TONKO, PAUL (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9398 [9SE]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H11868 [27OC]

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), H3527 [17MR]

———improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see H.R. 3420), H9205 [30JY]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H6266 [4JN]

———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]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H6155 [3JN]

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

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

Binghamton, NY: express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association (see H. Res. 340), H4581 [21AP]

Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 1595), H3641 [18MR]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: designate (see H.R. 1397), H3104 [9MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (see H.R. 805), H4129 [30MR]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 916), H11581 [21OC]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H10521 [6OC]

Chesapeake Bay: improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 3852), H13069 [17NO]

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

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H6307 [8JN]

———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), H5000 [29AP]

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]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins to recognize and commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H.R. 3712), H11582 [21OC]

Cold War Veterans Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 900), H13069 [17NO]

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), H9342 [8SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8185 [15JY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 1388), H3104 [9MR]

Conservation of energy: establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 4099), H13265 [18NO]

———establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings (see H.R. 1778), H4128 [30MR]

Contracts: authorize use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable ``green'' commodities and services and other related items by State and local governments (see H.R. 1766), H11298 [13OC]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 610), H12044 [28OC]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see H.R. 1608), H9807 [22SE]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H15500 [16DE]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4734 [23AP]

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

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

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H9548 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program and facilitate milk producer association efforts to remove dairy cows from production (see H.R. 3322), H8707 [23JY]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (see H. Res. 442), H5666 [14MY]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to promote community greening initiatives (see H.R. 2222), H9281 [31JY]

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

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

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see H.R. 2579), H15509 [23DE]

———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), H15509 [23DE]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5060 [30AP]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2089), H9281 [31JY]

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]

———implement Clean Cities Program (see H.R. 3488), H9277 [31JY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 579), H2980 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2730), H15509 [23DE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H7947 [9JY]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H12142 [29OC]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 911), H1079 [9FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize additional resources to enhance security activities along the international border with Mexico (see H.R. 1867), H5582 [13MY]

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), H13002 [16NO]

———promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 2246), H9281 [31JY]

———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), H12045 [28OC]

———reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H3338 [11MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H6266 [4JN]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

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

———provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 2074), H13466 [2DE]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see H.R. 4135), H13352 [19NO]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H5792 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H5485 [12MY]

———establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 3511), H11298 [13OC]

———study suitability and feasibility of adding Hudson River Valley in New York, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4003), H13002 [16NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for relief of homeowners and neighborhoods (see H.R. 3068), H9282 [31JY]

———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]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1248 [11FE]

———limit excessive and luxury expenses by Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 979), H1246 [11FE]

Dept. of Transportation: expand the Safe Routes to School Program to high schools (see H.R. 4021), H13002 [16NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H7741 [7JY]

———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), H3641 [18MR]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1211), H4915 [28AP]

———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), H9281 [31JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H6266 [4JN]

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), H7023 [18JN]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H6539 [10JN]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 2408), H5664 [14MY]

———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 Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 2987), H7838 [8JY]

———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]

Dolan, Timothy M.: tribute (see H. Res. 327), H4841 [27AP]

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

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H4840 [27AP]

———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]

Egan, Edward Cardinal: tribute (see H. Res. 327), H4841 [27AP]

Electric power: encourage manufacture and use of efficient and advanced electric transmission cables (see H.R. 2347), H7250 [24JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H3077 [6MR]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H8960 [28JY]

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), H13267 [18NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H9900 [23SE]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H4584 [21AP]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H8026 [13JY]

Families and domestic relations: support efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement for parents and other employees to spend time with a new infant or adopted child (see H.R. 2339), H7086 [19JN]

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

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2981 [4MR]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H7023 [18JN]

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

Federal employees: make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H6076 [2JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H9282 [31JY]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H3835 [24MR]

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: anniversary of candidacy to be Vice President (see H. Res. 634), H9282 [31JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3055 [5MR]

1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office, Chester, NY: designate (see H.R. 2877), H6806 [15JN]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9282 [31JY]

Flags: ensure the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 2546), H11111 [7OC]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H5791 [19MY]

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), H3527 [17MR]

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

Frederic Remington Post Office Building, Ogdensburg, NY: designate (see H.R. 2090), H4841 [27AP]

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), H6415 [9JN]

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H8586 [22JY]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H8356 [17JY]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: designate (see H.R. 774), H3402 [12MR]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9206 [30JY]

Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 2147), H4914 [28AP]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 12), H8356 [17JY]

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), H2926 [3MR]

Health: 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), H3078 [6MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H525 [26JA]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H5062 [30AP]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (see H.R. 3472), H9671 [16SE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H4840 [27AP]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3221), H8586 [22JY]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H15509 [23DE]

High-Performance Computing Act: authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research (see H.R. 2020), H5401 [7MY]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H6016 [21MY]

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

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

Housing Act: preserve rural multifamily housing assistance (see H.R. 2876), H6806 [15JN]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 762), H9807 [22SE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H6014 [21MY]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3578), H15509 [23DE]

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), H8025 [13JY]

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]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1558), H6155 [3JN]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H4840 [27AP]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H9730 [17SE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 254), H4027 [25MR]

Kemp, Jack F.: tribute (see H. Res. 401), H5169 [5MY]

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), H11168 [8OC]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates (see H. Res. 339), H4581 [21AP]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 73), H387 [16JA]

Medicaid: provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H9999 [25SE]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H7741 [7JY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H2926 [3MR]

Medicare: continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 2176), H9442 [10SE]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 1915), H4841 [27AP]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 2443), H6973 [17JN]

———provide coverage of substitute adult day care services (see H.R. 3043), H10520 [6OC]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H4840 [27AP]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1932), H6266 [4JN]

Mental Health America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H2603 [23FE]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H11713 [22OC]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H2926 [3MR]

Motor vehicles: prohibit certain restraints of competition adversely affecting automobile dealers (see H.R. 3450), H9276 [31JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6807 [15JN]

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 Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 2171), H4998 [29AP] (see H.R. 2256), H5168 [5MY]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 793), H11112 [7OC]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 653), H4840 [27AP]

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

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9398 [9SE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 117), H1081 [9FE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H7446 [25JN]

National Link Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 191), H4916 [28AP]

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), H5064 [30AP]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5401 [7MY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see H. Res. 768), H10071 [29SE]

NeighborWorks America (organization): provide funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities (see H.R. 1848), H6076 [2JN]

New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (see H. Res. 159), H6539 [10JN]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H1041 [4FE]

———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]

New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (see H. Res. 856), H11712 [22OC]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 893), H12456 [5NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13521 [3DE]

Obama, President: tribute (see H. Res. 133), H4735 [23AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H7250 [24JN]

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

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include certain nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 2485), H5791 [19MY]

Onondaga Community College: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 563), H8010 [10JY]

———tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 561), H8010 [10JY]

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

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H3055 [5MR]

———provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H5582 [13MY]

Philippines: express condolences to the citizens and support for Philippine Government in aftermath of devastating tropical storms (see H. Res. 800), H11112 [7OC]

Poland: anniversary of relations with U.S. (see H. Res. 266), H3705 [19MR]

———recognize anniversary of Soviet and Nazi invasion, strengthen NATO and European Union alliances, and honor historic ties with the U.S. (see H. Res. 715), H10071 [29SE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H9281 [31JY]

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), H2980 [4MR]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H9999 [25SE]

———establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H10519 [6OC]

Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building, Riverhead, NY: designate (see H.R. 3250), H9671 [16SE]

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), H12588 [6NO]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train new land managers, and promote public service (see H.R. 1612), H7837 [8JY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H5096 [4MY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see H.R. 890), H3402 [12MR]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H2926 [3MR]

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

Read for the Record Day: designate (see H. Res. 741), H9900 [23SE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 441), H8009 [10JY]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 1775), H4841 [27AP]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 1799), H6973 [17JN]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H5168 [5MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]

———repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H9442 [10SE]

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

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H7705 [26JN]

Stan Lundine Post Office Building, Jamestown, NY: designate (see H.R. 918), H1079 [9FE]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5401 [7MY]

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

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 562), H8010 [10JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for installation of residential micro-combined heat and power property (see H.R. 2328), H8303 [16JY]

———allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 1912), H6076 [2JN]

———allow expensing of certain real property (see H.R. 3178), H9282 [31JY]

———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]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 147), H8025 [13JY]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2447), H9442 [10SE]

———eliminate restriction on reducing Federal refunds for past-due State tax obligations of out-of-state residents when the State has a reciprocal agreement to reduce State refunds for Federal tax obligations (see H.R. 2303), H7706 [26JN]

———encourage investment in electric transmission technologies that improve efficiency of power delivery (see H.R. 2348), H7250 [24JN]

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

———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), H4525 [2AP]

———extend credit for nonbusiness energy property and include biomass heating appliances in energy-efficient building property (see H.R. 2080), H9442 [10SE]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H6077 [2JN]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1518), H3642 [18MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government (see H.R. 1527), H3642 [18MR]

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

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H8185 [15JY]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs (see H.R. 4155), H15504 [16DE]

———provide a credit for property certified by the EPA under the WaterSense program (see H.R. 1908), H11167 [8OC]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1509), H6415 [9JN]

———provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology (see H.R. 2963), H7084 [19JN]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 1724), H6415 [9JN]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 426), H3145 [10MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3011), H8586 [22JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H3438 [16MR]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9492 [14SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H9280 [31JY]

Terrorism: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H9441 [10SE]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H7086 [19JN]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 305), H3438 [16MR]

———require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range plans and improvement programs (see H.R. 803), H4397 [1AP]

———support efforts of States and eligible local and regional entities to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (see H.R. 1329), H6266 [4JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5667 [14MY]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3786), H11166 [8OC]

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

Truth in Lending Act: prohibit unfair practices in electronic payment system networks (see H.R. 2382), H9281 [31JY]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H4838 [27AP]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see H.R. 1474), H8708 [23JY]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2138), H11713 [22OC]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2573), H11713 [22OC]

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

Water: enhance ability of drinking water utilities to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies (see H.R. 3727), H12142 [29OC]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (see H.R. 1145), H4583 [21AP]

Westport, NY: anniversary of Camp Dudley YMCA (see H. Res. 300), H4841 [27AP]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H6015 [21MY]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H9808 [22SE]

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), H922 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (see H.R. 3029), H7250 [24JN]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see H.R. 2156), H4914 [28AP]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see H. Res. 370), H4840 [27AP]

National Park Service: make technical corrections to legislation to extend, amend, or establish certain authorities (see H.R. 3804), H11297 [13OC]

National School Lunch Act: improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see H.R. 4402), H15501 [16DE]

Power resources: provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (see H.R. 3165), H7946 [9JY]

Schools: establish a grant program to assist schools in establishing a universal free classroom breakfast program (see H.R. 4325), H14981 [15DE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5715 [19MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5674 [18MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: development of energy efficiency programs for dairy farms, H4009 [25MR]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H3500 [17MR], H4007, H4009, H4010, H4011 [25MR], H6060 [2JN], H6338 [9JN], H8480, H8482, H8483 [21JY]

Albany, NY: tribute to Parsons Child and Family Center, H13471 [3DE]

American Council of Engineering Companies: anniversary (H. Res. 447), H9352, H9353 [9SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on economy, H8890 [28JY]

AmeriCorps: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 453), H6338, H6339, H6341 [9JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H576 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H12180 [2NO]

Averett University: anniversary (H. Res. 347), H5681 [18MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (H.R. 1824), H4615, H4616, H4617 [22AP]

Budget: deficit, H14961 [15DE]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), H8413 [21JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4455 [2AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (H.R. 1662), H6034, H6036 [2JN]

Children and youth: recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (H. Res. 210), H3089 [9MR]

Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments, H14450 [10DE]

———provide for reduction of greenhouse gases, H4566, H4569 [21AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3546 [18MR]

Conservation of energy: establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings, H11761 [26OC], H13121, H13122 [18NO]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H5142 [5MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), H5142 [5MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (H. Res. 442), H5682, H5683 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5433 [12MY], H5504 [13MY]

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 (H.R. 3598), H13370, H13371 [1DE]

———establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (H.R. 3029), H13368, H13369 [1DE]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9573 [16SE]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (H.R. 2156), H4897 [28AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), H9239 [31JY]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 157), H3028 [5MR]

Ecology and environment: creation and retention of green jobs in the U.S., H8480 [21JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H4007, H4010, H4011 [25MR], H14961, H14962, H14963, H14964, H14965 [15DE]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H3501 [17MR], H3821, H3822, H3823, H3824, H3825 [24MR], H14961, H14962, H14963, H14964, H14965 [15DE]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (H. Res. 374), H5683, H5684, H5685 [18MY]

Electric power: facilitate transition to a smart electricity grid, H12180 [2NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 1380), H6029, H6030, H6031 [2JN]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H5044 [30AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8564, H8566, H8568 [22JY], H9780, H9781, H9782, H9783, H9784 [22SE], H11145 [8OC], H11273, H11274, H11275, H11277, H11278, H11279 [13OC], H11304 [14OC], H11389 [15OC], H11798 [27OC], H11985 [28OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12210 [3NO], H12951 [7NO]

Hudson Valley Community College: visit by President Obama, H9874 [23SE]

Intermediate Space Challenge: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 411), H6342, H6344 [9JN]

Marine Corps: tribute to Toys for Tots Literacy Program (H. Res. 232), H6033, H6034 [2JN]

Motor vehicles: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (H.R. 445), H9355, H9356, H9357 [9SE]

National Aerospace Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 167), H9353, H9354, H9355 [9SE]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: anniversary (H. Res. 454), H6358, H6360 [9JN]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 438), H5685, H5686 [18MY]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (H. Res. 370), H4754 [27AP], H5433 [12MY]

National Library Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 336), H4613, H4614, H4615 [22AP]

National Missing Children's Day: observance (H. Res. 297), H5679, H5680 [18MY]

National Park Service: make technical corrections to legislation to extend, amend, or establish certain authorities (H.R. 3804), E2911 [8DE]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: recognize (H. Res. 503), H6335, H6338 [9JN]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (H. Res. 247), H4612, H4613 [22AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H6533 [10JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H3500 [17MR], H8482 [21JY]

Point of order, H4613 [22AP], H5681 [18MY], H6033, H6034 [2JN]

Poland: anniversary of relations with U.S. (H. Res. 266), H11323 [14OC]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (H.R. 22), H12035 [28OC]

Power resources: advanced battery research and development funding, H6532 [10JN]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H6338 [9JN], H6530, H6531, H6532, H6533, H6534, H6535, H6536 [10JN], H6544 [11JN], H8480, H8482, H8483 [21JY], H9194, H9197 [30JY], H11489, H11491, H11493 [20OC], H12035 [28OC], E1641 [7JY]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (H. Res. 846), H11591 [22OC]

———national energy policy, H3500 [17MR], H3821, H3822, H3823, H3824, H3825 [24MR], H4566, H4569 [21AP], H4993-H4995 [29AP], H5448 [12MY], H5575 [13MY], H9874 [23SE], H11489, H11491, H11493 [20OC]

———provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (H.R. 3165), H9351, H9352 [9SE], H9500 [15SE]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (H.J. Res. 26), H10548 [7OC]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, H5575 [13MY], H5872, H5873, H5874 [20MY], H6057, H6058, H6059, H6060, H6061, H6062, H6063 [2JN], H13120, H13121, H13122, H13123, H13124, H13125, H13126 [18NO]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7760 [8JY]

Schenectady County Community College: anniversary, H13322 [19NO]

Summitt, Pat: tribute (H. Res. 196), H6031, H6032 [2JN]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (H. Res. 505), H6322 [9JN]

University of California, Davis: anniversary (H. Res. 448), H5675, H5676 [18MY]

University of Georgia: tribute to women's gymnastics team (H. Res. 386), H5676, H5677 [18MY]

Votes: position on missed, H367 [15JA], H6584 [11JN], H7844 [9JY]

Westport, NY: anniversary of Camp Dudley YMCA (H. Res. 300), H5677, H5678, H5679 [18MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5058 [30AP], H9896 [23SE]

Tributes

Britton, Susan M., E1352 [9JN]

McHugh, Sec. of the Army, H12035 [28OC]

Solomon, Morris and Gertrude, H12981 [16NO]

Weeks, Don, E2631 [26OC]