ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Bills and resolutions

Alcohol Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 315), H4397 [1AP]

Armed Forces: improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see S. 459), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 3420), H9205 [30JY]

Children and youth: improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers (see H.R. 1931), H4521 [2AP]

———provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (see H.R. 1028), H1518 [12FE]

Dept. of HHS: improve mental health and substance abuse health care (see H.R. 2369), H5484 [12MY]

Dept. of Transportation: condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see S. 2920), S13698 [21DE]

———establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see S. 1113), S5700 [20MY]

———require air carriers to provide training to flight attendants and gate attendants regarding serving alcohol and dealing with disruptive passengers (see S. 743), S3986 [30MR]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (see S. 1286), S6804 [18JN]

Health: provide for sex education and substance abuse treatment and prevention (see H.R. 1364), H3054 [5MR]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 115), H5061 [30AP]

National Conference of State Liquor Administrators: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 188), H9807 [22SE]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 240), S8765 [4AU]

Taxation: provide a special rule for allocating the cover over of distilled spirits taxes between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2122), H4839 [27AP]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H14743 [10DE]

———reduce tax on beer (see S. 1058), S5502 [14MY] (see H.R. 836), H921 [3FE]

———repeal the cap on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 94), H31 [6JA]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see S. 902), S4755 [27AP] (see H.R. 2138), H4914 [28AP]

Proclamations

Tribute to South Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Representative Cuellar, E2540 [15OC]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: prohibit funding for free alcohol incentive program, H8646, H8647 [23JY]

Children and youth: provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (H.R. 1028), H1277 [12FE]

Forest Hill, LA: tribute to Forest Hill Elementary School first graduating class of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, E1000 [28AP]

Foster, Roy: CNN Heroes honoree, E2928 [10DE]

Health: include treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, and mental illness in health care reform legislation, H12049 [29OC]

McInturf, Bob: San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E2925 [10DE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H8105 [15JY], H8187 [16JY], H8877, H8906 [28JY], H10524 [7OC], E2039 [28JY]

Nury, Mike: San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E2922 [10DE]

Passaic County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention, Inc.: anniversary, E1211 [20MY]

Petrucci, Vincent: San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E2934 [10DE]

Taxation: extend cover-over of rum excise taxes to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, H14402 [9DE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (H.R. 4278), E2963 [10DE]

Thousand Islands Winery (business): New York Wine and Grape Foundation Winery of the Year award recipient, E1121 [12MY]

Remarks in Senate

Allagash Brewing Co.: tribute, S6717 [17JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (S. 1113), S5728 [20MY]

———require air carriers to provide training to flight attendants and gate attendants regarding serving alcohol and dealing with disruptive passengers (S. 743), S3997 [30MR]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (S. 1286), S6807 [18JN]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 240), S8779 [4AU]

———observance, S9176, S9177 [9SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 240, National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, S8774, S8779 [4AU]