GREEN, GENE (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H60 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Bad Language—English-Only Bills Once Again Attempt To Penalize Immigrants, Brownsville (TX) Herald, E266 [18FE]

Prepare To Die for Lack of Money, Gene Lyons, Baytown (TX) Sun, H318 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H4329 [16JN]

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), H4795 [8JY]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 1943), H3342 [23MY]

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: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2667 [13AP]

———appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———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. 181), H397 [20JA]

———improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H4188 [14JN]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 1092), H2917 [15AP]

Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building, Crosby, TX: designate (see H.R. 3477), H7889 [18NO]

Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building, Cedar Park, TX: designate (see H.R. 298), H5734 [28JY]

Australia: express condolences to and solidarity with the people struggling with floods and pledge support and assistance (see H. Res. 34), H1770 [11MR]

Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Bisbee, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2668), H5660 [27JY]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H7579 [14NO]

———establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1716), H3115 [6MY]

———list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H8260 [7DE]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1240), H4529 [23JN]

Buy American Act: improve transparency and accountability in the waiver process requirement for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3647), H8880 [13DE]

———require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver requirement on domestic manufacturing employment for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3645), H8879 [13DE]

———require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 487), H7830 [17NO]

———strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 613), H4673 [6JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see H.R. 2029), H3755 [26MY]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 1895), H8125 [2DE]

China: express that defense systems, including the helicopter fleet used to transport the President, should not be procured, directly or indirectly, from an entity controlled, directed, or influenced by China (see H. Res. 106), H1581 [4MR]

———limit total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. Government in a year to not more than the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government the preceding year (see H.R. 375), H395 [20JA]

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

Claims: make the U.S. exclusively liable for certain claims of liability for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, inclusion of ethanol in transportation fuel (see H.R. 523), H924 [15FE]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5966 [7SE]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2835), H5938 [6SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2040 [29MR]

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: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (see H.R. 2980), H7892 [18NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3411 [24MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 88), H8881 [13DE]

———constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 78), H8077 [1DE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal district judges (see H.R. 2365), H4574 [24JN]

———provide for deferred sentencing and the possibility of dismissal for drug offenders (see H.R. 2567), H5125 [15JY]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H4278 [15JN]

Credit: 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), H3281 [12MY]

Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]

Dentists: enhance roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the national disaster response framework (see H.R. 570), H1180 (see H.R. 570), H1199 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: establish policies and guidelines to ensure civilian and military law enforcement personnel charged with security functions on military installations will receive active shooter training (see H.R. 826), H1727 [10MR]

Dept. of Education: authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (see H.R. 863), H1797 [14MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H2216 [31MR]

Dept. of Energy: expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 1938), H3342 [23MY]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1367), H4577 [24JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H6098 [12SE]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism and infectious disease (see H.R. 2298), H4456 [22JN]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1629), H2912 [15AP]

———provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2786), H6344 [21SE]

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

———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see H.R. 2405), H4580 [28JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H4076 [13JN]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H6855 [12OC]

———submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 528), H549 [8FE]

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), H4577 [24JN]

———make grants for partnerships that finance equipment and infrastructure to improve public safety in rural areas near the Mexican border by enhancing access to mobile communications (see H.R. 1277), H2935 [2MY]

———prohibit delegation of vessel inspection and certification to a foreign classification society that provides such services to Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria (see H.R. 2998), H6342 [21SE]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 679), H4529 [23JN]

———reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (see H.R. 908), H1573 [3MR]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 709), H2108 [30MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H7332 [3NO]

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. 1325), H4577 [24JN]

Dept. of State: remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H726 [11FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H1797 [14MR]

———extend Outer Continental Shelf leases in the Gulf of Mexico to accommodate permitting delays and provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety requirements (see H.R. 993), H1722 [10MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1252 (see H.R. 24), H1364 [18FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H6098 [12SE]

———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), H4278 [15JN]

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), H6506 [3OC]

———commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 176), H1985 [17MR]

———ensure access to, and education about, screening and treatment services for breast cancer (see H. Res. 234), H4279 [15JN]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H3220 [11MY]

———promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H4188 [14JN]

———provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H4750 [7JY]

———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: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H5019 [13JY]

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

Education: strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1617), H2911 [15AP]

Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1040 (see H. Res. 88), H1071 [16FE]

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), H3278 [12MY]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H5019 [13JY]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 1705), H3060 [4MY]

———suspend action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions (see H.R. 199), H1180 (see H.R. 199), H1199 [17FE]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H2326 [5AP]

FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H4276 [15JN]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H8728 [12DE]

———repeal certain debit card interchange price controls and restore balance to the electronic payments system (see H.R. 3156), H7333 [3NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H1727 [10MR]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 3065), H6456 [23SE]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 2900), H6506 [3OC]

———provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H5087 [14JY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H5019 [13JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H554 [8FE]

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]

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]

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3646), H8880 [13DE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H7257 [2NO]

George H. O'Brien, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Big Spring, TX: designate (see H.R. 558), H2917 [15AP]

George Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 73), H1252 (see H.R. 73), H1364 [18FE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H6673 [6OC]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H7333 [3NO]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H3107 [5MY]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H4187 [14JN]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 410), H513 [26JA]

Insurance: 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), H103 [6JA]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3759 [26MY]

Iraq: ensure that humanitarian protections are upheld for the residents of Camp Ashraf (see H. Res. 231), H3063 [4MY]

Israel: call for immediate and unconditional release of Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas (see H. Res. 317), H5286 [20JY]

Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [18FE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H5127 [15JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1390 [28FE]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H8262 [7DE]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H1573 [3MR]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H3754 [26MY]

———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), H7257 [2NO]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H4750 [7JY]

———provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items (see H.R. 2510), H5017 [13JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H3304 [13MY]

———study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H3344 [23MY]

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

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), H3759 [26MY]

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]

NASA: establish sites for retiring space shuttles in Texas, Virginia, California, and Florida (see H.R. 1536), H2854 [14AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H5087 [14JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see H.R. 2324), H5286 [20JY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H4673 [6JY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 1561), H2855 [14AP]

Native Americans: improve education (see H.R. 3569), H8967 [14DE]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H1252 (see H.R. 27), H1364 [18FE]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H513 [26JA]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 1511), H2664 [13AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (see H.R. 2021), H3754 [26MY]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2535 [7AP]

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), H3758 [26MY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H3411 [24MY]

———reform (see H.R. 1262), H3758 [26MY]

Power resources: repeal a limitation on Federal procurement of certain fuels (see H.R. 3101), H6624 [5OC]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 36), H7831 [17NO]

Real estate: proposed settlement between Dept. of Justice, State attorneys general, and mortgage services relative to mortgage fraud and the economic crisis (see H. Con. Res. 85), H9432 [15DE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1433), H3063 [4MY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors and inclusion of certain route segments in the Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 1535), H2854 [14AP]

Schertz Veterans Post Office, Schertz, TX: designate (see H.R. 771), H1525 [2MR]

Schools: improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 778), H1177 (see H.R. 778), H1196 [17FE]

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), H1252 (see H.R. 456), H1364 [18FE]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H7208 [1NO]

Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office, Lubbock, TX: designate (see H.R. 1632), H2912 [15AP]

Social Security: 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), H1988 [17MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]

States: extend authority to make supplemental grants for population increases in certain States under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families (see H.R. 2277), H4456 [22JN]

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

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1190), H7208 [1NO]

———encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel (see H.R. 2014), H4330 [16JN]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2409 [6AP]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H6010 [8SE]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H4529 [23JN]

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

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H1581 [4MR]

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

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3062 [4MY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

Telecommunications: strengthen public safety by establishing a national wireless communications network for emergency responders (see H.R. 2482), H4850 [11JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

Tomball Veterans Post Office, Tomball, TX: designate (see H.R. 2660), H5579 [26JY]

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

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. 1749), H3107 [5MY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9946 [19DE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7069 [25OC]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (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), H4278 [15JN] (see H.R. 333), H5374 [21JY]

———provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 2875), H6042 [9SE]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H4529 [23JN]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H7134 [26OC]

Water: require use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and treatment works (see H.R. 1684), H2998 [3MY]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H8076 [1DE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6140 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 2378), H4574 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 128), H38 [5JA]

Dept. of the Interior: take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas drilling permitting process (see H. Res. 140), H1575 [3MR]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2284), H4456 [22JN]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 130), H38 [5JA]

Medicaid: require continuous coverage for children (see H.R. 669), H723 [11FE]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 129), H38 [5JA]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 664), H723 [11FE]

Safety: direct any Federal department or agency constructing a culvert or other enclosed flood or drainage system to ensure that certain child safety measures are included in the project (see H.R. 1087), H1841 [15MR]

Social Security: remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 3348), H7330 [3NO]

———require continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 671), H723 [11FE]

Soriano, Areli: relief (see H.R. 600), H599 [9FE]

Soriano, Enrique: relief (see H.R. 600), H599 [9FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 2378), H4576 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (H.R. 128), H45 [5JA]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (H.R. 2284), H4458 [22JN]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 130), H45 [5JA]

Medicaid: require continuous coverage for children (H.R. 669), H725 [11FE]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (H.R. 129), H45 [5JA]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (H.R. 664), H725 [11FE]

Safety: direct any Federal department or agency constructing a culvert or other enclosed flood or drainage system to ensure that certain child safety measures are included in the project (H.R. 1087), H1843 [15MR]

Social Security: remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (H.R. 3348), H7331 [3NO]

———require continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 671), H725 [11FE]

Soriano, Enrique: relief (H.R. 600), H601 [9FE]

Letters

Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA, H8279 [8DE]

Trade agreements with Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama: James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, E1832 [12OC]

Obituaries

Campos, Jesus T. (Jesse): Houston (TX) Chronicle, E1409 [26JY]

Press releases

HHS Announces New Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Program: Dept. of HHS, H3370 [24MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1213, H1261, H1318, H1347 [18FE], H2048 [30MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7804 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5167, H5209 [19JY]

———reform entitlement programs, H5591 [27JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2682 [14AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7350, H7365 [4NO]

———prohibit from delegating vessel inspections to organization that also provide such services on behalf of a sponsor of terrorism, H7365 [4NO]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H114 [7JA]

Dept. of Energy: expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 1938), H5511 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3362, H3364, H3365, H3366, H3367, H3370, H3373 [24MY]

———prohibit graduate medical education funding from being used to provide abortions, abortion training, or distributed to organizations that discriminate against pro-life healh care providers, H3373 [24MY]

———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8158 [6DE]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 1852), H3364 [24MY]

Dept. of State: require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H8911 [14DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), E839 [10MY]

———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, H1261 [18FE]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3195 [11MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), E1084 [14JN]

———prohibit funding to implement or enforce Executive order on use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, E1084 [14JN]

East Aldine, TX: anniversary of East Aldine Management District, E2213 [8DE]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H2355 [6AP]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8911 [14DE], E2260 [14DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6150 [14SE]

Education: repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas, H1347 [18FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), E1293 [12JY]

EPA: delay implementation of mid-level ethanol blends Clean Air Act waivers until safety concerns are addressed, H1318 [18FE]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8278 [8DE]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6426 [23SE]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions include pending rules on gasoline sulfur levels and vapor pressure, H6426 [23SE]

———suspend action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions (H.R. 199), E295 [18FE]

FDA: encourage approval of artificial pancreas technology, H6358 [22SE]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4877 [12JY]

———phase-in flood insurance premiums for low-income individuals whose primary residence is placed within a flood plain due to remapping if home value does not exceed certain percentage of State median, H4877 [12JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7669 [16NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H6868 [13OC]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), E1823 [12OC]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), E853 [11MY]

Health: constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H291 [19JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: health-care related provisions implementation funding, H1213 [18FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H279, H291 [19JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H114 [7JA]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Jeff Davis High School, E1928 [25OC]

———Port of Houston dredging funding, E1293 [12JY]

Medicare: reform, H2682 [14AP]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (H. Res. 268), H4630 [6JY]

NASA: funding, H2682 [14AP]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), consideration (H. Res. 470), H7840 [18NO]

———prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), H6210 [15SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), H4396 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation funding, H1213 [18FE]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), E1872 [14OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H279, H291 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H114 [7JA]

———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), H2977 [3MY]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2956 [3MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2629 [13AP]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (H.R. 2845), E2258 [14DE]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (H.R. 2273), H6935, H6937, H6946 [14OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7083 [26OC]

———reform, H7271 [3NO]

Texas Independence Day: observance, H1462 [2MR]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), E1832 [12OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), E1832 [12OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), E1832 [12OC]

University of Houston: tribute for hosting ESPN (televison network) ``College GameDay'', H7732 [17NO]

Votes: position on missed, H456 [25JA], H1081, H1083, H1085 [17FE], H1237 [18FE], H1750 [11MR], H2251 [1AP], H2552 [8AP], H3094 [5MY], H3746 [26MY], H4298 [16JN], H5048 [14JY], H5868 [1AU], H5988 [8SE], H6722 [11OC], E983 [27MY], E1412 [26JY], E2227 [12DE]

Reports

Biennial Report of the Texas Department of Insurance to the 82d Legislature: Mike Geeslin, Texas Dept. of Insurance, H279-H282 [19JA]

Subpoena Notices

Dept. of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges, H3319 [23MY]

Tributes

Campos, Jesus T. (Jesse), E1409 [26JY]