MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)
Amendments
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6808 [15JN], H6895 [16JN], H7000 [18JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H10419 [1OC]
———H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H11826 [27OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Kennel Club: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 160), H9282 [31JY]
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), H8009 [10JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 1662), H4525 [2AP]
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), H6619 [11JN]
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]
Conservation of energy: encourage energy efficient and environment-friendly building and facility certification programs to incorporate use of mechanical insulation as part of standards and ratings systems (see H. Res. 389), H5401 [7MY]
Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps to promote and improve service opportunities for veterans and retired military (see H.R. 1401), H3104 [9MR]
Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H14826 [11DE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 634), H4129 [30MR]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H7947 [9JY]
———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H7837 [8JY]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3055 [5MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3810), H15504 [16DE]
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), H3438 [16MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H5096 [4MY]
Diseases: increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H10457 [1OC]
Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]
Financial institutions: return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H13267 [18NO]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H2603 [23FE]
———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1620), H3703 [19MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 47), H10520 [6OC]
Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2378), H12588 [6NO]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8008 [10JY]
Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see H.R. 2736), H6264 [4JN]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 3240), H8302 [16JY]
———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), H1608 [13FE]
Harris County, TX: Aldine Independent School District recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education (see H. Res. 791), H10456 [1OC]
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), H12588 [6NO]
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), H6619 [11JN]
Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8496 [21JY]
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]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H11791 [26OC]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H8303 [16JY]
Monongahela National Forest: designate additional lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1109), H2601 [23FE]
Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H8960 [28JY]
NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]
National Miner's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 208), H12364 [4NO]
National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 866), H12198 [2NO]
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H3401 [12MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]
Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]
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), H4129 [30MR]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]
Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]
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), H15503 [16DE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H5169 [5MY]
Taxation: allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]
———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H12141 [29OC]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H7706 [26JN]
———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H14982 [15DE]
———modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 4144), H15504 [16DE]
———modify requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property (see H.R. 4112), H13266 [18NO]
———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see H.R. 3916), H14827 [11DE]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H8960 [28JY] (see H.R. 1806), H13629 (see H.R. 1806), H14372 [8DE]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H1607 [13FE]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H1607 [13FE]
———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H11713 [22OC]
Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5667 [14MY]
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), H7248 [24JN]
Veterans: improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H12142 [29OC]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]
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), H4524 [2AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Appalachian Development Highway System: extend Corridor O from its current southern terminus at I-68 near Cumberland, MD, to Corridor H, which stretches from Weston, WV, to Strasburg, VA (see H.R. 1489), H3400 [12MR]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2847), H6742 [12JN]
Motions
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6897 [16JN]
Remarks
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: prohibit funding for certain Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and NIST programs, H6942, H6943 [17JN]
Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), H2798 [25FE]
Augusta, ME: prohibit funding for Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Maine Lobster Research and Inshore Trawl Survey, H6957 [17JN]
Budget: deficit, H6969 [17JN]
Bureau of Prisons: funding, H6890 [16JN], H6926 [17JN]
Bureau of the Census: prohibit funding for relocation from Dept. of Commerce to the Executive Office of the President, H6950 [17JN]
———prohibit funding for use of statistical sampling in the decennial census, H6955 [17JN]
Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding, H6897 [16JN]
Dept. of HHS: prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H8780 [24JY]
Dept. of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women funding, H6892 [16JN]
———Office on Violence Against Women Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program funding, H6922 [17JN]
———prohibit funding for the National Drug Intelligence Center, H6964 [17JN]
———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H6895 [16JN]
———Support Teens Through Education and Protection (STEP) Program funding, H6953 [17JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8780 [24JY]
LSC: funding, H6936 [17JN]
NASA: funding, H6889, H6891, H6892 [16JN]
National Climate Service: prohibit funding to establish or implement, H6954 [17JN]
National Geographic Society: prohibit funding for the JASON Project, H6967 [17JN]
National security: prohibit funding to implement Executive order relative to closure of detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6941 [17JN]
NOAA: Western Pacific Fishery Demonstration Projects funding, H6921 [17JN]
NSF: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program funding, H6933 [17JN]
OMB: require executive departments and independent agencies to track and report undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts, H6945 [17JN]
Public buildings: prohibit funding for purchase of light bulbs that do not have the Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation, H6943 [17JN]
Queens, NY: prohibit funding for Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Jamaica Export Center, H6960 [17JN]
San Jose State University: prohibit funding for Training the Next Generation of Weather Forecasters project, H6959 [17JN]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H6948, H6951, H6952, H6953 [17JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6886, H6888, H6889, H6890, H6891, H6892, H6895, H6897 [16JN], H6921, H6922, H6926, H6933, H6936, H6941, H6942, H6943, H6945, H6948, H6950, H6951, H6952, H6953, H6954, H6955, H6956, H6957, H6959, H6960, H6964, H6967 [17JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 544), H6860 [16JN]
Stuttgart, AR: prohibit funding for the Art Center of the Grand Prairie, H6956 [17JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Dept. of Justice: conflict of interest due to his position as Committee on Appropriations (House) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chair relative to Dept. of Justice investigation, H6944 [17JN], H9322 [8SE]
Reports filed
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2847) (H. Rept. 111-149), H6742 [12JN]
Tributes
Byrd, Senator, E2800
Sammis, Scott, E168