CLAY, WM. LACY (a Representative from Missouri)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: acknowledge significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5712 [18MY]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H6904 [16JN]
Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 3266), H9057 [29JY]
———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H2603 [23FE]
———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H11868 [27OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H7740 [7JY]
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]
———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), H6973 [17JN]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4840 [27AP]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H2836 [25FE]
———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]
———tribute to 139th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard (see H. Res. 699), H12457 [5NO]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H6009 [21MY]
Australia: recognize apology offered to the aboriginal people and its significance as a gesture of healing (see H. Res. 242), H3401 [12MR]
Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 624), H780 [28JA]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 83), H493 [23JA]
Brinker, Nancy Goodman: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 708), H11168 [8OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and place an educational display in the Capitol Visitor Center to explain the significance of the naming of Emancipation Hall (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5581 [13MY]
Census: provide that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited (see H.R. 3855), H11582 [21OC]
CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3052), H7445 [25JN]
Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6904 [16JN]
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), H8495 [21JY]
China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H7948 [9JY]
Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1278), H9207 [30JY]
Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 586), H4688 [22AP]
———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]
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), H5400 [7MY]
Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H923 [3FE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H9808 [22SE]
Complaint Free Wednesday: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 155), H6972 [17JN]
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 (see H.R. 1319), H3438 [16MR]
Confucius: tribute (see H. Res. 784), H10069 [29SE]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 3148), H7945 [9JY]
Consumers: establish additional payday loan disclosure requirements and other protections (see H.R. 1214), H2873 [26FE]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H12456 [5NO]
Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1866), H4518 [2AP]
Correctional institutions: restore former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms (see H.R. 1475), H3400 [12MR]
Courts: 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: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H12457 [5NO]
———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H15500 [16DE]
———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H8101 [14JY]
———protect and enhance consumer and business access to credit and urge credit issuers not to cut credit lines or raise interest rates (see H. Res. 553), H6972 [17JN]
Credit cards: prohibit universal defaults on accounts (see H.R. 1637), H3704 [19MR]
Crime: provide better protection against cyberbullying (see H.R. 1966), H4522 [2AP]
———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4520 [2AP]
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), H6014 [21MY]
———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 1530), H6014 [21MY] (see H.R. 2272), H5306 [6MY]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR] (see H.R. 1528), H6014 [21MY]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H9962 [24SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish community gardens (see H.R. 3225), H11714 [22OC]
Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H5663 [14MY]
Dept. of Education: anniversary of Title VI international education programs (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5581 [13MY]
———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see H.R. 2579), H9999 [25SE]
———establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3037), H9900 [23SE]
———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]
———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1161), H2631 [24FE]
———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H12365 [4NO]
Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]
———provide services for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption (see H.R. 1505), H11167 [8OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H9342 [8SE]
Dept. of HUD: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing and increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 476), H195 [13JA]
Dept. of Justice: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H5892 [20MY]
———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1412), H3402 [12MR]
Dept. of Labor: make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14742 [10DE]
Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H920 [3FE]
Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H12457 [5NO]
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), H2836 [25FE]
———enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2838), H6618 [11JN]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4524 [2AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H. Res. 967), H14827 [11DE]
———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (see H.R. 1669), H4584 [21AP]
———establish centers to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 3147), H13629 (see H.R. 3147), H14372 [8DE]
———establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]
———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]
Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 1550), H4525 [2AP]
———provide authority to guarantee sureties against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bond by disadvantaged business enterprises (see H.R. 2991), H13629 (see H.R. 2991), H14372 [8DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H11516 [20OC]
———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (see H.R. 568), H7837 [8JY]
Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (see H.R. 1702), H6155 [3JN]
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), H7741 [7JY]
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H13386 [1DE]
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: establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 1230), H13002 [16NO]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H9671 [16SE]
———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]
———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), H4582 [21AP]
District of Columbia: anniversary of Langston golf course (see H. Res. 526), H6538 [10JN]
Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 3245), H9900 [23SE]
———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 265), H1159 [10FE]
Education: encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see H.R. 3343), H9443 [10SE]
———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H5064 [30AP]
Election Assistance Commission: establish a Vote by Mail grant program (see H.R. 1604), H5667 [14MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]
———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H11111 [7OC]
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]
———authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment (see H.R. 4299), H15504 [16DE]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]
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), H9342 [8SE]
———prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3226), H9731 [17SE]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2979), H7084 [19JN]
FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2836 [25FE]
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), H484 [22JA]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H12044 [28OC]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]
FHA: revise requirements for seller-financed downpayments for certain insured mortgages for single-family housing (see H.R. 600), H11790 [26OC]
Financial institutions: authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H13387 [1DE]
———provide greater access to credit for the underbanked, the unbanked, and consumers with low credit scores through the establishment of bridging bank depository institutions (see H.R. 3171), H14744 [10DE]
———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H9397 [9SE]
Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]
Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see H.R. 3077), H12198 [2NO]
———develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H9342 [8SE]
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]
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), H13354 [19NO]
Fulton, MO: authorize reference to the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library as America's National Churchill Museum (see H. Res. 390), H5062 [30AP]
Gambling: provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H9730 [17SE]
Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 44), H6744 [12JN]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9491 [14SE]
Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see H.R. 2736), H6264 [4JN]
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]
———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), H5581 [13MY]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H14827 [11DE]
Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H11791 [26OC]
Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H7086 [19JN]
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]
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), H7742 [7JY]
———modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 893), H1043 [4FE]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H2875 [26FE]
———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H2926 [3MR]
———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see H.R. 2709), H8356 [17JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]
Insurance: 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]
———regulate federally chartered or licensed insurers, agencies, and producers to ensure their stability and financial integrity and to protect policyholders and consumers (see H.R. 1880), H9670 [16SE]
———regulate federally chartered or licensed insurers, agencies, and producers to ensure their stability and financial integrity and to protect policyholders and consumers, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1880), H13522 [3DE]
———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), H9491 [14SE]
———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H9730 [17SE]
Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H9398 [9SE]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 546), H6806 [15JN]
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 659), H8355 [17JY]
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]
Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building, St. Charles, MO: designate (see H.R. 1218), H2873 [26FE]
Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building, Chesterfield, MO: designate (see H.R. 1216), H2873 [26FE]
Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H9550 [15SE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]
Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 566), H7085 [19JN]
Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H6744 [12JN]
Medicare: continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]
———distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2251), H6807 [15JN]
———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), H11167 [8OC]
———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), H5308 [6MY]
———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]
———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H6155 [3JN]
———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H13355 [19NO]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3090), H7704 [26JN]
Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H2926 [3MR]
Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free African Americans and slaves who fought during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4036), H14744 [10DE]
Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 4175), H13521 [3DE]
———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H5667 [14MY]
———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]
———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6415 [9JN]
Motown Records (business): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 50), H4251 [31MR]
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2875 [26FE]
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), H7837 [8JY]
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]
National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H527 [26JA]
National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9343 [8SE]
National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]
National Donate Life Month: designate (see H. Res. 380), H4999 [29AP]
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H. Res. 95), H602 [27JA]
———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]
National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7447 [25JN]
National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 16), H9808 [22SE]
National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H11168 [8OC]
National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 247), H3749 [23MR]
National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H4396 [1AP]
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H196 [13JA]
———sever U.S. Government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until tribal citizenship of Cherokee Freedmen is restored and tribal obligations with the U.S. Government are fulfilled (see H.R. 2761), H6306 [8JN]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 985), H3402 [12MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]
Obama, President: tribute (see H. Res. 133), H1045 [4FE]
Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6904 [16JN]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]
Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H5582 [13MY]
Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see H.R. 1191), H11167 [8OC]
Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H9491 [14SE]
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), H3641 [18MR]
———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H7023 [18JN]
Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]
Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 35), H29 [6JA]
———require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (see H.R. 36), H29 [6JA]
Public documents: require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies and require certification and reports relating to Presidential records (see H.R. 1387), H3104 [9MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to eating disorders (see H.R. 1193), H11167 [8OC]
Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H9442 [10SE]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4526 [2AP]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6539 [10JN]
Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H10458 [1OC]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1885), H4519 [2AP]
Rialto, CA: tribute to Eisenhower High School boys' basketball team (see H. Res. 321), H4689 [22AP]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H4398 [1AP]
Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H9550 [15SE]
Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]
SBA: establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (see H.R. 3771), H11165 [8OC]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H11298 [13OC]
Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]
Senior Executive Service: provide for greater diversity and improve policy direction and oversight (see H.R. 2721), H6264 [4JN]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 186), H9731 [17SE]
Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see H. Res. 855), H11712 [22OC]
Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (see H.R. 2299), H5397 [7MY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H5582 [13MY]
———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), H12456 [5NO]
Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building, Ballwin, MO: designate (see H.R. 1217), H2873 [26FE]
Taxation: 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), H4130 [30MR]
———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H9550 [15SE]
———encourage individuals to purchase building products and home furnishings (see H.R. 3382), H9055 [29JY]
———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 3670), H10069 [29SE]
———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 1677), H5667 [14MY]
———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 4075), H13001 [16NO]
———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 4042), H12586 [6NO]
———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (see H.R. 3439), H11714 [22OC]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9491 [14SE]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H4734 [23AP]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H3438 [16MR] (see H.R. 1806), H13629 (see H.R. 1806), H14372 [8DE]
———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H3056 [5MR]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H3338 [11MR]
Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9671 [16SE]
Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H4840 [27AP]
Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H12457 [5NO]
———ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 1443), H5097 [4MY]
Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H7837 [8JY]
Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9738 [21SE]
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), H13550 [7DE]
Truth in Lending Act: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 3904), H12045 [28OC]
Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 1078), H1605 [13FE]
U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H8009 [10JY]
Unemployment: recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]
Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H6902 [16JN]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 59), H3338 [11MR]
Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2030), H6619 [11JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H8495 [21JY]
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]
World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 215), H13353 [19NO]
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
Barbers: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 75), H3526 [17MR]
Chamberlain, Wilton (Wilt): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 79), H3834 [24MR] (see H. Con. Res. 140), H6155 [3JN]
Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 3072), H7703 [26JN]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H4062 [26MR]
Contracts: require companies submitting offers to the Government for Federal contracts to include subcontracting agreements with the offers (see H.R. 4134), H13352 [19NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (see H.R. 2034), H4686 [22AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish the National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center and authorize grants for State registries (see H.R. 3071), H7703 [26JN]
Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 685), H526 [26JA]
Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency and accountability of Federal advisory committees (see H.R. 1320), H3052 [5MR]
Health care facilities: tribute to Barnes Jewish Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Integris Baptist Hospital for completion of successful 16-person kidney transplant (see H. Res. 664), H8495 [21JY]
National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see H.R. 1556), H3526 [17MR]
———promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (see H.R. 854), H1041 [4FE]
National Minority Donor Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H7705 [26JN]
Stokes, Carl B.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5169 [5MY] (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6155 [3JN]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H10001 [29SE]
Remarks
Chisom, Sylvester: St. Louis County, MO, Hoodie Award recipient, E2511
Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (H.R. 3072), H8843, H8844 [27JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (H.R. 2034), H8971 [29JY]
Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (H.R. 685), H10003 [29SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H287 [14JA]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 513), H9247 [31JY]
Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (H.J. Res. 12), H9246 [31JY]
Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (H. Res. 593), H8839, H8841 [27JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12855 [7NO]
House of Representatives: appreciation for tributes, H8840 [27JY]
Iraq: human rights violations at Camp Ashraf, E1150
John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (H.R. 955), H3463, H3464 [17MR]
Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building, Chesterfield, MO: designate (H.R. 1216), H3467 [17MR]
Motor vehicles: allow automobile rental industry to finance debt secured by car fleets as well as with unsecured commercial paper, H287 [14JA]
National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (H.R. 1323), H3464, H3467 [17MR]
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 373), H8842, H8843 [27JY]
National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 211), H3453, H3456 [17MR]
Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (H.R. 22), H9503 [15SE]
Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (H.R. 35), H44 [7JA]
———require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (H.R. 36), H46 [7JA]
Shivers, Arthur: St. Louis County, MO, Hoodie Award recipient, E2511
St. Louis, MO: tribute to Smoking Joe's Bar-Be-Que (restaurant), E2255
Tibotec Therapeutics (business): tribute to Gender Race and Clinical Experience (GRACE) study, E2426
VFW Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 483), H8844, H8845 [27JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, H8840 [27JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Humanitarian situation of Camp Ashraf residents: European Parliament, E1150
Tributes
Ali, Ben, E2583
Bailey, Jodie, E752
Layne, Austin, E2833