To redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.
Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act
Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
To provide for spending reduction.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 66) approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6684) to provide for spending reduction.
To designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida, as the "William 'Bill' Kling VA Clinic".
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Spokane, Washington, as the "Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2012
Protect our Kids Act of 2012
Government Employee Accountability Act
To refer H.R. 5862, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code, the Indian trust-related claims of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah) as well as its individual members.
Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code.
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012
Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012
To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012
To make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements.
American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6429) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act
Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.
Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act
Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.
STEM Jobs Act of 2012
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.
Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act
No More Solyndras Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6213) to limit further taxpayer exposure from the loan guarantee program established under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6365) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013
National Security and Job Protection Act
Stolen Valor Act of 2011
FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012
Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act
Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.
FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012
To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
To revise the authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the Library, and for other purposes.
Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6233) to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal year 2012 with the costs of such assistance offset by changes to certain conservation programs, and for other purposes.
Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012
Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1905, with an amendment.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6169) to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from August 3, 2012, through September 7, 2012; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
"Fiscal cliff" bill
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012
Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012
President Obama's Proposed 2012-2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act
Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6082) to officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.
Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013
Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4402) to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness.
Repeal of Obamacare Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6079) to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine.
Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5856) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6020) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4348) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2013
Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Relating to the consideration of House Report 112-546 and an accompanying resolution, and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 706) authorizing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas.
Authorizing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas.
SMART Port Security Act
GAPS Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5973) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5972) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in response to a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.
Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
Conservation and Economic Growth Act
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2013
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 436) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5882) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013
Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5743) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5854) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5855) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011
Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012
Servicemember Family Protection Act
Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act
United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4970) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012
Black Hills Cemetery Act
National Blue Alert Act of 2012
Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5652) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5326) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and for other purposes.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha.
Interest Rate Reduction Act
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3523) to provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cyber security entities, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4628) to extend student loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans; and for other purposes.
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
Small Business Credit Availability Act
To authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960.
To facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses.
Small Business Tax Cut Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4348) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes.
Jason's Law
Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4089) to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes.
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2012
Lena Horne Recognition Act
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes.
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 112) establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
To amend title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012
Homes for Heroes Act of 2011
To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2012
Protecting Access to Healthcare Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2087) to remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia.
To remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia.
Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2012
To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel.
Jumpstart Our Business Startups
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3606) to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.
Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2842) to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.
To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Old Dixie Highway in Jupiter, Florida, as the "Roy Schallern Rood Post Office Building".
Directing the Office of the Historian to compile oral histories from current and former Members of the House of Representatives involved in the historic and annual Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, as well as the civil rights movement in general, for the purposes of expanding or augmenting the historic record and for public dissemination and education.
Condemning the Government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1837) to address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes.
San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2117) to prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3408) to set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3813) to amend title 5, United States Code, to secure the annuities of Federal civilian employees, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the "John J. Cook Post Office".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3521) to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and for other purposes.
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3581) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal budgeting, and for other purposes.
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2011
CPRA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1734) to decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for other purposes.
To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.
Baseline Reform Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3578) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3582) to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macro-economic analysis of the impact of legislation.
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
To extend the pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees.
WIN for Children and Families Act
Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1173) to repeal the CLASS program.
Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012
Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance.
World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2012
Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act
Addressing a motion to proceed under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code.
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend Federally funded unemployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 3630) to provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 501) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend Federally funded unemployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries; and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2055) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3672) making appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 94) directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3672; and for other purposes.
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3672.
Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 2011
United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from December 16, 2011, through January 16, 2012.
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011
Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012
To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the "M.D. Anderson Plaza" and to authorize the placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3630) to provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.
Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2012
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the "Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the "William T. Trant Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the "Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14901 Adelfa Drive in La Mirada, California, as the "Wayne Grisham Post Office".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1633) to establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes.
Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011
Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, and for other purposes.
To amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet.
Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the Election Assistance Commission.
Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the "Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room".
Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3463) to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the Election Assistance Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3010) to reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents.
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011
National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011
Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of The Armed Forces Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3094) to amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to representation hearings and the timing of elections of labor organizations under that Act.
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2112) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 822) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the "Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2838) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, and for other purposes.
America's Cup Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2930) to amend the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2940) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for a certain exemption under Regulation D.
Access to Capital for Job Creators Act
Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act
Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011
To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.
Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011
Reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the United States and supporting and encouraging the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2576) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 674) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1904) to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2273) to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 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.
Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 358) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act.
EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Protect Life Act
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.
Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2832) to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3078) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3079) to implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3080) to implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2681) to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2250) to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.
Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011
Utah National Guard Readiness Act
To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2608) to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2608) to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011
Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2587) to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance.
Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on August 2, 2011.
Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
Appeal Time Clarification Act of 2011
Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012
To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2218) to amend the charter school program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1892) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 365) to make a technical amendment to the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws, and for other purposes.
Administrative Conference of the United States Reauthorization Act of 2011
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes.
Budget Control Act of 2011
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 489 Army Drive in Barrigada, Guam, as the "John Pangelinan Gerber Post Office Building".
Providing for further consideration of the bill (S. 627) to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the "Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office".
To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 627) to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1938) to direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for other purposes.
North American-Made Energy Security Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2584) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2551) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1315) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes.
Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2553) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2560) to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011
Church Plan Investment Clarification Act
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2018) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to preserve the authority of each State to make determinations relating to the State's water quality standards, and for other purposes.
Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
Better Use of Light Bulbs Act
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1309) to extend the authorization of the national flood insurance program, to achieve reforms to improve the financial integrity and stability of the program, and to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risk, and for other purposes.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 68) authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2278) to limit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for United States Armed Forces in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law.
To limit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for United States Armed Forces in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law.
Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2219) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf activities, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1249) to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
Election Support Consolidation and Efficiency Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5014 Gary Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the "Schertz Veterans Post Office".
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2112) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012
Declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in Libya, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 292) declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in Libya, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 51) directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Libya.
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Libya.
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2017) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program.
To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1216) to amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.
Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 754) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1231) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes.
Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes.
Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections, and for other purposes.
To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction.
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1213) to repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1214) to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction.
To repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the "Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office".
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 34) establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
SOAR Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1473) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 35) directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473; and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 36) directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1217) to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
To amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act to extend the termination date for the Commission, and for other purposes.
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1363) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 910) to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 37) disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.
To reduce the amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1255) to prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 658) to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.
Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other purposes.
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act
HAMP Termination Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1076) to prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.
To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 839) to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving assistance to homeowners who were already extended an offer to participate in the Program, either on a trial or permanent basis; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 861) to rescind the third round of funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and to terminate the program.
NSP Termination Act
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 48) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.
Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011
Providing for the acceptance of a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement in the United States Capitol.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the "Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office".
Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act
FHA Refinance Program Termination Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 830) to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program.
Dental Emergency Responder Act of 2011
Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011
Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 662) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011
Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.
Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011
Removal Clarification Act of 2011
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 514) to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 514) to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 72) directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.
United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011
FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 359) to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.
Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta Medal of Honor Flag Resolution
Reducing non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 levels or less.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 38) to reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels.
Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law.
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress.
Relating to the status of certain actions taken by Members-elect.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 9) instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law; and for other purposes.
Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
Defense Level Playing Field Act
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 105) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2010
Honoring the accomplishments of Norman Yoshio Mineta, and for other purposes.
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010
To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, "Public Contracts".
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R.4853) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.
Congratulating Auburn University quarterback and College Park, Georgia, native Cameron Newton on winning the 2010 Heisman Trophy for being the most outstanding college football player in the United States.
Expressing support for designation of January 23rd as "Ed Roberts Day".
Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office".
To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Houston, Texas, to the Military Museum of Texas, and for other purposes.
Access to Criminal History Records for State Sentencing Commissions Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5281) to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010
Recognizing and supporting the efforts of Welcome Back Veterans to augment the services provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans' Affairs in providing timely and world-class care for veterans and members of the Armed Forces suffering from PTSD and related psychiatric disorders.
Congratulating imprisoned Chinese democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo on the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
Honoring the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon.
Seniors Protection Act of 2010
Supporting the goal of eradicating illicit marijuana cultivation on Federal lands and calling on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop a coordinated strategy to permanently dismantle Mexican drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups operating on Federal lands.
Expressing support for designation of 2011 as "World Veterinary Year" to bring attention to and show appreciation for the veterinary profession on its 250th anniversary.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Council for International Visitors, and expressing support for designation of February 16, 2011, as "Citizen Diplomacy Day".
Removal Clarification Act of 2010
Guarantee of a Legitimate Deal Act of 2010
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 North 6th Street in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Earl Wilson, Jr. Post Office".
Recognizing the centennial of the City of Lilburn, Georgia and supporting the goals and ideals of a City of Lilburn Day.
Expressing support for the designation of March as National Essential Tremor Awareness Month.
To amend section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include a condition of receipt of funds under the child and adult care food program.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4853) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
In the matter of Representative Charles B. Rangel.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National GEAR UP Day.
Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as National Work and Family Month.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children should be established.
Expressing support for designation of May as "Child Advocacy Center Month" and commending the National Child Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on their 25th anniversary in 2010.
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 101) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3307) to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
Condemning North Korea in the strongest terms for its unprovoked military attack against South Korea on November 23, 2010.
Commending the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, for its outstanding support in creating a unique and lasting partnership with Little Rock Air Force Base, members of the Armed Forces stationed there, and their families.
Supporting the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years.
Honoring and saluting golf legend Juan Antonio "Chi Chi" Rodriguez for his commitment to Latino youth programs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
Honoring Fort Drum's soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division for their past and continuing contributions to the security of the United States.
Recognizing and honoring the National Guard on the occasion of its 374rd anniversary.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 4783) to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Chile, and to extend the period from which such contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti may be accelerated.
Honoring and recognizing the exemplary service and sacrifice of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 349th Air Mobility Wing, the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, and the 615th Contingency Response Wing civilians and families serving at Travis Air Force Base, California.
Claims Resolution Act of 2010
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 655 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Alexander Scott Arredondo, United States Marine Corps Post Office Building".
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1722) to require the head of each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees shall be authorized to telework, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Congratulating Joe Paterno on his 400th win as Penn State Nittany Lions football head coach.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2 Government Center in Fall River, Massachusetts, as the "Sergeant Robert Barrett Post Office Building".
Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010
Congratulates the town of Tarboro, North Carolina, on the occasion of its 250th anniversary.
Recognizing Brooklyn Botanic Garden on its 100th anniversary as the preeminent horticultural attraction in the borough of Brooklyn and its longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship and education for the City of New York.
Recognizing Gail Abarbanel and the Rape Treatment Center, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the successful and substantial contributions of the amendments to the patent and trademark laws that were initially enacted in 1980 by Public Law 96-517 (commonly referred to as the "Bayh-Dole Act") on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its enactment.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating a previously all-White public elementary school.
To clarify the availability of existing funds for political status education in the Territory of Guam, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendments to the bill (H.R. 3081) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 847) to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2378) to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under United States countervailing and antidumping duty laws, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2701) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act of 2010
Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010
Calling on the Government of Japan to address the urgent problem of abduction to and retention of United States citizen children in Japan, to work closely with the Government of the United States to return these children to their custodial parent or to the original jurisdiction for a custody determination in the United States, to provide left-behind parents immediate access to their children, and to adopt without delay the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
AMERICA Works Act
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website.
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes.
Training and Research for Autism Improvements Nationwide Act of 2010
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010
Ultralight Smuggling Prevention Act of 2010
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2010
Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act of 2010
EMT Act of 2010
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2010
Coltsville National Historical Park Act
Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4785) to amend the miscellaneous rural development provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that will use the funds to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use.
Expressing condolences to and solidarity with the people of Pakistan in the aftermath of the devastating floods that began on July 22, 2010.
Rural Energy Savings Program Act
An act to designate the federally occupied building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the 'James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and Roy K. Moore Federal Building'.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the "Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office".
Expressing support for designation of the last week of September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week and the last Wednesday of September as National Previvor Day.
Overseas Contractor Reform Act
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2010
Acknowledging and congratulating Miami Dade College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of service to the students and residents of the State of Florida.
Honoring the members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Oklahoma for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States since September 11, 2001.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1586) to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3534) to provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the pioneering of college students whose determination and nonviolent resistance led to the desegregation of lunch counters and places of public accommodation over a 5-year period.
An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize the tax court to appoint employees.
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that fruit and vegetable and commodity producers are encouraged to display the American flag on labels of products grown in the United States, reminding us all to take pride in the healthy bounty produced by American farmers and workers.
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5893) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create jobs through increased investment in infrastructure, to eliminate loopholes which encourage companies to move operations offshore, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5850) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011
Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2010
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5822) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010
Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall's work on this the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in Tanzania, Africa.
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 301) directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Pakistan.
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Pakistan.
Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act
Recognizing and honoring the freight railroad industry and its employees.
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010
Recognizing and honoring the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1264) to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the national flood insurance program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the "Joyce Rogers Post Office Building".
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Congratulating the Saratoga Race Course as it celebrates its 142nd season.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Week, and for other purposes.
Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010
Honoring the service and commitment of the 111th Fighter Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
United States Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010
Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2010
Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II, honoring the service members who fought in World War II and their families, and honoring the service members who are currently serving in combat operations.
Congratulating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks on winning the 2010 NCAA Division I College World Series.
Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2010
Expressing support for designation of the week of September 13, 2010, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
Expressing support for designation of September as National Child Awareness Month.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Title VI international education programs within the Department of Education.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5114) to extend the authorization for the national flood insurance program, to identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the program, and for other purposes.
Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1722) to improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing a telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks, and for other purposes.
To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.
Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act
Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 4899) making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5618) to continue Federal unemployment programs, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit any person from performing lobbying activities on behalf of a client which is determined by the Secretary of State to be a State sponsor of terrorism.
Expressing support for designation of June 30 as "National ESIGN Day".
Expressing support for the people of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador as they persevere through the aftermath of Tropical Storm Agatha which swept across Central America causing deadly floods and mudslides.
Recognizing the important role pollinators play in supporting the ecosystem and supporting the goals and ideals of National Pollinator Week.
Congratulating the Government of South Africa upon its first two successful convictions for human trafficking.
Congratulating the people of the 17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of their national independence.
Affirming the support of the United States for a strong and vital alliance with Thailand.
Honoring the veterans of Helicopter Attack Light Squadron Three and their families.
Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the residents of the City of Tracy, California, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the city's incorporation, for their century of dedicated service to the United States.
Recognizing the work and importance of special education teachers.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 151 North Maitland Avenue in Maitland, Florida, as the "Paula Hawkins Post Office Building".
To enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces.
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification Act
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Artesia, New Mexico, as the "Alejandro Renteria Ruiz Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act
Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010
Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010
Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010
Congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the 2010 Stanley Cup Championship.
Recognizing the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for its now five-year effort to promote cyber security curriculum in institutions of higher learning.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5175) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security and expressing appreciation to the Government of Japan and the Japanese people for enhancing peace, prosperity, and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
Recognizing the important role that fathers play in the lives of their children and families and supporting the goals and ideals of designating 2010 as the Year of the Father.
DISCLOSE Act
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program.
Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States.
To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act
Supporting National Men's Health Week.
Supporting the goals and ideals of High-Performance Building Week.
Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes.
Celebrating the symbol of the United States flag and supporting the goals and ideals of Flag Day.
Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Congratulating Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men-Englewood Campus, the Nation's first all-male charter high school, for achieving a 100 percent college acceptance rate for all 107 members of its first graduating class of 2010.
Honoring the Department of Justice on the occasion of its 140th anniversary.
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 101st anniversary.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5486) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
Honoring Dr. Larry Case on his retirement as National FFA Advisor.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program and recognizing the significant contributions of Albert Einstein Fellows.
Work-Life Balance Award Act
To amend the effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.
Expressing support for designation of June 20, 2010, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.
Supporting the goals of National Dairy Month.
FHA Reform Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5072) to improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 405 West Second Street in Dixon, Illinois, as the "President Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building".
Recognizing June 8, 2010, as World Ocean Day.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 331 1st Street in Carlstadt, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Frank T. Carvill and Lance Corporal Michael A. Schwarz Post Office Building".
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to compile the cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office which are included in reports filed by committees of the House on approved legislation and post such estimates on the official public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and to address the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and coastal economies.
Honoring the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, explorer, researcher, and pioneer in the field of marine conservation.
Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Congratulating Israel for its accession to membership in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5136) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and for other purposes.
Honoring the University of Georgia Graduate School on the occasion of its centennial.
Honoring the Centennial Celebration of Women at Marquette University, the first Catholic university in the world to offer co-education as part of its regular undergraduate program.
Recognizing and honoring the courage and sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
Honoring the workers who perished on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, extending condolences to their families, and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the disaster site.
Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
Honoring the 125th anniversary of Rollins College.
Expressing sympathy to the families of those killed by North Korea in the sinking of the Republic of Korea Ship Cheonan, and solidarity with the Republic of Korea in the aftermath of this tragic incident.
Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
Expressing support for designation of May 2010 as Mental Health Month.
Commending Lance Mackey on winning a record 4th straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Recognizing the life and achievements of Will Keith Kellogg.
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
Recognizing the importance of manufactured and modular housing in the United States.
Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act
To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such Act, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress that a grateful Nation supports and salutes Sons and Daughters in Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is being held on Father's Day, 2010, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, the District of Columbia.
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
Granting the authority provided under clause 4(c)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the Committee on Education and Labor for purposes of its investigation into underground coal mining safety.
United States-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act
Recognizing North Carolina Central University on its 100th anniversary.
Congratulating the University of Texas men's swimming and diving team for winning the NCAA Division I national championship.
To designate the United States Department of the Interior Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building".
Congratulating Phil Mickelson on winning the 2010 Masters golf tournament.
Honoring the historic and community significance of the Chatham County Courthouse and expressing condolences to Chatham County and the town of Pittsboro for the fire damage sustained by the courthouse on March 25, 2010.
Celebrating the life and achievements of Lena Mary Calhoun Horne and honoring her for her triumphs against racial discrimination and her steadfast commitment to the civil rights of all people.
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
Recognizing National Missing Children's Day.
Congratulating the Emporia State University Lady Hornets women's basketball team for winning the 2010 NCAA Division II National Championship.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, Massachusetts, as the "Michael C. Rothberg Post Office".
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States.
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2010
Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Floyd Dominy.
Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2010
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010
Expressing the sympathy and condolences of the House of Representatives to those people affected by the flooding in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi in May, 2010.
Recognizing the significant accomplishments of AmeriCorps and encouraging all citizens to join in a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of national and community service.
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes.
To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.
Honoring the life and legacy of William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Expressing support for designation of the first Saturday in May as National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day to honor those who are serving and have served in the noble and self-sacrificing profession of Explosive Ordnance Disposal in the United States Armed Forces.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5019) to provide for the establishment of the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program, and for other purposes.
Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day.
Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010
Telework Enhancement Act of 2010
Expressing support for the vigilance and prompt response of the citizens of New York City, the New York Police Department, the New York Police Department Bomb Squad, the Fire Department of New York, other first responders, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Customs and Border Protection, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Bridgeport Police Department, Detective Bureau, Patrol Division, and other law enforcement agencies in Connecticut to the attempted terrorist attack in Times Square on May 1, 2010, their exceptional professionalism and investigative work following the attempted attack, and their consistent commitment to preparedness for and collective response to terrorism.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Train Day.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the May 4, 1970, Kent State University shootings.
Honoring the National Science Foundation for 60 years of service to the Nation.
Recognizing the need to improve the participation and performance of America's students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, supporting the ideals of National Lab Day, and for other purposes.
Honoring the USS New Mexico as the sixth Virginia-class submarine commissioned by the U.S. Navy to protect and defend the United States.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2499) to provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010
Implementing Management for Performance and Related Reforms to Obtain Value in Every Acquisition Act of 2010
To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.
Rural Housing Preservation and Stabilization Act of 2010
Expressing support for designation of the week of April 18, 2010, through April 23, 2010, as National Assistant Principals Week.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1343 West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Steve Goodman Post Office Building".
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Sam Houston for his historical contributions to the expansion of the United States.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, as the "Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building".
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Expressing support for Mathematics Awareness Month.
Congratulating Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his tenth year of service as Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
Supporting the mission and goals of 2010 National Crime Victims' Rights Week to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States, no matter their country of origin or their creed, and to commemorate the National Crime Victims' Rights Week theme of "Crime Victims' Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect.".
Honoring the life and achievements of Rev. Benjamin Lawson Hooks.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Financial Literacy Month, 2010, and for other purposes.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4715) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Congratulating the Duke University men's basketball team for winning the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship.
Continuing Extension Act of 2010
Clean Estuaries Act of 2010
Recognizing the Coast Guard Group Astoria's more than 60 years of service to the Pacific Northwest, and for other purposes.
Expressing sympathy to the people of Poland in the aftermath of the tragic plane crash that killed the country's President, First Lady, and 94 others on April 10, 2010.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
Honoring the coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, extending condolences to their families and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster.
Radio Spectrum Inventory Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week.
Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.
Congratulating and commending the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 4872) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S.Con.Res. 13).
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Expressing support for Bangladesh's return to democracy.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1586) to impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Works Week, and for other purposes.
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California, as the "Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center".
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4899) making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010
Recognizing the Florida Keys Scenic Highway on the occasion of its designation as an All-American Road by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Secure Federal File Sharing Act
National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4849) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, extend the Build America Bonds program, provide other infrastructure job creation tax incentives, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for designation of April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
Recognizing and honoring the Blinded Veterans Association on its 65th anniversary of representing blinded veterans and their families.
Energy Jobs for Veterans Act
Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010
End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2010
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 3590) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4872) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1981 Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, as the "Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office".
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces both at home and abroad.
Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Commending the members of the Agri-business Development Teams of the National Guard and the National Guard Bureau for their efforts, together with personnel of the Department of Agriculture and the United States Agency for International Development, to modernize agriculture practices and increase food production in war-torn countries.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the meritorious service performed by aviators in the United States Armed Forces who, as a result of hostile action, mechanical failures, or other problems, were forced to evade or escape enemy capture, were captured but subsequently escaped, or were compelled to endure arduous confinement, retaliation, and even death as a result of their efforts to evade capture or escape.
Honoring the sacrifices and contributions made by members of the Armed Forces during the Cold War and encouraging the people of the United States to participate in local and national activities honoring the sacrifices and contributions of those individuals.
TRICARE Affirmation Act
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Donald Harington for his contributions to literature in the United States.
Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3644) to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish education and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts of climate change in coastal watershed regions, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1612) to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, help restore the Nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote the value of public service.
Expressing support for designation of a National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians.
Recognizing the extraordinary number of African-Americans who have overcome significant obstacles to enhance innovation and competitiveness in the field of science in the United States.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the historic dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the world's oceans, on January 23, 1960, and its importance to marine research, ocean science, a better understanding of the planet, and the future of human exploration.
To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes.
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act
Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act
Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Vermont Long Trail, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States, and congratulating the Green Mountain Club for its century of dedication in developing and maintaining the trail.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45300 Portola Avenue in Palm Desert, California, as the "Roy Wilson Post Office".
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2009
Agricultural Credit Act of 2010
Congratulating the 2009-2010 University of Maryland Men's Basketball Team, Greivis Vasquez, and Coach Gary Williams on an outstanding season.
To direct unused appropriations for Members' Representational Allowances to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.
Honoring the accomplishments of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Florida National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2010
Plain Writing Act of 2010
Thanking Vancouver for hosting the world during the 2010 Winter Olympics and honoring the athletes from Team USA.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building".
Recognizing the continued persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China on the 11th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party campaign to suppress the Falun Gong spiritual movement and calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners.
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Red Cross Month.
Recognizing Washington State University Honors College for 50 years of excellence.
Congratulating the winners of the Voice of Democracy national scholarship program.
Recognizing the University of Arizona's 125 years of dedication to excellence in higher education.
Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Nowruz, expressing appreciation to Iranian-Americans for their contributions to society, and wishing Iranian-Americans and the people of Iran a prosperous new year.
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2010
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Recognizing the 189th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating Greek and American democracy.
Impeaching G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 248) directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Expressing condolences to the families of the victims of the February 27, 2010, earthquake in Chile, as well as solidarity with and support for the people of Chile as they plan for recovery and reconstruction.
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the role that it played in ensuring the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Recognizing the plight of people with albinism in East Africa and condemning their murder and mutilation.
Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act
Congratulating Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
Honoring John E. Warnock, Charles M. Geschke, Forrest M. Bird, Esther Sans Takeuchi, and IBM Corporation for receiving the 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Designating March 2, 2010, as "Read Across America Day".
Recognizing the importance and significance of the 2010 Census and encouraging each community within the Indian Country to name an elder to be the first member of that community to answer the 2010 Census.
Congratulating the National Football League Champion New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl XLIV and for bringing New Orleans its first Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.
Expressing the appreciation of Congress for the service and sacrifice of the members of the 139th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard.
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program.
Expressing concern regarding the suicide plane attack on Internal Revenue Service employees in Austin, Texas.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4247) to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools, and for other purposes.
Encouraging individuals across the United States to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure an accurate and complete count beginning April 1, 2010, and expressing support for designation of March 2010 as Census Awareness Month.
Keeping All Students Safe Act
Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best College for 2009.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other purposes.
Recognizing Louisiana State University for 150 years of service and excellence in higher education.
Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010
Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2701) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Urban Crimes Awareness Week.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers.
Honoring and celebrating the contributions of African-Americans to the transportation and infrastructure of the United States.
Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act
Honoring the life of Miep Gies, who aided Anne Frank's family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the protection of members of vulnerable religious and ethnic minority communities in Iraq.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2314) to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
Recognizing the bravery and efforts of the United States Armed Forces, local first responders, and other members of Operation Unified Response for their swift and coordinated action in light of the devastation wrought upon the nation of Haiti after a horrific 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-Au-Prince and surrounding cities on January 12, 2010.
Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency for International Development, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, and Federal Emergency Management Agency supported urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti from New York City, New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles County, California, the City of Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and commending their dedication and assistance in the aftermath of the January 12, 2010, Haitian earthquake.
Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day.
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2-116th Street in North Troy, New York, as the "Martin G. 'Marty' Mahar Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 930 39th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado, as the "W.D. Farr Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 45) increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.
Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010
Honoring the life and sacrifice of Medgar Evers and congratulating the United States Navy for naming a supply ship after Medgar Evers.
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010
Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4061) to advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, and for other purposes.
Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration and extermination camp, honoring the victims of the Holocaust, and expressing commitment to strengthen the fight against anti-Semitism, bigotry, and intolerance.
Recognizing Brescia University for 60 years of leadership in higher education.
Recognizing November 14, 2009, as the 49th anniversary of the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans, Louisiana.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office".
Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of North American Inclusion Month.
Honoring Jimmie Johnson, 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion.
To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3726) to establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4474) to authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.
Honoring the 95th anniversary of the signing of the Rocky Mountain National Park Act.
Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act
Expressing support for designation of January as Poverty in America Awareness Month.
Recognizing the importance of cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages and supporting the goals and ideals of Cervical Health Awareness Month.
Expressing support for the designation of January 10, 2010, through January 16, 2010, as National Influenza Vaccination Week.
Expressing support for designation of January 2010 as "National Mentoring Month".
Expressing condolences to and solidarity with the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3254) to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3342) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1065) to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.
Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2010
Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act
Congratulating the Penn State women's volleyball team on winning the 2009 NCAA Division I National Championship.
Congratulating the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for its 150 years of commitment to advancing science and improving health.
Commending the University of Virginia men's soccer team for winning the 2009 Division I NCAA National Championship.
Honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national day of service.
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Supporting the initiatives of Chicago Wilderness and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Highway 64 Bypass in Roper, North Carolina, as the "E.V. Wilkins Post Office".
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3326) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J.Res. 64) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4314) to permit continued financing of Government operations; for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
To permit continued financing of Government operations.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the retirement of Justice Louis D. Brandeis from the United States Supreme Court.
Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009
Recognizing the contributions of the American Kennel Club.
Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement Act of 2009
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding guidelines for breast cancer screening for women ages 40 to 49.
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the recording of the album "Kind of Blue" and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure.
First Responder Anti-Terrorism Training Resources Act
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
To allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years, and whose service is rated fully successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent appointment in the competitive service.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that A. Philip Randolph should be recognized for his lifelong leadership and work to end discrimination and secure equal employment and labor opportunities for all Americans.
Commending the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup.
Recognizing the importance of youth runaway prevention and at-risk youth programs.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3288) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 43 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, as the "Ann Marie Blute Post Office".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4213) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building".
To rename the Ocmulgee National Monument.
To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.
Recognizing and honoring the National Guard on the occasion of its 373rd anniversary.
Encouraging the Republic of Hungary to respect the rule of law, treat foreign investors fairly, and promote a free and independent press.
Recognizing the Grand Concourse on its 100th anniversary as the preeminent thoroughfare in the borough of the Bronx and an important nexus of commerce and culture for the City of New York.
Commending the soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon and their families for their service and dedication to the United States and recognizing the contributions of Fort Gordon to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and its role as a pivotal communications training installation.
Recognizing the United States Air Force and Dyess Air Force Base for their success in achieving energy savings and developing energy-saving innovations during Energy Awareness Month.
Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the redesignation of Company E, 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry Regiment of the United States Army and the sacrifice of the soldiers of Company E and their families in support of the United States.
To direct the President to transmit to Congress a report on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4154) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, and for other purposes.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration, and for other purposes.
Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 as well as other statutes, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation.
Recognizing the importance of teaching elementary and secondary school students about the sacrifices that veterans have made throughout the history of the Nation.
Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of Military Family Month.
Encouraging banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall and to consider adjustments to payment schedules on their home mortgages that take into account the financial burdens of responding to the presence of such drywall.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 109 Main Street in Swifton, Arkansas, as the "George Kell Post Office".
Recognizing the exemplary service of the soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the United States Army during World War II.
Congratulating the Sailors of the United States Submarine Force upon the completion of 1,000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols.
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as the "Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building".
Expressing support for greater awareness of ovarian cancer.
A bill to establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2781) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of historic events in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and reaffirming the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3791) to amend sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009
Expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives for the service to our Nation of the Coast Guard and Marine Corps aircraft pilots and crewmembers lost off the coast of California on October 29, 2009, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for designation of November 29, 2009, as "Drive Safer Sunday".
Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the "W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as the "Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building".
Honoring the lives of the brave soldiers and civilians of the United States Army who died or were wounded in the tragic attack of November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, Texas.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3962) to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3961) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare SGR payment system for physicians.
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the remarkable events leading to the end of the Cold War and the creation of a Europe, whole, free, and at peace.
Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010
Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.
Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009
Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.
Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009
To amend the Small Business Act to modify certain provisions relating to women's business centers, and for other purposes.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Congratulating the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series Champions, the New York Yankees.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Darrow Road in Stow, Ohio, as the "Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building".
Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2868) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Family Literacy Day.
Recognizing the efforts of postsecondary institutions offering career and technical education to educate and train workers for positions in high-demand industries.
Honoring and recognizing the service and achievements of current and former female members of the Armed Forces.
American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2010
Congratulating the first graduating class of the United States Air Force Academy on their 50th graduation anniversary and recognizing their contributions to the Nation.
World War I Memorial and Centennial Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3639) to amend the Credit Card Accountablity Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 to establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the scourge of pneumonia, urging the United States and the world to mobilize cooperation and focus resources to fight pneumonia and save children's lives, and recognizing November 2 as World Pneumonia Da.
Recognizing the Commissioning of the USS New York LPD 21.
Congratulating the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) on its 40th anniversary and recognizing its significant accomplishments and contributions.
Condemning the illegal extraction of Madagascar's natural resources.
Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009
Calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to address the human rights and humanitarian needs of its civilian internally displaced Tamil population currently living in government-run camps by working with the United Nations and the international community to implement a process of release and resettlement of such internally displaced persons (IDPs), and allowing foreign aid groups to provide relief and resources throughout the process.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the founding of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009
Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict" in multilateral fora.
Expressing support for designation of a National Veterans History Project Week to encourage public participation in a nationwide project that collects and preserves the stories of the men and women who served our nation in times of war and conflict.
Honoring President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on "Dedication Day", November 19, 2009.
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, as the "Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift's success.
Recognizing the crucial role of assistance dogs in helping wounded veterans live more independent lives, expressing gratitude to The Tower of Hope, and supporting the goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day.
Veterans Retraining Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2996) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic Americans to the strength and culture of the United States.
Expressing support for designation of a "National Firefighters Memorial Day" to honor and celebrate the firefighters of the United States.
Welcoming to the United States and to Washington, DC, His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch on his current trip on October 20, 2009, through November 6, 2009.
Congratulating the Northwestern University Wildcats on winning the 2009 NCAA women's lacrosse championship, and to commend Northwestern University for its pursuit of athletic and academic excellence.
Honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.
Recognizing Weber State University for the 120th anniversary of its founding as an institution of higher education.
National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act
Congratulating Syracuse University for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament.
Congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team on winning the 2009 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championship.
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3619) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3585) to guide and provide for United States research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for Teen Read Week.
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and enhancing the state of cyber security in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of the sixth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Solar Technology Roadmap Act
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Recognizing Kentucky Wesleyan College for over 150 years of service as an institution of higher education.
Expressing support for designation of October 2009 as "National Principals Month".
Recognizing the distinguished history of the Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute.
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 South Gulling Street in Portola, California, as the "Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building".
Supporting the increased understanding of, and interest in, computer science and computing careers among the public and in schools, and to ensure an ample and diverse future technology workforce through the designation of National Computer Science Education Week.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2442) to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2892) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Expressing sympathy for the citizens of the Philippines dealing with Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma.
A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Mourning the loss of life caused by the earthquakes and tsunamis that occurred on September 29, 2009, in American Samoa, Samoa, and Tonga.
Commemorating the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. to sainthood.
Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as "National Work and Family Month".
Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009
Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission.
Congratulating Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on 98 years of serving local communities and enriching the lives of collegiate men throughout the Nation.
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Recognizing that country music has made a tremendous contribution to American life and culture and declaring country music to be a uniquely American art form.
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1035, with an amendment.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Honoring the people of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Ambassadors for their efforts in creating the Flight 93 temporary memorial and encouraging the completion of the National Park Service Flight 93 National Memorial by the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
To recognize the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve as a unique and precious ecosystem.
A resolution expressing support for designation of the week of October 18, 2009, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3183) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month.
Expressing the sense of Congress that China release democratic activist Liu Xiaobo from imprisonment.
Congratulating the University of Washington women's softball team for winning the 2009 Women's College World Series.
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the State News at Michigan State University.
Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2009
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2918) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Medicare Premium Fairness Act
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Expressing support for designation of September 23, 2009, as "National Job Corps Day".
Expressing condolences to the families of the individuals killed during unusual storms and floods in the State of Georgia between September 18 and 21, 2009, and expressing gratitude to all of the emergency personnel who continue to work with unyielding determination to meet the needs of Georgia's residents.
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009
To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 324) to establish the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
Acknowledging and congratulating Western Wyoming Community College in Southwest Wyoming on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of service to the students and citizens of the State of Wyoming.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building".
Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office".
Honoring the historical contributions of Catholic sisters in the United States.
Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009
Supporting efforts to reduce infant mortality in the United States.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques.
Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and for other purposes.
United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009
Expressing support for designation of "National Safety Month".
Supporting the goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability.
Recognizing the significant contribution coaches make in the life of children who participate in organized sports and supporting the goals and ideals of National Coaches Appreciation Week.
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
To designate the Federal building located at 844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "William O. Lipinski Federal Building".
Recognizing the remarkable contributions of the American Council of Engineering Companies for its 100 years of service to the engineering industry and the Nation.
Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.
HALE Scouts Act
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.
Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2749) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010
William Orton Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act
To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3326) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act of 2009
Congratulating the Louisiana State University baseball team for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College World Series.
Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009
Recognizing and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the entry of Hawaii into the Union as the 50th State.
Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009
Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3288) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the 2008-2009 National Basketball Association Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, on an outstanding and historic season.
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Harry Kalas for his invaluable contributions to the national past-time of baseball, the community, and the Nation.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2920) to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Lim Poon Lee Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 West Edward Street in Erath, Louisiana, as the "Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office".
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009
Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Children and Families Day".
Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009
Recognizing the need to continue research into the causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture.
Supporting the goals of National Dairy Month.
To authorize the designation of National Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, and for other purposes.
Korean War Veterans Recognition Act
Recognizing the historical and national significance of the many contributions of John William Heisman to the sport of football.
A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act
Recognizing the establishment of Hunters for the Hungry programs across the United States and the contributions of those programs efforts to decrease hunger and help feed those in need.
To provide for a program of research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles.
Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1018) to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Restore Our American Mustangs Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3170) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010
Expressing support for designation of June as "Home Safety Month".
Celebrating the goals and ideals of "Black Music Month".
Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009
To provide for the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909.
To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes.
To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3183) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2009
To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
Expressing the profound sympathies of the House of Representatives for the victims of the tragic Metrorail accident on Monday, June 22, 2009, and for their families, friends, and associates.
Honoring the life of Wayman Lawrence Tisdale and expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on his passing.
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3082) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3081) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of "In God We Trust" in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
Supporting National Men's Health Week.
Tule River Tribe Water Development Act
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009
Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2454) to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2996) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2892) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
To make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors.
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2918) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
Impeaching Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2346) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port Charlotte, Florida, as the "Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building".
Congressional Review Act Improvement Act
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Eye Institute (NEI) and expressing support for designation of 2010 through 2020 as the "Decade of Vision".
Student Internet Safety Act of 2009
Homes for Heroes Act of 2009
Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the catastrophic explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Expressing condolences to the citizens of Italy and support for the Government of Italy in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "Laredo Veterans Post Office".
Phylicia's Law
Condemning the violent attack on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, 2009 and honoring the bravery and dedication of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum employees and security personnel.
Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2009
To designate the federally occupied building located at McKinley Avenue and Third Street, SW., Canton, Ohio, as the "Ralph Regula Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1886) to authorize democratic, economic, and social development assistance for Pakistan, to authorize security assistance for Pakistan, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2410) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, to modernize the Foreign Service, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Recognizing the significant accomplishments of the AmeriCorps and encouraging all citizens to join in a national effort to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni, and raise awareness about the importance of national and community service.
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at his church on May 31, 2009.
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2010
Celebrating the symbol of the United States flag and supporting the goals and ideals of Flag Day.
International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2009
STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2200) to authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other purposes.
Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as the "John S. Wilder Post Office Building".
Congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team (the "Lady Vols") and Head Coach Pat Summitt on her 1000th victory.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009
Directing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to report to the House of Representatives on the actions the Committee has taken concerning any misconduct of Members and employees of the House in connection with activities of the PMA Group.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 31) to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1385) to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
Expressing sympathy to the victims, families, and friends of the tragic act of violence at the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq, on May 11, 2009.
Honoring the 20th anniversary of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in the Nation's Capital and its transition to the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure on June 6, 2009, and for other purposes.
Lumbee Recognition Act
Recognizing the twentieth anniversary of the suppression of protesters and citizens in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, People's Republic of China, on June 3 and 4, 1989 and expressing sympathy to the families of those killed, tortured, and imprisoned in connection with the democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and other parts of China on June 3 and 4, 1989 and thereafter.
Recognizing and commending the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on its 75th year anniversary.
Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 915) to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2009 through 2012, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.
Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2352) to amend the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 627) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.
Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009
Recognizing May 25, 2009, as National Missing Children's Day.
Urging all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit the national cemeteries, memorials, and markers on Memorial Day.
Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009
Recognizing the importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on the lives of low income children and families.
Congratulating Camp Dudley YMCA of Westport, New York, on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2346) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009
21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act
Recognizing Armed Forces Day and the exemplary service of the members of the United States Armed Forces.
To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.
Providing for passage of the bill (H.R. 2101) to promote reform and independence in the oversight of weapons system acquisition by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2187) to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in Nampa, Idaho, as the "Herbert A Littleton Postal Station".
Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month.
Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 150th year of working to improve the public's oral health and promoting dentistry, supporting initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support of community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "IEEE Engineering the Future" Day on May 13, 2009, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1728) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.
Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Train Day.
Congratulating the University of North Carolina men's basketball team for winning the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Global Youth Service Days.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community College Month.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 4 through 10, 2009, and throughout the year.
Recognizing the 61st anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 627) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.
Credit CARD Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1913) to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2009, and for other purposes.
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
Supporting the mission and goals of 2009 National Crime Victims' Rights week to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States, and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Commending the University of Connecticut Huskies for their historic win in the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3245 Latta Road in Rochester, New York, as the "Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building".
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Volunteer Week.
Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic accident of the steamboat ship SS Sultana.
Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010
National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2009
COPS Improvements Act of 2009
House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act of 2009
Green Energy Education Act of 2009
Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009
Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2009
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009
Crane Conservation Act of 2009
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 85) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.
Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1664) to amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 85) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.
Honoring the lives, and mourning the loss, of Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege, members of the Oakland Police Department in California who were brutally slain in the line of duty.
To amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards.
End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1388) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009
Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009
Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009
Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Wakefield Act
Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act
FLAME Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1404) to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 146) to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 188th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating Greek and American democracy.
Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2009
Expressing support for designation of the week of March 1 through March 8, 2009, as "School Social Work Week".
Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building".
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding executive and employee bonuses paid by AIG and other companies assisted with taxpayer funds provided under the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1388) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act
To support the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 West Main Street in McLain, Mississippi, as the "Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the "Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 8th Street in Freedom, Pennsylvania, as the "John Scott Challis, Jr. Post Office".
Supporting the designation of Pi Day, and for other purposes.
Water Quality Investment Act of 2009
Recognizing the plight of the Tibetan people on the 50th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama being forced into exile and calling for a sustained multilateral effort to bring about a durable and peaceful solution to the Tibet issue.
Urging the President to designate 2009 as the "Year of the Military Family".
Calling on the central authority of Brazil to immediately discharge all its duties under the Hague Convention by facilitating and supporting Federal judicial proceedings as a matter of extreme urgency to obtain the return of Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman, for immediate return to the United States.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
Recognizing and commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Cornell University for the success of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on the 5th anniversary of the Rovers' successful landing.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the "J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Congratulating the National Assessment Governing Board on its 20th Anniversary in measuring student academic achievement.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that providing breakfast in schools through the National School Breakfast Program has a positive impact on classroom performance.
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1106) to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability.
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
Designating March 2, 2009, as "Read Across America Day".
Commending the University of Southern California Trojan football team for its victory in the 2009 Rose Bowl.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Recognizing Beverly Eckert's service to the Nation and particularly to the survivors and families of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Recognizing and honoring the employees of the Department of Homeland Security on its sixth anniversary for their continuous efforts to keep the Nation safe.
Raising awareness and promoting education on the criminal justice system by establishing March as "National Criminal Justice Month".
Congratulating the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for more than 100 years of service and leadership to the United States.
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1106) to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability.
Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, and for other purposes.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
Supporting the goals and ideals of the third annual America Saves Week.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act
Captive Primate Safety Act
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009
Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Commemorating the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other purposes.
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Honoring John D. Dingell for holding the record as the longest serving member of the House of Representatives.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to India, and the positive influence that the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi had on Dr. King's work during the Civil Rights Movement.
Honoring Miami University for its 200 years of commitment to extraordinary higher education.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Girls and Women in Sports Day".
Recognizing and commending University of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford for winning the 2008 Heisman Trophy and for his academic and athletic accomplishments.
Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2009
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
Raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by establishing January 2009 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".
FAST Redress Act of 2009
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Economic stimulus bill
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 181) to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Honoring the heroic actions of the pilot, crew, and rescuers of US Airways Flight 1549.
Expressing support for designation of January 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day".
Commending the University of Florida Gators for winning the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game.
Expressing support for designation of the week of February 2 through February 6, 2009, as "National School Counseling Week".
Relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 384) to reform the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury and ensure accountability under such Program.
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs which that committee may authorize, and for other purposes.
Honoring the life of Claiborne Pell, distinguished former Senator from the State of Rhode Island.
Recognizing the efforts of those who serve their communities on Martin Luther King Day and promoting the holiday as a day of national service.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2009.
Recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States' strong support for Israel, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Paycheck Fairness Act
Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7321) to authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of Rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1424) to amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, and for other purposes.
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3997) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.
Small Business Financing Improvements Act of 2008
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act
Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7110) making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7060) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7060) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008
Solemnly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the tragic October 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and remembering those who lost their lives and those who were injured.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites are desecrated.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008
Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008
Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2638) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5244) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008
College Fire Prevention Act
Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.
To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6604) to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3036) to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
National Capital Security and Safety Act
Celebrating the 120-year partnership between the Government and State veterans homes.
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.
Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6842) to require the District of Columbia to revise its laws regarding the use and possession of firearms as necessary to comply with the requirements of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, in a manner that protects the security interests of the Federal government and the people who work in, reside in, or visit the District of Columbia and does not undermine the efforts of law enforcement, homeland security, and military officials to protect the Nation's capital from crime and terrorism.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6899) to advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.
Honoring the 28th Infantry Division for serving and protecting the United States.
Honoring the dedication and outstanding work of military support groups across the country for their steadfast support of the members of our Armed Forces and their families.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3667) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow highly rural veterans enrolled in the health system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive covered health services through providers other than those of the Department, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress.
Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building".
Recognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world.
Condemning the broadcasting of incitement to violence against Americans and the United States in media based in the Middle East, calling for the designation of al-Aqsa TV as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the emergency communications services provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service members and their families.
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009
Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts.
Condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6599) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008
Resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its citizens, to cease repression of Tibetan and Uighur people, and to end its support for the Governments of Sudan and Burma to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.
Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Paperwork Assistance Act
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Relating to the House procedures contained in section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5501) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
Supporting the designation of a National Child Awareness Month to promote awareness of children's charities and youth-serving organizations across the United States and recognizing their efforts on behalf of children and youth as a positive investment for the future of our Nation.
To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3221) to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
National Energy Security Intelligence Act of 2008
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3999) to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System, and for other purposes.
Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008
Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day.
Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5959) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 415) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Expressing the deepest appreciation of Congress to the families of members of the United States Armed Forces.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series.
Congratulating the Hamilton College Continentals on winning the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse championship.
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.
Honoring the esteemed former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Honoring the extraordinary service and exceptional sacrifice of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the crossing of the North Pole by the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and its significance in the history of both our Nation and the world.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the integration of the Armed Forces.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1286) to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5811) to amend title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presidential records, and for other purposes.
America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
Electronic Communications Preservation Act
To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.
To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for other purposes.
Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6052) to promote increased public transportation use, to promote increased use of alternative fuels in providing public transportation, and for other purposes.
Expressing gratitude for the contributions of the American GI Forum on its 60th anniversary.
Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act
Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Year of the American Veteran.
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6275) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2176) to provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.
Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008
To authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012.
To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act
Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Supporting the goals and ideals of Black Music Month and to honor the outstanding contributions that African American singers and musicians have made to the United States.
Honoring the life, musical accomplishments, and contributions of Louis Jordan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Congratulating James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, for 100 years of service and leadership to the United States.
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5876) to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2642) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5781) to provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.
Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act
Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008
Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month".
Honoring the life of Timothy John Russert, Jr., public servant, political analyst, and author.
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery.
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5749) to provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6063) to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Expressing support for the designation of National D-Day Remembrance Day, and recognizing the spirit, courage, and sacrifice of the men and women who fought and won World War II.
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that rebate checks would better stimulate the economy if spent on American-made products and services from American-owned companies.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6003) to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.
Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
Honoring the sacrifices and contributions made by disabled American veterans.
Marking the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War with the Kingdom of Great Britain and recognized the independence of the United States of America, and acknowledging the shared values and close friendship between the peoples and governments of the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation.
Recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
Expressing support for designation of June 2008 as "National Safety Month".
Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of Alaska in the Union as the 49th State.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5540) to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3021) to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary educational facilities, and for other purposes.
Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary educational facilities, and for other purposes.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act.
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day.
Recognizing the State of Minnesota's 150th anniversary.
Supporting National Men's Health Week.
Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5658) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.
Reaffirming the support of the House of Representatives for the legitimate, democratically-elected Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
Clean Contracting Act of 2008
Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,729 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5658) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6049) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes.
To assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, through projects of persons and organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008
Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008
Expressing support for the designation of a Frank Sinatra Day, in honor of the dedication of the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp.
Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2008
To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2642) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act
Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act
Providing for the adoption of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2419) to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Train Day.
Recognizing AmeriCorps Week.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month.
Congratulating Winona State University on winning the 2008 Division II men's basketball championships.
Honoring public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and private entities providing services for foster children.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008
Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make technical corrections to the definition of willful noncompliance with respect to violations involving the printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act.
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5818) to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 3221) moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.
To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding provocative and dangerous statements and actions taken by the Government of the Russian Federation that undermine the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia.
Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008
Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day.
Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes.
Honoring the recipients of the El Dorado Promise scholarship.
Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe.
Condemning the Burmese regime's undemocratic draft constitution and scheduled referendum.
To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit rest and recuperation travel to United States territories for members of the Foreign Service.
Calling on the United States Government and the international community to promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions for sustainable peace and good governance in Chad, as well as in the wider region that includes the northern region of the Central African Republic and the Darfur region of Sudan.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5522) to require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes.
Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2008, and for other purposes.
Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2007
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2830) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5819) to amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and for other purposes.
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel.
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Recognizing March 6, 2008, as the first-ever World Glaucoma Day, established to increase awareness of glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States and worldwide.
Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places
To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5715) to ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2634) to provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for the designation of the month of April 2008, as National Child Abuse Prevention Month to provide attention to the tragic circumstances that face some of our Nation's children on a daily basis and to underscore our commitment to preventing child abuse and neglect so that all children can live in safety and security.
Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008
Beach Protection Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5719) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes.
Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, Texas, as the "Texas Military Veterans Post Office".
Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008
Expressing support for designation of a National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day.
Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado.
To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes.
Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security and honoring the Department's employees for their extraordinary efforts and contributions to protect and secure our Nation.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2016) to establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its crackdown in Tibet and enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to find a negotiated solution that respects the distinctive language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms of all Tibetans, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as the "Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Julia M. Carson Post Office Building".
To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests and homeland defense missions of the United States.
Wakefield Act
United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5501) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008
Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman.
Supporting the goals, ideals, and history of National Women's History Month.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month.
Supporting the observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes.
HALE Scouts Act
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Budget resolution FY2009
Recognizing the exceptional sacrifice of the 69th Infantry Regiment, known as the Fighting 69th, in support of the Global War on Terror.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 312) revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act
Resolution reaffirming the goals and ideals that formed the impetus for Albert Gallatin's national plan for transportation improvements 200 years ago, and for other purposes.
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the University of Kansas ("KU") football team for winning the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl and having the most successful year in program history.
Congratulating Iowa State University of Science and Technology for 150 years of leadership and service to the United States and the world as Iowa's land-grant university.
Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 East Copeland Drive in Lebanon, Missouri, as the "Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the "E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building".
Expressing support for the designation and goals of "National 9-1-1 Education Month", and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2857) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
GIVE Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1424) to amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the "Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building".
Expressing the sense of Congress that Earl Lloyd should be recognized and honored for breaking the color barrier and becoming the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association League 58 years ago.
Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
Supporting Taiwan's fourth direct and democratic presidential elections in March 2008.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Building".
To redesignate Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park in the State of Ohio as "Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park", and for other purposes.
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.
To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building", in honor of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 Helen Highway in Cleveland, Georgia, as the "Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5351) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3521) to improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 3-7, 2008, as "School Social Work Week" to promote awareness of the vital role of school social workers in schools, and in the community as a whole, in helping students prepare for their future as productive citizens.
Honoring the service and accomplishments of Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, United States Army, for his 37 years of service on behalf of the United States.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 979) recommending that the House of Representatives find Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, Chief of Staff, White House, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary and for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 980) authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas.
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week, and for other purposes.
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 99th anniversary.
Honoring African American inventors, past and present, for their leadership, courage, and significant contributions to our national competitiveness.
To authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of an American Braille tactile flag in Arlington National Cemetery honoring blind members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and other Americans.
Commending the people of the State of Washington for showing their support for the needs of the State of Washington's veterans and encouraging residents of other States to pursue creative ways to show their own support for veterans.
To authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
To extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days.
Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable postseason runs in professional sports history.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other purposes.
Honoring the life of senior Border Patrol agent Luis A. Aguilar, who lost his life in the line of duty near Yuma, Arizona, on January 19, 2008.
Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the prominence the Declaration of Independence played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs.
Commemorating the courage of the Haitian soldiers that fought for American independence in the "Siege of Savannah" and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Congratulating Lee Myung-Bak on his election to the Presidency of the Republic of Korea and wishing him well during his time of transition and his inauguration on February 25, 2008.
Calling for a peaceful resolution to the current electoral crisis in Kenya.
To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes.
To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Remembering the space shuttle Challenger disaster and honoring its crew members, who lost their lives on January 28, 1986.
Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
Commending the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major League Soccer Cup.
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
Commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship Series national championship game.
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.
To designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port Angeles, Washington, as the "Richard B. Anderson Federal Building".
Honoring the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard whose tireless work, dedication, and commitment to protecting the United States have led to the Coast Guard seizing over 350,000 pounds of cocaine at sea during 2007, far surpassing all of our previous records.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as the "Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office".
To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes.
Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Condemning the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to assist the people of Pakistan in combating terrorist activity and promoting a free and democratic Pakistan.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2768) to establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and for other purposes.
Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007
To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 6) to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that the member was entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled to if the member was not retired or separated.
To provide for the transfer of the Library of Congress police to the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes.
Expressing the unconditional support of the House of Representatives for the members of the National Guard.
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Expresses heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.
Honoring local and state first responders, and the citizens of the Pacific Northwest in facing the severe winter storm of December 2 and 3, 2007.
To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.
Recognizing and celebrating the centennial of Oklahoma statehood.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 69) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2082) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
AMT Relief Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4351) to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4299) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.
Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act
Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.
Expressing sympathy to and pledging the support of the House of Representatives and the people of the United States for the victims of Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh.
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 6) to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008
To make various technical and clerical amendments to the Federal securities laws.
McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act
Recognizing the 100th anniversary year of the founding of the Port of Los Angeles.
To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes.
Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007
Recognizing 200 years of research, service to the people of the United States, and stewardship of the marine environment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its predecessor agencies, and for other purposes.
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2007
Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of the resources associated with such lands and structures.
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat forced labor, and for other purposes.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3915) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the scope of the child pornography laws, and for other purposes.
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4156) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3074) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1429) to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes.
Condemning the November 6, 2007, terrorist bombing in Afghanistan and expressing condolences to the people of Afghanistan and the members of the Wolesi Jirga.
Expressing the sympathy and pledging the urgent support of the House of Representatives and the people of the United States for the victims of the devastating flooding in southern Mexico.
To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
To provide assistance for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland.
Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007
To establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety.
To promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encouraging the nation's transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities.
To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.
To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3996) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3222) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3355) to ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events.
To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3685) to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Recognizing the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of San Marino.
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3043) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.
To establish a National Commission on Children and Disasters, a National Resource Center on Children and Disasters, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should increase basic pay for members of the Armed Forces.
A resolution congratulating Nicolas Sarkozy on his election to the presidency of France and welcoming President Sarkozy on the occasion of his appearance before a Joint Meeting of Congress.
Recognizing the contributions of Native American veterans and calling upon the President to issue a proclamation urging the people of the United States to observe a day in honor of Native American veterans.
National Heroes Credit Protection Act
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes.
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3920) to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, and for other purposes.
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, and for other purposes.
Honoring the first responders and supporting the victims of the Southern California wildfires.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3867) to update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
To update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for designation of the month of October 2007 as "Country Music Month" and to honor country music for its long history of supporting America's armed forces and its tremendous impact on national patriotism.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Michigan Avenue in Marshall, Michigan, as the "Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the "Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building".
Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams.
Recognizing and commending the efforts of the United States public and advocacy groups to raise awareness about and help end the worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes.
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 505) to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1483) to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1011) to designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes.
Condemning the actions of September 7, 2007, resulting in damage to the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial.
To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the "Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week.
Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2095) to amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Commending NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia on the celebration of its 90th anniversary on October 26 and 27, 2007.
Recognizing the importance of America's Waterway Watch program, and for other purposes.
Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2102) to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 734) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the withholding of information relating to corruption in Iraq.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the withholding of information relating to corruption in Iraq.
To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for other purposes.
ALS Registry Act
Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Government of Syria's continued interference in the internal affairs of Lebanon.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office".
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3056) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use private debt collection companies, to delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, to revise the tax rules on expatriation, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2895) to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use private debt collection companies, to delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, to revise the tax rules on expatriation, and for other purposes.
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007
War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007
A resolution denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and equality of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral and peaceful society.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3648) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3246) to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely economically distressed regions in the Nation.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.
MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 928) to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes.
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes.
Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran.
Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States and throughout the world for their faith.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
To require the President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior military leaders, to develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, Connecticut, as the "Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office".
Concurrent resolution commending the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard upon its completion of the longest continuous deployment of any United States ground combat military unit in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, Michigan, as the "Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3121) to restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3567) to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand opportunities for investments in small businesses, and for other purposes.
To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand opportunities for investments in small businesses, and for other purposes.
To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes.
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2693) to direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 52) making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act
Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 976) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small businesses, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Veterans of Foreign Wars Day.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
Expressing sympathy to and support for the people and governments of the countries of Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico which have suffered from Hurricanes Felix, Dean, and Henriette and whose complete economic and fatality toll are still unknown.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Life Insurance Awareness Month".
Strongly condemning the United Nations Human Rights Council for ignoring severe human rights abuses in various countries, while choosing to unfairly target Israel by including it as the only country permanently placed on the Council's agenda.
Expressing the ongoing concern of the House of Representatives for Lebanon's democratic institutions and unwavering support for the administration of justice upon those responsible for the assassination of Lebanese public figures opposing Syrian control of Lebanon.
To enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by imposing additional economic sanctions against Iran, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the goals and ideals of Campus Fire Safety Month, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the September 25, 1957, desegregation of Little Rock Central High School by the Little Rock Nine.
Recognizing all hunters across the United States for their continued commitment to safety.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives of the importance of providing a voice for the many victims (and families of victims) involved in missing persons cases and unidentified human remains cases.
To extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2881) to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2761) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1852) to modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other purposes.
To promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam.
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007
To extend for two months the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely economically distressed regions in the Nation.
To establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs.
Recognizing September 11 as a day of rememberance, extending sympathies to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and their families, honoring the heroic actions of our nation's first responders and Armed Forces, and reaffirming the commitment to defending the people of the United States against any and all future challenges.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2669) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1908) to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2786) to reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native Americans.
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008
Extending the condolences and sympathy of the House of Representatives to the Government and the people of Greece for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by the devastating fires raging through Greece since June 2007.
Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to remove barriers to United States financial services firms doing business in China.
Expressing the sympathy and pledging the support of the House of Representatives and the people of the United States for the victims of the devastating thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in 20 counties in eastern Kansas beginning on June 26, 2007.
Recognizing the strong security alliance between the Government of Japan and the United States and expressing appreciation to Japan for its role in enhancing stability in the Asia-Pacific region and its efforts in the global war against terrorism.
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan program, and for other purposes.
Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2007
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2776) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.
Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure.
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance.
To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3161) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3159) to mandate minimum periods of rest and recuperation for units and members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces between deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2272) to invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.
To mandate minimum periods of rest and recuperation for units and members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces between deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3162) to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP program, and for other purposes.
To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3161) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act
Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007
America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act
To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions may be imposed.
Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2008
Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2831) to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Act occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the disciminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 986) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
NASA 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2419) to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3093) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes.
To limit the use of funds to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control of the oil resources of Iraq.
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Archdiocese of New York.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3074) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Mourning the passing of former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and celebrating her life and contributions to the people of the United States.
Honoring the life and accomplishments of renowned artist Tom Lea on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Federal Customer Service Enhancement Act of 2008
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3043) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.
Rural Housing and Economic Development Improvement Act of 2007
Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2007
To reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2956) to require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduction of the number of United States Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and for other purposes.
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduction of the number of United States Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and for other purposes.
Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2669) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Supporting home ownership and responsible lending.
Expressing support for the new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.
College Cost Reduction and Access Act
Condemning the decision by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia.
To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the District.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2008
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2829) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" should be established.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2771) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007
To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the "Major Scott Nisely Post Office".
Noting the disturbing pattern of killings of dozens of independent journalists in Russia over the last decade, and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to authorize cooperation with outside investigators in solving those murders.
Recognizing over 200 years of sovereignty of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and expressing support for efforts by the United States continue to strengthen its relationship with that country.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008
Recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2638) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
Recognizing and welcoming the delegation of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean to Washington, D.C., and commending the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for holding the Conference on the Caribbean.
To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 65) to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
Lumbee Recognition Act
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2446) to reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 2007
Green Energy Education Act of 2007
Spy Act
H-Prize Act of 2007
Raising a question of the Privileges of the House.
Directing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to respond to the indictment of, or the filing of charges of criminal conduct in a court of the United States or any State against, any Member of the House of Representatives by empaneling an investigative subcommittee to review the allegations not later than 30 days after the date the Member is indicted or the charges are filed.
Calling for Iran to immediately release five dual Iranian-American citizens currently being held unjustly.
Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan.
Condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of Estonia.
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2206) making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2317) to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, and for other purposes and providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2316) to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1100) to revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Early Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits Act
Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes.
To revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Returning Servicemember VA Healthcare Insurance Act of 2007
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007
Raising a question of the priveleges of the House.
Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
NOPEC
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, Florida, as the "Leonard W. Herman Post Office".
To reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as the "Staff Sergeant Marvin "Rex" Young Post Office Building".
Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1427) to reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
To limit the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border.
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.
To provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.
Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act
Recognizing National AmeriCorps Week.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.
To extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
To provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2237) to provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2206) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2207) making supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2082) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Small Business Administration relating to procurement, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1873) to reauthorize the programs and activities of the Small Business Administration relating to procurement, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1684) to authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
To establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1294) to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.
To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review Commission.
In observance of National Physical Education and Sports Week.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a water supply and conservation project to improve water supply reliability, increase the capacity of water storage, and improve water management efficiency in the Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas.
Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1592) to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, and for other purposes.
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1868) to authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1429) to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, and other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community College Month.
Supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.
To commend the University of Florida Gators for their historic win in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1591) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1332) to improve the access to capital programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes.
To improve the access to capital programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 362) to authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 363) to authorize appropriations for basic research and research infrastructure in science and engineering, and for support of graduate fellowships, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and should continue to work with the States to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect through such programs as the Child Welfare Services and Promoting Safe and Stable Families programs.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
Supporting the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights Week in order to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States during such week and throughout the year.
Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act
To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the "Rachel Carson Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 South Lecanto Highway in Lecanto, Florida, as the "Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building".
Expressing support for a National Foster Parents Day.
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the estimated tax payment safe harbor based on income for the preceding year in the case of individuals with adjusted gross income greater than $5 million.
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1905) to provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1906) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the estimated tax payment safe harbor based on income for the preceeding year in the case of individuals with adjusted gross income greater that $5 million.
To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.
Commending the achievements of the Rutgers University women's basketball team and applauding the character and integrity of their student-athletes.
Offering heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families regarding the horrific violence at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and to the students, faculty, administration and staff and their families who have been deeply affected by the tragic events that occurred there.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1257) to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation.
Supporting the goals and ideals highlighted through National Volunteer Week.
To improve the disaster relief programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.
Condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance taxpayer protections and outreach.
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and its past contributions to space research, and looking forward to future accomplishments.
Supporting the goals and ideals of World Water Day.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1538) to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 99) revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 835) to reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) to improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes.
To improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes.
To amend the Act to Prevent Pollution from ships to implement MARPOL Annex VI.
To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1591) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1433) to provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.
To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend the authority to withhold from public availability a financial disclosure report filed by an individual who is a judicial officer or judicial employee, to the extent necessary to protect the safety of that individual or a family member of that individual, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.
Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement Act of 2007
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1227) to assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".
Honoring the heroic service and sacrifice of the glider pilots of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Recognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on its 175th anniversary.
Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act
Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government.
To reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes.
To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 186th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating Greek and American democracy.
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, as a blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Bangladesh should immediately drop all pending charges against Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Commending the Girl Scouts of the United States of America on the occasion of their 95th anniversary, for providing quality age-appropriate experiences that prepare girls to become the leaders of tomorrow and for raising issues important to girls.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to celebrate the historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands.
Energy Technology Transfer Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
Water Quality Financing Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 202) providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 2007
Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
Water Quality Investment Act of 2007
Supporting the goals of International Women's Day.
Honoring the life and achievements of the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior and reaffirming the continued commitment of the House of Representatives to a just and lasting peace in the Republic of the Sudan.
To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 800) to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month.
Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
To provide for the establishment of the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office, and for other purposes.
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Medal of Honor Day to celebrate and honor the recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small businesses, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 63) disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
Recognizing the significance of the 65th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Eisenhower Street in Rio Grande City, Texas, as the "Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office".
Recognizing and honoring the employees of the Department of Homeland Security for their efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation.
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 98th anniversary.
Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act
Recognizing the African American spiritual as a national treasure.
American River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2007
Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007
Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2007
Minidoka National Historic Site Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Consumer Protection Week.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Continuing Appropriations resolution, FY2007
Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry research and development and the first and only African American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineeers Week, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for the designation and goals of "Hire a Veteran Week" and encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those goals.
Congratulating Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts on becoming the first African-American head coaches of National Football League teams to qualify for the Super Bowl.
Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, and public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Patrick Finucane, as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park Agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern Ireland peace process.
Establishing the House Democracy Assistance Commission for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Commending the University of Louisville Cardinals football team for their victory in the 2007 Orange Bowl.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the "Lane Evans Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the "Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building".
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 78) amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.
Congratulating Illinois State University as it celebrates its sesquicentennial.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make noncreditable for Federal retirement purposes any Member service performed by an individual who is convicted of any of certain offenses committed by that individual while serving as a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.
Paying tribute to Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp for their recognition by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2007.
House Page Board Revision Act of 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy alternatives, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the Grand Valley State University Lakers for winning the 2006 NCAA Division II Football National Championship.
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for student borrowers.
To honor Muhammad Ali, global humanitarian, on the occasion of his 65th birthday and to extend best wishes to him and his family.
College Student Relief Act of 2007
An act to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small business Investment Act of 1958 through July 31, 2007, and for other purposes.
Honoring the Mare Island Original 21ers for their efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Observing the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging the people of the United States to observe the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.
Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season.
Commending the University of Florida Gators for their victory in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and for winning the national college football championship.
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007
Mourning the passing of President Gerald Rudolph Ford and celebrating his leadership and service to the people of the United States.
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
To enhance intelligence oversight authority.
Ethics Reform resolution
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 6) adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Andean Trade Preferences Extension Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.
Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual report and to provide notice to the public on congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made available to the Department of Defense.
Condemning in the strongest terms Iran's commitment to hold an international Holocaust denial conference on December 11-12, 2006.
Expressing support for Lebanon's democratic institutions and condemning the recent terrorist assassination of Lebanese parliamentarian and Industry Minister Pierre Amine Gemayel.
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and for other purposes.
Condemning the decision by the city of St. Denis, France, to name a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner.
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of the House should actively engage with employers and the American public at large to encourage the hiring of members and former members of the Armed Forces who were wounded in service and are facing a transition to civilian life.
Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2006
Congratulating the St. Louis Cardinals on winning the 2006 World Series.
Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law and to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program.
STOP Act
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3930) to authorize trial by military commission for violations of law of war, and for other purposes and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4772) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other governments officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5825) to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006
Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6166) to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
Military Commissions Act of 2006
Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006
Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006
National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 403) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.
Affirming support for the sovereignty and security of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.
Commending the United Kingdom for its efforts in the War on Terror, and for other purposes.
Supporting the appointment of a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006
Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with a specific emphasis on civilian protection.
Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, Virginia, as the "Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building".
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States and another country; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures.
Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006
Community Protection Act of 2006
Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4844) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Condemning human rights abuses by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and expressing solidarity with the Iranian people.
Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, of the Iranian constitution of 1906.
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006
Condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is.
To recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the outcome of World War II.
Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 1000) providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives.
Secure Fence Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6061) to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39-25 61st Street in Woodside, New York, as the "Thomas J. Manton Post Office Building".
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 994) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the "Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building".
Recognizing the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
Congratulating Spelman College on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Recognizing the life of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding contributions to New York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football League, and the United States.
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act
Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006
Pension Protection Act of 2006
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5970) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes; and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to provide economic security for all Americans, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Congratulating the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on ten years of significant achievement in the search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology.
Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.
Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006
National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2006
Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006
21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1946 season of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Feller and his return from military service to the United States.
Recognizing and honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006
Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006
FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2006
To provide grants from moneys collected from violations of the corporate average fuel economy program to be used to expand infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5684) to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
Condemning the recent attacks against the State of Israel, holding terrorists and their state-sponsors accountable for such attacks, supporting Israel's right to defend itself, and for other purposes.
Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the completion of the Space Shuttle's second Return-to-Flight mission.
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2389) to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance.
Condemning in the strongest possible terms the July 11, 2006, terrorist attacks in India and expressing condolences to the families of the victims and sympathy to the people of India.
To preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.
Pledge Protection Act of 2005
Marriage Protection Amendment
Supporting the goals and ideals of School Bus Safety Week.
Federal Judiciary Emergency Tolling Act of 2006
National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2006
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.
Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2990) to improve ratings quality by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry.
To study and promote the use of energy efficient computer servers in the United States.
Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4411) to prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes.
Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act
Paint Bank and Wytheville National Fish Hatcheries Conveyance Act
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies to address certain water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho, and for other purposes.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans to the threat of further terror attacks by revealing a crucial method by which terrorists are traced through their finances.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) to provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 895) supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans to the threat of further terror attacks by revealing a crucial method by which terrorists are traced through their finances.
Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5672) making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4890) to amend the Congressional and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.
Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006
Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006
Supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2006
Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5631) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007
To require representatives of governments designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism to disclose to the Attorney General lobbying contacts with legislative branch officials, and for other purposes.
Commending the Patriot Guard Riders for shielding mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen service members at funerals.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 217 Southeast 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the "Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6029 Broadmoor Street in Mission, Kansas, as the "Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building".
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Youth Sports Week should be established.
Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 861) declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5576) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Commending the Government of Canada for its renewed commitment to the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan.
To provide for certain access to national crime information databases by schools and educational agencies for employment purposes, with respect to individuals who work with children.
Supporting responsible fatherhood, promoting marriage, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4939) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Condemning the People's Republic of China for its continued interference in the internal affairs of the Catholic Church and its persecution of Catholics loyal to the Pope.
Recognizing the 17th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere.
Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5252) to promote the deployment of broadband networks and services.
Communications Act of 2006
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5254) to set schedules for the consideration of permits for refineries.
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5429) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5427) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5384) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5385) making appropriations for the military quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5386) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Dahab and Northern Sinai, Egypt, on April 24 and 26, 2006.
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom immediately to establish a full, independent, public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Patrick Finucane, as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
Providing for further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 376) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5122) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5122) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4297) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 (b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
H-Prize Act of 2006
Providing for the concurrence by the House with amendments in the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 1499.
Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
SAFE Port Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act
Federal Energy Price Protection Act of 2006
Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes.
527 Reform Act of 2006
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Recognizing the 58th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Congratulating the people and Government of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, the 2006 United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams, and all international athletes upon the successful completion of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
Supporting the goals and ideals of World Water Day.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4975) to provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5020) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Urging the Government of China to reinstate all licenses of Gao Zhisheng and his law firm, remove all legal and political obstacles for lawyers attempting to defend criminal cases in China, including politically sensitive cases, and revise law and practice in China so that it conforms to international standards.
Iran Freedom Support Act
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 376) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
To congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the 25th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System, to honor Commander John Young and the Pilot Robert Crippen, who flew Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12-14, 1981, on its first orbital test flight, and to commend the men and women of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and all those supporting America's space program for their accomplishments and their role in inspiring the American people.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Pham Hong Son and other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and other purposes.
Concerning the Government of Romania's ban on intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned or abandoned children in Romania.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 513) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.
Commending the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the contributions and sacrifices they made to the United States nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands, solemnly acknowledging the first detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States on March 1, 1954, on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and remembering that 60 years ago the United States began its nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands.
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006
527 Reform Act of 2006
Expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland and support for continued police reform in Northern Ireland as a critical element in the peace process.
Providing for the appointment of Phillip Frost as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and supporting continued efforts to control radiation and mitigate the adverse health consequences related to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Enforcement Act
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4939) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation should fully protect the freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered and unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards.
Expressing the continued support of Congress for requiring an institution of higher education to provide military recruiters with access to the institution's campus and students at least equal in quality and scope to that which is provided to any other employer in order to be eligible for the receipt of certain Federal funds.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2829) to reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act.
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2005
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4167) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for the efforts of the people of the Republic of Belarus to establish a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights and urging the Government of Belarus to conduct a free and fair presidential election on March 19, 2006.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005
Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4167) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
Honoring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in America.
To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen, collectively, in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.
Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Condemning the Government of Iran for violating its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council.
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Small Business Administration's disaster loans program, and for other purposes.
Expressing the appreciation of Congress for the contributions of the United Service Organizations, Incorporated (the USO), to the morale and welfare of the members of the Armed Forces and their families.
Congratulating the National Football League champion Pittsburgh Steelers for winning Super Bowl XL and completing one of the greatest postseason runs in professional sports history.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House.
Relating to consideration of the bill (S. 1932) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95).
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2863) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving victory in Iraq.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 612) expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving victory in Iraq.
Condemning actions by the Government of Syria that have hindered the investigation of the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri conducted by the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC), expressing support for extending the UNIIIC's investigative mandate, and stating concern about similar assassination attempts apparently aimed at destabilizing Lebanon's security and undermining Lebanon's sovereignty.
Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005
Asserting that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
Calling on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by the Chinese Government.
Recognizing the importance of an independent Iraqi judiciary in the formation of a new and democratic Iraq.
Condemning the Government of Zimbabwe's "Operation Murambatsvina" under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings and facilities were demolished in an effort characterized by the Government of Zimbabwe as an operation to "restore order" to the country.
Urging the President to issue a proclamation for the observance of an American Jewish History Month.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2830) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the pension funding rules, and for other purposes.
Urging the Government of the Russian Federation to withdraw the first draft of the proposed legislation as passed in its first reading in the State Duma that would have the effect of severely restricting the establishment, operations, and activities of domestic, international, and foreign nongovernmental organizations in the Russian Federation, or to modify the proposed legislation to entirely remove these restrictions.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for those who celebrate Christmas.
Pension Security and Transparency Act of 2005
Establishing the Task Force on Ocean Policy.
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005
Supporting the goals and ideals of Korean American Day.
Small Public Housing Authority Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005
Tax Revision Act of 2005
United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Stealth Tax Relief Act of 2005
Honoring the pilots of United States commercial air carriers who volunteer to participate in the Federal flight deck officer program.
Honoring the life, legacy, and example of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the tenth anniversary of his death.
Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution that began on October 23, 1956 and reaffirming the friendship between the people and governments of the United States and Hungary.
Urging member states of the United Nations to stop supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and to promote within the United Nations a more balanced and constructive approach to resolving conflict in the Middle East.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 571) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 308) directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a technical correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3058.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that occurred on November 9, 2005, in Amman, Jordan.
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4241) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 72) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the disappearance of the 5 naval Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the naval Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1065) to establish the United States Boxing Commission to protect the general welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness in the sport of professional boxing.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District.
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation must protect intellectual property rights.
Child Medication Safety Act of 2005
United States Boxing Commission Act
Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2005
Federal Youth Coordination Act
To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1751) to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2862) making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2419) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Court Security Improvement Act of 2006
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the "Grant W. Green Post Office Building".
Recognizing and commending the continuing dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and the other reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism and in defense of the United States.
Expressing support for the accession of Israel to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Concurrent resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's promulgation of Noestra Aetate, the declaration on the relation of the Roman Catholic Church to non-Christian religions, and the historic role of Nostra Aetate in fostering mutual interreligious respect and dialogue.
Gynecological Resolution for Advancement of Ovarian Cancer Education
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) to protect private property rights.
Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the "John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
Online Freedom of Speech Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37598 Goodhue Avenue in Dennison, Minnesota, as the "Albert H. Quie Post Office."
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Franklin Avenue in Pearl River, New York, as the "Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building".
Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel.
Hurricane Katrina Financial Services Relief Act of 2005
Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th United Nations General Assembly.
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1461) to reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes.
Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the White House Fellows Program.
American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building".
Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005
Mourning the loss of life caused by the earthquake that occurred on October 8, 2005, in Pakistan and India, expressing the condolences of the American people to the families of the victims, and urging assistance to those affected.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 554) to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 208 South Main Street in Parkdale, Arkansas, as the Willie Vaughn Post Office.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 West 3rd Avenue in Warren, Pennsylvania, as the "William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building".
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to raising awareness and enhancing the state of computer security in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the goals and ideals of National Chemistry Week.
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3893) to expedite the construction of new refining capacity in the United States, to provide reliable and affordable energy for the American people, and for other purposes.
Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005
Honoring the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal and reaffirming the commitment of Congress to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance in all forms, in all forums, and in all nations.
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief CDBG Flexibility Act of 2005
Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Housing Act of 2005
Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) to amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other purposes.
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the July, 2005, measures of extreme repression on the part of the Cuban Government against members of Cuba's prodemocracy movement, calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners, the legalization of political parties and free elections in Cuba, urging the European Union to reexamine its policy toward Cuba, and calling on the representative of the United States to the 62d session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to ensure a resolution calling upon the Cuban regime to end its human rights violations, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3402) to authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Lights On Afterschool!", a national celebration of after-school programs.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Allston Way in Berkeley, California, as the "Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2123) to reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, and for other purposes.
School Readiness Act of 2005
Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 250) to establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development efforts in manufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manufacturing innovation and education, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for other purposes.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day.
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005
To congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Discovery crew of Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly, Mission Specialist Charlie Camarda, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, and Mission Specialist Andy Thomas on the successful completion of their 14 day test flight to the International Space Station for the first step of the Vision for Space Exploration, begun from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 26, 2005, and completed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 9, 2005, which historical mission represented a great step forward into the new beginning of the Second Space Age.
Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act
To establish the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 437) to establish the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006
Children's Safety Act of 2005
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005
Relating to the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Expressing the sincere gratitude of the House of Representatives to the foreign individuals, organizations, and governments that have offered material assistance and other forms of support to those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Student Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act
National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005
Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of 2005
Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2985) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Supporting the goals of National Marina Day and urging marinas continue providing environmentally friendly gateways to boating.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3045) to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on July 23, 2005, and for other purposes.
Encouraging the Transitional National Assembly of Iraq to adopt a constitution that grants women equal rights under the law and to work to protect such rights.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3283) to enhance resources to enforce United States trade rights.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2061 South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "James T. Molloy Post Office Building".
United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, as the "Paul Kasten Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 South Walters Avenue in Hodgenville, Kentucky, as the "Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building".
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Trade Commission should investigate the publication of the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' to determine if the publisher deceived the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an 'Adults-Only' rating.
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the establishment of an appropriate day for the commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the United States.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month, and for other purposes.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3199) to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.
Curbing Production of Methamphetamine bill
Calling for free and fair parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
State Department FY2006-2007 Authorization bill
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2601) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.
Commending the continuing improvement in relations between the United States and the Republic of India.
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union.
Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in London, England, on July 7, 2005.
East Asia Security Act of 2005
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the War in thePacific and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of the Second World War.
Water Resources Development Act of 2006
Providing that the House of Representatives will focus on removing barriers to competitiveness of the United States economy.
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 739) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 740) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 741) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 742) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small.
Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain important political rights.
Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005
Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005
Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan.
Condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights.
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control of critical United States energy infrastructure and energy production capacity could take action that would threaten to impair the national security of the United States.
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and for other purposes.
Expressing the grave disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding the majority opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al. that nullifies the protections afforded private property owners in the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3058) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3057) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006
Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act
Urging the Government of the Republic of Albania to ensure that the parliamentary elections to be held on July 3, 2005, are conducted in accordance with international standards for free and fair elections.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2985) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2475) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of Congress that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
Henry J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005
Disapproving the manner in which Representative Sensenbrenner has responded to the minority party's request under rule XI of the House of Representatives for an additional day of oversight hearings on the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act and the manner in which such hearing was conducted.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2863) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2862) making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, North Carolina, as the "Floyd Lupton Post Office".
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member states, and the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2528) making appropriations for military quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Military Construction FY2006 Appropriations bill
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1815) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
Inhuman Treatment or Punishment of Detainees bill
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2419) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes purposes.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006
Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005
Recognizing the 57th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005
SPY ACT
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1817) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Homeland Security Information Sharing and Analysis Enhancement Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2360) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006
Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Act of 2005
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, as the "Linda White-Epps Post Office".
Homeland Security Grant bill
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1279) to amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, and for other purposes.
Gang Violence bill
Expressing support to the organizers and participants of the historic meeting of the Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba on May 20, 2005, in Havana.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a "Rotary International Day" and celebrating and honoring Rotary International on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1268) making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day during World War II.
Calling on the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transfer Charles Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Western Bohemia by United States Armed Forces during World War II and the continued friendship between the people of the United States and the Czech Republic.
Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005
Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Honoring the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to American society over the past three decades.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 95) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Supporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and recognizing the importance of intellectual property in the United States and worldwide.
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 240) amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate certain provisions of the rules relating to procedures of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to the form in which those provisions existed at the close of the 108th Congress.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 748) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws relating to abortion, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 22) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the two-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.
Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.
Daylight Saving Time bill
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.
Recognizing the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jonas Salk, the University of Michigan, and Dr. Thomas Frances, Jr., on the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery and the declaration that the Salk vaccine was potent, virtually eliminating the disease and its harmful effects.
Expressing the condolences and deepest sympathies of the Congress in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota.
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Providing for the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 256) to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
To designate a portion of the Federal building located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the "Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building".
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the "Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse".
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2005
Honoring the life and achievements of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and expressing profound sorrow on his death.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.
Commending the outstanding efforts by members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development in response to the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004.
Commemorating the life of the late Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia.
Honoring the life and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the Sikh community on his passing.
Budget resolution FY2006
Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the occupation of the Lebanese Republic by the Syrian Arab Republic.
Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of the Syrian and Lebanese people by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the recent passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 95) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Military Death Gratuity Temporary Increase bill
House Democracy Assistance Commission Resolution
Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations.
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005
Providing amounts from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives for continuing expenses of standing and select committees of the House from April 1, 2005, through April 30, 2005.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the study of languages and supporting the designation of a Year of Languages.
Continuity in Representation Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes.
Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct Act of 2005
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 2005
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
Providing for the acceptance of a statue of Sarah Winnemucca, presented by the people of Nevada, for placement in National Statuary Hall, and for other purposes.
Condemning the terrorist bombing attack that occurred on February 14, 2005, in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and killed and wounded others.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 310) to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material, and for other purposes.
Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte Springs, Florida, as the "Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building".
Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the "Greensboro Four", to the civil rights movement.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 418) to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence.
REAL ID Act of 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 418) to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen for their bravery in fighting for our freedom in World War II, and for their contribution in creating an integrated United States Air Force.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month.
Relating to the free election in Iraq held on January 30, 2005.
Urging the European Union to maintain its arms embargo on the People's Republic of China.
Commending the Palestinian people for conducting a free and fair presidential election on January 9, 2005, and for other purposes.
Expressing the continued support of Congress for equal access of military recruiters to institutions of higher education.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the "Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building".
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
Congressional Gold Medal Enhancement Act of 2005
Commending countries and organizations for marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and urging a strengthening of the fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism.
Congratulating the people of Ukraine for conducting a democratic, transparent, and fair runoff presidential election on December 26, 2004, and congratulating Viktor Yushchenko on his election as President of Ukraine and his commitment to democracy and reform.
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Ninth Congress.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4818.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4818) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 114) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.
Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004
Recognizing the Boy Scouts of America for the public service the organization performs for neighborhoods and communities across the United States.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2986) to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4200) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Research Review Act of 2004
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act
Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2004
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5212) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, for additional disaster assistance relating to storm damage, and for other purposes.
Justice for All Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 878) to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the district of Idaho, and for other purposes.
Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act
SPY ACT
Universal National Service Act of 2003
Congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual "Give Kids a Smile" program which emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V
Honoring the life and work of Duke Ellington, recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and supporting the annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival.
Welfare Reform Extension Act, Part VIII
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Honoring the United Negro College Fund on the occasion of the Fund's 60th anniversary and the Fund's unflagging dedication to enhancing top quality college opportunities to millions of students.
Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.
District of Columbia Personal Protection Act
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Pledge Protection Act of 2004
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act
Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5025) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4571) to amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes.
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004
Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2003
Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004
Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2004
Condemning the series of terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation that occurred in late August and early September 2004.
Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of the Syrian people by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5006) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, North Carolina, as the "General William Carey Lee Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas, as the "Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4842) to implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the actions of terrorists will never cause the date of any Presidential election to be postponed and that no single individual or agency should be given the authority to postpone the date of a Presidential election.
Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005
United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994 and expressing the concern of the United States regarding the continuing, decade-long delay in the resolution of this case.
Declaring genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Celebrating 10 years of majority rule in the Republic of South Africa and recognizing the momentous social and economic achievements of South Africa since the institution of democracy in that country.
Urging the Government of the Republic of Belarus to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for its parliamentary elections in the fall of 2004.
Recognizing the importance in history of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan.
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2004
Commercial Aviation MANPADS Defense Act of 2004
Marriage Protection Act of 2004
Military Housing Improvement Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4837) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and for other purposes.
Tax Simplification for America's Job Creators Act of 2004
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005
Stock Option Accounting Reform Act
Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
Deploring the misuse of the International Court of Justice by a plurality of the United Nations General Assembly for a narrow political purpose.
Reaffirming unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of full membership of Israel in the Western European and Others Group at the United Nations.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4759) to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Urging the President to resolve the disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes presently provided by the World Trade Organization.
United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Customs Border Security and Trade Agencies Authorization Act of 2004
Urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to improve its protection of intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2828) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources.
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2004
Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3598) to establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development efforts in manufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manufacturing innovation and education, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4755) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and recognizing the Marshall Islands as a staunch ally of the United States, committed to principles of democracy and freedom for the Pacific region and throughout the world.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4614) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the Interim Government of Iraq on its forthcoming assumption of sovereign authority in Iraq.
Spending Control Act of 2004
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4663) to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go through fiscal year 2009.
Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005 as it applies in the House of Representatives.
Recognizing and honoring the 40th anniversary of congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Regarding the security of Israel and the principles of peace in the Middle East.
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4548) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
United States International Leadership Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4613) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Ray Charles, recognizing his contributions to the Nation, and extending condolences to his family on his death.
Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States.
Recognizing the importance of blues music, and for other purposes.
Congratulating Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks on pitching a perfect game on May 18, 2004.
Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004
Expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives for the contributions made by America's community banks to the Nation's economic well-being and prosperity and the sense of the House of Representatives that a month should be designated as "Community Banking Month".
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4520) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad.
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4568) making appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4567) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Gasoline Price Reduction Act of 2004
United States Refinery Revitalization Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4513) to provide that in preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to any action authorizing a renewable energy project, no Federal agency is required to identify alternative project locations or actions other than the proposed action and the no action alternative, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4529) to provide for exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, to resolve outstanding issues relating to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, to benefit the coal miners of America, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4503) to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4517) to provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the United States.
To provide that in preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to any action authorizing a renewable energy project, no Federal agency is required to identify alternative project locations or actions other than the proposed action and the no action alternative, and for other purposes.
Energy Policy Act of 2004
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the need to provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options, and for other purposes.
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
Honoring former President George Herbert Walker Bush on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide rapid acquisition authority to the Secretary of Defense to respond to combat emergencies.
Mourning the passing of President Ronald Reagan and celebrating his service to the people of the United States and his leadership in promoting the cause of freedom for all the people of the world.
Expressing the profound regret and sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of Ronald Wilson Reagan, former President of the United States of America.
Condemning the crackdown on democracy protestors in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China on the 15th anniversary of that tragic massacre.
Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004
Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 444) to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 83) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives.
Honoring the contributions of the women, symbolized by "Rosie the Riveter", who served on the homefront during World War II, and for other purposes.
Simple Tax for Seniors Act of 2004
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives.
Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen and their contribution in creating an integrated United States Air Force, the world's foremost Air and Space Supremacy Force.
Recognizing and honoring the firefighters, police, public servants, civilians, and private businesses who responded to the devastating fire in Richmond, Virginia, on March 26, 2004.
Congratulating and saluting Focus: HOPE on the occasion of its 35th anniversary and for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the United States.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Child Credit Preservation and Expansion Act of 2004
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.
Providing for the consideration of the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 95) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes.
Honoring past and current members of the Armed Forces of the United States and encouraging Americans to wear red poppies on Memorial Day.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the adjudicative flexibility with regard to an employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2729) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2730) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2731) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2432) to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31, United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 West Elwood Avenue in Raeford, North Carolina, as the "Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in Roxboro, North Carolina, as the "Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building".
Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004
Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2004
Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004
Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for activities associated with the dedication of the National World War II Memorial.
Applauding the men and women who keep America moving and recognizing National Transportation Week.
Condemning the Government of the Republic of the Sudan for its attacks against innocent civilians in the impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan.
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracket.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on the legacy of Brown.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4280) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4275) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracket.
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Recognizing with humble gratitude the more than 16,000,000 veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II and the Americans who supported the war effort on the home front and celebrating the completion of the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall in the District of Columbia.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should rectify deficiencies in the military postal system to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas are able to receive and send mail in a timely manner as well as receive and send election ballots in time to be counted in the 2004 elections.
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Father Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the contributions of people of Indian origin to the United States and the benefits of working together with India towards promoting peace, prosperity, and freedom among all countries of the world.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, as the "Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building".
Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Recognizing 50 years of relations between the United States Government and the European Union.
Deploring the abuse of persons in United States custody in Iraq, regardless of the circumstances of their detention, urging the Secretary of the Army to bring to swift justice any member of the Armed Forces who has violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, expressing the deep appreciation of the Nation to the courageous and honorable members of the Armed Forces who have selflessly served, or are currently serving, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 627) deploring the abuse of persons in United States custody in Iraq, regardless of the circumstances of their detention, urging the Secretary of the Army to bring to swift justice any member of the Armed Forces who has violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, expressing the deep appreciation of the Nation to the courageous and honorable members of the Armed Forces who have selflessly served, or are currently serving, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and for other purposes.
A concurrent resolution expressing the concern of Congress over Iran's development of the means to produce nuclear weapons.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the arbitrary detention of Dr. Wang Bingzhang by the Government of the People's Republic of China and urging his immediate release.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4227) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend to 2005 the alternative minimum tax relief available in 2003 and 2004 and to index such relief for inflation.
Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004
Recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of autism, supporting programs for increased research and improved treatment of autism, improving training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism, and for other purposes.
Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes.
Congratulating the University of Connecticut Huskies for winning the 2004 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men and women's basketball championships.
Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education.
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part II
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the marriage penalty relief provided under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial Boulevard in Middletown, Rhode Island, as the "Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building".
Honoring the life and legacy of Melvin Jones and recognizing the contributions of Lions Clubs International.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2844) to require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, and for other purposes.
Continuity in Representation Act of 2004
Congressional Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Math and Science Education Act of 2004
To address the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.
Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2004
To designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the "James V. Hansen Federal Building".
Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief Act of 2004
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the "Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 607 Pershing Drive in Laclede, Missouri, as the "General John J. Pershing Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3751 West 6th Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office".
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3550) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding rates of compensation for civilian employees and members of the uniformed services of the United States.
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3966) to amend title 10, United States Code, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the ability of the Department of Defense to establish and maintain Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps units at institutions of higher education, to improve the ability of students to participate in Senior ROTC programs, and to ensure that institutions of higher education provide military recruiters entry to campuses and access to students that is at least equal in quality and scope to that provided to any other employer.
Congratulating the United States Air Force Academy on its 50th Anniversary and recognizing its contributions to the Nation.
ROTC and Military Recruiter Equal Access to Campus Act of 2004
Welcoming the accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and for other purposes.
To provide for the establishment of separate campaign medals to be awarded to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the "Vaughn Gross Post Office Building".
To provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.
Providing for further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 393) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 and 2006 through 2009.
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 and 2006 through 2009.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Security Printing Act of 2004
Community Recognition Act of 2004
District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act
To authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank, and for other purposes.
Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease among women.
Recognizing and honoring the United States Armed Forcesand supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military AppreciationMonth.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 304 West Michigan Street in Stuttgart, Arkansas, as the "Lloyd L. Burke Post Office".
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and supporting an International Geophysical Year-2 (IGY-2) in 2007-08.
Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2004
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Distribution of Judgment Funds Act
National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Act of 2004
Hydrographic Services Amendments of 2004
To recognize more than 5 decades of strategic partnership between the United States and the people of the Marshall Islands in the pursuit of international peace and security, and for other purposes.
Counter-Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act
Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 557) relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces.
Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces.
Honoring the life and legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and recognizing his contributions on the anniversary of the date of his birth.
Thanking C-SPAN for its service to the House of Representatives on the 25th anniversary of its first coverage of the proceedings of the House.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 Huston Street in Altamont, Kansas, as the "Myron V. George Post Office".
Honoring the life and legacy of Luis A. Ferre.
Expressing the condolences and deepest sympathies of the House of Representatives for the untimely death of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski.
Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004
Commending India on its celebration of Republic Day.
Expressing the sense of Congress that Kids Love a Mystery is a program that promotes literacy and should be encouraged.
Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the earthquake that occurred in San Luis Obispo County, California, on December 22, 2003.
Congratulating the San Jose Earthquakes for winning the 2003 Major League Soccer Cup.
Congratulating the Detroit Shock for winning the 2003 Women's National Basketball Association championship.
Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004
Honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary.
Supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II.
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China.
To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to permit Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards to be made to nonprofit organizations.
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act
Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives for the victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 2003, in Bam, Iran.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 137 East Young High Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Ben Atchley Post Office Building".
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004
Recognizing and honoring the life of the late Raul Julia, his dedication to ending world hunger, and his great contributions to the Latino community and the performing arts.
GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 743) to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
Authorizing the printing of "History of the United States Capitol" as a House document.
Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Constantino Brumidi.
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the anniversary of the accident that cost the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia their lives, and extending heartfelt sympathy to their families.
Recognizing the 93d birthday of Ronald Reagan.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding several individuals who are being held as prisoners of conscience by the Chinese Government for their involvement in efforts to end the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act
To extend the provision of title 39, United States Code, under which the United States Postal Service is authorized to issue a special postage stamp to benefit breast cancer research.
Stating the agreement of the House of Representatives with the sentiment expressed by the Senate in Senate Resolution 281.
Recognizing and commending the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University in conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognizing the importance of space exploration.
Honoring individuals who are mentors and supporting efforts to recruit more mentors.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2673) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for other purposes.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Condemning the terrorist attacks on Istanbul, Turkey, on November 15 and 20, 2003, expressing condolences to the families of the individuals murdered and expressing sympathies to the individuals injured in the terrorist attacks, and expressing solidarity with Turkey and the United Kingdom in the fight against terrorism.
Supporting the National Marrow Donor Program and other bone marrow donor programs and encouraging Americans to learn about the importance of bone marrow donation.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 78) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2003
National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of motorsports.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the courageous leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Recognizing the 5th anniversary of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and urging a renewed commitment to eliminating violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and protecting fundamental human rights.
Commending Afghan women for their participation in Afghan government and civil society, encouraging the inclusion of Afghan women in the political and economic life of Afghanistan, and advocating the protection of the human rights of all Afghans, particularly women, in the Afghanistan Constitution.
Honoring Seeds of Peace for its promotion of understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace among youth from the Middle East and other regions of conflict.
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act
Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act of 2003
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.
Captive Wildlife Safety Act
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 6) to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2754) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15500 Pearl Road in Strongsville, Ohio, as the "Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building".
To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the existing Federal courthouse in that county.
Honoring Mr. Sargent Shriver for his dedication and service to the United States of America, for his service in the United States Navy, and for his lifetime of work as an ambassador for the poor and powerless citizens of the United States of America, and for other purposes.
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2003
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Planning Week, recognizing the significant impact of sound financial planning on achieving life's goals, and honoring American families and the financial planning profession for their adherence and dedication to the financial planning process.
Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2115) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Repudiating the recent anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia, which makes peace in the Middle East and around the world more elusive.
Expressing the sense of Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on October 31, 2003.
Expressing deep gratitude for the valor and commitment of the members of the United States Armed Forces who were deployed in Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia in 1993.
To encourage the People's Republic of China to fulfill its commitments under international trade agreements, support the United States manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2691) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 75) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act
Providing for recommittal of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2115) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 73) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Honoring the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's ascension to the papacy.
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections with respect to the definition of qualifying State.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the man-made famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3289) making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3289) making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France, Germany, Russia, and other nations can contribute to Iraq's reconstruction by forgiving debts owed by Iraq to those nations and by making generous pledges for Iraq's reconstruction at the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq to be held in Madrid.
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003
Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives in response to the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.
Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Bulgaria.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for the exemption for certain members of the uniformed services from an otherwise-applicable requirement for the payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized.
Veterans Benefits Act of 2003
Commending the National Endowment for Democracy for its contributions to democratic development around the world on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the National Endowment for Democracy.
Honoring the life and legacy of Bob Hope.
To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Water Resources Development Act of 2003
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act of 2003
Charitable Giving Act of 2003
Remembering and honoring the March on Washington of August 28, 1963.
Welcoming His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and recognizing his commitment to non-violence, human rights, freedom, and democracy.
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2989) making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Congratulating Lance Armstrong for winning the 2003 Tour de France.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2300 Redondo Avenue in Long Beach, California, as the "Stephen Horn Post Office Building".
To amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2861) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2859) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003
School Readiness Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2427) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2738) to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2739) to implement the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2799) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of the Year of the Korean War Veteran, and for other purposes.
National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003
Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2691) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 and for other purposes.
Project BioShield Act of 2003
Millennium Challenge Account, Peace Corps Expansion, and Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2003
Supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1950) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and for other purposes.
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2657) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2660) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2211) to reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 438) to increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for teachers in mathematics, science, and special education.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004
Ready to Teach Act of 2003
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9350 East Corporate Hill Drive in Wichita, Kansas, as the "Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building".
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
Health Savings and Affordability Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2559) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Providing for motions to suspend the rules.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2596) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for other purposes.
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004
Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
Condemning the terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and expressing solidarity with the Israeli people in their fight against terrorism.
To authorize the Congressional Hunger Center to award Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China immediately and unconditionally to release Dr. Yang Jianli, calling on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of Dr. Yang Jianli for his release, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the important service to the Nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the sharp escalation of anti-Semitic violence within many participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is of profound concern and efforts should be undertaken to prevent future occurrences.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2555) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Benefits Improvement Act of 2003
Homeland Security Technical Corrections Act of 2003
Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act of 2004
Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2003
Expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Algeria on May 21, 2003.
A concurrent resolution commending the signing of the United States-Adriatic Charter, a charter of partnership among the United States, Albania, Croatia, and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Commending the people of the Republic of Kenya for conducting free and fair elections, for the peaceful and orderly transfer of power in their government, and for the continued success of democracy in their nation since that transition.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 660) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Tax Administration Good Government Act
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 342) to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other purposes.
Commending the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs for winning the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003
Commending Medgar Wiley Evers and his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, for their lives and accomplishments.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Colorado Street in Boulder City, Nevada, as the "Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building".
Relating to consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for other purposes.
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004
Class Action Fairness Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2115) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act
Recognizing the sequencing of the human genome as one of the most significant scientific accomplishments of the past one hundred years and expressing support for the goals and ideals of Human Genome Month and DNA Day.
Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2143) to prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the United States in its efforts within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to end the European Union's protectionist and discriminatory trade practices of the past five years regarding agriculture biotechnology.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
Honoring the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its many partners, for hosting "Inventing Flight: The Centennial Celebration", a celebration of the centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight.
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, as the "Walt Disney Post Office Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 222) to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (S. 273) to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1474) to facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation's payments system, and for other purposes.
Check 21 Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 760) to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.
Recognizing and commending the members of the United States Armed Forces and their leaders, and the allies of the United States and their armed forces, who participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and recognizing the continuing dedication of military families and employers and defense civilians and contractors and the countless communities and patriotic organizations that lent their support to the Armed Forces during those operations.
Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that our Nation's businesses and business owners should be commended for their support of our troops and their families as they serve our country in many ways, especially in these days of increased engagement of our military in strategic locations around our Nation and around the world.
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Congratulating Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for hitting 500 major league home runs.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the "General Charles Gabriel Post Office".
Expressing profound sorrow on the occasion of the death of Irma Rangel.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2185) to extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2003
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Child Medication Safety Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1904) to improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape, and for other purposes.
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act
Expressing the sense of Congress in support of Buckle Up America Week.
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Orphan Drug Act and the National Organization for Rare Disorders.
To designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the "James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1527) to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2003 through 2006, and for other purposes.
National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1000) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to participants and beneficiaries in individual account plans from excessive investment in employer securities and to promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets.
Pension Security Act of 2003
Commending those individuals who contributed to the debris collection effort following the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should remove the economic sanctions against Iraq completely and without condition.
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax incentives to encourage economic growth.
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1261) to enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that public service employees should be commended for their dedication and service to the Nation during Public Service Recognition Week.
Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003
Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2003
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Boston Street in Brookfield, Missouri, as the "Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building".
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2003
Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1502 East Kiest Boulevard in Dallas, Texas, as the "Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1114 Main Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, as the "Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2318 Woodson Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building".
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1350) to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
Extending congratulations to the United States Capitol Police on the occasion of its 175th anniversary and expressing gratitude to the men and women of the United States Capitol Police and their families for their devotion to duty and service in safeguarding the freedoms of the American people.
Congratulating charter schools across the United States, and the students, parents, teachers, and administrators of such schools, for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes.
Expressing support for the celebration of Patriots' Day and honoring the Nation's first patriots.
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 95) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013.
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Energy Policy Act of 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 should be fundamentally reformed to be fairer, simpler, and less costly and to encourage economic growth, individual liberty, and investment in American jobs.
Expressing support for a renewed effort to find a peaceful, just, and lasting settlement to the Cyprus problem.
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S. Thresher.
Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives in response to the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic of Serbia, and for other purposes.
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the systematic human rights violations in Cuba committed by the Castro regime, calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners, and supporting respect for basic human rights and free elections in Cuba.
Clean Diamond Trade Act
Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2003
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of environmental reviews with respect to conveyances under that Act.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7554 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, as the "Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building".
Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy for Youth Month".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1901 West Evans Street in Florence, South Carolina, as the "Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building".
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1559) making emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 743) to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2003
Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Blue Star Flag and the Gold Star.
Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003
To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.
Honoring the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and its many partners for the Festival of Flight, a celebration of the centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight, the first controlled, powered flight in history.
Concerning the treatment of members of the Armed Forces held as prisoner of war by Iraqi authorities.
Recognizing the public need for fasting and prayer in order to secure the blessings and protection of Providence for the people of the United States and our Armed Forces during the conflict in Iraq and under the threat of terrorism at home.
Child Abduction Prevention Act
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1104) to prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Revision Act
Expressing the support and appreciation of the Nation for the President and the members of the Armed forces who are participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013.
Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first amendment and should be overturned, and for other purposes.
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a comprehensive study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer, located in Idaho and Washington.
To revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California.
Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act
Urging passage of a resolution addressing human rights abuses in North Korea at the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and calling on the Government of North Korea to respect and protect the human rights of its citizens.
Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2003
Condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003
Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the need for improved fire safety in nonresidential buildings in the aftermath of the tragic fire on February 20, 2003, at a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Recognizing the bicentennial of the admission of Ohio into the Union and the contributions of Ohio residents to the economic, social, and cultural development of the United States.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2004
Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003
Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2003
Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act
Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust and commending the Bulgarian people for preserving and continuing their tradition of ethnic and religious tolerance.
To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.
Designating the room numbered H-236 in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol as the "Richard K. Armey Room".
Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
Recognizing and commending the continuing dedication, selfless service, and commitment of members of the Armed Forces and their families during the Global War on Terrorism and in defense of the United States.
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004
Social Security Protection Act of 2004
Honoring the legacy of Fred Rogers and his dedication to creating a more compassionate, kind, and loving world for children and adults.
Congratulating Lutheran schools, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and congregations across the Nation for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established an annual National Visiting Nurse Association Week.
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003
Encouraging the people of the United States to honor and celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and commending Abraham Lincoln's efforts to end slavery.
American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
Honoring the life of Al Hirschfeld and his legacy.
PRIDE Act
Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,902 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict.
Do-Not-Call Implementation Act
American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
Commending the people of Israel for conducting free and fair elections, reaffirming the friendship between the Governments and peoples of the United States and Israel, and for other purposes.
Recognizing the 92d birthday of Ronald Reagan.
Condemning the selection of Libya to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and for other purposes.
Honoring Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel.
Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, and for other purposes.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
Supporting efforts to promote greater awareness of the need for youth mentors and increased involvement with youth through mentoring.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 2) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 23) to provide for a 5-month extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 and for a transition period for individuals receiving compensation when the program under such Act ends.
Congratulating the Ohio State University football team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I-A collegiate football national championship.
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eighth Congress.