FRANK, BARNEY (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Addresses

ROFEH International (organization) Congregation Bais Pinchas Jubilee Award Presentation to Sidney and Toby Thurm Blechner: Naftali Y. Horowitz, E1858 [13OC]

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H927 [15FE], H1125 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4676 [6JY], H4722 [7JY]

Articles and editorials

Can We Afford the Military Budget? Bruce Bartlett, New York (NY) Times, E1105 [15JN]

Chamber Urges Congress To Raise Debt Limit, Jason Rua and Robert A. Mellion, Fall River (MA) Herald News, E1314 [13JY]

Defense Budget—Ignorance Is Not Bliss, Winslow T. Wheeler, Hill (publication), E615 [4AP]

Event Scheduled To Honor New Bedford Soldier Wounded in Afghanistan, Brian Fraga, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, E1822 [12OC]

Ex-President of Cape Verde Wins Good Government Prize, Adam Nossiter, New York (NY) Times, E1824 [12OC]

Funding Regulators, Financial Times (publication), E396 [2MR]

`He Has Ilumined Our Minds, Deepened Our Souls, Enlarged Our Hearts'—The Very Rev. Constantine S. Bebis Retires After 58 Years as Pastor, Linda Andrade Rodrigues, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, E2074 [17NO]

Holding China to Account, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, H6563 [5OC]

Jim Langevin—Now Is the Time To Redefine Marriage in R.I., Representative Langevin, Providence (RI) Journal, E538 [29MR]

Let Us Eat Fish, Ray Hilborn, New York (NY) Times, E771 [2MY]

MarDee Xifaras—Southcoast Woman of the Year, Jack Spillane, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, E8 [5JA]

Myra Kraft Was a Role Model for Family Loyalty and Giving, Boston (MA) Globe, E1399 [25JY]

Rosie's Place Founder Kip Tiernan Dies at 85, Bryan Marquard, Boston (MA) Globe, E1286 [11JY]

SMAST Professor Honored for Fisheries Work, Don Cuddy, SouthCoastToday.com (Internet site), E1684 [22SE]

UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Stepping Down After This Year, Steve Urbon, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, E1560 [8SE]

Unbreakable Bonds, Iris J. Lav, New York (NY) Times, E567 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 780), H1177 (see H.R. 780), H1196 [17FE]

———require the President to transmit a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of U.S. military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan (see H.R. 1735), H3305 [13MY]

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7579 [14NO]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 401), H1666 [9MR]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H6415 [22SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1666 [9MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H4364 [21JN]

———prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H6237 [19SE]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (see H.R. 574), H3000 [3MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3161 [10MY]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H554 [8FE]

Armed Forces: authorize members to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty (see H.R. 1046), H1844 [15MR]

———lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H4673 [6JY]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H1726 [10MR]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H2533 [7AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H7397 [4NO]

Boston Bruins (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 318), H4364 [21JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6234 [15SE]

Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H3300 [13MY]

———promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 469), H554 [8FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H6506 [3OC]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H4188 [14JN]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients (see H. Con. Res. 72), H5936 [2SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H3344 [23MY]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H7830 [17NO]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H3278 [12MY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1831), H3217 [11MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3282 [12MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 90), H9929 [16DE]

———require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see H.R. 3416), H7577 [14NO]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 3547), H8075 [1DE]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H4366 [21JN]

———extend increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 2508), H6344 [21SE]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2603 [12AP]

———require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H3411 [24MY]

———require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H3221 [11MY]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H7332 [3NO]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: remove ineligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits of individuals who participate in a strike (see H.R. 530), H6272 [20SE]

Dept. of Commerce: promote coastal jobs creation, promote sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, and revitalize waterfronts (see H.R. 594), H2917 [15AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1377), H2917 [15AP]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H8076 [1DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4187 [14JN]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H6011 [8SE]

———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2334), H6979 [14OC]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H3161 [10MY]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 416), H468 [25JA]

———reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H7715 [16NO]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3344 [23MY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H7715 [16NO]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H1176 (see H.R. 751), H1195 [17FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H8967 [14DE]

———modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 959), H5966 [7SE]

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. 284), H201 [12JA]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (see H.R. 1977), H3409 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 1360), H3220 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price (see H.R. 1352), H4332 [20JN]

———provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 1931), H3302 [13MY]

———study suitability and feasibility of inclusion of land and waters in the greater Salem Sound and Salem, MA, area in the Salem Maritime National Historic Site (see H.R. 1500), H2935 [2MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. bonds to fund Alzheimer's disease research (see H.R. 610), H4366 [21JN]

———extend Small Business Lending Fund Program and provide for an appeals process (see H.R. 3147), H6781 [11OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national tunnel inspection standards for proper safety evaluation of all highway tunnels (see H.R. 2254), H4364 [21JN]

———prohibit provision of grants or funds to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle riders (see H.R. 904), H2667 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H1580 [4MR]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H3161 [10MY]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H2667 [13AP]

———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), H5965 [7SE]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H1574 [3MR]

———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. 178), H601 [9FE]

Disabled: authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 604), H4577 [24JN]

———expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2696), H5897 [5AU]

———expand and intensify NIH programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2695), H7406 [10NO]

———improve individualized education program and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 602), H4577 [24JN]

———provide assistance to States to develop and implement transition plans for developmentally disabled individuals who are transitioning from the secondary school system into adulthood (see H.R. 603), H4577 [24JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H4673 [6JY]

Diseases: authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H6673 [6OC]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H5489 [25JY]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 640), H2917 [15AP]

———establish a national screening program, and provide States the option to increase screening for the prevention, early detection, and timely treatment of colorectal cancer under Medicaid (see H.R. 912), H2108 [30MR]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H5581 [26JY]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H4586 [1JY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 2123), H6467 [29SE]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H3108 [5MY]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H3646 (see H.R. 1897), H3684 [25MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2746), H6458 [23SE]

———require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H4852 [11JY]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 2303), H4457 [22JN]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 3502), H7890 [18NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 12), H7134 [26OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H6855 [12OC]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2917 [15AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 2072), H3868 (see H.R. 2072), H3909 [1JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see H.R. 2341), H4751 [7JY]

———strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H6626 [5OC]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 1681), H3162 [10MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 1440), H2918 [15AP]

———allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H7715 [16NO]

———allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2364), H4573 [24JN]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H4573 [24JN]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H6988 [21OC]

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. 616), H679 [10FE]

———provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 3634), H8727 [12DE]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (see H.R. 1026), H1724 [10MR]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see H.R. 2636), H5488 [25JY]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H684 [10FE]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H6456 [23SE]

———permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs (see H.R. 2772), H6140 [13SE]

Food and Nutrition Act: treat the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam (see H.R. 1465), H5150 [18JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5488 [25JY]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6674 [6OC]

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. 304), H4186 [14JN]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

FTC: revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 116), H356 [19JA]

Gambling: establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker (see H.R. 2366), H4574 [24JN]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 1174), H1983 [17MR]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H2106 [30MR]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 1250), H2412 [6AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H723 [11FE]

———promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H8728 [12DE]

———support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 1862), H6673 [6OC]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3159 [10MY]

Housing: revitalize distressed housing, reform public housing demolition and disposition rules, provide agencies with resources to preserve units, and train residents to provide home-based health services (see H.R. 762), H1176 (see H.R. 762), H1195 [17FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 933), H2268 [1AP]

Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 1028), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 2310), H4526 [23JN]

———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. 111), H37 [5JA]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H2918 [15AP]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7399 [4NO]

Iraq: prohibit funding to maintain U.S. Armed Forces and military contractors in Iraq after a certain date (see H.R. 2757), H5884 [1AU]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see H.R. 1464), H4946 [12JY]

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7209 [1NO]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H8318 [8DE]

Libya: cease use of force by U.S. Armed Forces unless such use of force is authorized by Congress (see H.R. 1212), H2667 [13AP]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H6506 [3OC]

Matthew A. Pucino Post Office, Sagamore Beach, MA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H3805 [31MY]

Medicaid: provide access to certified professional midwives for enrollees (see H.R. 1054), H9945 [19DE]

Medicare: amend provisions relative to payment for partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 3442), H7713 [16NO]

———apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 3613), H8318 [8DE]

———count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H7134 [26OC]

———create additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals, expand primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, and provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians (see H.R. 2224), H5150 [18JY]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 999), H1723 [10MR]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7831 [17NO]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H7161 [27OC]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H4794 [8JY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H4945 [12JY]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H7332 [3NO]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H4794 [8JY]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3622), H8318 [8DE]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H2935 [2MY]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H4187 [14JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H4529 [23JN]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2248), H6922 [13OC]

———require use of analytic contractors in identifying and analyzing misvalued physician services and an annual review of potentially misvalued codes under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 1256), H4459 [22JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H4945 [12JY]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 214), H3112 [5MY]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4590 [5JY]

———support Israel in seeking peace with its neighbors, particularly toward a two-state solution that results in a free, nonmilitarized Palestinian state (see H. Res. 314), H4327 [16JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H3987 [2JN]

NAFTA: promote infrastructure projects financed by the North American Development Bank in the border region to promote growth in trade and commerce between the U.S. and Mexico (see H.R. 2216), H4326 [16JN]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 220), H8000 [30NO]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 51), H434 [24JA]

National Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day: designate (see H. Res. 494), H8880 [13DE]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 246), H3061 [4MY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 362), H5373 [21JY]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: implement recommendations (see H.R. 501), H1180 (see H.R. 501), H1199 [17FE]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 40), H2665 [13AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain ban on lobbying State legislators using Federal tax dollars and urge focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education and training (see H. Res. 239), H2933 [2MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H513 [26JA]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 83), H1392 [28FE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H6011 [8SE]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 1080), H1840 [15MR]

Nuclear energy: ensure that nuclear powerplants can withstand and adequately respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, strong storms, or other events that threaten a major impact (see H.R. 1242), H2667 [13AP]

Officer John Maguire Post Office Building, Woburn, MA: designate (see H.R. 2640), H5488 [25JY]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see H.R. 492), H508 [26JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H40 [5JA]

———repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see H.R. 2529), H5085 [14JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H7928 [29NO]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1454 [1MR]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1621 [8MR]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2672), H7009 [24OC]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H2108 [30MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H3220 [11MY]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H2536 [7AP]

———enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2967), H7161 [27OC]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2412 [6AP]

———reform (see H.R. 1262), H2412 [6AP]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H553 [8FE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see H.R. 3503), H8320 [8DE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

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. 1916), H3301 [13MY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H5781 [29JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H2266 [1AP]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H2039 [29MR]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H1723 [10MR]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 112), H2917 [15AP]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 456), H1180 (see H.R. 456), H1199 [17FE]

Small business: ensure State-certified medical marijuana businesses have full access to banking services (see H.R. 1984), H3644 (see H.R. 1984), H3682 [25MY]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and impose a surcharge on high income taxpayers (see H.R. 417), H2268 [1AP]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H2605 [12AP]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H4946 [12JY]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 539), H550 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2917 [15AP]

———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. 718), H3161 [10MY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (see H.R. 1017), H2216 [31MR]

Sudan: continue restrictions unless the President certifies that Sudan is no longer engaged in training, harboring, supplying, financing, or supporting in any way the Lord's Resistance Army (see H.R. 895), H2216 [31MR]

Supreme Court: apply Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to justices and establish procedures for the recusal of justices from cases (see H.R. 862), H2108 [30MR]

———permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 3572), H8262 [7DE]

Taiwan: express concerns relative to impact of China on freedom, security, and stability (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3871 (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3912 [1JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for expenses in connection with the trade or business of selling medical marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1985), H3644 (see H.R. 1985), H3682 [25MY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H2603 [12AP]

———apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 797), H6415 [22SE]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 289), H2917 [15AP]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H7626 [15NO]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H7209 [1NO]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H7715 [16NO]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1124), H2935 [2MY]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2412), H7715 [16NO]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———make the credit for research activities permanent and increase such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 1329), H2858 [14AP]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3000 [3MY]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 376), H8125 [2DE]

———reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 3186), H6919 [13OC]

———regulate and tax Internet gambling (see H.R. 2230), H4327 [16JN]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H1580 [4MR]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H5661 [27JY]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H6855 [12OC]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H6467 [29SE]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]

———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H924 [15FE]

Turkey: end religious discrimination, safeguard Christian heritage, and return confiscated church properties (see H. Res. 306), H4277 [15JN]

———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Res. 180), H2918 [15AP]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see H.R. 1209), H1985 [17MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]

Uganda: honor life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 100), H1178 (see H. Res. 100), H1197 [17FE]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 2501), H4945 [12JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H726 [11FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

Veterans: 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), H2934 [2MY] (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals in Vietnam affected by Agent Orange, enhance medical care for descendants of veterans, and provide health assessments and assistance to Vietnamese Americans (see H.R. 2634), H6674 [6OC]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2327 [5AP]

William T. Trant Post Office Building, Westfield, MA: designate (see H.R. 2767), H5884 [1AU]

Williams Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 256), H3282 [12MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6238 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2410 [6AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: make risk-based assessments of financial companies to recoup assistance under the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (see H.R. 1151), H1982 [17MR]

Drugs: limit application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marijuana (see H.R. 2306), H4526 [23JN]

———reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1983), H3644 (see H.R. 1983), H3682 [25MY]

Egypt: honor rule of law and return Noor and Ramsay Bower to the U.S. (see H. Res. 193), H2214 [31MR]

FRS: remove representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from membership on the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 1512), H2664 [13AP]

———replace Federal Open Market Committee members representing the Federal Reserve banks with additional members appointed by the President (see H.R. 3428), H7626 [15NO]

Health care facilities: protect interests of residents of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in certain class action lawsuits and Dept. of Justice actions (see H.R. 2032), H3755 [26MY]

NOAA: reform procedures for payment of funds from the Asset Forfeiture Fund and protect the fishing industry from excessive fines (see H.R. 2610), H5373 [21JY]

Veterans Day: encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (see H.R. 2498), H4944 [12JY]

Biographies

Blechner, Sidney and Toby Thurm, E1858 [13OC]

Hecht, Neil S., E1858 [13OC]

Upton, Joseph, E1857 [13OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R. 1397), H2411 [6AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: make risk-based assessments of financial companies to recoup assistance under the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (H.R. 1151), H1986 [17MR]

Drugs: limit application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marijuana (H.R. 2306), H4528 [23JN]

———reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (H.R. 1983), H3645, H3683 [25MY]

FRS: remove representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from membership on the Federal Open Market Committee (H.R. 1512), H2666 [13AP]

———replace Federal Open Market Committee members representing the Federal Reserve banks with additional members appointed by the President (H.R. 3428), H7626 [15NO]

Health care facilities: protect interests of residents of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in certain class action lawsuits and Dept. of Justice actions (H.R. 2032), H3757 [26MY]

NOAA: reform procedures for payment of funds from the Asset Forfeiture Fund and protect the fishing industry from excessive fines (H.R. 2610), H5374 [21JY]

Veterans Day: encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (H.R. 2498), H4945 [12JY]

Letters

CFTC ability to implement certain rules without substantiation, protect end users from margin requirements, and set boundaries on overseas application of derivative requirements: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7773 [17NO]

CFTC implementation of regulations limiting amount of outside speculator participation in the energy futures trading markets: Joseph H. Petrowski, Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies, E1395 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense funding: several national security and defense economics experts, E42 [7JA]

FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants: Paul D. Ford, Fall River, MA, Fire Dept., E16 [6JA]

Grant executive clemency and commute full sentence of life imprisonment for Jonathan J. Pollard: several Representatives, E1489 [2AU]

HAMP Termination Act and NSP Termination Act: Rafael E. Cestero, New York, NY, Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development, H1871 [16MR]

NSP Termination Act: Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, CA, H1870 [16MR]

———several civil rights and consumer organizations, H1870 [16MR]

Lists

Organizations in opposition to H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act, H1862 [16MR]

Press releases

Consumer Bureau, State Attorneys General Partnership Will Help Better Protect American Consumers of Financial Products and Services From Unlawful Acts and Practices: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, E711 [13AP]

Millis Student Receives 2011 Military Child of the Year Award: Operation Homefront (organization), E580 [31MR]

Proposals

FDIC recoupment of money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1737 [11MR], H1861 [16MR]

Remarks

Afghanistan: retaliation against U.N. employees and citizens of Western countries after burning of Koran at Gainesville, FL, church, H2333 [6AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4153 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7775 [17NO]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H845 [15FE], H1122, H1123, H1124, H1125, H1126, H1128, H1132, H1133, H1181 [17FE], H1222, H1224, H1307, H1314 [18FE], E396 [2MR]

Armed Forces: direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (H. Con. Res. 28), H1927 [17MR]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), H4015 [3JN]

———include veterans and members who have service-connected injuries and their survivors and dependents in FHA refinance program study, H1692 [10MR]

———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), H4559 [24JN]

Blechner, Sidney and Toby Thurm: ROFEH International (organization) Congregation Bais Pinchas Jubilee Award recipients, E1857 [13OC]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5754 [29JY]

———deficit, H1679 [10MR]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H406, H407 [24JA]

CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H1222 [18FE], H1680, H1681 [10MR], H1732, H1736 [11MR], H2000 [29MR]

CFTC: funding, H4153 [14JN], H7775 [17NO], E396 [2MR]

———implementation of regulations limiting amount of outside speculator participation in the energy futures trading markets, E1395 [25JY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5754 [29JY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Dept. of the Treasury and FRS inspectors general report identifying and documenting mission-critical activities and legislative mandates, H5585 [27JY]

Consumers: partnership between the Federal Government and the States to protect consumers of financial products and services, E710 [13AP]

Dept. of Commerce: promote sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, E771 [2MY]

Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, H4722, H4724, H4725 [7JY]

———Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program funding, H1224 [18FE]

———funding, E42 [7JA], E615 [4AP], E1105 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4722, H4724, H4725 [7JY]

———Surface Launch Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile System program funding, H1224 [18FE]

Dept. of HUD: permit FHA issuance of certain mortgagee guidance letters, H1691, H1692 [10MR]

———quantify number of vacant homes by State that could be eligible for rehabilitation under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and clarify such homes may not be rehabilitated if the program is terminated, H1887 [16MR]

———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), H1861, H1863, H1864, H1866, H1867, H1868, H1869, H1877, H1878, H1887 [16MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program, terminate the program, and use unexpended balances to reduce public debt, H1690 [10MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1679, H1681, H1682, H1685, H1690, H1691, H1692 [10MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1732, H1734, H1736, H1741, H1742, H1745, H1746 [11MR]

———use unobligated Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds rescinded after termination for deficit reduction, H1877, H1878 [16MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), H6563 [5OC]

———soundness of Federal and municipal bonds, E567 [30MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H1997, H1998, H2000, H2009 [29MR]

———use unobligated Home Affordable Modification Program funds rescinded after termination for deficit reduction, H2009 [29MR]

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act: implementation, H6241 [20SE]

Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses, H1122, H1123, H1124 [17FE]

FDIC: recoup money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1732, H1736, H1741, H1742 [11MR]

———require a study on the impact of insured depository institution failures (H.R. 2056), Senate amendments, H9934 [19DE]

FEMA: importance of Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, E16 [6JA]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: prohibit members from voting on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules if that rule would affect an institution where that member had recently been employed, H5333 [21JY]

———require a supermajority to override Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, H5332 [21JY]

———require any agency filing a challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules to provide certain disclosures, H5336 [21JY]

———restore time limits on review of regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H5337 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5319, H5320, H5322, H5323, H5324, H5332, H5333, H5336, H5337, H5338, H5339, H5340 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), consideration (H. Res. 358), H5306, H5307, H5309, H5310, H5311 [21JY]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, H1132, H1133 [17FE]

———grant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau additional oversight of consumer protections and research impact of language barriers on abusive lending practices, H5338 [21JY]

———postpone date for transfer of functions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if the Bureau does not have a Director in place, H5319 [21JY]

———remove representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from membership on the Federal Open Market Committee (H.R. 1512), H6966-H6970 [14OC]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission, H5319, H5324 [21JY]

———require an Inspector General report on new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidelines, regulations, rules, agency overlaps, expenses, and unmitigated balances, H5340 [21JY]

———transfer Consumer Financial Protection Bureau authority to the Dept. of the Treasury if no Commission chair is in place, H5339 [21JY]

Hecht, Neil S.: ROFEH International (organization) Grand Rabbi Levi Horowitz Legacy Award recipient, E1857 [13OC]

House of Representatives: explanation of personal injury, H8938 [14DE]

———legislative program, H1307 [18FE]

Howland, Melissa: Operation Homefront (organization) Military Child of the Year Award recipient, E579 [31MR]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), Senate amendment, H1075 [17FE]

Newton, MA: anniversary of Daughters of Myrtle (organization), E152 [8FE]

NOAA: Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico fisheries catch-share programs funding, H1314 [18FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1123, H1124 [17FE]

Petroleum: impact of oil speculators on gasoline prices, H4153 [14JN]

Pires, Pedro de Verona Rodrigues: Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize for Achievement in African Leadership recipient, E1824 [12OC]

Point of order, H5311 [21JY]

Pollard, Jonathan J.: grant executive clemency and commute full sentence of life imprisonment, H5868 [1AU], E1489 [2AU]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6158 [14SE]

———increase statutory limit, E1313 [13JY]

Rhode Island: legislation to allow same-sex marriage, E537 [29MR]

Rothschild, Brian: American Fisheries Society Oscar Elton Sette Award recipient, E1684 [22SE]

SBA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program funding, H845 [15FE]

SEC: funding, E396 [2MR]

———funding through reductions in GSA and IRS funding, H1125, H1126, H1128 [17FE]

———hedge funds regulation funding, H845 [15FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), Senate amendment, H1075 [17FE]

Upton, Joseph: ROFEH International (organization) International Award recipient, E1857 [13OC]

Will, George F.: characterization of legislation by Representative Frank to remove representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from membership on the Federal Open Market Committee, H6966-H6969 [14OC]

Xifaras, MarDee: New Beford (MA) Standard Times Woman of the Year award recipient, E7 [5JA]

Reports

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Identified and Documented Mission-Critical Activities and Legislative Mandates: Dept. of the Treasury and FRS, H5585 [27JY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 111th Congress: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Rept. 111-702), H32 [5JA]

Church Plan Investment Clarification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 33) (H. Rept. 112-131), H4586 [1JY]

Statements

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Markup (2009): Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican members, H5307 [21JY]

Jonathan Hacker, Newton Housing Authority Executive Director To Retire: Newton Housing Authority, E48 [12JA]

Selection of Voting Members To Serve on the Federal Open Market Committee: by, H6969 [14OC]

Summaries

Provisions and Policies To Ensure That Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds Used Effectively, H1862 [16MR]

Tributes

Bebis, Constantine S., E2074 [17NO]

Crowley, Charles, E2252 [14DE]

Hacker, Jonathan, E48 [12JA]

Kraft, Myra, E1399 [25JY]

MacCormack, Jean F., E1559 [8SE]

Mann, Dennis, E639 [5AP]

Medeiros, Nate, E1821 [12OC]

Pereira, Aristides, E1757 [4OC]

Sanford, Jonathan, E52 [12JA]

Tiernan, Kip, E1286 [11JY]