McINTYRE, MIKE (a Representative from North Carolina)
Appointments
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H5768 [19MY]
Committee to escort British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into the House Chamber, H2928 [4MR]
Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488 [6OC]
———S. 454, Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act, H5549 [13MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 879), H13267 [18NO]
American Kennel Club: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 160), H7838 [8JY]
America's Spiritual Heritage Week: designate (see H. Res. 397), H5096 [4MY]
Armed Forces: ensure every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience (see H.R. 268), H442 [21JA]
———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), H6014 [21MY]
———express condolences to families and friends of victims of shooting at the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq (see H. Res. 471), H6013 [21MY]
———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), H8708 [23JY]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H2603 [23FE]
———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 270), H5667 [14MY]
———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H4583 [21AP]
———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), H1045 [4FE]
———recognize significant contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program (see H. Res. 812), H11791 [26OC]
———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see H.R. 2058), H7741 [7JY]
Army: lease portions of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum facility to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum Foundation to support operation of the museum (see H.R. 4034), H12588 [6NO]
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 465), H6077 [2JN]
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]
———recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services pursuant to their authority over public health, patient safety, and medical services and care (see H.R. 978), H1246 [11FE]
Blowing Rock, NC: authorize a land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway (see H.R. 1121), H2886 [2MR]
Border Patrol: anniversary (see H. Res. 498), H6307 [8JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H36 [6JA]
———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]
———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]
Campus Fire Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 167), H9731 [17SE]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see H.R. 577), H2980 [4MR]
Chicago, IL: support initiatives of Chicago Wilderness (organization) and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (see H. Res. 860), H13521 [3DE]
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), H6904 [16JN]
———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), H4064 [26MR]
Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]
Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 2548), H6008 [21MY]
Coastal zones: establish a national integrated system of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems (see H.R. 367), H603 [27JA]
Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H781 [28JA]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H4688 [22AP]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H780 [28JA]
Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1103), H5097 [4MY]
Dalton, Kristen: Miss USA winner (see H. Res. 482), H6416 [9JN]
DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see H.R. 2923), H13386 [1DE]
Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H6620 [11JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: compensate poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of processing plant closures or other cost-cutting measures by bankrupt poultry processors (see H.R. 3150), H7946 [9JY]
———establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H9279 [31JY]
Dept. of Commerce: study population of South Atlantic red snapper fishery and limit departmental authority to promulgate any interim rule that prohibits fishing in South Atlantic red snapper fishery (see H.R. 3307), H8706 [23JY]
Dept. of Defense: adopt a screening program to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce suicide among veterans (see H.R. 1308), H6266 [4JN]
Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H14744 [10DE]
———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 2593), H6010 [21MY]
———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1161), H2631 [24FE]
———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5306 [6MY]
Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H8025 [13JY]
———ensure patient choice in pharmacies by regulating pharmacy benefit managers and improving access to prescription drugs for certain individuals (see H.R. 4199), H13519 [3DE]
———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4688 [22AP]
———establish the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center (see H.R. 1261), H2923 [3MR]
———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H5792 [19MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a reinforced fence along a certain length of the U.S.-Mexico border and gain operational control over such border (see H.R. 3289), H8584 [22JY]
———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H9671 [16SE]
Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1139), H2602 [23FE]
———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see H.R. 1933), H4735 [23AP]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2406), H6015 [21MY]
Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see H.R. 4072), H14827 [11DE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H2925 [3MR]
Dept. of Transportation: 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), H777 [28JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H12972 [7NO]
———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), H3438 [16MR]
———make certain improvements in benefits laws (see H.R. 3949), H12043 [28OC]
———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), H779 [28JA]
Diseases: conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H12142 [29OC]
———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H13267 [18NO]
———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H6266 [4JN]
District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 2608), H6011 [21MY]
———provide for retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 1015), H6014 [21MY]
E.V. Wilkins Post Office, Roper, NC: establish (see H.R. 3892), H11581 [21OC]
Early Detection Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 158), H9808 [22SE]
Economy: establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 826), H1248 [11FE]
Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9397 [9SE]
———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H3105 [9MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H4398 [1AP]
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), H3056 [5MR]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H5485 [12MY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 42), H4735 [23AP]
FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H13266 [18NO]
———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H91 [8JA]
Federal employees: make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H6076 [2JN]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11297 [13OC]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see H.R. 2093), H4733 [23AP]
FEMA: extend public assistance pilot program (see H.R. 1081), H3056 [5MR]
———waive the cost-share requirement under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program for certain grants (see H.R. 2759), H8708 [23JY]
Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 1584), H3640 [18MR]
Flag Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 420), H6016 [21MY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 47), H5893 [20MY]
Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see H.R. 1398), H4525 [2AP]
Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4129 [30MR] (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), H6538 [10JN]
Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H4583 [21AP]
Greece: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 2261), H6307 [8JN]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H29 [6JA]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H780 [28JA]
Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H3749 [23MR]
———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H4583 [21AP]
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), H7947 [9JY]
House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 11), H603 [27JA]
House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H196 [13JA]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H6015 [21MY]
———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1199), H2835 [25FE]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3578), H13002 [16NO]
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), H6307 [8JN]
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), H10519 [6OC]
———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]
International Civil Rights Center & Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 3912), H11712 [22OC]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see H. Res. 175), H3642 [18MR]
J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Elizabeth City, NC: designate (see H.R. 813), H920 [3FE]
Kalas, Harry: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H6620 [11JN]
Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H9492 [14SE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]
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]
Medicare: continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]
———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H5485 [12MY]
———extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1051), H6155 [3JN]
———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H6076 [2JN]
———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H8025 [13JY]
———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H11714 [22OC]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H5062 [30AP]
———restore payments for home oxygen therapy through the beneficiary's period of medical need (see H.R. 2373), H7023 [18JN]
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H2632 [24FE]
Memorial Day: urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (see H. Res. 360), H5668 [14MY]
Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1361), H3078 [6MR]
Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H6539 [10JN]
Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H5664 [14MY]
———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 388), H5062 [30AP]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H8960 [28JY]
———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7838 [8JY]
National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see H.R. 482), H8100 [14JY]
National Boating Day: observance (see H. Res. 410), H6156 [3JN]
National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H326 [14JA]
National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]
National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]
National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H6620 [11JN]
National Facial Protection Month: support (see H. Res. 193), H4841 [27AP]
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]
National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see H.R. 327), H89 [8JA]
National Park and Recreation Month: designate (see H. Res. 288), H7838 [8JY]
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), H6015 [21MY]
National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 1655), H3705 [19MR]
National Senior Citizens Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 157), H6972 [17JN]
National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 403), H5169 [5MY]
National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 866), H12142 [29OC]
National Year of the Bible: designate (see H. Con. Res. 121), H6416 [9JN]
NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program and a national undersea research program (see H.R. 366), H158 [9JA]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]
Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H12365 [4NO]
Pipelines: provide loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines (see H.R. 864), H3338 [11MR]
Pisgah National Forest: adjust boundaries (see H.R. 1002), H1248 [11FE]
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]
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), H7706 [26JN]
———promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 1190), H5892 [20MY]
Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H8586 [22JY]
———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H. Res. 748), H10000 [25SE]
Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 2882), H6902 [16JN]
Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H4734 [23AP]
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), H5792 [19MY]
———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H5713 [18MY]
Ships and vessels: promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 2172), H4998 [29AP]
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 people with disabilities for entitlement to disability and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2263), H6267 [4JN]
———ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]
———increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H6014 [21MY]
———provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorneys representing prevailing parties in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 1735), H5892 [20MY]
———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 4054), H12587 [6NO]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H3105 [9MR]
Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H3527 [17MR]
Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 951), H14982 [15DE]
SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H7706 [26JN]
Summitt, Pat: tribute (see H. Res. 196), H6016 [21MY]
Taxation: allow an increased work opportunity credit for recent veterans (see H.R. 620), H3078 [6MR]
———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), H4525 [2AP]
———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H4735 [23AP]
———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H4583 [21AP]
———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H9282 [31JY]
———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H875 [2FE]
———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 4075), H13001 [16NO]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H4064 [26MR]
———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2329), H5668 [14MY]
———extend program to provide grants for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits (see H.R. 3136), H7836 [8JY]
———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 460), H526 [26JA]
———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5000 [29AP]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4250 [31MR]
———provide a payroll tax holiday for small businesses (see H.R. 1836), H4735 [23AP]
———provide additional incentives for facilities producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 3135), H7836 [8JY]
———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H12364 [4NO]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3706 [19MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 982), H1246 [11FE]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H2835 [25FE]
———treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2105), H5667 [14MY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H7705 [26JN]
Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H2836 [25FE]
———permit retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county (see H.R. 3216), H8586 [22JY]
Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H9282 [31JY]
———incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning (see H.R. 2782), H6414 [9JN]
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]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2135), H14827 [11DE]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 348), H4582 [21AP]
Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H6266 [4JN]
———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), H6619 [11JN] (see H.R. 333), H89 [8JA]
———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2243), H12288 [3NO]
Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H6902 [16JN]
Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (see H. Res. 742), H9808 [22SE]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5792 [19MY]
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), H2836 [25FE]
———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (see H. Res. 494), H8026 [13JY]
Year of the Military Family: designate (see H. Con. Res. 64), H2874 [26FE]
Yow, Kay: tribute (see H. Res. 310), H4251 [31MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Burns, Robert: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H1606 [13FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs (see H.R. 32), H29 [6JA]
Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 428), H5485 [12MY]
National Coaches Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 6), H36 [6JA]
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H29 [6JA]
Social Security: eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 33), H29 [6JA]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3107 [10MR]
Letters
Lumbee Recognition Act: Beverly Perdue, Governor of North Carolina, H6117 [3JN]
———James B. Hunt, Jr., H6118 [3JN]
———James G. Martin, H6118 [3JN]
———Michael F. Easley, H6117 [3JN]
Remarks
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association: anniversary (H. Res. 465), E2541
Chavis, Ronnie: National Association for Sport and Physical Education National Athletic Director of the Year award recipient, E988
Dept. of HHS: establish the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center, H4365 [1AP]
———establish the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center (H.R. 1261), H3801 [24MR]
Dept. of the Interior: require verification that the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is descended from the Cheraw Tribe or other coastal North Carolina tribes, H6121 [3JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs, H12159 [2NO]
———make certain improvements in benefits laws (H.R. 3949), H12159 [2NO]
Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 428), H6763
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), H3801 [24MR], H4365 [1AP]
———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), Senate amendment, H6659
National Coaches Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 6), H9451 [14SE]
National Youth Sports Week: observance, E1930
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), H6117 [3JN]
———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), motion to recommit, H6121 [3JN]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (H. Res. 348), H5120 [5MY]
Votes: position on missed, H7178
Tributes
Carter, W. Horace, E2341
Causey, Sid, E1313
Cummings, Michael, H5311 [7MY]
Dalton, Kristen, E929
Franklin, John Hope, E1317
Murphy, William, III, E2603
Turner, E.B., E189