LaTOURETTE, STEVEN C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Affidavits

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York, in re General Motors Corp., et al., Debtors: Frederick A. Henderson, General Motors Corp., H9259 [31JY]

Agreements

UAW sourcing, product and investment commitments with Chrysler LLC, H5463 [12MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H9871 [23SE]

———H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H11826 [27OC]

Articles and editorials

Dante Lavelli, Terry Pluto, Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, E151 [27JA]

Dodd's Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company, Kevin Rennie, RealClearPolitics.com (Internet site), H3820 [24MR]

White House Staff Botched It, theleftcoaster.com (Internet site), H3819 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 4356), H15499 [16DE]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H2925 [3MR]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H8809 [24JY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H11711 [22OC]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H14446 [9DE]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 51), H8303 [16JY]

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), H4063 [26MR]

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

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H2603 [23FE]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H1607 [13FE]

———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]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 418), H5793 [19MY]

Brinker, Nancy Goodman: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 708), H11869 [27OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H36 [6JA]

Business and industry: develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (see H. Res. 444), H5666 [14MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 131), H6744 [12JN]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1606 [13FE]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

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), H6807 [15JN]

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), H12141 [29OC]

Colleges and universities: permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see H.R. 1729), H4061 [26MR]

Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis: establish (see H.R. 1285), H2925 [3MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4584 [21AP]

Constitution Day: support and honor (see H. Res. 734), H9492 [14SE]

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

Continental Airlines, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 631), H8101 [14JY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H3706 [19MR]

Courts: create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see H.R. 4089), H13267 [18NO]

———enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2850), H6743 [12JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 634), H484 [22JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H10408 [30SE]

———lift travel restrictions, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 874), H13267 [18NO]

Czisny, Alissa: tribute (see H. Res. 467), H6077 [2JN]

Dedication Day: honor Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H. Res. 736), H11112 [7OC]

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

Dept. of Defense: require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (see H.R. 2294), H5892 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H10520 [6OC]

———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), H10457 [1OC]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 1378), H13550 [7DE]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H3749 [23MR]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H9550 [15SE]

———make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (see H.R. 1614), H8495 [21JY]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H6307 [8JN]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants and assistance to local governments and others to design and implement policies and programs that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment (see H.R. 932), H7837 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations relative to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see H. Res. 911), H13467 [2DE]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1139), H2602 [23FE]

Dept. of State: provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H6264 [4JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5667 [14MY]

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), H10070 [29SE]

———provide Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for a voluntary employees' beneficiary association for former Delphi Corp., employees (see H.R. 3455), H9443 [10SE]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians (see H.R. 3355), H13355 [19NO]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 2640), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

———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), H2980 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 2642), H7446 [25JN]

———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), H4734 [23AP]

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

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (see H.R. 3407), H10408 [30SE]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see H.R. 1335), H3053 [5MR]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H5063 [30AP]

———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), H779 [28JA]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H5401 [7MY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see H.R. 1721), H11516 [20OC]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

———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), H9491 [14SE]

———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases (see H.R. 2084), H11516 [20OC]

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

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H9397 [9SE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7251 [24JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 3463), H10457 [1OC]

Economy: prohibit any person which sells or otherwise disposes of any asset through a public-private investment program from acquiring any other asset from or through such programs (see H.R. 1893), H4519 [2AP]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1247 [11FE]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 391), H15503 [16DE]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H9491 [14SE]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H11384 [14OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 912), H1079 [9FE]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H1607 [13FE]

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), H3145 [10MR]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H12588 [6NO]

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1770), H13550 [7DE]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see H.R. 3380), H10457 [1OC]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (see H.R. 2253), H5168 [5MY]

Flag Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 420), H6016 [21MY]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H7086 [19JN]

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), H12457 [5NO]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H4915 [28AP]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9491 [14SE]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see H.R. 3571), H9548 [15SE]

———request President transmit all information relative to certain specific communications with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC (see H. Res. 591), H7705 [26JN]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 500), H442 [21JA]

Harpers Ferry, WV: anniversary of John Brown's raid (see H. Res. 568), H10521 [6OC]

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see H.R. 2360), H5582 [13MY]

———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. 956), H1157 [10FE] (see H.R. 2520), H9207 [30JY]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H4915 [28AP]

———require that any major health care reform bill considered on the House floor should be available for viewing (see H. Res. 721), H9492 [14SE]

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), H7706 [26JN]

House of Representatives: require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H11515 [20OC]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H12142 [29OC]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE] (see H.R. 1934), H5792 [19MY]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 2414), H6415 [9JN]

———require reports on the effectiveness and impacts of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 2670), H6075 [2JN]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5308 [6MY]

IRS: repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H4734 [23AP]

Israel: support right of self-defense against imminent military or nuclear threat from Iran and other countries and organizations (see H. Res. 557), H7447 [25JN]

Italy: express condolences to the citizens and support for Italian Government in aftermath of devastating earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region (see H. Res. 430), H5793 [19MY]

Johnson, Jimmie: tribute (see H. Res. 957), H15504 [16DE]

Law enforcement: mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (see H.R. 1623), H4251 [31MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 2613), H6011 [21MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

Medicaid: provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (see H.R. 1415), H7947 [9JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H6266 [4JN]

———cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services (see H.R. 504), H5169 [5MY]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H15503 [16DE]

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (see H.R. 2560), H7251 [24JN]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H13386 [1DE]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H12142 [29OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H6075 [2JN]

———restore payments for home oxygen therapy through the beneficiary's period of medical need (see H.R. 2373), H7741 [7JY]

Miami University: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H1081 [9FE]

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

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H7706 [26JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H4841 [27AP]

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

National Credit Union Administration: increase borrowing authority, establish an insurance fund restoration plan period, and assess costs of corporate credit union stabilization on an anti-cyclical basis (see H.R. 2351), H5483 [12MY]

National Day on Writing: recognize and support (see H. Res. 524), H6414 [9JN]

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

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1030), H10070 [29SE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H10408 [30SE]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 55), H13355 [19NO]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 779), H13355 [19NO]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H4026 [25MR]

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. 75), H603 [27JA]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 758), H2980 [4MR]

Nuclear weapons: strengthen legislation sanctioning persons aiding and facilitating nonproliferation activities by Iran (see H.R. 1208), H5000 [29AP]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

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

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H11516 [20OC]

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), H5792 [19MY]

Power resources: enhance energy independence and economic and national security, conserve energy use, promote innovation, achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land (see H.R. 2227), H5667 [14MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to eating disorders (see H.R. 1193), H5063 [30AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H9730 [17SE]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6539 [10JN]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 26), H10520 [6OC]

Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Canton, OH: designate (see H.R. 1687), H3833 [24MR]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H11167 [8OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H9281 [31JY]

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

SEC: reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1406), H3338 [11MR]

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

———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 57), H7145 [23JN]

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), H5097 [4MY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H8586 [22JY]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (see H. Con. Res. 59), H7024 [18JN]

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), H2603 [23FE]

———eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see H.R. 723), H1159 [10FE]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H36 [6JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H382 [15JA]

———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), H13354 [19NO]

Spoelhof, William: tribute (see H. Res. 91), H1521 [12FE]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H9550 [15SE]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H6156 [3JN]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]

———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), H3402 [12MR]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H13521 [3DE]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 528), H1045 [4FE] (see H.R. 3486), H9277 [31JY]

———expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 2655), H10520 [6OC]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 3610), H11167 [8OC]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5169 [5MY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9670 [16SE]

———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), H5400 [7MY]

———provide a credit for property certified by the EPA under the WaterSense program (see H.R. 1908), H9207 [30JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H9342 [8SE]

———provide incentives to consumers and lenders for the purchase of a passenger vehicle (see H.R. 385), H526 [26JA]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 1806), H13002 [16NO]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H4734 [23AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H5062 [30AP]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1423), H11868 [27OC]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H4688 [22AP]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H12198 [2NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H11581 [21OC]

Transportation: support efforts of States and eligible local and regional entities to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (see H.R. 1329), H3053 [5MR]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H9442 [10SE]

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), H12288 [3NO]

U.S. Geological Survey: authorize AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program in partnership with State programs (see H.R. 2489), H5791 [19MY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family and condemn murder of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (see H. Res. 529), H6618 [11JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3548), H9441 [10SE]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9205 [30JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H4999 [29AP]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 3402), H11167 [8OC]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund: establish (see H.R. 3202), H8099 [14JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H4999 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: establish temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk under Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 3935), H11867 [27OC]

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), H5891 [20MY]

Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building, Stow, OH: designate (see H.R. 3788), H11297 [13OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3640 [18MR]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report increases in new lending that are attributable to such assistance (see H.R. 387), H159 [9JA]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (see H. Res. 251), H3526 [17MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H4733 [23AP]

Lisak, Zdenko: relief (see H.R. 1141), H2602 [23FE]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2750), H6305 [8JN] (see H.R. 2796), H6537 [10JN]

Letters

Impact of Chrysler LLC bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring: Bob Nardelli, Chrysler LLC, H6678 [12JN], H9258 [31JY]

———Ron Bloom, H6679 [12JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), earmark declaration, E1688 [9JY]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3691, H3692, H3693, H3694, H3695, H3696, H3697 [19MR], H3812, H3815, H3816, H3817, H3818, H3819 [24MR], H4049, H4050, H4051 [26MR], H5988 [21MY], H6146 [3JN], H6676, H6677 [12JN], H9256 [31JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H8433 [21JY], H13507, H13508, H13509, H13510 [3DE]

Amtrak: funding, H8614, H8615 [23JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H8195 [16JY]

———making continuing, H12060 [29OC]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration, E370 [25FE], E627 [11MR]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H14475 [10DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H3812, H3815, H3816, H3817, H3818, H3819 [24MR], H4049, H4050, H4051 [26MR], H9253, H9255, H9256, H9257 [31JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H4049 [26MR]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H5463-H5466 [12MY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H8651 [23JY]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), consideration (H. Res. 250), H3540 [18MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H3695 [19MR]

Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building, Stow, OH: designate (H.R. 3788), H12395 [5NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H6682 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E2065 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: denial of loan guarantee for American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, OH, H8902 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), earmark declaration, E1549 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Monroe County, KY, Farmer's Market facility construction project, H8658 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Murphy Theatre Community Center, Inc., H8654 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for the public housing community service requirement, H8651 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4664 [22AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7407, H7408 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12060 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1589 [26JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H8234 [16JY]

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (H.R. 1577), H3540 [18MR]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (H. Con. Res. 76), H3670, H3671 [19MR]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), H3479 [17MR], H3540 [18MR], H3695 [19MR], H5460-H5463, H5466 [12MY], H6147 [3JN], H6676 [12JN], H9256, H9257 [31JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, H9255 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), earmark declaration, E1993 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8614, H8615, H8644, H8651, H8654, H8658 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, H14475 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1947 [24JY]

District of Columbia: restrict publicly funded abortions, H8213, H8214 [16JY]

Economy: Government bailout of automobile industry, H3696 [19MR], H5988-H5993 [21MY], H6147, H6148, H6149, H6150, H6151, H6152 [3JN], H6678, H6680, H6681, H6682 [12JN], H9253 [31JY]

———importance of job creation, H5462 [12MY], H13507, H13508, H13509, H13510, H13511 [3DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H3815, H3817 [24MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), earmark declaration, E1781 [15JY]

EPA: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, H7407, H7408 [25JN], H12060 [29OC]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5922 [21MY]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), earmark declaration, E1246 [21MY]

———overturn FAA-imposed wage and work rules contract for air traffic controllers and amend contract impasse procedures, H5922 [21MY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8208, H8213, H8214, H8234 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644), H8195 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), earmark declaration, E1805 [16JY]

Government: Recovery.gov (Internet site) report on job creation in nonexistent congressional districts relative to fraud, waste, or abuse of economic stimulus funding, H13507, H13508 [3DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H9253, H9254, H9255 [31JY], H11817 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12226 [3NO], H13511 [3DE]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H9260 [31JY]

———legislative priorities, H5462, H5466 [12MY], H5990-H5993 [21MY], H6151, H6152-H6153 [3JN], H12226 [3NO]

———legislative program, H4046 [26MR]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 257), H3646 [19MR]

———open versus restrictive rules, H8195 [16JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), H7048 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report, E2387 [29SE]

Motor vehicles: impact of plant closings relative to restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, H6147, H6148, H6149, H6150, H6151, H6152 [3JN], H9257, H9258, H9259 [31JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers, H8195, H8208 [16JY], H9259, H9260 [31JY], H14475 [10DE]

National Nurses Week: observance, E1096 [7MY]

NeighborWorks America (organization): require quarterly report on efforts to mitigate mortgage default, H8644 [23JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H3814 [24MR], H4050 [26MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8268 [16JY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H6682 [12JN]

———gasoline price levels, H5462 [12MY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H9253 [31JY]

———national energy policy, H5462 [12MY], H6682 [12JN]

Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Canton, OH: designate (H.R. 1687), H6363 [9JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), H9864 [23SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), earmark declaration, E1468 [17JN]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, H13511 [3DE]

Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3646, H3691 [19MR], H3814 [24MR]

Tiberi, Representative: tribute to birth of triplet daughters, H609 [28JA]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3808 [24MR]

U.S. Geological Survey: authorize AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program in partnership with State programs (H.R. 2489), H11743 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3524 [17MR]

Transcripts

Stimulus Package: ``AC 360,'' CNN, H3819 [24MR]

Tributes

Bolton, Frances Payne, E1096 [7MY]

Lavelli, Dante, E151 [27JA]

McHugh, Sec. of the Army, H12038 [28OC]

Topper, Gay, H2847 [26FE]