JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H15503 [16DE]

———strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H15503 [16DE]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2979), H7084 [19JN]

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

Federal aid programs: create a universal, paperless school meal program that is nationally available (see H.R. 2690), H8026 [13JY]

———use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H12364 [4NO]

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), H4129 [30MR]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H5892 [20MY]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H13267 [18NO]

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]

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

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), H5308 [6MY]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (see H.R. 1325), H3438 [16MR]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H13550 [7DE]

Foreign aid: provide funding for capacity-building to microfinance service providers (see H.R. 1987), H11384 [14OC]

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), H5713 [18MY]

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

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4251 (see H. Res. 302), H4250 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]

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

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8960 [28JY]

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

———prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain companies convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3679), H11167 [8OC]

Haiti: provide for professional exchanges with Haiti (see H.R. 417), H161 [9JA]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H2978 [4MR]

———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]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H4915 [28AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H2603 [23FE]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H3706 [19MR]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H4130 [30MR]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H7446 [25JN]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H4841 [27AP]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see H.R. 936), H8009 [10JY]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H7147 [23JN]

———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), H12588 [6NO]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see H.R. 1615), H4027 [25MR]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H7837 [8JY]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 3295), H8585 [22JY]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 798), H11168 [8OC]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 783), H11384 [14OC]

Home Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 543), H6904 [16JN]

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8101 [14JY]

Howard University School of Law: anniversary (see H. Res. 684), H8959 [28JY]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 416), H7707 [26JN]

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

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H5400 [7MY]

———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see H.R. 2709), H6263 [4JN]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H7085 [19JN]

———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]

———require group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage to provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 2457), H5711 [18MY]

International Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H13520 [3DE]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 194), H2874 [26FE]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5582 [13MY]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8101 [14JY]

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]

Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H10458 [1OC]

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

———require an annual issuance of a Presidential proclamation recognizing anniversary of birth (see H.J. Res. 22), H1519 [12FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H8496 [21JY]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4581 [21AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H4027 [25MR]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see H.R. 904), H6155 [3JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H5306 [6MY]

———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), H5582 [13MY]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see H.R. 1643), H4734 [23AP]

———establish collaborative care networks to reduce use of expensive hospital and provider resources and to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals (see H.R. 3430), H9206 [30JY]

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

———increase payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use computer aided detection technology for early detection of lung cancer (see H.R. 2578), H6010 [21MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H5308 [6MY]

———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), H8009 [10JY]

———provide coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 870), H5400 [7MY]

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

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 1227), H2873 [26FE]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1160 [10FE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit certain restraints of competition adversely affecting automobile dealers (see H.R. 3450), H13355 [19NO]

———recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H12198 [2NO]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2632 [24FE]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 35), H779 [28JA]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H6415 [9JN]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 585), H381 [15JA]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H5582 [13MY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1249 [11FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Community Gardening Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 649), H10458 [1OC]

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

National Immunization Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 709), H9280 [31JY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H6744 [12JN]

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7447 [25JN]

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

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

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4130 [30MR]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 105), H5401 [7MY]

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

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H442 [21JA]

NCAA: prohibit the promotion, marketing, or advertising of any post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a playoff system (see H.R. 390), H160 [9JA]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H11298 [13OC]

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), H10521 [6OC] (see H. Res. 824), H11384 [14OC]

Obama, President: tribute (see H. Res. 133), H1045 [4FE]

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

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

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H526 [26JA]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 47), H1080 [9FE]

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), H13521 [3DE]

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

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), H3078 [6MR]

Poverty: express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4581 [21AP]

POW: make certain improvements in laws applicable to detention of individuals at U.S. detainment facilities (see H.R. 3728), H11516 [20OC]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H6076 [2JN]

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 Interoperable Communications Grant Program: extend (see H.R. 3633), H11384 [14OC]

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

Public welfare programs: repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3053), H12142 [29OC]

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), H780 [28JA]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H11168 [8OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H3703 [19MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H6904 [16JN]

SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 2568), H6415 [9JN]

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

Small business: authorize certain debt refinancing (see H.R. 2527), H6307 [8JN]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see H.R. 886), H5485 [12MY]

———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]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H5792 [19MY]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H9807 [22SE]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to educational recipients (see H.R. 3465), H9276 [31JY]

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]

Taxation: allow bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required under Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act amendments (see H.R. 1678), H4735 [23AP]

———allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax (see H.R. 2490), H6744 [12JN]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2085), H4732 [23AP]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H11458 [15OC]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 460), H382 [15JA]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H6415 [9JN]

———make the credit for research activities permanent and provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 1545), H13386 [1DE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3011), H7248 [24JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H6538 [10JN]

———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]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H2925 [3MR]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (see H.R. 681), H525 [26JA]

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), H9807 [22SE]

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: reform (see H.R. 2141), H4914 [28AP]

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), H7250 [24JN]

United Kingdom: observe anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade (see H. Con. Res. 73), H13521 [3DE]

Universal Children's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 928), H13354 [19NO]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 89), H12142 [29OC]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 3335), H8809 [24JY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2030), H6619 [11JN]

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2134), H11713 [22OC]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H4841 [27AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5667 [14MY]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 216), H13385 [1DE]

World March for Peace and Nonviolence: tribute to participants and organizers (see H. Res. 948), H13520 [3DE]

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), H4582 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Africa: acknowledge significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5712 [18MY]

Arellano, Elvira, et al.: relief (see H.R. 2645), H6014 [21MY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish Minority Business Development Program (see H.R. 4343), H15499 [16DE]

Dept. of Education: provide assistance to local educational agencies for the prevention and reduction of conflict and violence in schools (see H.R. 4000), H12287 [3NO]

Dept. of HHS: revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H162 [9JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (see H.R. 1303), H2979 [4MR]

Dept. of the Interior: determine feasibility of designating the study area as the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in Chicago, IL (see H.R. 4004), H12287 [3NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]

FCC: authorize access by owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation database maintained to prohibit operation of unlicensed television band devices on protected frequencies (see H.R. 4353), H15499 [16DE]

———prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 1133), H2602 [23FE]

Firearms: implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see H.R. 45), H29 [6JA]

FTC: establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to the provision of funeral services (see H.R. 3655), H9998 [25SE]

———expedite rulemakings concerning consumer credit or debt and examine and promulgate rules relative to debt settlement and automobile sales (see H.R. 2309), H5398 [7MY]

Johnson, John H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3990), H12287 [3NO]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H28 [6JA]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1706), H4025 [25MR]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 2221), H5061 [30AP]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (see H.R. 2299), H5397 [7MY]

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

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1559 [13FE]

Barnes, Kenneth E., Sr.: Dept. of Justice Office of Victim Services National Service Award recipient, E969 [23AP]

Computers: prohibit installation of certain peer-to-peer file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer (H.R. 1319), H13591, H13592, H13594 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (H.R. 1303), E550 [4MR]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: anniversary of first Presidential campaign, H13075 [18NO]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 20), H4083 [30MR]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7629 [26JN]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (H.R. 2221), H13586, H13590, H13591 [8DE]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (H.R. 2299), E1098 [7MY]

Votes: position on missed, H5038 [30AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E2831 [19NO]

Statements

Tribute to Schanna Sallie: Rita Sallie, E939 [22AP]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, H1273 [12FE], H5675 [18MY]

Tributes

Banks, Melvin E., E2552 [15OC]

Butler, Jerry (Iceman), E2915 [8DE]

Leatherwood, Jimmy, E2421 [1OC]

Roberts-Watkins, Angelia M., E1209 [20MY]

Sallie, Rita, E939 [22AP]

Taylor, Koko, E1367 [10JN]